The new Minions movie Minions: The Rise of Gru debuts in theaters this weekend, but it opened on Thursday with a first night of previews, and the film got off to a very good start.
The movie pulled in $10.75 million in the US on Thursday, which is the biggest Thursday during the pandemic for an animated movie, according to Deadline. For comparison, 2015's Minions made $6.2 million for its Thursday previews. That movie ended up with $46 million on its opening day and $115.7 million for the first weekend in the US.
Comparing to the wider Despicable Me universe, Rise of Gru's $10.75 million in Thursday previews is well ahead of Despicable Me 3's $4.1 million previews. Outside of animated movies, Rise of Gru's Thursday night gross is higher than Marvel's Eternals, which made $9.5 million.
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