GKIDS to Screen Shin Godzilla Film's Black-and-White Version in N. America

GKIDS announced on Wednesday it will screen Shin Godzilla: Orthochromatic, a black-and-white edition of the 2016 Shin Godzilla film, in North American theaters on August 31 for a limited time. Shin Godzilla: Orthochromatic debuted in theaters in Japan in October 2023, prior to the opening of Takashi Yamazaki's Godzilla Minus One film that November. The Japan Society screened Shin Godzilla: Orthochromatic in Japanese with English subtitles as part of the JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Cinema event in July 2024.GKIDS' 4K remaster rerelease of the 2016 Shin Godzilla film earned an estimated US$2,475,884 in its first four days of screening in the U.S., and ranked at #11 in the weekend box office. The film screened in 1,290 theaters and earned US$849,957 on its opening day on August 14, an estimated US$477,439 on Friday, an estimated US$638,488 on Saturday, and an estimated US$510,000 on Sunday. The film's rerelease is being screened in Japanese with English subtitles including restored text cards. Shin Godzilla earned 8.2 billion yen (US$75.6 million at the time) at the box office in Japan after opening in Japan in July 2016.Funimation first screened the film in theaters in North America in October 2016 and it earned US$1,918,403.The film won an award at the 56th Japan Science Fiction Convention's (Nihon SF Taikai) 48th Seiun Awards in July 2017. The film also won the Grand Prize in the Entertainment Division of the 20th Japan Media Arts Festival Awards in March 2017. The film also won seven awards at the 40th annual Japan Academy Prizes that March, including Picture of the Year and Director of the Year. The film also won a Fujimoto Award in April 2017.Shin Godzilla represents the first in TOHO's film series after a 12-year absence since 2004's Godzilla: Final Wars.The Godzilla Minus One film got a remastered black-and-white version titled Godzilla Minus One/Minus Color in January 2024.Source: GKIDS' X/Twitter account