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[07/14/15 - 09:58 AM]
Minions the Latest Box Office Champ to Be Acquired by FX Networks
The news comes after FX Networks secured the exclusive U.S. commercial television premiere rights to Jurassic World, the fastest film to generate $1 billion in worldwide box office revenue.

[via press release from FX]

MINIONS THE LATEST BOX OFFICE CHAMP TO BE ACQUIRED BY FX NETWORKS

The Leading Destination for Hit Films, FX Networks Licenses the Hit Toon After It Scores The Second-Biggest Opening Weekend Ever For An Animated Feature

Ted 2 and Terminator Genisys Also Added to FX Networks' Growing List of Major Features Acquired This Year

LOS ANGELES, July 14, 2015 - FX Networks, the leading destination for blockbuster features, has secured the exclusive U.S. commercial television premiere rights to Minions, which scored the second-biggest opening weekend ever for an animated feature with $115 million in domestic box office revenue. Minions is the latest box office #1 to be acquired for television by FX Networks and its suite of networks - FX, FXX, FXM and the video-on-demand platform FXNOW. In addition, FX Networks has acquired two other recent major box office releases, Ted 2 and Terminator Genisys.

The news comes after FX Networks secured the exclusive U.S. commercial television premiere rights to Jurassic World, the fastest film to generate $1 billion in worldwide box office revenue, Furious 7, which has grossed over $1.5 billion in worldwide box office revenue, as well as Pitch Perfect 2. FX Networks has also licensed Taken 3, which topped the box office in January, the surprise February hit Kingsman: The Secret Service, and Home.

As an aggressive buyer of major box office hits, FX Networks has established itself as the leading destination for blockbuster features and movies with wide audience appeal. In 2014, FX Networks licensed 67% of all of the year's features that grossed more than $100 million at the box office.

ABOUT FX NETWORKS

FX Networks, a business unit of 21st Century Fox, is comprised of the networks FX, FXX and FXM and the video on-demand app FXNOW. FX, the flagship general entertainment basic cable channel, launched in June of 1994 and is carried in 94 million homes. The diverse schedule features a growing roster of critically-acclaimed and award-winning hit dramas series, including The Americans, Tyrant, The Strain and the upcoming The Bastard Executioner and Taboo; the critically-acclaimed limited series American Horror Story, Fargo and the upcoming limited series American Crime Story; acclaimed hit comedy series including the award-winning Louie, Archer, Married, The Comedians and the upcoming Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll and Baskets. FX's roster of acquired hit series includes Two and a Half Men, How I Met Your Mother and Mike & Molly. FXX, the newest network, launched in September 2013 and is carried in more than 78 million homes. Geared towards a young adult audience, the schedule features original series, movies, and acquired series. The channel is anchored by the acclaimed hit comedies It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, The League, You're the Worst, Man Seeking Woman and the upcoming The Untitled Tracy Morgan Project (TBD). FXX is also the exclusive cable home to The Simpsons, the longest-running comedy in TV history, the late night animated block Animation Domination, and acquired hit series such as In Living Color, Mad About You and Parks and Recreation. FXM (formerly Fox Movie Channel) was launched in October of 1994 and is now carried in more than 52 million homes. Its schedule features classic films during the day (FXM Retro), and contemporary box office hits and acclaimed, award-winning films in the evening, as well as short-form award-winning original programming.





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