“Minions: The Rise of Gru” Destroys July 4th Box Office Record
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There’s beating a record, and there’s diabolically demolishing one. “Minions: The Rise of Gru” did the latter, with an estimated $125.1M over the July 4th weekend. The previous record box office take for a movie over the Fourth weekend was “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” which scored $115.9M over four days in 2011.
It wasn’t just the Minions that raked it in over the weekend, a fact that analysts say is a sign that things are getting closer to normal for theaters. “Top Gun: Maverick” held tight at number two with $25.8M with “Elvis” falling to number three with $17.9M.
Here are the top five movies at the North American box office for the holiday weekend including estimated sales from Monday:
- “Minions: The Rise of Gru” - $125.1M
- “Top Gun: Maverick” - $33.3M
- “Elvis” - $17.9M
- “Jurassic World: Dominion: - $19.7M
- “The Black Phone” - $14.4M
Source: Variety
