How ‘Minions 2’ Brings The Covid Era To An Optimistic Close
With $10.5 million on Thursday, Universal and Illumination’s
Minions: The Rise of
Gru
has earned $164 million in its first week in domestic theaters. That makes it, in just
seven days, the biggest so-called Covid-era animated grosser, passing the $161 million
domestic cume of Illumination’s
Sing 2
from last Christmas. And with around $308
million worldwide, it is a few days away from passing
Sing 2’s
$405 million global cume
to nab the same relative milestone worldwide as well. Meanwhile,
Top Gun: Maverick
earned around $3 million on Thursday for a new $581 million domestic cume.
The Tom Cruise-led legacy sequel will likely cross $600 million domestic on Sunday as it aims for
$1.175 billion global by the weekend’s end. With
Minions 2
potentially following Minions and
Despicable Me 3
past the $1 billion mark.