Shin Godzilla
“A god incarnate. A city doomed.”
When a massive, gilled monster emerges from the deep and tears through the city, the government scrambles to save its citizens. A rag-tag team of volunteers cuts through a web of red tape to uncover the monster's weakness and its mysterious ties to a foreign superpower. But time is not on their side - the greatest catastrophe to ever befall the world is about to evolve right before their very eyes.
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Cast
71 people
Hiroki Hasegawa
Rando Yaguchi
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Yutaka Takenouchi
Hideki Akasaka
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Satomi Ishihara
Kayoko Ann Patterson
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Yusuke Shimura
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Satoru Matsuo
Shuichi Izumi
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Mikako Ichikawa
Hiromi Ogashira
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Issey Takahashi
Tatsuhiko Yasuda
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Kanji Tsuda
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Shinya Tsukamoto
Kunio Hazama
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Toru Nomaguchi
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Daisuke Kuroda
Tatsuya Negisi
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Monster
Ren Osugi
Seiji Ookouchi
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Fireworks
Sonatine
Hideaki Anno Director · Shinji Higuchi Director Shiro Sagisu Composer
Worldwide gross $78M · Budget $15M · United States release October 11, 2016
Box office
Budget
$15,000,000
Worldwide gross
$78,053,145
Gross vs. budget
5.2×
Production
Toho Pictures
Production
Cine Bazar
Production
Toho Company, Ltd.
Studio
Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
シン・ゴジラ
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
English · German · Italian · Japanese
Release dates
Japan · July 25, 2016
Premiere · Shinjuku, Tokyo
Japan · July 29, 2016
Theatrical
United States · October 11, 2016
Limited theatrical
United States · October 28, 2025
Physical · Deluxe Collector's Edition / 4K Ultra HD SteelBook / 4K Ultra HD Standard / Blu-ray
United States
July 14, 2024 · Premiere · JAPAN CUTS (black-and-white version)
August 14, 2025 · Theatrical · 4K remaster
August 31, 2025 · Theatrical · Black-and-white version
December 1, 2025 · Digital · HBO Max
American Samoa
November 30, 2025 · Digital · HBO Max
Australia
October 13, 2016 · Limited theatrical
August 17, 2024 · Premiere · Melbourne International Film Festival
Brazil
August 10, 2022 · Digital · HBO Max
October 4, 2022 · Digital · Prime Video
Canada
October 12, 2016 · Limited theatrical
China
April 16, 2017 · Premiere · Beijing International Film Festival
France
December 10, 2017 · Premiere · Paris International Fantastic Film Festival
January 19, 2024 · Physical · Limited Edition 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray (Spectrum Films)
Germany
May 4, 2017 · Theatrical
Guam
December 1, 2025 · Digital · HBO Max
Hong Kong SAR China
August 25, 2016 · Theatrical
Ireland
July 29, 2016 · Theatrical
Italy
April 6, 2017 · Premiere · Cartoons on the Bay
July 3, 2017 · Limited theatrical
Japan
October 27, 2023 · Limited theatrical · Black-and-white version
Mexico
January 13, 2017 · Theatrical
Northern Mariana Islands
December 1, 2025 · Digital · HBO Max
Philippines
August 24, 2016 · Theatrical
October 14, 2026 · Limited theatrical · Godzilla Film Festival 2026
Puerto Rico
December 1, 2025 · Digital · HBO Max
Singapore
August 25, 2016 · Theatrical
South Korea
March 8, 2017 · Theatrical
Spain
January 20, 2017 · Theatrical
Sweden
May 29, 2019 · Physical · DVD / Blu-ray
Taiwan
August 12, 2016 · Theatrical
Thailand
September 8, 2016 · Theatrical
U.S. Virgin Islands
December 1, 2025 · Digital · HBO Max
United Kingdom
August 10, 2017 · Theatrical
December 4, 2017 · Physical · Blu-ray / DVD
Vietnam
December 30, 2016 · Theatrical
Zimbabwe
May 4, 2017 · Theatrical
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