Toho chief on Godzilla's US success: 'It wasn't a strategy; we just tried'

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Entertainment 29 Oct 2026 (Tokyo International Film Festival)

Toho CEO Matsuoka Hiro told a festival session that the North American release of Godzilla Minus One, which earned $57.1 million there, began as an experiment. The follow-up, Godzilla Minus Zero, opens in Japan on 3 November and in North America on 6 November. Speakers also said AI should be a workflow tool while human authorship stays central.

Why it matters: It shows non-Hollywood studios reaching global audiences directly, a trend that also opens doors for creators in the Gulf and South Asia.

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