$ 571 million is the total revenue for the new animated film "Minions: The Rise of Gru" in theaters, a figure that qualified it to become the sixth highest-grossing film in 2022 worldwide.
Breaking records
Not only that, but the film succeeded in breaking many records, as it topped the box office, achieving 48.2 million dollars on its first day in the United States of America and Canada, becoming the best number that an animation work has achieved since the outbreak of Corona and the highest in the franchise of the original series. Despicable Me.
Saudi Arabia, Argentina and Venezuela also had the biggest opening weekend animation ever.
In France, the work set a record as the largest opening day for animation production entertainment studios of all time, and the third largest opening day for animation in general, in addition to being the largest opening of work in 2022.
As #Minions2 becomes the biggest-grossing animated film since 'Frozen II,' will Disney just sit there and cede the commercial crown for theatrical animation to Universal's @illumination and @Dreamworks releases?
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— Scott Mendelson (@ScottMendelson) July 13, 2022
back after absence
It is noteworthy that the movie “Minions: The Rise of Gru” has been postponed for two years due to Corona, and is the second part of the sub-series in which the first part bore the name of the series “Minions” and was released in 2015 with a profit of 1.2 billion dollars.
The film's voice cast includes Steve Carell in the title role, Alan Arkin, Michelle Yeoh, and Julie Andrews, while the film was directed by Kyle Balda, with Brad Abelson and Jonathan De Waal.
Two stories in parallel
As for the plot, it takes the characters back in what is known as "Pricol", specifically the early seventies of the last century, while "Grow" was 12 years old and trying hard to become a successful and famous villain.
In order to do this, he seeks to join one of the famous gangs, but they mock him and make fun of his young age and stature, so he steals from them the most important necklace in their criminal history, and from here the chase begins through two parallel stories.
Minions Rise of Gru was cute, with many audience laughing out loud moments.
Loved @RealLucyLawless voicing Nun-Chuck.
Pretty sure I heard Xena's battle yell at one point.
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— Texbard (@Texbard) July 18, 2022
The adventures continue in the film between the gang members who want to take revenge and get their necklace back, and "Grow" who also lost the necklace and his minions have to get it back to save their little leader from the hands of the bad guys as they try to learn martial arts and self-defense to be up to the responsibility.
Okay Minions Rise Of Gru was actually fun and got some solid laughs outta me im shocked i had fun with this lmao solid film for what it was.
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— 🌴Jake Granbell🌴 (@jakesakuraba) July 5, 2022
The events took place in a framework of comedy and funny situations that made young and old laugh, especially with regard to the dramatic line of the "Minions".
The narration was also characterized by a fast pace that did not give the viewer a single moment to feel bored, which made the audience overlook the naivety of the script, which does not fit with the history of the rest of the series' films.
Stirring controversy in Lebanon and Britain
Despite the simplicity of the plot and the millions of dollars that the film earned, this does not prevent it from raising controversy from the ocean to the Gulf.
On the one hand, the Lebanese authorities prevented the screening of the work without any official statement explaining the reason, which makes Lebanon the only country in the world that prevented the screening of the film.
And if the Lebanese public, and based on previous censorship experiences in the country, it is likely that the reasons for the ban are related to several things, the first being the presence of a nun among the evil crew.
On the other hand, Britain witnessed the phenomenon of deliberate vandalism due to a "trend" on Tik Tok under the hashtag "#GentlemanMinions", which was criticized by teenagers who started to go to theaters in formal suits to watch the movie.
As soon as they entered the hall, they started chanting loudly and destroying the theaters, forcing some theaters to return the value of tickets to their owners, while others banned the entry of teenagers to watch the movie at all.
Most profitable franchise
It is noteworthy that the last parts of the series (I am the Despicable) were released in 2017, and the fourth part, “I am the Despicable One”, is supposed to be released in 2024.
Thus, we are in front of a franchise split into a main series, and a sub-series, in addition to many short films and a TV special, all of which made the total profits of the series exceed $ 4.1 billion, making it the highest profitable franchise in the fee category. Animated and ranked 15th in cinematic franchises of all time.