Minions | 7.10.2015 | Crosses 1 BILLION Worldwide. Beats Toy Story 3 on the all-time chart.

[PDC1987]

DM2 finished with $602 million overseas. The fact that Minions is outpacing it by 30+ % with a worse exchange rate is a very, very good sign.

[Mitch]

I am going with 

 

1.1 million WW

 

310 Million Domestic 

705 Million Overseas

 

WW 1.15 million

[Avatree]

DM2 finished with $602 million overseas. The fact that Minions is outpacing it by 30+ % with a worse exchange rate is a very, very good sign.

Outpacing it in the first day in two countries...

[CoolioD1]

 I dont know the diff between a 10% increase and a 40% increase or whatever.

30%

[Jandrew]

30%

[PDC1987]

Outpacing it in the first day in two countries...

And? It's going to be repeated everywhere.

[grim22]

http://www.thewrap.com/minions-tracking-for-85-million-opening-at-box-office/

 

The funny little yellow guys of Universal and Illumination Entertainment’s “Minions” are looking at a lot of green — around $85 million to be specific — when they open at the box office on July 10.

​The first tracking for the fifth fully-animated feature from Universal and Illumination arrived Thursday and confirmed what most analysts had thought: “Minions” will be a monster, and likely bigger than its predecessors. And it’s very possible that the projection will rise over the next few weeks as the effects of Universal’s marketing campaign kick in.

 

[Avatree]

I was about to say 85M is very low given that it opens next week, but then I remembered it opens in like 3 weeks in Murica... so I guess 85 is pretty solid atm.

[Ethan Hunt]

85M is about what I expect

[Boxx93]

Judging by the very good results in Indonesia and Australia and the first RT reviews and the real world hype, I smell another Jurassic World situation here.

[Avatree]

Judging by the very good results in Indonesia and Australia and the first RT reviews and the real world hype, I smell another Jurassic World situation here.

Minions > OW record

[Ethan Hunt]

Judging by the very good results in Indonesia and Australia and the first RT reviews and the real world hype, I smell another Jurassic World situation here.

So you expect 200M OW? Will okay then

[James]

So you expect 200M OW? Will okay then

Well, even if it opens to like 150m it still has a chance to beat JP. It's an animation movie. Legs will be strong by definition.

[Ethan Hunt]

Well, even if it opens to like 150m it still has a chance to beat JP. It's an animation movie. Legs will be strong by definition.

Minion's domestic total won't even be half of JW's

[PDC1987]

Well, even if it opens to like 150m it still has a chance to beat JP. It's an animation movie. Legs will be strong by definition.

That's not how it works. Many recent animated hits didn't even approach a 4x multiplier, especially sequels. My prediction of $137 million for OW is already high and based on Shrek the Thiird's unadjusted OW.

[Boxx93]

So you expect 200M OW? Will okay then

 

Dont underestimate the power of Universal Marketing, buddy. People thought JW would do 130 million OW at most, and we all know how that ended. Minions is a really strong brand right now just like the Jurassic brand. Australia and Indonesia opened above DM2 by over 30%, Social Media hype and Real World Hype are off the charts, Marketing is genius and the reception from the first critics who saw it are good. If that does not indicate another JW success then I dont know what will do it.

[Jandrew]

Minion's domestic total won't even be half of JW's

Thats the exact same thing people were saying about JW with Avengers.

Oops...

[PDC1987]

Dont underestimate the power of Universal Marketing, buddy. People thought JW would do 130 million OW at most, and we all know how that ended. Minions is a really strong brand right now just like the Jurassic brand. Australia and Indonesia opened above DM2 by over 30%, Social Media hype and Real World Hype are off the charts, Marketing is genius and the reception from the first critics who saw it are good. If that does not indicate another JW success then I dont know what will do it.

It's not that simple. It can't be compared to JW. The first DM is nothing compared to JP.

[PDC1987]

Minion's domestic total won't even be half of JW's

It's flying past $300 million, so yes it will.

[James]

Minion's domestic total won't even be half of JW's

You mean it wont make 280-300m? LOL. Thats locked and loaded.