Universal Pictures is the latest studio to do some shuffling around with its release calendar amidst the madness, with several major releases being pushed back significantly. Minions: The Rise of Gru, which had already been shifted off of its current date this summer, has been pushed back a full year. Meanwhile, Sing 2 has also been delayed by six months and the studio’s adaptation of the Broadway musical Wicked has been pushed back indefinitely.
After movie theaters all around the U.S. closed, joining theaters in China and almost every other country around the world, Universal moved Minions 2 from its July 2, 2020, date. The animated sequel will now open exactly a year later on July 2, 2021. This was expected to be one of the biggest hits of the summer, if not the entire year, with Disney not having nearly as many sure bets on the calendar as they did last year. Plus, the first Minions earned a staggering $1.15 billion at the global box office. This should be, or at least should have been, an easy $1 billion earner.