Minions: The Rise of Gru Is On Course to Be the US' Biggest July 4 Movie Ever

Minions: The Rise of Gru Is On Course to Be the US' Biggest July 4 Movie Ever

Droves of families lined up this past weekend to see Minions: The Rise of Gru. It's on course to be the biggest July 4 opening weekend ever domestically beating on Spider-Man 2 and Transformers: Dark of the Moon.

Movie Review: 'Minions: The Rise of Gru'

I believe the opening of “Minions: The Rise of Gru” represents an important milestone. If I’m correct, this is the last movie whose trailer I saw prior to the pandemic. I’ve made a ton of jokes about how many times I had to sit through the trailers for “Morbius” and “Top Gun: Maverick” before those movies opened, but unless I’m mistaken, this was the last holdout. Was the two-year-plus wait worth it? Not really. It’s not the disaster/punchline t…