Universal Pictures has released the first trailer for Illumination Entertainment’s upcoming Despicable Me prequel Minions: The Rise of Gru which tells the untold story of 12 year old Gru as he dreams of becoming the world’s greatest supervillain; watch it here… In the heart of the 1970s, amid a flurry of feathered hair and flared […]
Minions: The Rise of Gru gets a first-look teaser and poster
With the first trailer set to drop this Wednesday, a teaser was released during last night’s Big Game for Minions: The Rise of Gru, the next instalment Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment’s hit animated franchise which you can check out below along with a poster for the movie… This summer, from the biggest animated franchise […]
Minions: The Rise of Gru set for July 2020
Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment have announced that their upcoming Minions sequel is officially titled Minions: The Rise of Gru, and is set to arrive on July 3rd 2020. The first Minions movie served as a spinoff/prequel to Despicable Me, and grossed $1.16 billion upon its release in 2015. Add in the box office takings […]
Despicable Me becomes highest-grossing animated franchise of all time
With its fourth entry – Despicable Me 3 – edging towards $950 million at the box office, making it the biggest film of the summer, Universal and Illumination Entertainment’s Despicable Me franchise has now topped Shrek to become the highest-grossing animated franchise of all time. The series, which launched in 2010, has grossed a combined […]
Despicable Me 3 passes $800 million worldwide
Having already helped to push the franchise past the $3 billion mark combined earlier this month, Universal and Illumination Entertainment are celebrating another box office milestone for Despicable Me 3 this weekend, with the animated sequel pushing its worldwide haul beyond the $800 million mark. The third instalment in the main Despicable Me series has […]
Despicable Me 3 pushes the franchise beyond $3 billion worldwide
Universal and Illumination Entertainment are celebrating another box office success with Despicable Me 3, the latest instalment of the animated franchise. Spurred on by a $66 million opening in China this past weekend, the film had grossed $477 million by close of play on Sunday, helping to push the series beyond the $3 billion mark combined […]
Minions becomes second-biggest animated movie of all time
It’s been a great year for Universal at the box office, with three of its films – Jurassic World, Furious 7 and Minions – all breaking $1 billion worldwide, and helping the studio to post the highest-grossing year in history with $5.53 billion and counting. Well, Universal now has another reason to celebrate as its […]
Minions races past $200 million internationally, set for $110 million US opening
Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment’s smash-hit film Minions has already raced past a milestone today at the international box-office ahead of its US opening this weekend, reports Variety. In the US, the hit animated prequel took in around $6.2 million in Thursday night previews – the highest ever preview total for an animated film. If […]
Interview: Directors Pierre Coffin and Kyle Balda talk Minions
Kat Kourbeti sat down with the directors of Minions in a roundtable discussion. If you’re curious about the world of the Minions, read on… Kat Kourbeti: First of all, congrats on the film. You can’t deny its success – everyone is absolutely loving the Minions. What can you tell us about their made-up language? What […]
