FROM the biggest animated franchise in history and global cultural phenomenon, Minions: The Rise of Gru was also the biggest film over the weekend, taking $8.2 million at the box office and coming in well ahead of both Elvis and Top Gun.

Minions: The Rise of Gru tells the untold story of one 12-year-old's dream to become the world's greatest supervillain.

In the heart of the 1970s, amid a flurry...