The Minions are back in Spanish cinemas and thanks to them, the total collection of the weekend again exceeds 6 million euros. Specifically, it was 6.24 million euros, according to Comscore data, with over 930,000 spectators. More than half of the weekend tickets went to Gru’s henchmen, who got one of the best previews of the year.
“Minions: The Rise of Gru” had a bigger premiere than “The Batman” with a € 3.57 million debut and 546,000 admissions. Starting at 420 and with 860 screens, the film Illumination achieved a fantastic average of 8,500 euros per screen and 4,150 euros per screen. It is the best opening of an animated film since “Frozen 2” and is the third best opening of the saga of Gru and the Minions, in which “The Minions” and its 5.5 million euros in its first weekend they are still unbeatable. It has plenty of room to continue capturing family audiences this summer (‘Lightyear’, ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’, ‘Sonic 2: The Movie’ and ‘The Bad Guys’ have already noticed this week) , so your roof is still far away.
The highest grossing film of the year in Spain
Universal Pictures continues to dominate, never better say, the top spots with “Jurassic World: Dominion” dropping to second place in its fourth week. Add € 826,880 to a total of € 13.98 million e becomes the highest grossing film of the year in our country over 13.1 million euros for “Doctor Strange in the multiverse of Madness”. It falls, yes, almost 50% compared to the previous weekend. Similarly, the average per cinema is still above € 2,000.
‘Elvis’ also loses a position and it also drops by a moderate 41% from the week of its first. Add € 447,177 to a total of € 1.62 million. You’ll need stronger word of mouth to catch up. The same thing happens to “Black Phone”, which occupies the fourth position and also falls by 41%. Its total is 1.41 million euros thanks to the 371,897 euros of last weekend. They are, yes, the last of the top 20 to exceed an average of one thousand euros per film.
In fifth position ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ is repeated, adding 332,360 euros in its sixth week. Its decrease is less than that of colleagues in the highest positions, only 29%, far from the miracle that is unfolding in the United States but which shows that it is also working well in Spain. Its total is 7.84 million, in the process of reaching “Sonic 2”.
Three other releases manage to sneak into the top 10 of the week, but with fairly decent figures. ‘Mamá no enRedes’ occupies the eighth position with 53,488 euros and a very low average of 261 euros per cinema (it came out with 205 screens). ‘Bergman’s Island’ follows in ninth position with € 31,418 and a slightly better average (€ 542 per cinema) thanks to its more limited release. E ‘My dear children’ closes the top 10 with € 20,577 and an average of € 267 per film.
Marvel and Thor return to ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ cinema, by far the most powerful debut of the week. But will Stormbreaker be able to handle Gru’s gadgets? Will Thor be able to make the best premiere of the year and surpass Doctor Strange? In addition to the wonderful new event, other news such as ‘Moneyboys’, ‘Benediction’, ‘Mali Twist’ or the animation ‘The new adventures of Gulliver’ are coming to the bill.
Source: E Cartelera
