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Godzilla (franchise)

March 09, 2023

The Godzilla (Japanese: ゴジラ, Hepburn: Gojira) franchise is a Japanese monster, or kaiju, media franchise consisting of films, television series, novels, comic books, video games, and other merchandise. The franchise is centered on the fictional kaiju Godzilla, a prehistoric reptilian monster awakened and powered by nuclear radiation. The franchise is recognized by the Guinness World Records as the "longest continuously running film franchise", having been in ongoing production since 1954, with several hiatuses of varying lengths.[8] The film franchise consists of 38 films; 33 Japanese films produced and distributed by Toho Co., Ltd. and five American films: one produced by TriStar Pictures and four produced by Legendary Pictures.

Godzilla
Current official English brand logo[1]
Created by
Original workGodzilla (1954)[5]
OwnerToho Co., Ltd.[6]
Years1954–present
Print publications
Book(s)
ComicsFull list
Films and television
Film(s)
Television seriesFull list
Games
Video game(s)Full list
Audio
Soundtrack(s)Godzilla: Final Wars (2004)
Godzilla (2014)
Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)
Miscellaneous
American seriesMonsterVerse

The original film, Godzilla, was directed by and co-written by Ishirō Honda and released by Toho in 1954.[9] It became an influential classic of the genre. It featured political and social undertones relevant to Japan at the time. The original introduced an acclaimed music score by Akira Ifukube, reused in many later films. The 1954 film and its special effects director Eiji Tsuburaya are largely credited for establishing the template for tokusatsu, a technique of practical special effects filmmaking that would become essential in Japan's film industry since the release of Godzilla (1954).[10] For its North American release, the film was localized in 1956 as Godzilla, King of the Monsters!. It featured new footage with Raymond Burr edited together with the original Japanese footage.

The popularity of the films has led to the franchise expanding to other media, such as television, music, literature and video games. Godzilla has become one of the most recognizable symbols in Japanese pop culture worldwide and remains a well-known facet of Japanese films and was one of the first examples of the popular kaiju and tokusatsu subgenres in Japanese entertainment.

The tone and themes vary per film. Several of the films have political themes, others have dark tones, complex internal mythology, or are simple action movies featuring aliens or other monsters, while others have simpler themes accessible to children.[11] Godzilla's role varies from purely a destructive force to an ally of humans, or a protector of Japanese values, or a hero to children. The name Godzilla is a romanization of the original Japanese name Gojira (ゴジラ)—which is a combination of two Japanese words: gorira (ゴリラ), "gorilla", and kujira (クジラ), "whale". The word alludes to the size, power and aquatic origin of Godzilla. As developed by Toho, the monster is an offshoot of the combination of radioactivity and ancient dinosaur-like creatures, indestructible and possessing special powers (see Godzilla characteristics).

History

 
Every film incarnation of Godzilla between 1954 and 2017

The Godzilla film series is broken into several (different) eras reflecting a characteristic style and corresponding to the same eras used to classify all kaiju eiga (monster movies) in Japan. The first, second, and fourth eras refer to the Japanese emperor during production: the Shōwa era, the Heisei era, and the Reiwa era. The third is called the Millennium era, as the emperor (Heisei) is the same, but these films are considered to have a different style and storyline than the Heisei era.

Over the series' history, the films have reflected the social and political climate in Japan.[12] In the original film, Godzilla was an allegory for the effects of the hydrogen bomb, and the consequences that such weapons might have on Earth.[13][14][15][16] The radioactive contamination of the Japanese fishing boat Lucky Dragon No. 5 through the United States' Castle Bravo thermonuclear device test on Bikini Atoll on March 1, 1954, led to much press coverage in Japan preceding the release of the first movie in 1954.[17] The Heisei and Millennium series have largely continued this concept. Toho was inspired to make the original Godzilla film after the commercial success of the 1952 re-release of King Kong and the success of The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953), the first live-action film to feature a giant monster awakened following an atomic bomb detonation.[18] The success of the Godzilla franchise itself would go on to inspire other giant monster films worldwide.

Shōwa era (1954–1975)

The initial series of films are named after the Shōwa era (as all of these films were produced during Emperor Shōwa's reign).[19][20] This Shōwa timeline spanned from 1954, with Godzilla, to 1975, with Terror of Mechagodzilla. Starting with Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster, Godzilla began evolving into a friendlier, more playful antihero (this transition was complete by Son of Godzilla, where Godzilla is depicted as a more virtuous character) and, as years went by, it evolved into an anthropomorphic superhero. Ghidorah the Three-Headed Monster was also significant for introducing Godzilla's archenemy and the main antagonist of the film series, King Ghidorah.

Son of Godzilla and All Monsters Attack were aimed at youthful audiences, featuring the appearance of Godzilla's son, Minilla. Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla was notable for introducing Godzilla's robot duplicate and the secondary antagonist of the film series, Mechagodzilla. The Shōwa period loosely tied in to a number of Toho-produced films in which Godzilla himself did not appear and consequently saw the addition of many monsters into the Godzilla continuity, three of which (Rodan, Varan, and Mothra) originated in their own solo movies and another five (Anguirus, Manda, Baragon, Gorosaurus and Kumonga) appeared in their first films as either secondary antagonists or secondary kaiju.

Haruo Nakajima mainly portrayed Godzilla since 1954 until his retirement in 1972. However, other stunt actors have portrayed the character in his absence, such as Katsumi Tezuka, Yū Sekida, Ryosaku Takasugi, Seiji Onaka, Shinji Takagi, Isao Zushi, and Toru Kawai.[21][22] Eiji Tsuburaya directed the special effects for the first six films of the series. His protege Sadamasa Arikawa took over the effects work for the next three films (with Tsuburaya supervising), while Teruyoshi Nakano directed the special effects for the last six films of the series. The Criterion Collection released the Shōwa era films as part of a Blu-ray box set in the United States and Canada on October 29, 2019.[23]

Heisei era (1984–1995)

Toho rebooted the series in 1984 with The Return of Godzilla, starting the second era of Godzilla films, known as the Heisei series.[24] The Return of Godzilla serves as a direct sequel to the original 1954 film and ignores the subsequent events of the Shōwa era. The Return of Godzilla was released in 1984, five years before the new Emperor, but is considered part of this era, as it is a direct predecessor to Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989), which came out in the first year of the new Emperor's reign.[25]

The Heisei films are set in a single timeline, with each film providing continuity to the other films, and brings Godzilla back as a destructive force of nature that is feared by humans.[24] The biological nature and science behind Godzilla became a much more discussed issue in the films, showing the increased focus on the moral aspects of genetics. Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah gave Godzilla's first concrete birth story, featuring a dinosaur named Godzillasaurus that was mutated by nuclear radiation into Godzilla. Godzilla was portrayed by Kenpachiro Satsuma for the Heisei films while the special effects were directed by Koichi Kawakita, with the exception of The Return of Godzilla, for which the effects were directed by Teruyoshi Nakano.

Millennium era (1999–2004)

Toho rebooted the franchise for a second time with the 1999 film Godzilla 2000: Millennium starting the third era of Godzilla films, known as the Millennium series.[26][27] The Millennium series is treated similarly to an anthology series where each film is a standalone story, with the 1954 film serving as the only previous point of reference. Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla and Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. are the only films in the series to share continuity with each other and are also connected to 1961's Mothra.

After the release of 2004's Godzilla: Final Wars, marking the 50th anniversary of the Godzilla film franchise, Toho decided to put the series on hiatus for another 10 years. Toho also demolished the water stage on its lot used in numerous Godzilla, kaiju and tokusatsu films.[28] Yoshimitsu Banno, who had directed 1971's Godzilla vs. Hedorah, secured the rights from Toho to make an IMAX 3D short film production, based on a story similar to his Hedorah film. This project eventually led to the development of Legendary's Godzilla. Tsutomu Kitagawa portrayed Godzilla for the majority of the Millennium films, with the exception of Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack, in which Godzilla was portrayed by Mizuho Yoshida. Unlike the Shōwa and later Heisei films, the special effects for the Millennium films were directed by multiple effects directors such as Kenji Suzuki (Godzilla 2000, Godzilla vs. Megaguirus), Makoto Kamiya (Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack), Yuichi Kikuchi (Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla), and Eiichi Asada (Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S., Godzilla: Final Wars).

Reiwa era (2016–present)

 
The Reiwa iterations of Godzilla

In December 2014, Toho announced plans for a new Godzilla film of their own for a 2016 release.[29] The film is Toho's reboot of the Godzilla franchise, after Legendary Pictures' reboot in 2014; the film is co-directed by Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi (both of whom collaborated on the anime Neon Genesis Evangelion), with the screenplay by Anno and the visual effects directed by Higuchi.[30][31][32] Principal photography began on September and ended in October with the special effects work following in November that year.[33][34] Shin Godzilla was released in Japan on July 29, 2016, in IMAX, 4DX, and MX4D to positive reviews and was a box office success.[35]

In August 2016, Toho announced plans for a trilogy of anime Godzilla films with Polygon Pictures animating the films and Netflix distributing the trilogy worldwide, except in Japan where each film will be given a theatrical release by Toho.[36][37] The first film, titled Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters, was released on November 17, 2017.[38] The second film, titled Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle, was released on May 18, 2018.[39] The third and final film in the trilogy, titled Godzilla: The Planet Eater, was released on November 9, 2018.[40]

In January 2018, Toho announced its plans to invest ¥15 billion (US$135 million) for the next three years beginning in 2019 to co-produce content with Hollywood and Chinese studios who have licensed Toho's properties, such as Godzilla, Your Name and Pokémon. Toho would invest 25% in production costs and would earn a higher share in revenue and manage creators rights, so their creative input would be reflected in each work.[41] In May 2018, Toho's Chief Godzilla Officer Keiji Ota revealed that a sequel to Shin Godzilla would not happen, but revealed plans for a "World of Godzilla", a shared cinematic universe between Godzilla and other Toho monsters after 2021. Ota cited the Marvel Cinematic Universe as an influence, with plans to release a new film every one to two years. Ota stated:

"After 2021, we're thinking of a potential strategy that [releases] Godzilla movies uninterrupted at a rate of every two years, although there is a preference for a yearly pace as well. The future of the series and its forwarding developments are very conscious of the method of "shared universe". Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah, etc. could all share a single world view much like a Marvel movie where Iron Man and the Hulk can crossover with each other. It is said that each movie can be a possible film production where any one of them could lead a film of their own as the titular character." – Keiji Ota, translated from Nikkei style.[42]

In 2019, Toho invested ¥15.4 billion (US$140 million) into their Los Angeles-based subsidiary Toho International Inc. as part of their "Toho Vision 2021 Medium-term Management Strategy", a strategy to increase content, platform, real-estate, surpass ¥50 billion in profits, and increase character businesses on Toho intellectual properties such as Godzilla. Hiroyasu Matsuoka was named the representative director of the project.[43] In 2019, Toho launched the first official English website and the first official English Twitter and Instagram for the franchise.[44][45]

In June 2019, Toho revealed plans to present the Toho Godzilla at the San Diego Comic-Con for the first time to commemorate the franchise's 65th anniversary, as well as being part of their plan to expand the franchise in the United States.[46] At the San Diego Comic-Con, Akito Takahashi, the project manager of Toho's Godzilla Strategic Conference, revealed Toho's intentions to have the Toho and Legendary Godzilla films expand together. He also revealed that the option to reintroduce political themes and old or new monsters would be available to filmmakers, should they choose to pursue it. Akito also expressed interest in re-introducing Mechagodzilla and Jet Jaguar in the future.[47][48]

In October 2020, Toho announced plans for an anime series titled Godzilla Singular Point released on Netflix in 2021, revealing artwork for Godzilla and its principal characters. The project was directed by Atsushi Takahashi, with music by Kan Sawada, written by Toh Enjoe, character designs by Kazue Kato, and animations by Eiji Yamamori. The series was produced by Bones Inc. in partnership with Orange Co., Ltd., featured hand-drawn and CG animation, and had no relation to Polygon's anime film trilogy.[49]

On November 3, 2022, during the franchise's 68th anniversary known as "Godzilla Day", Toho announced plans to release a new live-action Godzilla film on November 3, 2023 to commemorate the franchise's 69th anniversary. Toho also announced Takashi Yamazaki as the director, writer, and visual effects supervisor and that the film had entered post-production after recently completed filming.[50]

American films

Unproduced 3D film (1983)

 
Storyboard by William Stout for Steve Miner's unproduced 3D Godzilla film
Main article: Godzilla: King of the Monsters in 3D

In 1983, director Steve Miner pitched his idea for an American 3D production of Godzilla to Toho, with storyboards by William Stout and a script written by Fred Dekker, titled Godzilla: King of the Monsters in 3D, which featured Godzilla destroying San Francisco in an attempt to find its offspring.[51] Various studios and producers expressed interest but passed it over due to high budget concerns.[52] The film would have featured a full scale animatronic Godzilla head built by Rick Baker, stop motion animation executed by David W. Allen, an articulated stop motion Godzilla figure created by Stephen Czerkas, and additional storyboards by Doug Wildey.[53][54] The production design would have been overseen by William Stout.[55]

TriStar Pictures (1998–2000)

Main articles: Godzilla (1998 film) and Godzilla: The Series
 
TriStar's Godzilla in Godzilla (1998)

In October 1992, TriStar Pictures acquired the rights from Toho with plans to produce a trilogy.[56] Director Jan de Bont and writers Terry Rossio and Ted Eliott developed a script that had Godzilla battling a shape-shifting alien called "the Gryphon". De Bont later left the project after budget disagreements with the studio.[57] Roland Emmerich was hired to direct and co-write a new script with producer Dean Devlin.

A co-production between Centropolis Entertainment, Fried Films, Independent Pictures, and TriStar Pictures,[7] Godzilla was theatrically released on May 20, 1998 to negative reviews[58][59] and grossed $379 million worldwide against a production budget between $130–150 million.[60][61] Despite grossing nearly three times its budget,[62] it was considered a box office disappointment.[63][64] Two planned sequels were cancelled and an animated TV series was produced instead.[65] TriStar let the license expire in 2003. In 2004, Toho began trademarking new iterations of TriStar's Godzilla as "Zilla", with only the incarnations from the 1998 film and animated TV series retaining the Godzilla copyright/trademark.[59][66]

Legendary Pictures (2014–present)

 
Legendary's Godzilla in Godzilla (2014)
Main articles: MonsterVerse, Godzilla (MonsterVerse), Godzilla (2014 film), Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019 film), Godzilla vs. Kong, and Untitled Godzilla vs. Kong sequel

In 2004, director Yoshimitsu Banno acquired permission from Toho to produce a short IMAX Godzilla film. In 2009, the project was turned over to Legendary Pictures to be redeveloped as a feature film.[67] Announced in March 2010, the film was co-produced with Warner Bros. Pictures and was directed by Gareth Edwards.[68][69]

Godzilla was theatrically released on May 16, 2014, to positive reviews[70][71] and was a box office success, grossing $529 million worldwide against a production budget of $160 million.[72] The film's success prompted Toho to produce a reboot of their own and Legendary to proceed with sequels and a shared cinematic franchise dubbed the MonsterVerse,[73] with Godzilla: King of the Monsters released on May 31, 2019,[74] and Godzilla vs. Kong released on March 24, 2021.[75][76] Legendary's license to Godzilla expired in 2020.[77] However, in January 2022, Legendary announced that Apple TV+ had ordered a live-action MonsterVerse series featuring Godzilla and other Titans.[78] A fifth MonsterVerse film is scheduled to be released on March 15, 2024.[79]

Filmography

Toho films

# Title Year Director(s) Effects director Monster co-star(s) Current U.S. licenses
Shōwa era (1954–1975)
1

Godzilla

1954 Ishirō Honda Eiji Tsuburaya None The Criterion Collection
2

Godzilla Raids Again

1955 Motoyoshi Oda Anguirus
3 King Kong vs. Godzilla 1962 Ishirō Honda King Kong, the Oodako[b] Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
The Criterion Collection[23]
4

Mothra vs. Godzilla

1964 Mothra The Criterion Collection[23]
5

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

King Ghidorah, Rodan, Mothra
6

Invasion of Astro-Monster

1965 King Ghidorah, Rodan
7

Ebirah, Horror of the Deep

1966 Jun Fukuda Sadamasa Arikawa Ebirah, Mothra, the Ookondoru[c]
8 Son of Godzilla 1967 Minilla, Kumonga, Kamacuras
9 Destroy All Monsters 1968 Ishirō Honda King Ghidorah, Rodan, Mothra, Anguirus, Minilla, Kumonga, Manda, Gorosaurus, Baragon, Varan
10

All Monsters Attack

1969 Ishirō Honda Gabara, Minilla, Kamacuras, Ebirah, Kumonga, the Ookondoru, Maneater, Anguirus, Gorosaurus, Manda
11

Godzilla vs. Hedorah

1971 Yoshimitsu Banno Teruyoshi Nakano Hedorah
12

Godzilla vs. Gigan

1972 Jun Fukuda Gigan, King Ghidorah, Anguirus, Rodan, Mothra, Gorosaurus, Minilla, Kamacuras, Kumonga
13 Godzilla vs. Megalon 1973 Megalon, Jet Jaguar, Gigan, Anguirus, Rodan
14

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla

1974 Mechagodzilla, King Caesar, Anguirus
15

Terror of Mechagodzilla

1975 Ishirō Honda Mechagodzilla 2, Titanosaurus
Heisei era (1984–1995)
16

The Return of Godzilla

1984 Koji Hashimoto Teruyoshi Nakano Shockirus[d] (Giant Sea Lice)[84] Kraken Releasing
17 Godzilla vs. Biollante 1989 Kazuki Ōmori Koichi Kawakita Biollante Miramax
18 Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah 1991 King Ghidorah, Mecha-King Ghidorah, the Dorats, Godzillasaurus Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
19

Godzilla vs. Mothra

1992 Takao Okawara Mothra, Battra
20

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II

1993 Mechagodzilla, Super Mechagodzilla, Rodan, Fire Rodan, Baby Godzilla
21 Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla 1994 Kensho Yamashita SpaceGodzilla, Moguera, Fairy Mothra, Little Godzilla
22

Godzilla vs. Destoroyah

1995 Takao Okawara Destoroyah, Godzilla Junior
Millennium era (1999–2004)
23

Godzilla 2000: Millennium

1999 Takao Okawara Kenji Suzuki Orga, the Millennian Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
24

Godzilla vs. Megaguirus

2000 Masaaki Tezuka Megaguirus, the Meganulons, the Meganulas
25

Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack

2001 Shusuke Kaneko Makoto Kamiya King Ghidorah, Mothra, Baragon
26

Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla

2002 Masaaki Tezuka Yûichi Kikuchi Mechagodzilla[e]
27

Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.

2003 Eiichi Asada Mechagodzilla,[f] Mothra, Kamoebas
28 Godzilla: Final Wars 2004 Ryuhei Kitamura Monster X, Keizer Ghidorah, Zilla, Rodan, Mothra, Gigan, King Caesar, Anguirus, Minilla, Kumonga, Kamacuras, Manda, Hedorah, Ebirah
Reiwa era (2016–present)[g]
29 Shin Godzilla 2016 Hideaki Anno
Shinji Higuchi 		Shinji Higuchi None Funimation[h]
30 Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters 2017 Kōbun Shizuno
Hiroyuki Seshita 		N/A Servum, Dogora, Dagahra, Orga, Kamacuras, Anguirus, Rodan, Mechagodzilla Netflix
31 Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle 2018 Mechagodzilla City, Servum, Vulture
32 Godzilla: The Planet Eater King Ghidorah, Mothra, Servum
33 Untitled Toho Godzilla film 2023 Takashi Yamazaki TBA

American films

# Title Year Director(s) Effects supervisor Monster co-star(s) Current U.S. licenses
TriStar Pictures (1998)
1 Godzilla 1998 Roland Emmerich Volker Engel Baby Godzillas Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Legendary Pictures / MonsterVerse (2014–present)
2 Godzilla 2014 Gareth Edwards Jim Rygiel MUTOs (male and female) Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
3 Godzilla: King of the Monsters 2019 Michael Dougherty Guillaume Rocheron King Ghidorah, Mothra, Rodan, Kong (archival footage), Queen MUTO, Behemoth, Methuselah, Scylla[89]
4 Godzilla vs. Kong 2021 Adam Wingard John "DJ" DesJardin Kong, Mechagodzilla,[90] Skullcrawler, Warbat,[91] Hell Hawk[92]
5 Untitled Godzilla vs. Kong sequel 2024 Alessandro Ongaro[93] Kong

Guest appearances

In 2007, a CGI Godzilla appeared in the Toho slice of life film Always: Sunset on Third Street 2.[94] In an imaginary sequence, Godzilla destroys part of 1959 Tokyo, with one of the main protagonists getting angry that Godzilla damaged his car showroom. The making of the sequence was kept a secret. Godzilla has been referenced in, and has briefly appeared in, several other films.[95][96] Godzilla guest starred in the show Crayon Shin-chan as an antagonist.[97] Godzilla also appears in cave paintings (alongside Rodan, Mothra and King Ghidorah) in a post-credits scene in Kong: Skull Island. In 2019, Godzilla made an appearance in the anime film Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion the Movie: Mirai Kara Kita Shinsoku no ALFA-X.[98]

Localized releases

In 1956, Jewell Enterprises Inc., released Godzilla, King of the Monsters!, an American localization of Godzilla (1954). This version removed most of the political themes and social commentaries, resulting in 30 minutes of footage from the Japanese version replaced with new footage featuring Raymond Burr interacting with Japanese actors and look-alikes to make it seem like Burr was a part of the original Japanese production. In addition, the soundtrack and sound effects were slightly altered and some dialogue was dubbed into English.[99] This release is referred to as an "Americanization" or the "Americanized" version by some sources.[100][101][102] Similar localizations (or Americanizations) occurred for the U.S. releases of King Kong vs. Godzilla[103] and The Return of Godzilla, released in the U.S. as Godzilla 1985;[104] the latter which had Burr reprising the role of Steve Martin from Godzilla, King of the Monsters!.[105]

In 1957, Harry Rybnick attempted to produce The Volcano Monsters, a film that would have localized Godzilla Raids Again by using its monster footage mixed with new footage featuring additional effects and American actors to create a new film; however, funding from AB-PT Pictures collapsed after the company closed down and Godzilla Raids Again was instead re-cut, dubbed in English, and released in 1959 by Warner Bros. as Gigantis the Fire Monster.[106]

In 1976, Italian director Luigi Cozzi intended to re-release Godzilla in Italy. Facing resistance from exhibitors to showing a black-and-white film, Cozzi instead licensed a negative of Godzilla, King of the Monsters from Toho and created a new movie in color, adding much stock footage of graphic death and destruction and short scenes from newsreel footage from World War II, which he released as Godzilla in 1977. The film was colorized using a process called Spectrorama 70, where color gels are put on the original black-and-white film, becoming one of the first black-and-white movies to be colorized. Dialogue was dubbed into Italian and new music was added. After the initial Italian run, the negative became Toho's property and prints have only been exhibited in Italy from that time onward. Italian firm Yamato Video at one time intended to release the colorized version on a two-disc DVD along with the original Godzilla.[107][108]

Year Title Notes Director(s) Current U.S. licenses
1956 Godzilla, King of the Monsters! Re-edited U.S. version of Godzilla (1954) with additional footage Ishirō Honda
Terry O. Morse 		The Criterion Collection
1963 King Kong vs. Godzilla Re-edited U.S. version of the 1962 film with additional footage Ishirō Honda
Thomas Montgomery 		Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
The Criterion Collection[23]
1977 Godzilla Re-edited Italian version of Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956) Ishirō Honda
Luigi Cozzi 		N/A
1985 Godzilla 1985 Re-edited U.S. version of The Return of Godzilla (1984) with additional footage Koji Hashimoto
R.J. Kizer 		N/A[i]

Reception

Box office performance

Below is a chart listing the number of tickets sold for each Godzilla film in Japan including the imported American films, along with their gross revenue in Japan and outside of Japan. The films are listed from the most attended to the least attended. Almost all of the 1960s films were reissued, so the lifetime number of tickets sold is listed with the initial release ticket numbers mentioned in notes.

By 1974, the first 13 films had grossed $130 million in overseas box office revenue outside of Japan.[110][111][112] In 1977, James Robert Parish and Michael R. Pitts reported that the first 13 films had grossed over $130 million outside of Japan and estimated that they also grossed more than $130 million within Japan.[113] The Godzilla films in the 1970s each cost about $1.2 million to produce and each grossed about $20 million at the box office.[114][115] Travis Bean estimated in 2016 that the first 13 films up until 1973 had grossed $163 million in Japan and $130.6 million overseas for a worldwide total of $293.6 million.[116] By 1986, the Godzilla films had grossed $500 million worldwide,[117] equivalent to between $2 billion and $5 billion adjusted for inflation.

The first fifteen Godzilla films sold about 65 million tickets in Japan up until 1984,[118] and the first 21 Godzilla films sold 85 million tickets in Japan up until 1995.[119] Toho's first 28 Godzilla films (excluding the American productions) up until Final Wars (2004) had sold over 99.29 million tickets in Japan.[120][121] Adjusted for inflation, 99.29 million Japanese ticket sales are equivalent to a gross revenue of $1.8 billion at an average 2014 Japanese ticket price.[122] It was the highest-grossing film series in Japan, up until it was surpassed by the anime film series Doraemon when it exceeded 100 million ticket sales in 2013.[123] With the release of Shin Godzilla (2016), Toho's Godzilla film series (excluding the American productions) had sold more than 100 million tickets at the Japanese box office.[120][121]

Total box office (est.)
Japanese films American films Box office total
$808,394,314+ $1,762,907,162 $2,571,301,476+

Toho productions

Film Year Ticket sales
(Japan) 		Box office gross revenue (est.)
Japan Other territories Worldwide
Godzilla 1954 9,610,000[124] ¥183,000,000R[99] $132,638,492+[k] $500,000,000[117]
Godzilla, King of the Monsters! 1956 ? ?
Godzilla Raids Again 1955 8,340,000[124] ¥170,000,000R[128]
King Kong vs. Godzilla 1962 12,550,000[l] ¥430,000,000R[128]
Mothra vs. Godzilla 1964 7,220,000[m] ¥3,162,000,000[n]
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster 1964 5,410,000[o] ¥390,000,000R[128]
Invasion of Astro-Monster 1965 5,130,000[p] ¥410,000,000R[128]
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep 1966 4,210,000[q] ¥330,000,000R[128]
Son of Godzilla 1967 3,090,000[r] ¥260,000,000R[128]
Destroy All Monsters 1968 2,580,000[124] ¥230,000,000R[128]
All Monsters Attack 1969 1,480,000[124] ¥260,000,000R[128]
Godzilla vs. Hedorah 1971 1,740,000[124] ¥300,000,000R[128]
Godzilla vs. Gigan 1972 1,800,000[131] ¥495,110,000R[132]
Godzilla vs. Megalon 1973 980,000[124] ¥220,000,000R[128]
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla 1974 1,330,000[124] ¥370,000,000R[128] $17,100,000[116]
Terror of Mechagodzilla 1975 970,000[124] ¥330,000,000R[128] ?
The Return of Godzilla 1984 3,200,000[124] ¥1,700,000,000R[128] ?
Godzilla 1985 1985 N/A N/A $4,116,710U[133]
Godzilla vs. Biollante 1989 2,000,000[124] ¥104,000,000R[128] ? $7,000,000JR[134]
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah 1991 2,700,000[124] ¥1,450,000,000R[128] ? $11,000,000JR[135]
Godzilla vs. Mothra 1992 4,200,000[124] ¥2,220,000,000R[128] ? $20,000,000JR[136]
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II 1993 3,800,000[124] ¥1,870,000,000R[128] ? $36,000,000[137]
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla 1994 3,400,000[124] ¥1,650,000,000R[128] ? $20,000,000JR[138]
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah 1995 4,000,000[124] ¥3,500,000,000[139] ? $24,800,000J[139]
Godzilla 2000: Millennium 1999 2,000,000[140] ¥1,650,000,000[141] $12,924,063[142] $27,924,063[143]
Godzilla vs. Megaguirus 2000 1,350,000[140] ¥1,200,000,000[144] ? $10,000,000J[145]
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack 2001 2,400,000[140] ¥2,710,000,000[146] ? $20,000,000J[147]
Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla 2002 1,700,000[140] ¥1,910,000,000[148] ? $16,000,000J[149]
Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. 2003 1,100,000[140] ¥1,300,000,000[150] ? $22,724,345[151]
Godzilla: Final Wars 2004 1,500,000[152] ¥1,260,000,000[153] $33,462[154] $9,167,302[154]
Shin Godzilla 2016 5,690,000[155] ¥8,250,000,000[156] $2,649,796[157] $78,053,145[157]
Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters 2017 260,000[158][130] ¥342,349,800[158] $251,163[159] $3,285,291[160]
Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle 2018 73,000[161] ¥150,000,000[128] ? $911,000J
Godzilla: The Planet Eater 2018 130,000[162][130] ¥171,859,045[162] ? $1,523,168J[163]
Total 105,943,000+ ¥38,978,318,845+ $169,697,020+ $808,394,314+

R Distributor rental earnings only, not total box office gross receipts
J Japan gross only
JR Japan distributor rental earnings only, not total box office gross receipts
U U.S. gross only

American productions

Film Year Box office gross revenue Box office ticket sales (est.) Budget
United States and Canada Other territories Worldwide Ref United States and Canada Other territories Worldwide
Godzilla 1998 $136,314,861 $242,700,000 $379,014,861 [164] 29,762,000[165] 23,110,156[s] 57,199,826 $130–150 million[164][61]
Godzilla 2014 $200,676,069 $328,400,000 $529,076,069 [173] 24,560,000[174] 29,031,198[t] 53,591,198 $160 million[181]
Godzilla: King of the Monsters 2019 $110,500,138 $276,100,000 $386,600,138 [182] 12,264,200[183] 36,956,764[u] 49,220,964 $170–200 million[v]
Godzilla vs. Kong 2021 $100,916,094 $369,150,920 $470,067,014 [196] 10,732,000[197] 47,462,541[w] 58,194,541 $155–200 million[x]
Total $548,407,162 $1,216,350,920 $1,764,758,082 77,318,200 136,560,659 218,206,529 $520–710 million
  • TBA, To be ascertained.

Critical and public response

Film Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic
Godzilla (1954) 93% (74 reviews)[210] 78% (20 reviews)[211]
Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956) 83% (24 reviews)[212] 60% (7 reviews)[213]
Godzilla Raids Again 60% (9 reviews)[214]
King Kong vs. Godzilla 50% (15 reviews)[215]
Mothra vs. Godzilla 92% (10 reviews)[216]
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster 75% (12 reviews)[217]
Invasion of Astro-Monster 57% (7 reviews)[218]
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep 57% (7 reviews)[219]
Son of Godzilla 60% (8 reviews)[220]
Destroy All Monsters 75% (7 reviews)[221]
All Monsters Attack 25% (8 reviews)[222]
Godzilla vs. Hedorah 58% (11 reviews)[223]
Godzilla vs. Gigan 67% (6 reviews)[224]
Godzilla vs. Megalon 38% (7 reviews)[225]
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla 71% (6 reviews)[226]
Terror of Mechagodzilla 43% (7 reviews)[227]
The Return of Godzilla (a.k.a. Godzilla 1985) 20% (8 reviews)[228]
Godzilla vs. Biollante 71% (7 reviews)[229]
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah 56% (9 reviews)[230]
Godzilla vs. Mothra 75% (6 reviews)[231]
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II 83% (6 reviews)[232]
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla 57% (7 reviews)[233]
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah 100% (6 reviews)[234]
Godzilla (1998) 16% (76 reviews)[235] 32 (23 reviews)[236]
Godzilla 2000: Millennium 57% (69 reviews)[237] 41 (23 reviews)[238]
Godzilla vs. Megaguirus 60% (5 reviews)[239]
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack 63% (14 reviews)[240]
Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla N/A[241]
Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. 80% (5 reviews)[242]
Godzilla: Final Wars 50% (12 reviews)[243]
Godzilla (2014) 76% (327 reviews)[244] 62 (48 reviews)[245]
Shin Godzilla 86% (73 reviews)[246] 68 (14 reviews)[247]
Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters 71% (7 reviews)[248]
Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle 60% (5 reviews)[249]
Godzilla: The Planet Eater 60% (5 reviews)[250]
Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) 42% (347 reviews)[251] 48 (46 reviews)[252]
Godzilla vs. Kong 75% (311 reviews) 59 (57 reviews)

Other media

Television

Japan

In 1973, Godzilla was featured in Toho's tokusatsu series Zone Fighter, which also featured King Ghidorah and Gigan in a few episodes. Several filmmakers who had worked on previous Godzilla films participated in the series; Tomoyuki Tanaka produced the series, directors Ishirō Honda and Jun Fukuda directed a few episodes – Fukuda also wrote episode four, effects director Teruyoshi Nakano contributed to the special effects, while Kōichi Kawakita (who would direct the effects for Toho's Heisei era films) served as assistant effects director.[253] In 1992, Toho produced a children's educational animated series titled Godzilland which featured live-action segments mixed with chibi-styled animation.[254] In 1997, Toho produced a children's series titled Godzilla Island, centered on Godzilla toys. Toho made the series available worldwide on their official YouTube channel in November 2022.[255] In October 2020, Toho announced Godzilla Singular Point; an anime series directed by Atsushi Takahashi, written by Toh EnJoe, and animated by Japanese studios Bones and Orange.[256] Godzilla Singular Point aired on Japanese television in April 2021 and released worldwide on Netflix in June 2021.[257]

United States

Godzilla and its likeness has appeared in various television-related media, including Robot Chicken, Roseanne, Animaniacs, South Park, Malcolm In The Middle, Chappelle's Show, Rugrats, a Nike commercial with Charles Barkley battling Godzilla, and multiple appearances on The Simpsons, including a Halloween spoof titled Homerzilla.[258][259]

In 1978, Hanna-Barbera produced the animated series Godzilla and ran for two seasons on NBC.[260] In 2022, Toho made the complete Hanna-Barbera series available worldwide on their official YouTube channel.[261] In 1991, the English dubbed versions of Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (as Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster) and Godzilla vs. Megalon were riffed on Mystery Science Theater 3000.[262] In 1998, Columbia TriStar Television produced Godzilla: The Series; developed by Jeff Kline and Richard Raynis, the series served as a sequel to the 1998 film Godzilla and ran for two seasons on Fox Kids.[263] In January 2022, Legendary Television announced that Apple TV+ had ordered a live-action series set in the MonsterVerse titled Godzilla and the Titans.[78]

Year Title Notes Licenses/Media
1973 Zone Fighter The series features Godzilla in seven episodes.[253] Toho Video
1978–1979 Godzilla In 2006, Classic Media released the first eight episodes on two volume DVD's as Godzilla: The Original Animated Series.[264] In 2022, Toho International Inc. released the complete series on their official YouTube channel.[265] Classic Media
Toho International Inc.
1992 Godzilland Gakken Video
1993 Godzilland 2
1994-1996 Get Going! Godzilland
1997–1998 Godzilla Island Toho Video
1998–2000 Godzilla: The Series Mill Creek Entertainment
2021 Godzilla Singular Point Netflix
TBA Godzilla and the Titans Apple TV+

Video games

Main article: List of Godzilla games

A game called Gojira-kun (which was originally going to be titled Gojiraland)[266] was released for the MSX in 1985. In 1990, Gojira-kun: Kaijū Daikōshin was released for the Game Boy. In 1993, Super Godzilla was released for the SNES.[267] In 2007, Godzilla: Unleashed was released for the Wii and DS. The 2014 video game Godzilla was released by Bandai Namco.[268] In September 2021, Stern released Godzilla.[269] In May 2022, Call of Duty: Warzone featured a cross-over event for Godzilla vs. Kong.[270] Godzila would be confirmed to play in the Kaiju fighting game GigaBash as a guest character.[271]

Literature

Main article: Godzilla (comics)

A Godzilla series of books was published by Random House during the late 1990s and the first half of 2000. The company created different series for different age groups, the Scott Ciencin series being aimed at preteens and the Marc Cerasini series being aimed at teens and young adults. Several manga have been derived from specific Godzilla films and both Marvel and Dark Horse have published Godzilla comic book series (1977–1979 and 1987–1999, respectively). In 2011, IDW Publishing started a new series, Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters (published in book form under the same title), rebooting the Godzilla story. It was followed by two sequel series, Godzilla (published in book form as Godzilla: History's Greatest Monster) and Godzilla: Rulers of Earth (published in book form as Godzilla: Complete Rulers of Earth Volume 1 and Godzilla: Complete Rulers of Earth Volume 2), as well as seven five-issue miniseries to date.

To tie-in with the 2014 film, three books were published. Titan Books published a novelization of the movie in May 2014, written by Greg Cox. The graphic novel Godzilla: Awakening by Max Borenstein, Greg Borenstein and Eric Battle served as a prequel, and Godzilla: The Art of Destruction by Mark Cotta told about the making of the movie. Godzilla has been referenced in The Simpsons comics on three separate occasions. The character is featured in Bart Simpson's Guide to Life where it and other kaiju characters such as Minilla and King Ghidorah can be seen; it is featured in the comic "An Anime Among Us!" and K-Bart. Godzilla is also featured in the comic Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror 7 where it and other kaiju can be seen referenced on the front cover.

Music

Godzilla: The Album, the soundtrack album of Godzilla (1998), sold 2.5 million copies worldwide.[272] The album's lead single, "Come with Me" by Puff Daddy featuring Jimmy Page, sold a certified 2.025 million copies worldwide.[273] Its Japan-exclusive single, "Lose Control" by Japanese rock band L'Arc-en-Ciel, sold 938,401 copies in Japan.[citation needed] Shin Godzilla Ongakushuu, the soundtrack album of Shin Godzilla (2016), sold 43,951 copies in Japan.[citation needed] Mars (1991), an album by the Japanese rock duo B'z featuring a Godzilla-themed song, sold 1,730,500 copies in Japan.[274]

Blue Öyster Cult released the song "Godzilla" in 1977. It was the first track, and the second of four singles, from their fifth studio album Spectres (also 1977). Artists such as Fu Manchu, Racer X and Double Experience have included cover versions of this song on their albums. American musician Michale Graves wrote a song titled "Godzilla" for his 2005 album Punk Rock Is Dead. The lyrics mention Godzilla and several on-screen adversaries such as Mothra, Hedorah, Destoroyah and Gigan.[275] The Brazilian heavy metal band Sepultura has a song titled "Biotech is Godzilla" on its 1993 release Chaos A.D.[276]

Composer Eric Whitacre wrote a piece for wind ensemble titled "Godzilla Eats Las Vegas!" The work was commissioned by Thomas Leslie of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and was premiered in 1996 by the university's wind band. Annotations on the score instruct performers to dress in costume and a "script" is provided for the audience. Since the piece's premiere, it has been performed by notable ensembles including the United States Marine Band and the Scottish National Wind Symphony.[277]

The French death metal band Gojira named the band after Godzilla's name in Japanese.[278] The song "Simon Says" by Pharoahe Monch is a hip-hop remix of the "Godzilla March" theme song. The instrumental version of this song was notably used in the 2000 film Charlie's Angels. The British band Lostprophets released a song called "We Are Godzilla, You Are Japan" on its second studio album Start Something. The American punk band Groovie Ghoulies released a song called "Hats off to You (Godzilla)" as a tribute to Godzilla. It is featured on the EP Freaks on Parade released in 2002.

The American artist Doctor Steel released a song called 'Atomic Superstar' about Godzilla on his album People of Earth in 2002. In 2003, the British singer Siouxsie Sioux released the album Hái! with her band The Creatures; the album had a Japanese theme with a song dedicated to the monster, simply titled "Godzilla!". The record label Shifty issued the compilation album Destroysall with 15 songs from 15 bands, ranging from hardcore punk to doom-laden death metal. Not all of the songs are dedicated to Godzilla, but all do appear connected to monsters from Toho Studios. Fittingly, the disc was released on August 1, 2003, the 35th anniversary of the Japanese release of Destroy All Monsters.

King Geedorah (a.k.a. MF DOOM) released Take Me to Your Leader, a hip-hop album featuring guests from the group Monsta Island Czars, another Godzilla-themed hip-hop group. These albums include multiple Godzilla samples throughout the series. Taiwanese American electronic musician Mochipet released the EP Godzilla Rehab Center on August 21, 2012, featuring songs named after monsters in the series including Gigan, King Ghidorah, Moguera and Hedorah.

In 2019, American rock band Think Sanity released their debut album featuring songs based on Godzilla, Mothra, and Hedorah. The songs are titled "Sad Kaiju", "Mothra", and "Sludge", respectively. The monsters are also mentioned by name on the track "News at Six" in which they are comically described by newscaster Chip Bentley as destroying a nearby town. The band has mentioned in interviews that they have also written songs based on Biollante, King Ghidorah, and Rodan as well.

Geographic features

The largest megamullion, located 600 kilometres to the south-east of Okinotorishima, the southernmost Japanese island, is named the Godzilla Megamullion. The Japan Coast Guard played a role in name, reaching an agreement with Toho who owns the rights to Godzilla. Toho's Chief Godzilla officer Keiji Ota stated that "I am truly honored that (the megamullion) bears Godzilla's name, the Earth's most powerful monster."[279]

Cultural impact

Main article: Godzilla in popular culture

Godzilla is one of the most recognizable symbols of Japanese popular culture worldwide and is an important facet of Japanese films, embodying the kaiju subset of the tokusatsu genre. It has been considered an allegory of nuclear weapons. The earlier Godzilla films, especially the original Godzilla, portrayed Godzilla as a frightening, nuclear monster. Godzilla represented the fears that many Japanese held about the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the possibility of recurrence.[280]

As the series progressed, so did Godzilla, changing into a less destructive and more heroic character.[281][282] Ghidorah (1964) was the turning point in Godzilla's transformation from villain to hero, by pitting him against a greater threat to humanity, King Ghidorah.[283] Godzilla has since been viewed as an anti-hero.[281] Roger Ebert cites Godzilla as a notable example of a villain-turned-hero, along with King Kong, the James Bond films' Jaws, the Terminator, and Rambo.[284]

In the United States, Godzilla films from Toho had been airing on television every week since 1960 up until the 1990s.[119]

Godzilla is considered "the original radioactive superhero" due to his accidental radioactive origin story predating Spider-Man (1962 debut),[281] though Godzilla did not become a hero until Ghidorah in 1964.[283] By the 1970s, Godzilla came to be viewed as a superhero, with the magazine King of the Monsters in 1977 describing Godzilla as "Superhero of the '70s."[285] In 1973, Godzilla was voted the most popular movie monster in The Monster Times poll, beating Count Dracula, King Kong, Wolf Man, The Mummy, Creature From the Black Lagoon, and Frankenstein's monster.[286] In 1977, a survey in Los Angeles found that 80% of boys aged between four and nine years old were Godzilla fans.[115]

In 2010, the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society named their most recently acquired scout vessel MV Gojira. Toho, the people in charge of the Godzilla franchise, served them with a notice to remove the name and in response the boat's name was changed in May 2011 to MV Brigitte Bardot.[287]

Steven Spielberg cited Godzilla as an inspiration for Jurassic Park (1993), specifically Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956), which he grew up watching.[288] During its production, Spielberg described Godzilla as "the most masterful of all the dinosaur movies because it made you believe it was really happening."[289] Godzilla also influenced the Spielberg film Jaws (1975).[290][291] Godzilla has also been cited as an inspiration by actor Tim Allen and filmmakers Martin Scorsese and Tim Burton.[292]

Merchandise

Godzilla toy sales in Japan earned Toho annual royalties of $4.5 million during the late 1970s.[293] Godzilla licensed merchandise generated $33 million in annual sales during the late 1970s,[294] adding up to approximately $165,000,000 (equivalent to $831,000,000 in 2021) merchandise sales between 1975 and 1979.

The Return of Godzilla generated Japanese merchandise sales of $230,000,000 (equivalent to $600,000,000 in 2021) in 1984,[295] earning Toho more than $30 million in rights and royalties.[296] In 1985, Godzilla merchandise sold $33,000,000 (equivalent to $83,000,000 in 2021) in Japan, with Doug Mason of Chicago Tribune referring to Godzilla as "Japan's Mickey Mouse."[297] Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II generated $158,000,000 (equivalent to $296,000,000 in 2021) from sales of books and merchandise between 1993 and 1994.[137]

American toy companies such as Mattel and Trendmasters were selling 3 million Godzilla toys annually in the United States during the mid-1990s,[298] with Trendmasters alone selling more than 3 million Godzilla toys between 1994 and 1995.[299] United Productions of America (UPA), the American distributor for Toho's Godzilla films in the 1990s, sold 3 million Godzilla toys within nine months between 1994 and 1995.[119]

Godzilla (1998) generated more than $400,000,000 (equivalent to $670,000,000 in 2021) in North American merchandise sales.[300] Godzilla licensed merchandise in Japan sold ¥1.93 billion ($18 million) in 2005,[301] ¥7 billion ($64 million) in 2016,[302] and ¥15 billion ($134 million) in 2017.[303] Combined, Godzilla generated at least more than $1.202 billion in known merchandise sales revenue as of 2017 (equivalent to at least more than $2.6 adjusted for inflation in 2021).

Awards

  • 1954 Japan Movie Association Awards – Special Effects (Godzilla (1954))[304]
  • 1965 Japan Academy Award – Best Score (Mothra vs. Godzilla)
  • 1966 Japan Academy Award – Special Effects (Invasion of Astro-Monster)
  • 1986 Japan Academy Award – Special Effects and Newcomer of the Year (The Return of Godzilla)
  • 1986 Razzie Awards – Worst Supporting Actor and Worst New Star (The Return of Godzilla)
  • 1992 Japan Academy Award – Special Effects (Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah)
  • 1993 Tokyo Sports Movie Awards – Best Leading Actor (Godzilla vs. Mothra)
  • 1993 Best Grossing Films Award – Golden Award and Money-Making Star Award (Godzilla vs. Mothra)
  • 1993 Japan Academy Award – Best Score (Godzilla vs. Mothra)
  • 1994 Japan Academy Award – Best Score (Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II)
  • 1995 Best Grossing Films Award – Silver Award (Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla)
  • 1996 Best Grossing Films Award – Golden Award (Godzilla vs. Destoroyah)
  • 1996 Japan Academy Award – Special Effects (Godzilla vs. Destoroyah)
  • 1996 MTV Movie Awards – Lifetime Achievement*
  • 1998 Golden Raspberry Awards – Worst Supporting Actress and Worst Remake or Sequel (Godzilla (1998))
  • 1999 Saturn Awards – Best Special Effects (Godzilla (1998))
  • 2001 Saturn Awards – Best Home Video Release (Godzilla 2000)
  • 2002 Best Grossing Films Award – Silver Award (Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack)
  • 2004 Hollywood Walk of Fame[305] – (Godzilla: Final Wars)
  • 2007 Saturn Awards – Best DVD Classic Film Release (Godzilla (1954))
  • 2014 22nd Annual Japan Cool Content Contribution Award (Godzilla (2014))[306]
  • 2017 40th Japan Academy Prize – Best Picture, Best Director, Cinematography, Lighting Direction, Art Direction, Sound Recording, Film Editing (Shin Godzilla)[307]

(*) In 1996 Godzilla received an award for Lifetime Achievement at the MTV Movie Awards. Creator and producer Shōgo Tomiyama accepted on his behalf via satellite and was joined by "Godzilla" himself.

Name usage

Main article: -zilla

"-zilla" is a well-known slang suffix, used to imply some form of excess to a person, object or theme;[308] some examples being the reality TV show Bridezillas and the Netscape-derived web browser Mozilla Firefox.

Notes

  1. ^ Godzilla (1998) was a co-production between Centropolis Entertainment, Fried Films, Independent Pictures, and TriStar Pictures.[7]
  2. ^ "Oodako" literally means "giant octopus" in Japanese.[80][81]
  3. ^ "Ookondoru" literally means "giant condor" in Japanese.[80][82]
  4. ^ While unnamed in the film, the Giant Sea Lice are called ショッキラス ("Shokkirasu") in official Japanese sources, and "Shockirus" has become the accepted Romanization of that name.[83]
  5. ^ Referred to as Kiryu.[85]
  6. ^ Referred to as Kiryu.[85]
  7. ^ Japan's Reiwa era began on May 1, 2019;[86] however, Toho considers Shin Godzilla and the anime trilogy as part of the Reiwa era.[87]
  8. ^ On July 31, 2017, Sony Pictures Television announced that it would buy a controlling 95% stake in Funimation for $143,000,000, a deal that closed on October 27, 2017.[88]
  9. ^ Kraken co-founder/managing director Matt Greenfield elaborated on the film's legal issues, stating, "Between all the changes of ownership and title that have occurred after New World released their version, the fact that you're dealing with two entirely different production teams belonging to different sets of unions, and the fact that music from another film by a different composer was reused in NW's dub [GODZILLA 1985 used music from Christopher Young's soundtrack for the New World Pictures movie Def-Con 4]."[109]
  10. ^ See King Kong vs. Godzilla § Box office
  11. ^ By 1974, the first 13 films had grossed $130 million in overseas box office revenue outside of Japan.[110][111][112] King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) grossed an estimated $1,667,650 from its 1976 French release.[j] Godzilla (1954) later earned $562,711 from limited North American re-releases in 2004 and 2014.[125] In the U.K., Godzilla (1954) sold 3,643 tickets from limited releases during 2005–2006 and 2016–2017,[126] equivalent to an estimated gross revenue of approximately £19,022[127] ($24,481).
  12. ^ For its original 1962 release, the film sold 11,200,000 million tickets. For its 1970 re-release, it sold 870,000 tickets. For its 1977 re-release, it sold 480,000 tickets.[124]
  13. ^ For its original 1964 release, the film sold 3,510,000 million tickets. For its 1970 re-release, it sold 730,000 tickets. For its 1980 re-release, it sold 2,980,000 million tickets.[124]
  14. ^ Mothra vs. Godzilla gross in Japan (est.)[129][130]
    • 1964 release – 3.51 million tickets – ¥625 million
    • 1970 release – 730,000 tickets – ¥237 million
    • 1980 release – ¥2.33 billion
  15. ^ For its original 1964 release, the film sold 4,320,000 tickets. For its 1971 re-release, it sold 1,090,000 tickets.[124]
  16. ^ For its original 1965 release, the film sold 3,780,000 tickets. For its 1971 re-release, it sold 1,350,000 tickets.[124]
  17. ^ For its original 1966 release, the film sold 3,450,000 tickets. For its 1972 re-release, it sold 760,000 tickets.[124]
  18. ^ For its original 1967 release, the film sold 2,480,000 tickets. For its 1973 re-release, it sold 610,000 tickets.[124]
  19. ^ Godzilla (1998) admissions:
    • Japan – 3.6 million[166]
    • Europe – 17,675,620
      • France, Germany, Italy, Spain – 9,946,810[167]
      • Other European countries – 7,728,810[168]
    • Mexico – 4,327,670[169]
    • Brazil – 1,004,820[170]
    • Taiwan – 420,454[171]
    • South Korea (Seoul City) – 409,262[172]
  20. ^ Godzilla (2014) admissions:
    • Japan – 2.18 million[166]
    • China – 12,669,000[175]
    • Europe – 10,124,979
      • Spain and Italy – 1,235,029[176]
      • Romania – 172,676[177]
      • Other European countries – 8,717,274[178]
    • Mexico – 2,032,854[179]
    • Brazil – 1,314,631[180]
    • South Korea – 709,734[172]
  21. ^ Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) admissions:
    • Japan – 2.12 million[184][130]
    • China – 25,457,730[185]
    • Europe – 4,887,602
      • Russia – 1,112,404[186]
      • France and Spain – 916,716[187]
      • Other European countries – 2,858,482[188]
    • Mexico – 3,600,000[189]
    • Brazil – 532,988[190]
    • South Korea – 359,041[172]
  22. ^ Entertainment Weekly, Box Office Mojo, and Deadline Hollywood reported that the film's production budget was $170 million; however, Deadline also noted that other analysts marked the budget at $185 million.[191][192][193] In July 2018, the Hindustan Times reported the budget to be $200 million.[194] This figure was later confirmed in an analysis by Variety published in June 2019.[195]
  23. ^ Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) admissions:
    • China – 32,919,800[198]
    • Mexico – 6,300,000[199]
    • Russia – 3,187,085[200]
    • Europe (excluding Russia) – 2,330,527[201]
    • Japan – 1,270,000[202]
    • Brazil – 751,644[203]
    • South Korea – 703,485[172]
  24. ^ The Numbers reported the production budget to be $155 million.[204] In December 2020, Variety reported the budget to be $160 million,[205] while TheWrap reported the budget to be $165 million.[206] In January 2021, both The Hollywood Reporter and Deadline Hollywood stated the budget to be $200 million.[207][208] In February 2021, Comingsoon.net also noted the film's budget to be $200 million.[209]

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  • Official website of Toho Co., Ltd. (in Japanese)
 
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godzilla, franchise, godzilla, japanese, ゴジラ, hepburn, gojira, franchise, japanese, monster, kaiju, media, franchise, consisting, films, television, series, novels, comic, books, video, games, other, merchandise, franchise, centered, fictional, kaiju, godzilla. The Godzilla Japanese ゴジラ Hepburn Gojira franchise is a Japanese monster or kaiju media franchise consisting of films television series novels comic books video games and other merchandise The franchise is centered on the fictional kaiju Godzilla a prehistoric reptilian monster awakened and powered by nuclear radiation The franchise is recognized by the Guinness World Records as the longest continuously running film franchise having been in ongoing production since 1954 with several hiatuses of varying lengths 8 The film franchise consists of 38 films 33 Japanese films produced and distributed by Toho Co Ltd and five American films one produced by TriStar Pictures and four produced by Legendary Pictures GodzillaCurrent official English brand logo 1 Created byTomoyuki Tanaka 2 Ishirō Honda 3 Eiji Tsuburaya 4 Original workGodzilla 1954 5 OwnerToho Co Ltd 6 Years1954 presentPrint publicationsBook s Cerasini novels Ciencin novels MonsterVerse booksComicsFull listFilms and televisionFilm s Toho 33 films 1954 current TriStar Pictures a 1 film 1998 Legendary Pictures 4 films 2014 current Television seriesFull listGamesVideo game s Full listAudioSoundtrack s Godzilla Final Wars 2004 Godzilla 2014 Godzilla King of the Monsters 2019 Godzilla vs Kong 2021 MiscellaneousAmerican seriesMonsterVerseThe original film Godzilla was directed by and co written by Ishirō Honda and released by Toho in 1954 9 It became an influential classic of the genre It featured political and social undertones relevant to Japan at the time The original introduced an acclaimed music score by Akira Ifukube reused in many later films The 1954 film and its special effects director Eiji Tsuburaya are largely credited for establishing the template for tokusatsu a technique of practical special effects filmmaking that would become essential in Japan s film industry since the release of Godzilla 1954 10 For its North American release the film was localized in 1956 as Godzilla King of the Monsters It featured new footage with Raymond Burr edited together with the original Japanese footage The popularity of the films has led to the franchise expanding to other media such as television music literature and video games Godzilla has become one of the most recognizable symbols in Japanese pop culture worldwide and remains a well known facet of Japanese films and was one of the first examples of the popular kaiju and tokusatsu subgenres in Japanese entertainment The tone and themes vary per film Several of the films have political themes others have dark tones complex internal mythology or are simple action movies featuring aliens or other monsters while others have simpler themes accessible to children 11 Godzilla s role varies from purely a destructive force to an ally of humans or a protector of Japanese values or a hero to children The name Godzilla is a romanization of the original Japanese name Gojira ゴジラ which is a combination of two Japanese words gorira ゴリラ gorilla and kujira クジラ whale The word alludes to the size power and aquatic origin of Godzilla As developed by Toho the monster is an offshoot of the combination of radioactivity and ancient dinosaur like creatures indestructible and possessing special powers see Godzilla characteristics Contents 1 History 1 1 Shōwa era 1954 1975 1 2 Heisei era 1984 1995 1 3 Millennium era 1999 2004 1 4 Reiwa era 2016 present 1 5 American films 1 5 1 Unproduced 3D film 1983 1 5 2 TriStar Pictures 1998 2000 1 5 3 Legendary Pictures 2014 present 2 Filmography 2 1 Toho films 2 2 American films 2 3 Guest appearances 2 4 Localized releases 3 Reception 3 1 Box office performance 3 1 1 Toho productions 3 1 2 American productions 3 2 Critical and public response 4 Other media 4 1 Television 4 1 1 Japan 4 1 2 United States 4 2 Video games 4 3 Literature 4 4 Music 4 5 Geographic features 5 Cultural impact 5 1 Merchandise 5 2 Awards 5 3 Name usage 6 Notes 7 References 7 1 Citations 7 2 Sources 8 External linksHistory Edit Every film incarnation of Godzilla between 1954 and 2017 The Godzilla film series is broken into several different eras reflecting a characteristic style and corresponding to the same eras used to classify all kaiju eiga monster movies in Japan The first second and fourth eras refer to the Japanese emperor during production the Shōwa era the Heisei era and the Reiwa era The third is called the Millennium era as the emperor Heisei is the same but these films are considered to have a different style and storyline than the Heisei era Over the series history the films have reflected the social and political climate in Japan 12 In the original film Godzilla was an allegory for the effects of the hydrogen bomb and the consequences that such weapons might have on Earth 13 14 15 16 The radioactive contamination of the Japanese fishing boat Lucky Dragon No 5 through the United States Castle Bravo thermonuclear device test on Bikini Atoll on March 1 1954 led to much press coverage in Japan preceding the release of the first movie in 1954 17 The Heisei and Millennium series have largely continued this concept Toho was inspired to make the original Godzilla film after the commercial success of the 1952 re release of King Kong and the success of The Beast from 20 000 Fathoms 1953 the first live action film to feature a giant monster awakened following an atomic bomb detonation 18 The success of the Godzilla franchise itself would go on to inspire other giant monster films worldwide Shōwa era 1954 1975 Edit The initial series of films are named after the Shōwa era as all of these films were produced during Emperor Shōwa s reign 19 20 This Shōwa timeline spanned from 1954 with Godzilla to 1975 with Terror of Mechagodzilla Starting with Ghidorah the Three Headed Monster Godzilla began evolving into a friendlier more playful antihero this transition was complete by Son of Godzilla where Godzilla is depicted as a more virtuous character and as years went by it evolved into an anthropomorphic superhero Ghidorah the Three Headed Monster was also significant for introducing Godzilla s archenemy and the main antagonist of the film series King Ghidorah Son of Godzilla and All Monsters Attack were aimed at youthful audiences featuring the appearance of Godzilla s son Minilla Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla was notable for introducing Godzilla s robot duplicate and the secondary antagonist of the film series Mechagodzilla The Shōwa period loosely tied in to a number of Toho produced films in which Godzilla himself did not appear and consequently saw the addition of many monsters into the Godzilla continuity three of which Rodan Varan and Mothra originated in their own solo movies and another five Anguirus Manda Baragon Gorosaurus and Kumonga appeared in their first films as either secondary antagonists or secondary kaiju Haruo Nakajima mainly portrayed Godzilla since 1954 until his retirement in 1972 However other stunt actors have portrayed the character in his absence such as Katsumi Tezuka Yu Sekida Ryosaku Takasugi Seiji Onaka Shinji Takagi Isao Zushi and Toru Kawai 21 22 Eiji Tsuburaya directed the special effects for the first six films of the series His protege Sadamasa Arikawa took over the effects work for the next three films with Tsuburaya supervising while Teruyoshi Nakano directed the special effects for the last six films of the series The Criterion Collection released the Shōwa era films as part of a Blu ray box set in the United States and Canada on October 29 2019 23 Heisei era 1984 1995 Edit Toho rebooted the series in 1984 with The Return of Godzilla starting the second era of Godzilla films known as the Heisei series 24 The Return of Godzilla serves as a direct sequel to the original 1954 film and ignores the subsequent events of the Shōwa era The Return of Godzilla was released in 1984 five years before the new Emperor but is considered part of this era as it is a direct predecessor to Godzilla vs Biollante 1989 which came out in the first year of the new Emperor s reign 25 The Heisei films are set in a single timeline with each film providing continuity to the other films and brings Godzilla back as a destructive force of nature that is feared by humans 24 The biological nature and science behind Godzilla became a much more discussed issue in the films showing the increased focus on the moral aspects of genetics Godzilla vs King Ghidorah gave Godzilla s first concrete birth story featuring a dinosaur named Godzillasaurus that was mutated by nuclear radiation into Godzilla Godzilla was portrayed by Kenpachiro Satsuma for the Heisei films while the special effects were directed by Koichi Kawakita with the exception of The Return of Godzilla for which the effects were directed by Teruyoshi Nakano Millennium era 1999 2004 Edit Toho rebooted the franchise for a second time with the 1999 film Godzilla 2000 Millennium starting the third era of Godzilla films known as the Millennium series 26 27 The Millennium series is treated similarly to an anthology series where each film is a standalone story with the 1954 film serving as the only previous point of reference Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla and Godzilla Tokyo S O S are the only films in the series to share continuity with each other and are also connected to 1961 s Mothra After the release of 2004 s Godzilla Final Wars marking the 50th anniversary of the Godzilla film franchise Toho decided to put the series on hiatus for another 10 years Toho also demolished the water stage on its lot used in numerous Godzilla kaiju and tokusatsu films 28 Yoshimitsu Banno who had directed 1971 s Godzilla vs Hedorah secured the rights from Toho to make an IMAX 3D short film production based on a story similar to his Hedorah film This project eventually led to the development of Legendary s Godzilla Tsutomu Kitagawa portrayed Godzilla for the majority of the Millennium films with the exception of Godzilla Mothra and King Ghidorah Giant Monsters All Out Attack in which Godzilla was portrayed by Mizuho Yoshida Unlike the Shōwa and later Heisei films the special effects for the Millennium films were directed by multiple effects directors such as Kenji Suzuki Godzilla 2000 Godzilla vs Megaguirus Makoto Kamiya Godzilla Mothra and King Ghidorah Giant Monsters All Out Attack Yuichi Kikuchi Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla and Eiichi Asada Godzilla Tokyo S O S Godzilla Final Wars Reiwa era 2016 present Edit The Reiwa iterations of Godzilla In December 2014 Toho announced plans for a new Godzilla film of their own for a 2016 release 29 The film is Toho s reboot of the Godzilla franchise after Legendary Pictures reboot in 2014 the film is co directed by Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi both of whom collaborated on the anime Neon Genesis Evangelion with the screenplay by Anno and the visual effects directed by Higuchi 30 31 32 Principal photography began on September and ended in October with the special effects work following in November that year 33 34 Shin Godzilla was released in Japan on July 29 2016 in IMAX 4DX and MX4D to positive reviews and was a box office success 35 In August 2016 Toho announced plans for a trilogy of anime Godzilla films with Polygon Pictures animating the films and Netflix distributing the trilogy worldwide except in Japan where each film will be given a theatrical release by Toho 36 37 The first film titled Godzilla Planet of the Monsters was released on November 17 2017 38 The second film titled Godzilla City on the Edge of Battle was released on May 18 2018 39 The third and final film in the trilogy titled Godzilla The Planet Eater was released on November 9 2018 40 In January 2018 Toho announced its plans to invest 15 billion US 135 million for the next three years beginning in 2019 to co produce content with Hollywood and Chinese studios who have licensed Toho s properties such as Godzilla Your Name and Pokemon Toho would invest 25 in production costs and would earn a higher share in revenue and manage creators rights so their creative input would be reflected in each work 41 In May 2018 Toho s Chief Godzilla Officer Keiji Ota revealed that a sequel to Shin Godzilla would not happen but revealed plans for a World of Godzilla a shared cinematic universe between Godzilla and other Toho monsters after 2021 Ota cited the Marvel Cinematic Universe as an influence with plans to release a new film every one to two years Ota stated After 2021 we re thinking of a potential strategy that releases Godzilla movies uninterrupted at a rate of every two years although there is a preference for a yearly pace as well The future of the series and its forwarding developments are very conscious of the method of shared universe Godzilla Mothra King Ghidorah etc could all share a single world view much like a Marvel movie where Iron Man and the Hulk can crossover with each other It is said that each movie can be a possible film production where any one of them could lead a film of their own as the titular character Keiji Ota translated from Nikkei style 42 In 2019 Toho invested 15 4 billion US 140 million into their Los Angeles based subsidiary Toho International Inc as part of their Toho Vision 2021 Medium term Management Strategy a strategy to increase content platform real estate surpass 50 billion in profits and increase character businesses on Toho intellectual properties such as Godzilla Hiroyasu Matsuoka was named the representative director of the project 43 In 2019 Toho launched the first official English website and the first official English Twitter and Instagram for the franchise 44 45 In June 2019 Toho revealed plans to present the Toho Godzilla at the San Diego Comic Con for the first time to commemorate the franchise s 65th anniversary as well as being part of their plan to expand the franchise in the United States 46 At the San Diego Comic Con Akito Takahashi the project manager of Toho s Godzilla Strategic Conference revealed Toho s intentions to have the Toho and Legendary Godzilla films expand together He also revealed that the option to reintroduce political themes and old or new monsters would be available to filmmakers should they choose to pursue it Akito also expressed interest in re introducing Mechagodzilla and Jet Jaguar in the future 47 48 In October 2020 Toho announced plans for an anime series titled Godzilla Singular Point released on Netflix in 2021 revealing artwork for Godzilla and its principal characters The project was directed by Atsushi Takahashi with music by Kan Sawada written by Toh Enjoe character designs by Kazue Kato and animations by Eiji Yamamori The series was produced by Bones Inc in partnership with Orange Co Ltd featured hand drawn and CG animation and had no relation to Polygon s anime film trilogy 49 On November 3 2022 during the franchise s 68th anniversary known as Godzilla Day Toho announced plans to release a new live action Godzilla film on November 3 2023 to commemorate the franchise s 69th anniversary Toho also announced Takashi Yamazaki as the director writer and visual effects supervisor and that the film had entered post production after recently completed filming 50 American films Edit Unproduced 3D film 1983 Edit Storyboard by William Stout for Steve Miner s unproduced 3D Godzilla film Main article Godzilla King of the Monsters in 3D In 1983 director Steve Miner pitched his idea for an American 3D production of Godzilla to Toho with storyboards by William Stout and a script written by Fred Dekker titled Godzilla King of the Monsters in 3D which featured Godzilla destroying San Francisco in an attempt to find its offspring 51 Various studios and producers expressed interest but passed it over due to high budget concerns 52 The film would have featured a full scale animatronic Godzilla head built by Rick Baker stop motion animation executed by David W Allen an articulated stop motion Godzilla figure created by Stephen Czerkas and additional storyboards by Doug Wildey 53 54 The production design would have been overseen by William Stout 55 TriStar Pictures 1998 2000 Edit Main articles Godzilla 1998 film and Godzilla The Series TriStar s Godzilla in Godzilla 1998 In October 1992 TriStar Pictures acquired the rights from Toho with plans to produce a trilogy 56 Director Jan de Bont and writers Terry Rossio and Ted Eliott developed a script that had Godzilla battling a shape shifting alien called the Gryphon De Bont later left the project after budget disagreements with the studio 57 Roland Emmerich was hired to direct and co write a new script with producer Dean Devlin A co production between Centropolis Entertainment Fried Films Independent Pictures and TriStar Pictures 7 Godzilla was theatrically released on May 20 1998 to negative reviews 58 59 and grossed 379 million worldwide against a production budget between 130 150 million 60 61 Despite grossing nearly three times its budget 62 it was considered a box office disappointment 63 64 Two planned sequels were cancelled and an animated TV series was produced instead 65 TriStar let the license expire in 2003 In 2004 Toho began trademarking new iterations of TriStar s Godzilla as Zilla with only the incarnations from the 1998 film and animated TV series retaining the Godzilla copyright trademark 59 66 Legendary Pictures 2014 present Edit Legendary s Godzilla in Godzilla 2014 Main articles MonsterVerse Godzilla MonsterVerse Godzilla 2014 film Godzilla King of the Monsters 2019 film Godzilla vs Kong and Untitled Godzilla vs Kong sequel In 2004 director Yoshimitsu Banno acquired permission from Toho to produce a short IMAX Godzilla film In 2009 the project was turned over to Legendary Pictures to be redeveloped as a feature film 67 Announced in March 2010 the film was co produced with Warner Bros Pictures and was directed by Gareth Edwards 68 69 Godzilla was theatrically released on May 16 2014 to positive reviews 70 71 and was a box office success grossing 529 million worldwide against a production budget of 160 million 72 The film s success prompted Toho to produce a reboot of their own and Legendary to proceed with sequels and a shared cinematic franchise dubbed the MonsterVerse 73 with Godzilla King of the Monsters released on May 31 2019 74 and Godzilla vs Kong released on March 24 2021 75 76 Legendary s license to Godzilla expired in 2020 77 However in January 2022 Legendary announced that Apple TV had ordered a live action MonsterVerse series featuring Godzilla and other Titans 78 A fifth MonsterVerse film is scheduled to be released on March 15 2024 79 Filmography EditToho films Edit Title Year Director s Effects director Monster co star s Current U S licensesShōwa era 1954 1975 1 Godzilla 1954 Ishirō Honda Eiji Tsuburaya None The Criterion Collection2 Godzilla Raids Again 1955 Motoyoshi Oda Anguirus3 King Kong vs Godzilla 1962 Ishirō Honda King Kong the Oodako b Universal Pictures Home EntertainmentThe Criterion Collection 23 4 Mothra vs Godzilla 1964 Mothra The Criterion Collection 23 5 Ghidorah the Three Headed Monster King Ghidorah Rodan Mothra6 Invasion of Astro Monster 1965 King Ghidorah Rodan7 Ebirah Horror of the Deep 1966 Jun Fukuda Sadamasa Arikawa Ebirah Mothra the Ookondoru c 8 Son of Godzilla 1967 Minilla Kumonga Kamacuras9 Destroy All Monsters 1968 Ishirō Honda King Ghidorah Rodan Mothra Anguirus Minilla Kumonga Manda Gorosaurus Baragon Varan10 All Monsters Attack 1969 Ishirō Honda Gabara Minilla Kamacuras Ebirah Kumonga the Ookondoru Maneater Anguirus Gorosaurus Manda11 Godzilla vs Hedorah 1971 Yoshimitsu Banno Teruyoshi Nakano Hedorah12 Godzilla vs Gigan 1972 Jun Fukuda Gigan King Ghidorah Anguirus Rodan Mothra Gorosaurus Minilla Kamacuras Kumonga13 Godzilla vs Megalon 1973 Megalon Jet Jaguar Gigan Anguirus Rodan14 Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla 1974 Mechagodzilla King Caesar Anguirus15 Terror of Mechagodzilla 1975 Ishirō Honda Mechagodzilla 2 TitanosaurusHeisei era 1984 1995 16 The Return of Godzilla 1984 Koji Hashimoto Teruyoshi Nakano Shockirus d Giant Sea Lice 84 Kraken Releasing17 Godzilla vs Biollante 1989 Kazuki Ōmori Koichi Kawakita Biollante Miramax18 Godzilla vs King Ghidorah 1991 King Ghidorah Mecha King Ghidorah the Dorats Godzillasaurus Sony Pictures Home Entertainment19 Godzilla vs Mothra 1992 Takao Okawara Mothra Battra20 Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla II 1993 Mechagodzilla Super Mechagodzilla Rodan Fire Rodan Baby Godzilla21 Godzilla vs SpaceGodzilla 1994 Kensho Yamashita SpaceGodzilla Moguera Fairy Mothra Little Godzilla22 Godzilla vs Destoroyah 1995 Takao Okawara Destoroyah Godzilla JuniorMillennium era 1999 2004 23 Godzilla 2000 Millennium 1999 Takao Okawara Kenji Suzuki Orga the Millennian Sony Pictures Home Entertainment24 Godzilla vs Megaguirus 2000 Masaaki Tezuka Megaguirus the Meganulons the Meganulas25 Godzilla Mothra and King Ghidorah Giant Monsters All Out Attack 2001 Shusuke Kaneko Makoto Kamiya King Ghidorah Mothra Baragon26 Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla 2002 Masaaki Tezuka Yuichi Kikuchi Mechagodzilla e 27 Godzilla Tokyo S O S 2003 Eiichi Asada Mechagodzilla f Mothra Kamoebas28 Godzilla Final Wars 2004 Ryuhei Kitamura Monster X Keizer Ghidorah Zilla Rodan Mothra Gigan King Caesar Anguirus Minilla Kumonga Kamacuras Manda Hedorah EbirahReiwa era 2016 present g 29 Shin Godzilla 2016 Hideaki AnnoShinji Higuchi Shinji Higuchi None Funimation h 30 Godzilla Planet of the Monsters 2017 Kōbun ShizunoHiroyuki Seshita N A Servum Dogora Dagahra Orga Kamacuras Anguirus Rodan Mechagodzilla Netflix31 Godzilla City on the Edge of Battle 2018 Mechagodzilla City Servum Vulture32 Godzilla The Planet Eater King Ghidorah Mothra Servum33 Untitled Toho Godzilla film 2023 Takashi Yamazaki TBAAmerican films Edit Title Year Director s Effects supervisor Monster co star s Current U S licensesTriStar Pictures 1998 1 Godzilla 1998 Roland Emmerich Volker Engel Baby Godzillas Sony Pictures Home EntertainmentLegendary Pictures MonsterVerse 2014 present 2 Godzilla 2014 Gareth Edwards Jim Rygiel MUTOs male and female Warner Bros Home Entertainment3 Godzilla King of the Monsters 2019 Michael Dougherty Guillaume Rocheron King Ghidorah Mothra Rodan Kong archival footage Queen MUTO Behemoth Methuselah Scylla 89 4 Godzilla vs Kong 2021 Adam Wingard John DJ DesJardin Kong Mechagodzilla 90 Skullcrawler Warbat 91 Hell Hawk 92 5 Untitled Godzilla vs Kong sequel 2024 Alessandro Ongaro 93 KongGuest appearances Edit In 2007 a CGI Godzilla appeared in the Toho slice of life film Always Sunset on Third Street 2 94 In an imaginary sequence Godzilla destroys part of 1959 Tokyo with one of the main protagonists getting angry that Godzilla damaged his car showroom The making of the sequence was kept a secret Godzilla has been referenced in and has briefly appeared in several other films 95 96 Godzilla guest starred in the show Crayon Shin chan as an antagonist 97 Godzilla also appears in cave paintings alongside Rodan Mothra and King Ghidorah in a post credits scene in Kong Skull Island In 2019 Godzilla made an appearance in the anime film Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion the Movie Mirai Kara Kita Shinsoku no ALFA X 98 Localized releases Edit In 1956 Jewell Enterprises Inc released Godzilla King of the Monsters an American localization of Godzilla 1954 This version removed most of the political themes and social commentaries resulting in 30 minutes of footage from the Japanese version replaced with new footage featuring Raymond Burr interacting with Japanese actors and look alikes to make it seem like Burr was a part of the original Japanese production In addition the soundtrack and sound effects were slightly altered and some dialogue was dubbed into English 99 This release is referred to as an Americanization or the Americanized version by some sources 100 101 102 Similar localizations or Americanizations occurred for the U S releases of King Kong vs Godzilla 103 and The Return of Godzilla released in the U S as Godzilla 1985 104 the latter which had Burr reprising the role of Steve Martin from Godzilla King of the Monsters 105 In 1957 Harry Rybnick attempted to produce The Volcano Monsters a film that would have localized Godzilla Raids Again by using its monster footage mixed with new footage featuring additional effects and American actors to create a new film however funding from AB PT Pictures collapsed after the company closed down and Godzilla Raids Again was instead re cut dubbed in English and released in 1959 by Warner Bros as Gigantis the Fire Monster 106 In 1976 Italian director Luigi Cozzi intended to re release Godzilla in Italy Facing resistance from exhibitors to showing a black and white film Cozzi instead licensed a negative of Godzilla King of the Monsters from Toho and created a new movie in color adding much stock footage of graphic death and destruction and short scenes from newsreel footage from World War II which he released as Godzilla in 1977 The film was colorized using a process called Spectrorama 70 where color gels are put on the original black and white film becoming one of the first black and white movies to be colorized Dialogue was dubbed into Italian and new music was added After the initial Italian run the negative became Toho s property and prints have only been exhibited in Italy from that time onward Italian firm Yamato Video at one time intended to release the colorized version on a two disc DVD along with the original Godzilla 107 108 Year Title Notes Director s Current U S licenses1956 Godzilla King of the Monsters Re edited U S version of Godzilla 1954 with additional footage Ishirō HondaTerry O Morse The Criterion Collection1963 King Kong vs Godzilla Re edited U S version of the 1962 film with additional footage Ishirō Honda Thomas Montgomery Universal Pictures Home EntertainmentThe Criterion Collection 23 1977 Godzilla Re edited Italian version of Godzilla King of the Monsters 1956 Ishirō HondaLuigi Cozzi N A1985 Godzilla 1985 Re edited U S version of The Return of Godzilla 1984 with additional footage Koji HashimotoR J Kizer N A i Reception EditBox office performance Edit Below is a chart listing the number of tickets sold for each Godzilla film in Japan including the imported American films along with their gross revenue in Japan and outside of Japan The films are listed from the most attended to the least attended Almost all of the 1960s films were reissued so the lifetime number of tickets sold is listed with the initial release ticket numbers mentioned in notes By 1974 the first 13 films had grossed 130 million in overseas box office revenue outside of Japan 110 111 112 In 1977 James Robert Parish and Michael R Pitts reported that the first 13 films had grossed over 130 million outside of Japan and estimated that they also grossed more than 130 million within Japan 113 The Godzilla films in the 1970s each cost about 1 2 million to produce and each grossed about 20 million at the box office 114 115 Travis Bean estimated in 2016 that the first 13 films up until 1973 had grossed 163 million in Japan and 130 6 million overseas for a worldwide total of 293 6 million 116 By 1986 the Godzilla films had grossed 500 million worldwide 117 equivalent to between 2 billion and 5 billion adjusted for inflation The first fifteen Godzilla films sold about 65 million tickets in Japan up until 1984 118 and the first 21 Godzilla films sold 85 million tickets in Japan up until 1995 119 Toho s first 28 Godzilla films excluding the American productions up until Final Wars 2004 had sold over 99 29 million tickets in Japan 120 121 Adjusted for inflation 99 29 million Japanese ticket sales are equivalent to a gross revenue of 1 8 billion at an average 2014 Japanese ticket price 122 It was the highest grossing film series in Japan up until it was surpassed by the anime film series Doraemon when it exceeded 100 million ticket sales in 2013 123 With the release of Shin Godzilla 2016 Toho s Godzilla film series excluding the American productions had sold more than 100 million tickets at the Japanese box office 120 121 Total box office est Japanese films American films Box office total 808 394 314 1 762 907 162 2 571 301 476 Toho productions Edit Film Year Ticket sales Japan Box office gross revenue est Japan Other territories WorldwideGodzilla 1954 9 610 000 124 183 000 000 R 99 132 638 492 k 500 000 000 117 Godzilla King of the Monsters 1956 Godzilla Raids Again 1955 8 340 000 124 170 000 000R 128 King Kong vs Godzilla 1962 12 550 000 l 430 000 000R 128 Mothra vs Godzilla 1964 7 220 000 m 3 162 000 000 n Ghidorah the Three Headed Monster 1964 5 410 000 o 390 000 000R 128 Invasion of Astro Monster 1965 5 130 000 p 410 000 000R 128 Ebirah Horror of the Deep 1966 4 210 000 q 330 000 000R 128 Son of Godzilla 1967 3 090 000 r 260 000 000R 128 Destroy All Monsters 1968 2 580 000 124 230 000 000R 128 All Monsters Attack 1969 1 480 000 124 260 000 000R 128 Godzilla vs Hedorah 1971 1 740 000 124 300 000 000R 128 Godzilla vs Gigan 1972 1 800 000 131 495 110 000R 132 Godzilla vs Megalon 1973 980 000 124 220 000 000R 128 Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla 1974 1 330 000 124 370 000 000R 128 17 100 000 116 Terror of Mechagodzilla 1975 970 000 124 330 000 000R 128 The Return of Godzilla 1984 3 200 000 124 1 700 000 000R 128 Godzilla 1985 1985 N A N A 4 116 710U 133 Godzilla vs Biollante 1989 2 000 000 124 104 000 000R 128 7 000 000JR 134 Godzilla vs King Ghidorah 1991 2 700 000 124 1 450 000 000R 128 11 000 000JR 135 Godzilla vs Mothra 1992 4 200 000 124 2 220 000 000R 128 20 000 000JR 136 Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla II 1993 3 800 000 124 1 870 000 000R 128 36 000 000 137 Godzilla vs SpaceGodzilla 1994 3 400 000 124 1 650 000 000R 128 20 000 000JR 138 Godzilla vs Destoroyah 1995 4 000 000 124 3 500 000 000 139 24 800 000J 139 Godzilla 2000 Millennium 1999 2 000 000 140 1 650 000 000 141 12 924 063 142 27 924 063 143 Godzilla vs Megaguirus 2000 1 350 000 140 1 200 000 000 144 10 000 000J 145 Godzilla Mothra and King Ghidorah Giant Monsters All Out Attack 2001 2 400 000 140 2 710 000 000 146 20 000 000J 147 Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla 2002 1 700 000 140 1 910 000 000 148 16 000 000J 149 Godzilla Tokyo S O S 2003 1 100 000 140 1 300 000 000 150 22 724 345 151 Godzilla Final Wars 2004 1 500 000 152 1 260 000 000 153 33 462 154 9 167 302 154 Shin Godzilla 2016 5 690 000 155 8 250 000 000 156 2 649 796 157 78 053 145 157 Godzilla Planet of the Monsters 2017 260 000 158 130 342 349 800 158 251 163 159 3 285 291 160 Godzilla City on the Edge of Battle 2018 73 000 161 150 000 000 128 911 000 JGodzilla The Planet Eater 2018 130 000 162 130 171 859 045 162 1 523 168J 163 Total 105 943 000 38 978 318 845 169 697 020 808 394 314 R Distributor rental earnings only not total box office gross receipts J Japan gross only JR Japan distributor rental earnings only not total box office gross receipts U U S gross only American productions Edit Film Year Box office gross revenue Box office ticket sales est BudgetUnited States and Canada Other territories Worldwide Ref United States and Canada Other territories WorldwideGodzilla 1998 136 314 861 242 700 000 379 014 861 164 29 762 000 165 23 110 156 s 57 199 826 130 150 million 164 61 Godzilla 2014 200 676 069 328 400 000 529 076 069 173 24 560 000 174 29 031 198 t 53 591 198 160 million 181 Godzilla King of the Monsters 2019 110 500 138 276 100 000 386 600 138 182 12 264 200 183 36 956 764 u 49 220 964 170 200 million v Godzilla vs Kong 2021 100 916 094 369 150 920 470 067 014 196 10 732 000 197 47 462 541 w 58 194 541 155 200 million x Total 548 407 162 1 216 350 920 1 764 758 082 77 318 200 136 560 659 218 206 529 520 710 millionTBA To be ascertained Critical and public response Edit Film Rotten Tomatoes MetacriticGodzilla 1954 93 74 reviews 210 78 20 reviews 211 Godzilla King of the Monsters 1956 83 24 reviews 212 60 7 reviews 213 Godzilla Raids Again 60 9 reviews 214 King Kong vs Godzilla 50 15 reviews 215 Mothra vs Godzilla 92 10 reviews 216 Ghidorah the Three Headed Monster 75 12 reviews 217 Invasion of Astro Monster 57 7 reviews 218 Ebirah Horror of the Deep 57 7 reviews 219 Son of Godzilla 60 8 reviews 220 Destroy All Monsters 75 7 reviews 221 All Monsters Attack 25 8 reviews 222 Godzilla vs Hedorah 58 11 reviews 223 Godzilla vs Gigan 67 6 reviews 224 Godzilla vs Megalon 38 7 reviews 225 Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla 71 6 reviews 226 Terror of Mechagodzilla 43 7 reviews 227 The Return of Godzilla a k a Godzilla 1985 20 8 reviews 228 Godzilla vs Biollante 71 7 reviews 229 Godzilla vs King Ghidorah 56 9 reviews 230 Godzilla vs Mothra 75 6 reviews 231 Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla II 83 6 reviews 232 Godzilla vs SpaceGodzilla 57 7 reviews 233 Godzilla vs Destoroyah 100 6 reviews 234 Godzilla 1998 16 76 reviews 235 32 23 reviews 236 Godzilla 2000 Millennium 57 69 reviews 237 41 23 reviews 238 Godzilla vs Megaguirus 60 5 reviews 239 Godzilla Mothra and King Ghidorah Giant Monsters All Out Attack 63 14 reviews 240 Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla N A 241 Godzilla Tokyo S O S 80 5 reviews 242 Godzilla Final Wars 50 12 reviews 243 Godzilla 2014 76 327 reviews 244 62 48 reviews 245 Shin Godzilla 86 73 reviews 246 68 14 reviews 247 Godzilla Planet of the Monsters 71 7 reviews 248 Godzilla City on the Edge of Battle 60 5 reviews 249 Godzilla The Planet Eater 60 5 reviews 250 Godzilla King of the Monsters 2019 42 347 reviews 251 48 46 reviews 252 Godzilla vs Kong 75 311 reviews 59 57 reviews Other media EditTelevision Edit Japan Edit In 1973 Godzilla was featured in Toho s tokusatsu series Zone Fighter which also featured King Ghidorah and Gigan in a few episodes Several filmmakers who had worked on previous Godzilla films participated in the series Tomoyuki Tanaka produced the series directors Ishirō Honda and Jun Fukuda directed a few episodes Fukuda also wrote episode four effects director Teruyoshi Nakano contributed to the special effects while Kōichi Kawakita who would direct the effects for Toho s Heisei era films served as assistant effects director 253 In 1992 Toho produced a children s educational animated series titled Godzilland which featured live action segments mixed with chibi styled animation 254 In 1997 Toho produced a children s series titled Godzilla Island centered on Godzilla toys Toho made the series available worldwide on their official YouTube channel in November 2022 255 In October 2020 Toho announced Godzilla Singular Point an anime series directed by Atsushi Takahashi written by Toh EnJoe and animated by Japanese studios Bones and Orange 256 Godzilla Singular Point aired on Japanese television in April 2021 and released worldwide on Netflix in June 2021 257 United States Edit Godzilla and its likeness has appeared in various television related media including Robot Chicken Roseanne Animaniacs South Park Malcolm In The Middle Chappelle s Show Rugrats a Nike commercial with Charles Barkley battling Godzilla and multiple appearances on The Simpsons including a Halloween spoof titled Homerzilla 258 259 In 1978 Hanna Barbera produced the animated series Godzilla and ran for two seasons on NBC 260 In 2022 Toho made the complete Hanna Barbera series available worldwide on their official YouTube channel 261 In 1991 the English dubbed versions of Ebirah Horror of the Deep as Godzilla vs the Sea Monster and Godzilla vs Megalon were riffed on Mystery Science Theater 3000 262 In 1998 Columbia TriStar Television produced Godzilla The Series developed by Jeff Kline and Richard Raynis the series served as a sequel to the 1998 film Godzilla and ran for two seasons on Fox Kids 263 In January 2022 Legendary Television announced that Apple TV had ordered a live action series set in the MonsterVerse titled Godzilla and the Titans 78 Year Title Notes Licenses Media1973 Zone Fighter The series features Godzilla in seven episodes 253 Toho Video1978 1979 Godzilla In 2006 Classic Media released the first eight episodes on two volume DVD s as Godzilla The Original Animated Series 264 In 2022 Toho International Inc released the complete series on their official YouTube channel 265 Classic MediaToho International Inc 1992 Godzilland Gakken Video1993 Godzilland 21994 1996 Get Going Godzilland1997 1998 Godzilla Island Toho Video1998 2000 Godzilla The Series Mill Creek Entertainment2021 Godzilla Singular Point NetflixTBA Godzilla and the Titans Apple TV Video games Edit Main article List of Godzilla games A game called Gojira kun which was originally going to be titled Gojiraland 266 was released for the MSX in 1985 In 1990 Gojira kun Kaiju Daikōshin was released for the Game Boy In 1993 Super Godzilla was released for the SNES 267 In 2007 Godzilla Unleashed was released for the Wii and DS The 2014 video game Godzilla was released by Bandai Namco 268 In September 2021 Stern released Godzilla 269 In May 2022 Call of Duty Warzone featured a cross over event for Godzilla vs Kong 270 Godzila would be confirmed to play in the Kaiju fighting game GigaBash as a guest character 271 Literature Edit Main article Godzilla comics A Godzilla series of books was published by Random House during the late 1990s and the first half of 2000 The company created different series for different age groups the Scott Ciencin series being aimed at preteens and the Marc Cerasini series being aimed at teens and young adults Several manga have been derived from specific Godzilla films and both Marvel and Dark Horse have published Godzilla comic book series 1977 1979 and 1987 1999 respectively In 2011 IDW Publishing started a new series Godzilla Kingdom of Monsters published in book form under the same title rebooting the Godzilla story It was followed by two sequel series Godzilla published in book form as Godzilla History s Greatest Monster and Godzilla Rulers of Earth published in book form as Godzilla Complete Rulers of Earth Volume 1 and Godzilla Complete Rulers of Earth Volume 2 as well as seven five issue miniseries to date To tie in with the 2014 film three books were published Titan Books published a novelization of the movie in May 2014 written by Greg Cox The graphic novel Godzilla Awakening by Max Borenstein Greg Borenstein and Eric Battle served as a prequel and Godzilla The Art of Destruction by Mark Cotta told about the making of the movie Godzilla has been referenced in The Simpsons comics on three separate occasions The character is featured in Bart Simpson s Guide to Life where it and other kaiju characters such as Minilla and King Ghidorah can be seen it is featured in the comic An Anime Among Us and K Bart Godzilla is also featured in the comic Bart Simpson s Treehouse of Horror 7 where it and other kaiju can be seen referenced on the front cover Music Edit Godzilla The Album the soundtrack album of Godzilla 1998 sold 2 5 million copies worldwide 272 The album s lead single Come with Me by Puff Daddy featuring Jimmy Page sold a certified 2 025 million copies worldwide 273 Its Japan exclusive single Lose Control by Japanese rock band L Arc en Ciel sold 938 401 copies in Japan citation needed Shin Godzilla Ongakushuu the soundtrack album of Shin Godzilla 2016 sold 43 951 copies in Japan citation needed Mars 1991 an album by the Japanese rock duo B z featuring a Godzilla themed song sold 1 730 500 copies in Japan 274 Blue Oyster Cult released the song Godzilla in 1977 It was the first track and the second of four singles from their fifth studio album Spectres also 1977 Artists such as Fu Manchu Racer X and Double Experience have included cover versions of this song on their albums American musician Michale Graves wrote a song titled Godzilla for his 2005 album Punk Rock Is Dead The lyrics mention Godzilla and several on screen adversaries such as Mothra Hedorah Destoroyah and Gigan 275 The Brazilian heavy metal band Sepultura has a song titled Biotech is Godzilla on its 1993 release Chaos A D 276 Composer Eric Whitacre wrote a piece for wind ensemble titled Godzilla Eats Las Vegas The work was commissioned by Thomas Leslie of the University of Nevada Las Vegas and was premiered in 1996 by the university s wind band Annotations on the score instruct performers to dress in costume and a script is provided for the audience Since the piece s premiere it has been performed by notable ensembles including the United States Marine Band and the Scottish National Wind Symphony 277 The French death metal band Gojira named the band after Godzilla s name in Japanese 278 The song Simon Says by Pharoahe Monch is a hip hop remix of the Godzilla March theme song The instrumental version of this song was notably used in the 2000 film Charlie s Angels The British band Lostprophets released a song called We Are Godzilla You Are Japan on its second studio album Start Something The American punk band Groovie Ghoulies released a song called Hats off to You Godzilla as a tribute to Godzilla It is featured on the EP Freaks on Parade released in 2002 The American artist Doctor Steel released a song called Atomic Superstar about Godzilla on his album People of Earth in 2002 In 2003 the British singer Siouxsie Sioux released the album Hai with her band The Creatures the album had a Japanese theme with a song dedicated to the monster simply titled Godzilla The record label Shifty issued the compilation album Destroysall with 15 songs from 15 bands ranging from hardcore punk to doom laden death metal Not all of the songs are dedicated to Godzilla but all do appear connected to monsters from Toho Studios Fittingly the disc was released on August 1 2003 the 35th anniversary of the Japanese release of Destroy All Monsters King Geedorah a k a MF DOOM released Take Me to Your Leader a hip hop album featuring guests from the group Monsta Island Czars another Godzilla themed hip hop group These albums include multiple Godzilla samples throughout the series Taiwanese American electronic musician Mochipet released the EP Godzilla Rehab Center on August 21 2012 featuring songs named after monsters in the series including Gigan King Ghidorah Moguera and Hedorah In 2019 American rock band Think Sanity released their debut album featuring songs based on Godzilla Mothra and Hedorah The songs are titled Sad Kaiju Mothra and Sludge respectively The monsters are also mentioned by name on the track News at Six in which they are comically described by newscaster Chip Bentley as destroying a nearby town The band has mentioned in interviews that they have also written songs based on Biollante King Ghidorah and Rodan as well Geographic features Edit The largest megamullion located 600 kilometres to the south east of Okinotorishima the southernmost Japanese island is named the Godzilla Megamullion The Japan Coast Guard played a role in name reaching an agreement with Toho who owns the rights to Godzilla Toho s Chief Godzilla officer Keiji Ota stated that I am truly honored that the megamullion bears Godzilla s name the Earth s most powerful monster 279 Cultural impact EditMain article Godzilla in popular culture Godzilla is one of the most recognizable symbols of Japanese popular culture worldwide and is an important facet of Japanese films embodying the kaiju subset of the tokusatsu genre It has been considered an allegory of nuclear weapons The earlier Godzilla films especially the original Godzilla portrayed Godzilla as a frightening nuclear monster Godzilla represented the fears that many Japanese held about the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the possibility of recurrence 280 As the series progressed so did Godzilla changing into a less destructive and more heroic character 281 282 Ghidorah 1964 was the turning point in Godzilla s transformation from villain to hero by pitting him against a greater threat to humanity King Ghidorah 283 Godzilla has since been viewed as an anti hero 281 Roger Ebert cites Godzilla as a notable example of a villain turned hero along with King Kong the James Bond films Jaws the Terminator and Rambo 284 In the United States Godzilla films from Toho had been airing on television every week since 1960 up until the 1990s 119 Godzilla is considered the original radioactive superhero due to his accidental radioactive origin story predating Spider Man 1962 debut 281 though Godzilla did not become a hero until Ghidorah in 1964 283 By the 1970s Godzilla came to be viewed as a superhero with the magazine King of the Monsters in 1977 describing Godzilla as Superhero of the 70s 285 In 1973 Godzilla was voted the most popular movie monster in The Monster Times poll beating Count Dracula King Kong Wolf Man The Mummy Creature From the Black Lagoon and Frankenstein s monster 286 In 1977 a survey in Los Angeles found that 80 of boys aged between four and nine years old were Godzilla fans 115 In 2010 the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society named their most recently acquired scout vessel MV Gojira Toho the people in charge of the Godzilla franchise served them with a notice to remove the name and in response the boat s name was changed in May 2011 to MV Brigitte Bardot 287 Steven Spielberg cited Godzilla as an inspiration for Jurassic Park 1993 specifically Godzilla King of the Monsters 1956 which he grew up watching 288 During its production Spielberg described Godzilla as the most masterful of all the dinosaur movies because it made you believe it was really happening 289 Godzilla also influenced the Spielberg film Jaws 1975 290 291 Godzilla has also been cited as an inspiration by actor Tim Allen and filmmakers Martin Scorsese and Tim Burton 292 Merchandise Edit Godzilla toy sales in Japan earned Toho annual royalties of 4 5 million during the late 1970s 293 Godzilla licensed merchandise generated 33 million in annual sales during the late 1970s 294 adding up to approximately 165 000 000 equivalent to 831 000 000 in 2021 merchandise sales between 1975 and 1979 The Return of Godzilla generated Japanese merchandise sales of 230 000 000 equivalent to 600 000 000 in 2021 in 1984 295 earning Toho more than 30 million in rights and royalties 296 In 1985 Godzilla merchandise sold 33 000 000 equivalent to 83 000 000 in 2021 in Japan with Doug Mason of Chicago Tribune referring to Godzilla as Japan s Mickey Mouse 297 Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla II generated 158 000 000 equivalent to 296 000 000 in 2021 from sales of books and merchandise between 1993 and 1994 137 American toy companies such as Mattel and Trendmasters were selling 3 million Godzilla toys annually in the United States during the mid 1990s 298 with Trendmasters alone selling more than 3 million Godzilla toys between 1994 and 1995 299 United Productions of America UPA the American distributor for Toho s Godzilla films in the 1990s sold 3 million Godzilla toys within nine months between 1994 and 1995 119 Godzilla 1998 generated more than 400 000 000 equivalent to 670 000 000 in 2021 in North American merchandise sales 300 Godzilla licensed merchandise in Japan sold 1 93 billion 18 million in 2005 301 7 billion 64 million in 2016 302 and 15 billion 134 million in 2017 303 Combined Godzilla generated at least more than 1 202 billion in known merchandise sales revenue as of 2017 update equivalent to at least more than 2 6 adjusted for inflation in 2021 Awards Edit This section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed January 2016 Learn how and when to remove this template message 1954 Japan Movie Association Awards Special Effects Godzilla 1954 304 1965 Japan Academy Award Best Score Mothra vs Godzilla 1966 Japan Academy Award Special Effects Invasion of Astro Monster 1986 Japan Academy Award Special Effects and Newcomer of the Year The Return of Godzilla 1986 Razzie Awards Worst Supporting Actor and Worst New Star The Return of Godzilla 1992 Japan Academy Award Special Effects Godzilla vs King Ghidorah 1993 Tokyo Sports Movie Awards Best Leading Actor Godzilla vs Mothra 1993 Best Grossing Films Award Golden Award and Money Making Star Award Godzilla vs Mothra 1993 Japan Academy Award Best Score Godzilla vs Mothra 1994 Japan Academy Award Best Score Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla II 1995 Best Grossing Films Award Silver Award Godzilla vs SpaceGodzilla 1996 Best Grossing Films Award Golden Award Godzilla vs Destoroyah 1996 Japan Academy Award Special Effects Godzilla vs Destoroyah 1996 MTV Movie Awards Lifetime Achievement 1998 Golden Raspberry Awards Worst Supporting Actress and Worst Remake or Sequel Godzilla 1998 1999 Saturn Awards Best Special Effects Godzilla 1998 2001 Saturn Awards Best Home Video Release Godzilla 2000 2002 Best Grossing Films Award Silver Award Godzilla Mothra and King Ghidorah Giant Monsters All Out Attack 2004 Hollywood Walk of Fame 305 Godzilla Final Wars 2007 Saturn Awards Best DVD Classic Film Release Godzilla 1954 2014 22nd Annual Japan Cool Content Contribution Award Godzilla 2014 306 2017 40th Japan Academy Prize Best Picture Best Director Cinematography Lighting Direction Art Direction Sound Recording Film Editing Shin Godzilla 307 In 1996 Godzilla received an award for Lifetime Achievement at the MTV Movie Awards Creator and producer Shōgo Tomiyama accepted on his behalf via satellite and was joined by Godzilla himself Name usage Edit Main article zilla zilla is a well known slang suffix used to imply some form of excess to a person object or theme 308 some examples being the reality TV show Bridezillas and the Netscape derived web browser Mozilla Firefox Notes Edit Godzilla 1998 was a co production between Centropolis Entertainment Fried Films Independent Pictures and TriStar Pictures 7 Oodako literally means giant octopus in Japanese 80 81 Ookondoru literally means giant condor in Japanese 80 82 While unnamed in the film the Giant Sea Lice are called ショッキラス Shokkirasu in official Japanese sources and Shockirus has become the accepted Romanization of that name 83 Referred to as Kiryu 85 Referred to as Kiryu 85 Japan s Reiwa era began on May 1 2019 86 however Toho considers Shin Godzilla and the anime trilogy as part of the Reiwa era 87 On July 31 2017 Sony Pictures Television announced that it would buy a controlling 95 stake in Funimation for 143 000 000 a deal that closed on October 27 2017 88 Kraken co founder managing director Matt Greenfield elaborated on the film s legal issues stating Between all the changes of ownership and title that have occurred after New World released their version the fact that you re dealing with two entirely different production teams belonging to different sets of unions and the fact that music from another film by a different composer was reused in NW s dub GODZILLA 1985 used music from Christopher Young s soundtrack for the New World Pictures movie Def Con 4 109 See King Kong vs Godzilla Box office By 1974 the first 13 films had grossed 130 million in overseas box office revenue outside of Japan 110 111 112 King Kong vs Godzilla 1962 grossed an estimated 1 667 650 from its 1976 French release j Godzilla 1954 later earned 562 711 from limited North American re releases in 2004 and 2014 125 In the U K Godzilla 1954 sold 3 643 tickets from limited releases during 2005 2006 and 2016 2017 126 equivalent to an estimated gross revenue of approximately 19 022 127 24 481 For its original 1962 release the film sold 11 200 000 million tickets For its 1970 re release it sold 870 000 tickets For its 1977 re release it sold 480 000 tickets 124 For its original 1964 release the film sold 3 510 000 million tickets For its 1970 re release it sold 730 000 tickets For its 1980 re release it sold 2 980 000 million tickets 124 Mothra vs Godzilla gross in Japan est 129 130 1964 release 3 51 million tickets 625 million 1970 release 730 000 tickets 237 million 1980 release 2 33 billion For its original 1964 release the film sold 4 320 000 tickets For its 1971 re release it sold 1 090 000 tickets 124 For its original 1965 release the film sold 3 780 000 tickets For its 1971 re release it sold 1 350 000 tickets 124 For its original 1966 release the film sold 3 450 000 tickets For its 1972 re release it sold 760 000 tickets 124 For its original 1967 release the film sold 2 480 000 tickets For its 1973 re release it sold 610 000 tickets 124 Godzilla 1998 admissions Japan 3 6 million 166 Europe 17 675 620 France Germany Italy Spain 9 946 810 167 Other European countries 7 728 810 168 Mexico 4 327 670 169 Brazil 1 004 820 170 Taiwan 420 454 171 South Korea Seoul City 409 262 172 Godzilla 2014 admissions Japan 2 18 million 166 China 12 669 000 175 Europe 10 124 979 Spain and Italy 1 235 029 176 Romania 172 676 177 Other European countries 8 717 274 178 Mexico 2 032 854 179 Brazil 1 314 631 180 South Korea 709 734 172 Godzilla King of the Monsters 2019 admissions Japan 2 12 million 184 130 China 25 457 730 185 Europe 4 887 602 Russia 1 112 404 186 France and Spain 916 716 187 Other European countries 2 858 482 188 Mexico 3 600 000 189 Brazil 532 988 190 South Korea 359 041 172 Entertainment Weekly Box Office Mojo and Deadline Hollywood reported that the film s production budget was 170 million however Deadline also noted that other analysts marked the budget at 185 million 191 192 193 In July 2018 the Hindustan Times reported the budget to be 200 million 194 This figure was later confirmed in an analysis by Variety published in June 2019 195 Godzilla vs Kong 2021 admissions China 32 919 800 198 Mexico 6 300 000 199 Russia 3 187 085 200 Europe excluding Russia 2 330 527 201 Japan 1 270 000 202 Brazil 751 644 203 South Korea 703 485 172 The Numbers reported the production budget to be 155 million 204 In December 2020 Variety reported the budget to be 160 million 205 while TheWrap reported the budget to be 165 million 206 In January 2021 both The Hollywood Reporter and Deadline Hollywood stated the budget to be 200 million 207 208 In February 2021 Comingsoon net also noted the film s budget to be 200 million 209 References EditCitations Edit 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