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NORTH AMERICA: Weekend Actuals: ‘Minions’ Captures Second Largest Animated Opening Weekend Ever with $115.7M; ‘Jurassic World’ ($18.2M) Edges Out ‘Inside Out’ ($17.7M) for Second; ‘The Gallows’ Modest with $9.8M; ‘Self/Less’ Stumbles with $5.4M

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Minions delivered in a very big way this weekend with a $115.72 million debut. The highly anticipated 3D computer animated spin-off from Universal and Illumination Entertainment opened on the high end of its very lofty pre-release expectations. Without adjusting for...

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NORTH AMERICA: Weekend Estimates: ‘Minions’ Captures Second Largest Animated Opening Weekend Ever With $115.2M; ‘Jurassic World’ ($18.1M) Edges Out ‘Inside Out’ ($17.1M) For Second; ‘The Gallows’ Modest With $10.0M; ‘Self/Less’ Stumbles With $5.4M

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Sunday Update: Minions delivered in a very big way this weekend with an estimated debut of $115.2 million. The highly anticipated 3D computer animated spin-off from Universal and Illumination Entertainment opened on the high end of its very lofty pre-release...

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UPDATED GLOBAL REPORT: ‘Jurassic World’ Closes In On $1 Billion Worldwide After Just 12 Days; ‘Inside Out’ Opens To Strong $41 Million From Early International Releases, But Behind ‘Minions’ Down Under

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Jonathan Papish @ChinaBoxOffice   Updated 6.22.15 with studio actuals   The dinosaurs of Jurassic World stampeded past the half billion mark overseas this weekend devouring $160.5 million at 18,718 dates across 66 territories for an outstanding total of $584.4 million....

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CinemaCon 2015: ‘Ted 2’, ‘Trainwreck’, ‘Minions’, & ‘Jurassic World’ Score For Universal; Shyamalan Returns With ‘The Visit’; First Looks At ‘Everest’, ‘Sisters’, & ‘The Secret Life Of Pets’

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Closing out CinemaCon for 2015, Universal made the final presentation of the week by beginning with a tribute to its successful 2014 and early 2015. Most notably, Vin Diesel himself took the stage to give thanks for the massive success...

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CinemaCon 2015: ‘Ted 2’, ‘Trainwreck’, ‘Minions’, & ‘Jurassic World’ Score For Universal; Shyamalan Returns With ‘The Visit’; First Looks At ‘Everest’, ‘Sisters’, & ‘The Secret Life Of Pets’

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Closing out CinemaCon for 2015, Universal made the final presentation of the week by beginning with a tribute to its successful 2014 and early 2015. Most notably, Vin Diesel himself took the stage to give thanks for the massive success...