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Minions: The Rise of Gru set to break July 4th box office records
Posted on 7/4/22 at 8:15 am
Posted on 7/4/22 at 8:15 am
Box Office Mojo Article
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Those little yellow guys racked up some serious green over the red-white-and-blue weekend.Minions: The Rise of Gru, the fifth and latest installment in Universal’s hit Despicable Me franchise, debuted to a stunning $108.5 million in its first three days of domestic release and is currently on pace to make $127.9 million by the time the Monday holiday is over—a number that would push it past 2011’s Transformers: Dark of the Moon ($115.9 million) as the biggest Fourth of July debut ever in North America.
The box-office fireworks sparked by the pint-sized pranksters signaled an encouraging rebound for animated family films in the wake of Lightyear’s disappointing opening for Disney last month. The first standalone Minions film bowed to $115.7 over three days back in the summer of 2015, and The Rise of Gru, which traces how Gru evolved from a mischievous young boy into a grown-up supervillain, seems to have more or less matched that performance. But this time around, the box-office competition (thanks to Top Gun: Maverick, Elvis, and Jurassic World Dominion) was fiercer, which makes this result feel like even more of a triumph. The Rise of Gru, which features the voices of Steve Carell, Taraji P. Henson, and Michelle Yeoh, won over audiences with a straight-A CinemaScore grade, while snagging a robust $22,005 per-screen average in 4,931 theaters. The little guys fared nearly as well overseas, where the movie opened to $93.7 million, putting its worldwide gross for its first three days at $202.2 million. Where will the Minions go from here? It’s too early to tell, but for comparison’s sake, their first 2015 outing finished its theatrical run with $336 million domestically and $1.16 billion worldwide.
In second place over the holiday session was Top Gun: Maverick with $25.5 million. The high-flying Tom Cruise vehicle just kept soaring in its sixth weekend, dropping a mere -13.7% from the previous frame. The Paramount blockbuster is projected to take in $32.5 million once Monday’s ticket receipts are counted. Unspooling in 3,843 theaters, the PG-13-rated sequel to Cruise’s 1986 flyboy sensation earned a $6,647 per-screen average, putting its current domestic haul at $564 million. Overseas, Top Gun 2 has raked in $544.5 million so far, putting its combined worldwide gross at just under $1.11 billion. The film, which has been breaking records left and right, added another milestone this week as it passed 2019’s The Lion King ($543.6 million) to become the twelfth-biggest domestic grosser ever.
Swiveling its hips into a third-place finish was Warner Bros.’ Elvis, which took in $19 million over the weekend. Director Baz Luhrmann’s PG-13-rated musical biopic of the King of Rock N’ Roll slipped -39.1% from the previous frame. The film, which stars Austin Butler as Elvis Presley and Tom Hanks as his Svengali manager Colonel Tom Parker, earned a $4,832 per-screen average at 3,932 locations. That haul and its relatively modest week-over-week drop-off was especially impressive considering that the film appeals to an older demographic that has been less inclined to return to movie theaters during the pandemic. Elvis’ two-week domestic take now stands at $67.3 million. Overseas, the title has added $46.2 million in ticket sales to date, putting its worldwide cume at $113.2 million.
In fourth place was Universal’s Jurassic World Dominion with just under $15.7 million. Although the latest dino chapter was panned by critics, who dinged the PG-13 action-adventure with a lowly 30% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, audiences continue to turn out. The third and final film in the Jurassic World trilogy, which stars Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard as well as the original trilogy’s trio of Jeff Goldblum, Sam Neill, and Laura Dern, shed -41.5% from the previous session, scoring a $4,117 per-screen average in 3,801 theaters. After four weeks, the tentpole has made $331.8 million domestically. Overseas, where Dominion opened a week earlier, it has now pulled in $492.7 million, putting its new global cume at $824.5 million.
Rounding out the top five was the Universal horror flick The Black Phone with $12.3 million. The R-rated chiller, which stars Ethan Hawke as a serial killer in a deeply unsettling mask, fell -48% from the previous weekend, while scaring up a $3,897 per-screen average at 3,156 locations. Its two-week domestic tally is now $47.5 million. Internationally, The Black Phone has made a hair under $27 million in its first two weeks, putting its current worldwide cume at $74.4 million.
Also of note were two indies that debuted within the top 15: Bleecker Street Media’s Mr. Malcolm’s List, a PG-rated period romance starring Freida Pinto, opened in seventh place with $851,853; while Roadside Attractions’ The Forgiven, an R-rated Moroccan-set drama starring Ralph Fiennes and Jessica Chastain, bowed in fifteenth place with $132,565 in a more limited run.
Meanwhile for those who like to track year-over-year Fourth of July performances, here is how the top three looked a year ago over the holiday frame: 1.) F9: The Fast Saga in its second weekend—$29.1 million; 2.) The Boss Baby 2 in its first weekend—$19.7 million; 3.) The Forever Purge in its first weekend—$15.8 million.
Posted on 7/4/22 at 8:21 am to skrayper
So it was
1. Minions
2. Top Gun
3. Elvis
4. Jurassic World
5. Black Phone
Lightyear isn't even in the top 5 anymore.
1. Minions
2. Top Gun
3. Elvis
4. Jurassic World
5. Black Phone
Lightyear isn't even in the top 5 anymore.
Posted on 7/4/22 at 8:29 am to skrayper
I’ve never been interested in this franchise but I guess it’s my age, early - mid 30’s.
But I’d have seen Buzz if it weren’t for Disney being idiots. Sad
But I’d have seen Buzz if it weren’t for Disney being idiots. Sad
Posted on 7/4/22 at 8:35 am to tiggerthetooth
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1. Minions
2. Top Gun
3. Elvis
4. Jurassic World
5. Black Phone
Nope.
It was 6th, made about another 2 million, but Minions has already passed it and it definitely won't surpass Sonic (still leads it by about 85 million). Unless you count The Bob's Burgers Movie, it's the lowest grossing wide release animated movie this year.
It is technically still in the top 10, but one more big summer release or any decent Christmas one will knock it out. Thor Love and Thunder will probably knock it out of the top 10 with its opening weekend.
Posted on 7/4/22 at 8:45 am to tiggerthetooth
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Lightyear isn't even in the top 5 anymore.
Let them be stupid. Go woke, go broke.
Posted on 7/4/22 at 8:49 am to skrayper
Parents want a family friendly movie to take their kids to. I am bringing my kids to see it today.
Posted on 7/4/22 at 8:54 am to Proximo
Despicable Me movies are fantastic. The minions movies are not.
Posted on 7/4/22 at 9:15 am to skrayper
But I was told that Lightyear bombed because moms and kids were not ready to return to theaters.
Posted on 7/4/22 at 10:00 am to skrayper
quote:
Minions: The Rise of Gru set to break July 4th box office records
kinda makes sense, unless you want to groom your kids there isnt much else out there for family entertainment
the timeline story is kinda messed up though, the minions movie had them looking for a home and found drew as a young man when they joined with him, yet this new movie changes that to where he was a young kid when they got together for the first time, so you kinda have to forget about what they did in the first minions movie
but its a cartoon so its not supposed to be taken all that seriously
Posted on 7/4/22 at 10:17 am to WPBTiger
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WPBTiger
I would like to thank you for your avatar, btw.
Posted on 7/4/22 at 10:22 am to WPBTiger
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But I was told that Lightyear bombed because moms and kids were not ready to return to theaters.
Yeah, the progs on this board are having a tough time dealing with the failure of Lightyear. They told themselves it was because families were scared to go to the theater.
People don't want their young children exposed to gay propaganda. And I am not just talking about conservative white families. Hispanics, blacks, asians, and basically all sane people don't want this garbage pushed to their kids.
They are more lenient about it when it comes to Marvel action movies which skew towards older kids and teens. But they draw the line at moves aimed toward the little ones.
Posted on 7/4/22 at 10:38 am to skrayper
But I was told by this board that the only people wanting a Minions movie were 8 year olds.
Posted on 7/4/22 at 10:53 am to WPBTiger
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But I was told that Lightyear bombed because moms and kids were not ready to return to theaters.
No you weren’t. It bombed because it wasn’t good and didn’t have any hype going in. Nobody wanted a Toy Story movie with no toys and it went up against Jurassic World.
Posted on 7/4/22 at 10:56 am to skrayper
as would I, and I would like to know her name: for purely academic reasons
Posted on 7/4/22 at 10:58 am to Froman
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No you weren’t. It bombed because it wasn’t good and didn’t have any hype going in. Nobody wanted a Toy Story movie with no toys and it went up against Jurassic World.
Posted on 7/4/22 at 11:08 am to Froman
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No you weren’t. It bombed because it wasn’t good and didn’t have any hype going in. Nobody wanted a Toy Story movie with no toys and it went up against Jurassic World.
Oh frick off. If I were to tell anyone back in December that a Buzz fricking Lightyear movie wouldn’t gross 300 million, no one would believe it. Again, he’s probably the most popular animated character created in the past 30 years. Sorry the general public is sick of your SJW bullshite.
Posted on 7/4/22 at 11:16 am to Froman
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No you weren’t. It bombed because it wasn’t good and didn’t have any hype going in. Nobody wanted a Toy Story movie with no toys and it went up against Jurassic World.
It amazes me how persistent a few of y'all are in defending this bomb of a movie
Why can't you just admit it? It's like y'all have a personal stake in this for some reason, like it hurts you personally to admit that nobody wants a bunch of woke bullshite in a kids movie for no reason.
Instead you all go to great lengths to defend it, thread after thread, post after post. Anytime anyone even mentions lightyear on this board there's a few devoted apologists that feel the need to immediately jump in and make a bevy of excuses for it bombing.
It really is a fascinating case study
Posted on 7/4/22 at 11:35 am to Froman
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But I was told that Lightyear bombed because moms and kids were not ready to return to theaters.
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No you weren’t. It bombed because it wasn’t good and didn’t have any hype going in.
What a load of bullshite. Don't come in here with those lies. It was clear after the first weekend that Lightyear was a box office bomb.
Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, and other film sites all said it bombed mainly because of the pandemic and that families weren't ready to return to theaters yet.
As the weeks have gone by their narrative has constantly changed: Maybe it was no Tim Allen? Maybe it was the story? Maybe audiences were confused? They don't want to admit the real reason.
The truth is this Minions movie isn't even that good. It is fairly repetitive, and the chase scenes are boring. But it is a safe film and parents feel comfortable taking young children to it. That it is doing so well is a testament to how much people want to get out and go to the movies.
Lightyear would have shattered records if it wasn't for that gay kiss. I know it, you know it, the industry knows it, and even Disney knows it.
Posted on 7/4/22 at 11:39 am to Linoge
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The truth is this Minions movie isn't even that good
Not to derail the political aside, but not really that surprised to hear this. I think this series has gotten progressively weaker. Nothing flat out terrible, just pretty blah with a couple of laughs.
Posted on 7/4/22 at 11:44 am to Fewer Kilometers
quote:This is still true. But parents were way more comfortable with mindless fun and humor for their kids. And they’ve been craving it since they’ve had almost no options for years. This is proof more than anything.
But I was told by this board that the only people wanting a Minions movie were 8 year olds.
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