Godzilla Minus One has become a box office hit, quadrupling its intended one-week release. The movie is expected to close out the Christmas holiday weekend with a domestic total of $41.4 million. By passing the $40 million milestone, it joins the ranks of only 54 movies to do so in 2023.

Godzilla Minus One has surpassed another huge milestone at the domestic box office. The movie is Toho's 33rd Japanese-language entry in the long-running monster franchise, which began with the original classic Godzilla in 1954. It follows a former kamikaze pilot whose attempts to rebuild his life in a war-torn Tokyo post-World War II are interrupted when Godzilla emerges from the ocean to rampage through Japan. The movie debuted in the U.S. on the first weekend of December, earning $11.4 million, a smash hit total that has so far extended its intended one-week release to quadruple the length.

Per Deadline, the Godzilla Minus One box...