It’s been a great year for Universal at the box office, with three of its films – Jurassic World, Furious 7 and Minions – all breaking $1 billion worldwide, and helping the studio to post the highest-grossing year in history with $5.53 billion and counting.
Well, Universal now has another reason to celebrate as its Despicable Me spinoff has just overtaken Toy Story 3 to become the second-biggest animated movie of all time. The film opened in China on Sunday, pulling in $20.1 million and helping to push its global gross to $1.08 billion, second only to Frozen with $1.27 billion.
Minions features the voice talents of Sandra Bullock (Gravity), Jon Hamm (Mad Men), Michael Keaton (Birdman), Steve Coogan (Despicable Me 2), Alison Janney (The Way, Way Back), Katy Mixon (Eastbound & Down) and Jennifer Saunders (Shrek 2).
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Originally published September 13, 2015. Updated April 14, 2018.
