Illumination vs. Pixar: ‘Minions: A Villain Is Born’ sweeps and crushes ‘Lightyear’ at the box office

In the summer of 2022 two of the most anticipated animated films of the year arrived in the world of cinema, we refer to ‘Minions: A Villain Is Born’ and ‘Lightyear’, and only one of these titles is what became a huge success, it is the spin-off production of ‘My Favorite Villain’, which hit the box office, leaving behind the Pixar film.

That’s right, Illumination Studios beat Pixar this summer, because ‘Minion: A villain was born’ is the most successful animated film of 2022 So far, a title that has swept the box office, obtaining a gigantic collection in a few weeks, unlike ‘Lightyear’, which for many has proved a failure.

While it is true, ‘Light year’has raised more than $ 214 million since its premiere, which may seem an astronomical figure, however, it is a far cry from what this film was expected to increase, as we must not forget that this film is a spin off of ‘Toy Story’ is a mega production by Pixar and Disney, which had a production cost of around $ 200 million, so its profit is low.

On the other hand, at a significantly lower cost, ‘Minion: A villain was born’ you made a profit 8 times higher than your budget of production, due to the fact that this title, during the summer of 2022, managed to relaunch approx $ 640 million worldwide, a film in which Illumination and Universal spent about $ 80 million.

Undoubtedly the result of these two animated films released in the summer of 2022 was very different, because ‘Lightyear’ was the title that generated the most expectations, it even became the most anticipated genre film this year, being linked to one of the most successful film franchises of all time, “Toy Story”.

“Minions: A Villain Is Born” fascinates the public

Secondly, ‘Minion: A villain was born’arrived quietly in theaters around the world, managing to win millions of people with a very entertaining and easy to see storyline, so for the moment this title wins the award for the most viewed animated production of 2022, while ‘Lightyear’ is one of the big disappointments this year.

It is worth mentioning that, according to several film specialists, ‘Minions: A Villain Is Born’ managed to be a hit because it is fully connected to the ‘Despicable Me’ films, highlighting several important moments in Gru’s history. Secondly, ‘Light year’, despite being a spin off of “Toy Story”, it’s not another story of these toys, but of the astronaut who inspired Andy’s iconic action figure, something that hasn’t been very well received by fans.