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According to The Wrap, the teen audience for the movie doubled compared to the last movie in the series.

Kevin the Minion, Steve Carell, Danny Trejo, Illumination founder and CEO Chris Meledandri, and Bob the Minion attend the Hand and Footprint Cement Ceremony for Illumination's Minions to celebrate ″Minions: The Rise Of Gru″ hosted by the TCL Chinese Theatre at TCL Chinese Theatre on June 24, 2022 in Hollywood, California.

Chris Meledandri, Illumination's founder and CEO, and Bob and Kevin were at the ceremony.

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According to data provided to The Wrap by Universal, 30% of The Rise Of Gru's audience was between the ages of 13 and 17 compared to 11% for the previous two films.

The #GentleMinions on TikTok has 66.2 million views, while the #Minions has 9.1 billion views and the #RiseOfGru has 640.7 million.

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A total of $127 million. It was the biggest opening for the 4th of July weekend in the U.S., with Rise of Gru earning an estimated $4 million. It made $164 million domestically in a single week.

Key Background

The first Despicable Me movie was released in 2010 and is the fifth film in the series. Steve Carell has voiced the character for longer than Michael Scott did on The Office. One of the biggest-grossing animated franchises in history has been created by the Minions.

Tangent

Before the #GentleMinions meme, TikTok users were a big fan of the franchise. The Despicable Me 2 soundtrack's song "Just A Cloud Away" trended on the app earlier this year, but many users didn't know it was from the movie.

The movie 'Minions 2' has made $4 billion at the box office.

The covid era brings an optimistic close to the box office, according toForbes.

The box office took in $128 million over the holiday weekend, breaking the previous record.