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Godzilla

Gojira · 1954

SHOWA · 1954-11-03 · dir. Ishiro Honda · 96 min · 50 m tall · Toho canonical

COMPOSITE+2.43

REGIONS6/6

PILLARS3/3

Godzilla (1954) theatrical poster — Godzilla (1954) · © 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+2.46

CRITICS+2.40

CRITIC LISTS+2.30

Composite = (70% × +2.46 + 15% × +2.40 + 15% × +2.30) ÷ 100% = +2.43, at the house weights. Spread across pillars: 0.15.

地域THE SIX REGIONSone region, one vote

WORLD

+2.81

USA

+1.52

JAPAN

+2.24

SPAIN

+2.66

FRANCE

+2.83

CHINA

+2.68

Liked most in China (1), least in the United States (5) — a spread of 4 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 OBSERVATION12 rows · a dot marks the ones the ranking used

SOURCE	REGION	METRIC	VALUE	SAMPLE	IN RANKING
AlloCine •	France	average rating	4 / 5	427	yes	source
Douban •	China	average rating	7.7 / 10	8,724	yes	source
FilmAffinity •	Spanish-speaking	average rating	6.5 / 10	3,139	yes	source
Filmarks •	Japan	average rating	3.9 / 5	18,833	yes	source
IMDb •	International	user rating	7.6 / 10	46,000	yes	source
Letterboxd •	International	average rating	4.07 / 5	175,514	yes	source
Rotten Tomatoes •	United States	audience average rating	4.3 / 5	3,530	yes	source
Rotten Tomatoes •	United States	critic average rating	7.8 / 10	79	yes	source
Metacritic	—	user score	8.3 / 10	128	no	source
Rotten Tomatoes	United States	popcornmeter	89 / 100	3,530	no	source
Metacritic	—	metascore	79 / 100	20	no	source
Rotten Tomatoes	United States	tomatometer	94 / 100	79	no	source

順位CRITIC LISTS10 placements

LIST	KIND	PLACED	PERCENTILE	PUBLISHED
Slant Magazine Rob Humanick	list	1 of 43	100	2024-03-29	source
IndieWire Wilson Chapman (with David Ehrlich)	list	1 of 38	100	2024-03-28	source
Grunge Nicholas Vrchoticky	list	1 of 36	100	2022-02-03	source
Variety Matthew Chernov	list	1 of 35	100	2024-03-28	source
AwardsWatch Kevin L. Lee	list	2 of 38	97	2024-04-01	source
Tom's Guide Mohammad Tabari	list	2 of 33	97	2019-06-01	source
Den of Geek Don Kaye	list	1 of 15	100	2019-10-29	source
ねとらぼリサーチ (ITmedia) ねとらぼリサーチ編集部	poll	2 of 30	97	2024-08-27	source
Screen Rant Nicholas Raymond	list	5 of 30	86	2019-05-25	source
Paste Magazine Jim Vorel	list	7 of 35	82	2024-03-28	source

賞AWARDSnot in the score, and why

BODY	YEAR	CATEGORY	RESULT	DETAIL
Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese films)	1954	Best Ten placement	8th	Placed 8th; Seven Samurai was 3rd that year	source
Japanese Movie Association Awards	1954	Best Special Effects	won	Eiji Tsuburaya	source
Japanese Movie Association Awards	1954	Best Film	nominated	Lost to Seven Samurai	source

興行BOX OFFICEnever one merged number

Worldwide gross

$2,250,000 territory not stated — not comparable

Japan, yen

¥1.5億配給収入 — distributor rentals

Japan admissions

9,610,000 initial run

Budget

¥62.9 million / ($900,000)

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

None — Godzilla alone

Headline kaiju

—

Settings

Tokyo, Odo Island in order of prominence

Continuity

Showa

Canon

Toho canonical

Studio

Toho

Effects

Eiji Tsuburaya

Music

Akira Ifukube

珍記録NOVELTY STATISTICScolour, not quality

First glimpse

22:04

First full appearance

22:04

Godzilla screen time

8:44

Share of runtime

9.1% runtime 96 min

Godzilla's height

50 m official Toho/Legendary in-universe height

Narrative locations, P840

1 Tokyo

Japan admissions, initial run

9,610,000 INITIAL RELEASE ONLY; cross-verified vs ja.wikipedia. Cumulative figur…

Sources: 1 · 2 · 3

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