Box office meltdown: Minions & Monsters eyes franchise-low debut as Supergirl plunges 73% in week two

Honestly, if you thought Minions & Monsters was going to explode at the box office this weekend, you weren’t alone. Earlier in the week, I was pegging it for a $60 million weekend and an $85 million five-day haul—nice, tidy numbers. But as it turns out, the reality is far less cheerful for Illumination’s latest stab at Minions world domination.

Minions & Monsters – Underwhelming Doesn’t Even Cover It

The latest figures have arrived, and they're a bit grim: just $38.5 million for the actual weekend. Stretching it out over five days, you get $63 million—better, but still nothing to shout about. For reference, the original film managed $56.3 million in its opening weekend sixteen years ago, and that figure hasn’t even been adjusted for inflation. Talk about going backwards.

So, are we finally seeing the end of the Minions as leading lights? Possibly. The little yellow blokes have been in seven films in sixteen years, which is frankly a bit much by any standard. Still, the main Despicable Me line isn’t going away any time soon—the last outing, Despicable Me 4, made $122 million back in 2024. You can bank on Illumination dragging them out again for another sequel. The solo projects, though? Might be time for those to take a breather, no matter how much this one’s getting called their ‘best yet’ by some.

Comparisons: Not Looking Rosy

If you want to get an idea of how rough this is, the total isn’t that much better than Toy Story 5 in its third weekend. That’s tracking for $30 million—a hefty 58% slide from last week, but the film’s already piling up with a strong $365 million domestic total overall. Still, it’s slowing down fast and, barring a miracle, isn't catching up to Inside Out 2’s powerhouse $652 million.

The Other Players This Weekend

• Young Washington: Out of nowhere, Angel Studios has pulled off a bit of a coup with this one. It’s on track for a $16 million weekend, way above the $12 million most were forecasting. The July 4th holiday and America250 have done it some favours—perfect timing if ever there was.
• Supergirl: This is a proper disaster. Expectations were already in the basement, but now it’s dropping a painful 73% for a $10 million weekend. Even with the holiday, there’s been no rescue—word-of-mouth has done it in. The only faintly positive fact: it’s doing better than Joker: Folie a Deux did (-81%, an absolute shocker of a decline).
• Disclosure Day: Spielberg’s latest has quietly kept chugging along. This weekend, it’s bringing in another $5.6 million, nudging its domestic total over $104 million. Not headline-grabbing, but quite decent in the current climate.

"The weekend total is so poor that it’s not even coming in that much higher than Toy Story 5 in its third weekend, with it on track for $30 million, which is a steep 58% drop-off from last weekend—with its domestic total being a great $365 million."