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‘Minions & Monsters’ surpasses ‘Toy Story 5’ after earning $36.4 million domestically and $98 million internationally
The latest chapter in the lowbrow but lucrative Minions franchise debuted atop the North American box office this weekend, edging out another popular animated series, Toy Story, industry estimates showed Sunday.
Universal’s Minions & Monsters, featuring the gibberish-spouting yellow creatures who stole the show in multiple Despicable Me films, pulled in $36.4 million in the Friday-to-Sunday period, which Exhibitor Relations said was the franchise’s lowest opening.
The film, a chaotic, gag-filled take on early Hollywood, raked in an additional $98 million from international showings.
Minions displaced Toy Story 5 from the top spot two weeks after the Disney-Pixar offering took home the year’s best opening weekend in North America at $160 million.
The sequel, featuring Woody the cowboy, Buzz Lightyear, and their gang of toys fighting for survival against competition from screen-based technology, came in second with another $31 million.
Debuting in third place with $20.8 million over the Independence Day weekend was the historical epic Young Washington, about an American founding father earning his military stripes during the French and Indian War, decades before commanding the Continental Army during the American Revolution.
Released by independent Angel Studios, known as a faith-based operation that eschews traditional Hollywood approaches, the film features Ben Kingsley, Andy Serkis, and Mary-Louise Parker and introduces William Franklyn-Mille as Washington.
Slipping two spots to fourth was Supergirl, a Warner Bros. sci-fi film starring Milly Alcock as Kara Zor-El, Superman’s cousin, who also possesses superhuman strength. It earned $9.6 million in its second weekend.
Holding on to fifth place was the Steven Spielberg-directed sci-fi thriller Disclosure Day, which earned $6 million for a current total of $105 million.
With an ensemble cast led by Emily Blunt and Josh O’Connor, the action-packed Universal film follows an effort to reveal a decades-long cover-up of extraterrestrial visitations.
Rounding out the top 10 were Obsession with $5.3 million, Backrooms with $3.3 million, Jackass: Best and Last with $2.7 million, Scary Movie with $1.1 million, and The Invite with $800,000. — AFP
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