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EXCLUSIVE: Illumination/Universal’s Minions & Monsters is posting an estimated $13.75M opening day — that’s without any previews. The Chris Melandandri produced, Pierre Coffin directed animated movie is the seventh title in the Despicable Me and Minions $5.6 billion global grossing franchise, and it’s easily No. 1 for today. There’s a lot of runway left in […]

Minions & Monsters opens in North America today after a promising $10 million box office kick-off in 10 territories in Europe and Asia this past week.   Arriving in cinemas in the wake of Disney/Pixar’s Toy Story 5 and its near $600 million gross since June 19, all eyes are on whether Illumination/Universal’s little yellow […]

Will the Minions continue to prevail at the box office? The little slapstick babbling guys are now teenagers at 16 years-old (the first Despicable Me movie came out in 2010) and they’re pushing their seventh movie in the Illumination franchise with Minions and Monsters. Overseas, they’ll continue to translate, with a vibrant foreign weekend including […]

Illumination/Nintendo/Universal’s Super Mario Galaxy Movie will officially premiere on Peacock on July 30, in what is a 120-day theatrical window to streaming. The second installment of The Super Mario franchise is the only movie to date in 2026 to hit $1 billion at the global box office. Pic stars Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Day, Jack Black […]