Box Office: ‘Minions & Monsters’ Scares Up $16 Million on Friday
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- "Minions & Monsters" opened No. 1 with $16 million Friday from 4,243 theaters, on pace for $39.5 million domestically and a soft $64 million five-day total since its July 1 release.
- The film's $87 million projected overseas haul provides a buffer for Universal, whose "Despicable Me" franchise historically earned $940 million ("Rise of Gru") to $1.15 billion (2015's "Minions") worldwide per installment.
- "Toy Story 5" added $13 million Friday for second place, heading toward $32 million for the weekend and pushing its North American total to roughly $367 million across three weekends.
- Angel Studios' "Young Washington" debuted in third with $7.4 million Friday, projected to reach about $16 million through Sunday, starring William Franklyn-Miller as a young George Washington alongside Kelsey Grammer, Andy Serkis, and Ben Kingsley.
- Warner Bros. and DC's "Supergirl" collapsed to fourth with just $3.6 million Friday — a brutal 76% drop from its $37.1 million opening — on track for roughly $200 million globally and an estimated $100 million loss.
- Steven Spielberg's "Disclosure Day" landed fifth with $2.2 million Friday, projected to reach about $104 million domestically after four weekends in release.
Why it matters: Universal's $64M five-day domestic debut for 'Minions & Monsters' marks the franchise's softest opening against 'Despicable Me 4' ($972M worldwide) and 'Rise of Gru' ($940M), making the $87M overseas projection critical to the bottom line. Meanwhile, 'Supergirl's' 76% second-weekend drop leaves it roughly $100M in the red on a projected $200M global run.
