‘Despicable Me 3’ Conquers July 4 Box Office Weekend With $75 Million

‘Despicable Me 3’ Conquers July 4 Box Office Weekend With $75 Million

Universal/Illumination’s “Despicable Me 3” will have the biggest opening weekend of any animated movie so far this year, as it is now estimated to finish with $75.4 million from 4,529 screens, beating the $53.5 million set by “Cars 3” two weeks ago.

[...] it is still a strong opening for the film, as the domestic numbers will combine with $116 million from 44 international markets — first among all films this weekend — to give “Despicable Me 3” a $192.3 million global start.

Prior to its Wednesday release, trackers had the Working Title-produced film making $15-20 million over five days, but strong word of mouth and a stellar Rotten Tomatoes score of 97 percent has made this the biggest opening weekend for an Edgar Wright film, blowing by the $10 million made by the cult favorite/box office bomb Scott Pilgrim vs.

Rounding out the top five is New Line/Village Roadshow’s “The House,” which failed to reach studio projections of $12 million and only made a $9 million opening from 3,134 screens.

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