NEW YORK — After a historically bad first half of the year, the box office is suddenly booming. “Despicable Me 4,” the Illumination Animation sequel, led the way over the holiday weekend with $75 ...

“Despicable Me 4" dominated the Fourth of July weekend at the box office—ending the uber-successful streak of "Inside Out 2"—with a $75 million gross over the three-day weekend that rises to $122.6 ...

It's hardly a surprise that the latest entry in the Despicable Me franchise has been deemed a box office success. Fourteen years ago, the first movie in the franchise earned $544.7 million during its ...

“First time in a long time I didn’t hear any buzz at all about a July 4th blockbuster movie,” a friend texted me last week. His message struck me as odd, since I can’t turn a corner without being ...

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