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Godzilla Minus Zero (Japanese: ゴジラ-0.0, Hepburn: Gojira Mainasu Zero) is a 2026 Japanese epic kaiju film written, directed, and with visual effects by Takashi Yamazaki. A sequel to Godzilla Minus One (2023), it is the 39th film in the Godzilla franchise, the 34th film thereof produced by Toho, and the sixth installment in the Reiwa era. The film stars Ryunosuke Kamiki, Minami Hamabe, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Yuki Yamada, Kuranosuke Sasaki, Sakura Ando, and Miou Tanaka reprising their roles from Minus One, with Min Tanaka, Masami Nagasawa, and Jun Kunimura also starring as new characters. Set in 1949, the film shows postwar Japan struggling to rebuild as it faces a new threat: King Ghidorah. Godzilla reappears and is drawn into conflict with the three-headed monster, guided through human intervention.

Following the international success of Godzilla Minus One, Toho announced in November 2024 that another Yamazaki-helmed Godzilla film had been greenlit. By February 2025, Yamazaki had begun screenwriting and storyboarding the follow-up. In April 2025, Toho International's president, Kōji Ueda, clarified that the new film would be a sequel, planned for a 2026 release. Principal photography commenced in August 2025 and wrapped by December. It became the first Japanese production filmed for IMAX. The film's title was announced in November 2025. Shirogumi handled the visual effects.

Godzilla Minus Zero premiered at the 2026 New York Film Festival on September 26, and was released theatrically in Japan by Toho on November 3. Toho's subsidiary GKIDS later released the film in the United States and Canada on November 6. It received critical acclaim, with reviewers divided on whether the film is superior to its predecessor. The film has grossed $74.1 million worldwide, setting records for the highest-grossing opening day for any live-action film in Japan, the top opening weekend for a foreign-language live-action film in the U.S. and Canada, and the biggest IMAX global opening for a Japanese film.