Illumination Entertainment's Minions crossed the $1 billion mark worldwide following last night's grosses, with $321.9 million of that figure coming from North America and $682 million pouring in from overseas. The milestone makes Minions the third-highest-grossing animated film of all time and is the third Universal release to hit $1 billion in 2015, joining Jurassic World ($1.628B) and Furious 7 ($1.512B).
Minions ranks 23rd on the all-time list for all films and is the highest-grossing animated film of all time in 11 territories: Hungary, Indonesia, Latvia, Lithuania, Philippines, Russia, Slovakia, Thailand, Ukraine, U.A.E. and Vietnam. It is also Universal's highest-grossing film of all time in seven territories: France, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia and Slovakia. Minions is the highest-grossing animated film of all time in Latin America with more than $200 million from the region.
Minions opens in Italy today and will expand to its final three markets throughout September: Turkey (Sept. 4), China (Sept. 13), and (Greece Sept. 24).
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