‘Minions & Monsters’ tops Fourth of July holiday box office

LOS ANGELES – “Minions & Monsters” opened with $36.4 million this weekend to lead all films in North American theaters, according to industry estimates released Sunday.

The seventh film in the animated franchise from Illumination and Universal Pictures — which began with 2010’s “Despicable Me” — beat out another animated franchise installment, Pixar’s “Toy Story 5,” which brought in $31 million in its third week in theaters.

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Patriotic moviegoers flocked to see “Young Washington” over the July 4 weekend, helping the biopic starring William Franklyn-Miller to a third-place opening with $20.8 million, Rentrak reported.

“Supergirl” was fourth with $9.6 million Friday through Sunday in its second weekend, followed by “Disclosure Day,” which made $6 million in its fourth week.

This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Milly Alcock in a scene from “Supergirl.” (Warner Bros. Pictures via AP)

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“Obsession” continued its phenomenal run with $5.3 million in its eighth weekend in theaters.

Another low-budget horror film from a young director, Kane Parsons’ “Backrooms,” made $3.3 million in its sixth weekend.

Rounding out the top 10 releases were “Jackass: Best and Last” ($2.7 million), “Scary Movie” ($1.1 million) and “The Invite” ($800,708).

This weekend’s overall three-day box office haul was estimated at $121.3 million. The year-to-date total is $4.95 billion — up 13.2% from the figure at this time last year, according to Rentrak.

‘Minions & Monsters’

The Minions have taken down “Toy Story 5” at the July Fourth weekend box office, but not by much.

“Minions & Monsters,” the seventh film in the “Despicable Me” franchise, earned $36.4 million at the holiday weekend box office, according to studio estimates for North America. “Toy Story 5,” a juggernaut that last week beat “Supergirl,” earned an estimated $31 million.

The Minions movie, which has the devious henchlings seeking movie glory in Hollywood’s Golden Age, opened on Wednesday and earned an estimated $61.4 million in its first five days, according to studio estimates. The Minions are a popular franchise globally and “Minions & Monsters” has earned $160 million worldwide in its debut week.

Audiences looking for patriotic fare amid the United States’ 250th birthday celebration had “Young Washington” to consider; it opened in third place with nearly $21 million. The movie focuses on George Washington’s service during the French and Indian War.

That left “Supergirl” in fourth with just under $10 million at the box office, a steep 74% drop from its disappointing opening weekend.

The weekend box office was down year-over-year about 24%, according to figures compiled by Rentrak, though this summer is up from 2025 by nearly 12%. That’s due in part thanks to the low-budget Gen-Z sensations “Obsession” and “Backrooms,” which took the sixth and seventh spots, behind Steven Spielberg’s “Disclosure Day.” (With CNS and AP reports)

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