Minions & Monsters earns franchise-best reviews but franchise-low box-office debut

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Once again, it has been proven that social media buzz among cinephiles doesn't always translate to box-office success. For seemingly the first time since the Despicable Me franchise's inception over 15 years ago, there was interest beyond the core demographic. The latest installment, Minions & Monsters , delivered a franchise-best Rotten Tomatoes score and its tribute-to-cinema narrative seemed widely appealing to older audiences. However, despite the excellent reviews and online buzz, the movie is poised to deliver a franchise-low debut at the box office. Minions & Monsters is the third installment in the Despicable Me spin-off franchise, which centers on the blabbering yellow creatures that do the bidding of supervillains across generations.