llumination’s ‘Minions & Monsters,’ directed by Pierre Coffin. Photo: © Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.
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- ‘Minions & Monsters’ landed top of the holiday weekend box office.
- ‘Toy Story 5’ fell to second.
- ‘Young Washington’ arrived third.
As America celebrated 250 years with the traditional fireworks and cookouts during the Independence Day holiday weekend, the Minions returned to take over the box office.
Released as usual on the Wednesday before the weekend, ‘Minions & Monsters’ took the top spot with $36 million across three days and $64.5 million through the five-day period.
“Hollywood has a monster problem.”
Release Date: Jul 1, 2026
Run Time: 1 hr 30 min
Budget: $85,000,000
It’s a lower opening than the previous ‘Despicable Me’ movie (the fourth, which made $120 million in 2024), while the last Minions-centric offering (2022’s ‘Minions: The Rise of Gru’) earned $122 million in the same release slot.
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Top Five Movies at the Box Office
(L to R): Ed, Henry and Goomi in Illumination’s ‘Minions & Monsters’. Photo: © Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.
1. ‘Minions & Monsters’ -$64.5 million
2. ‘Toy Story 5’-$31 million
3. ‘Young Washington’ -$20.8 million
4. ‘Supergirl’ -$8.7 million
5. ‘Disclosure Day’ -$5.5 million
What else happened at the box office this weekend?
William Franklyn-Miller in ‘Young Washington’. Photo: Courtesy of Angel Studios.
‘Toy Story 5,’ which has topped the last two weekends, slipped to second place but still earned $31 million across the three days. It has now made $764 million globally.
Angel Studios’ ‘Young Washington’ made $20.8 million, targeting the patriotic crowd with a story of the first American president, and opening ahead of predictions.
‘Supergirl,’ meanwhile, faced a steep drop, losing 76% for $8.7 million in its second weekend.
Illumination’s ‘Minions & Monsters,’ directed by Pierre Coffin. Photo: © Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.
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