During this 4th of July weekend, families got wild over the new Minions release, “Minions: the Rise of Gru”. The epic opening brought in an estimated $108.5 million in theater ticket sales from 4,391 commercial screens in North America. Universal Studios expects that by the end of the holiday, they will most likely earn $127.9 million.
This release will most likely become the biggest opening in history, a record held previously by “Transformers: Dark of the Moon”, which made $115.9 million in 2011. If we included international profit, Minions made $202.2 million this Sunday.
“It’s a tremendous debut. It’s playing very broadly across North America. Every single market is doing extraordinarily well.” said Jim Orr, Universal’s president of domestic distribution.
This is just one of the latest successes of Universal Studios. Earlier movies included “Sling 2,” which has made $406 million since its release in December. Also, “The Bad Guys” has made $243 million. The new Minions movie proves Americans want a return to normality. Recently, many movies have been making huge debuts in America.
“Families feel very comfortable bringing all their kids to the theater,” Orr said. “These results speak for themselves.”
The movie opens the audience up to a rather surprising look at the ‘Minions’ world. It talks about the stories of young Gru that we haven’t seen before (all we’ve seen earlier is a grouchy and old Gru). To ‘Minions’ fans, it is a remarkable event and definitely, you should watch it…
Families are willing to bring their kids to the theater. Especially when popular movies like ‘Minions’ debut. The spinoff of ‘Despicable Me’ was played 2 years before the pandemic was a hit. Recently, they’ve been adding more to the series.
People are going back to the theaters, and most things are back to normal. What are you waiting for? Grab a tub of popcorn and head off to the theaters!
“Leaderboard” of Money Earned by Debuts this Weekend:
1. “Minions: The Rise of Gru,” $108.5 million.
2. “Top Gun: Maverick,” $25.5 million.
3. “Elvis,” $19 million.
4. “Jurassic World: Dominion,” $15.7 million.
5. “The Black Phone,” $12.3 million.
6. “Lightyear,” $6.6 million.
7. “Mr. Malcolm’s List, $851,853.
8. “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” $551,974.
9. “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” $390,000.
10. “JugJugg Jeeyo,” $318,000.
This release will most likely become the biggest opening in history, a record held previously by “Transformers: Dark of the Moon”, which made $115.9 million in 2011. If we included international profit, Minions made $202.2 million this Sunday.
“It’s a tremendous debut. It’s playing very broadly across North America. Every single market is doing extraordinarily well.” said Jim Orr, Universal’s president of domestic distribution.
This is just one of the latest successes of Universal Studios. Earlier movies included “Sling 2,” which has made $406 million since its release in December. Also, “The Bad Guys” has made $243 million. The new Minions movie proves Americans want a return to normality. Recently, many movies have been making huge debuts in America.
“Families feel very comfortable bringing all their kids to the theater,” Orr said. “These results speak for themselves.”
The movie opens the audience up to a rather surprising look at the ‘Minions’ world. It talks about the stories of young Gru that we haven’t seen before (all we’ve seen earlier is a grouchy and old Gru). To ‘Minions’ fans, it is a remarkable event and definitely, you should watch it…
Families are willing to bring their kids to the theater. Especially when popular movies like ‘Minions’ debut. The spinoff of ‘Despicable Me’ was played 2 years before the pandemic was a hit. Recently, they’ve been adding more to the series.
People are going back to the theaters, and most things are back to normal. What are you waiting for? Grab a tub of popcorn and head off to the theaters!
“Leaderboard” of Money Earned by Debuts this Weekend:
1. “Minions: The Rise of Gru,” $108.5 million.
2. “Top Gun: Maverick,” $25.5 million.
3. “Elvis,” $19 million.
4. “Jurassic World: Dominion,” $15.7 million.
5. “The Black Phone,” $12.3 million.
6. “Lightyear,” $6.6 million.
7. “Mr. Malcolm’s List, $851,853.
8. “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” $551,974.
9. “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” $390,000.
10. “JugJugg Jeeyo,” $318,000.
