Warner Bros.' “Elvis” took third place, down only 39% in its second weekend in theaters. The Paramount Pictures film is still playing in 3,843 locations. In second place was “Top Gun: Maverick,” which continues to deliver six weeks in, adding another $25.5 million to its total, which has already surpassed $1 billion. Universal and Illumination have had enormous success with the five “Despicable Me” movies and spinoffs, which date back to 2010 and have earned over $3.7 billion at the global box office. Critics were mixed to positive (it currently has a 72% on Rotten Tomatoes) but audiences were more enthusiastic, giving the Gru origin story an A CinemaScore. The voice cast features Steve Carell, reprising his role as Gru, Alan Arkin, Michelle Yeoh and Julie Andrews as Gru’s mother. “And everyone knew this was going to be in theaters only.” It was a holiday weekend, the release date was perfect, the marketing was spot on,” Dergarabedian said.
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“Minions: The Rise of Gru” serves as further proof that family audiences are willing to go back to the movie theater. This is just the latest in a string of successes for Universal's family releases, including “Sing 2," which has grossed over $406 million since opening in December, and “The Bad Guys,” which has made over $243 million. Every single market doing extraordinarily well.” “It’s playing very broadly across North America.
“It's a tremendous debut,” said Jim Orr, Universal's president of domestic distribution. Including international showings, where “Minions: The Rise of Gru" is playing in 61 markets, its worldwide gross is sitting at $202.2 million through Sunday. The film is on track to become one of the biggest openings ever for a July Fourth holiday weekend, a record previously held by “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” which made $115.9 million in its first four days in 2011. By the end of the Monday’s July Fourth holiday, it will likely have earned over $127.9 million. “ Minions: The Rise of Gru ” brought in an estimated $108.5 million in ticket sales from 4,391 screens in North America, Universal Pictures said Sunday.
Families went bananas for Minions this weekend at the movie theater.
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