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having reached $990.2M globally last weekend, this milestone was to be expected. The little yellow fellows have now crossed $1B worldwide, with $682M coming from international and $321.9M in North America. This makes the Kyle Balda/Pierre Coffin-helmed pic the third-highest-grossing animated film of all time. Oh, and it sets another industry record for Universal: It is the first time any studio has had three films cross $1B at the worldwide box office in a single year. The

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is Illumination’s highest-grossing film ever and the biggest animated film of 2015 at the worldwide box office. It takes that company, founded by Chris Meledandri and featuring a creative team that comes from 29 nationalities, to more than $3B worldwide for its five releases:

just missed the $1B mark in 2013 with about $971M.

has yet to bow in the Middle Kingdom meaning further coin is afoot. It heads there on September 13. Italy released today and Turkey and Greece are still to go next month.

Malazan & starcraft films developments are must for UNIPIC,if they want to break/make/both about records worldwide &...

Frozen was sloppy and lazy (script-wise, not animation-wise), and a bit of a snooze. At least Minions...

RelatedUniversal Pictures International Sets Industry Record With $3.78B At Offshore Box Office

Other highlights of the henchmen’s accomplishments thus far include being the 23rd highest-grossing film of all time, the highest-grossing animated title in 11 territories, Universal’s top grosser in seven and the biggest animated movie ever in Latin America.

This is just the latest in a string of milestones set by Universal this year. This week, it surpassed North American box office grosses of $2.113B, setting a calendar-year record. Also this week, Universal Pictures International hit a gross of $3.78B in offshore box office, setting a new industry record for the highest-grossing year ever.

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• First ever non-Disney animated film to do so!!

• Third animated film in HISTORY that reaches 1 billion!!

• Will soon become the second highest animated film of ALL TIME behind FROZEN

• The ONLY animated franchise EVER to have 2 spots in the TOP 5 ANIMATED FILMS OF ALL TIME

• The ONLY non-Disney animated franchise to score huge grosses in ALL CONTINENTS: Asia, North America, Latin America, Europe and the Middle East

• Highest grossing animated franchise in the last 3 years

• The highest ever animated franchise in terms of AVERAGE WW GROSS PER FILM: 800+ per film for 3 films, higher than Shrek and Ice Age

• Illumination is now THE ONLY COMPANY in addition to DISNEY to have 2 films in the top 5 ANIMATED FILMS OF ALL TIME

• Has a very good chance to become only the second animated film in history to cross 1.1 billion.

• Highest grossing/attended animated film ever in ARGENTINA, BRAZIL, MEXICO, RUSSIA, UAE, LITHUANIA, LATVIA, NETHERLANDS, ISRAEL and more.

Frozen I didn’t mind, but this? I was hoping that a better animated movie would top a masterpiece like “Toy Story 3”, this doesn’t deserve to at all, oh well.

I enjoyed Minions a lot more than Frozen. It still amazes me to this day how that film made over a billion

True, Frozen was completely a bland movie, don’t know what was so special about it. Tangled was much much better.

Frozen was sloppy and lazy (script-wise, not animation-wise), and a bit of a snooze. At least Minions acknowledged (heck, proudly trumpeted) the fact that it was mindless fun. For that reason, and the fact that the film was mercifully free of shrill, joy-less songs, I give the edge to Minions.

Malazan & starcraft films developments are must for UNIPIC,if they want to break/make/both about records worldwide & domestically.Wonder if Everest film will be able to make half/1/ more billion dollars at global box office.

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