Minions News Stories News & Analysis NORTH AMERICA: ‘Minions’ Comfortably Leads Monday with $12.95M; ‘Inside Out’ Takes Second with $2.40M; ‘Jurassic World’ Claims Third with $2.15M Boxoffice Staff • Jul 14th Minions continued to comfortably lead the daily box office on Monday with $12.95 million. The blockbuster 3D computer animated spin-off from Universal and Illumination Entertainment fell 58 percent from Sunday’s performance. Minions has grossed a very strong $128.66 million in... News & Analysis 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 Boxoffice Staff • Jul 13th 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... News & Analysis ‘Minions’ Conquer The Global Box Office; ‘Terminator: Genisys’ Sees Bump From Major Expansion; ‘Jurassic World’ Just A Step Away From $1.5 Billion Daniel Loria • Jul 12th The Minions conquered the North American box office this weekend, claiming $115.2 million from 4,301 theaters and a $26,875 average per theater. The overseas results proved to be similarly impressive, contributing $124.3 million from 56 territories and takings its overseas... News & Analysis 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 Boxoffice Staff • Jul 11th 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... News & Analysis GLOBAL REPORT: ‘Jurassic World’ Stampedes Past ‘Ultron’ For #5 All-Time Worldwide; Overseas Pumps Up ‘Terminator: Genisys’; ‘Monk’ Strong In China Debut jpapish • Jul 5th Arnold Schwarzenegger whimpered back into domestic theaters this weekend with Terminator: Genisys, but he and Paramount could be saved by international fans who were much more kind giving the reboot $74 million across 46 territories. After last weekend’s early start... News & Analysis 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 jpapish • Jun 21st 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.... News & Analysis ‘Minions’ Opens To Nearly $1M From Early Openings In Indonesia And Australia Marine Suttle • Jun 18th Universal Pictures International (UPI) has released Minions in Indonesia and Australia and early estimates show the animated film taking in $987,716 from 461 locations. The film opened at #1 in Indonesia on Wednesday, 41% ahead of Despicable Me 2 and scored Universal’s... From the Magazine 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’ Boxoffice Staff • Apr 23rd 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... News & Analysis 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’ Marine Suttle • Apr 23rd 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... Load more stories
News & Analysis NORTH AMERICA: ‘Minions’ Comfortably Leads Monday with $12.95M; ‘Inside Out’ Takes Second with $2.40M; ‘Jurassic World’ Claims Third with $2.15M Boxoffice Staff • Jul 14th Minions continued to comfortably lead the daily box office on Monday with $12.95 million. The blockbuster 3D computer animated spin-off from Universal and Illumination Entertainment fell 58 percent from Sunday’s performance. Minions has grossed a very strong $128.66 million in...
News & Analysis 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 Boxoffice Staff • Jul 13th 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...
News & Analysis ‘Minions’ Conquer The Global Box Office; ‘Terminator: Genisys’ Sees Bump From Major Expansion; ‘Jurassic World’ Just A Step Away From $1.5 Billion Daniel Loria • Jul 12th The Minions conquered the North American box office this weekend, claiming $115.2 million from 4,301 theaters and a $26,875 average per theater. The overseas results proved to be similarly impressive, contributing $124.3 million from 56 territories and takings its overseas...
News & Analysis 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 Boxoffice Staff • Jul 11th 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...
News & Analysis GLOBAL REPORT: ‘Jurassic World’ Stampedes Past ‘Ultron’ For #5 All-Time Worldwide; Overseas Pumps Up ‘Terminator: Genisys’; ‘Monk’ Strong In China Debut jpapish • Jul 5th Arnold Schwarzenegger whimpered back into domestic theaters this weekend with Terminator: Genisys, but he and Paramount could be saved by international fans who were much more kind giving the reboot $74 million across 46 territories. After last weekend’s early start...
News & Analysis 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 jpapish • Jun 21st 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....
News & Analysis ‘Minions’ Opens To Nearly $1M From Early Openings In Indonesia And Australia Marine Suttle • Jun 18th Universal Pictures International (UPI) has released Minions in Indonesia and Australia and early estimates show the animated film taking in $987,716 from 461 locations. The film opened at #1 in Indonesia on Wednesday, 41% ahead of Despicable Me 2 and scored Universal’s...
From the Magazine 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’ Boxoffice Staff • Apr 23rd 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...
News & Analysis 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’ Marine Suttle • Apr 23rd 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...