Minions make $10.8m on thurs!
https://deadline.com/2022/07/minions...ce-1235055270/
Minions make $10.8m on thurs!
https://deadline.com/2022/07/minions...ce-1235055270/
Minions broke 4th july record and one of illuminations highest grossing openings at $129m and $195m ww.
Also a tick tock event where teens are "not too old for minions" have teens and high school students going over and over! In suits?
So much for minions are too old a ip and animated films don't do well in theatres.
https://deadline.com/2022/07/minions...ce-1235055270/
Last edited by Gaastra; 07-02-2022 at 03:54 PM.
Damn Minions is eating Lightyear's lunch and then beating it with the lunchbox.
Pixar's reputation has gone to the dogs now.
Minions made more in 3 days then lightyear made in two weeks!
Edit--
Now the highest grossing american animated film series in history. (overseas series like doraemon and detective conan are not getting counted.)What a fireworks show.
The long July 4th holiday weekend is turning into a box office extravangza for Hollywood as Minions: The Rise of Gru heads for a huge four-day opening of $127.9 million domestically, according to early estimates. That includes $108.5 million for the three days.
Overseas, the movie will cross $86 million by Sunday for a global booty of $200 million-plus.
Forget about breaking pandemic-era records for a family title; the Illumination and Universal movie will boast one of the top starts ever at the domestic box office for an animated Hollywood tentpole, not adjusted for inflation.
Friday’s haul alone was around $48 million from 4,400 theaters, including a hefty $10.8 million in previews.
The movie’s performance is significant in that it confirms that parents and younger kids are ready to return to the multiplex in droves. Throughout the pandemic, animated films have been considered a challenged genre. It didn’t help when Pixar and Disney’s Toy Story spinoff Lightyear opened to a tepid $51 million last month before falling off steeply in its sophomore outing (still, Lightyear achieved a milestone on Friday when jumping the $100 million domestically on Friday).
Until now, Paramount’s Sonic the Hedgehog 2, a live-action/CGI hybrid, held the record for the biggest opening of the pandemic era for a PG family release with $72 million.
In regards to Hollywood’s biggest July 4th openings, 2011’s Transformers: Dark of the Moon earned $115.9 million for the same four-day holiday weekend, followed by Spider-Man 2 ($115.8 million) and 2017’s Despicable Me 3 ($99 million). If estimates hold, Minions 2 will easily rank as No. 1. Some consider Spider-Man: Homecoming a July 4th entry, since the holiday fell mid-week in 2017, but it isn’t an apples-to-apples comparison (Homecoming debuted over the July 7-9 weekend to $117 million domestically).
Another milestone moment: overall revenue for the weekend will actually come in ahead of the same frame in 2019 as the box office recovery continues to gain momentum. Holdovers — and especially Top Gun: Maverick — are also a contributing factor to the boon.
The Rise of Gru is a sequel to 2015’s Minions and is the fifth entry in the Despicable Me franchise, which is the top-grossing animated series in history, not adjusted for inflation.
Heading into the weekend, tracking suggested that Minions 2 would open in the $70 million to $80 million range for the four-day holiday, but some believed it would do more. If going by the four-day number, the film will hold the record for a franchise-best opening. But if going by the three days, it will come in slightly behind Minions ($115.7 million).
Minions 2 will become only the 10th animated Hollywood film to debut to $100 million or more, a list led by Incredibles 2 ($182.7 million).
Audiences bestowed Minions: The Rise of Gru with an A CinemaScore and strong exits.
Top gun and elvis did well again also. Top gun got 2nd. Lightyear falls out of the top 5 after just three weeks.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/mo...ng-1235175075/
Last edited by Gaastra; 07-03-2022 at 08:28 AM.
Well, can’t say I’m too surprised. The minions looked like the minions and light year did not look like buzz light year…
Minions almost to $300m world wide already!
https://deadline.com/2022/07/minions...ce-1235055270/
So what kind of numbers are we looking at for Thor this weekend? 150 million?
They are predicting $170m for thor.
https://www.thewrap.com/thor-love-an...ffice-preview/
Thor starts with $15.7m overseas.
https://variety.com/2022/film/box-of...as-1235310978/Disney’s “Thor: Love and Thunder,” the fourth standalone Marvel story about Chris Hemsworth’s hulking God of Thunder, picked up $15.7 million on opening day at the international box office.
The film is currently playing in 17 overseas markets, including Germany, Italy, Australia and Korea, and it will debut in North America and several other major territories on Friday.
Overall ticket sales are pacing 39% ahead of “Thor: Ragnarok” (which ultimately collected $122 million during its opening weekend) and 24% behind “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” (which scored a massive $265 million in its international box office debut).
By the time Sunday comes around, the newest “Thor” adventure is expected to rake in at least $145 million to $155 million in North America (with some estimates reaching as high as $170 million) and another $140 million to $150 million from overseas markets. For now, “Love and Thunder” is not playing in China, Russia or France.
Thor expected to make around $130m to $160m in america has already took off overseas and is on its way to making maybe $300m world wide on just its first weekend!
Looks like another good weekend for the box office!
https://deadline.com/2022/07/box-off...ng-1235058402/
https://news.yahoo.com/box-office-re...210700727.html
Also top gun 2 is becoming paramount's highest grossing movie ever so no shock part 3 is in talks!
https://nypost.com/2022/07/08/tom-cr...-miles-teller/
Last edited by Gaastra; 07-09-2022 at 08:16 AM.
Downward predictions amounts continue? Now expected $130-$140 mil.
https://deadline.com/2022/07/box-off...er-1235060300/