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Lightyear Owned: ‘Minions: Rise of Guru’ Box Office Proves Families Want Non-Woke Fun

Posted: 03 Jul 2022 03:25 PM PDT

 

Illumination and Universal's July 4th event movie Minions: The Rise of Gru began landing in select North American theaters Thursday afternoon, grossing an excellent $10.8 million in previews from 3,350 locations. According to THR, the animated tentpole is set for a huge four-day opening of $129.2 million domestically, according to early estimates. That includes $109.5 million for the three days. (Some rivals think it has a shot at approaching $140 million by the end of Monday.)

 

Overseas, the movie will cross $86 million by Sunday for a global booty of $200 million-plus. Forget about breaking pandemic-era records for a family title; the Illumination and Universal movie will boast one of the top starts ever at the domestic box office for an animated Hollywood tentpole, not adjusted for inflation.

 

Friday's haul alone was around $48 million from 4,400 theaters, including a hefty $10.8 million in previews.

 

 

Until now, Paramount's Sonic the Hedgehog 2, a live-action/CGI hybrid, held the record for the biggest opening of the pandemic era for a PG family release with $72 million.

 

The Rise of Gru's performance is significant in that it confirms that parents and younger kids are ready to return to the multiplex in droves. Throughout the pandemic, animated films have been considered a challenged genre. It didn't help when Pixar and Disney's Toy Story spinoff Lightyear opened to a tepid $51 million last month before falling off steeply in its sophomore outing.

 

The Pixar film likely bombed due to several factors, most notably the woke elements of centering the story on the plight of a lesbian couple and their child, and casting Chris Evans rather than Tim Allen in the lead role. While those points could be argued, the massive success of Minions: The Rise of Gru destroys any notion that Lightyear failed because parents and younger kids didn’t want to go to the cinemas. 

 

 

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Apple’s Upcoming Godzilla & the Titans Series Fills Out Its Cast

Posted: 03 Jul 2022 12:55 PM PDT

 

Apple TV+ and Legendary Television's Godzilla and Titans series has begun assembling its human cast, THR reports.

 

Pachinko star Anna Sawai, Ren Watabe, Kiersey Clemons, Joe Tippett and Elisa Lasowski have joined the drama from Legendary, which is expanding the studio's Monsterverse to TV. WandaVision's Matt Shakman will direct the first two episodes and serve as an executive producer.

 

 

The untitled series is set in the aftermath of the battle between Godzilla and the Titans that wrecked San Francisco. It will follow a family's journey to uncover its buried secrets and a legacy linking them to the secret organization known as Monarch.

 

The series will continue the Monsterverse instigated by Legendary's 2014 Godzilla film. The movie series encompasses four films so far, most recently last year's Godzilla vs. Kong.

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Prime Video Announces Production Start for ‘The Boys’ Season 4

Posted: 03 Jul 2022 10:25 AM PDT

 

We've barely recovered from “Herogasm” and Season 3 of The Boys still has two more episodes to air, but star Karl Urban has already revealed that The Boys Season 4 is set to start shooting soon.

 

In an interview with Collider, Urban, who portrays Billy Butcher, shared when The Boys will be getting back together.

 

"Yeah, we’re starting, I think, August 22nd, we’re going to be starting season four,” Urbam said. “So I’m getting back, getting my Butcher back on, and I can’t wait. It’s a fun gang to play with, we work hard and play hard, and I can’t wait to see where they take the characters from where we leave them at the end of this season."

 

Fans are excited to learn what comes next for the team; however, Urban still hasn't even touched the scripts for The Boys Season 4.

 

As he explained: “We’re about two months away from filming, and I have no idea. So that’ll tell you something, but yeah, not too far away. I mean, I expect that we’ll… I’m actually going to be seeing [Eric Kripke, The Boys showrunner] next week and I expect conversations will start to happen about what he’s got in store. I like to give them the respect of being able to do their writing process and not be harassed by actors going, “What are we doing?” But I can’t wait. They always come up with insane stuff, so yeah, it’s going to be fun.”

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