Movie Monday: ‘Minions & Monsters’ is Weekend’s Top Banana

Low-budget horror flicks may have earned the box-office headlines so far this year. But the Fourth of July weekend proved there’s still plenty of room for some good ol’ family friendly franchise fare.As expected, Universal Picture’s Minions & Monsterstook home the box-office title this weekend, earning an estimated $36.4 million in North America as it rambled to the podium. Since the movie opened on Wednesday, its five-day total stands at a solid, if not spectacular, $61.4 million stateside.