On Monday July 4th, “Minions: The Rise of Gru” brought in an estimated $108.5 million in ticket sales from 4,391 screens in North America. Families went “bananas” for the Minions movie.
“Minions: The Rise of Gru” showcases how the lovably despicable villain rose to fame in his younger days.
The film is on track to become one of the biggest openings ever for a Fourth of July holiday weekend. It made over Error! Hyperlink reference not valid. which surpassed the previous record held by “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” which had made $115.9 million in its first four days in 2011.
The voice cast features Steve Carell: Gru, and Alan Arkin, Michelle Yeoh, and Julie Andrews as Gru’s mother.
“Minions: The Rise of Gru” plays in Error! Hyperlink reference not valid. and its worldwide gross is sitting at $202.2 million throughout Sunday.
“It’s a tremendous debut. It’s playing very broadly across North America. Every single market is doing extraordinarily well,” Jim Orr, Universal’s President of Domestic Distribution told the public.
This is the latest in successes for Universal’s releases, which Error! Hyperlink reference not valid. Sing 2,” which has grossed over $406 million since opening in December, and “The Bad Guys,” which has made over $243 million.
After the peak of the Covid pandemic, it was believed that people would not come to theaters.
Paul Dergarabedian, the Senior Media Analyst for Comscore, told the public, “For many months there was this idea that family audiences were not going to come back to the theater. We can put that to rest,”
According to PostTrak surveys, results showed that 12% of the audiences were kids under the age of 10. This goes to show that “Minions 2” attracted all ages to the theater, even the very young ones.
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“Minions: The Rise of Gru” showcases how the lovably despicable villain rose to fame in his younger days.
The film is on track to become one of the biggest openings ever for a Fourth of July holiday weekend. It made over Error! Hyperlink reference not valid. which surpassed the previous record held by “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” which had made $115.9 million in its first four days in 2011.
The voice cast features Steve Carell: Gru, and Alan Arkin, Michelle Yeoh, and Julie Andrews as Gru’s mother.
“Minions: The Rise of Gru” plays in Error! Hyperlink reference not valid. and its worldwide gross is sitting at $202.2 million throughout Sunday.
“It’s a tremendous debut. It’s playing very broadly across North America. Every single market is doing extraordinarily well,” Jim Orr, Universal’s President of Domestic Distribution told the public.
This is the latest in successes for Universal’s releases, which Error! Hyperlink reference not valid. Sing 2,” which has grossed over $406 million since opening in December, and “The Bad Guys,” which has made over $243 million.
After the peak of the Covid pandemic, it was believed that people would not come to theaters.
Paul Dergarabedian, the Senior Media Analyst for Comscore, told the public, “For many months there was this idea that family audiences were not going to come back to the theater. We can put that to rest,”
According to PostTrak surveys, results showed that 12% of the audiences were kids under the age of 10. This goes to show that “Minions 2” attracted all ages to the theater, even the very young ones.
Link: https://s3.amazonaws.com/appforest_uf/f1656880637960x352950429239553100/%E2%80%98Minions%E2%80%99%20set%20box%20office%20on%20fire%20with%20%24108.5%20million%20debut%20-%20The%20Washington%20Post.pdf
