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Thanks to its appeal to matinee-going families, it will remain hot throughout the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Even if it completely cooled off, it would have no trouble claiming a dominant #1 at the weekend box office.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Inside Out,&#8221; the next-best Friday performer, earned only $5.4 million.  #3 film &#8220;Jurassic World&#8221; enjoyed a similar $5.4 million haul.  Since both are expected to earn $18-20 million this weekend, neither film&#8217;s weekend total will even be able to compete with the Friday &#8220;Minions&#8221; gross.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Gallows&#8221; ranked as Friday&#8217;s #4 film.  The critically panned new horror release earned a modest $4.5 million.<\/p>\n<p>Fifth on Friday ($4.1 million), &#8220;Terminator: Genisys&#8221; may overtake &#8220;The Gallows&#8221; by the time the weekend concludes.<\/p>\n<p>New release &#8220;Self\/Less,&#8221; which was also panned by critics, claimed #7 on Friday.  It earned a paltry $2.0 million and will barely break $5 million for the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; &#8220;Despicable Me&#8221; earned $21.3 million on its first Friday and $56.4 million in its first weekend.  &#8220;Despicable Me 2,&#8221; which had a Wednesday release, grossed $30.5 million on its first Friday and $83.5 million in its first  weekend (its gross was up to $143.1 million at that point).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[36,1050],"tags":[4525,455,4396,4378,4526,4524,4523],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&quot;Minions&quot; Dominates Friday Box Office; &quot;The Gallows&quot; Starts Modestly, &quot;Self\/Less&quot; Flops<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Despite receiving only modest critical enthusiasm, &quot;Minions&quot; resonated significantly with moviegoers. 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