'Despicable Me 4,' led the box office over the holiday weekend with $75 million in ticket sales Friday through Sunday and $122.6 million since opening, according to studio estimates.
After a historically bad first half of the year, the box office is suddenly booming. 'Despicable Me 4,' the Illumination Animation sequel, led the way over the holiday weekend with $75 million in ticket sales Friday through Sunday and $122.6 million since opening on Wednesday, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Though overall ticket sales were down more than 40% from levels prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, heading into the summer moviegoing season, theaters have lately seen a succession of hits. After Sony’s 'Bad Boys: Ride or Die' outperformed expectations, Pixar’s 'Inside Out 2' rapidly cleared $1 billion in ticket sales worldwide, making it the first release since 'Barbie' to reach that mark.
Angel Studios, which last year released the unexpected summer hit 'Sound of Freedom,' struggled to find the same success with its latest Christian film, 'Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot.' It debuted with $3.2 million. Kevin Costner’s big-budget gamble, 'Horizon: An American Saga,' didn’t do much to turn around its fortunes in its second weekend. The first chapter in what Costner hopes will be a four-part franchise – including a chapter two Warner Bros.
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