Your Hot July Box Office

The minions still prosper.

1. Grown-Ups 2 (Sony) NEW [Runs 3,491] PG13 Friday $16.5M, Weekend $46.0M

2. Despicable Me 2 (Illumination/Universal) Week 2 [Runs 4,003] PG Friday $15.0M (-56%), Weekend $47.0M, Cume $230.0M

3. Pacific Rim (Legendary/Warner Bros) NEW [Runs 3,275] PG13 Friday $13.5M, Weekend $37.0M

4. The Heat (Fox) Week 3 [Runs 3,128] R Friday $4.2M, Weekend $13.0M, Cume $111.4M

5. The Lone Ranger (Disney) Week 2 [Runs 3,904] PG13 Friday $3.4M (-68%), Weekend $10.4M, Cume $70.5M

6. Monsters University (Pixar/Disney) Week 4 [Runs 3,142] G Friday $3.3M, Weekend $10.5M, Cume $237.6M

7. World War Z (Paramount) Week 4 [Runs 3,003] PG13 Friday $2.8M, Weekend $9.3M, Cume $177.0M

8. White House Down (Columbia/Sony) Week 3 [Runs 2,566] PG13 Friday $1.8M, Weekend $6.0M, Cume $62.8M

9. Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain (Summit/Lionsgate) Week 2 [Runs 892] R Friday $1.5M (-59%), Weekend $4.7M, Cume $26.1M

10. Man Of Steel (Legendary/Warner Bros) Week 5 [Runs 2,150] PG13 Friday $1.4M, Weekend $5.0M, Cume $281.2M

Monster and DM 2 will both end up well over a quarter billion dollars at the domestic box office. So I guess animation doesn't necessarily eat its own.