About this episode

The episode discusses the box office battle between Minions & Monsters and Toy Story 5, along with reviews and thoughts on upcoming Disney remakes.

Minions & Monsters Beats Toy Story 5—Plus New Toys and Comics! 1. Movie Battle: Minions & Monsters vs. Toy Story 5 —Minions & Monsters opened July 1 and narrowly defeated Toy Story 5 over the July Fourth weekend. It earned approximately $36.4 million over the three-day weekend and $61.4 million over five days, while Toy Story 5 earned another $31 million during its third weekend. However, Toy Story 5 remains the bigger overall hit, with approximately $764 million worldwide so far. That creates your main discussion:Did Minions really defeat Toy Story, or did it simply win one weekend against a movie that had already been playing for two weeks? 2. Spoiler-Free Movie Reviews — 5 minutesMinions & Monsters: The Minions attempt to become stars in 1920s Hollywood, enter the changing world of motion pictures and accidentally release monsters while trying to produce their own movie. Topics to discuss: Were the Minions still funny? Did the old-Hollywood setting make the movie feel different? Were the monsters entertaining or frightening for younger children? Is the Minions franchise becoming repetitive? Movies: Is It Too Soon for Another Moana? — Disney’s live-action Moana…

People in this episode

Host: Aaron Fonseca

Guest: Kevin Miller

Topics covered

• movie battle
• Minions & Monsters
• Toy Story 5
• movie reviews
• Disney remakes
• animated films

Keywords

• Minions
• Toy Story
• movie reviews
• Disney
• animated films
• box office
• Hollywood

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Minions & Monsters, Toy Story 5, Moana

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