Editing Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (section)

===Box office===
The film made slightly more money than ''Godzilla vs. Megalon'', but was still not making as big a box office profit as the other films in the ''Godzilla'' series had in the early 1960s.{{sfn|Galbraith IV|1994|p=217}} The 1974 Japanese release earned a distribution income ([[Gross rental|rentals]]) of {{JPY|370 million}}.<ref name="Japanese Box Office">[https://nendai-ryuukou.com/article/089.html 歴代ゴジラ映画作品一覧]</ref> It also grossed {{US$|17.1 million|long=no}} overseas,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/travisbean/2019/06/04/where-king-of-the-monsters-ranks-in-godzillas-box-office-history/#188fd2ce6b4d|title=Where 'King Of The Monsters' Ranks In Godzilla's Box Office History|author=Travis Bean|work=Forbes|date=June 4, 2019|access-date=February 18, 2020|url-status=live|archive-date=December 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191211191948/https://www.forbes.com/sites/travisbean/2019/06/04/where-king-of-the-monsters-ranks-in-godzillas-box-office-history/}}</ref> for a worldwide total of about {{US$|20 million|long=no}} by 1980.<ref name="Edelson"/>