At the beginning of the movie Minions, our capsule-shaped protagonists accidentally dispatch their first boss ever—the mighty Tyrannosaurus Rex, king of the dinosaurs.
And now, it seems, fictional animated history repeats itself.
Universal’s Minions rumbled to a phenomenal $115.2 million estimated weekend, chucking Jurassic World into the pool of box office-afterthought lava. It nearly set an opening-weekend record for animated movies, finishing second all-time to 2007’s Shrek the Third ($121.6 million). Oh, and get this: Minions has already made a staggering $280.5 million overseas, too. Sure, these nonsense-nattering yellow critters are built to serve the biggest, baddest thing around, this week they’re as big and as intimidating as it gets. Take that, Indominus Rex.
Even though a new champion has claimed the box office throne, Jurassic World and Inside Out continue their seemingly summer-long rivalry. World again looks to have the upper hand, banking $18.1 million to claim second place. Inside Out finished third with $17.1 million. They’re now the year’s No. 1 and No. 4 movies, respectively, and have earned a combined $874.2 million in North America.
Terminator: Genisys finished fourth with $13.7 million, while newcomer The Gallows managed to hang around the Top Five with $10 mil. The weekend’s third major new entrant, Self/less, lived up to the second half of its name, at least, earning just $5.4 million to finish eighth, lagging behind Magic Mike XXL ($9.6 million) and Ted 2 ($5.6 million).
Final figures update: 1. Minions, $115.7 million; 2. Jurassic World, $18.2 million; 3. Inside Out, $17.7 million; 4. Terminator: Genisys, $13.8 million; 5. The Gallows, $9.8 million.
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