I’m not surprised that Steven Spielberg is a fan of “Godzilla Minus One,” the film owes a lot to “Jaws” and, really, just the popcorn escapist nature of Spielberg’s best blockbusters.
‘Minus One’ director, Takashi Yamazaki, went on X to voice his utter joy in meeting Spielberg at yesterday’s annual Oscars luncheon, and it turns out that Spielberg has seen the film three times already:
I’ve met GOD. What am I going to do with all this? I'm seriously crying. And Spielberg saw GMO 3 times. He told me he liked the characters in the film. I gave him a Godzilla figure, and he was so happy when he took it...
“Godzilla Minus One,” which earned an Oscar nomination for Best Visual Effects, had a reported budget of $12-15 million. It’s an incredible technical feat that used a combination of VFX and practical effects to create it’s action sequences.
The film recently ended its record-breaking box-office run with over $104 million earned worldwide and $56 million earned domestically. This is Toho's 33rd Godzilla film. Yamazaki was high influenced by the original 1954 Godzilla in making this film, and it shows.