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‘Minions’ Breaks Box Office Records

MinionsMinions jabbered its way to an estimated $115.2 million debut to nab the second-biggest opening weekend of all time for an animated title, not accounting for inflation. And overseas, where it began rolling out two weekends ago, the family title also placed No. 1 with $124.3 million from 56 markets for a whopping foreign total of $280.5 million and early global cume of $395.7 million.

The top 12 films of the weekend, as of Sunday, July 12, are as follows:

RANKTITLEDISTRIBUTOR NAMEWEEKEND REVENUECUME REVENUE
REVENUE# OF LOCATIONS*LOC AVG
1MinionsUniversal$115,202,2854,30126,785$115,202,285
2Jurassic WorldUniversal$18,116,8653,4415,265$590,655,185
3Inside OutDisney$17,108,0003,6444,694$283,638,304
4Terminator GenisysParamount$13,700,0003,7833,621$68,717,741
5GallowsWarner Bros.$10,015,0002,7203,681$10,015,000
6Magic Mike XXLWarner Bros.$9,640,0003,3762,855$48,358,829
7Ted 2Universal$5,557,7602,1712,560$71,576,345
8Self/LessFocus Features$5,379,0002,3532,286$5,379,000
9MaxWarner Bros.$3,420,0002,0881,637$33,704,195
10Spy20th Century Fox$3,000,0001,4572,059$103,463,522
11Baahubali (Telugu)BlueSky Cinemas$2,995,00017017,617$2,995,000
12AmyA24 Films$1,780,4573415,221$2,121,253

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