Minions OS Thread | 1 BILLION WW CROSSED!! | 6m weekend | $811.4m OS total

[Purple Minion]

Nothing against minions either. I like them especially purple

 

Why thank you

[tupek]

You could also argue that DM2 is the older release and that Frozen was released after it by 3-4 months so the newer releases always sell a bit more than older ones.

Goes both ways.

But they both were released so much time ago. They were practically doing the same numbers: nothing.

[MinaTakla]

Deadline:

While Kevin, Stuart and Bob get ready to pack bags for the Middle Kingdom on September 13, Universal and Illumination’s Minions added a much better than expected $12.1M (up from the estimate of $10.9M) this weekend in 57 territories for a total of $718.1M overseas. The worldwide total is now $1.047B. Turkey was a No. 1 opening and a Universal best for an animated film. The frame was $838K. Italy held at No. 1 again and has an 11-day total of $17.7M. In coming milestones, the film will pass Ice Age: Continental Drift this week to become the second-highest-grossing animated film of all time internationally; it will also pass Toy Story 2 next week to become the second-highest-grossing animated film worldwide.

[MinaTakla]

New OS total - I think this is as of Monday - and MINIONS officially passed ICE AGE 4 as the SECOND HIGHEST ANIMATED FILM OS EVER just behind FROZEN!

 

Minions (2014)

Theatrical Performance Domestic Box Office $329,774,550 Details

International Box Office $719,630,686 Details

Worldwide Box Office $1,049,405,236

Edited September 9, 2015 by MinaTakla

[Tower]

No one seems to remember how many films there are in animated series, it's passing Toy Story 3 WW, and Ice Age 4 OS.

Edited September 9, 2015 by Tower

[Purple Minion]

Booyah!

MINIONS scored $20M in 1 day in China, and w/ $1.080B is now the 2nd highest animated film worldwide, passing TOY STORY 3.

— Exhibitor Relations (@ERCboxoffice)

September 13, 2015

MINIONS: $748.5M Overseas Total / $1.080B Global Total #Minions

— BoxOffice (@BoxOffice)

September 13, 2015

Edited September 13, 2015 by Purple Minion

[MinaTakla]

Wohoo!!!!

 

MINIONS is officially THE SECOND HIGHEST ANIMATED FILM OF ALL TIME surpassing TOY STORY 3 to become higher than any film ever released by PIXAR, DW, SONY, BLUESKY and DISNEY with the single exception of FROZEN!

[MinaTakla]

Minions is now the 15th HIGHEST FILM OF ALL TIME:

http://www.boxoffice.../alltime/world/

[MrFanaticGuy34]

$748M OS for Minions.

Already beaten LOTR: ROTK's $742M OS.

Next up is TF3.

[MinaTakla]

Wow!

Deadline says Minions OD is the highest ever for an animation in China (both Hollywood and Chinese) and  is 44% higher OD than the 3-day opening weekend Monkey King - the highest animation ever!

 

‘Minions’ $20.1M China Bow Is Biggest Opening Day Ever For An Animated Film

 

Universal and Illumination’s Minions marched into the Middle Kingdom today with an estimated $20.1M (125M yuan) opening. That makes it the biggest opening day for an animated film ever in China; roughly 50% higher than the previous record held by Kung Fu Panda 2 (81M yuan). In more recent comps, it’s 40% higher than the three-day weekend of Despicable Me 2 back in January 2014. The first movie in the franchise was never released in China, but DM2 ultimately made about $53M there.

On a local currency basis, Minions‘ first day out is also notably 44% bigger than the three-day opening of Chinese summer hit Monkey King: Hero Is Back (86.5M yuan) which on September 9 set a record as the highest-grossing Chinese animation of all time at 995M yuan ($156M).

Edited September 13, 2015 by MinaTakla

[KP1025]

So based on new predictions for Minions' final gross in China, it looks like Frozen is safe of both its WW and OS records. 

[Amadeus]

Minions only needs to gross 43 million to become a top 10 of all time! It'll probably reach that milestone next sunday... Only to be pushed out from the top ten two or four months later. 

[Planodisney]

Universal was declaring DM2 as their most profitable movie of all time well before it's run ended and talked that up on many occasions.

No such statement has been made about Minions despite it making about 200 million more worldwide.

I'm assuming this means that it's marketing budget must have been astronomical.

[MinaTakla]

Minions just became the highest grossing film of the year in Italy in less than 3 weeks! It crossed 50 shades of grey yesterday.

It will cross 20m euro today and has a shot at 23m euro by the end of its run!

 

[Icicle]

Universal was declaring DM2 as their most profitable movie of all time well before it's run ended and talked that up on many occasions.

No such statement has been made about Minions despite it making about 200 million more worldwide.

I'm assuming this means that it's marketing budget must have been astronomical.

 

Or Universal is having such a huge year that Minions isn't considered especially remarkable.

 

Though the marketing budget is undoubtedly astronomical.

[Planodisney]

It would be a big deal if it was their most profitable movie of all time even though they are having a great year. Based on budget and gross, if DM2 was at the time, then Minions most definitely should be. Only the unknown marketing expense could have held it from that tittle.

Regardless, I'm sure it was still insanely profitable.

Was that picture of Minions on the wall legit or photoshopped for marketing? If real, damn!! I can't imagine how many hundreds of millions they spent marketing this film.

[grim22]

Universal was declaring DM2 as their most profitable movie of all time well before it's run ended and talked that up on many occasions.

No such statement has been made about Minions despite it making about 200 million more worldwide.

I'm assuming this means that it's marketing budget must have been astronomical.

 

That is probably because DM2 was the closest Universal had got to a Billion before this year, so of course they would talk it up. Universal already have Furious 7, Jurassic World and Minions crossing that mark this year. They don't need to talk anything up this year because the media is doing that job for them with "Universal's best year ever" articles.

[MinaTakla]

I just looked at the country by county figures and yes: MINIONS was higher than FROZEN in EVERY SINGLE territory except only 3 out of 65! SK, Japan and Denmark. So yes, if it wasn't for Japan, Minions would have beaten Frozen in a heartbeat.

[jiangsen]

#ChinaBoxOffice @Minions earned est. $3.0M on Tuesday. China's 3-day total stands at a disappointing $25.9M.

— China Box Office (@ChinaBoxOffice)

September 15, 2015

[KP1025]

That's worrying. I never expected its legs to be that bad in China.