**Godzilla Minus Zero** opens wide on November 6 following strong festival buzz and early reviews scoring 96%+ on Rotten Tomatoes, with critics highlighting its IMAX-scale VFX and kaiju set pieces as franchise highlights. Tracking from Boxoffice Pro and similar outlets points to a $25–35 million domestic debut—more than double the predecessor’s $11.4 million start—driven by the 2023 film’s $57 million run, Oscar win for visual effects, and expanded marketing push as the first Japanese Godzilla production filmed for IMAX. Direct competition from Warner Bros.’ *The Cat in the Hat*, which targets a similar range, introduces uncertainty around premium screen allocation and family vs. genre audience split, keeping the market’s leading 34–40 million bins tightly contested while lower and higher ranges reflect variance in word-of-mouth and holdover performance.