“Minions: The Rise Of Gru” becomes the first animated film to exceed $ 300 million at the national box office during the Covid era

Families weren’t afraid to return to the box office during the pandemic, spending $ 300.9 million from Illumination Entertainment and Universal’s to date. Minions: The Rise of Gru, making it the first animated film to exceed three centuries during and after Covid frozen 2 It was inaugurated in November 2019.

The rise of Gru For 25 days, it is currently 4% ahead of 2015 you serve At the same time, it closed the US / Canada state with 336 million dollars and approx. My Favorite Villain 2, The largest national BO franchise title with $ 368 million.

the fourth weekend Crane Rise He went on to earn double-digit millions with $ 18 million, -33%. The photo grossed $ 2.75 million from 3,816 locations on Monday, down 52% from Sunday.

Crane Rise It becomes Universal’s third animated film to hit $ 300 million in 4 weeks nationwide, after the previous two. My Favorite Villain 2 and lighting The secret life of pets.

To date, 6 films have surpassed $ 300 million in the US / Canada during the pandemic: Spider-Man: There is no way to go home ($ 800 million), Top Gun: Maverick ($ 637.3 million), Strange doctor in the multiverse of madness ($ 411.3 million), Batman ($ 369 million) e domination of the Jurassic world ($ 366.1 million).

Minions: The origin of Gru It was the largest ad partner campaign worth $ 285 million. The franchise is vital to NBCUniversal, which has over $ 6 billion in retail sales from the franchise’s $ 4.36 billion global box office.