FRIDAY AM: Illumination/Universal’s Minions & Monsters has already scared up $62.6M at the global box office after two days of release in the U.S. and additional territories going Wednesday.
Yesterday, in U.S. and Canada, Minions & Monsters grossed $10.8M following its Wednesday opening (sans previews) with $14.23M and an A- CinemaScore. The running cume domestic is now $25M. Among all Wednesday openings for an animated pic in July, Minions & Monsters ranked third behind Despicable Me 2 ($35M) and Despicable Me 4 ($27.2M).
That Wednesday-to-Thursday ease in North America of -24% for the pic is on par with Despicable Me 4‘s Wednesday to Thursday dip of -25%.
Business should spike further today given that most of the nation is off for the July 4 holiday, however, it’s bound to ease tomorrow due to the distraction of festivities.
Toy Story 5 was No. 2 yesterday with $8M, Supergirl No. 3 with $2.3M, Obsession No. 4 with $1.6M, and Disclosure Day No. 5 with $1.3M.
Here’s the top 6 pics at the weekly box office in North America:
Toy Story 5 (Dis) 4,425 theaters, Wk $107.9M (-53%), Total $335.2M/Wk 2
Supergirl (WB) 3,602 theaters, Wk $48.8M/Wk 1
Minions & Monsters (Uni) 3,740 theaters Wk $25M/Wk 1
Obsession (Foc) 2,640 theaters, Wk $15.9M (-29%), Total $240M/Wk 7
Disclosure Day (Uni) 3,018 theaters, Wk $13M (-48%), Total $99.3M/Wk 3
Jackass: Best and Last (Par) 2,855 theaters, Wk $11.9M/Wk 1
The running overseas box office through Thursday is $37.6M. On Wednesday, the little guys raided Germany, Italy, UK, Brazil, Spain and Mexico. They were No. 1 in Germany, Spain, Poland and the Netherlands. China also went today where the seventh Despicable Me/Minions universe movie is leading the day with an estimated $4.6M ahead of local superhero dramedy Keep Real from director Wenxiong Xing which has $2.9M. The overall foreign territory count for Minions & Monsters is expected to reach 69 this weekend after the Pierre Coffin directed and voiced pic began its overseas rollout in ten territories last weekend with $10M+ including France, Belgium, Australia and Netherlands.
Minions & Monsters cost $85M before P&A.
Social media reach according to RelishMix for Minions & Monsters before opening was 793M across TikTok, YouTube, X, Facebook and Instagram, which is 31% ahead of family animated pic comps. That’s higher than 2022’s Minions: Rise of Gru social media universe which clocked 668.4M and higher than Toy Story 5‘s 711.8M. Those voiceover castmembers active on social include Zoey Deutch at 3M fans, Jeff Bridges at 2.4M and Bobby Moynihan at 248K.
In the U.S., the Angel Studios and Wonder Project historical drama Young Washington from director Jon Erwin opens today in 2,700 theaters.
