Minions debut takes over US box office
Monday, 13 July 2015
Despicable Me spin-off Minions topped the US and Canada box office in its opening weekend, with the second-biggest debut for an animated film. The film, which has topped the UK box office for the last two weeks, took $115.2m (£74.2m). It was second only to 2007's Shrek the Third, beating the opening of all of the Toy Story movies. Jurassic World dropped to second in its fifth week with $18.1m (£11.66m). Disney Pixar's Inside Out took $17.1m in its fourth week in US cinemas. Minions, which features the voices of Sandra Bullock and Jon Hamm, puts the spotlight on the babbling yellow, pill-shaped servants from the two Despicable Me films as they search for a new master. Directed by Peter Coffin, who also voices the Minions, it topped the box office in 29 of the other 30 countries where it opened, according to box office tracker Rentrak, including France, Mexico and Russia, according to a news agency.