'Minions & Monsters' Eyes $170M Global Opening Weekend
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- Minions & Monsters is tracking $170M globally for its opening — roughly $90M from 59 new overseas territories (UK, Germany, Mexico, China) and an $80M five-day projection in North America across 4,000 theaters.
- The film holds a 92% fresh Rotten Tomatoes score from 49 reviews, the best in the Minions/Despicable Me series, directed by Pierre Coffin (who voices the Minions) with a voice cast including Allison Janney, Christoph Waltz, Jeff Bridges, Jesse Eisenberg, and Trey Parker.
- Independence Day falling on a Saturday shifts the grossing pattern, with Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday projected as the strongest days; tracking runs better with moms than dads and trails Minions: Rise of Gru by 40% as first choice.
- The franchise has accumulated $5.6B at the global box office, with Minions and Despicable Me 3 each topping $1B and three other entries clearing $900M+ worldwide.
- Angel Studios' Young Washington (directed by Jon Erwin, starring William Franklyn-Miller, Ben Kingsley, Andy Serkis, Mary-Louise Parker, and Kelsey Grammer) opens Friday with a $15M outlook.
- Disney/Pixar's Toy Story 5 is projected to hold with around $35M in its third weekend (off ~50%), having crossed $306.2M domestically by Tuesday.
- Warner Bros/DC's Supergirl is expected to plunge 65-70% to $11M-$12M in Weekend 2 after a B- CinemaScore, following a four-day domestic total of $40M.
Why it matters: Illumination's Minions machine has now produced seven films totaling $5.6B globally — defying the fatigue that ended 20th Century's Ice Age run — and the best-reviewed entry of the franchise opens on the holiday where animated family counterprogramming traditionally prints money. On the other side of the slate, Supergirl's projected 65-70% second-weekend drop echoes The Flash's 73% fall and continues DC's costly stumble, with the studio reportedly on track to lose $125M on the film.
