Minions (2015)

Minions poster
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $336,045,770Details
International Box Office $821,225,989Details
Worldwide Box Office $1,157,271,759
Home Market Performance
Est. Domestic DVD Sales $60,274,623 Details
Est. Domestic Blu-ray Sales $65,487,894 Details
Total Est. Domestic Video Sales $125,762,517
Further financial details...

Synopsis

Starting as single-celled yellow organisms, Minions evolve through the ages, perpetually serving the most despicable of masters. Continuously unsuccessful at keeping these masters-from T. rex to Napoleon-the Minions find themselves without someone to serve and fall into a deep depression. But one Minion named Kevin has a plan, and he-alongside teenage rebel Stuart and lovable little Bob-ventures out into the world to find a new evil boss for his brethren to follow. The trio embarks upon a thrilling journey that ultimately leads them to their next potential master, Scarlet Overkill, the world's first-ever female super-villain. They travel from frigid Antarctica to 1960s New York City, ending in mod London, where they must face their biggest challenge to date: saving all of Minionkind...from annihilation.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$115,718,405 (34.4% of total gross)
Legs:2.90 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:29.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$74,000,000 (worldwide box office is 15.6 times production budget)
Theater counts:4,301 opening theaters/4,311 max. theaters, 7.8 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $429,724,013

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office 74 $336,045,770
All Time International Box Office 22 $821,225,989
All Time Worldwide Box Office 26 $1,157,271,759
All Time Domestic Box Office for Digital Animation Movies 16 $336,045,770
All Time International Box Office for Digital Animation Movies 3 $821,225,989
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Digital Animation Movies 5 $1,157,271,759

See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records.


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Movie Details

Domestic Releases: July 10th, 2015 (Wide) by Universal
International Releases: June 17th, 2015 (Wide) (Indonesia)
June 18th, 2015 (Wide) (Australia)
June 18th, 2015 (Wide) (Czech Republic)
June 18th, 2015 (Wide) (Malaysia)
June 25th, 2015 (Wide) (Brazil)
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Video Release: November 24th, 2015 by Universal Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: PG for action and rude humor.
(Rating bulletin 2367, 4/1/2015)
Running Time: 91 minutes
Franchise: Despicable Me
Minions
Comparisons: Summer, 2015
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Keywords: Prequel, Origin Story, Prehistoric Times, Dinosaurs, Ancient Egypt, Pirates, Vampire, 1960s, Inventor, Royalty, Set in London, Voiceover/Narration, Directing Yourself, Same Actor, Multiple Roles, Super Villains, Cavemen, Intertitle, Set in New York City, Set in Antarctica, Set in Orlando, FL, Set in Florida, 3-D, 3-D - Shot in 3-D, IMAX: DMR, Family Adventure
Source:Spin-Off
Genre:Adventure
Production Method:Digital Animation
Creative Type:Kids Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Universal Pictures, Illumination Entertainment
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Biggest 9th Monday 27 $934,595 Sep 7, 2015 60
Biggest 9th Sunday 60 $1,195,055 Sep 6, 2015 59
Labor Day (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon, Inflation Adjusted) 296 $5,122,516 Sep 4, 2015 59
Biggest 6th Tuesday 96 $1,069,645 Aug 18, 2015 40
Biggest 5th Tuesday 49 $1,858,185 Aug 11, 2015 33
Fastest to $300m 65 $300,570,370 Aug 7, 2015 30
Biggest 4th Thursday 87 $1,644,500 Aug 6, 2015 28
Biggest 4th Wednesday 79 $1,751,750 Aug 5, 2015 27
Biggest 4th Tuesday 67 $2,377,375 Aug 4, 2015 26
Biggest 3rd Thursday 72 $2,820,510 Jul 30, 2015 21
Biggest 3rd Wednesday 80 $2,820,955 Jul 29, 2015 20
Biggest 3rd Tuesday 54 $4,005,280 Jul 28, 2015 19
Fastest to $250m 58 $255,337,150 Jul 24, 2015 16
Biggest 2nd Thursday 79 $4,785,210 Jul 23, 2015 14
Biggest 2nd Wednesday 68 $5,173,200 Jul 22, 2015 13
Biggest 2nd Tuesday 42 $8,018,460 Jul 21, 2015 12
Biggest 2nd Monday 100 $5,777,100 Jul 20, 2015 11
Biggest 2nd Sunday 69 $14,484,960 Jul 19, 2015 10
Biggest Domestic 2nd Weekend 73 $49,274,730 Jul 17, 2015 10
Biggest 2nd Saturday 63 $20,218,590 Jul 18, 2015 9
Fastest to $200m 58 $201,281,480 Jul 17, 2015 9
Biggest 2nd Friday 83 $14,571,180 Jul 17, 2015 8
Biggest 1st Thursday 60 $9,483,705 Jul 16, 2015 7
Biggest 1st Wednesday 46 $11,505,175 Jul 15, 2015 6
Biggest Domestic Wednesday 99 $11,505,175 Jul 15, 2015 6
Fastest to $150m 60 $157,008,005 Jul 15, 2015 6
Biggest 1st Tuesday 26 $16,838,415 Jul 14, 2015 5
Biggest Domestic Tuesday 36 $16,838,415 Jul 14, 2015 5
Biggest 1st Monday 70 $12,946,010 Jul 13, 2015 4
Biggest Domestic Monday 91 $12,946,010 Jul 13, 2015 4
Biggest 1st Sunday 57 $30,816,665 Jul 12, 2015 3
Biggest Domestic Sunday 64 $30,816,665 Jul 12, 2015 3
Biggest Domestic July Weekend 9 $115,718,405 Jul 10, 2015 3
Biggest Domestic Opening Weekend 58 $115,718,405 Jul 10, 2015 3
Top Adventure Weekend Domestic 18 $115,718,405 Jul 10, 2015 3
Top Digital Animation Weekend Domestic 8 $115,718,405 Jul 10, 2015 3
Top Kids Fiction Weekend Domestic 8 $115,718,405 Jul 10, 2015 3
Biggest Domestic Non-Sequel Weekend 16 $115,718,405 Jul 10, 2015 3
Top PG Weekend Domestic 10 $115,718,405 Jul 10, 2015 3
Top Spin-Off Weekend Domestic 2 $115,718,405 Jul 10, 2015 3
Top Universal Weekend Domestic 6 $115,718,405 Jul 10, 2015 3
Biggest Domestic Weekend 60 $115,718,405 Jul 10, 2015 3
Fastest to $100m 60 $115,718,405 Jul 10, 2015 3
Top 2015 Theater Average 32 $26,905 Jul 10, 2015 3
Widest Opening Weekend 59 4,301 Jul 10, 2015 3
Biggest 1st Saturday 57 $38,859,535 Jul 11, 2015 2
Biggest Domestic Saturday 64 $38,859,535 Jul 11, 2015 2
Fastest to $50m 62 $84,901,740 Jul 10, 2015 2
Biggest 1st Friday 56 $46,042,205 Jul 10, 2015 1
Top Adventure Day Domestic 33 $46,042,205 Jul 10, 2015 1
Top Digital Animation Day Domestic 12 $46,042,205 Jul 10, 2015 1
Top Kids Fiction Day Domestic 14 $46,042,205 Jul 10, 2015 1
Biggest Domestic Non-Sequel Day 29 $46,042,205 Jul 10, 2015 1
Top PG Day Domestic 18 $46,042,205 Jul 10, 2015 1
Top Spin-Off Day Domestic 4 $46,042,205 Jul 10, 2015 1
Top Universal Day Domestic 13 $46,042,205 Jul 10, 2015 1
Biggest Domestic Friday 57 $46,042,205 Jul 10, 2015 1
Biggest Domestic July Day 15 $46,042,205 Jul 10, 2015 1

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jul 10, 2015 1 $115,718,405   4,301 $26,905   $115,718,405 1
Jul 17, 2015 2 $49,274,730 -57% 4,311 $11,430   $215,766,440 2
Jul 24, 2015 3 $22,933,960 -53% 4,062 $5,646   $262,454,370 3
Jul 31, 2015 4 $12,387,375 -46% 3,575 $3,465   $287,578,650 4
Aug 7, 2015 6 $7,449,020 -40% 3,123 $2,385   $302,803,140 5
Aug 14, 2015 8 $5,148,125 -31% 2,640 $1,950   $312,916,835 6
Aug 21, 2015 9 $3,828,720 -26% 2,226 $1,720   $320,084,045 7
Aug 28, 2015 11 $2,875,080 -25% 1,976 $1,455   $324,755,670 8
Sep 4, 2015 11 $2,968,495 +3% 1,927 $1,540   $328,839,955 9
Sep 11, 2015 14 $1,512,940 -49% 1,585 $955   $331,586,135 10
Sep 18, 2015 15 $986,960 -35% 1,134 $870   $332,850,665 11
Sep 25, 2015 19 $436,020 -56% 507 $860   $333,519,195 12
Oct 2, 2015 20 $308,725 -29% 265 $1,165   $333,909,265 13
Oct 9, 2015 24 $245,290 -21% 253 $970   $334,215,500 14
Oct 16, 2015 22 $240,570 -2% 243 $990   $334,544,425 15
Oct 23, 2015 25 $197,505 -18% 231 $855   $334,798,960 16
Oct 30, 2015 32 $142,685 -28% 234 $610   $334,992,380 17
Nov 6, 2015 28 $194,170 +36% 227 $855   $335,243,940 18
Nov 13, 2015 30 $158,520 -18% 206 $770   $335,485,230 19
Nov 20, 2015 28 $115,615 -27% 182 $635   $335,632,780 20
Nov 27, 2015 29 $130,530 +13% 173 $755   $335,846,465 21
Dec 4, 2015 34 $81,610 -37% 190 $430   $335,947,255 22
Dec 11, 2015 35 $61,405 -25% 141 $435   $336,029,560 23

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Jul 9, 2015 P $6,200,000     0     $6,200,000  
Jul 10, 2015 1 $46,042,205     4,301 $10,705   $46,042,205 1
Jul 11, 2015 1 $38,859,535 -16%   4,301 $9,035   $84,901,740 2
Jul 12, 2015 1 $30,816,665 -21%   4,301 $7,165   $115,718,405 3
Jul 13, 2015 1 $12,946,010 -58%   4,301 $3,010   $128,664,415 4
Jul 14, 2015 1 $16,838,415 +30%   4,301 $3,915   $145,502,830 5
Jul 15, 2015 1 $11,505,175 -32%   4,301 $2,675   $157,008,005 6
Jul 16, 2015 1 $9,483,705 -18%   4,301 $2,205   $166,491,710 7
Jul 17, 2015 2 $14,571,180 +54% -68% 4,311 $3,380   $181,062,890 8
Jul 18, 2015 1 $20,218,590 +39% -48% 4,311 $4,690   $201,281,480 9
Jul 19, 2015 2 $14,484,960 -28% -53% 4,311 $3,360   $215,766,440 10
Jul 20, 2015 2 $5,777,100 -60% -55% 4,311 $1,340   $221,543,540 11
Jul 21, 2015 1 $8,018,460 +39% -52% 4,311 $1,860   $229,562,000 12
Jul 22, 2015 1 $5,173,200 -35% -55% 4,311 $1,200   $234,735,200 13
Jul 23, 2015 1 $4,785,210 -8% -50% 4,311 $1,110   $239,520,410 14
Jul 24, 2015 3 $6,810,550 +42% -53% 4,062 $1,677   $246,330,960 15
Jul 25, 2015 2 $9,006,190 +32% -55% 4,062 $2,217   $255,337,150 16
Jul 26, 2015 2 $7,117,220 -21% -51% 4,062 $1,752   $262,454,370 17
Jul 27, 2015 2 $3,090,160 -57% -47% 4,062 $761   $265,544,530 18
Jul 28, 2015 2 $4,005,280 +30% -50% 4,062 $986   $269,549,810 19
Jul 29, 2015 3 $2,820,955 -30% -45% 4,062 $694   $272,370,765 20
Jul 30, 2015 1 $2,820,510 n/c -41% 4,062 $694   $275,191,275 21
Jul 31, 2015 4 $3,628,625 +29% -47% 3,575 $1,015   $278,819,900 22
Aug 1, 2015 4 $4,969,250 +37% -45% 3,575 $1,390   $283,789,150 23
Aug 2, 2015 4 $3,789,500 -24% -47% 3,575 $1,060   $287,578,650 24
Aug 3, 2015 2 $2,001,845 -47% -35% 3,575 $560   $289,580,495 25
Aug 4, 2015 2 $2,377,375 +19% -41% 3,575 $665   $291,957,870 26
Aug 5, 2015 2 $1,751,750 -26% -38% 3,575 $490   $293,709,620 27
Aug 6, 2015 2 $1,644,500 -6% -42% 3,575 $460   $295,354,120 28
Aug 7, 2015 7 $2,217,030 +35% -39% 3,123 $710   $297,571,150 29
Aug 8, 2015 6 $2,999,220 +35% -40% 3,123 $960   $300,570,370 30
Aug 9, 2015 6 $2,232,770 -26% -41% 3,123 $715   $302,803,140 31
Aug 10, 2015 5 $1,108,665 -50% -45% 3,123 $355   $303,911,805 32
Aug 11, 2015 3 $1,858,185 +68% -22% 3,123 $595   $305,769,990 33
Aug 12, 2015 4 $1,061,820 -43% -39% 3,123 $340   $306,831,810 34
Aug 13, 2015 4 $936,900 -12% -43% 3,123 $300   $307,768,710 35
Aug 14, 2015 8 $1,438,800 +54% -35% 2,640 $545   $309,207,510 36
Aug 15, 2015 8 $2,151,705 +50% -28% 2,640 $815   $311,359,215 37
Aug 16, 2015 7 $1,557,620 -28% -30% 2,640 $590   $312,916,835 38
Aug 17, 2015 6 $738,205 -53% -33% 2,640 $280   $313,655,040 39
Aug 18, 2015 5 $1,069,645 +45% -42% 2,640 $405   $314,724,685 40
Aug 19, 2015 5 $791,990 -26% -25% 2,640 $300   $315,516,675 41
Aug 20, 2015 5 $738,650 -7% -21% 2,640 $280   $316,255,325 42
Aug 21, 2015 10 $1,090,740 +48% -24% 2,226 $490   $317,346,065 43
Aug 22, 2015 10 $1,580,460 +45% -27% 2,226 $710   $318,926,525 44
Aug 23, 2015 8 $1,157,520 -27% -26% 2,226 $520   $320,084,045 45
Aug 24, 2015 7 $434,070 -63% -41% 2,226 $195   $320,518,115 46
Aug 25, 2015 7 $589,890 +36% -45% 2,226 $265   $321,108,005 47
Aug 26, 2015 8 $412,525 -30% -48% 2,226 $185   $321,520,530 48
Aug 27, 2015 10 $360,060 -13% -51% 2,226 $162   $321,880,590 49
Aug 28, 2015 13 $671,840 +87% -38% 1,976 $340   $322,552,430 50
Aug 29, 2015 11 $1,323,920 +97% -16% 1,976 $670   $323,876,350 51
Aug 30, 2015 9 $879,320 -34% -24% 1,976 $445   $324,755,670 52
Aug 31, 2015 9 $296,640 -66% -32% 1,976 $150   $325,052,310 53
Sep 1, 2015 11 $325,605 +10% -45% 1,976 $165   $325,377,915 54
Sep 2, 2015 12 $246,825 -24% -40% 1,976 $125   $325,624,740 55
Sep 3, 2015 12 $246,720 n/c -31% 1,976 $125   $325,871,460 56
Sep 4, 2015 13 $617,260 +150% -8% 1,927 $320   $326,488,720 57
Sep 5, 2015 10 $1,156,180 +87% -13% 1,927 $600   $327,644,900 58
Sep 6, 2015 10 $1,195,055 +3% +36% 1,927 $620   $328,839,955 59
Sep 7, 2015 9 $934,595 -22% +215% 1,927 $485   $329,774,550 60
Sep 8, 2015 - $134,890 -86% -59% 1,927 $70   $329,909,440 61
Sep 9, 2015 - $86,715 -36% -65% 1,927 $45   $329,996,155 62
Sep 10, 2015 - $77,040 -11% -69% 1,927 $40   $330,073,195 63
Sep 11, 2015 - $269,450 +250% -56% 1,585 $170   $330,342,645 64
Sep 12, 2015 11 $775,970 +188% -33% 1,585 $490   $331,118,615 65
Sep 13, 2015 12 $467,520 -40% -61% 1,585 $295   $331,586,135 66
Sep 14, 2015 - $95,115 -80% -90% 1,585 $60   $331,681,250 67
Sep 15, 2015 - $72,050 -24% -47% 1,585 $45   $331,753,300 68
Sep 16, 2015 - $62,630 -13% -28% 1,585 $40   $331,815,930 69
Sep 17, 2015 - $47,775 -24% -38% 1,585 $30   $331,863,705 70
Sep 18, 2015 - $187,110 +292% -31% 1,134 $165   $332,050,815 71
Sep 19, 2015 10 $510,300 +173% -34% 1,134 $450   $332,561,115 72
Sep 20, 2015 12 $289,550 -43% -38% 1,134 $255   $332,850,665 73
Sep 21, 2015 - $45,510 -84% -52% 1,134 $40   $332,896,175 74
Sep 22, 2015 - $56,590 +24% -21% 1,134 $50   $332,952,765 75
Sep 23, 2015 - $79,380 +40% +27% 1,134 $70   $333,032,145 76
Sep 24, 2015 - $51,030 -36% +7% 1,134 $45   $333,083,175 77
Sep 25, 2015 - $106,470 +109% -43% 507 $210   $333,189,645 78
Sep 26, 2015 - $215,475 +102% -58% 507 $425   $333,405,120 79
Sep 27, 2015 - $114,075 -47% -61% 507 $225   $333,519,195 80
Sep 28, 2015 - $20,505 -82% -55% 507 $40   $333,539,700 81
Sep 29, 2015 - $22,815 +11% -60% 507 $45   $333,562,515 82
Sep 30, 2015 - $20,280 -11% -74% 507 $40   $333,582,795 83
Oct 1, 2015 - $17,745 -13% -65% 507 $35   $333,600,540 84
Oct 2, 2015 - $63,600 +258% -40% 265 $240   $333,664,140 85
Oct 3, 2015 15 $160,325 +152% -26% 265 $605   $333,824,465 86
Oct 4, 2015 15 $84,800 -47% -26% 265 $320   $333,909,265 87
Oct 5, 2015 - $14,575 -83% -29% 265 $55   $333,923,840 88
Oct 6, 2015 - $17,225 +18% -25% 265 $65   $333,941,065 89
Oct 7, 2015 - $13,250 -23% -35% 265 $50   $333,954,315 90
Oct 8, 2015 - $15,895 +20% -10% 265 $60   $333,970,210 91
Oct 9, 2015 - $64,595 +306% +2% 253 $255   $334,034,805 92
Oct 10, 2015 - $113,695 +76% -29% 253 $449   $334,148,500 93
Oct 11, 2015 - $67,000 -41% -21% 253 $265   $334,215,500 94
Oct 12, 2015 - $39,095 -42% +168% 253 $155   $334,254,595 95
Oct 13, 2015 - $15,180 -61% -12% 253 $60   $334,269,775 96
Oct 14, 2015 - $13,840 -9% +4% 253 $55   $334,283,615 97
Oct 15, 2015 - $20,240 +46% +27% 253 $80   $334,303,855 98
Oct 16, 2015 - $68,040 +236% +5% 243 $280   $334,371,895 99
Oct 17, 2015 - $108,135 +59% -5% 243 $445   $334,480,030 100
Oct 18, 2015 - $64,395 -40% -4% 243 $265   $334,544,425 101
Oct 19, 2015 - $15,795 -75% -60% 243 $65   $334,560,220 102
Oct 20, 2015 - $14,580 -8% -4% 243 $60   $334,574,800 103
Oct 21, 2015 - $13,250 -9% -4% 243 $55   $334,588,050 104
Oct 22, 2015 - $13,405 +1% -34% 243 $55   $334,601,455 105
Oct 23, 2015 - $47,355 +253% -30% 231 $205   $334,648,810 106
Oct 24, 2015 - $94,710 +100% -12% 231 $410   $334,743,520 107
Oct 25, 2015 - $55,440 -41% -14% 231 $240   $334,798,960 108
Oct 26, 2015 - $12,805 -77% -19% 231 $55   $334,811,765 109
Oct 27, 2015 - $12,715 -1% -13% 231 $55   $334,824,480 110
Oct 28, 2015 - $12,595 -1% -5% 231 $55   $334,837,075 111
Oct 29, 2015 - $12,620 n/c -6% 231 $55   $334,849,695 112
Oct 30, 2015 - $38,610 +206% -18% 234 $165   $334,888,305 113
Oct 31, 2015 - $45,630 +18% -52% 234 $195   $334,933,935 114
Nov 1, 2015 - $58,445 +28% +5% 234 $250   $334,992,380 115
Nov 2, 2015 - $15,155 -74% +18% 234 $65   $335,007,535 116
Nov 3, 2015 - $17,550 +16% +38% 234 $75   $335,025,085 117
Nov 4, 2015 - $11,815 -33% -6% 234 $50   $335,036,900 118
Nov 5, 2015 - $12,870 +9% +2% 234 $55   $335,049,770 119
Nov 6, 2015 - $43,125 +235% +12% 227 $190   $335,092,895 120
Nov 7, 2015 - $96,580 +124% +112% 227 $425   $335,189,475 121
Nov 8, 2015 - $54,465 -44% -7% 227 $240   $335,243,940 122
Nov 9, 2015 - $10,115 -81% -33% 227 $45   $335,254,055 123
Nov 10, 2015 - $13,525 +34% -23% 227 $60   $335,267,580 124
Nov 11, 2015 - $47,780 +253% +304% 227 $210   $335,315,360 125
Nov 12, 2015 - $11,350 -76% -12% 227 $50   $335,326,710 126
Nov 13, 2015 - $35,990 +217% -17% 206 $175   $335,362,700 127
Nov 14, 2015 - $78,245 +117% -19% 206 $380   $335,440,945 128
Nov 15, 2015 - $44,285 -43% -19% 206 $215   $335,485,230 129
Nov 16, 2015 - $8,340 -81% -18% 206 $40   $335,493,570 130
Nov 17, 2015 - $8,145 -2% -40% 206 $40   $335,501,715 131
Nov 18, 2015 - $7,305 -10% -85% 206 $35   $335,509,020 132
Nov 19, 2015 - $8,145 +11% -28% 206 $40   $335,517,165 133
Nov 20, 2015 - $23,675 +191% -34% 182 $130   $335,540,840 134
Nov 21, 2015 - $57,380 +142% -27% 182 $315   $335,598,220 135
Nov 22, 2015 - $34,560 -40% -22% 182 $190   $335,632,780 136
Nov 23, 2015 - $17,330 -50% +108% 182 $95   $335,650,110 137
Nov 24, 2015 - $23,605 +36% +190% 182 $130   $335,673,715 138
Nov 25, 2015 - $28,780 +22% +294% 182 $158   $335,702,495 139
Nov 26, 2015 - $13,440 -53% +65% 182 $74   $335,715,935 140
Nov 27, 2015 - $49,295 +267% +108% 173 $285   $335,765,230 141
Nov 28, 2015 - $54,460 +10% -5% 173 $315   $335,819,690 142
Nov 29, 2015 - $26,775 -51% -23% 173 $155   $335,846,465 143
Nov 30, 2015 - $6,055 -77% -65% 173 $35   $335,852,520 144
Dec 1, 2015 - $4,325 -29% -82% 173 $25   $335,856,845 145
Dec 2, 2015 - $4,405 +2% -85% 173 $25   $335,861,250 146
Dec 3, 2015 - $4,395 n/c -67% 173 $25   $335,865,645 147
Dec 4, 2015 - $16,065 +266% -67% 190 $85   $335,881,710 148
Dec 5, 2015 - $40,840 +154% -25% 190 $215   $335,922,550 149
Dec 6, 2015 - $24,705 -40% -8% 190 $130   $335,947,255 150
Dec 7, 2015 - $4,750 -81% -22% 190 $25   $335,952,005 151
Dec 8, 2015 - $5,705 +20% +32% 190 $30   $335,957,710 152
Dec 9, 2015 - $4,775 -16% +8% 190 $25   $335,962,485 153
Dec 10, 2015 - $5,670 +19% +29% 190 $30   $335,968,155 154
Dec 11, 2015 - $12,005 +112% -25% 141 $85   $335,980,160 155
Dec 12, 2015 - $29,660 +147% -27% 141 $210   $336,009,820 156
Dec 13, 2015 - $19,740 -33% -20% 141 $140   $336,029,560 157
Dec 14, 2015 - $3,525 -82% -26% 141 $25   $336,033,085 158
Dec 15, 2015 - $4,230 +20% -26% 141 $30   $336,037,315 159
Dec 16, 2015 - $4,185 -1% -12% 141 $30   $336,041,500 160
Dec 17, 2015 - $4,270 +2% -25% 141 $30   $336,045,770 161

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jul 10, 2015 1 $166,491,710   4,301 $38,710   $166,491,710 1
Jul 17, 2015 2 $73,028,700 -56% 4,311 $16,940   $239,520,410 2
Jul 24, 2015 2 $35,670,865 -51% 4,062 $8,782   $275,191,275 3
Jul 31, 2015 3 $20,162,845 -43% 3,575 $5,640   $295,354,120 4
Aug 7, 2015 6 $12,414,590 -38% 3,123 $3,975   $307,768,710 5
Aug 14, 2015 6 $8,486,615 -32% 2,640 $3,215   $316,255,325 6
Aug 21, 2015 9 $5,625,265 -34% 2,226 $2,527   $321,880,590 7
Aug 28, 2015 12 $3,990,870 -29% 1,976 $2,020   $325,871,460 8
Sep 4, 2015 12 $4,201,735 +5% 1,927 $2,180   $330,073,195 9
Sep 11, 2015 15 $1,790,510 -57% 1,585 $1,130   $331,863,705 10
Sep 18, 2015 16 $1,219,470 -32% 1,134 $1,075   $333,083,175 11
Sep 25, 2015 19 $517,365 -58% 507 $1,020   $333,600,540 12
Oct 2, 2015 20 $369,670 -29% 265 $1,395   $333,970,210 13
Oct 9, 2015 24 $333,645 -10% 253 $1,319   $334,303,855 14
Oct 16, 2015 24 $297,600 -11% 243 $1,225   $334,601,455 15
Oct 23, 2015 27 $248,240 -17% 231 $1,075   $334,849,695 16
Oct 30, 2015 31 $200,075 -19% 234 $855   $335,049,770 17
Nov 6, 2015 30 $276,940 +38% 227 $1,220   $335,326,710 18
Nov 13, 2015 33 $190,455 -31% 206 $925   $335,517,165 19
Nov 20, 2015 32 $198,770 +4% 182 $1,092   $335,715,935 20
Nov 27, 2015 29 $149,710 -25% 173 $865   $335,865,645 21
Dec 4, 2015 35 $102,510 -32% 190 $540   $335,968,155 22
Dec 11, 2015 37 $77,615 -24% 141 $550   $336,045,770 23

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Argentina 7/2/2015 $5,591,777 170 174 1,332 $36,154,412 1/1/2019
Australia 6/18/2015 $4,621,659 487 487 3,464 $25,909,698 10/19/2022
Austria 7/3/2015 $986,910 154 170 2,258 $6,849,077 12/23/2015
Belgium 7/8/2015 $1,951,697 149 149 1,706 $8,879,718 11/25/2015
Bolivia 7/9/2015 $0 0 38 107 $1,401,642 12/30/2018
Brazil 6/25/2015 $7,321,076 1,084 1,084 5,684 $37,712,080 12/8/2015
Bulgaria 7/10/2015 $268,491 0 59 339 $1,275,798 12/30/2018
Central America 7/9/2015 $0 0 11 17 $7,647,766 9/22/2015
Chile 7/9/2015 $2,077,547 58 64 588 $10,575,998 12/30/2018
China 9/12/2015 $17,630,000 65,714 65,714 133,026 $63,470,000 9/27/2018
Colombia 7/2/2015 $3,281,096 180 180 1,219 $10,234,700 12/30/2018
Croatia 7/9/2015 $284,126 35 35 316 $889,119 12/30/2018
Czech Republic 6/18/2015 $145,425 69 145 1,313 $4,442,783 12/30/2018
Denmark 7/2/2015 $534,883 90 92 1,024 $5,378,563 11/3/2015
Ecuador 7/10/2015 $0 0 11 23 $3,407,260 12/30/2018
Estonia 7/3/2015 $0 0 11 40 $758,735 8/18/2015
Finland 7/3/2015 $574,065 216 223 1,746 $4,544,668 10/27/2015
France 7/8/2015 $3,565,531 868 964 9,886 $45,481,854 12/8/2015
Germany 7/2/2015 $9,810,241 177 1,111 10,841 $63,467,650 12/31/2015
Greece 9/24/2015 $715,279 127 174 760 $2,158,511 12/8/2015
Hong Kong 7/9/2015 $4,672,780 46 46 260 $10,887,886 9/17/2015
Hungary 7/9/2015 $1,022,121 72 74 831 $3,406,063 12/30/2018
Iceland 7/8/2015 $0 0 5 9 $389,486 12/30/2018
India 7/10/2015 $939,195 254 254 715 $2,711,296 8/11/2015
Indonesia 6/17/2015 $3,495,751 517 517 1,382 $8,690,289 12/30/2018
Iraq 7/16/2015 $0 0 1 1 $1,010 12/30/2018
Israel 7/2/2015 $621,522 31 33 486 $5,631,733 12/30/2018
Italy 8/27/2015 $8,002,777 521 543 2,720 $23,861,117 8/15/2022
Japan 7/31/2015 $4,398,178 619 619 3,949 $42,300,998 11/18/2015
Kenya 7/10/2015 $0 0 4 4 $76,038 12/30/2018
Latvia 7/3/2015 $0 0 25 29 $833,604 12/30/2018
Lebanon 7/9/2015 $221,024 17 17 49 $1,046,107 12/30/2018
Lithuania 7/17/2015 $0 0 205 978 $1,311,010 9/25/2018
Malaysia 6/18/2015 $2,211,403 121 121 663 $4,997,922 9/17/2015
Mexico 7/9/2015 $15,722,420 692 694 2,414 $45,632,351 10/6/2015
Mongolia 7/17/2015 $42,550 4 4 15 $157,154 12/30/2018
Netherlands 7/2/2015 $1,148,467 132 132 2,184 $15,023,297 11/12/2018
New Zealand 6/25/2015 $731,456 126 126 1,117 $4,004,231 11/25/2015
Norway 7/3/2015 $697,946 131 131 904 $5,479,678 11/18/2015
Panama 7/9/2015 $3,134,738 12 16 97 $8,843,590 12/30/2018
Peru 7/23/2015 $1,886,661 84 85 406 $5,895,080 12/30/2018
Philippines 7/8/2015 $4,180,386 145 145 478 $6,597,326 12/30/2018
Poland 6/26/2015 $2,369,476 213 237 1,332 $8,071,082 12/30/2018
Portugal 7/23/2015 $1,176,714 70 77 721 $10,802,372 11/11/2015
Romania 7/10/2015 $531,290 111 111 708 $4,550,782 12/30/2018
Russia (CIS) 7/9/2015 $15,270,038 1,209 17,424 25,349 $30,015,860 12/30/2018
Serbia and Montenegro 7/9/2015 $0 0 22 26 $464,221 12/30/2018
Singapore 7/10/2015 $2,239,140 82 82 289 $5,240,672 9/29/2015
Slovakia 6/25/2015 $652,441 63 63 404 $2,050,705 9/16/2015
Slovenia 8/13/2015 $157,802 22 22 220 $822,057 12/1/2015
South Africa 7/10/2015 $1,029,859 129 129 1,120 $3,995,717 10/28/2015
South Korea 7/29/2015 $4,188,161 792 792 2,783 $15,573,916 4/28/2020
Spain 7/3/2015 $6,124,259 626 626 4,559 $26,857,564 6/9/2016
Sweden 7/3/2015 $1,095,644 153 153 1,301 $7,516,400 12/23/2015
Switzerland 7/2/2015 $1,034,218 192 219 2,079 $10,258,050 6/9/2016
Taiwan 7/10/2015 $4,498,279 188 188 754 $10,281,089 9/2/2015
Thailand 7/9/2015 $1,815,312 153 153 468 $3,402,195 9/23/2015
Turkey 9/4/2015 $840,008 328 328 1,822 $3,898,528 2/26/2019
Ukraine 7/9/2015 $830,690 277 277 1,151 $2,046,677 12/30/2018
United Arab Emirates 7/16/2015 $0 0 85 92 $4,160,166 12/30/2018
United Kingdom 6/26/2015 $18,191,605 571 607 9,363 $73,240,514 12/16/2015
Uruguay 6/25/2015 $183,079 26 29 206 $1,696,276 12/30/2018
Venezuela 7/10/2015 $6,162,068 70 70 672 $51,768,746 10/22/2015
Vietnam 7/10/2015 $1,189,338 205 205 377 $4,117,278 12/30/2018
 
Rest of World $1,977,824
 
International Total$821,225,989 10/19/2022

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


Weekly US DVD Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Dec 13, 20151943,442 943,442$16,029,080$16,029,0803
Dec 20, 20151717,147-24% 1,660,589$12,083,927$28,113,0074
Dec 27, 20152672,838-6% 2,333,427$10,846,149$38,959,1565
Jan 3, 2016589,159-87% 2,422,586$1,779,614$40,738,7706
Jan 10, 2016638,366-57% 2,460,952$765,785$41,504,5557
Jan 17, 2016922,602-41% 2,483,554$440,287$41,944,8428
Jan 24, 2016922,461-1% 2,506,015$409,913$42,354,7559
Jan 31, 2016939,745+77% 2,545,760$414,143$42,768,89810
Feb 7, 20161419,768-50% 2,565,528$256,193$43,025,09111
Feb 14, 20161045,099+128% 2,610,627$584,483$43,609,57412
Feb 21, 20161035,023-22% 2,645,650$453,898$44,063,47213
Feb 28, 20161716,439-53% 2,662,089$216,337$44,279,80914
Mar 6, 20161515,849-4% 2,677,938$171,169$44,450,97815
Mar 13, 20161033,898+114% 2,711,836$338,980$44,789,95816
Mar 20, 20161235,251+4% 2,747,087$352,510$45,142,46817
Mar 27, 20161238,667+10% 2,785,754$396,337$45,538,80518
Apr 3, 20163016,026-59% 2,801,780$208,338$45,747,14319
Apr 10, 2016286,887-57% 2,808,667$88,636$45,835,77920
Apr 17, 2016263,337-52% 2,812,004$37,007$45,872,78621
Jun 5, 20162615,245 2,878,769$157,176$46,671,30628
Jul 17, 20161810,238 2,938,687$104,018$47,308,27934
Dec 4, 20162923,775 3,071,479$163,096$48,622,84154
Jun 25, 2017309,168 3,245,088$73,252$50,220,89783
Jul 23, 20172610,078 3,270,948$80,221$50,432,71587
Aug 6, 2017259,332 3,284,988$74,469$50,544,66089
Jan 14, 2018307,240 3,452,252$45,105$51,860,374112
Jan 21, 2018297,494+4% 3,459,746$45,489$51,905,863113
Mar 25, 2018308,058 3,500,455$32,232$52,191,661122
Jun 30, 2019299,932 3,748,912$71,411$53,842,614188
Jul 7, 20192510,823+9% 3,759,735$58,877$53,901,491189
Jul 4, 20211014,563 4,116,113$276,843$56,103,148293
Jul 11, 20211015,554+7% 4,131,667$295,682$56,398,830294
Jul 18, 20211012,787-18% 4,144,454$243,081$56,641,911295
Jul 25, 20211012,233-4% 4,156,687$232,549$56,874,460296
Aug 1, 2021911,477-6% 4,168,164$218,178$57,092,638297
Aug 8, 20211011,019-4% 4,179,183$209,471$57,302,109298
Aug 15, 2021910,220-7% 4,189,403$194,282$57,496,391299
Aug 22, 202198,451-17% 4,197,854$160,654$57,657,045300
Jun 26, 2022175,584 4,342,632$88,730$58,539,031344
Jul 3, 202277,499+34% 4,350,131$118,859$58,657,890345
Jul 10, 202297,909+5% 4,358,040$125,279$58,783,169346
Jul 17, 2022711,885+50% 4,369,925$188,258$58,971,427347
Jul 24, 2022517,029+43% 4,386,954$269,399$59,240,826348
Jul 31, 202267,360-57% 4,394,314$116,435$59,357,261349
Aug 7, 2022611,514+56% 4,405,828$182,267$59,539,528350
Aug 14, 2022510,326-10% 4,416,154$163,461$59,702,989351
Aug 21, 202287,502-27% 4,423,656$118,832$59,821,821352
Aug 28, 202287,103-5% 4,430,759$112,512$59,934,333353
Sep 4, 202268,237+16% 4,438,996$130,474$60,064,807354
Sep 11, 202277,907-4% 4,446,903$125,247$60,190,054355

Weekly US Blu-ray Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Dec 13, 201511,845,890 1,845,890$35,132,093$35,132,0933
Dec 20, 20151592,971-68% 2,438,861$11,752,915$46,885,0084
Dec 27, 20151509,672-14% 2,948,533$9,836,012$56,721,0205
Jan 3, 2016280,613-84% 3,029,146$1,622,974$58,343,9946
Jan 10, 2016529,336-64% 3,058,482$590,023$58,934,0177
Jan 17, 2016718,355-37% 3,076,837$369,054$59,303,0718
Jan 24, 20161016,712-9% 3,093,549$322,109$59,625,1809
Jan 31, 2016654,913+229% 3,148,462$570,943$60,196,12310
Feb 7, 20161412,900-77% 3,161,362$193,944$60,390,06711
Feb 14, 20161125,941+101% 3,187,303$391,190$60,781,25712
Feb 21, 20161418,130-30% 3,205,433$272,928$61,054,18513
Feb 28, 2016207,827-57% 3,213,260$120,517$61,174,70214
Mar 20, 2016188,968 3,237,056$134,373$61,535,09417
Mar 27, 20161421,776+143% 3,258,832$292,399$61,827,49318
Jul 17, 2016623,252 3,327,015$303,629$62,736,27334

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Leading Cast

Steve Carell    Young Gru
Sandra Bullock    Scarlet Overkill
Jon Hamm    Herb Overkill

Supporting Cast

Michael Keaton    Walter Nelson
Allison Janney    Madge Nelson
Steve Coogan    Professor Flux/Tower Guard
Jennifer Saunders    The Queen
Pierre Coffin    The Minions
Katy Mixon    Tina
Michael Beattie    VNC Announcer/Walter Jr.
Hiroyuki Sanada    Sumo Villain
Dave Rosenberg    Fabrice
Alex Dowding    Royal Advisor
Paul Thornley    News Reporter
Ava Acres    Additional Voice
Carlos Alazraqui    Additional Voice
Lori Alan    Additional Voice
Kyle Balda    Additional Voice
Daniel Barker    Additional Voice
Bob Bergen    Additional Voice
Melanie Bond    Additional Voice
John Cygan    Additional Voice
Brian T. Delaney    Additional Voice
Bill Farmer    Additional Voice
Keith Ferguson    Additional Voice
Helen Fraser    Additional Voice
Jess Harnell    Additional Voice
Charlie Hayes    Additional Voice
Eve Karpf    Additional Voice
John Kassir    Additional Voice
Sherry Lynn    Additional Voice
Lewis Macleod    Additional Voice
Danny Mann    Additional Voice
Mona Marshall    Additional Voice
Gary Martin    Additional Voice
Mickie McGowan    Additional Voice
Laraine Newman    Additional Voice
Andy Nyman    Additional Voice
Jan Rabson    Additional Voice
Chris Ragland    Additional Voice
Zachary Rice    Additional Voice
Cole Sand    Additional Voice
Mindy Sterling    Additional Voice
Tara Strong    Additional Voice
Will Vanderpuye    Additional Voice
James Kevin Ward    Additional Voice
Colette Whitaker    Additional Voice
James Daniel Wilson    Additional Voice

Narrator(s)

Geoffrey Rush    Narrator

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Pierre Coffin    Director
Kyle Balda    Director
Brian Lynch    Screenwriter
Christopher Meledandri    Producer
Janet Healy    Producer
Chris Renaud    Executive Producer
Eric Guillon    Production Designer
Claire Dodgson    Editor
Heitor Pereira    Composer
Eric Guillon    Character Designer
Robert Taylor    Associate Producer
Brett Hoffman    Associate Producer
Nathalie Vaincauwenberghe    Production Supervisor
Olivier Adam    Art Director
Bruno Dequier    Animation Director
Pierre Leduc    Animation Director
Pierre Avon    Supervising Animator
Simon Cuisinier    Animation Supervisor
Luc Degardin    Animation Supervisor
Christophe Delisle    Animation Supervisor
Jonathan Del Val    Animation Supervisor
Audrey Fobis    Animation Supervisor
Ludovic Savonniere    Animation Supervisor
Emmanuel Vergne    Animation Supervisor
Elisabeth Patte    Crowd Supervisor
Christele Jolens    Technical Animation Supervisor
Laurent De La Chapelle    Technical Animation Supervisor
David Rodrigues    Character Effects Supervisor
Dave Rosenbaum    Story Supervisor
Tiffany Hillkurtz    Associate Editor
Prakash Patel    First Assistant Editor
Lisa Shaw Phillips    First Assistant Editor
Rachel Brennan    Second Assistant Editor
Ken Schretzmann    Additional Editor
Didier Ah-Koon    Story Artist
Marco Allard    Story Artist
Eric Delbecq    Story Artist
Antoine Ettori    Story Artist
Serguei Kouchnerov    Story Artist
Habib Louati    Story Artist
Nolwenn Roberts    Story Artist
Paul Mager    Set Designer
Vincent Massy De La Chesneraye    Set Designer
Charlotte Hutchinson    Set Designer
Brett Nystul    Set Designer
Loic Rastout    Set Designer
Thomas Reteuna    Set Designer
Alexandre Saint-Martin    Set Designer
Jeannine Berger    Post-Production Supervisor
Dennis Leonard    Supervising Sound Editor
Christopher Scarabosio    Sound Designer
Gary A. Rizzo    Re-recording Mixer
Christopher Scarabosio    Re-recording Mixer
Jeremy Bowker    Sound Effects Editor
Luke Dunn Gielmuda    Sound Effects Editor
Josh Gold    Sound Effects Editor
Slamm Andrews    Music Editor
Shawn Murphy    Score Recordist
Shawn Murphy    Score Mixer

The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.

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August 13th, 2015

Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation

Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation expanded over the weekend and saw its weekend haul grow, but by a tiny amount. It pulled in $65.5 million in 59 markets over the weekend for totals of $156.7 million internationally and $264.5 million worldwide. The film earned first place in a trio of major markets, led by Russia where it made $4.07 million on 1,125 screens. It also debuted in Germany ($2.84 million on 612) and Spain ($1.73 million on 603). On the other hand, it had to settle for second place in Japan with $4.60 million on 600 screens over the weekend for a total opening of $6.07 million. Jurassic World earned first place in Japan, so that's hardly a poor opening. Its biggest market overall was South Korea, where it made $6.57 million on 818 screens over the weekend for a two-week total of $31.99 million. The film is below average for the franchise so far, but that's still enough to break even and justify yet another installment. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Mission Still Fantastic, Four Flops

August 11th, 2015

Fantastic Four

Despite what conventional wisdom was predicting, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation remained in first place, as Fantastic Four missed even our low expectations. The Gift also did well, but the other two wide releases opened on the low end of expectations. Overall, the box office fell 8.3% from last weekend down to $132 million, so according to that number, it is safe to say summer is fading fast. Worse still, compared to last year, the box office was 29% lower, which is terrible and a clear sign that summer is already over. Granted, 2015 still has a solid lead over 2014, at $6.88 billion to $6.51 billion. A lead of 5.7% at this time of year is great and it would take an epic collapse for that to disappear anytime soon. I don't think 2015 will bounce back and start padding its lead any time soon, but I also don't think it will have 29% deficits week after week either. More...

International Box Office: Rogue Nation Goes International

August 6th, 2015

Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation

Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation opened in first place on the international chart with $64.5 million in 41 markets. Its biggest opening by far came in South Korea, where it made $13.80 million on 1,202 screens over the weekend for a total opening of $16.90 million. That total opening was more than twice the film's second biggest opening, $8.31 million in 572 theaters in the U.K. The film also had major market openings in Mexico ($4.17 million) and in Australia ($3.68 million). The film has yet to open in most major markets, including Germany, Russia, Spain, and Japan. The film opens in all four this weekend, so it should strong on the international chart. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Impossible Mission has Plausible Opening

August 4th, 2015

Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation

Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation matched expectations close enough to call it a victory. Meanwhile, Vacation came within 10% of Friday's predictions, but unfortunately, we weren't predicting box office success, so that's not a good thing. With the holdovers slumping as summer ends, the overall box office dipped 3.2% from last weekend. That's not the problem. The problem is the 21% drop-off from the same weekend last year. Granted, Guardians of the Galaxy broke records when it opened this weekend last year, but a 21% drop-off is still troublesome. 2015 still leads 2014 by a substantial margin at $6.67 billion to $6.25 billion, so unless 2015 really crashes, it will still have a lead going into the winter holidays. More...

Weekend Predictions: Mission has Impossible Mission

July 30th, 2015

Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation

Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation shouldn't have any trouble earning first place over the weekend. In fact, it should make more than the rest of the top five combined. On the downside, its real competition isn't the other films in theaters, but Guardians of the Galaxy, which set the August weekend box office record when it opened this weekend last year. Rogue Nation could have a record-opening for the franchise and still not come close to Guardians of the Galaxy. The only other new wide release of the week is Vacation, which started on Wednesday. Its reviews are terrible and its box office chances are not much better. Since nothing will top Guardians of the Galaxy's record-breaking opening, it seems 2015 will end the month on a losing note. Hopefully this is just a momentary hiccup and not an omen for how the rest of the summer will go. More...

International Box Office: Monster Hunt Chomps Chinese Record Book

July 29th, 2015

Monster Hunt

Monster Hunt remained in first place on the international chart with $46 million over the weekend for a two-week total of $225 million. The film again dominated its home market (China) earning $113.16 million over the full week for a running tally of $221.41 million after eleven days of release. It became the biggest Chinese film in its native market and the third biggest film of all time, behind Transformers: Age of Extinction and the current record holder, Furious 7. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Ant-Man Towers Over Pixels

July 28th, 2015

Ant-Man

Ant-Man unexpectedly repeated on top of the weekend box office, as Pixels failed to meet expectations by a sizable margin. In fact, only Southpaw beat expectations. The overall box office sunk as a result, down 22% from last weekend to $151 million. Worse still, this was 2.3% lower than the same weekend last year. Fortunately, 2015 has won a lot more weeks than it has lost and has built up an impressive 8.2% lead over 2014 at $6.45 billion to $5.96 billion. It isn't impossible for 2015 to lose a lead that large, but I'm cautiously optimistic that it can see this lead grow through to the end of the year. More...

Weekend Estimates: Ant-Man Defeats Poor Pixels

July 26th, 2015

Pixels

Three new wide releases and three returning movies that are still pulling in good crowds will produce a box office chart with no knock-out winner this weekend. That’s in large part thanks to a disappointing debut from Pixels. The Adam Sandler/Kevin James-comedy/adventure-Ghostbusters/wannabe will earn about $24 million this weekend, according to Sony’s Sunday estimate. That puts it in danger of not even earning back its marketing budget domestically, let alone starting to recover the $88 million production budget. It also means that Ant-Man will top the charts for a second weekend. More...

Friday Estimates: Pixels Struggling in Crowded Market

July 25th, 2015

Pixels

Three mid-tier new releases combined with three returning hits made for a very crowded market on Friday, with all six films earning over $5 million for the day. Pixels emerged the winner with $9.2 million, according to studio estimates, but that far from guarantees a weekend win for the film. Based on previous opening weekend ratios for Adam Sandler movies, we can expect a Friday-weekend multiplier for the film around 2.9, which puts it on course for a $27 million debut. Current studio tracking suggests it will fall short of that mark, with more like $24 million. Either way, that’s not a great start for a film with an $88 million budget and a seemingly attractive premise. Sandler’s drawing power is clearly on the wane, at least domestically. The film has somewhat better prospects overseas, and early reports show it performing well. More...

Weekend Predictions: Is Pixels Poised to Top the Weekend Chart?

July 24th, 2015

Pixels

Pixels leads a group of three wide releases looking to battle for limited box office dollars. It appears to be on track for first place, but with not as much as I anticipated at the beginning of the month. This is partially explained by its reviews which are lower than the 30% to 40% positive range I was anticipating. Paper Towns is earning much better reviews, but still barely above the overall positive level. Finally there's Southpaw, which is earning mixed reviews and its buzz is weak, so it will likely be outside the top five over the weekend. Both Ant-Man and Minions should continue to perform well, with the former having a shot at first place, if Pixels flops. This weekend last year, there were two wide releases that did quite well, Lucy and Hercules. I don't think any of the new releases this week will come close to earning the same as Lucy did, but I think the depth is better this year, so 2015 will still come out ahead in the year-over-year comparison. More...

International Box Office: Monster Hunt is Monster Hit

July 23rd, 2015

Monster Hunt

It is a special week on the international chart, as we have an international film in first place. Monster Hunt earned first place in China with an estimated $72 million over the weekend and a total opening of $107.58 million. (This includes less than $1 million in early previews.) This movie is a romantic comedy, of sorts, set in a world of CGI monsters. This is the kind of film that could have appeal in many markets outside of the usual markets Chinese films play in. Additionally, this is the kind of opening that will make distributors here interested in obtaining the rights. It is too soon to tell if it will have a global run, but it will be worth keeping an eye on. More...

Per Theater Chart: Irrational has Very Reasonable Debut

July 22nd, 2015

Bajrangi Bhaijaan

The $10,000 club was led by Irrational Man with $175,312 in five theaters for an average of $35,062. While this was the best average of the weekend, it was the weakest opening weekend for a Woody Allen movie since You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger. The Stanford Prison Experiment was next with an average of $18,757 in two theaters. Its reviews are good, but not great, so its chances to expand significantly are still just 50/50. Up next is a pair of wide releases, Ant-Man and Minions, which earned averages of $14,841 and $11,430 respectively. The final entrant in the $10,000 club was Bajrangi Bhaijaan with an average of $10,239; however, it was playing in 256 theaters and arguably it had the most impressive opening for any limited release this week. This is the second weekend in a row a Bollywood film did this well on the per theater chart. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Ant-Man Tops Terrific Weekend

July 20th, 2015

Ant-Man

The top of the box office had a small surprise, as Ant-Man earned first place with $57.23 million over the weekend. This is a little lower than predicted, but Minions really collapsed, so Ant-Man easily won the race for the top of the box office race. Meanwhile, Trainwreck had a solid third place opening and could be on its way to $100 million, thanks in part to its target demographic and to its reviews. Overall, the box office pulled in $194 million. This is 9.6% lower than last weekend, but more importantly, it is 30% higher than the same weekend last year. 30%. That's a massive margin of victory. Year-to-date, 2015 has pulled in $6.20 billion, which is 8.1% more than 2014's pace. Summer is winding down, so 2015 is in a great place moving into the slower part of the year. Even if August and September are slower than average, there's almost no chance 2015 will blow through the $460 million lead it has over 2014. More...

Weekend Estimates: Ant-Man Misses Out, Trainwreck Breaks Out

July 19th, 2015

Ant-Man

Perhaps we’re seeing the first signs of multiplex fatigue? In the midst of a buoyant Summer at the movies, Ant-Man will debut with around $58 million, according to Sunday estimates, about 10% below expectations, and well short of the $94 million earned by Guardians of the Galaxy this time last year. It’s a very good opening, to be sure, but the second slightly disappointing debut from the Marvel Cinematic Universe this year, after The Avengers: Age of Ultron’s $191 million opening weekend back in May. We’re talking disappointment of the level of seeing Babe Ruth only hit one home run in a game here, so we need to put things in perspective. It’s the twelfth straight $50 million-plus opening for the franchise in seven years—an unprecedented box office run. More...

Friday Estimates: Ant-Man Stands Tall on Opening Friday

July 18th, 2015

Ant-Man

Ant-Man opened in first place with $22.64 million on Friday, which puts it well ahead of Minions on the Friday box office chart. On the other hand, it was a little disappointing compared to expectations. Figuring out where it will end up is deceptively tricky given the number of other Marvel Cinematic Universe films to compare it to. Ant-Man's reviews continued to tick up, and are now at 80% positive—in the same range as the first Captain America movie. It also had a similar opening day to that film. However, Captain America opened before The Avengers and one could argue that every film after that should be considered a sequel, which would tend them towards being even more front-loaded than original films. Factoring that in, look for Ant-Man to post around $56 million over its opening weekend, which will give it an easy first place debut. Unless its legs are as long as Guardians of the Galaxy’s, it won't reach $200 million in total, but it should top its budget (reportedly $130 million) so it will become a box office success. Analysts hoping for the first MCU bomb will have to wait. More...

Weekend Predictions: How Large Will Ant-Man Grow?

July 16th, 2015

Ant-Man

There could be an interesting race on top of the box office charts this weekend, as Ant-Man will be looking to unseat Minions. However, while I think Ant-Man will come out on top on Friday, I think Minions will repeat over the weekend. The other new release of the week is Trainwreck, which has seen its reviews fall from 100% positive to a mere 90% positive. The amazing reviews and the success of R-rated female-centric films lately suggests it has the potential to reach $100 million. Inside Out and Jurassic World will also both hit milestones, so it should be an exciting weekend. This weekend last year, none of the three wide releases were particularly strong, which left Dawn of the Planet of the Apes in first place for the second weekend in a row with $36.25 million. Both Minions and Ant-Man will top that. Trainwreck might top that as well. It should be a good weekend for 2015 in the year-over-year comparison. More...

International Box Office: Minions Crowd Out the Competition

July 15th, 2015

Minions

Matching its stellar domestic debut, Minions rose to first place with $130.7 million on 9,606 screens in 56 markets at the international box office at the weekend for totals of $287.77 million internationally and $403.49 million worldwide. The film debuted in 30 new markets, earned first place in all of them, and broke the record for the biggest animated opening in 28 of them. This includes Russia, where it earned $15.12 million on 1,209 screens, which is the biggest opening in that market, animated or otherwise. Its biggest opening was in Mexico, where the film earned $15.72 million on 692 screens over the weekend. Meanwhile, it earned first place in France with a total opening of $12 million on 868 screens. It remains above Despicable Me 2's pace and this puts it on track to reach $1 billion worldwide. More...

Contest: Don't Be Slow: Winning Announcement

July 14th, 2015

The winners of our Don't Be Slow contest were determined and the entrants with the closest predictions for Minions opening weekend were... More...

Per Theater Chart: Tangerine Has Sweet Start

July 14th, 2015

Tangerine

The $10,000 club was busier that it was last week with four films earning a per theater average of more than $10,000. This includes the overall number one film, Minions, which earned an average of $26,905 in over 4,000 theaters. The best limited release was Tangerine with an average $15,171 in four theaters. I thought this might be a little too niche to find a large audience, but perhaps I was wrong. Up next is Baahubali: The Beginning, which was also a surprise hit with an average of $13,559 in 236 theaters. It is very rare for a Bollywood film to do that well. The final film in the $10,000 club was Do I Sound Gay? with $11,000 in its lone theater. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Minions Crush Competition, but Fall Short of Record

July 14th, 2015

Minions

As expected Minions dominated the box office earning first place with more than a 50% share of the total box office. It became the fourth film to open with more than $100 million this year. Three of those were released by Universal. On the other hand, the less said about The Gallows or Self/Less the better. To be fair, The Gallows earned more during its opening day that it cost to make, but its advertising budget is much bigger than its production budget. Meanwhile, Self/Less barely topped the Mendoza Line (earning only just over $2,000 per theater). The overall box office reached $215 million, which was 59% more than last week and 43% the same weekend last year. Year-to-date, 2015 has earned $5.92 billion, which is 6.4% higher than last year's pace. More...

Weekend Estimates: Minions Have Second-Best Animated Opening

July 12th, 2015

Minions

2015 is becoming a golden year for blockbuster openings, and a platinum year for Universal. The studio is celebrating yet again, with Minions heading to a gigantic $115.2 million projected opening weekend. That’s the second-best debut of all time for an animated film (see all-time opening weekend records), although, incredibly, it’s only the third-best weekend for the studio this year after the debuts of Furious 7 and Jurassic World. The studio, which would usually consider a 12% market share an excellent year, has so far earned a whopping 26% share for 2015—quite literally off the charts. More...

Friday Estimates: Minions On Pace for Century Opening, Perhaps Record

July 11th, 2015

Minions

The Friday estimates are in and Minions pulled in $46.2 million. On the one hand, this makes my job as a box office analyst easy, because all I have to say is “Wow!” On the other hand, it is hard to compare this film to others to calculate its most likely weekend haul, because there are so few animated films that opened this well. More...

Thursday Night: Minions Have Explosive Start

July 10th, 2015

Minions made an explosive debut on Thursday night, earning $6.2 million from evening showings, which is more than any other film earned for the entire day. However, those numbers will be wrapped-up into its Friday numbers, which we will talk about tomorrow. How good is this? To put this into perspective, Despicable Me 2 earned-News.jpg" width=750 alt="Minions 3 >

Minions made an explosive debut on Thursday night, earning $6.2 million from evening showings, which is more than any other film earned for the entire day. However, those numbers will be wrapped up into its Friday numbers, which we will talk about tomorrow. How good is this? To put this into perspective,

Minions made an explosive debut on Thursday night, earning $6.2 million from evening showings, which is more than any other film earned for the entire day. However, those numbers will be wrapped-up into its Friday numbers, which we will talk about tomorrow. How good is this? To put this into perspective, Despicable Me 2 earned $4.7 million during its Tuesday night shows and that film went on to earn $84 million during its opening weekend and had a total opening of $143 million. Granted, that film also earned better reviews and opened during July 4th weekend. Even so, a $100 million opening seems very likely. We will know more by Saturday. More...

Weekend Predictions: Will Minions Top $100 Million?

July 9th, 2015

Minions

Of the three wide releases this week, only Minions is dominating the box office tracking. Unfortunately, its reviews are nowhere near as strong as they were at the beginning of the month. Even worse, they are twice as good as the reviews for Self/Less and The Gallows. The Gallows should earn a spot in the top five during its opening weekend, but the prospects for Self/Less are not as good. This weekend last year, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes opened with $72.61 million. Minions should crush that number. Also, last year only three films earned more than $10 million over the weekend, while this year, the top five should do the same. 2015 should earn a solid win in the year-over-year comparison. More...

International Box Office: Genisys Takes Over the World

July 9th, 2015

Terminator: Genisys

Terminator: Genisys expanded its market count to 47 over the weekend, which allowed it to rise to first place with $74.0 million for a two-week total of $85.5 million internationally. Its biggest new market was Russia, where it dominated with $11.17 million on 2,192 screens over the weekend. South Korea was close behind with $9.24 million on 1,113 screens for a total opening of $11.06 million. The film earned first place in Mexico with $4.73 million on 1,307 for a total opening of $6.18 million. It only managed second place in Brazil with $3.9 million on 1,012. In all four markets, the film set records for the franchise. It wasn't as lucky in the U.K., where it opened in second place with $5.83 million in 536 theaters. That's about on par with its opening here in the US. The goal for the film is to earn over $200 million internationally and $300 million worldwide. If it can get there, then the film will likely break even, eventually. On the other hand, "breaking even" isn't enough to justify continuing the reboot trilogy. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: New Releases are on the Outside

July 6th, 2015

Inside Out

It was not a good weekend for new releases, as the top two spots went to holdovers. Fortunately, Inside Out earned first place over Jurassic World, because I had no idea what I was going to do for an image this time around. (That's not true. I was going to look for pictures of corgis dressed as dinosaurs.) Neither Terminator: Genisys or Magic Mike XXL matched expectations. At least Terminator: Genisys came close. Overall, the box office plummeted 26% from last weekend to just $135 million. Granted, that's still 2.2% higher than the same weekend last year, but boy have we come down from the highs we saw just a few weeks ago. Year-to-date, 2015 has earned $5.62 billion, which is 6.0% above 2014's pace of $5.31 million. 2015 would really need to sink for a number of weeks before that lead was in trouble, but after this week, that scenario is a little more likely. More...

Contest: Don't Be Slow

July 3rd, 2015

Next weekend, there is only one new release that has a shot at first place, Minions. The other two might not even make the top five. This makes Minions the only real choice for the target film for this week's Box Office Prediction contest. In order to win, one must simply predict the opening weekend box office number for Minions.

Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going over, will win a copy of Slow West on DVD. Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going under, will also win a copy of Slow West on DVD. Finally, we will be choosing an entrant from the group of people who haven't won, or haven't won recently, and they will win a Frankenprize featuring a previously reviewed DVD or Blu-ray. Entries must be received by 10 a.m., Pacific Time on Friday to be eligible, so don't delay! More...

International Box Office: Billion Dollar Dinosaurs

July 2nd, 2015

Jurassic World

(As I warned previously, we've run out of images for Jurassic World, so we are down to Picture Unrelated. And no, I will not explain the context of the image. I will say the TV show it comes from is surprisingly good.)

Jurassic World completed a hat-trick at the weekend by earning first place with $82.5 million in 67 markets for totals of $737.5 million internationally and $1.238 billion worldwide. The film entered the top ten on the all-time worldwide box office chart over the weekend and has already moved into seventh place. Its biggest single market was China, where it made $38.07 million over the full week for a total of $206.57 million after three weekends. Hopefully this is the last weekend the film spends in top spot, as new releases finally rise to overtake it. If it is still in first place next week, it will be a sign that the box office is slowing down. More...

2015 Preview: July

July 1st, 2015

Minions

June was a much better month than expected due to two films, Jurassic World and Inside Out. Had those two films merely matched expectations, then 2015 would have likely fallen behind 2014. As for this coming month, there are five weekends in July and each week there is at least one film with the potential to reach $100 million. Most weeks there are two films that at least have a shot at getting to the century mark. The biggest hit of the month will likely be Minions, which has already opened in several international markets and it's ahead of Despicable Me 2 at the same point. That film made more than $300 million and nearly $1 billion worldwide, so any growth would be fantastic. There are also a number of potential $200 million films, led by Ant-man. Ant-man is the latest release in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, a franchise that has averaged $300 million domestically over eleven films and all of the past six films have reached at least $200 million. I'm not saying this one is guaranteed to do the same, but you can't dismiss that possibility. Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation and Pixels have smaller chances to get to $200 million, but you have to at least entertain the possibility. Additionally, last July was a lot weaker than this July looks to be, so 2015 should win in the year-over-year comparison most weeks. Or I might have let the box office success of June cloud my judgment. We will soon find out. More...

International Box Office: Jurassic Worldwide Success

June 25th, 2015

Jurassic World

Jurassic World remained in first place internationally, earning $160.5 million on 18,718 screens in 66 markets for a total of $583.1 million internationally. This pushed its worldwide total to $985.9 million. It hit $1 billion worldwide on Monday, which was a speed record for that milestone. Its biggest market was China, where it earned $68.84 million over the full week for a total of $168.24 million after 12 days of release. However, the film has been pushed into second place on the daily chart by SPL 2: A Time For Consequences. On the other hand, the film is still in first place in the U.K. with $17.53 million in 614 theaters for a two-week total of $60.67 million. More...


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Synopsis

Starting as single-celled yellow organisms, Minions evolve through the ages, perpetually serving the most despicable of masters. Continuously unsuccessful at keeping these masters-from T. rex to Napoleon-the Minions find themselves without someone to serve and fall into a deep depression. But one Minion named Kevin has a plan, and he-alongside teenage rebel Stuart and lovable little Bob-ventures out into the world to find a new evil boss for his brethren to follow. The trio embarks upon a thrilling journey that ultimately leads them to their next potential master, Scarlet Overkill, the world's first-ever female super-villain. They travel from frigid Antarctica to 1960s New York City, ending in mod London, where they must face their biggest challenge to date: saving all of Minionkind...from annihilation.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$115,718,405 (34.4% of total gross)
Legs:2.90 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:29.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$74,000,000 (worldwide box office is 15.6 times production budget)
Theater counts:4,301 opening theaters/4,311 max. theaters, 7.8 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $429,724,013

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office 74 $336,045,770
All Time International Box Office 22 $821,225,989
All Time Worldwide Box Office 26 $1,157,271,759
All Time Domestic Box Office for Digital Animation Movies 16 $336,045,770
All Time International Box Office for Digital Animation Movies 3 $821,225,989
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Digital Animation Movies 5 $1,157,271,759

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Movie Details

Domestic Releases: July 10th, 2015 (Wide) by Universal
International Releases: June 17th, 2015 (Wide) (Indonesia)
June 18th, 2015 (Wide) (Australia)
June 18th, 2015 (Wide) (Czech Republic)
June 18th, 2015 (Wide) (Malaysia)
June 25th, 2015 (Wide) (Brazil)
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Video Release: November 24th, 2015 by Universal Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: PG for action and rude humor.
(Rating bulletin 2367, 4/1/2015)
Running Time: 91 minutes
Franchise: Despicable Me
Minions
Comparisons: Summer, 2015
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Keywords: Prequel, Origin Story, Prehistoric Times, Dinosaurs, Ancient Egypt, Pirates, Vampire, 1960s, Inventor, Royalty, Set in London, Voiceover/Narration, Directing Yourself, Same Actor, Multiple Roles, Super Villains, Cavemen, Intertitle, Set in New York City, Set in Antarctica, Set in Orlando, FL, Set in Florida, 3-D, 3-D - Shot in 3-D, IMAX: DMR, Family Adventure
Source:Spin-Off
Genre:Adventure
Production Method:Digital Animation
Creative Type:Kids Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Universal Pictures, Illumination Entertainment
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Biggest 9th Monday 27 $934,595 Sep 7, 2015 60
Biggest 9th Sunday 60 $1,195,055 Sep 6, 2015 59
Labor Day (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon, Inflation Adjusted) 296 $5,122,516 Sep 4, 2015 59
Biggest 6th Tuesday 96 $1,069,645 Aug 18, 2015 40
Biggest 5th Tuesday 49 $1,858,185 Aug 11, 2015 33
Fastest to $300m 65 $300,570,370 Aug 7, 2015 30
Biggest 4th Thursday 87 $1,644,500 Aug 6, 2015 28
Biggest 4th Wednesday 79 $1,751,750 Aug 5, 2015 27
Biggest 4th Tuesday 67 $2,377,375 Aug 4, 2015 26
Biggest 3rd Thursday 72 $2,820,510 Jul 30, 2015 21
Biggest 3rd Wednesday 80 $2,820,955 Jul 29, 2015 20
Biggest 3rd Tuesday 54 $4,005,280 Jul 28, 2015 19
Fastest to $250m 58 $255,337,150 Jul 24, 2015 16
Biggest 2nd Thursday 79 $4,785,210 Jul 23, 2015 14
Biggest 2nd Wednesday 68 $5,173,200 Jul 22, 2015 13
Biggest 2nd Tuesday 42 $8,018,460 Jul 21, 2015 12
Biggest 2nd Monday 100 $5,777,100 Jul 20, 2015 11
Biggest 2nd Sunday 69 $14,484,960 Jul 19, 2015 10
Biggest Domestic 2nd Weekend 73 $49,274,730 Jul 17, 2015 10
Biggest 2nd Saturday 63 $20,218,590 Jul 18, 2015 9
Fastest to $200m 58 $201,281,480 Jul 17, 2015 9
Biggest 2nd Friday 83 $14,571,180 Jul 17, 2015 8
Biggest 1st Thursday 60 $9,483,705 Jul 16, 2015 7
Biggest 1st Wednesday 46 $11,505,175 Jul 15, 2015 6
Biggest Domestic Wednesday 99 $11,505,175 Jul 15, 2015 6
Fastest to $150m 60 $157,008,005 Jul 15, 2015 6
Biggest 1st Tuesday 26 $16,838,415 Jul 14, 2015 5
Biggest Domestic Tuesday 36 $16,838,415 Jul 14, 2015 5
Biggest 1st Monday 70 $12,946,010 Jul 13, 2015 4
Biggest Domestic Monday 91 $12,946,010 Jul 13, 2015 4
Biggest 1st Sunday 57 $30,816,665 Jul 12, 2015 3
Biggest Domestic Sunday 64 $30,816,665 Jul 12, 2015 3
Biggest Domestic July Weekend 9 $115,718,405 Jul 10, 2015 3
Biggest Domestic Opening Weekend 58 $115,718,405 Jul 10, 2015 3
Top Adventure Weekend Domestic 18 $115,718,405 Jul 10, 2015 3
Top Digital Animation Weekend Domestic 8 $115,718,405 Jul 10, 2015 3
Top Kids Fiction Weekend Domestic 8 $115,718,405 Jul 10, 2015 3
Biggest Domestic Non-Sequel Weekend 16 $115,718,405 Jul 10, 2015 3
Top PG Weekend Domestic 10 $115,718,405 Jul 10, 2015 3
Top Spin-Off Weekend Domestic 2 $115,718,405 Jul 10, 2015 3
Top Universal Weekend Domestic 6 $115,718,405 Jul 10, 2015 3
Biggest Domestic Weekend 60 $115,718,405 Jul 10, 2015 3
Fastest to $100m 60 $115,718,405 Jul 10, 2015 3
Top 2015 Theater Average 32 $26,905 Jul 10, 2015 3
Widest Opening Weekend 59 4,301 Jul 10, 2015 3
Biggest 1st Saturday 57 $38,859,535 Jul 11, 2015 2
Biggest Domestic Saturday 64 $38,859,535 Jul 11, 2015 2
Fastest to $50m 62 $84,901,740 Jul 10, 2015 2
Biggest 1st Friday 56 $46,042,205 Jul 10, 2015 1
Top Adventure Day Domestic 33 $46,042,205 Jul 10, 2015 1
Top Digital Animation Day Domestic 12 $46,042,205 Jul 10, 2015 1
Top Kids Fiction Day Domestic 14 $46,042,205 Jul 10, 2015 1
Biggest Domestic Non-Sequel Day 29 $46,042,205 Jul 10, 2015 1
Top PG Day Domestic 18 $46,042,205 Jul 10, 2015 1
Top Spin-Off Day Domestic 4 $46,042,205 Jul 10, 2015 1
Top Universal Day Domestic 13 $46,042,205 Jul 10, 2015 1
Biggest Domestic Friday 57 $46,042,205 Jul 10, 2015 1
Biggest Domestic July Day 15 $46,042,205 Jul 10, 2015 1

Leading Cast

Steve Carell    Young Gru
Sandra Bullock    Scarlet Overkill
Jon Hamm    Herb Overkill

Supporting Cast

Michael Keaton    Walter Nelson
Allison Janney    Madge Nelson
Steve Coogan    Professor Flux/Tower Guard
Jennifer Saunders    The Queen
Pierre Coffin    The Minions
Katy Mixon    Tina
Michael Beattie    VNC Announcer/Walter Jr.
Hiroyuki Sanada    Sumo Villain
Dave Rosenberg    Fabrice
Alex Dowding    Royal Advisor
Paul Thornley    News Reporter
Ava Acres    Additional Voice
Carlos Alazraqui    Additional Voice
Lori Alan    Additional Voice
Kyle Balda    Additional Voice
Daniel Barker    Additional Voice
Bob Bergen    Additional Voice
Melanie Bond    Additional Voice
John Cygan    Additional Voice
Brian T. Delaney    Additional Voice
Bill Farmer    Additional Voice
Keith Ferguson    Additional Voice
Helen Fraser    Additional Voice
Jess Harnell    Additional Voice
Charlie Hayes    Additional Voice
Eve Karpf    Additional Voice
John Kassir    Additional Voice
Sherry Lynn    Additional Voice
Lewis Macleod    Additional Voice
Danny Mann    Additional Voice
Mona Marshall    Additional Voice
Gary Martin    Additional Voice
Mickie McGowan    Additional Voice
Laraine Newman    Additional Voice
Andy Nyman    Additional Voice
Jan Rabson    Additional Voice
Chris Ragland    Additional Voice
Zachary Rice    Additional Voice
Cole Sand    Additional Voice
Mindy Sterling    Additional Voice
Tara Strong    Additional Voice
Will Vanderpuye    Additional Voice
James Kevin Ward    Additional Voice
Colette Whitaker    Additional Voice
James Daniel Wilson    Additional Voice

Narrator(s)

Geoffrey Rush    Narrator

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Pierre Coffin    Director
Kyle Balda    Director
Brian Lynch    Screenwriter
Christopher Meledandri    Producer
Janet Healy    Producer
Chris Renaud    Executive Producer
Eric Guillon    Production Designer
Claire Dodgson    Editor
Heitor Pereira    Composer
Eric Guillon    Character Designer
Robert Taylor    Associate Producer
Brett Hoffman    Associate Producer
Nathalie Vaincauwenberghe    Production Supervisor
Olivier Adam    Art Director
Bruno Dequier    Animation Director
Pierre Leduc    Animation Director
Pierre Avon    Supervising Animator
Simon Cuisinier    Animation Supervisor
Luc Degardin    Animation Supervisor
Christophe Delisle    Animation Supervisor
Jonathan Del Val    Animation Supervisor
Audrey Fobis    Animation Supervisor
Ludovic Savonniere    Animation Supervisor
Emmanuel Vergne    Animation Supervisor
Elisabeth Patte    Crowd Supervisor
Christele Jolens    Technical Animation Supervisor
Laurent De La Chapelle    Technical Animation Supervisor
David Rodrigues    Character Effects Supervisor
Dave Rosenbaum    Story Supervisor
Tiffany Hillkurtz    Associate Editor
Prakash Patel    First Assistant Editor
Lisa Shaw Phillips    First Assistant Editor
Rachel Brennan    Second Assistant Editor
Ken Schretzmann    Additional Editor
Didier Ah-Koon    Story Artist
Marco Allard    Story Artist
Eric Delbecq    Story Artist
Antoine Ettori    Story Artist
Serguei Kouchnerov    Story Artist
Habib Louati    Story Artist
Nolwenn Roberts    Story Artist
Paul Mager    Set Designer
Vincent Massy De La Chesneraye    Set Designer
Charlotte Hutchinson    Set Designer
Brett Nystul    Set Designer
Loic Rastout    Set Designer
Thomas Reteuna    Set Designer
Alexandre Saint-Martin    Set Designer
Jeannine Berger    Post-Production Supervisor
Dennis Leonard    Supervising Sound Editor
Christopher Scarabosio    Sound Designer
Gary A. Rizzo    Re-recording Mixer
Christopher Scarabosio    Re-recording Mixer
Jeremy Bowker    Sound Effects Editor
Luke Dunn Gielmuda    Sound Effects Editor
Josh Gold    Sound Effects Editor
Slamm Andrews    Music Editor
Shawn Murphy    Score Recordist
Shawn Murphy    Score Mixer

The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.

Featured Blu-ray / DVD Review: Hotel Transylvania 2

January 10th, 2016

Hotel Transylvania 2

Hotel Transylvania came out a few years ago. It cost $85 million to make, which is a lot of money by nearly every definition, but relatively cheap for a digitally animated film. The reviews were mixed, but it was a big financial hit. It came as no surprise that there was a sequel. Hotel Transylvania 2 did better than its predecessor in nearly every way, but it is still a second-tier digitally animated film. For a second-tier film like this to succeed, all it needs to do is entertain the kids while not making the parents want to flee the room right away. That's not a particularly high bar to set. Does this film manage to get above that bar? More...

2015 - Awards Season: BAFTA - Nominations

January 9th, 2016

Bridge of Spies

The BAFTA nominations were announced and you can read them on their site... in alphabetical order. Alphabetical order is very useful in most circumstances, but not here. On the other hand, the nominees within each category are not presented in alphabetical order. ... Are the BAFTAs trolling us? As for the actual nominees, the big winners here are Bridge of Spies and Carol, both of which earned nine nominations. For Carol, this is just another impressive score, but this was a pleasant surprise for Bridge of Spies. More...

Home Market Releases for December 8th, 2015

December 7th, 2015

Ant-Man

It is both a good week and a bad week on the home market. The top two releases are Ant-Man and Minions, which made more than $500 million and $1 billion globally, respectively. It's rare you get a one-two punch like that on top. However, the competition for those two films is much, much weaker. The third best-selling release, according to Amazon.com, is the Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase Two Box Set. It looks amazing, which is why it led this years Holiday Gift Guide, but I'm not sure there are a lot of people who will be willing to spend $200 on a box set when they likely own all or most of the movies. Beyond that, there's mostly TV on DVD releases. The competition for Pick of the Week is also not very deep with Ant-Man coming out on top. More...

Featured Blu-ray / DVD Review: Minions

December 7th, 2015

Minions

Minions is one of the four, probably soon-to-be five films that earned more than $1 billion worldwide this year. Impressive. When I first heard they were making a spin-off of the Despicable Me films, I was not shocked in the least. Those two films were monster hits and were loved by critics. However, I was worried this movie wouldn't live up to its predecessors, because a little Minions goes a long way. Could they handle a movie to themselves? Or do they work better providing comic relief for the main characters? More...

2015 - Holiday Gift Guide - Part I

November 27th, 2015

MCU Phase 2

It's Thanksgiving weekend, which means Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and of course the first installment of our Holiday Gift Guide. This week we will tackle first run releases, as well as franchise box sets. I'm going to try to keep it to a dozen or so releases, as these columns are notorious for getting out of hand. Also, while there were a record number of $1 billion box office hits, there were not as many first run releases that earned stellar reviews this year. More...

Home Market Releases for November 24th, 2015

November 24th, 2015

Shaun the Sheep

This weekend is Thanksgiving weekend, which means Black Friday and Cyber Monday. While the sales usually mean a massive increase in units sold, the sales also tend to scare away new releases. This is certainly the case here and this week's list is very short as a result. That's not to say there are no releases worth picking up. In fact, there are several Pick of the Week contenders, led by Shaun the Sheep on Buy from Amazon: Blu-ray Combo Pack. Meanwhile, for the second week in a row, we have a Puck of the Week, for best Canadian release, Guidance on DVD. More...

International Box Office: Lost Finds Its Way to the Top

October 1st, 2015

Lost in Hong Kong

Lost in Hong Kong opened in first place in China and internationally with $106.80 million. This is better than Monster Hunt opened with, so if it has the same legs, the box office record in China will fall for the third time this year. Speaking of records, the overall Chinese box office rose to $5 billion with three months left in the year. This is amazing. More...

International Box Office: Runner Breaks Out to an Early Lead

September 23rd, 2015

The Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials

The Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials rose to first place with $43.3 million in 67 markets over the weekend for a total of $78.0 million internationally and $108.3 million worldwide. The film's biggest opening came from South Korea, but it only managed second place there with $5.66 million on 804 screens over the weekend for a total opening of $7.20 million. On the other hand, the film dominated the Russian box office with $4.19 million on 2,328 screens. The original movie opened stronger in Russia, but The Scorch Trials performed better in its opening in South Korea. Given these results, it is still too soon to tell how well this film will do compared to its predecessor. That said, it already has more worldwide than it cost to make. In fact, it almost has enough worldwide to pay for its entire production budget. Its advertising budget would have to be much larger than expected for it to not break even sooner rather than later. More...

International Box Office: Mission: Accomplished

September 17th, 2015

Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation

Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation rocketed up the chart into first place with $91.3 million in 63 markets over the weekend... sort of. This includes $86.42 million during the film's six-day opening in China. Its three-day weekend number is a lot smaller than that, but still enough for first place. Overall, the film now has $424.8 million internationally and $612.9 million worldwide. It became only the second film in the franchise to reach the $600 million mark worldwide. This is more than enough to break even, so it should come as no surprise that there's another installment in the works. More...

International Box Office: Summer is Terminated

September 10th, 2015

Terminator: Genisys

Terminator: Genisys remained in first place on the international chart, but with only $11.5 million in 8 markets. This lifted its international total to $346.3 million, while it now has $435.9 million worldwide. This helped the film become the second biggest hit in the franchise, assuming you don't take inflation into account. In China, the film managed $26.67 million, but that was for the full week, giving the film a total of $111.92 million after 15 days of release. More...

International Box Office: Terminator Generates Black Ink

September 3rd, 2015

Terminator: Genisys

Terminator Genisys remained in first place with $23.6 million in 26 markets over the weekend for totals of $320.1 million internationally and $409.5 million worldwide. In China, the film pulled in $23.4 million over the weekend for an eight-day total of $85.15 million in that market. It is going to hit the century mark in that market, while its overall worldwide number is high enough to break even. More...

International Box Office: Genisys Reborn in China

August 27th, 2015

Terminator: Genisys

Terminator Genisys earned $26.97 million on Sunday in China. That was enough for first place in that market over the entire weekend. In fact, that was enough for first place internationally. Adding in one holdover market, and the movie made $27.4 million in 2 markets for totals of $264.0 million internationally and $353.1 million worldwide. One final note, China is already the film's biggest single market and it could save the franchise and make another installment likely. More...

International Box Office: Mission Completes Hattrick, but International Fair Thrives

August 20th, 2015

Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation

Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation remained in first place for the third weekend in a row with $46.1 million in 63 markets over the weekend for totals of $235.3 million internationally and $373.6 million worldwide. The film's biggest opening was in France where it easily earned first place with $7.96 million on 719 screens. It also earned first place with $2.99 million on 947 screens in Brazil. The film isn't quite done its international run. It opens in Italy this weekend and China next month. It should have no trouble getting to $300 million internationally and could get all the way to $500 million worldwide. China could be a huge market for the movie. More...

International Box Office: Rogue Remains Massive, While Fantastic Fairs Better

August 13th, 2015

Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation

Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation expanded over the weekend and saw its weekend haul grow, but by a tiny amount. It pulled in $65.5 million in 59 markets over the weekend for totals of $156.7 million internationally and $264.5 million worldwide. The film earned first place in a trio of major markets, led by Russia where it made $4.07 million on 1,125 screens. It also debuted in Germany ($2.84 million on 612) and Spain ($1.73 million on 603). On the other hand, it had to settle for second place in Japan with $4.60 million on 600 screens over the weekend for a total opening of $6.07 million. Jurassic World earned first place in Japan, so that's hardly a poor opening. Its biggest market overall was South Korea, where it made $6.57 million on 818 screens over the weekend for a two-week total of $31.99 million. The film is below average for the franchise so far, but that's still enough to break even and justify yet another installment. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Mission Still Fantastic, Four Flops

August 11th, 2015

Fantastic Four

Despite what conventional wisdom was predicting, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation remained in first place, as Fantastic Four missed even our low expectations. The Gift also did well, but the other two wide releases opened on the low end of expectations. Overall, the box office fell 8.3% from last weekend down to $132 million, so according to that number, it is safe to say summer is fading fast. Worse still, compared to last year, the box office was 29% lower, which is terrible and a clear sign that summer is already over. Granted, 2015 still has a solid lead over 2014, at $6.88 billion to $6.51 billion. A lead of 5.7% at this time of year is great and it would take an epic collapse for that to disappear anytime soon. I don't think 2015 will bounce back and start padding its lead any time soon, but I also don't think it will have 29% deficits week after week either. More...

International Box Office: Rogue Nation Goes International

August 6th, 2015

Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation

Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation opened in first place on the international chart with $64.5 million in 41 markets. Its biggest opening by far came in South Korea, where it made $13.80 million on 1,202 screens over the weekend for a total opening of $16.90 million. That total opening was more than twice the film's second biggest opening, $8.31 million in 572 theaters in the U.K. The film also had major market openings in Mexico ($4.17 million) and in Australia ($3.68 million). The film has yet to open in most major markets, including Germany, Russia, Spain, and Japan. The film opens in all four this weekend, so it should strong on the international chart. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Impossible Mission has Plausible Opening

August 4th, 2015

Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation

Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation matched expectations close enough to call it a victory. Meanwhile, Vacation came within 10% of Friday's predictions, but unfortunately, we weren't predicting box office success, so that's not a good thing. With the holdovers slumping as summer ends, the overall box office dipped 3.2% from last weekend. That's not the problem. The problem is the 21% drop-off from the same weekend last year. Granted, Guardians of the Galaxy broke records when it opened this weekend last year, but a 21% drop-off is still troublesome. 2015 still leads 2014 by a substantial margin at $6.67 billion to $6.25 billion, so unless 2015 really crashes, it will still have a lead going into the winter holidays. More...

Weekend Predictions: Mission has Impossible Mission

July 30th, 2015

Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation

Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation shouldn't have any trouble earning first place over the weekend. In fact, it should make more than the rest of the top five combined. On the downside, its real competition isn't the other films in theaters, but Guardians of the Galaxy, which set the August weekend box office record when it opened this weekend last year. Rogue Nation could have a record-opening for the franchise and still not come close to Guardians of the Galaxy. The only other new wide release of the week is Vacation, which started on Wednesday. Its reviews are terrible and its box office chances are not much better. Since nothing will top Guardians of the Galaxy's record-breaking opening, it seems 2015 will end the month on a losing note. Hopefully this is just a momentary hiccup and not an omen for how the rest of the summer will go. More...

International Box Office: Monster Hunt Chomps Chinese Record Book

July 29th, 2015

Monster Hunt

Monster Hunt remained in first place on the international chart with $46 million over the weekend for a two-week total of $225 million. The film again dominated its home market (China) earning $113.16 million over the full week for a running tally of $221.41 million after eleven days of release. It became the biggest Chinese film in its native market and the third biggest film of all time, behind Transformers: Age of Extinction and the current record holder, Furious 7. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Ant-Man Towers Over Pixels

July 28th, 2015

Ant-Man

Ant-Man unexpectedly repeated on top of the weekend box office, as Pixels failed to meet expectations by a sizable margin. In fact, only Southpaw beat expectations. The overall box office sunk as a result, down 22% from last weekend to $151 million. Worse still, this was 2.3% lower than the same weekend last year. Fortunately, 2015 has won a lot more weeks than it has lost and has built up an impressive 8.2% lead over 2014 at $6.45 billion to $5.96 billion. It isn't impossible for 2015 to lose a lead that large, but I'm cautiously optimistic that it can see this lead grow through to the end of the year. More...

Weekend Estimates: Ant-Man Defeats Poor Pixels

July 26th, 2015

Pixels

Three new wide releases and three returning movies that are still pulling in good crowds will produce a box office chart with no knock-out winner this weekend. That’s in large part thanks to a disappointing debut from Pixels. The Adam Sandler/Kevin James-comedy/adventure-Ghostbusters/wannabe will earn about $24 million this weekend, according to Sony’s Sunday estimate. That puts it in danger of not even earning back its marketing budget domestically, let alone starting to recover the $88 million production budget. It also means that Ant-Man will top the charts for a second weekend. More...

Friday Estimates: Pixels Struggling in Crowded Market

July 25th, 2015

Pixels

Three mid-tier new releases combined with three returning hits made for a very crowded market on Friday, with all six films earning over $5 million for the day. Pixels emerged the winner with $9.2 million, according to studio estimates, but that far from guarantees a weekend win for the film. Based on previous opening weekend ratios for Adam Sandler movies, we can expect a Friday-weekend multiplier for the film around 2.9, which puts it on course for a $27 million debut. Current studio tracking suggests it will fall short of that mark, with more like $24 million. Either way, that’s not a great start for a film with an $88 million budget and a seemingly attractive premise. Sandler’s drawing power is clearly on the wane, at least domestically. The film has somewhat better prospects overseas, and early reports show it performing well. More...

Weekend Predictions: Is Pixels Poised to Top the Weekend Chart?

July 24th, 2015

Pixels

Pixels leads a group of three wide releases looking to battle for limited box office dollars. It appears to be on track for first place, but with not as much as I anticipated at the beginning of the month. This is partially explained by its reviews which are lower than the 30% to 40% positive range I was anticipating. Paper Towns is earning much better reviews, but still barely above the overall positive level. Finally there's Southpaw, which is earning mixed reviews and its buzz is weak, so it will likely be outside the top five over the weekend. Both Ant-Man and Minions should continue to perform well, with the former having a shot at first place, if Pixels flops. This weekend last year, there were two wide releases that did quite well, Lucy and Hercules. I don't think any of the new releases this week will come close to earning the same as Lucy did, but I think the depth is better this year, so 2015 will still come out ahead in the year-over-year comparison. More...

International Box Office: Monster Hunt is Monster Hit

July 23rd, 2015

Monster Hunt

It is a special week on the international chart, as we have an international film in first place. Monster Hunt earned first place in China with an estimated $72 million over the weekend and a total opening of $107.58 million. (This includes less than $1 million in early previews.) This movie is a romantic comedy, of sorts, set in a world of CGI monsters. This is the kind of film that could have appeal in many markets outside of the usual markets Chinese films play in. Additionally, this is the kind of opening that will make distributors here interested in obtaining the rights. It is too soon to tell if it will have a global run, but it will be worth keeping an eye on. More...

Per Theater Chart: Irrational has Very Reasonable Debut

July 22nd, 2015

Bajrangi Bhaijaan

The $10,000 club was led by Irrational Man with $175,312 in five theaters for an average of $35,062. While this was the best average of the weekend, it was the weakest opening weekend for a Woody Allen movie since You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger. The Stanford Prison Experiment was next with an average of $18,757 in two theaters. Its reviews are good, but not great, so its chances to expand significantly are still just 50/50. Up next is a pair of wide releases, Ant-Man and Minions, which earned averages of $14,841 and $11,430 respectively. The final entrant in the $10,000 club was Bajrangi Bhaijaan with an average of $10,239; however, it was playing in 256 theaters and arguably it had the most impressive opening for any limited release this week. This is the second weekend in a row a Bollywood film did this well on the per theater chart. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Ant-Man Tops Terrific Weekend

July 20th, 2015

Ant-Man

The top of the box office had a small surprise, as Ant-Man earned first place with $57.23 million over the weekend. This is a little lower than predicted, but Minions really collapsed, so Ant-Man easily won the race for the top of the box office race. Meanwhile, Trainwreck had a solid third place opening and could be on its way to $100 million, thanks in part to its target demographic and to its reviews. Overall, the box office pulled in $194 million. This is 9.6% lower than last weekend, but more importantly, it is 30% higher than the same weekend last year. 30%. That's a massive margin of victory. Year-to-date, 2015 has pulled in $6.20 billion, which is 8.1% more than 2014's pace. Summer is winding down, so 2015 is in a great place moving into the slower part of the year. Even if August and September are slower than average, there's almost no chance 2015 will blow through the $460 million lead it has over 2014. More...

Weekend Estimates: Ant-Man Misses Out, Trainwreck Breaks Out

July 19th, 2015

Ant-Man

Perhaps we’re seeing the first signs of multiplex fatigue? In the midst of a buoyant Summer at the movies, Ant-Man will debut with around $58 million, according to Sunday estimates, about 10% below expectations, and well short of the $94 million earned by Guardians of the Galaxy this time last year. It’s a very good opening, to be sure, but the second slightly disappointing debut from the Marvel Cinematic Universe this year, after The Avengers: Age of Ultron’s $191 million opening weekend back in May. We’re talking disappointment of the level of seeing Babe Ruth only hit one home run in a game here, so we need to put things in perspective. It’s the twelfth straight $50 million-plus opening for the franchise in seven years—an unprecedented box office run. More...

Friday Estimates: Ant-Man Stands Tall on Opening Friday

July 18th, 2015

Ant-Man

Ant-Man opened in first place with $22.64 million on Friday, which puts it well ahead of Minions on the Friday box office chart. On the other hand, it was a little disappointing compared to expectations. Figuring out where it will end up is deceptively tricky given the number of other Marvel Cinematic Universe films to compare it to. Ant-Man's reviews continued to tick up, and are now at 80% positive—in the same range as the first Captain America movie. It also had a similar opening day to that film. However, Captain America opened before The Avengers and one could argue that every film after that should be considered a sequel, which would tend them towards being even more front-loaded than original films. Factoring that in, look for Ant-Man to post around $56 million over its opening weekend, which will give it an easy first place debut. Unless its legs are as long as Guardians of the Galaxy’s, it won't reach $200 million in total, but it should top its budget (reportedly $130 million) so it will become a box office success. Analysts hoping for the first MCU bomb will have to wait. More...

Weekend Predictions: How Large Will Ant-Man Grow?

July 16th, 2015

Ant-Man

There could be an interesting race on top of the box office charts this weekend, as Ant-Man will be looking to unseat Minions. However, while I think Ant-Man will come out on top on Friday, I think Minions will repeat over the weekend. The other new release of the week is Trainwreck, which has seen its reviews fall from 100% positive to a mere 90% positive. The amazing reviews and the success of R-rated female-centric films lately suggests it has the potential to reach $100 million. Inside Out and Jurassic World will also both hit milestones, so it should be an exciting weekend. This weekend last year, none of the three wide releases were particularly strong, which left Dawn of the Planet of the Apes in first place for the second weekend in a row with $36.25 million. Both Minions and Ant-Man will top that. Trainwreck might top that as well. It should be a good weekend for 2015 in the year-over-year comparison. More...

International Box Office: Minions Crowd Out the Competition

July 15th, 2015

Minions

Matching its stellar domestic debut, Minions rose to first place with $130.7 million on 9,606 screens in 56 markets at the international box office at the weekend for totals of $287.77 million internationally and $403.49 million worldwide. The film debuted in 30 new markets, earned first place in all of them, and broke the record for the biggest animated opening in 28 of them. This includes Russia, where it earned $15.12 million on 1,209 screens, which is the biggest opening in that market, animated or otherwise. Its biggest opening was in Mexico, where the film earned $15.72 million on 692 screens over the weekend. Meanwhile, it earned first place in France with a total opening of $12 million on 868 screens. It remains above Despicable Me 2's pace and this puts it on track to reach $1 billion worldwide. More...

Contest: Don't Be Slow: Winning Announcement

July 14th, 2015

The winners of our Don't Be Slow contest were determined and the entrants with the closest predictions for Minions opening weekend were... More...

Per Theater Chart: Tangerine Has Sweet Start

July 14th, 2015

Tangerine

The $10,000 club was busier that it was last week with four films earning a per theater average of more than $10,000. This includes the overall number one film, Minions, which earned an average of $26,905 in over 4,000 theaters. The best limited release was Tangerine with an average $15,171 in four theaters. I thought this might be a little too niche to find a large audience, but perhaps I was wrong. Up next is Baahubali: The Beginning, which was also a surprise hit with an average of $13,559 in 236 theaters. It is very rare for a Bollywood film to do that well. The final film in the $10,000 club was Do I Sound Gay? with $11,000 in its lone theater. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Minions Crush Competition, but Fall Short of Record

July 14th, 2015

Minions

As expected Minions dominated the box office earning first place with more than a 50% share of the total box office. It became the fourth film to open with more than $100 million this year. Three of those were released by Universal. On the other hand, the less said about The Gallows or Self/Less the better. To be fair, The Gallows earned more during its opening day that it cost to make, but its advertising budget is much bigger than its production budget. Meanwhile, Self/Less barely topped the Mendoza Line (earning only just over $2,000 per theater). The overall box office reached $215 million, which was 59% more than last week and 43% the same weekend last year. Year-to-date, 2015 has earned $5.92 billion, which is 6.4% higher than last year's pace. More...

Weekend Estimates: Minions Have Second-Best Animated Opening

July 12th, 2015

Minions

2015 is becoming a golden year for blockbuster openings, and a platinum year for Universal. The studio is celebrating yet again, with Minions heading to a gigantic $115.2 million projected opening weekend. That’s the second-best debut of all time for an animated film (see all-time opening weekend records), although, incredibly, it’s only the third-best weekend for the studio this year after the debuts of Furious 7 and Jurassic World. The studio, which would usually consider a 12% market share an excellent year, has so far earned a whopping 26% share for 2015—quite literally off the charts. More...

Friday Estimates: Minions On Pace for Century Opening, Perhaps Record

July 11th, 2015

Minions

The Friday estimates are in and Minions pulled in $46.2 million. On the one hand, this makes my job as a box office analyst easy, because all I have to say is “Wow!” On the other hand, it is hard to compare this film to others to calculate its most likely weekend haul, because there are so few animated films that opened this well. More...

Thursday Night: Minions Have Explosive Start

July 10th, 2015

Minions made an explosive debut on Thursday night, earning $6.2 million from evening showings, which is more than any other film earned for the entire day. However, those numbers will be wrapped-up into its Friday numbers, which we will talk about tomorrow. How good is this? To put this into perspective, Despicable Me 2 earned-News.jpg" width=750 alt="Minions 3 >

Minions made an explosive debut on Thursday night, earning $6.2 million from evening showings, which is more than any other film earned for the entire day. However, those numbers will be wrapped up into its Friday numbers, which we will talk about tomorrow. How good is this? To put this into perspective,

Minions made an explosive debut on Thursday night, earning $6.2 million from evening showings, which is more than any other film earned for the entire day. However, those numbers will be wrapped-up into its Friday numbers, which we will talk about tomorrow. How good is this? To put this into perspective, Despicable Me 2 earned $4.7 million during its Tuesday night shows and that film went on to earn $84 million during its opening weekend and had a total opening of $143 million. Granted, that film also earned better reviews and opened during July 4th weekend. Even so, a $100 million opening seems very likely. We will know more by Saturday. More...

Weekend Predictions: Will Minions Top $100 Million?

July 9th, 2015

Minions

Of the three wide releases this week, only Minions is dominating the box office tracking. Unfortunately, its reviews are nowhere near as strong as they were at the beginning of the month. Even worse, they are twice as good as the reviews for Self/Less and The Gallows. The Gallows should earn a spot in the top five during its opening weekend, but the prospects for Self/Less are not as good. This weekend last year, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes opened with $72.61 million. Minions should crush that number. Also, last year only three films earned more than $10 million over the weekend, while this year, the top five should do the same. 2015 should earn a solid win in the year-over-year comparison. More...

International Box Office: Genisys Takes Over the World

July 9th, 2015

Terminator: Genisys

Terminator: Genisys expanded its market count to 47 over the weekend, which allowed it to rise to first place with $74.0 million for a two-week total of $85.5 million internationally. Its biggest new market was Russia, where it dominated with $11.17 million on 2,192 screens over the weekend. South Korea was close behind with $9.24 million on 1,113 screens for a total opening of $11.06 million. The film earned first place in Mexico with $4.73 million on 1,307 for a total opening of $6.18 million. It only managed second place in Brazil with $3.9 million on 1,012. In all four markets, the film set records for the franchise. It wasn't as lucky in the U.K., where it opened in second place with $5.83 million in 536 theaters. That's about on par with its opening here in the US. The goal for the film is to earn over $200 million internationally and $300 million worldwide. If it can get there, then the film will likely break even, eventually. On the other hand, "breaking even" isn't enough to justify continuing the reboot trilogy. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: New Releases are on the Outside

July 6th, 2015

Inside Out

It was not a good weekend for new releases, as the top two spots went to holdovers. Fortunately, Inside Out earned first place over Jurassic World, because I had no idea what I was going to do for an image this time around. (That's not true. I was going to look for pictures of corgis dressed as dinosaurs.) Neither Terminator: Genisys or Magic Mike XXL matched expectations. At least Terminator: Genisys came close. Overall, the box office plummeted 26% from last weekend to just $135 million. Granted, that's still 2.2% higher than the same weekend last year, but boy have we come down from the highs we saw just a few weeks ago. Year-to-date, 2015 has earned $5.62 billion, which is 6.0% above 2014's pace of $5.31 million. 2015 would really need to sink for a number of weeks before that lead was in trouble, but after this week, that scenario is a little more likely. More...

Contest: Don't Be Slow

July 3rd, 2015

Next weekend, there is only one new release that has a shot at first place, Minions. The other two might not even make the top five. This makes Minions the only real choice for the target film for this week's Box Office Prediction contest. In order to win, one must simply predict the opening weekend box office number for Minions.

Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going over, will win a copy of Slow West on DVD. Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going under, will also win a copy of Slow West on DVD. Finally, we will be choosing an entrant from the group of people who haven't won, or haven't won recently, and they will win a Frankenprize featuring a previously reviewed DVD or Blu-ray. Entries must be received by 10 a.m., Pacific Time on Friday to be eligible, so don't delay! More...

International Box Office: Billion Dollar Dinosaurs

July 2nd, 2015

Jurassic World

(As I warned previously, we've run out of images for Jurassic World, so we are down to Picture Unrelated. And no, I will not explain the context of the image. I will say the TV show it comes from is surprisingly good.)

Jurassic World completed a hat-trick at the weekend by earning first place with $82.5 million in 67 markets for totals of $737.5 million internationally and $1.238 billion worldwide. The film entered the top ten on the all-time worldwide box office chart over the weekend and has already moved into seventh place. Its biggest single market was China, where it made $38.07 million over the full week for a total of $206.57 million after three weekends. Hopefully this is the last weekend the film spends in top spot, as new releases finally rise to overtake it. If it is still in first place next week, it will be a sign that the box office is slowing down. More...

2015 Preview: July

July 1st, 2015

Minions

June was a much better month than expected due to two films, Jurassic World and Inside Out. Had those two films merely matched expectations, then 2015 would have likely fallen behind 2014. As for this coming month, there are five weekends in July and each week there is at least one film with the potential to reach $100 million. Most weeks there are two films that at least have a shot at getting to the century mark. The biggest hit of the month will likely be Minions, which has already opened in several international markets and it's ahead of Despicable Me 2 at the same point. That film made more than $300 million and nearly $1 billion worldwide, so any growth would be fantastic. There are also a number of potential $200 million films, led by Ant-man. Ant-man is the latest release in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, a franchise that has averaged $300 million domestically over eleven films and all of the past six films have reached at least $200 million. I'm not saying this one is guaranteed to do the same, but you can't dismiss that possibility. Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation and Pixels have smaller chances to get to $200 million, but you have to at least entertain the possibility. Additionally, last July was a lot weaker than this July looks to be, so 2015 should win in the year-over-year comparison most weeks. Or I might have let the box office success of June cloud my judgment. We will soon find out. More...

International Box Office: Jurassic Worldwide Success

June 25th, 2015

Jurassic World

Jurassic World remained in first place internationally, earning $160.5 million on 18,718 screens in 66 markets for a total of $583.1 million internationally. This pushed its worldwide total to $985.9 million. It hit $1 billion worldwide on Monday, which was a speed record for that milestone. Its biggest market was China, where it earned $68.84 million over the full week for a total of $168.24 million after 12 days of release. However, the film has been pushed into second place on the daily chart by SPL 2: A Time For Consequences. On the other hand, the film is still in first place in the U.K. with $17.53 million in 614 theaters for a two-week total of $60.67 million. More...

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jul 10, 2015 1 $115,718,405   4,301 $26,905   $115,718,405 1
Jul 17, 2015 2 $49,274,730 -57% 4,311 $11,430   $215,766,440 2
Jul 24, 2015 3 $22,933,960 -53% 4,062 $5,646   $262,454,370 3
Jul 31, 2015 4 $12,387,375 -46% 3,575 $3,465   $287,578,650 4
Aug 7, 2015 6 $7,449,020 -40% 3,123 $2,385   $302,803,140 5
Aug 14, 2015 8 $5,148,125 -31% 2,640 $1,950   $312,916,835 6
Aug 21, 2015 9 $3,828,720 -26% 2,226 $1,720   $320,084,045 7
Aug 28, 2015 11 $2,875,080 -25% 1,976 $1,455   $324,755,670 8
Sep 4, 2015 11 $2,968,495 +3% 1,927 $1,540   $328,839,955 9
Sep 11, 2015 14 $1,512,940 -49% 1,585 $955   $331,586,135 10
Sep 18, 2015 15 $986,960 -35% 1,134 $870   $332,850,665 11
Sep 25, 2015 19 $436,020 -56% 507 $860   $333,519,195 12
Oct 2, 2015 20 $308,725 -29% 265 $1,165   $333,909,265 13
Oct 9, 2015 24 $245,290 -21% 253 $970   $334,215,500 14
Oct 16, 2015 22 $240,570 -2% 243 $990   $334,544,425 15
Oct 23, 2015 25 $197,505 -18% 231 $855   $334,798,960 16
Oct 30, 2015 32 $142,685 -28% 234 $610   $334,992,380 17
Nov 6, 2015 28 $194,170 +36% 227 $855   $335,243,940 18
Nov 13, 2015 30 $158,520 -18% 206 $770   $335,485,230 19
Nov 20, 2015 28 $115,615 -27% 182 $635   $335,632,780 20
Nov 27, 2015 29 $130,530 +13% 173 $755   $335,846,465 21
Dec 4, 2015 34 $81,610 -37% 190 $430   $335,947,255 22
Dec 11, 2015 35 $61,405 -25% 141 $435   $336,029,560 23

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Jul 9, 2015 P $6,200,000     0     $6,200,000  
Jul 10, 2015 1 $46,042,205     4,301 $10,705   $46,042,205 1
Jul 11, 2015 1 $38,859,535 -16%   4,301 $9,035   $84,901,740 2
Jul 12, 2015 1 $30,816,665 -21%   4,301 $7,165   $115,718,405 3
Jul 13, 2015 1 $12,946,010 -58%   4,301 $3,010   $128,664,415 4
Jul 14, 2015 1 $16,838,415 +30%   4,301 $3,915   $145,502,830 5
Jul 15, 2015 1 $11,505,175 -32%   4,301 $2,675   $157,008,005 6
Jul 16, 2015 1 $9,483,705 -18%   4,301 $2,205   $166,491,710 7
Jul 17, 2015 2 $14,571,180 +54% -68% 4,311 $3,380   $181,062,890 8
Jul 18, 2015 1 $20,218,590 +39% -48% 4,311 $4,690   $201,281,480 9
Jul 19, 2015 2 $14,484,960 -28% -53% 4,311 $3,360   $215,766,440 10
Jul 20, 2015 2 $5,777,100 -60% -55% 4,311 $1,340   $221,543,540 11
Jul 21, 2015 1 $8,018,460 +39% -52% 4,311 $1,860   $229,562,000 12
Jul 22, 2015 1 $5,173,200 -35% -55% 4,311 $1,200   $234,735,200 13
Jul 23, 2015 1 $4,785,210 -8% -50% 4,311 $1,110   $239,520,410 14
Jul 24, 2015 3 $6,810,550 +42% -53% 4,062 $1,677   $246,330,960 15
Jul 25, 2015 2 $9,006,190 +32% -55% 4,062 $2,217   $255,337,150 16
Jul 26, 2015 2 $7,117,220 -21% -51% 4,062 $1,752   $262,454,370 17
Jul 27, 2015 2 $3,090,160 -57% -47% 4,062 $761   $265,544,530 18
Jul 28, 2015 2 $4,005,280 +30% -50% 4,062 $986   $269,549,810 19
Jul 29, 2015 3 $2,820,955 -30% -45% 4,062 $694   $272,370,765 20
Jul 30, 2015 1 $2,820,510 n/c -41% 4,062 $694   $275,191,275 21
Jul 31, 2015 4 $3,628,625 +29% -47% 3,575 $1,015   $278,819,900 22
Aug 1, 2015 4 $4,969,250 +37% -45% 3,575 $1,390   $283,789,150 23
Aug 2, 2015 4 $3,789,500 -24% -47% 3,575 $1,060   $287,578,650 24
Aug 3, 2015 2 $2,001,845 -47% -35% 3,575 $560   $289,580,495 25
Aug 4, 2015 2 $2,377,375 +19% -41% 3,575 $665   $291,957,870 26
Aug 5, 2015 2 $1,751,750 -26% -38% 3,575 $490   $293,709,620 27
Aug 6, 2015 2 $1,644,500 -6% -42% 3,575 $460   $295,354,120 28
Aug 7, 2015 7 $2,217,030 +35% -39% 3,123 $710   $297,571,150 29
Aug 8, 2015 6 $2,999,220 +35% -40% 3,123 $960   $300,570,370 30
Aug 9, 2015 6 $2,232,770 -26% -41% 3,123 $715   $302,803,140 31
Aug 10, 2015 5 $1,108,665 -50% -45% 3,123 $355   $303,911,805 32
Aug 11, 2015 3 $1,858,185 +68% -22% 3,123 $595   $305,769,990 33
Aug 12, 2015 4 $1,061,820 -43% -39% 3,123 $340   $306,831,810 34
Aug 13, 2015 4 $936,900 -12% -43% 3,123 $300   $307,768,710 35
Aug 14, 2015 8 $1,438,800 +54% -35% 2,640 $545   $309,207,510 36
Aug 15, 2015 8 $2,151,705 +50% -28% 2,640 $815   $311,359,215 37
Aug 16, 2015 7 $1,557,620 -28% -30% 2,640 $590   $312,916,835 38
Aug 17, 2015 6 $738,205 -53% -33% 2,640 $280   $313,655,040 39
Aug 18, 2015 5 $1,069,645 +45% -42% 2,640 $405   $314,724,685 40
Aug 19, 2015 5 $791,990 -26% -25% 2,640 $300   $315,516,675 41
Aug 20, 2015 5 $738,650 -7% -21% 2,640 $280   $316,255,325 42
Aug 21, 2015 10 $1,090,740 +48% -24% 2,226 $490   $317,346,065 43
Aug 22, 2015 10 $1,580,460 +45% -27% 2,226 $710   $318,926,525 44
Aug 23, 2015 8 $1,157,520 -27% -26% 2,226 $520   $320,084,045 45
Aug 24, 2015 7 $434,070 -63% -41% 2,226 $195   $320,518,115 46
Aug 25, 2015 7 $589,890 +36% -45% 2,226 $265   $321,108,005 47
Aug 26, 2015 8 $412,525 -30% -48% 2,226 $185   $321,520,530 48
Aug 27, 2015 10 $360,060 -13% -51% 2,226 $162   $321,880,590 49
Aug 28, 2015 13 $671,840 +87% -38% 1,976 $340   $322,552,430 50
Aug 29, 2015 11 $1,323,920 +97% -16% 1,976 $670   $323,876,350 51
Aug 30, 2015 9 $879,320 -34% -24% 1,976 $445   $324,755,670 52
Aug 31, 2015 9 $296,640 -66% -32% 1,976 $150   $325,052,310 53
Sep 1, 2015 11 $325,605 +10% -45% 1,976 $165   $325,377,915 54
Sep 2, 2015 12 $246,825 -24% -40% 1,976 $125   $325,624,740 55
Sep 3, 2015 12 $246,720 n/c -31% 1,976 $125   $325,871,460 56
Sep 4, 2015 13 $617,260 +150% -8% 1,927 $320   $326,488,720 57
Sep 5, 2015 10 $1,156,180 +87% -13% 1,927 $600   $327,644,900 58
Sep 6, 2015 10 $1,195,055 +3% +36% 1,927 $620   $328,839,955 59
Sep 7, 2015 9 $934,595 -22% +215% 1,927 $485   $329,774,550 60
Sep 8, 2015 - $134,890 -86% -59% 1,927 $70   $329,909,440 61
Sep 9, 2015 - $86,715 -36% -65% 1,927 $45   $329,996,155 62
Sep 10, 2015 - $77,040 -11% -69% 1,927 $40   $330,073,195 63
Sep 11, 2015 - $269,450 +250% -56% 1,585 $170   $330,342,645 64
Sep 12, 2015 11 $775,970 +188% -33% 1,585 $490   $331,118,615 65
Sep 13, 2015 12 $467,520 -40% -61% 1,585 $295   $331,586,135 66
Sep 14, 2015 - $95,115 -80% -90% 1,585 $60   $331,681,250 67
Sep 15, 2015 - $72,050 -24% -47% 1,585 $45   $331,753,300 68
Sep 16, 2015 - $62,630 -13% -28% 1,585 $40   $331,815,930 69
Sep 17, 2015 - $47,775 -24% -38% 1,585 $30   $331,863,705 70
Sep 18, 2015 - $187,110 +292% -31% 1,134 $165   $332,050,815 71
Sep 19, 2015 10 $510,300 +173% -34% 1,134 $450   $332,561,115 72
Sep 20, 2015 12 $289,550 -43% -38% 1,134 $255   $332,850,665 73
Sep 21, 2015 - $45,510 -84% -52% 1,134 $40   $332,896,175 74
Sep 22, 2015 - $56,590 +24% -21% 1,134 $50   $332,952,765 75
Sep 23, 2015 - $79,380 +40% +27% 1,134 $70   $333,032,145 76
Sep 24, 2015 - $51,030 -36% +7% 1,134 $45   $333,083,175 77
Sep 25, 2015 - $106,470 +109% -43% 507 $210   $333,189,645 78
Sep 26, 2015 - $215,475 +102% -58% 507 $425   $333,405,120 79
Sep 27, 2015 - $114,075 -47% -61% 507 $225   $333,519,195 80
Sep 28, 2015 - $20,505 -82% -55% 507 $40   $333,539,700 81
Sep 29, 2015 - $22,815 +11% -60% 507 $45   $333,562,515 82
Sep 30, 2015 - $20,280 -11% -74% 507 $40   $333,582,795 83
Oct 1, 2015 - $17,745 -13% -65% 507 $35   $333,600,540 84
Oct 2, 2015 - $63,600 +258% -40% 265 $240   $333,664,140 85
Oct 3, 2015 15 $160,325 +152% -26% 265 $605   $333,824,465 86
Oct 4, 2015 15 $84,800 -47% -26% 265 $320   $333,909,265 87
Oct 5, 2015 - $14,575 -83% -29% 265 $55   $333,923,840 88
Oct 6, 2015 - $17,225 +18% -25% 265 $65   $333,941,065 89
Oct 7, 2015 - $13,250 -23% -35% 265 $50   $333,954,315 90
Oct 8, 2015 - $15,895 +20% -10% 265 $60   $333,970,210 91
Oct 9, 2015 - $64,595 +306% +2% 253 $255   $334,034,805 92
Oct 10, 2015 - $113,695 +76% -29% 253 $449   $334,148,500 93
Oct 11, 2015 - $67,000 -41% -21% 253 $265   $334,215,500 94
Oct 12, 2015 - $39,095 -42% +168% 253 $155   $334,254,595 95
Oct 13, 2015 - $15,180 -61% -12% 253 $60   $334,269,775 96
Oct 14, 2015 - $13,840 -9% +4% 253 $55   $334,283,615 97
Oct 15, 2015 - $20,240 +46% +27% 253 $80   $334,303,855 98
Oct 16, 2015 - $68,040 +236% +5% 243 $280   $334,371,895 99
Oct 17, 2015 - $108,135 +59% -5% 243 $445   $334,480,030 100
Oct 18, 2015 - $64,395 -40% -4% 243 $265   $334,544,425 101
Oct 19, 2015 - $15,795 -75% -60% 243 $65   $334,560,220 102
Oct 20, 2015 - $14,580 -8% -4% 243 $60   $334,574,800 103
Oct 21, 2015 - $13,250 -9% -4% 243 $55   $334,588,050 104
Oct 22, 2015 - $13,405 +1% -34% 243 $55   $334,601,455 105
Oct 23, 2015 - $47,355 +253% -30% 231 $205   $334,648,810 106
Oct 24, 2015 - $94,710 +100% -12% 231 $410   $334,743,520 107
Oct 25, 2015 - $55,440 -41% -14% 231 $240   $334,798,960 108
Oct 26, 2015 - $12,805 -77% -19% 231 $55   $334,811,765 109
Oct 27, 2015 - $12,715 -1% -13% 231 $55   $334,824,480 110
Oct 28, 2015 - $12,595 -1% -5% 231 $55   $334,837,075 111
Oct 29, 2015 - $12,620 n/c -6% 231 $55   $334,849,695 112
Oct 30, 2015 - $38,610 +206% -18% 234 $165   $334,888,305 113
Oct 31, 2015 - $45,630 +18% -52% 234 $195   $334,933,935 114
Nov 1, 2015 - $58,445 +28% +5% 234 $250   $334,992,380 115
Nov 2, 2015 - $15,155 -74% +18% 234 $65   $335,007,535 116
Nov 3, 2015 - $17,550 +16% +38% 234 $75   $335,025,085 117
Nov 4, 2015 - $11,815 -33% -6% 234 $50   $335,036,900 118
Nov 5, 2015 - $12,870 +9% +2% 234 $55   $335,049,770 119
Nov 6, 2015 - $43,125 +235% +12% 227 $190   $335,092,895 120
Nov 7, 2015 - $96,580 +124% +112% 227 $425   $335,189,475 121
Nov 8, 2015 - $54,465 -44% -7% 227 $240   $335,243,940 122
Nov 9, 2015 - $10,115 -81% -33% 227 $45   $335,254,055 123
Nov 10, 2015 - $13,525 +34% -23% 227 $60   $335,267,580 124
Nov 11, 2015 - $47,780 +253% +304% 227 $210   $335,315,360 125
Nov 12, 2015 - $11,350 -76% -12% 227 $50   $335,326,710 126
Nov 13, 2015 - $35,990 +217% -17% 206 $175   $335,362,700 127
Nov 14, 2015 - $78,245 +117% -19% 206 $380   $335,440,945 128
Nov 15, 2015 - $44,285 -43% -19% 206 $215   $335,485,230 129
Nov 16, 2015 - $8,340 -81% -18% 206 $40   $335,493,570 130
Nov 17, 2015 - $8,145 -2% -40% 206 $40   $335,501,715 131
Nov 18, 2015 - $7,305 -10% -85% 206 $35   $335,509,020 132
Nov 19, 2015 - $8,145 +11% -28% 206 $40   $335,517,165 133
Nov 20, 2015 - $23,675 +191% -34% 182 $130   $335,540,840 134
Nov 21, 2015 - $57,380 +142% -27% 182 $315   $335,598,220 135
Nov 22, 2015 - $34,560 -40% -22% 182 $190   $335,632,780 136
Nov 23, 2015 - $17,330 -50% +108% 182 $95   $335,650,110 137
Nov 24, 2015 - $23,605 +36% +190% 182 $130   $335,673,715 138
Nov 25, 2015 - $28,780 +22% +294% 182 $158   $335,702,495 139
Nov 26, 2015 - $13,440 -53% +65% 182 $74   $335,715,935 140
Nov 27, 2015 - $49,295 +267% +108% 173 $285   $335,765,230 141
Nov 28, 2015 - $54,460 +10% -5% 173 $315   $335,819,690 142
Nov 29, 2015 - $26,775 -51% -23% 173 $155   $335,846,465 143
Nov 30, 2015 - $6,055 -77% -65% 173 $35   $335,852,520 144
Dec 1, 2015 - $4,325 -29% -82% 173 $25   $335,856,845 145
Dec 2, 2015 - $4,405 +2% -85% 173 $25   $335,861,250 146
Dec 3, 2015 - $4,395 n/c -67% 173 $25   $335,865,645 147
Dec 4, 2015 - $16,065 +266% -67% 190 $85   $335,881,710 148
Dec 5, 2015 - $40,840 +154% -25% 190 $215   $335,922,550 149
Dec 6, 2015 - $24,705 -40% -8% 190 $130   $335,947,255 150
Dec 7, 2015 - $4,750 -81% -22% 190 $25   $335,952,005 151
Dec 8, 2015 - $5,705 +20% +32% 190 $30   $335,957,710 152
Dec 9, 2015 - $4,775 -16% +8% 190 $25   $335,962,485 153
Dec 10, 2015 - $5,670 +19% +29% 190 $30   $335,968,155 154
Dec 11, 2015 - $12,005 +112% -25% 141 $85   $335,980,160 155
Dec 12, 2015 - $29,660 +147% -27% 141 $210   $336,009,820 156
Dec 13, 2015 - $19,740 -33% -20% 141 $140   $336,029,560 157
Dec 14, 2015 - $3,525 -82% -26% 141 $25   $336,033,085 158
Dec 15, 2015 - $4,230 +20% -26% 141 $30   $336,037,315 159
Dec 16, 2015 - $4,185 -1% -12% 141 $30   $336,041,500 160
Dec 17, 2015 - $4,270 +2% -25% 141 $30   $336,045,770 161

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jul 10, 2015 1 $166,491,710   4,301 $38,710   $166,491,710 1
Jul 17, 2015 2 $73,028,700 -56% 4,311 $16,940   $239,520,410 2
Jul 24, 2015 2 $35,670,865 -51% 4,062 $8,782   $275,191,275 3
Jul 31, 2015 3 $20,162,845 -43% 3,575 $5,640   $295,354,120 4
Aug 7, 2015 6 $12,414,590 -38% 3,123 $3,975   $307,768,710 5
Aug 14, 2015 6 $8,486,615 -32% 2,640 $3,215   $316,255,325 6
Aug 21, 2015 9 $5,625,265 -34% 2,226 $2,527   $321,880,590 7
Aug 28, 2015 12 $3,990,870 -29% 1,976 $2,020   $325,871,460 8
Sep 4, 2015 12 $4,201,735 +5% 1,927 $2,180   $330,073,195 9
Sep 11, 2015 15 $1,790,510 -57% 1,585 $1,130   $331,863,705 10
Sep 18, 2015 16 $1,219,470 -32% 1,134 $1,075   $333,083,175 11
Sep 25, 2015 19 $517,365 -58% 507 $1,020   $333,600,540 12
Oct 2, 2015 20 $369,670 -29% 265 $1,395   $333,970,210 13
Oct 9, 2015 24 $333,645 -10% 253 $1,319   $334,303,855 14
Oct 16, 2015 24 $297,600 -11% 243 $1,225   $334,601,455 15
Oct 23, 2015 27 $248,240 -17% 231 $1,075   $334,849,695 16
Oct 30, 2015 31 $200,075 -19% 234 $855   $335,049,770 17
Nov 6, 2015 30 $276,940 +38% 227 $1,220   $335,326,710 18
Nov 13, 2015 33 $190,455 -31% 206 $925   $335,517,165 19
Nov 20, 2015 32 $198,770 +4% 182 $1,092   $335,715,935 20
Nov 27, 2015 29 $149,710 -25% 173 $865   $335,865,645 21
Dec 4, 2015 35 $102,510 -32% 190 $540   $335,968,155 22
Dec 11, 2015 37 $77,615 -24% 141 $550   $336,045,770 23

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Argentina 7/2/2015 $5,591,777 170 174 1,332 $36,154,412 1/1/2019
Australia 6/18/2015 $4,621,659 487 487 3,464 $25,909,698 10/19/2022
Austria 7/3/2015 $986,910 154 170 2,258 $6,849,077 12/23/2015
Belgium 7/8/2015 $1,951,697 149 149 1,706 $8,879,718 11/25/2015
Bolivia 7/9/2015 $0 0 38 107 $1,401,642 12/30/2018
Brazil 6/25/2015 $7,321,076 1,084 1,084 5,684 $37,712,080 12/8/2015
Bulgaria 7/10/2015 $268,491 0 59 339 $1,275,798 12/30/2018
Central America 7/9/2015 $0 0 11 17 $7,647,766 9/22/2015
Chile 7/9/2015 $2,077,547 58 64 588 $10,575,998 12/30/2018
China 9/12/2015 $17,630,000 65,714 65,714 133,026 $63,470,000 9/27/2018
Colombia 7/2/2015 $3,281,096 180 180 1,219 $10,234,700 12/30/2018
Croatia 7/9/2015 $284,126 35 35 316 $889,119 12/30/2018
Czech Republic 6/18/2015 $145,425 69 145 1,313 $4,442,783 12/30/2018
Denmark 7/2/2015 $534,883 90 92 1,024 $5,378,563 11/3/2015
Ecuador 7/10/2015 $0 0 11 23 $3,407,260 12/30/2018
Estonia 7/3/2015 $0 0 11 40 $758,735 8/18/2015
Finland 7/3/2015 $574,065 216 223 1,746 $4,544,668 10/27/2015
France 7/8/2015 $3,565,531 868 964 9,886 $45,481,854 12/8/2015
Germany 7/2/2015 $9,810,241 177 1,111 10,841 $63,467,650 12/31/2015
Greece 9/24/2015 $715,279 127 174 760 $2,158,511 12/8/2015
Hong Kong 7/9/2015 $4,672,780 46 46 260 $10,887,886 9/17/2015
Hungary 7/9/2015 $1,022,121 72 74 831 $3,406,063 12/30/2018
Iceland 7/8/2015 $0 0 5 9 $389,486 12/30/2018
India 7/10/2015 $939,195 254 254 715 $2,711,296 8/11/2015
Indonesia 6/17/2015 $3,495,751 517 517 1,382 $8,690,289 12/30/2018
Iraq 7/16/2015 $0 0 1 1 $1,010 12/30/2018
Israel 7/2/2015 $621,522 31 33 486 $5,631,733 12/30/2018
Italy 8/27/2015 $8,002,777 521 543 2,720 $23,861,117 8/15/2022
Japan 7/31/2015 $4,398,178 619 619 3,949 $42,300,998 11/18/2015
Kenya 7/10/2015 $0 0 4 4 $76,038 12/30/2018
Latvia 7/3/2015 $0 0 25 29 $833,604 12/30/2018
Lebanon 7/9/2015 $221,024 17 17 49 $1,046,107 12/30/2018
Lithuania 7/17/2015 $0 0 205 978 $1,311,010 9/25/2018
Malaysia 6/18/2015 $2,211,403 121 121 663 $4,997,922 9/17/2015
Mexico 7/9/2015 $15,722,420 692 694 2,414 $45,632,351 10/6/2015
Mongolia 7/17/2015 $42,550 4 4 15 $157,154 12/30/2018
Netherlands 7/2/2015 $1,148,467 132 132 2,184 $15,023,297 11/12/2018
New Zealand 6/25/2015 $731,456 126 126 1,117 $4,004,231 11/25/2015
Norway 7/3/2015 $697,946 131 131 904 $5,479,678 11/18/2015
Panama 7/9/2015 $3,134,738 12 16 97 $8,843,590 12/30/2018
Peru 7/23/2015 $1,886,661 84 85 406 $5,895,080 12/30/2018
Philippines 7/8/2015 $4,180,386 145 145 478 $6,597,326 12/30/2018
Poland 6/26/2015 $2,369,476 213 237 1,332 $8,071,082 12/30/2018
Portugal 7/23/2015 $1,176,714 70 77 721 $10,802,372 11/11/2015
Romania 7/10/2015 $531,290 111 111 708 $4,550,782 12/30/2018
Russia (CIS) 7/9/2015 $15,270,038 1,209 17,424 25,349 $30,015,860 12/30/2018
Serbia and Montenegro 7/9/2015 $0 0 22 26 $464,221 12/30/2018
Singapore 7/10/2015 $2,239,140 82 82 289 $5,240,672 9/29/2015
Slovakia 6/25/2015 $652,441 63 63 404 $2,050,705 9/16/2015
Slovenia 8/13/2015 $157,802 22 22 220 $822,057 12/1/2015
South Africa 7/10/2015 $1,029,859 129 129 1,120 $3,995,717 10/28/2015
South Korea 7/29/2015 $4,188,161 792 792 2,783 $15,573,916 4/28/2020
Spain 7/3/2015 $6,124,259 626 626 4,559 $26,857,564 6/9/2016
Sweden 7/3/2015 $1,095,644 153 153 1,301 $7,516,400 12/23/2015
Switzerland 7/2/2015 $1,034,218 192 219 2,079 $10,258,050 6/9/2016
Taiwan 7/10/2015 $4,498,279 188 188 754 $10,281,089 9/2/2015
Thailand 7/9/2015 $1,815,312 153 153 468 $3,402,195 9/23/2015
Turkey 9/4/2015 $840,008 328 328 1,822 $3,898,528 2/26/2019
Ukraine 7/9/2015 $830,690 277 277 1,151 $2,046,677 12/30/2018
United Arab Emirates 7/16/2015 $0 0 85 92 $4,160,166 12/30/2018
United Kingdom 6/26/2015 $18,191,605 571 607 9,363 $73,240,514 12/16/2015
Uruguay 6/25/2015 $183,079 26 29 206 $1,696,276 12/30/2018
Venezuela 7/10/2015 $6,162,068 70 70 672 $51,768,746 10/22/2015
Vietnam 7/10/2015 $1,189,338 205 205 377 $4,117,278 12/30/2018
 
Rest of World $1,977,824
 
International Total$821,225,989 10/19/2022

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


Weekly US DVD Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Dec 13, 20151943,442 943,442$16,029,080$16,029,0803
Dec 20, 20151717,147-24% 1,660,589$12,083,927$28,113,0074
Dec 27, 20152672,838-6% 2,333,427$10,846,149$38,959,1565
Jan 3, 2016589,159-87% 2,422,586$1,779,614$40,738,7706
Jan 10, 2016638,366-57% 2,460,952$765,785$41,504,5557
Jan 17, 2016922,602-41% 2,483,554$440,287$41,944,8428
Jan 24, 2016922,461-1% 2,506,015$409,913$42,354,7559
Jan 31, 2016939,745+77% 2,545,760$414,143$42,768,89810
Feb 7, 20161419,768-50% 2,565,528$256,193$43,025,09111
Feb 14, 20161045,099+128% 2,610,627$584,483$43,609,57412
Feb 21, 20161035,023-22% 2,645,650$453,898$44,063,47213
Feb 28, 20161716,439-53% 2,662,089$216,337$44,279,80914
Mar 6, 20161515,849-4% 2,677,938$171,169$44,450,97815
Mar 13, 20161033,898+114% 2,711,836$338,980$44,789,95816
Mar 20, 20161235,251+4% 2,747,087$352,510$45,142,46817
Mar 27, 20161238,667+10% 2,785,754$396,337$45,538,80518
Apr 3, 20163016,026-59% 2,801,780$208,338$45,747,14319
Apr 10, 2016286,887-57% 2,808,667$88,636$45,835,77920
Apr 17, 2016263,337-52% 2,812,004$37,007$45,872,78621
Jun 5, 20162615,245 2,878,769$157,176$46,671,30628
Jul 17, 20161810,238 2,938,687$104,018$47,308,27934
Dec 4, 20162923,775 3,071,479$163,096$48,622,84154
Jun 25, 2017309,168 3,245,088$73,252$50,220,89783
Jul 23, 20172610,078 3,270,948$80,221$50,432,71587
Aug 6, 2017259,332 3,284,988$74,469$50,544,66089
Jan 14, 2018307,240 3,452,252$45,105$51,860,374112
Jan 21, 2018297,494+4% 3,459,746$45,489$51,905,863113
Mar 25, 2018308,058 3,500,455$32,232$52,191,661122
Jun 30, 2019299,932 3,748,912$71,411$53,842,614188
Jul 7, 20192510,823+9% 3,759,735$58,877$53,901,491189
Jul 4, 20211014,563 4,116,113$276,843$56,103,148293
Jul 11, 20211015,554+7% 4,131,667$295,682$56,398,830294
Jul 18, 20211012,787-18% 4,144,454$243,081$56,641,911295
Jul 25, 20211012,233-4% 4,156,687$232,549$56,874,460296
Aug 1, 2021911,477-6% 4,168,164$218,178$57,092,638297
Aug 8, 20211011,019-4% 4,179,183$209,471$57,302,109298
Aug 15, 2021910,220-7% 4,189,403$194,282$57,496,391299
Aug 22, 202198,451-17% 4,197,854$160,654$57,657,045300
Jun 26, 2022175,584 4,342,632$88,730$58,539,031344
Jul 3, 202277,499+34% 4,350,131$118,859$58,657,890345
Jul 10, 202297,909+5% 4,358,040$125,279$58,783,169346
Jul 17, 2022711,885+50% 4,369,925$188,258$58,971,427347
Jul 24, 2022517,029+43% 4,386,954$269,399$59,240,826348
Jul 31, 202267,360-57% 4,394,314$116,435$59,357,261349
Aug 7, 2022611,514+56% 4,405,828$182,267$59,539,528350
Aug 14, 2022510,326-10% 4,416,154$163,461$59,702,989351
Aug 21, 202287,502-27% 4,423,656$118,832$59,821,821352
Aug 28, 202287,103-5% 4,430,759$112,512$59,934,333353
Sep 4, 202268,237+16% 4,438,996$130,474$60,064,807354
Sep 11, 202277,907-4% 4,446,903$125,247$60,190,054355

Weekly US Blu-ray Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Dec 13, 201511,845,890 1,845,890$35,132,093$35,132,0933
Dec 20, 20151592,971-68% 2,438,861$11,752,915$46,885,0084
Dec 27, 20151509,672-14% 2,948,533$9,836,012$56,721,0205
Jan 3, 2016280,613-84% 3,029,146$1,622,974$58,343,9946
Jan 10, 2016529,336-64% 3,058,482$590,023$58,934,0177
Jan 17, 2016718,355-37% 3,076,837$369,054$59,303,0718
Jan 24, 20161016,712-9% 3,093,549$322,109$59,625,1809
Jan 31, 2016654,913+229% 3,148,462$570,943$60,196,12310
Feb 7, 20161412,900-77% 3,161,362$193,944$60,390,06711
Feb 14, 20161125,941+101% 3,187,303$391,190$60,781,25712
Feb 21, 20161418,130-30% 3,205,433$272,928$61,054,18513
Feb 28, 2016207,827-57% 3,213,260$120,517$61,174,70214
Mar 20, 2016188,968 3,237,056$134,373$61,535,09417
Mar 27, 20161421,776+143% 3,258,832$292,399$61,827,49318
Jul 17, 2016623,252 3,327,015$303,629$62,736,27334

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