Godzilla -0.0 Producer Kishida Says Younger Audiences Surged on Opening Day
Toho producer Kazuaki Kishida said Godzilla -0.0 drew far more elementary, middle, and high school students on its first day than Godzilla -1.0 did.
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Kishida's own comparison puts the growth in the school-age bracket, which is the audience Toho needs if the series is to keep going past the -1.0 generation.
The film opened in Japan on November 3 and sold 590,000 tickets for 910 million yen on day one, then passed 1.61 million admissions and 2.5 billion yen by November 8. It opened in North America on November 6.
Kishida, who planned and produced the film for Toho, spoke at a press preview for the Godzilla Expo: The Minus World exhibition at the Daimaru Tokyo store. He said the jump in school-age attendance against Godzilla -1.0's opening day was what pleased him most, and that he watches the arguments about the film on social media as a maker.
The Godzilla Fest 2026 event on November 3, Godzilla Day, also drew its largest crowd, with children prominent among attendees. Kishida tied the film, the event, and the expo together as one path for audiences.
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