‘Despicable Me 4’ still No. 1 in box office, helping animated franchise become first to reach $5B

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The Numbers reported.The sixth installment in the “Despicable Me” franchise, which stars its Minions, a species of little yellow henchmen, helped the franchise to become the first animated one to reach $5 billion at the global box office, according to Deadline.The horror movie “Longlegs,” starring and produced by Nicolas Cage, came in second, with sales of $10 million.

The Post called the film, where Cage plays a serial killer, “one of the best horror movies of the past several years.”“Inside Out 2,” which was in second place last Friday, fell down a notch to third, with just over a $6.1 million-dollar take.On Wednesday, it surpassed 2018’s “Incredibles 2” to become Pixar’s biggest worldwide earner of all time, as per The Hollywood Reporter.“Fly Me to the Moon,” a rom-com drama starring A-listers Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum, landed in fourth, with close to $4.5 million in revenue.