Godzilla Minus Zero made a record-breaking debut last week at the North American box office. Meanwhile, Keanu Reeves is returning as John Wick in an animated prequel.
Godzilla Minus Zero Makes Box Office History
Toho’s Godzilla Minus Zero, the first Japanese movie filmed specifically for IMAX screens, opened at number one at the North American box office.
The film opened with $31.6 million, setting a new North American opening weekend record for a live-action foreign-language film. It nearly tripled the $11.4 million opening of its predecessor, Godzilla Minus One.
Part One currently holds the North American record for the entire 33-film Japanese Godzilla franchise, with $57.1 million. With its record-setting opening weekend, Godzilla: Minus Zero is now on course to surpass that figure and become the highest-grossing Japanese Godzilla film in the region.
Warner Bros.’ animated The Cat in the Hat followed closely behind Toho’s Kaiju film. The animated feature opened at number two with $20.5 million domestically.
Angel Studios’ historical musical Drummer Boy took third place. It opened with $9.3 million across North American theatres.
Meanwhile, You Can See Everything remained among the weekend’s top five. The documentary earned another $8.86 million in its fourth weekend, which is a modest 23% decline from the previous weekend.
The film has now become the second-highest-grossing non-music documentary in North America. Its performance has taken it past March of the Penguins, which earned $77 million in 2005. It now trails Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11, which made $119 million.
After four weekends, You Can See Everything has earned $80 million domestically.
The other foreign-language film in the top five was Ramayana: Rise of a Legend. The Indian epic opened at number five with $8.65 million. Although it began its North American theatrical run a day before Godzilla Minus Zero, it finished behind the Japanese film.
Keanu Reeves Returns for an Animated John Wick Prequel
Keanu Reeves has added another major project to his schedule. Alongside his voice role in the Japanese stop-motion animation film Hidari, he is returning to the John Wick franchise. On Thursday, Lionsgate officially greenlit an animated prequel, with Reeves set to voice the famous assassin.
The film will explore the Impossible Task that shaped John Wick’s reputation. It was the challenge he completed to escape his obligation to the High Table. He had to kill his rivals in a single night to earn his freedom. Completing it also allowed him to marry Helen, the love of his life.
The project was first announced at CinemaCon in 2025, where Lionsgate chairman Adam Fogelson expressed excitement about exploring the franchise through animation, particularly by bringing the long-awaited Impossible Task story to the screen.
Shannon Tindle, who directed Ultraman Rising, will direct the film. Ryan and Kaz Firpo wrote the screenplay. Reeves will also produce alongside Chad Stahelski, who directed the live-action films.
However, another DC project involving Reeves has raised a question.
A day before Lionsgate’s announcement, reports revealed that DC Studios is developing a new film based on John Constantine.
Francis Galluppi, director of The Last Stop in Yuma County and the upcoming Evil Dead Wrath, is attached to the project. The film remains in its early stages, with no confirmed cast or connection to previous adaptations.
This has raised questions about whether it could affect the long-awaited sequel to Reeves’ 2005 Constantine. Reports about that sequel resurfaced last month, with Reeves previously confirming that a story had been put together for the project.
DC Studios co-head James Gunn also discussed the sequel on the BobaTalks podcast. He confirmed speaking with Reeves but said he had not read a script. Gunn added that the project remained something they had kept in mind.
It remains to be seen whether this new Constantine film is the sequel Reeves has been trying to make.
Blumhouse and Atomic Monster Become Blumhouse Atomic
Jason Blum and James Wan have renamed their merged production company Blumhouse Atomic. The announcement came on November 3, two years after Blumhouse and Atomic Monster joined forces.
The two original labels will continue operating under the new company. Their creative teams will also retain their separate identities and continue developing films and television projects.
Since the merger, their combined films have earned more than $2.5 billion worldwide. This came against production budgets of less than $330 million. Their recent releases include The Conjuring: Last Rites, Obsession, and Backrooms.
On November 6, the rebranded Blumhouse Atomic announced a new partnership with comic book writer James Tynion IV. The company has entered a first-look deal with his production company, Tiny Onion.
Under the agreement, Tynion will give the company the first opportunity to consider new projects from his production company, Tiny Onion, before taking them to other studios. The deal covers film, television, and animation projects based on Tynion’s work.
One of the first projects under the deal is Exquisite Corpses. The horror comic, co-created by Tynion and artist Michael Walsh, has sold more than one million copies. Blumhouse Atomic will develop it with Tiny Onion and Lyrical Media for film and animation.
Tynion’s other popular works include Something Is Killing the Children, The Department of Truth, and The Nice House on the Lake. Blumhouse was already developing Something Is Killing the Children as a live-action film and adult animated series. Director Craig Zobel is attached to the film, which is expected to begin production next year.
The new deal gives Blumhouse Atomic access to more of Tynion’s horror stories. It also expands a partnership that had already begun with the adaptation of Something Is Killing the Children.
