{"id":2489556,"date":"2026-07-06T00:56:51","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T00:56:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2489556"},"modified":"2026-07-06T00:56:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T00:56:51","slug":"minions-monsters-has-franchise-low-premiere-but-still-knocks-out-toy-story-5-in-animated-brawl-at-july-4th-box-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/minions-monsters-has-franchise-low-premiere-but-still-knocks-out-toy-story-5-in-animated-brawl-at-july-4th-box-office\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cMinions &#038; Monsters \u201dhas franchise-low premiere, but still knocks out \u201cToy Story 5\u201d in animated brawl at July 4th box office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">Key Points<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>Minions &amp; Monsters <\/em>won the No. 1 spot at the domestic box office this weekend with $36.4 million, beating <em>Toy Story 5 <\/em>with $31 million in week 3.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">That domestic figure, however, marks a franchise low for the seventh <em>Despicable Me <\/em>film, behind the 2010 original&#8217;s gross of $56.4 million.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>Supergirl<\/em> fell an astonishing 74 percent to earn just $9.6 million in its second week in theaters.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/minions-and-monsters-olivia-rodrigo-queen-jackson-5-covers-minionese-singing-competition-12009685\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Minions &amp; Monsters;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Minions &amp;amp&quot;}\" class=\"link \"><em>Minions &amp; Monsters<\/em><\/a>, the latest film in the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/how-to-watch-despicable-me-movies-in-order-8671504\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Despicable Me;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Despicable Me&quot;}\" class=\"link \"><em>Despicable Me<\/em><\/a> franchise, beat <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/toy-story-5-preview-andrew-stanton-last-pixar-movie-cover-story-exclusive-11958901\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Toy Story 5;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Toy Story 5&quot;}\" class=\"link \"><em>Toy Story 5<\/em><\/a> fair and square in the head-to-head animated bout for box office glory this weekend. But it isn&#8217;t quite the good news that Illumination, the animation studio behind the film, was hoping for.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sure, <em>Minions &amp; Monsters<\/em>, the latest film in the franchise that <em>Despicable Me <\/em>kicked off in 2010 and the third installment in the prequel series that <em>Minions <\/em>launched in 2015, earned a solid $36.4 million domestically to <em>Toy Story 5<\/em>&#8216;s $31 million. But Pixar&#8217;s latest bid for box office glory is already in its third week in theaters, after <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/toy-story-5-achieves-franchise-best-312-million-at-global-box-office-12003588\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:premiering to an astounding $160 million;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;premiering to an astounding $160 million&quot;}\" class=\"link \">premiering to an astounding $160 million<\/a> domestically and $312 million globally. And <em>Minions &amp; Monsters<\/em>&#8216; domestic figure marks an all-time franchise low.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>Despicable Me <\/em>previously held that record, having scored $56.4 million back in 2010. Adjusted for inflation, that $20 million lead on <em>Minions &amp; Monsters <\/em>would dramatically widen to around $50 million.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-primary p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-primary\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"flex-none size-4 -scale-x-100 text-primary lg:size-6 [&amp;_path]:fill-current\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M3.1 3.1V11h1.8V6.314l5.392 5.393 1.415-1.414L6.313 4.9H11V3.1zm17.8 17.8V13h-1.8v4.686l-5.393-5.393-1.415 1.414 5.393 5.393H13v1.8z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-primary hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p><i>Milly Alcock and Matthias Schoenaerts in &#8216;Supergirl&#8217;<br \/>Credit: Parisa Taghizadeh<\/i><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The global picture for <em>Minions &amp; Monsters <\/em>isn&#8217;t so bad. The lighthearted comedy, featuring the voices of Allison Janney, Jesse Eisenberg, and Zoey Deutch, earned $121.4 million around the world in its first weekend since going wide, on top of another $38 million from openings last weekend across territories in Europe and Africa.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Given the film&#8217;s estimated $85 million budget, it&#8217;s on track to become profitable enough to justify an eighth <em>Despicable Me<\/em>, even accounting for marketing and promotional expenses that do not traditionally factor into budgetary reports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">So the returns are mixed for Illumination, great for Disney \u2014 with <em>Toy Story 5 <\/em>now reaching $366.3 million domestically and $764.3 million globally \u2014 and dismal for Warner Bros., as <em>Supergirl <\/em>continues to bomb.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The high-flying follow to last year&#8217;s blockbuster <em>Superman<\/em>, what was vaunted as a star-making vehicle for Milly Alcock is proving to be a dud in line with D.C.&#8217;s pre-<em>Superman <\/em>rut of bombs, from<em> Black Adam <\/em>to <em>Joker: Folie \u00e0 Deux<\/em>. The film dropped a steep 74 percent in its second weekend in theaters, scraping together only $9.6 million domestically and $19 million globally.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Elsewhere on the box office charts, Christian production hub Angel Studios continued its success streak with <em>Young Washington<\/em>. The independently produced biopic of George Washington took full advantage of the American spirit saturating the July 4th air this weekend, earning $20.8 million domestically.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">That figure bests the studio&#8217;s previous highest live-action grosser, 2023&#8217;s trafficking drama <em>Sound of Freedom<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong><em>Get your daily dose of entertainment news, celebrity updates, and what to watch with our <\/em><\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/ew-dispatch-newsletter-11812417\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:EW Dispatch newsletter;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;EW Dispatch newsletter&quot;}\" class=\"link \"><strong><em>EW Dispatch newsletter<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">More indie success can be found in the original horror visions from 26-year-old director Curry Barker, <em>Obsession, <\/em>and 21-year-old director Kane Parsons, <em>Backrooms<\/em>. <em>Obsession <\/em>has now grossed $245.3 million domestically on an estimated $750,000 microbudget, after adding $5.3 million in week 8. <em>Backrooms<\/em>, meanwhile, earned $3.3 million domestically and $13 million globally in its sixth week, for an around-the-world haul of $356 million.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A slew of challengers have a fighting chance of knocking <em>Minions &amp; Monsters <\/em>off the throne next weekend. Chief among them is Disney&#8217;s live-action remake of <em>Moana<\/em>. Given the original opened to $56 million in 2016, and the sequel opened to $139.7 million in 2024, eventually topping out at $1.05 billion worldwide, this new take on the ocean-roving heroine&#8217;s island-hopping journey is bound to perform well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">But there&#8217;s also the wide rollout of Olivia Wilde&#8217;s off-kilter <em>The Invite<\/em>, the horror sequel <em>Evil Dead Burn<\/em>, and the Zoey Duetch raunch-comedy <em>Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass <\/em>to contend with.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/minions-and-monsters-beats-toy-story-5-in-animated-bout-at-july-4-box-office-12012191\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Entertainment Weekly;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Entertainment Weekly&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Entertainment Weekly<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Points Minions &amp; Monsters won the No. 1 spot at the domestic box office this weekend with $36.4 million, beating Toy Story 5 with $31 million in week 3. That domestic figure, however, marks a franchise low for the seventh Despicable Me film, behind the 2010 original&#8217;s gross of $56.4 million. 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