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The third movie in the "Despicable Me" series is hitting theaters this weekend but can the "Minions" score a hit all their own?_ by [Devan Coggan / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Devan Coggan / Entertainment Weekly Jul 12, 2015 5:39 PM UTC The third movie in the "Despicable Me" series is hitting theaters this weekend but can the "Minions" score a hit all their own? by [Devan Coggan / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Devan Coggan / Entertainment Weekly Jul 12, 2015 5:39 PM UTC They may be bumbling sidekicks, but the Minions proved that they can rule the box office all on their own: The _Despicable Me_ prequel debuted to an estimated $115.2 million this weekend, giving them the second-biggest animated opening of all time. That number doesn’t account for inflation, but it still means that _Minions_ is only the fourth animated film ever to make more than $100 million in its first weekend. While it wasn’t enough to best _Shrek the Third_’s record of $121.6 million, _Minions_ did beat _Toy Story 3_ ($110.3 million) and _Shrek 2_ ($108 million). And although it fell short of the biggest animated opening ever, _Minions_ did score the biggest animated opening day ever with $46.2 million on Friday, besting_Toy Story 3_’s $41.7 million record. Another big accomplishment? _Minions_ is only the fourth film this year to crack $100 million. Even more impressively, three of those four have been from Universal. (_Furious 7_ and _Jurassic World_ are both Universal films, and _Avengers: Age of Ultron_ was released by Disney.) The only other big openings this weekend were horror flick _The Gallows_ and sci-fi thriller _Self/Less. Self/Less_ got shut out of the top five with only an estimated $5.4 million for the weekend, but _The Gallows_ snagged fifth place with $10 million. After _Inside Out_ snapped _Jurassic World’s_ winning streak [last weekend](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/07/06/inside-out-finally-beat-jurassic-world-box-office), the dinosaurs pulled ahead again this weekend, snagging second place with $18.1 million to _Inside Out’s_ $17.1 million. And after _Terminator Genisys’_ underwhelming debut, it fell to fourth place in its second weekend with $13.7 million. Here are this weekend’s top five at the box office: **1\.** [**_Minions_**](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/06/23/minions-ew-review)**— $115.2 million** **2\.** [**_Jurassic World_**](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/06/10/jurassic-world-review)**— $18.1 million** **3\.** [**_Inside Out_**](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/06/16/inside-out-ew-review)**— $17.1 million** **4\.** [**_Terminator Genisys_**](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/06/29/terminator-genisys-ew-review)**— $13.7 million** **5\.** [**_The Gallows_**](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/07/09/gallows-ew-review)**— $ 10 million** _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/07/12/box-office-report-minions-second-biggest-animated-opening-ever) _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com/) ### Sandra Bullock  Universal; Getty Images Sandra Bullock stars as Scarlet Overkill, an ambitious supervillain. ### Jon Hamm  Universal; Getty Images Jon Hamm voices Herb Overkill, the supportive husband of supervillain Scarlett Overkill. ### Michael Keaton  Universal; Getty Images Michael Keaton voices Walter Nelson, a well intentioned husband and father of a family of bank robbers on a road trip to Villain-Con in Orlando. ### Allison Janney  Universal; Getty Images Allison Janney plays Madge Nelson, Walter’s wife and matriarch of their family of bank-robbers. ### Pierre Coffin  Universal; Getty Images Director Pierre Coffin reprises his role as the voices of the minions that he also played in _Despicable Me_ and _Despicable Me 2_. ## Transcript They're cute. They're cuddly. And a little evil. And now the sidekicks from Despicable Me are taking the lead in their own movie, titled, what else, Minions. The first prequel in the series. We'll follow the little yellow guys BG as they work to find an evil boss to serve. Don't worry their not alone, some big name stars are joining the mix this time around. Sandra Bullock, Jon Hamm and Michael Keaton star as villans in their own right. The good news for Universal's bottom line is that the series is already pretty popular. Both Despicable Me movies did well at the box office, making a combined $ 619 million in the states. But can they carry a movie on their own? ComingSoon. net says probably, explaining the yellow guys are marketing gold, because they are cute, and their humor is simple enough For even the youngest kids to understand. But it's not all good news. That same article points out that animated spin offs tend not to do as well at the box office. But as Variety reports, the movie has already made more than $ 141 million in less than three weeks overseas. So it looks like the little guys will probably be just fine. 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