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: Animation domination continues at the global and international box office with Universal/Illumination’s Despicable Me 4 leading the pack this frame, and Disney/Pixar’s Inside Out 2 still positively on fire after five sessions. At the same time, we’re seeing encouraging numbers for all major titles in release. And that’s a great thing; yes, there is reason to be positive.
Already this week, Inside Out 2 became Pixar’s highest grossing movie ever globally , and the Despicable Me / Minions franchise became the first to reach $5B global . Neither of the current films in release are close to done. To wit: DM4 still has Japan, Korea and Italy on deck.
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5M in 38 markets including Australia, Mexico and Brazil. Uni has this one domestically and starts release on July 19. Before we dig down into the nitty-gritty, here�.
