{"id":675635,"date":"2026-07-05T21:23:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T21:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/675635\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T21:23:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T21:23:10","slug":"box-office-minions-monsters-connects-internationally-toy-story-5-hits-764-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/675635\/","title":{"rendered":"Box Office: ‘Minions & Monsters’ Connects Internationally, ‘Toy Story 5’ Hits $764 Million"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tMinions fatigue? Not at the international box office, where \u201cMinions & Monsters\u201d earned $85 million from 71 markets over the weekend and $98 million to date. That\u2019s in stark contrast to the domestic turnout, where the \u201cDespicable Me\u201d spinoff notched a franchise-low $61 million debut over five days<\/a>, including $39 million over the traditional weekend.<\/p>\n

\n\tSo far, \u201cMinions & Monsters\u201d has generated $159 million globally. Top territories are China ($16.3 million), Germany ($6.4 million) and the United Kingdom and Ireland ($5.8 million). Although the disappointing domestic turnout is cause for concern, overseas appeal has always been key to the commercial success of the \u201cDespicable Me\u201d franchise. International ticket sales accounted for 71% of overall returns for the first \u201cMinions\u201d spinoff in 2015 and 60% for the sequel, \u201cMinions: The Rise of Gru,\u201d in 2022. Those films were juggernauts with $1.1 billion and $940 million globally, respectively. <\/p>\n

\n\tUniversal and Illumination produced \u201cMinions & Monsters\u201d for $85 million, making it slightly less expensive than prior entries, which cost around $100 million each. The film was well received by critics and audiences, which could help in terms of staying power. Series co-creator Pierre Coffin directed \u201cMinions & Monsters,\u201d which takes place in 1920 as the babbling yellow creatures become the toast of Hollywood. But when sound comes along, the Minions are unable to sustain careers in showbiz because of the sad fact that the rest of the world can\u2019t understand their native tongue, Minionese.<\/p>\n

\n\tBox office watchers point to oversaturation for \u201cDespicable Me,\u201d which has produced seven films across 16 years, averaging a new adventure about every two years. Compare that to \u201cToy Story,\u201d with just five movies in three decades. Scarcity seems to help in terms of \u201cToy Story 5<\/a>,\u201d which added $69.3 million from 50 international markets in its third weekend of release. The film opened over the weekend in Japan, which accounted for $14.6 million to stand as the highest opening in the country for a Hollywood release. Other major markets are Mexico with $59.3 million, the U.K. with $50 million and China with $37 million. So far, the latest installment in Disney and Pixar\u2019s beloved animated franchise has generated $398 million overseas and $764 million globally. It should eventually overtake \u201cToy Story 4\u201d ($1.07 billion) as the highest-grossing chapter in the long-running series.<\/p>\n

\n\tMeanwhile, \u201cSupergirl\u201d cratered with $9.4 million from 80 territories in its second weekend in theaters. The Warner Bros. and DC adventure is shaping up as a major money-loser with $42 million overseas and $100 million worldwide to date. \u201cSupergirl\u201d cost $170 million to produce and will lose at\u00a0least $100 million to $120 million\u00a0<\/a>in its theatrical run.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Minions fatigue? Not at the international box office, where \u201cMinions & Monsters\u201d earned $85 million from 71 markets…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":675636,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[96,195681,2839,45492,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-675635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-minions-and-monsters","tag-movies","tag-toy-story-5","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=675635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675635\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/675636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=675635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=675635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=675635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}