Key Takeaways
Total 3-Day Weekend Gross:
$121,280,965 | -22.7% Last Week / -24.7% Weekend 27, 2025
July 4 festivities combined with heat waves drove the overall box office down week-over-week and year-over-year. Universal owned the holiday last year with Jurassic World: Rebirth‘s dino domination ($92M opening), but being the seventh film in a franchise did not help Minions & Monsters which wildly underperformed compared to previous entries.
- Top Title: Minions & Monsters (Universal) | $36.4M / 4,425 Screens / $8,579 PSA | Week 1
- Top Opener: Minions & Monsters (Universal) | $36.4M / 4,425 Screens / $8,579 PSA | Week 1
- Best PSA: The Invite (A24) | $800.7K / 28 Screens / $28,597 PSA | Week 2
1. Minions & Monsters
Universal/Illumination | NEW
$36.4M 3-Day Opening Weekend | $159.87M Global Total
Universal Pictures and Illumination’s Minions & Monsters dominated domestic and global box office charts even as it posted a franchise-low opening. The seventh film in the Despicable Me franchise opened to a $36.4M 3-Day from 4,243 screens for an $8,579 Per Screen Average, lower than the first movie’s opening 16 years ago ($56.39M). It posted $61.44M over the 5-Day holiday frame, that number itself well below the 3-Day of previous entry Minions: The Rise of Gru ($107M). With over $2B, Despicable Me remains the highest-grossing domestic animated franchise, and is expected to clean up from merchandising.
Here’s how the 5-Day looked, including a weak 4th of July Saturday where it got pummeled by Toy Story 5 ($13.7M)…
- Wednesday – $14.2M
- Thursday – $10.8M
- Friday – $16.5M
- Saturday – $9.47M
- Sunday – $10.42M
There’s no question opening in close proximity to Toy Story 5 hurt the Minions this time around, but franchise fatigue is also a prime factor. That Pixar movie had a healthy 7-year gap between installments, whereas Despicable Me 4 only came out two years ago. It is also possible the early 20th century Hollywood setting and H.P. Lovecraft-inspired beasts that charmed critics (91% on RT) may have alienated younger audiences, with Minions & Monsters posting a lower under-25 age tally (55%) than the three previous films.
CinemaScore was an “A-” while audiences were 53% female. Here’s how demographics looked…
- Caucasian – 35%
- Hispanic – 37%
- African American – 7%
- Asian – 14%
- NATAM/Other – 6%
International numbers for Minions & Monsters are out-pacing domestic with an $85M weekend and $98.4M overseas total, bringing the global haul to $159.87M. Top 3 markets are China ($16.35M, not far from Toy Story 5‘s $17.9M opening), Germany ($6.4M), and the UK/Ireland ($5.86M). IMAX grosses were $3.5M domestic and $7.6M worldwide.
Other Notable Performances
Disney and Pixar’s Toy Story 5 continued to be a formidable performer in its third frame, taking in $31M (-56%) for a close second place. The domestic total stands at $366.3M while the sequel tallied $764.3M globally. On the domestic front Toy Story 5 is now the 6th highest grossing Pixar film below the previous two, while globally it passed Monsters University ($743.5M) to become their 9th biggest movie WW.
Angel Studios’ patriotic biopic Young Washington performed above our high-end expectations at #3 with a $20.8M 3-Day from 2,700 screens for a $7,721 Per Screen Average. This is on-par with the studio’s $22M opening for animated David as well as the $19.37M for The King of Kings.
Meanwhile, Warners’ Supergirl saga gets sadder by the weekend as the second frame of the expensive superhero flick dropped -74% (more than The Flash‘s -72.5%) for a $9.6M 3-Day at #4. Domestic total stands at $58.47M (just above Joker: Folie à Deux‘s lifetime) and $95M WW. Right now it looks like the film is pacing around Blue Beetle‘s $72.48M.
At #5 with $6M, Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day quietly crossed the century mark at $105.3M, becoming the director’s 16th domestic picture to do so (unadjusted). Globally the UFO movie has grossed $207.2M.
Next Weekend
Disney is doubling down on its family box office domination, releasing the live-action remake of Moana close on the heels of Toy Story 5, with Dwayne Johnson reprising his Maui. While live-action redo’s of older fair like Dumbo and Snow White have bit the dust theatrically in recent years, Gen X/Y fare like Lilo & Stitch, Aladdin, or The Little Mermaid have fared better. The animated Moana only came out a decade ago, while Moana 2 was 20 months ago, so this will test saturation threshold for the brand. On the counter-programming front Warners/New Line is unleashing Evil Dead Burn, the third modern entry/sixth overall in the four-decade old horror franchise. Evil Dead (2013) and Evil Dead Rise both opened in the $25M range.
Sunday Studio Estimates | Weekend 27 – 2026
Total 3-Day Domestic Gross: $121,280,965 | (-24.7% vs 2025)
| Title | Weekend Est. | Screens | PSA | Total | Week | Distributor |
| Minions & Monsters | $36,400,000 | 4,243 | $8,579 | $61,441,000 | 1 | Universal |
| Toy Story 5 | $31,000,000 | 3,975 | $7,799 | $366,348,690 | 3 | Disney |
| Young Washington | $20,847,688 | 2,700 | $7,721 | $20,847,688 | 1 | Angel Studios |
| Supergirl | $9,600,000 | 3,602 | $2,665 | $58,470,000 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| Disclosure Day | $6,000,000 | 2,702 | $2,221 | $105,312,000 | 4 | Universal |
| Obsession | $5,300,000 | 2,640 | $2,008 | $245,318,000 | 8 | Focus Features |
| Backrooms | $3,308,387 | 2,079 | $1,591 | $190,480,127 | 6 | A24 |
| jackass: best and last | $2,700,000 | 2,855 | $946 | $14,690,000 | 2 | Paramount |
| Scary Movie | $1,130,000 | 1,158 | $976 | $106,252,000 | 5 | Paramount |
| The Invite | $800,708 | 28 | $28,597 | $1,369,500 | 2 | A24 |
| Masters of the Universe | $726,000 | 920 | $789 | $63,878,003 | 5 | Amazon MGM Studios |
| Alpha | $616,230 | 480 | $1,284 | $616,230 | 1 | Yash Raj Films |
| Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu | $600,000 | 575 | $1,043 | $176,830,344 | 7 | Disney |
| Michael | $545,000 | 400 | $1,362 | $371,347,000 | 11 | Lionsgate |
| Leviticus | $344,000 | 350 | $983 | $6,575,781 | 3 | Neon Rated |
| Maddie’s Secret | $215,000 | 85 | $2,529 | $507,968 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures |
| F1 on Apple TV Live in IMAX: British Race | $200,000 | 49 | $4,082 | $200,000 | 1 | IMAX |
| Lucky Strike | $196,146 | 389 | $504 | $1,360,523 | 2 | Roadside Attractions |
| Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War – The Calamity | $177,073 | 400 | $443 | $4,272,307 | 2 | Fathom Entertainment |
| The Devil Wears Prada 2 | $160,000 | 115 | $1,391 | $220,282,322 | 10 | 20th Century Studios |
| Tuner | $130,000 | 250 | $520 | $4,357,745 | 7 | Black Bear |
| The Death of Robin Hood | $58,145 | 102 | $570 | $5,195,973 | 3 | A24 |
| Rose of Nevada | $52,176 | 34 | $1,535 | $141,850 | 3 | 1-2 Special |
| STOP! THAT! TRAIN! | $48,408 | 41 | $1,181 | $3,979,350 | 4 | Bleecker Street |
| Peter Asher: Everywhere Man | $45,000 | 41 | $1,098 | $104,371 | 3 | Greenwich Entertainment |
| I Love Boosters | $42,000 | 36 | $1,167 | $9,662,840 | 7 | Neon Rated |
| Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World | $23,197 | 4 | $5,799 | $23,197 | 1 | Kino Lorber |
| Sherman’s March (4K) | $10,000 | 1 | $10,000 | $10,000 | 1 | Music Box Films |
| The Python Hunt | $4,030 | 3 | $1,343 | $87,425 | 9 | Oscilloscope Pictures |
| Unidentified | $937 | 7 | $134 | $35,972 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| Underland | $839 | 4 | $210 | $12,067 | 5 | Oscilloscope Pictures |
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