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

[MovieMan89]

Definitely thinking the animated OW record is a possibility now. Maybe as high as 130m.

[Ethan Hunt]

Definitely thinking the animated OW record is a possibility now. Maybe as high as 130m.

WTF? Its a spinoff for christ sake

[James]

Yeah, the animation OW record is toast. There's no bigger animation brand out there right now.

 

130m OW / 410m DOM 

740m OS

1.15b WW

Edited June 17, 2015 by James

[Ethan Hunt]

This thread is so ridiculous right now I don't know what to say about it

[PDC1987]

WTF? Its a spinoff for christ sake

 

You're caught up on that and ignoring the fact that this is a spin-off like no other. The Minions are their own brand now. They're absolutely everywhere, Amazon even has them plastered on every box they ship out for the nest several weeks. The trailer and TV spots are going over like gangbusters everywhere.

[Mike Wazowski]

I liked the trailers, and the idea of seeing other villains in this story

but i don't see it cracking 100m OW, around 85m may be..

[Ethan Hunt]

You're caught up on that and ignoring the fact that this is a spin-off like no other. The Minions are their own brand now. They're absolutely everywhere, Amazon even has them plastered on every box they ship out for the nest several weeks. The trailer and TV spots are going over like gangbusters everywhere.

Its acting as a sequel then? Still see at least a 25% decrease at the best. DM2 was without a doubt the peak of the franchise

[PDC1987]

Its acting as a sequel then? Still see at least a 25% decrease at the best. DM2 was without a doubt the peak of the franchise

Like Bourne 1-3 and F&F? Universal has every intention of making this the biggest DM film or damn close to it.

[Ethan Hunt]

Like Bourne 1-3 and F&F? Universal has every intention of making this the biggest DM film or damn close to it.

Neither of those franchises had the massive domestic surge with the sequel that this one did. No this franchise is acting more like PotC or Transformers.

[Deep Wang]

Neither of those franchises had the massive domestic surge with the sequel that this one did. No this franchise is acting more like PotC or Transformers.

 

Or it could be acting like Shrek, where the third one did 121/322.

[PDC1987]

Or it could be acting like Shrek, where the third one did 121/322.

And STT only finished as low as $322 because it was shit and had a terrible multiplier.

[Deep Wang]

And STT only finished as low as $322 because it was shit and had a terrible multiplier.

 

That was also the month with 3 $100m OW and 3 $300m grossing movies.  They ate into each other in a big way on top of them not being very good.

[PDC1987]

That was also the month with 3 $100m OW and 3 $300m grossing movies.  They ate into each other in a big way on top of them not being very good.

Yep, and there aren't any other (likely) $100 million openers or $300 million grossers this July.

[Ezen Baklattan]

I think Shrek 3 is the best comparison we have.

[JohnnyGossamer]

Its acting as a sequel then? Still see at least a 25% decrease at the best. DM2 was without a doubt the peak of the franchise

Even with a 25% decrease, Minions could very well gross over $100M OW DOM. Remember, Despicable Me 2 opened on a Wednesday and grossed $145M DOM over its first five days.

[Avatree]

DM2 5-day: 143M

 

Shrek 2 5-day (adj): 169M

Shrek 3 3-day (adj): 145M

 

Similar drop would put Minions at roughly 122M. However, Shrek 2 made $200M more than DM2 overall - its legs were far stronger. So an opening at the level of Shrek 3 seems really, really unlikely. I think it will do 110M tops.

[Kvikk Lunsj]

Normally the studio requires two and lets theaters choose the rest. Maybe this time they required Minions and gave a choice of Ted or Everest?

tell it my local theater who blows them off. 

[Box Office Hit]

BoxOffice ‏@BoxOffice

MINIONS has taken in $987,716 from Indonesia and Australia after 2 days of release. #Minions

[PDC1987]

BoxOffice.com

 

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 second biggest opening day behind Furious 7, but ahead of Jurassic World. It was also the country's biggest opening day for an animated film.

 

Minions bowed today in Australia and is pacing 32% ahead of Despicable Me 2. The film took second place behind Jurassic World which has grossed $15.89 million through Wednesday. 

 

Minions also opens today in Malaysia and Singapore and will open in 40 other international markets before its North American release on July 10.

[Jandrew]

So thats pretty good? I dont know the diff between a 10% increase and a 40% increase or whatever.