Godzilla Minus Zero Review Bombed In One Country Amid Intense Box Office Clash
IMDb ratings draw scrutiny
On IMDb, one-star votes from users in India account for 37.4% of Godzilla Minus Zero’s ratings, or 229 votes. That share exceeds the 30.3% of votes giving the film 10 stars, which represents 186 ratings.
The film’s weighted IMDb score is 8.0 out of 10, based on 17,000 user ratings. The article links the one-star ratings to competition with the Indian film Ramayana: Rise of a Legend.
Release timing and rivalry
As a result, many users posting one-star ratings in India had not yet legally seen Godzilla Minus Zero in theaters, according to the article. The film is a sequel to 2023’s Godzilla Minus One, written and directed by Takashi Yamazaki, who also handled its visual effects.
Box office and reviews
Godzilla Minus Zero has earned $62 million worldwide against a reported budget of $13 million to $18 million. Ramayana grossed $55.7 million globally, while in North America Godzilla Minus Zero took an estimated $31.6 million and Ramayana made $12 million over the same period.
The Godzilla sequel set a record for the largest opening weekend ever for a live-action foreign-language film in North America; Ramayana had the second-biggest opening there for an Indian film. Godzilla Minus Zero has a 90% Rotten Tomatoes critics’ score and a 96% audience score, alongside largely positive reviews.
Key points
- India-based IMDb users have given Godzilla Minus Zero 229 one-star ratings, or 37.4% of its votes.
- Godzilla Minus Zero has grossed $62 million worldwide, compared with Ramayana’s $55.7 million.
- Rotten Tomatoes scores for Godzilla Minus Zero stand at 90% from critics and 96% from audiences.