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What Minions: Rise of Gru Can Teach Us About Being a Good Boss
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 […]
Continue readingUniversal Owns the VOD Charts This Week, Led by ‘Minions: The Rise of Gru’
Universal is usually strong on VOD charts, but this week it dominates by holding 13 out of 30 possible slots with the just-released “
Continue readingJuly Box Office Was a Record, but August Looks Like a Buzzsaw
July 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 […]
Continue readingBox Office: ‘DC League of Super-Pets’ Starts Slow Overseas as ‘Minions: The Rise of Gru’ Crosses 700 Million Globally
“DC League of Super-Pets” struggled to sell tickets overseas against “
Continue reading‘Alienoid’ Beats ‘Minions’ as ‘Thor’ Crumbles at Korea Box Office
New release titles “Alienoid” and “
Continue readingThe revolution will be televised: why we are witnessing a big-boss backlash
As 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 reading‘Minions: The Rise of Gru’ breaks July 4 weekend domestic box office record
The Universal/Illumination release performed well ahead of expectations.Creating new optimism about the return of the family audience to cinemas,
Continue reading‘Minions: The Rise of Gru’ runs riot with 196m session; ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ soars to 1.1bn
‘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: The Rise of Gru’ runs riot with 196m global session; ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ soars to 1.1bn
‘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: The Rise of Gru’ Opens With Boffo 108.5 Million Weekend; Poised to Shatter Fourth of July Record
Those 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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