In 2010, the world was introduced to a horde of yellow, overall-clad creatures: the Minions. These banana-loving evildoers followed their leader, Gru (Steve Carell), in all of his villainous pursuits, yet even over a decade later, the larger dynamics of power at play have gone widely unscrutinized. Is it because this relationship between Despicable Me’s […]
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Continue readingJuly 2022 generated 1.133 billion in domestic gross — the best month’s gross in the Covid era, and it represents 88 percent of the take in July 2019. The majority came from two 300 million+ grossing releases with “Thor: Love and Thunder” (Disney) as the biggest film. “Minions” opened a week earlier, but it should […]
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Continue readingAs even the Minions start to question their morally compromised overlord, popular culture is increasingly siding with the workers in their fight against corporate greedThe cultural zeitgeist around work is changing. Last week, many of us will have been frantically adjusting our journeys amid nationwide train strikes. If the transport gods were merciful, we will […]
Continue readingThe Universal/Illumination release performed well ahead of expectations.Creating new optimism about the return of the family audience to cinemas,
Continue reading‘Minions’ film delivers strongest weekend take for a US studio animation in the pandemic eraWorld Box Office July 1-3 Rank Film(distributor) 3-day(world) Cume(world) 3-day(int’l) Cume(int’l) Territories1.Minions: The Rise of Gru(Universal)195.7m 202.2m 87.2m 93.7m 732.Top Gun:Maverick(Paramount)62.5m 1,108.5m 37m 544.5m 66 3.Lighting Up The Stars(Various)44m 118.2m 44m 118.2m 1 4.Jurassic WorldDominion(Universal)42.5m 824.5m 26.8m 492.7m 73 5.Elvis(Warner Bros)34.7m […]
Continue reading‘Minions’ film delivers strongest weekend take for a US studio animation in the pandemic eraWorld Box Office July 1-3 Rank Film(distributor) 3-day(world) Cume(world) 3-day(int’l) Cume(int’l) Territories1.Minions: The Rise of Gru(Universal)195.7m 202.2m 87.2m 93.7m 732.Top Gun:Maverick(Paramount)62.5m 1,108.5m 37m 544.5m 66 3.Lighting Up The Stars(Various)44m 118.2m 44m 118.2m 1 4.Jurassic WorldDominion(Universal)42.5m 824.5m 26.8m 492.7m 73 5.Elvis(Warner Bros)34.7m […]
Continue readingThose little yellow guys racked up some serious green over the red-white-and-blue weekend.Minions: The Rise of Gru, the fifth and latest installment in Universal’s hit Despicable Me franchise, debuted to a stunning 108.5 million in its first three days of domestic release and is currently on pace to make 127.9 million by the time the […]
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