Illumination Entertainment/Universal’s Minions: The Rise of Gru didn’t stop making money just because it wasn’t a holiday.
The pic’s gross yesterday saw $18.9M, which is easily the best Tuesday ever for an Illumination Entertainment title at the domestic box office, besting the $17.5M made by the animation studio’s Sing on Dec.
27, 2016.Rise of Gru‘s Tuesday is also ahead of Minions’ Tuesday from July 14, 2015 which made $16.8M.The Chris Melendandri produced sequel also repped the second best Tuesday ever for Universal at the domestic box office after Jurassic World‘s $24.3M on June 16, 2015.
Let that sink in for a minute: That’s bigger than any Tuesday from a Fast & Furious movie (Furious 7 was the highest at $13.3M on April 7, 2015).Overall, Rise of Gru saw an 18% climb in its daily box office over its July 4th $16.08M ticket sales; the holiday usually a down-day at the box office given the holiday’s festive distractions.
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