Box Office History for Despicable Me Movies

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Release
Date
TitleProduction
Budget
Opening
Weekend
Domestic
Box Office
Worldwide
Box Office
Jul 3, 2024Despicable Me 4
Nov 8, 2022Minions & More Volume 2
Sep 19, 2022Minions & More Volume 1
Jul 1, 2022Minions: The Rise of Gru $80,000,000$107,010,140$370,270,765$940,751,516
Jun 30, 2017Despicable Me 3 $75,000,000$72,434,025$264,624,300$1,032,809,657
Jul 10, 2015Minions $74,000,000$115,718,405$336,045,770$1,157,271,759
Jul 3, 2013Despicable Me 2 $76,000,000$84,227,980$368,065,385$975,216,835
Jul 10, 2012Despicable Me Presents: Min…
Jul 9, 2010Despicable Me $69,000,000$56,397,125$252,756,705$544,707,293
 
Averages $74,800,000$87,157,535$318,352,585$930,151,412
Totals 9 $374,000,000$1,591,762,925$4,650,757,060

Video Release Breakdown

Release DateTitleDomestic
Video Sales
to Date
Watch Now
Dec 14, 2010Despicable Me $281,493,998 Netflix Hulu Amazon iTunes Google Vudu
Jul 10, 2012Despicable Me Presents: Minion Madness $3,349,981 Google
Dec 10, 2013Despicable Me 2 $250,097,920 Netflix Hulu Amazon iTunes Google Vudu
Mar 10, 2015Despicable Me 2: Three Mini-Movie Collection $953,928 Amazon Vudu
Nov 24, 2015Minions $125,762,517 Netflix Amazon iTunes Google Vudu
Mar 6, 2016Despicable Me/Despicable Me 2/Minions    
Jun 14, 2016Despicable Me: 3 Movie Collection    
Nov 21, 2017Despicable Me 3 $48,894,426 Amazon iTunes Google Vudu
Aug 2, 2022Minions: The Rise of Gru $14,581,575 Netflix Amazon iTunes Vudu
Sep 19, 2022Minions & More Volume 1   Netflix
Nov 8, 2022Minions & More Volume 2   Netflix
 
 Totals$725,134,345

Our DVD and Blu-ray sales estimates are based on weekly retail surveys, which we use to build a weekly market share estimate for each title we are tracking. The market share is converted into a weekly sales estimate based on industry reports on the overall size of the market, including reports published in Media Play News.

For example, if our weekly retail survey estimates that a particular title sold 1% of all units that week, and the industry reports sales of 1,500,000 units in total, we will estimate 15,000 units were sold of that title. The consumer spending estimate is based on the average sales price for the title in the retailers we survey.

We refine our estimates from week to week as more data becomes available. In particular, we adjust weekly sales figures for the quarter once the total market estimates are published by the Digital Entertainment Group. Figures will therefore fluctuate each week, and totals for individual titles can go up or down as we update our estimates.

Because sales figures are estimated based on sampling, they will be more accurate for higher-selling titles.

Weekend projections: Kung Fu Panda leads great weekend in theaters

March 10th, 2024

Kung Fu Panda 4

This weekend’s new releases are more than living up to their “Po-tential,” led by a fantastic $58.3-million opening for Kung Fu Panda 4—for certain, the second-best debut for a film in the franchise, with an outside chance of topping the original Kung Fu Panda’s $60.2 million if it does really, really well on Sunday. While that will rightfully be garnering the most attention, Imaginary and Cabrini are also doing better than anticipated, and Dune: Part Two will have a great hold in its second weekend. More...

Theater counts: Bullet Train accelerates to the top as it and Easter Sunday open wide

August 4th, 2022

Bullet Train

Like last week, two new wide releases grace movie theaters across North America this weekend in the form of the violent action-comedy Bullet Train, and holiday comedy, Easter Sunday. Opening in 4,317 theaters, Bullet Train is directed by David Leitch and contains a large ensemble cast, led by Brad Pitt as an experienced but unlucky assassin named “Ladybug”. Co-starring with Pitt is Joey King, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Brian Tyree Henry, and Andrew Koji among others. The Japanese-set film which is based on Kōtarō Isaka’s dark novel “MariaBeetle” will be available on both traditional and IMAX screens. Easter Sunday, which will debut in 3,175 locations, stars Jo Koy as a man who returns home for an Easter celebration with his riotous, bickering, eating, drinking, laughing, loving family. More...

Theater counts: Super Pets arrives in super-wide 4,314 theaters

July 28th, 2022

DC League of Super Pets

An animated feature is back as the widest release as this week sees the arrival of DC League of Super Pets. Debuting in 4,314 locations, the latest from Warner Bros. features an all-star voice cast, headlined by the renowned comedic duo of Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart. The film follows Krypto (voiced by Johnson), who after his owner, Superman, is kidnapped must convince a rag-tag shelter pack—Ace the hound, PB the potbellied pig, Merton the turtle and Chip the squirrel—to master their own newfound powers and help him rescue the superheroes. DC League of Super-Pets will also be available to stream on HBO Max 45 days after its theatrical release. More...

Theater counts: Thor once again dominates as Nope touches down in 3,785 theaters

July 21st, 2022

Thor: Love and Thunder

For the second consecutive week, Thor: Love and Thunder and Minions: The Rise of Gru will be playing in the most theaters this weekend while newcomer Nope comes in strong in third spot on this week’s chart. More...

Weekend projections: Minions clear $100 million in strong July 4 debut

July 3rd, 2022

Minions: The Rise of Gru

Minions: The Rise of Gru will pick up an impressive $108.51 million over three days and $127.9 million over four, according to Universal’s Sunday-morning projection. That’s the second-best debut for the Despicable Me franchise, behind only the $115.7 million earned by the original Minions back in July, 2015. With Top Gun: Maverick continuing to perform well, the total box office this weekend looks like it will beat the July 4 Holiday weekend in 2019 in terms of total box office—another sign of the steady recovery of the theatrical market in 2022. More...

Weekend predictions: Minions eye $100-million long weekend

July 1st, 2022

Minions: The Rise of Gru

Minions: The Rise of Gru will, as expected, pull off a comfortable win at the box office this weekend. While it won’t have much competition from other films, it will have a mini-contest with itself as it shoots to earn $100 million over the Holiday. There’s a chance it’ll hit that number over three days, but my money is on it achieving the feat over four. More...

Theater counts: Rise of Gru hits 4,391 theaters for the Holiday weekend

June 30th, 2022

Minions: The Rise of Gru

After an exciting head-to-head contest at the box office last weekend, another newcomer arrives in theaters this week to challenge chart toppers Top Gun: Maverick and Elvis. Minions: The Rise of Gru will open in 4,391 theaters this week, making it the widest release. The prequel to 2015’s Minions and fifth film in the Despicable Me franchise has earned nearly $4 million overseas so far in rollouts that began in mid June. Set in the 1970s, the animated feature follows a 12-year old Gru (voiced by Steve Carell) as he grows up in the suburbs. The animated comedy from Illumination will also be available on IMAX screens throughout North America. More...

Theater counts: Elvis and The Black Phone debut but Lightyear will be the widest release

June 23rd, 2022

Lightyear

While it has taken a back seat to both Top Gun: Maverick and Jurassic World: Dominion this week at the box office, Lightyear will become the widest release this weeked, albeit due Dominion dropping 400+ locations. While the Toy Story spinoff didn’t exactly hold up to the majority of expectations, the film has still garnered over $67 million in domestic revenue as of Wednesday. Pixar’s Lightyear keeps its opening count of 4,255 theaters as it heads into its sophomore outing. More...

Home Market Releases for December 5th, 2017

December 5th, 2017

The Tragically Hip: Long Time Running

The week is deceptively strong. At first glance, Despicable Me 3 appears to have scared off all of the competition, but when you look deeper, there are a lot of contenders for Pick of the Week. These include Twin Peaks: A Limited Event Series, Better Watch Out, Princess Cyd, and others. In the end, I went with Long Time Running, which came out on DVD and Blu-ray last Friday. More...

Featured Blu-ray and DVD Review: Despicable Me 3

December 3rd, 2017

Despicable Me 3

Despicable Me 3 is the fourth film in the Despicable Me franchise. I’ve previously reviewed the first three films and bought the first film, because I loved it. The second film was weaker, but still great. The third film was Minions. It’s a kids movie, nothing more. There’s been a downward trajectory in the quality that’s quite noticeable. Does it continue here? Is it at least better than Minions was? More...

International Box Office: Wolves Feasts on the Competition with $164 million

August 10th, 2017

Wolf Warriors 2

Wolf Warriors 2 remained in top spot on the international chart with $164 million at the weekend. This is dominated by a sophomore stint of $163.38 million in its native China for a two-week total of $471.94 million. It is already the biggest hit in China, crushing The Mermaid, at least in terms of local currency. It still has a ways to go to become the number one film in terms of the US dollar, but it should get there shortly. More...

International Box Office: Wolf Warriors 2 goes for the Throat with $148.10 million

August 3rd, 2017

Wolf Warriors 2

Wolf Warriors 2 dominated the international box office with $132.88 million over the weekend in its native China, for a four-day opening of $148.10 million. This is more than the rest of the top five earned combined. More...

Weekend Estimates: Dunkirk Gives Emojis a Sad Face

July 30th, 2017

Dunkirk

A solid second weekend will be enough to keep Dunkirk at the top of the box office chart this weekend, as The Emoji Movie falls short of a par performance for a family-friendly animated film. Christopher Nolan’s war movie will fall 44% from it opening—a decent figure these days—to earn $28.1 million this time around, according to Warner Bros.’ projection released on Sunday morning. That will take it past $100 million domestically today, puts it on course for around $200 million domestically in total. More...

Weekend Estimates: Dunkirk, Girls Trip Post Impressive Debuts

July 23rd, 2017

Dunkirk

Dunkirk will easily top the chart at the box office this weekend, with a $50.5 million opening weekend from 3,720 theaters that’s broadly in line with expectations, and also remarkably similar to the first weekend for Interstellar, which opened with $47.5 million from 3,561 theaters back in 2014. It seems that the film has reached the Christopher Nolan fan base, but not extended much beyond that. Remarkably, Pearl Harbor remains the record holder for biggest opening weekend for a World War II movie, with the $59 million it earned back in 2001 (equivalent to roughly $93 million with today’s ticket prices). More...

Weekend Estimates: Apes Top Chart, Helped by Big Spider-Man Drop

July 16th, 2017

War for the Planet of the Apes

A weekend estimate just ahead of our prediction for War for the Planet of the Apes, and a one just below our prediction for Spider-Man: Homecoming means there’s a clear winner at the box office. War will come in with $56.5 million, per Fox’s Sunday morning estimate, while Homecoming will finish second with $45.2 million. More...

Weekend Predictions: Will Apes vs. Spider be a One-Sided Fight?

July 13th, 2017

War for the Planet of the Apes

War for the Planet of the Apes is going to be the biggest of the three wide releases coming out this week. This much is a near certainty. However, there is some doubt if it will open in first place, or if Spider-Man: Homecoming will remain the top draw over the weekend. The only other wide release of the week is Wish Upon, a low-budget horror film, if it can just reach the top five, then the studio will be very happy. Finally, The Big Sick is expanding wide. Given its limited release run so far, it should become a sleeper hit over the summer. This weekend last year, The Secret Life of Pets and Ghostbusters had a one-two punch of nearly $100 million. I think War for the Planet of the Apes and Spider-Man: Homecoming will top that figure, while the overall depth should help 2017 win in the year-over-year competition, but it will likely be close. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Spider-Man has Wondrous $117.03 million Opening

July 11th, 2017

Spider-Man: Homecoming

The weekend box office chart held few surprises. Every film in the top five was close to our predictions, while the top two films were a little stronger. This includes Spider-Man: Homecoming, which pulled in $117.03 million during its opening weekend, making it the second fastest debut of the summer. (Only Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 is ahead of it in that regard.) Despicable Me 3 held on better than most films this summer and will become a monster hit thanks to its international numbers. Overall, the box office rose by 22% from last weekend hitting $206 million. Unfortunately, this is still 5.1% lower than the same weekend last year. Before the summer began, 2017 had a $200 million lead over 2006. That lead is now down to just $13 million at $5.95 billion to $5.94 billion. This lead could be completely gone by the weekend. More...

Weekend Estimates: Spider-Man Comes Home to $117 Million Weekend

July 9th, 2017

Spider-Man: Homecoming

A $117 million opening weekend is pretty much all Sony could ask for from Spider-Man: Homecoming. It’s the second-best debut for the Spider-Man franchise, if you ignore the effects of inflation, and makes it almost certain that the franchise will break its unfortunate streak of earning less at the domestic box office with every new outing. With, reportedly, a more constrained budget—this is the least expensive Spider-Man film, adjusted for inflation—profitability looks assured, and Sony’s partnership with Disney looks as though it’s paying off. More...

Revised Weekend Estimates: Despicable Shrinks to $72.41 million

July 3rd, 2017

Despicable Me 3

The combination of Canada Day and Independence Day has resulted in some studios not releasing the weekend final numbers today. Some are releasing final numbers, some have updated Sunday’s estimates, while others are just waiting until Wednesday for final results. Despicable Me 3 is in the middle category, as Universal revised its estimate downwards to $72.41 million. This is still a great opening, but it is also a troubling trajectory, as it has fallen a lot from Friday’s Estimates, when it looked like it was going to hit $83 million. Granted, this is still the sixth-biggest opening of the year, so Universal has reason to celebrate, but its internal multiplier suggests short legs for a family film. I think this is a case of franchise fatigue, as its reviews were good, even if they were not as good as the previous Despicable Me films. More...

Weekend Estimates: Despicable Me’s Solid $75 Million Starts July 4 Holiday Week

July 2nd, 2017

Despicable Me 3

With July 4 falling on a Tuesday this year, this is less a holiday weekend, and more the beginning of a holiday week, and it’s bookended by new releases from two of the industry’s most reliable franchises. Despicable Me 3 starts off festivities this weekend with a solid-but-unspectacular $75.4 million from a record-setting 4,529 theaters. Breaking The Twilight Saga: Eclipse’s record for widest opening weekend of all time is no small feat for Universal, but it’s an ominous sign for the franchise that the only film to open in close to this number of theaters and pull in similar numbers at the box office was Shrek Forever After, which opened with $70.8 million in 4,359 theaters back in 2010. That was the last Shrek movie, and this might be a good time for Gru to call it a day. More...

Weekend Predictions: Can Despicable have a Picable Opening?

June 29th, 2017

Despicable Me 3

Despicable Me 3 should dominate the box office this weekend, which is good news, because the last few weeks have been underwhelming. In fact, we haven’t had a monster hit since Wonder Woman started the month off with a bang. The House is an R-rated comedy, but since the last such film to come out bombed, I’m a little worried about its chances. Baby Driver opened on Wednesday and its early numbers are promising. It won’t be a $100 million hit, but it should earn a solid profit for Sony. This weekend last year, there were no monster hits at the box office, but there was solid depth. This weekend, we should be much stronger on top, while the depth won’t be that much weaker, leading to 2017 ending its mini-losing streak. More...

2017 Preview: June

June 1st, 2017

Despicable Me 3

May was a really soft month with only one unqualified hit, Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2, which is climbing towards $375 million domestically. The second biggest hit of the month will be Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales and I would be surprised if it tops $150 million by any serious margin. June looks a lot more profitable. There are five weeks and every week there is at least one film with a great shot at $100 million or more. In fact, there are four films with at least a decent shot at $200 million and we could double the number of $300 million hits released so far this year. Wonder Woman is widely expected to start the month with an explosive debut and pulling in more than $100 million during its opening weekend is more and more likely. That said, Despicable Me 3 will probably end up being the biggest hit overall with over $300 million. Meanwhile, Cars 3 and Transformers: The Last Knight are both aiming for $200 million. Last June was not particularly strong, outside of one hit. Finding Dory earned nearly $500 million domestically, while the second best film, Central Intelligence, barely earned a quarter of that. I don’t think any film will come close to Finding Dory, but there’s a lot more depth this time around and I have high hopes 2017 will extend its lead. More...

Weekend Estimates: Pets Has Best Start for an Animated Franchise

July 10th, 2016

The Secret Life of Pets

The Secret Life of Pets is storming to a massive opening weekend at the box office, with Universal projecting a $103.2 million debut for the Illumination Entertainment animated film. That’s just shy of the $115.7 million made by Minions this weekend last year, and the best opening ever by a non-sequel or spin-off animated film. This performance is particularly significant for Illumination, because it’s their first blockbuster from outside the Despicable Me universe. More...

Star Wars: The Force Awakens - A Spoiler-Free, and Detail-Free, Review

April 3rd, 2016

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Despite what the box office numbers would indicate, there are some people who have never seen Star Wars: The Force Awakens. [Copy Ed: Some of us have never seen any Star Wars movie]. Because of that, we are going to have two reviews. The first is going to contain absolutely no spoilers... okay, just one spoiler. The big boat sinks in the end. ... On the one hand, I feel the need to apologize for that joke. On the other hand, I will never not find that joke funny. So how do you do a review without a single spoiler? Simple, nothing but lists. I will rank The Force Awakens in a trio of lists. How does this film compare to others in the Star Wars Franchise? How does it compare to the biggest hits of 2015? And finally, how does it compare to the biggest all-time hits? More...

Home Market Releases for December 8th, 2015

December 7th, 2015

Ant-Man

It is both a good week and a bad week on the home market. The top two releases are Ant-Man and Minions, which made more than $500 million and $1 billion globally, respectively. It's rare you get a one-two punch like that on top. However, the competition for those two films is much, much weaker. The third best-selling release, according to Amazon.com, is the Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase Two Box Set. It looks amazing, which is why it led this years Holiday Gift Guide, but I'm not sure there are a lot of people who will be willing to spend $200 on a box set when they likely own all or most of the movies. Beyond that, there's mostly TV on DVD releases. The competition for Pick of the Week is also not very deep with Ant-Man coming out on top. More...

Featured Blu-ray / DVD Review: Minions

December 7th, 2015

Minions

Minions is one of the four, probably soon-to-be five films that earned more than $1 billion worldwide this year. Impressive. When I first heard they were making a spin-off of the Despicable Me films, I was not shocked in the least. Those two films were monster hits and were loved by critics. However, I was worried this movie wouldn't live up to its predecessors, because a little Minions goes a long way. Could they handle a movie to themselves? Or do they work better providing comic relief for the main characters? More...

2015 - Holiday Gift Guide - Part I

November 27th, 2015

MCU Phase 2

It's Thanksgiving weekend, which means Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and of course the first installment of our Holiday Gift Guide. This week we will tackle first run releases, as well as franchise box sets. I'm going to try to keep it to a dozen or so releases, as these columns are notorious for getting out of hand. Also, while there were a record number of $1 billion box office hits, there were not as many first run releases that earned stellar reviews this year. More...

Weekend Estimates: Ant-Man Misses Out, Trainwreck Breaks Out

July 19th, 2015

Ant-Man

Perhaps we’re seeing the first signs of multiplex fatigue? In the midst of a buoyant Summer at the movies, Ant-Man will debut with around $58 million, according to Sunday estimates, about 10% below expectations, and well short of the $94 million earned by Guardians of the Galaxy this time last year. It’s a very good opening, to be sure, but the second slightly disappointing debut from the Marvel Cinematic Universe this year, after The Avengers: Age of Ultron’s $191 million opening weekend back in May. We’re talking disappointment of the level of seeing Babe Ruth only hit one home run in a game here, so we need to put things in perspective. It’s the twelfth straight $50 million-plus opening for the franchise in seven years—an unprecedented box office run. More...

Home Market Numbers: Life's A Beach

July 14th, 2015

Teen Beach 2

The list of new releases for June 23rd was not good and the best DVD release, Teen Beach 2, wasn't even released on Blu-ray. This left holdovers on top of the DVD and Blu-ray chart for June 28th and The Kingsman: Secret Service claimed top spot with 198,000 units / $3.41 million units for the week for totals of 1.11 million units / $17.84 million after three weeks of release. More...

Weekend Predictions: Will Minions Top $100 Million?

July 9th, 2015

Minions

Of the three wide releases this week, only Minions is dominating the box office tracking. Unfortunately, its reviews are nowhere near as strong as they were at the beginning of the month. Even worse, they are twice as good as the reviews for Self/Less and The Gallows. The Gallows should earn a spot in the top five during its opening weekend, but the prospects for Self/Less are not as good. This weekend last year, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes opened with $72.61 million. Minions should crush that number. Also, last year only three films earned more than $10 million over the weekend, while this year, the top five should do the same. 2015 should earn a solid win in the year-over-year comparison. More...

2015 Preview: July

July 1st, 2015

Minions

June was a much better month than expected due to two films, Jurassic World and Inside Out. Had those two films merely matched expectations, then 2015 would have likely fallen behind 2014. As for this coming month, there are five weekends in July and each week there is at least one film with the potential to reach $100 million. Most weeks there are two films that at least have a shot at getting to the century mark. The biggest hit of the month will likely be Minions, which has already opened in several international markets and it's ahead of Despicable Me 2 at the same point. That film made more than $300 million and nearly $1 billion worldwide, so any growth would be fantastic. There are also a number of potential $200 million films, led by Ant-man. Ant-man is the latest release in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, a franchise that has averaged $300 million domestically over eleven films and all of the past six films have reached at least $200 million. I'm not saying this one is guaranteed to do the same, but you can't dismiss that possibility. Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation and Pixels have smaller chances to get to $200 million, but you have to at least entertain the possibility. Additionally, last July was a lot weaker than this July looks to be, so 2015 should win in the year-over-year comparison most weeks. Or I might have let the box office success of June cloud my judgment. We will soon find out. More...

Home Market Numbers: Fifty Shades Continues its Perfect Run

June 4th, 2015

Fifty Shades of Grey

The second major change in news articles this week is the consolidation of the home market columns and using the Combined DVD and Blu-ray Sales Chart. It is kind of a bad week for this change, as the new releases were a disappointment; 50 Shades of Grey remained on top on both the Blu-ray sales chart and the DVD sales chart. It sold an additional 896,000 units and generated $15.82 million for the week giving it totals of 2.27 million units / $40.20 million. More...

DVD Sales: Five Armies Completes Three Weeks on Top

May 15th, 2015

None of the new releases were able to top the DVD sales chart leaving The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies in first place with 73,000 units / $1.10 million over the week for a total of 1.13 million units / $16.92 million. More...

Featured 3D Blu-ray / DVD Review: The Boxtrolls

January 18th, 2015

The Boxtrolls was a September release that earned good reviews, especially for a September release. However, it failed to meet expectations at the box office. On the other hand, it has done very well with Awards Season voters. Is it as bad as its box office would indicate? Is it as good as its Oscar nomination would indicate? Or is it somewhere in-between? More...

Featured Blu-ray / DVD Review: Despicable Me 2

December 9th, 2013

Despicable Me came out in 2010 and it was the first digitally animated film released by Universal. There was a lot of pressure to do well, because its level of success would not only determine if more Despicable Me movies would be made, but if the studio would continue to release digitally animated films in general. It beat expectations. Not only was it a great movie, but it earned more than $500 million worldwide on a $69 million budget. Needless to say, Despicable Me 2 was given the greenlight right away. However, can it live up to its predecessor? If not, is it still worth checking out? More...

Blu-ray Sales: Holdovers Slay New Releases

September 12th, 2013

There were only three new releases to chart on the June 30th, 2013 edition of the Blu-ray sales chart, but all three of them reached the top ten. That said, Jack the Giant Killer remained in first place with 90,000 units / $2.24 million over the week for a total of 313,000 units / $7.40 million after two. More...

Note: This list contains actors who appeared in at least two movies in the franchise.

PersonNr. of
Movies
RoleFranchise
Worldwide
Box Office
Career
Worldwide
Box Office
Franchise
/
Career
Steve Carell 6 Gru $4,650,757,060 $8,037,057,425 57.9%
Pierre Coffin 6 The Minions $4,650,757,060 $4,650,757,060 100.0%
Kristen Wiig 4 Lucy Wilde $2,552,733,785 $7,887,530,483 32.4%
Miranda Cosgrove 4 Margo $2,552,733,785 $2,684,678,457 95.1%
Dana Gaier 4 Edith $2,552,733,785 $2,552,733,785 100.0%
Steve Coogan 4 Silas Ramsbottom $3,130,832,932 $6,570,529,816 47.6%
Russell Brand 3 Dr. Nefario $2,460,675,644 $3,682,322,912 66.8%
Julie Andrews 3 Gru's Mom $2,518,268,466 $7,494,748,565 33.6%
Chris Renaud 3 Dave the Minion $1,519,924,128 $4,239,083,442 35.9%
Michael Beattie 3 VNC Announcer/Walter Jr. $3,130,832,932 $5,442,904,638 57.5%
Lori Alan 3 Additional Voice $3,165,298,251 $7,130,311,053 44.4%
John Cygan 3 Additional Voice $3,165,298,251 $5,328,974,858 59.4%
Jess Harnell 3 Additional Voice $3,165,298,251 $9,992,409,806 31.7%
Mona Marshall 3 Additional Voice $3,165,298,251 $6,276,732,566 50.4%
Danny Mann 3 Additional Voice $3,165,298,251 $8,743,432,425 36.2%
Laraine Newman 3 Additional Voice $3,165,298,251 $8,381,747,908 37.8%
Jan Rabson 3 Additional Voice $3,165,298,251 $6,443,287,855 49.1%
Elsie Fisher 2 Agnes $1,519,924,128 $1,780,969,125 85.3%
Will Arnett 2 Mr. Perkins $1,485,458,809 $6,454,544,163 23.0%
Ken Jeong 2 Floyd $1,519,924,128 $8,061,196,832 18.9%
Ava Acres 2 Additional Voice $2,132,488,594 $3,486,880,780 61.2%
Brian T. Delaney 2 Commercial Announcer/Military Officer/Additional Voice $2,190,081,416 $5,477,883,091 40.0%
Carlos Alazraqui 2 Additional Voice $2,190,081,416 $6,531,242,206 33.5%
Kyle Balda 2 Additional Voice $2,190,081,416 $2,190,081,416 100.0%
Bob Bergen 2 Additional Voice $2,190,081,416 $15,706,058,055 13.9%
Andy Nyman 2 Clive the Robot $2,190,081,416 $2,786,532,236 78.6%
Bill Farmer 2 Additional Voice $2,190,081,416 $9,065,834,649 24.2%
John Kassir 2 Additional Voice $2,190,081,416 $5,691,570,931 38.5%
Mickie McGowan 2 Additonal Voice $2,132,488,594 $10,144,093,178 21.0%
Mindy Sterling 2 Additional Voice $2,190,081,416 $4,108,715,544 53.3%
James Kevin Ward 2 Additonal Voice $2,132,488,594 $3,018,501,594 70.6%
Tara Strong 2 Additional Voice $2,190,081,416 $8,012,910,897 27.3%

Note: This list contains people who contributed to at least two movies in the franchise.

PersonNr. of
Movies
Technical RoleFranchise
Worldwide
Box Office
Career
Worldwide
Box Office
Franchise
/
Career
Chris Renaud 6 Director (3)
Executive Producer (2)
Producer (1)
$4,650,757,060 $7,735,878,168 60.1%
Christopher Meledandri 6 Producer (6) $4,650,757,060 $12,053,122,074 38.6%
Robert Taylor 6 Associate Producer (6) $4,650,757,060 $9,537,311,273 48.8%
Janet Healy 5 Producer (5) $4,650,757,060 $9,409,860,474 49.4%
Heitor Pereira 5 Composer (5) $4,650,757,060 $7,818,922,624 59.5%
Pierre Coffin 4 Director (4) $3,710,005,544 $3,710,005,544 100.0%
Ken Daurio 4 Screenwriter (4) $2,552,733,785 $4,328,690,479 59.0%
Brett Hoffman 4 Associate Producer (2)
Executive Producer (1)
Producer (1)
$3,130,832,932 $6,457,199,101 48.5%
Eric Guillon 4 Character Designer (3)
Production Designer (2)
Co-Director (1)
Art Director (1)
$3,710,005,544 $6,944,038,605 53.4%
Claire Dodgson 4 Editor (3)
Associate Editor (1)
$4,106,049,767 $4,547,629,887 90.3%
Pharrell Williams 4 Original Songs and Themes (4)
Composer (1)
$3,493,485,301 $3,741,340,656 93.4%
Kyle Balda 3 Director (3) $3,130,832,932 $3,481,930,735 89.9%
Cinco Paul 3 Screenwriter (3) $2,552,733,785 $4,328,690,479 59.0%
Carter Goodrich 3 Character Designer (3) $2,552,733,785 $3,892,811,060 65.6%
Pierre Avon 3 Supervising Animator (3) $3,165,298,251 $4,311,236,180 73.4%
Habib Louati 3 Story Artist (3) $3,165,298,251 $4,810,791,968 65.8%
Brian Lynch 2 Story by (1)
Screenwriter (1)
$2,098,023,275 $5,035,149,632 41.7%
Yarrow Cheney 2 Production Designer (2) $1,519,924,128 $3,342,961,282 45.5%
Gregory Perler 2 Editor (2) $1,519,924,128 $5,272,382,464 28.8%
Sergio Pablos 2 Story Creator (1)
Based on Characters by (1)
Executive Producer (1)
$1,577,516,950 $1,791,761,145 88.0%
Jonathan Del Val 2 Co-Director (1)
Animation Supervisor (1)
$2,098,023,275 $3,945,359,763 53.2%
Nathalie Vaincauwenberghe 2 Production Supervisor (2) $2,190,081,416 $2,541,179,219 86.2%
Olivier Adam 2 Art Director (2) $2,190,081,416 $2,685,098,321 81.6%
Bruno Dequier 2 Animation Director (2) $2,190,081,416 $2,190,081,416 100.0%
Julien Soret 2 Animation Director (1)
Supervising Animator (1)
$2,008,026,492 $3,340,489,233 60.1%
Laurent De La Chapelle 2 Technical Animation Supervisor (1)
Animation Supervisor (1)
$2,132,488,594 $3,018,501,594 70.6%
Christophe Delisle 2 Supervising Animator (1)
Animation Supervisor (1)
$2,190,081,416 $3,336,019,345 65.6%
Emmanuel Vergne 2 Animation Supervisor (1)
Supervising Animator (1)
$2,132,488,594 $3,533,375,341 60.4%
Ludovic Savonniere 2 Supervising Animator (1)
Animation Supervisor (1)
$2,190,081,416 $2,704,955,163 81.0%
Gilad Carmel 2 Associate Editor (2) $2,008,026,492 $3,408,913,239 58.9%
Rachel Brennan 2 Associate Editor (1)
Second Assistant Editor (1)
$2,190,081,416 $2,636,531,157 83.1%
Paul Mager 2 Set Designer (2) $2,132,488,594 $3,533,375,341 60.4%
Loic Rastout 2 Set Designer (2) $2,132,488,594 $3,278,426,523 65.0%
Marco Allard 2 Story Artist (2) $2,190,081,416 $2,636,531,157 83.1%
Eric Delbecq 2 Story Artist (2) $2,190,081,416 $2,190,081,416 100.0%
Antoine Ettori 2 Story Artist (2) $2,190,081,416 $2,594,616,004 84.4%
Serguei Kouchnerov 2 Story Artist (2) $2,190,081,416 $3,522,544,157 62.2%
Nolwenn Roberts 2 Story Artist (2) $2,190,081,416 $2,190,081,416 100.0%
Charlotte Hutchinson 2 Set Designer (2) $2,190,081,416 $3,225,680,186 67.9%
Vincent Massy De La Chesneraye 2 Set Designer (2) $2,190,081,416 $3,782,469,086 57.9%
Thomas Reteuna 2 Set Designer (2) $2,190,081,416 $2,821,145,598 77.6%
Alexandre Saint-Martin 2 Set Designer (2) $2,190,081,416 $3,267,595,339 67.0%
Jeannine Berger 2 Post-Production Supervisor (2) $2,190,081,416 $3,590,968,163 61.0%
Dennis Leonard 2 Supervising Sound Editor (2) $2,190,081,416 $10,271,430,997 21.3%
Slamm Andrews 2 Music Editor (2) $2,190,081,416 $4,737,562,910 46.2%