Online Watch Despicable Me 2 Movie HD Hollywood's reigning champion of family entertainment was vanquished at the box office over the July 4 holiday weekend by a family film from the studio best known for "Fast & Furious" and monster movies.Walt Disney Co.'s "The Lone Ranger," starring Johnny Depp, flopped with an estimated opening of $48.9 million from Wednesday through Sunday in the U.S. and Canada. The animated "Despicable Me 2," from Comcast Corp.'s Universal Pictures, left Tonto and the masked do-gooder in the dust with a spectacular $142.1 million start.The disparity was particularly stark given that Disney spent nearly $250 million to produce its picture while Universal spent only around $76 million to make "Despicable Me 2." DM2, sequel to the 2010 animated caper about a not-so-evil genius saddled with three uppity infants, earned $82.5 million from Friday to Sunday at the North American box office, according to preliminary studio estimates, and $142.1 million in its Wednesday-to-Sunday first five days (which, under Hollywood’s curious bookkeeping system, also includes “preview” screenings on Tuesday evening). The new film reconvened Gru, the kids and the mighty Minions and, for love interest, added the dream rom-com pairing of Carell and Kristen Wiig (who had a different, smaller voice role in Despicable Me). Commercial rapture ensued. The huge audience, which skewed 60% female, 50% under the age of 17 and 55% under 25, awarded the film a giddy A rating in the CinemaScore survey of early attendees.
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In The Lone Ranger, the Masked Man and Tonto must confront two scurvy villains: an outlaw who eats his victims’ hearts and a railroad baron with murder and manifest destiny on his mind. Unfortunately for the movie and its stars, Armie Hammer and Johnny Depp, the truly unconquerable supervillain lurked in a multiplex auditorium nearby. Gru, the comical baddie voiced by Steve Carell, and his adorable yellow Minions led Despicable Me 2 (DM2) to a sensational win on the long Independence Day holiday, and a crushing defeat for producer Jerry Bruckheimer’s attempt to launch a big western franchise. Instead of a rousing “Hi-yo, Silver, awaaaay!” the sound this Lone Ranger emitted was closer to “Uh-oh, Silver. Oops.”Despicable Me ultimately earned $251.5 million in North America, $291.6 million abroad and $543.1 million in all. The sequel, with a worldwide cume of $293.2 million in five days at home and a couple of weeks abroad, should have no trouble reaching $700 million worldwide. And the best news for its sponsor, Universal: the picture cost only $76 million — relative pennies for an animated feature, let alone a box-office phenomenon.
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In The Lone Ranger, the Masked Man and Tonto must confront two scurvy villains: an outlaw who eats his victims’ hearts and a railroad baron with murder and manifest destiny on his mind. Unfortunately for the movie and its stars, Armie Hammer and Johnny Depp, the truly unconquerable supervillain lurked in a multiplex auditorium nearby. Gru, the comical baddie voiced by Steve Carell, and his adorable yellow Minions led Despicable Me 2 (DM2) to a sensational win on the long Independence Day holiday, and a crushing defeat for producer Jerry Bruckheimer’s attempt to launch a big western franchise. Instead of a rousing “Hi-yo, Silver, awaaaay!” the sound this Lone Ranger emitted was closer to “Uh-oh, Silver. Oops.”Despicable Me ultimately earned $251.5 million in North America, $291.6 million abroad and $543.1 million in all. The sequel, with a worldwide cume of $293.2 million in five days at home and a couple of weeks abroad, should have no trouble reaching $700 million worldwide. And the best news for its sponsor, Universal: the picture cost only $76 million — relative pennies for an animated feature, let alone a box-office phenomenon.
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