Within one month of its July release, Toho¡¯s ¡°Shin Gojira¡± (¡°Godzilla Resurgence¡°) attracted more than 3.6 million viewers. Box-office takings are already estimated to have surpassed ?5.3 billion, putting the film more than halfway toward the seldom-attained figure of ?10 billion. Toho has great expectations it will eclipse the success of ¡°Bayside Shakedown,¡± the film spinoff of Fuji TV¡¯s series, and reestablish the ¡°King of the Monsters¡± as the top domestic film earner.
That¡¯s all pretty impressive, considering this is the 29th Godzilla film produced by Toho since its smashing debut 62 years ago. What¡¯s more, the series¡¯ basic plot is so simple, it can be digested into a 17-syllable haiku, thus:
Godzilla attacks
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