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Minions

2015 PG 1h 31m Animation, Comedy, Family Universal Pictures

Before Gru, they had a history of bad bosses.

Minions Box Office

Opening Weekend
$115.7M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$336.0M
Final
Worldwide Total
$1.2B
$821.2M international
Domestic Legs2.90x
Budget$74.0M
2015 Rank#6
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jul 10-12 1 $115.72M $115.72M 4,301 $26.9K 1
Jul 17-19 2 $49.27M -57.4% $215.77M 4,311 $11.4K 2
Jul 24-26 3 $22.93M -53.5% $262.45M 4,062 $5.6K 3
Jul 31-33 4 $12.39M -46.0% $287.58M 3,575 $3.5K 4
Aug 7-9 6 $7.45M -39.9% $302.80M 3,123 $2.4K 5
Aug 14-16 8 $5.15M -30.9% $312.92M 2,640 $1.9K 6
Aug 21-23 9 $3.83M -25.6% $320.08M 2,226 $1.7K 7
Aug 28-30 11 $2.88M -24.9% $324.76M 1,976 $1.5K 8
Sep 4-6 11 $2.97M +3.2% $328.84M 1,927 $1.5K 9
Sep 11-13 14 $1.51M -49.0% $331.59M 1,585 $955 10
Sep 18-20 15 $987K -34.8% $332.85M 1,134 $870 11
Sep 25-27 19 $436K -55.8% $333.52M 507 $860 12
Oct 2-4 20 $309K -29.2% $333.91M 265 $1.2K 13
Oct 9-11 24 $245K -20.5% $334.22M 253 $970 14
Oct 16-18 22 $241K -1.9% $334.54M 243 $990 15
Oct 23-25 25 $198K -17.9% $334.80M 231 $855 16
Oct 30-32 32 $143K -27.8% $334.99M 234 $610 17
Nov 6-8 28 $194K +36.1% $335.24M 227 $855 18
Nov 13-15 30 $159K -18.4% $335.49M 206 $770 19
Nov 20-22 28 $116K -27.1% $335.63M 182 $635 20
Nov 27-29 29 $131K +12.9% $335.85M 173 $755 21
Dec 4-6 34 $82K -37.5% $335.95M 190 $430 22
Dec 11-13 35 $61K -24.8% $336.03M 141 $435 23

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

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Cumulative Total

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Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed byKyle Balda, Pierre Coffin
ScreenplayBrian Lynch
Produced byChris Meledandri, Janet Healy
MusicHeitor Pereira
StarringSandra Bullock, Jon Hamm, Michael Keaton, Pierre Coffin
StudioUniversal Pictures

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