‘Despicable Me 4’: $120 million in box office for July 4th weekend

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So, surprise, surprise, but the Minions are the lords of Independence Day.

Illumination/Universal Despicable Me 4 The Friday-through-Sunday box office is expected to hit $120 million, not including Tuesday previews (they didn’t happen). That’s a number that puts the film on pace for $120 million in its first five days through Sunday. That’s where the tracker has spotted it, and it’s a number that underscores the continued upward nature of the current box office as event films crowd the calendar in the wake of Hollywood’s double-barreled strikes. Despicable Me 4 amounts to $70 million.

Rotten Tomatoes critics don’t like it Despicable Me 4 53% rotten, which is lower than The servers. Fortunately for Illumination and Universal, those opinions haven’t stopped audiences from turning the franchise into a multi-billion dollar phenomenon. The proof? The audience RT score for director Chris Renaud and Patrick Delage’s fourth installment is 89%.

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Despicable Me 4 The film will also open in 52 foreign countries this weekend, including Mexico, Spain and Brazil. The film has already grossed $25 million at the international box office, and its worldwide total is expected to reach around $200 million by Sunday.

The fourth Despicable Me Gru, Lucy, Margo, Edith and Agnes welcome a new member into the family, Gru Jr., who is determined to annoy his father. Gru also faces a new enemy in the form of Max the Evil and his girlfriend Valentina, and the family is forced to flee.

THE Despicable Me And Minions The universe has a total running series total of $4.67 billion worldwide. The highest-grossing title in the franchise is Minions with $1.1 billion.