MrFanaticGuy34 Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Looks like Disney better watch out for Universal now..... They won't know who they will deal with. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinaTakla Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Looks like Disney better watch out for Universal now..... They won't know who they will deal with. Exactly. Also if the film breaks out in China, 1.2 billion might be even possible! With the first non Disney film crossing 1 billion, this is a major moment for animated films in box office history. Not only is Minions the third animated film in history that reaches that mark - the major news here is that Despicable Me franchise is now the ONLY animated franchise EVER to have 2 spots in the top 5 highest grossing films of all time, with Illumination Entertainment becoming only the other studio (next to Disney) to have 2 films in the 5 highest grossing animated films of all time. This news can't be glanced over. Also the Minions/DM franchise has a key strength point over IA (Europe/Latin America strong) of KFP (Asia strong): it is huge in all continents: North America, Latin America, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Australia – making it the only animated franchise, next to Frozen, to achieve sizable grosses in all these regions. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PierreHP Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Exactly. Also if the film breaks out in China, 1.2 billion might be even possible! With the first non Disney film crossing 1 billion, this is a major moment for animated films in box office history. Not only is Minions the third animated film in history that reaches that mark - the major news here is that Despicable Me franchise is now the ONLY animated franchise EVER to have 2 spots in the top 5 highest grossing films of all time, with Illumination Entertainment becoming only the other studio (next to Disney) to have 2 films in the 5 highest grossing animated films of all time. This news can't be glanced over. Also the Minions/DM franchise has a key strength point over IA (Europe/Latin America strong) of KFP (Asia strong): it is huge in all continents: North America, Latin America, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Australia – making it the only animated franchise, next to Frozen, to achieve sizable grosses in all these regions. It may even beat Frozen. You can't predict China. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfran43 Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 (edited) Congrats to Universal for being the first and only studio in HISTORY to have 3 movies gross over $1 Billion in the same year!!! And will soon be the only studio to have 2 movies gross over $1 billion OS. Edited August 29, 2015 by Queen Shar 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 If this is huge enough in China (230-240m) it will beat Frozen WW. Let's hope it happens. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinaTakla Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 As much as I would love this, but I highly doubt Minions crosses 150m in China let alone 200. So I don't think Frozen's 1.27 billion would be challenged. UNLESS: we are all underestimating it in China. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrFanaticGuy34 Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 (edited) Yeah, but the China gross for huge blockbusters, mostly gets underestimated all the time, anyway...so it doesn't matter how exactly it will do. Edited August 29, 2015 by MrFanaticGuy34 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peludo Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 As much as I would love this, but I highly doubt Minions crosses 150m in China let alone 200.So I don't think Frozen's 1.27 billion would be challenged.UNLESS: we are all underestimating it in China.Maybe you are underestimating Minions in China, but not many others including me. 150 million has been predicted long time ago by some posters who know very well Chinese market. And I am with them. I think it will make 150, maybe more. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinaTakla Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 Exhibitor Relations @ERCboxoffice 2m2 minutes ago With over $1B, MINIONS is the 3rd highest grossing animated film of all-time behind FROZEN ($1.28B) and TOY STORY 3 ($1.064B) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinaTakla Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 (edited) Wow! MINIONS: $694.1M Overseas Total / $1.01891B Global Total #Minions Now the third highest animated film ever overseas, after IA4 (715m) which it will pass soon and Frozen's 880m. Edited August 30, 2015 by MinaTakla 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Filmovie Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 Congrats to Universal for being the first and only studio in HISTORY to have 3 movies gross over $1 Billion in the same year!!! And will soon be the only studio to have 2 movies gross over $1 billion OS. Fox has 2 also (it had the Os distribution of Titanic) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omni Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 People here seem to forget that Minions is doing very well everywhere, but especially in those countries that are usually keen on embracing the animation garbage. And the remaining market is China, the leader of this 'group'. Assuming a finish around 1.07/1.08B from holdovers, Minions only need 200M to reach Frozen. It might seem too hard to reach, but it really is just 5x of Penguins and 2.4x of BH6. It's a 50/50. OS, it's a done deal. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinaTakla Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 Deadline: Minions, which marched past $1B last week, was given a hearty buongiorno in Italy where it bowed No. 1 with a huge $8.5M to become the biggest opening weekend for an animated film ever in that market where it has a 77% share. Doing the bidding for Universal and Illumination, the little yellow henchmen added a total estimate of$14.9M in 60 territories. That brings the cume overseas to $694.1M. Combined with the U.S. total of $324.8M, the worldwide cume is $1.02B. In other milestones,Minions overtook Ice Age: Dawn Of Dinosaurs’ $690M yesterday to become the 3rd-highest-grossing animated film of all time internationally. There are still three territories to go: Turkey (September 4), China (September 13) and Greece (September 24). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olive Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 Yes, Frozen will be dethroned. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinaTakla Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 Yes, Frozen will be dethroned. I highly highly doubt that, despite being a Minions supporter myself. If Frozen is to be dethroned, Minions will have to make 200+ million in China (close to Avengers numbers). I know China adores them but 200m? I highly doubt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrFanaticGuy34 Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 I highly highly doubt that, despite being a Minions supporter myself. If Frozen is to be dethroned, Minions will have to make 200+ million in China (close to Avengers numbers). I know China adores them but 200m? I highly doubt. Well, Kylin Zhang is an expert when it comes to the Chinese Box office....so he knows what he is talking about. Don't doubt him. Market's have been grown since 2 years ago with DM2. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrFanaticGuy34 Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 Yes, Frozen will be dethroned. That would be surprising. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olive Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 I highly highly doubt that, despite being a Minions supporter myself. If Frozen is to be dethroned, Minions will have to make 200+ million in China (close to Avengers numbers). I know China adores them but 200m? I highly doubt. Ant-man is moved to October in China, Minions will benefit from being the only family-friendly movie through the holiday Golden week. Given the super high anticipation and buzz, 200M is more likely than not. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrFanaticGuy34 Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 Ant-man is moved to October in China, Minions will benefit from being the only family-friendly movie through the holiday Golden week. Given the super high anticipation and buzz, 200M is more likely than not. Agree. If JW & AOU could do it....so can Minions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinaTakla Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 Am working on a big chart that compares the FROZEN, DM2, MINIONS, ICE AGE 3 and ICE AGE 4 grosses in each country. Will post soon. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...