James

UPDATE: I may be jumping the horse on this one, but the presales for Minions are absolutely huge. I havent seen anything like this since Fast and Furious 7 earlier this year. I'm thinking the animation OW is toast at this point.

13th widest release ever and 2nd for an animated movie (behind Shrek Forever After's 4386).

Those are all good points and all, but following you line of thinking you make it sound like franchises like HP or Ice Age are not among the most profitable in the world just because they are not as big in the US. I seriously doubt Disney or Paramount care too much if their movies "only" make 200m DOM. Yeah, studios get a larger revenue share from the US, but the difference is not even by far enough to offset the benefits of a 700-800m OS grosser.

LOL. So this can open to only 5m and it will still make money for WB.

My gf wants to see 'Mad Max' and 'Fury'. How freakin awesome is that?! I can't believe she got them so damn right. My two favourite movies I've seen this year. I am a happy guy!

Hahaha, this looks hilarious. Also, is it just me, or the title makes it sound like a porn movie?

No surprise there.

Well, it had 3D

Well, IO isn't exactly flopping. It is a small hit and bigger than all Pixar movies except for Brave. Pixar isn't really a brand here. As for Insurgent, it wont stay in the top for too long. Minions and Mission Impossible will kick it out soon enough. But it was pretty big (almost as big as MJ1).

Well, I see around 830m OS and 450m DOM.

I have a really good feeling about Minions beating Frozen WW. Deservingly so

Fast update on then last two weekends: - Two weeks ago, Ted 2 opened to a great 39.481 admissions and $181k, which was well ahead of it's predecessor (23.500 adm and $113k). Last weekend it dropped 55%. That is actually a way better drop than the first 'Ted' had and it's total reached $366k (compared to the 230k for 'Ted' through the same point). It had some great, great weekdays and it should end up above $600k. - Also last weekend, Terminator: Genisys opened with 35.426 adm and $203k. That is more than double what 'Terminator: Salvation' did back in 2009, but then again, that was a big disappointment. Still, if it manages the same legs, it will end up above 600k, which is decent. - In other news, Jurassic World passed the $1m border, becoming the 4th movie this year to do so, while Inside Out reached $423k after three outings, which is the same as 'Big Hero 6' earlier this year. That ended up doing $555k, and 'Inside Out' should follow suit, that is if 'Minions' doesn't completely obliterate it this weekend. - Also, Fast and Furious 7 concludes it's run with an incredible 650.442 admissions (2nd most attended movie of the 21st century, only after 'Avatar's 881.718 adm) and $2.74m (3rd highest grossing film ever behind 'Avatar' - $6.35m and 'The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies' - $2.94m). - And Avengers: Age of Ultron passed 'Iron Man 3' to become the 2nd highest grossing superhero flick ever, behind 'Thor: The Dark World' ($1.47m). This week's openers: - And speaking of Minions, the presales for the DM spin-off look big. An opening above 50.000 admissions should be a lock and the animation OW record held by 'Frozen' (73.854 adm) isn't out of reach also. Top 10 Highest Grossing Movies of 2015 The Top 10 as of now contains 4 Universal titles, 3 Warner Bros titles, while Disney, Fox and Lionsgate each have 1. That is a really nice comeback for Universal, considering last year they only had 1 title in the Top 10, while the first 3 postions where all Warner Bros movies.

I see overseas critics givind Minions some very high grades aNd US critics doing the exact opposite. What's up with that?

I see something like this: 4.1m Thu (Minions starts showing at 6PM ao its evening shows will be reduced) 4.7m Fri (Minions really enter the market) 5.8m Sat 4.3m Sun

I don't think an 100m+ animated opener will have this little effects on IO. I see it dropping at least 50%.

Is it just me, or MMXXL has some incredible weekdays? This is the second time (after the Tue number) when a weakday is bigger than it's first Sat. Those are some great numbers imo. Im wondering how well it will hold this weekend. I'm honestly expecting an under 30% drop.

We'll just have to wait for the weekend then. And of course it will. It looks miles better than any other animation movies in recent memory.

Dude, I cant even remember an animation tentpole that had less than a 3x multi. Even Penguins of Madagascar had a 3x+ one.

Well, its run for now in every other country shows it has fantastic WOM. I don't see why the US would behave differently. Also, from all the people I know that have seen it till now, not one of them said it wasn't fun. So... I am ready to bet it has the biggest OW ever for an animated movie and it also becomes the highest grossing DOM animated earner.

Does it really matter when it opens in the US? It is going to do 700m+ OS. It will be bigger with OS alone than 90% animation movies released today. And I LOVE Scrat.

Does anyone know what sogs were used in the trailer?

Minions is nort a 4-quadrant movie? Maybe its different in the US, but my freakin dad wants to see Minions and he hasn't seen a movie in theatres since Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. Also, the same with my mom (although she goes more often to the cinema).

This looks good. And Pine is there so I am sold.