第41位RANK 41 OF 43

Godzilla vs. Megalon

Gojira tai Megaro · 1973
SHOWA · 1973-03-17 · dir. Jun Fukuda · 80 min · 50 m tall · Toho canonical
COMPOSITE-1.03
REGIONS6/6
PILLARS3/3
Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973) theatrical poster1973
Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973) · © Toho Co., Ltd.. Shown at thumbnail scale for critical commentary. Poster via en.wikipedia.org.

採点HOW THIS SCORE WAS BUILTthree pillars, renormalised over the ones this film has

AUDIENCE-1.17
CRITICS-0.68
CRITIC LISTS-0.73

Composite = (70% × -1.17 + 15% × -0.68 + 15% × -0.73) ÷ 100% = -1.03, at the house weights. Spread across pillars: 0.49.

地域THE SIX REGIONSone region, one vote

WORLD
41
-1.00
USA
38
-1.22
JAPAN
34
-0.88
SPAIN
38
-1.23
FRANCE
35
-1.21
CHINA
35
-1.47

Liked most in Japan (34), least in the international pool (41) — a spread of 7 places.

Rank within each region, and the region's own z-score below it. These six are not a world panel: they are the six platforms that cover at least 30 of the canonical 38 films, which is why France is here and Germany, Korea, India and Brazil are not. How the regions were chosen.

出典EVERY OBSERVATION10 rows · a dot marks the ones the ranking used

SOURCEREGIONMETRICVALUESAMPLEIN RANKING
AlloCine •Franceaverage rating1.9 / 538yessource
Douban •Chinaaverage rating5.4 / 10728yessource
FilmAffinity •Spanish-speakingaverage rating4.2 / 10232yessource
Filmarks •Japanaverage rating2.9 / 52,217yessource
IMDb •Internationaluser rating4.9 / 108,000yessource
Letterboxd •Internationalaverage rating2.92 / 525,641yessource
Rotten Tomatoes •United Statesaudience average rating2.8 / 5870yessource
Rotten Tomatoes •United Statescritic average rating4.7 / 108yessource
Rotten TomatoesUnited Statespopcornmeter35 / 100870nosource
Rotten TomatoesUnited Statestomatometer38 / 1008nosource

順位CRITIC LISTS10 placements

LISTKINDPLACEDPERCENTILEPUBLISHED
IndieWire
Wilson Chapman (with David Ehrlich)
list10 of 38762024-03-28source
Screen Rant
Nicholas Raymond
list14 of 30552019-05-25source
AwardsWatch
Kevin L. Lee
list22 of 38432024-04-01source
Grunge
Nicholas Vrchoticky
list25 of 36312022-02-03source
Slant Magazine
Rob Humanick
list31 of 43292024-03-29source
Paste Magazine
Jim Vorel
list28 of 35212024-03-28source
Tom's Guide
Mohammad Tabari
list27 of 33192019-06-01source
ねとらぼリサーチ (ITmedia)
ねとらぼリサーチ編集部
poll27 of 30102024-08-27source
Variety
Matthew Chernov
list34 of 3532024-03-28source
Den of Geek
Don Kaye
list15 of 1502019-10-29source

賞AWARDSnot in the score, and why

No awards recorded. Only five films in the franchise have any, which is exactly why awards are not in the score — see the method.

興行BOX OFFICEnever one merged number

Worldwide gross
$5,000,000 United States only — not comparable
Japan, yen
—
Japan admissions
980,000 initial run
Budget
¥30 million (est.; $100,000)
distributor rentals — roughly half of gross; NOT comparable to a 興行収入 figure

box office source · Japan source

統計THE FILM ITSELFmonsters, settings, credits

Featured kaiju
Megalon, Gigan, Jet Jaguar, Anguirus besides Godzilla
Headline kaiju
Megalon
Settings
Seatopia, Tokyo in order of prominence
Continuity
Showa
Canon
Toho canonical
Studio
Toho
Effects
Teruyoshi Nakano
Music
Riichiro Manabe

珍記録NOVELTY STATISTICScolour, not quality

First glimpse
0:59
First full appearance
48:23
Godzilla screen time
10:24
Share of runtime
13.0% runtime 80 min
Godzilla's height
50 m official Toho/Legendary in-universe height
Narrative locations, P840
1 Tokyo
Japan admissions, initial run
980,000 INITIAL RELEASE ONLY; cross-verified vs ja.wikipedia. Cumulative figur…

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