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The audience always welcomes animated films with warm hugs. Despicable Me is among the most popular franchises and the highest-grossing animation, with over $5 billion in collections at the worldwide box office. The franchise has six movies in total, including two prequels. However, we will discuss the main franchise in this tetralogy box office series. The most recent release was 2024’s Despicable Me 4. Keep scrolling for the deets.
The franchise kicked off in 2010 with the first film. It achieved several feats on its release, including becoming one of the year’s highest-grossing films. It was the first film produced by Illumination Entertainment and became one of the most successful debuts for a new animation studio. The first film set a new benchmark for non-Disney and non-Pixar animation success domestically. Its massive success and popularity paved the way for such a popular franchise, followed by three sequels and two prequels.
In 2024, Despicable Me 4 was released, and it is one of the top 10 highest-grossing films of the past year. It was initially projected to hit $1 billion but ultimately failed to hit that mark in its lifetime. It collected $75.00 million on its opening weekend. It collected an estimated $122.6 million over the 4th of July holiday weekend last year, and it was in its five-day opening weekend. However, it is not the highest-grossing film in the franchise.
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