"Minions" took a massive $115m this weekend at the box office in north America - the second biggest opening for an animated film in history.

The spin-off to "Despicable Me" just missed the record set by "Shrek the Third" - which took $121 in 2007.

It follows the titular yellow creatures - who exist to serve masters ranging from T Rex dinosaurs to Napoleon - in their quest to find a new evil boss.

"Jurassic World" was pushed into second place, taking a tiny 18 million dollars, followed by "Inside Out" and "Terminator Genisys".