“Minions: Rise of Gru” Breaks July 4th Box Office Records with $129M Opening
According to early estimates, the long July 4th holiday weekend has become a boon for Hollywood as minions: The Rise of Gru will open for a massive four-day opening of $129.2million domestically. This includes $109.5 million over the three-day period. It could reach $140 million by Monday’s end, according to some rivals.
The movie will be filmed overseas and will earn over $86 million by Sunday, resulting in a worldwide profit of $200 million.
Forget about setting pandemic-era records with a family movie; the Illumination and Universal movies will have one of the highest starts at the domestic box office for animated Hollywood tentpoles, and this is not adjusted for inflation.
Friday’s total was $48 million, from 4,400 theaters. This includes a substantial $10.8 million in previews.
It is important that the movie’s performance confirms that both parents and younger children are willing to go back to the multiplex. Animation films were considered to be a challenging genre throughout the pandemic. It was not helped when Pixar’s Toy Story spunoff Flashyear opened at a paltry $51 million last month, before plummeting in its second outing. (But, Flashyear reached a significant milestone on Friday by crossing the $100 million domestically).
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