{"id":907615,"date":"2026-11-06T05:30:12","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T05:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/907615\/"},"modified":"2026-11-06T05:30:12","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T05:30:12","slug":"box-office-godzilla-minus-zero-roars-6m-previews-cat-in-the-hat-1m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/907615\/","title":{"rendered":"Box Office: ‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ Roars $6M Previews, ‘Cat in the Hat’ $1M"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tEXCLUSIVE: Takashi Yamazaki\u2019s R-rated Godzilla Minus Zero<\/a> is roaring in the November box office to a great start with what we\u2019re hearing is around $6 million in previews. That includes fan shows from Godzilla Day Tuesday, last night and tonight, the latter being $4M+. Today\u2019s showtimes began at 10AM. <\/p>\n

\n\tIt\u2019s very interesting that Godzilla Minus Zero gets an R: There aren\u2019t any lizards who get naked in the movie, nor does any person or monster have a \u2018F\u2019 bomb tirade despite massive destruction in Japan as Godzilla and Ghidorah. <\/p>\n

\n\tThis is easily a preview record for Godzilla Minus Zero U.S. distributor GKIDs beating their previous high, 2023\u2019s The Boy and the Heron which posted a Thursday and early access previews of $2.39M, and a 3-day of $13M. Early monies here on Godzilla Minus Zero are way above the $2.1M made by Yamazaki\u2019s Godzilla Minus One from its Wednesday and Thursday showtimes which went on to an $11.4M opening. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe industry forecast on the high end was $30M+ in North America for Godzilla Minus Zero, which is boosted by Imax and a ton of PLFs, but now it could be way higher when you look at the comps that the sequel is beating. <\/p>\n

\n\tLast year at this time, Disney kicked off November with Predator: Badlands with $4.8M in Wednesday and Thursday previews which yielded a $15.8M Friday and $40M opening. Godzilla Minus Zero in previews is very close to another U.S. Godzilla, Legendary\u2019s 2019 Godzilla: King of the Monsters which posted $6.3M in Thursday previews on its way to a $19.4M Friday and $47.7M opening. Legendary has the rights from Toho to make any English-language version from the Godzilla universe. Godzilla Minus Zero is 91% certified fresh to Godzilla Minus One\u2018s 99% fresh with critics. That Oscar winning movie landed an A CinemaScore. The only other Godzilla to receive a solid A was Legendary\u2019s Godzilla vs. Kong in 2021 (2024\u2019s Godzilla x King roared an A-).<\/p>\n

\n\tIn Japan, Godzilla Minus Zero is up to 1.38 billion yen or $8.7M and that\u2019s through three days. That opening Godzilla Day gross of 910M yen ($5.7M) is indeed a record for a live-action pic in Japan, besting the opening day of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (840M yen). <\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tBill Hader in \u2018The Cat in the Hat<\/a>\u2018<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWarner Bros via YouTube<\/p>\n

\n\tWarner Bros Pictures Animation\u2019s net $86M production of The Cat in the Hat from filmmakers Alessandro Carloni and Erica Rivinoja is looking like $1M today after previews that began at 2PM. That\u2019s on par with Sony Pictures Animation\u2019s Goat which opened earlier this year and went on to open to $27.7M. Illumination\/Universal\u2019s The Grinch posted $2.2M in previews before a $67.5M opening weekend during the second frame of November 2018. Note, Cat in the Hat is one of the few family movies around this holiday season next to Disney\u2019s girl-skewing Hexed which bows on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Takashi Yamazaki\u2019s R-rated Godzilla Minus Zero is roaring in the November box office to a great start…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":907616,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[88,143888,206,66999],"class_list":["post-907615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-godzilla-minus-zero","tag-movies","tag-the-cat-in-the-hat"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/907615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=907615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/907615\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/907616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=907615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=907615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=907615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}