“Despicable Me” No. 1 movie download on iTunes, AmazonJuly 6, 2013 - 11:32 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Steve Carell's Gru and his adorable minions aren't just taking over the box office. The animated characters are also dominating digital downloads on iTunes, Amazon and Google's Play store, The Hollywood Reporter said. The first Despicable Me movie is the No. 1 movie download on iTunes and Amazon as of Friday July 5 morning. The film is available to rent (starting at $2.99) and buy ($9.99) on both sites. The first movie is also the No. 9 rented title on Google Play ($2.99). Minion Madness, a 12-minute collection of mini movies about the minions is also making noise on the charts, landing at No. 14 on Google Play, No. 33 on iTunes and No. 75 on Amazon. Despite its higher placement on the Google Play chart, it costs $4.99 to buy there and $3.99 on iTunes and Amazon. The Despicable Me game is also the top free iPhone app and No. 5 on Google Play's list of free Android apps. Meanwhile, preorders for the second film have already begun in earnest, with these advanced purchases putting Despicable Me 2 at No. 18 on Amazon's list of best-selling DVDs (where the first film is also No. 1) and No. 73 on iTunes' list of top movies. iTunes features a Despicable Me 2 promotion on its main page, and Amazon has a promo on the main page for its Instant Video offerings. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |