{"id":512389,"date":"2026-07-06T12:50:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T12:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/512389\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T12:50:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T12:50:10","slug":"minions-monsters-tops-fourth-of-july-holiday-box-office-barely-beating-toy-story-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/512389\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Minions & Monsters\u2019 tops Fourth of July holiday box office, barely beating \u2018Toy Story 5\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

LOS ANGELES \u2014 The Minions<\/a> have taken down \u201cToy Story 5\u201d at the July Fourth weekend box office, but not by much.<\/p>\n

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\u201cMinions & Monsters,\u201d<\/a> the seventh film in the \u201cDespicable Me\u201d franchise, earned $36.4 million at the holiday weekend box office, according to studio estimates for North America. \u201cToy Story 5,\u201d a juggernaut that last week beat \u201cSupergirl,\u201d earned an estimated $31 million.<\/p>\n

The Minions movie, which has the devious henchlings seeking movie glory in Hollywood\u2019s Golden Age, opened on Wednesday and earned an estimated $61.4 million in its first five days, according to studio estimates. The Minions are a popular franchise globally and \u201cMinions & Monsters\u201d has earned $160 million worldwide in its debut week.<\/p>\n

Audiences looking for patriotic fare amid the United States\u2019 250th birthday celebration<\/a> had \u201cYoung Washington\u201d to consider; it opened in third place with nearly $21 million. The movie focuses on George Washington\u2019s service during the French and Indian War.<\/p>\n

That left \u201cSupergirl\u201d in fourth with just under $10 million at the box office, a steep 74% drop from its disappointing opening weekend.<\/a><\/p>\n

The weekend box office was down year-over-year about 24%, according to figures compiled by Rentrak, though this summer is up from 2025 by nearly 12%. That\u2019s due in part thanks to the low-budget Gen-Z sensations \u201cObsession\u201d and \u201cBackrooms,\u201d<\/a> which took the sixth and seventh spots, behind Steven Spielberg\u2019s \u201cDisclosure Day.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

Top 10 movies by domestic box office<\/p>\n

With final domestic figures being released Monday, this list factors in the estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Rentrak:<\/p>\n

1. \u201cMinions & Monsters,\u201d $36.4 million.<\/p>\n

2. \u201cToy Story 5,\u201d $31 million.<\/p>\n

3. \u201cYoung Washington,\u201d $20.8 million.<\/p>\n

4. \u201cSupergirl,\u201d $9.6 million.<\/p>\n

5. \u201cDisclosure Day,\u201d $6 million.<\/p>\n

6. \u201cObsession,\u201d $5.3 million.<\/p>\n

7. \u201cBackrooms,\u201d $3.3 million.<\/p>\n

8. \u201cJackass: Best and Last,\u201d $2.7 million.<\/p>\n

9. \u201cScary Movie,\u201d $1.1 million.<\/p>\n

10. \u201cThe Invite,\u201d $800,708.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LOS ANGELES \u2014 The Minions have taken down \u201cToy Story 5\u201d at the July Fourth weekend box office,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":512390,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[156,409,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-512389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=512389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512389\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/512390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=512389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=512389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=512389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}