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Godzilla Minus One Will Be Released Friday in U.K. and Ireland Cinemas, Including Black and White Version

franchise, in UK and Ireland cinemas on Friday November 1. It will be an English-subtitled release.

The film will be released in two versions: the original colour film and the black-and-white edition entitled Godzilla Minus One/Minus Colour. Anime Limited describes the latter version as "the original film in a black-and-white version adjusted cut-by-cut and personally overseen by director Takashi Yamazaki. For example, the screenings include a screening of the black and white version at London's BFI IMAX cinema on Sunday November 2 at 2.30 p.m.

Anime Limited has released a trailer for the black and white version, below:

Anime Limited has already confirmed home release details for Godzilla Minus One in multiple editions on December 2, details here.

Godzilla Minus One (the colour version) opened in Japan on November 3, 2023 ("Godzilla Day"), which was the anniversary of the first Godzilla film's November 3, 1954 release. The new film screened at The Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) as the closing film of this year's event on November 1.

The film sold 648,600 tickets for 1,041,193,460 yen ($6.93 million) in its first three days in the Japanese box office. The film sold 14.7% more tickets and earned 22.8% more in its first three days than the last live-action Japanese Godzilla film, sold a total of 2.87 million tickets for a cumulative total of 4,425,512,980 yen ($31.04 million).

Kuranosuke Sasaki.

The film nominated the film for Best Foreign Language Film.

Yamazaki is the director and writer, and is also credited for visual effects. Yamazaki has primarily directed live-action films, including the Stand By Me Doraemon.