Japan Shin Godzilla returned 5.2× its production cost, earning $77.9M against a $15.0M budget — one of the highest-return Japan films in our catalog.
Synopsis
シン・ゴジラ
“Reality (Japan) vs. Fiction (Godzilla)”
When a massive, gilled monster emerges from the deep and tears through the city, the government scrambles to save its citizens. A rag-tag team of volunteers cuts through a web of red tape to uncover the monster's weakness and its mysterious ties to a foreign superpower. But time is not on their side – the greatest catastrophe to ever befall the world is about to evolve right before their very eyes.
The 2015–2017 Japan Window
588 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Shin Godzilla sits at position #273.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Shin Godzilla. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
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The 2010s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Shin Godzilla premiered. 1769 total titles in this decade from Japan.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 2h 0m runtime, production spent $125K per minute on screen and earned $650K per minute back.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,912 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (58th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Japan Action productions specifically: #789 of 1,714 (top 46%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Spoken Languages | Italian, German, English, Japanese |
| Production Companies | Toho Pictures, Cine Bazar, TOHO |
| Runtime | 2h 0m |
| Release Date | July 29, 2016 |
| IMDb | tt4262980 |