Last weekend Northern America celebrated the “Independence Day” slot, ‘Minions: The Rise of Gru’ took in $108.5 million in the first three days of the weekend (estimated), counting last Monday’s holiday box office will reach $127.9 million, which will Break the highest opening record of the Independence Day slot set by ‘Transformers: Dark of the Moon’ in 2011.
‘Minions: The Rise of Gru’ is the fifth installment in Illumination’s ‘Despicable Me’ series, opening in as many as 4,931 Northern America theaters with a single theater average of $22,000.
“Minions: The Rise of Gru” received an A in CinemScore, a 71% Rotten Tomatoes freshness rating (media), and a 91% Popcorn score (users).
Although slightly lower than ‘Minions’ 2015 opening of $115.7 million, this performance of ‘Minions: The Rise of Gru’ is still impressive considering this year’s competitors such as ‘Elvis’, ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ and ‘Lightyear’.
This result is also the best family film opening in Northern America in the epidemic era, reflecting the fact that parents and children in Northern America are no longer afraid of the new crown epidemic.
In overseas markets, ‘Minions: The Rise of Gru’ got $93.7 million in its first weekend and accumulated $202 million worldwide.
‘Minions’ 2015 Northern America accumulated $336 million and $1.16 billion worldwide, I wonder how much this sequel will end up being.
Seeing the box office is so good, Universal Pictures and Illumination also announced: ‘Despicable Me 4’ will be released on July 3, 2024.
Top Gun: Maverick’ remained firm in its sixth week of release, sitting in the runner-up position with $25.54 million, while Northern America accumulated $564 million and surpassed the $1.1 billion mark worldwide.
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In its second week of release, ‘Elvis’ ranked third with $19 million and Northern America accumulated $67.32 million for a cumulative global total of $113 million.
Jurassic World: Dominion’, in its fourth week of release, ranked fourth with $15.65 million, while Northern America accumulated $331 million and $824 million worldwide.
The horror film ‘The Black Phone’ ranked fifth with $12.3 million in its second week of release, Northern America accumulated $47.46 million and $74.41 million worldwide.
In its third week of release, ‘Lightyear’ ranked sixth with $6.57 million, Northern America accumulated $105 million, and worldwide accumulated $187 million.
This week’s new films
‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ Sci-Fi
Directed by Taika Waititi
Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Christian Bale
Plot: Thor gets the help of Valkyria, Korg and his ex-girlfriend Jane Foster to battle Gorr the God Butcher, who intends to exterminate the gods.
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