As Illumination/Universal’s Despicable Me 4 continues global rollout, and with its Friday numbers included, the latest from Gru and the gang has helped propel the Despicable Me/Minions franchise across the $5B mark (to $5.025B through Friday) at the worldwide box office.
This makes it the first animated franchise ever to reach the milestone. It was already the biggest animated franchise of all time wordwide.
DM4 this weekend is expected to be the No. 1 film globally for the second consecutive frame, adding an estimated $136M through Sunday worldwide.
This would bring the running global total to $441M, including $210.45M from domestic and $230.7M across 78 international box office markets.
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