{"id":6424,"date":"2015-07-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/2015\/07\/15\/fx-networks-scoops-up-minions\/"},"modified":"2015-07-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-07-15T00:00:00","slug":"fx-networks-scoops-up-minions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/fx-networks-scoops-up-minions\/","title":{"rendered":"FX Networks Scoops Up Minions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\tLOS ANGELES: FX Networks has acquired the exclusive U.S. commercial TV premiere rights for <em>Minions<\/em>, which earned $115 million in domestic box-office revenue during its premiere weekend.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<em>Minions<\/em> earned the second biggest opening weekend ever for an animated feature. FX Networks acquired the movie for its suite of networks, including FX, FXX, FXM and the VOD platform FXNOW. <em>Ted 2<\/em> and <em>Terminator Genisys<\/em> are two more box-office hits that FX Networks, a business unit of 21st Century Fox, has acquired.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tFX Networks also recently secured the exclusive U.S. commercial television premiere rights for <em>Jurassic World<\/em>, <em>Furious 7&nbsp;<\/em>and <em>Pitch Perfect 2<\/em>, as well as other box-office hits. In 2014, FX Networks licensed 67 percent of all of the year&rsquo;s features that grossed over $100 million at the box office.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES: FX Networks has acquired the exclusive U.S. commercial TV premiere rights for Minions, which earned $115 million in domestic box-office revenue during its premiere weekend. Minions earned the second biggest opening weekend ever for an animated feature. FX Networks acquired the movie for its suite of networks, including FX, FXX, FXM and the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>FX Networks Scoops Up Minions<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"FX Networks Scoops Up Minions. LOS ANGELES, July 15: FX Networks has acquired the exclusive U.S. commercial TV premiere rights for Minions, which earned $115 million in domestic box-office revenue during its premiere weekend.. 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