Described as a “sci-fi romantic comedy,” the movie opens everywhere next spring.
Will it make critics angry when it opens this Christmas?
“No memory left behind.”
Illumination’s Minions and Monsters opens today in around 4,000 theatres according to Deadline. The film has a surprising 89% at Rotten Tomatoes, easily the best of any film in the Despicable Me canon. Their consensus: “The Minions bring their penchant for mayhem to Hollywood history in this affectionate and charming sendup of moviemaking magic, turning out the franchise’s most roundly enjoyable entry yet.” Deadline projects an $80 million extended holiday opening with this being America’s semiquincentennial Independence Day weekend.

