Minions: The Rise of Gru is set to reach $127.9 million at the box office, making it the highest ever film opening over an Independence Day holiday weekend (via Variety).
At the time of writing, the film is estimated to break the record as so far, it has amassed an impressive $108 million but is expected to reach $127.9 million by Monday (July 4th).
It is set to overtake Transformers: Dark of the Moon, which made $115.9 million over the four-day weekend in 2011.
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In a return to pre-pandemic sales levels, Minions: The Rise of Gru has also overtaken 2015's Minions, which made $115 million in three days.
The anticipated prequel to Despicable Me, Minions: Rise of Gru, previously smashed box-office records when it scored the top spot for the largest grossing animated feature at previews since the pandemic began.
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The film, which was intended to be released in 2020 but pushed back due to COVID, earnt $10.5 million at box offices at previews beating Frozen II ($8.2 million), Finding Dory ($9 million) and most recently, Lightyear ($5.2 million).
Toy Story 4 ($12 million) and Incredibles 2 ($18.2 million) are the only two animated features to fare better at previews.
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Minions: The Rise of Gru is the final blockbuster film to be released after being delayed due to the pandemic in 2020 and 2021.
Steve Carell reprises his role as Gru in the Despicable Me movie franchise for the fifth time.
Minions: The Rise of Gru focuses on the character's backstory and will introduce us to 12-year-old Gru before becoming the supervillain we know from the previous films.
Minions: The Rise of Gru is in cinemas now.
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