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

[AniNate]

This should be fine, but DM3 is going to take the financial repercussions.   I disagree, as long as Universal downplays the minions elements and tries to sell the "Gru is back!" more, I think DM3 will be an equal success. Audiences will be so much more willing to forgive a boring prequel/spinoff.

Downplay the minions? Really?

[Jandrew]

$40M OD? I think so.

[goldenstate5]

 

Downplay the minions? Really?

 

Well, if the audience reaction to THIS is poor, then I'd say that the trailers will feature the minions but the FOCUS will be on Gru.

Edited July 10, 2015 by goldenstate5

[superduperm]

$40M OD? I think so.

Will probably beat TS3's $41.1M for animation record.

Edited July 10, 2015 by superduperm

[Gopher]

5.5 with 7 hours of showtimes is... pretty good? IO and DM2 had 5 hours so I guess it doesn't make that much of a difference.

[Deep Wang]

5.5 with 7 hours of showtimes is... pretty good? IO and DM2 had 5 hours so I guess it doesn't make that much of a difference.

Wait, are you saying 5.5 or are you "just saying" 5.5?

[Ethan Hunt]

You guys are insane

[superduperm]

You guys are insane

Are you talking to me? Because I think a $42M+ OD is very realistic.

[Ethan Hunt]

Are you talking to me? Because I think a $42M+ OD is very realistic.

maybe you're right, but I don't see it.

[redfirebird2008]

5.5 with 7 hours of showtimes is... pretty good? IO and DM2 had 5 hours so I guess it doesn't make that much of a difference.

 

7 hours? Shows started at 6 PM. Who is running 1 AM shows for it?

[goldenstate5]

I've seen some 1 AM showings posted. Not everywhere, but some.

[redfirebird2008]

I've seen some 1 AM showings posted. Not everywhere, but some.

 

I'm genuinely curious to see them. Which towns?

[Deep Wang]

Well, it's still just 6 hours early, because anything after 12 is tomorrow.

[Mojoguy]

Minions and IO going to cannibalize each other, preventing both movies from hitting 400M DOM.

Edited July 10, 2015 by Mojoguy

[Avatree]

Well, if the audience reaction to THIS is poor, then I'd say that the trailers will feature the minions but the FOCUS will be on Gru.

Why would the audience reaction be poor? The film has been ouy for a couple of weeks here and everyone loves it. Audiences are not critics you know...

[Mojoguy]

Why would the audience reaction be poor? The film has been ouy for a couple of weeks here and everyone loves it. Audiences are not critics you know...

But Minions already has much weaker reviews on RT.

 

Minion's 54% vs DM2's 74%.

[Avatree]

But Minions already has much weaker reviews on RT.

 

Minion's 54% vs DM2's 74%.

Again. Audiences are not critics.

[goldenstate5]

Where do you live, Tree? Because it seems to be an Ice Age situation: more well-liked globally than in the states. I know you keep saying audiences aren't critics, but it's worth pointing out that Minions had a healthy 77% with UK and Spanish critics before the Americans came in.

[MrFanaticGuy34]

Again. Audiences are not critics.

Agree. And the audience-rating on RT ain't that bad. It has 69%. Which is decent.

[Asyulus]

I don't care about critics, Audience is the factor here.