Minions: A Villain Is Bornthe movie derived from My favorite villain, became one of the biggest openings ever for a 4th of July holiday weekend in the United States. During the long weekend, for the celebration of independence, the ribbon It was crowned as the great triumph of the American box office.
As reported Variety, Illumination’s animated film grossed $107 million during its first weekend of release (Friday through Sunday). If the analysts’ estimates are confirmed, it is expected that after last Monday, July 4, the film will have reached a sum of 125.1 million.
When it comes to the 4th of July weekends, specifically, Minions: A Villain Is Born has surpassed important titles such as Transformers: Dark of the Moonwhich grossed $115.9 million over a four-day weekend.
follows him Spider-Man 2with 115.8 million and My favorite villain 3, which managed to gross $99 million. Outside of the United States, the film enjoyed the strongest showing in the UK and Ireland with 12.9 million, followed by Mexico with 12.4 million and Germany with 4.8 million.
Other markets with higher revenues include Spain, with 3.6 million; Brazil, with 3.2 million; Indonesia, with 3.4 million and Argentina, with 3.3 million. Currently the fifth film in the franchise My favorite villain it is the 15th highest-grossing film series of all time.
Minions: A Villain Is Bornwhose premiere was postponed two years due to the pandemic, explores the origins of Gru (Steve Carell), the endearing failed villain of this saga who, as a teenager, in the 70s, surrounded by an army of Minions, always Eager to wreak havoc, he seeks to join his favorite group of supervillains, the Vicious 6.