‘Minions: The Rise Of Gru’ No Small Fry At Independence Day Box Office With $116M+ Opening
Moviegoers can’t resist dinosaurs, and they can’t resist Minions, especially when they’re coming from Universal.
The studio has a big Fourth of July winner in the fifth Illumination movie starring
the little guys as
Minions: The Rise of Gru
will see a
$116.6M
4-day holiday opening
and a
$98.7M
3-day after a
$43M
opening day (which includes Thursday night’s $10.75M) at 4,391 theaters.
Minions: The Rise of Gru
is the fifth-highest opening of 2022 after
Doctor Strange in
the Multiverse of Madness
($187.4M),
Jurassic World Dominion
($145M),
The Batman
($134M) and
Top Gun: Maverick
($126.7M).
Rise of Gru
is easily the top opening for an animated movie during the pandemic and
the best for the Independence Day holiday in the Covid era, and it’s the fifth
Despicable Me/Minions
title to open at No. 1 in U.S./Canada.