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Minions enjoys massive $115.2 million US opening; global total already at $395.7 million

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A new number one entered the US box office chart this weekend with those loveable yellow Minions slaying everything in their path to sit atop the charts with a massive opening. The prequel to Despicable Me and Despicable Me 2, Minions took an estimated $115.2 million in its opening weekend, the second-highest of all time […]

Minions races past $200 million internationally, set for $110 million US opening

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Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment’s smash-hit film Minions has already raced past a milestone today at the international box-office ahead of its US opening this weekend, reports Variety. In the US, the hit animated prequel took in around $6.2 million in Thursday night previews – the highest ever preview total for an animated film. If […]

Jurassic World: Kicking Ass In Heels

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David Opie on Jurassic World… NB: If you’re one of the three people who hasn’t seen the film yet, be careful. The following article contains numerous spoilers… Is Jurassic World really a man’s world? The internet sure seems to think so. Critics have hurled T-Rex sized chunks of abuse Colin Trevorrow’s way for the portrayal […]

Universal Pictures passes $3 billion internationally for 2015

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For the first time in the studio’s stellar 103-year history, Universal Pictures has grossed over $3 billion internationally, thanks to an unprecedented run of success throughout 2015 that has seen them take many other records with them. A large chunk of those grosses (almost two-thirds) are thanks to their summer juggernaut blockbusters Fast & Furious […]

Minions fends off Terminator Genisys and Magic Mike XXL at the UK box office

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UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 3rd to Sunday 5th July 2015… Universal’s animated Despicable Me spinoff Minions held on to first place at the UK box office in its second weekend, comfortably fending off competition from new arrivals Terminator Genisys and Magic Mike XXL to top the chart […]

Jurassic World becomes the fifth-biggest movie of all time at the worldwide box office

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Univeral Pictures’ Jurassic World has pushed its worldwide gross to $1.385 billion in its fourth weekend, overtaking Frozen ($1.274 billion), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 ($1.341 billion) and Avengers: Age of Ultron ($1.383 billion) to climb to fifth in the list of the highest grossing movies of all time. Jurassic World […]

Minions topples Jurassic World with biggest ever UK opening for an animated film

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UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 26th June to Sunday 28th June 2015…   Universal Pictures continued its stellar box office run this past weekend with the release of the Despicable Me spinoff Minions, which dethroned Jurassic World at the top of the UK chart with a solid opening […]

Five Film Franchises on the Fence

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Anghus Houvouras with five film franchises on the fence… In part one, we examined the worst film franchises passing through Hollywood like kidney stones wrapped in barbed wire. As we continue to look at examine the current state of film franchises that Hollywood has to offer, it felt like there were some that were neither […]

Jurassic World fends off competition from Take That at the UK box office

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UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 19th June to Sunday 21st June 2015… Universal’s box office juggernaut Jurassic World has retained top spot here in the UK, pulling in a whopping second weekend haul of £11.1 million to leave its gross on these shores just shy of £40 million […]