No surprise, “Despicable Me 4” is crushing it at the box-office. The Illumination/Universal animated film grossed $28 million on Wednesday. It’s set for a whopping 5-day $120 million opening by Sunday. The Friday-Sunday take is estimated to be $70M.
This is a critic proof movie. It doesn’t matter that “Despicable Me 4” is 54% Rotten. This is a multibillion-dollar grossing franchise that banks on kids showing up with their parents to see it. 2015’s “Minions” racked up $1.1B at the worldwide box-office, and although this latest instalment might not attain those numbers, it will likely come close.
“Despicable Me 4” will dethrone “Inside Out 2’s” 3-week reign at the box-office which had a $7.5M Wednesday and is set to have a 5-day $50M weekend. It should be able to hit the $550M domestic mark by Sunday.
Criterion's December lineup has some great additions to the library, but the title that jumped out at me is Werner Herzog's "Grizzly Man," which officially joins the Collection on December 8.