Despicable Me 4 held onto the top box office spot this weekend as horror film Longlegs scored big in its opening frame. The fourth film in the main Despicable Me series brought in $44.6 million in its second weekend, down just 40% from its opening weekend.
That’s an impressive hold for a film that opened big, and brings the movie to $211.1 million domestically and $437.8 million worldwide.
Despicable Me 4 is currently very well positioned for DreamWorks Animation and Illumination, already into profit against a reported $100 million budget plus marketing. Its hold was the best of the franchise to date and at current tally, it is pacing ahead of all films in the franchise except Despicable Me 2 and the original Minions film. It will not have a difficult time crossing the $300 million mark and will be a big hit for the studios when it’s all said and done.
Meanwhile, NEON has its biggest opening ever by a large margin with Longlegs . The Osgood Perkins-directed horror film got off to a $22.6 million start, a huge opening for a film that was expected to do $8 million to $10 million heading into the weekend.
It marks the largest opening for an original horror film, doubling the previous holder in Night Swim’s $11.8 million start, and the best start for original horror since M3G4N’s $30.4 million opening in January of 2023.
There are a number of other marks Longlegs hits as well. It’s Nicolas Cage’s highest opening weekend since Knowing grossed $24.6 million in 2009, and.
