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Get ready to rock 'n roll - the official Pet Rock™ featured in “Minions: The Rise of Gru” is now available on the Nintendo Switch™ console!

Adopt your very own Pet Rock™ to nurture from a baby pebble to a full

Rubies Despicable Me Minions Otto with Pet Rock Costume Available now for Halloween 2023!

Your pup will be wreaking more havoc around the house than usual when they're all decked out in our Despicable Me Minions Otto Pet Rock Costume. Featuring a yellow minion costume with a matching headpiece and a plush Pet Rock toy for some fun and fetch, you do not want to miss out on this one

NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars has a 'pet rock' along for the ride

Perseverance's pet rock has hitchhiked across 5.3 miles on Mars aboard the rover.

Minions: Rise Of Gru’ Record $125M+ Independence Day Opening Fueled By $285M+ Promo Campaign, Biggest Ever For Franchise – Monday AM Box Office Update

Illumination/Universal’s Minions: The Rise of Gru clinches an Independence Day 4-day opening record of $125.1M, the movie’s success this weekend should come

Minions: The Rise Of Gru’ Secures China Release Date

China has set an August 19 release date for Universal/Illumination’s Minions: The Rise Of Gru. This will be the first major tentpole from Hollywood to hit the market since Universal’s own Jurassic World Dominion

Thor 4’ Nears $500M WW; ‘Minions: Rise Of Gru’ At $533M, ‘Jurassic World Dominion’ Stomps Past $900M & ‘Top Gun’ Won’t Stop – International Box Office

UPDATE, writethru: There remains plenty of action at the international box office as we head into the dog days of summer and with fewer wide releases to come.

The History Of The Notorious Pet Rock (And The Inventor Who Became A Millionaire)

In the history of fads and crazes, there is nothing to rival the Pet Rock's inexplicable popularity. It was a smooth rock, sold in a cardboard box, and it made inventor Gary

Julie’s™ Birthday Gift

It's a very special birthday for Julie, and she gets gifts that are right on for the 1970s. Her groovy presents include: A Lava® Lamp that creates colorful psychedelic effects when the lamp is switched on

Ethereum Pet Rock NFTs Are Selling for More Than $100,000

“It’s so stupid that it’s perfect,” writes one buyer. Here’s why this early NFT project from 2017 is suddenly in demand.

SRU student provides rock solid resurgence of pet rock craze

SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. — Only at a place nicknamed "The Rock" could a family of pet rocks find a home and gain national attention. It all started when a student at Slippery Rock University placed a pet rock with googly eyes on campus and shared it on social media.

‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ Crosses $70M U.S., $103M Worldwide, Adding To Totals Of A24’s Highest-Grossing Movie Ever – Update

Updated: This year’s arthouse breakout, Everything Everywhere All at Once has hit the $70M mark finally at the domestic box office with its global ticket sales now at $103M. The film from Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert crossed $100M a while ago.

National Pet Rock Day – September 3, 2023

The first Sunday in September marks National Pet Rock Day each year, this year on September 3. For those who don’t know what they are, what rock have you been hiding under?

Overworked South Koreans Unwind With Pet Rocks—‘Like Talking to Your Dog’

SEOUL—Lee So-hee, a 30-year-old office worker, used to live alone in Seoul. That changed in November when a friend gave her a rock