Universal took away the second biggest weekend gross for an animated movie with $115+ million (the cost of production was $74 million). Internationally the 'Minions' grossed an additional $200 million. I expect the movie to gross well over half-a-billion dollars, and to no-one's surprise sequels are already in the works.
Speaking of the mischievous Minions, it seems a McDonald's Minion promo toy given out in Happy Meals 'swears'. Parents in several states have lodged protests against McDonald's because they say the toy utters the expletive - "what the fuck".
Hundreds of parents have complained about the rude toy - not that their kids don't hear the f-word everyday. But the very idea. I'm shocked! My ears are violated by this most crude of all profanities. These potty-mouthed Minions need to be reprimanded.
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For its part, McDonald's announced that the toys are simply speaking Minionese - a random combination of many languages and nonsense words and sounds. 'O-pee-O' means 'love ya' in Minion-speak. It's gibberish and nothing more. In fact, I bought a McDonald's Minion Caveman Happy Meal to get the toy and listen. To me it says, "para la bukay, hahaha, eheh".
I think these parents need to see a psychiatrist - like Freud, I think something happened between them and their mommies years ago.
Just saying,
Jim
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