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‘Despicable Me 4’ Tops July 4th Box Office With $20.4 Million, ‘Inside Out 2’ Crosses $500 Million Domestically


Universal and Illumination's 'Despicable Me 4' dominated the July 4 holiday box office, earning $20.4 million

The film, the latest entry in Universal and Illumination’s wildly successful franchise about a domesticated former supervillain, has earned $47.6 million in its first two days of release. But it’s the minions ( voiced by Pierre Coffin, a filmmaker who has overseen past “Despicable Me” movies), those highlighter-yellow, manic critters that have delighted kids for over a decade, that are the series’ superpower. However, the first “Horizon’s” disastrous $16.7 million domestic gross coupled with the blistering reviews it received have raised questions about the sustainability of his epic vision.

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