NEW YORK (AP) - After a historically bad first half of the year, the box office is suddenly booming.
‘Despicable Me 4’ debuts with $122.6M as boom times return to the box office
NEW YORK (AP) - After a historically bad first half of the year, the box office is suddenly booming.
"Despicable Me 4," the Illumination Animation sequel, led the way over the holiday weekend with $75 million in ticket sales Friday through Sunday and $122.6 million since opening on Wednesday, according to studio estimates Sunday.
The Independence Day holiday weekend haul for the Universal Pictures release further extends the considerable box-office reign of the Minions, arguably the most bankable force in movies today. And it also kept a summer streak going for Hollywood.
Though overall ticket sales were down more than 40% from levels prior to the COVID 19 pandemic, heading into the summer moviegoing season, theaters have lately seen a succession of hits. After Sony's "Bad Boys: Ride or Die" outperformed expectations, Pixar's "Inside Out 2" rapidly cleared $1 billion in ticket sales worldwide, making it the first release since "Barbie" to reach that mark. Last weekend, the Paramount prequel "A Quiet Place: Day One" also came in above expectations.