On Friday 1, the box office forecast for “Minions: The Origin of Gru” ranged between $ 70 million and $ 80 million in its 4-day premiere over the weekend of July 4th, a holiday in the United States. By Saturday things had changed and now we know that in the country it will exceed 129.2 million dollars and 196.6 million globally.
According to Deadline, in the United States this fifth installment of the “Despicable Me” franchise raised $ 10.75 million on Thursday, $ 48 million on Friday, and on Saturday it had already reached $ 109.5 million in total. Compared to other releases in recent months with a similar target audience, ‘Lightyear’ debuted with 51 million and “Sonic 2: The Movie” with 72.
The ‘Minions’ will follow in the box office this four-day weekend ‘Top Gun: Maverick’, which is expected to add another 34 million for a total that will remain very close to 600; ‘Elvis’, who is doing better on the other side of the Atlantic than here, who will make $ 72 million in this period; and will complete the first 5 takings of “Jurassic World: Dominion” and “Black Phone”.
Other 4th of July
Looking back at the other release figures of this American bridge, in 2011 “Transformers 3: The Dark Side of the Moon” premiered with 115.9 million, “Spider-Man 2″ with 115.8 and in 2017 ” Crane 3 “started with 99.
Source: E Cartelera
