Franchise
Despicable Me
4 films•2010–2024•Universal Pictures, Universal / Illumination
69%average critics78%average audience$311.4Mdomestic average
Films
4
2010–2024
Domestic
$1.25B
lifetime
Worldwide
$3.52B
lifetime
Avg opening
$71.8M
3-day
Avg legs
4.33x
opening → total
Return
11.0x
on $320.0M of budget
The Despicable Me series runs to 4 films from Despicable Me (2010) to Despicable Me 4 (2024), together grossing $1.25B domestic and $3.52B worldwide. The biggest hit is Despicable Me 3 (2017) at $1.03B worldwide; the biggest opening weekend belongs to Despicable Me 2 (2013) at $83.5M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Despicable Me 4 | 2024 | $75.0M | $361.0M | 4.80x | $972.0M | A | 55% | #5 |
| Despicable Me 3 | 2017 | $72.4M | $264.6M | 3.65x | $1.03B | A- | 67% | #9 |
| Despicable Me 2 | 2013 | $83.5M | $368.0M | 4.41x | $971.0M | A | 75% | #4 |
| Despicable Me | 2010 | $56.4M | $252.0M | 4.46x | $543.0M | A | 80% | #7 |
Click any column to sort. Yearly rank is the film’s place on its release year’s domestic chart; a film outside that year’s top 50 shows a dash.
Film by film
DomesticInternationalColumn height is worldwide · one film every 4.7 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
11.0x
$3.52B worldwide on $320.0M of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $1.25BInternational $2.27B
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven13.8x
Budgets are reported production costs and exclude marketing, so this is a gross-to-budget ratio rather than studio profit. Films with no reported budget are left out of this section entirely, including from the totals, rather than counted as zero.
Records held
All records →2 placings across 2 all-time charts. Where a film places on the same chart in consecutive weekends, only its best placing is shown.
What’s next
Full schedule →No upcoming movies announced yet.
Connected
Directors
Studios
Counted from this filmography. The number is how many of these films each one accounts for.
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