Minions dethroned ‘Toy Story 5’ at the Fourth of July weekend box office.“Minions & Monsters,” the seventh film in the “Despicable Me” franchise, earned $36.4 million at the box office over the holiday weekend, according to studio estimates for North America. The Minions movie, which features idiots looking for cinematic glory in Hollywood’s Golden Age, opened Wednesday and earned about $61.4 million in its first five days, according to studio estimates.
Overseas Collections ‘Minions & Monsters’
The Minions are a popular franchise worldwide and ‘Minions & Monsters’ has earned $160 million worldwide in its debut week. The film reportedly amassed a significant chunk of its overseas collections from China ($16.3 million), Germany ($6.4 million), and the United Kingdom and Ireland ($5.8 million). The film was produced on a budget of $85 million.
Box Office Collection ‘Toy Story 5’
“Toy Story 5,” a juggernaut that beat “Supergirl” last week, earned an estimated $31 million.The film added $69.3 million from 50 international markets in its third weekend of release and raised its worldwide box office haul to $764 million.
‘Toy Story 5’ International Box Office Collections
The animated blockbuster debuted strongly in Japan, where it opened to $14.6 million, marking the biggest opening weekend for a Hollywood film in the country this year. Among its best-performing overseas markets, Mexico emerged as a top contributor with $59.3 million, followed by the United Kingdom with $50 million and China, where it has collected $37 million.
‘Toy Story 5’ to create a new box office record
In total, ‘Toy Story 5’ has now grossed $398 million internationally, with the film well on track to surpass the global lifetime earnings of ‘Toy Story 4’, which finished with $1.07 billion worldwide.
Box Office Collection ‘Young Washington’
Audiences looking for patriotic food in the midst of celebrating America’s 250th birthday considered ‘Young Washington’; opened in third place with nearly $21 million. The film focuses on George Washington’s service during the French and Indian War.That left ‘Supergirl’ in fourth place with just under $10 million at the box office, a steep 74% drop from its disappointing opening weekend.The weekend box office was down 24% year-over-year, according to figures compiled by Rentrak, though this summer is up nearly 12% from 2025. That’s partly due to Gen-Z low-budget sensations “Obsession” and “Backrooms,” which took sixth and seventh, behind Steven Spielberg’s “Disclosure Day.”
Top 10 domestic box office movies
With final domestic numbers coming out Monday, this list takes into account estimated Friday through Sunday ticket sales at theaters in the U.S. and Canada, according to Rentrak:1. “Minions & Monsters”: $36.4 million.2. ‘Toy Story 5’: $31 million.3. ‘Young Washington’: $20.8 million.4. “Supergirl,” $9.6 million.5. “Disclosure Day”: $6 million.6. “Obsession” – $5.3 million.7. ‘Backrooms’: $3.3 million.8. ‘Jackass: Best and Last’: $2.7 million.9. ‘Scary Movie’: $1.1 million.10. “The Invitation”: USD 800,708.