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Despicable Me 2

2013 • PG • 1h 38m • Adventure, Animation, Comedy • Universal Pictures

More minions. More despicable.

🍅 75% 85%

62

3.30

7.3

CS A

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$83.5M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$368.1M

Final

Worldwide Total

$975.2M

$607.2M international

Domestic Legs4.41x

Budget$76.0M

2013 Rank#4

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Cast & Crew

Full Coffin filmography

Pierre Coffin Director

Chris Renaud Director

Steve Carell Starring

Kristen Wiig Starring

Benjamin Bratt Starring

Miranda Cosgrove

Miranda Cosgrove Starring

ScreenplayMike Reiss, Cinco Paul, Ken Daurio Produced byChris Meledandri, Janet Healy MusicHeitor Pereira & Pharrell Williams Prod. DesignYarrow Cheney StudioUniversal Pictures SeriesDespicable Me

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 5-7 1 $83.5M — 3,997 $20,895 $143.1M

2 Jul 12-14 1 $43.9M −47.4% 4,003 $10,965 $228.4M

3 Jul 19-21 2 $24.9M −43.3% 3,820 $6,519 $276.0M

4 Jul 26-28 3 $16.4M −34.1% 3,476 $4,725 $306.8M

5 Aug 2-4 5 $10.1M −38.3% 3,207 $3,160 $326.4M

6 Aug 9-11 9 $5.9M −41.6% 2,395 $2,470 $338.5M

7 Aug 16-18 11 $3.9M −33.9% 1,818 $2,150 $346.1M

8 Aug 23-25 14 $2.6M −33.5% 1,402 $1,855 $350.7M

9 Aug 30-Sep 1 13 $2.8M +6.1% 1,284 $2,149 $354.7M

10 Sep 6-8 15 $1.5M −47.1% 1,050 $1,390 $357.6M

11 Sep 13-15 13 $1.3M −12.1% 1,006 $1,275 $359.1M

12 Sep 20-22 13 $1.4M +6.1% 1,004 $1,355 $360.7M

13 Sep 27-29 16 $792.9K −41.7% 748 $1,060 $361.8M

14 Oct 4-6 19 $485.0K −38.8% 485 $1,000 $362.4M

15 Oct 11-13 19 $505.6K +4.2% 434 $1,165 $363.1M

16 Oct 18-20 20 $485.9K −3.9% 395 $1,230 $363.7M

17 Oct 25-27 20 $390.4K −19.7% 379 $1,030 $364.2M

18 Nov 1-3 16 $423.3K +8.4% 309 $1,370 $364.8M

19 Nov 8-10 18 $474.3K +12.0% 310 $1,530 $365.4M

20 Nov 15-17 19 $417.9K −11.9% 305 $1,370 $365.9M

21 Nov 22-24 19 $343.7K −17.7% 295 $1,165 $366.4M

22 Nov 29-Dec 1 23 $340.2K −1.0% 271 $1,255 $366.9M

23 Dec 6-8 26 $171.4K −49.6% 252 $680 $367.2M

24 Dec 13-15 24 $143.8K −16.1% 223 $645 $367.4M

25 Dec 20-22 29 $98.5K −31.5% 197 $500 $367.5M

26 Dec 27-29 34 $128.7K +30.6% 165 $779 $367.7M

27 Jan 3-5 36 $96.6K −24.9% 151 $640 $368.0M

28 Jan 10-12 39 $66.4K −31.2% 137 $485 $368.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Tue Jul 2 $4.7M — $4.7M — — -1

Wed Jul 3 #1 $35.0M — $35.0M 3,956 $8,850 1

Thu Jul 4 #1 $24.5M −30% $58.8M 3,956 $6,205 2

Fri Jul 5 #1 $30.5M +24% $89.3M 3,997 $7,625 3

Sat Jul 6 #1 $29.4M −4% $118.7M 3,997 $7,350 4

Sun Jul 7 #1 $23.7M −19% $143.1M 3,997 $5,920 5

Mon Jul 8 #1 $10.5M −56% $153.6M 3,997 $2,630 6

Tue Jul 9 #1 $12.1M +15% $165.7M 3,997 $3,020 7

Wed Jul 10 #1 $9.7M −20% −72% $175.3M 3,997 $2,420 8

Thu Jul 11 #1 $9.2M −5% −63% $184.5M 3,997 $2,290 9

Fri Jul 12 #3 $13.5M +47% −56% $197.9M 4,003 $3,360 10

Sat Jul 13 #1 $17.4M +30% −41% $215.4M 4,003 $4,355 11

Sun Jul 14 #1 $13.0M −25% −45% $228.4M 4,003 $3,250 12

Mon Jul 15 #1 $5.6M −57% −46% $234.0M 4,003 $1,410 13

Tue Jul 16 #1 $6.8M +21% −43% $240.9M 4,003 $1,710 14

Wed Jul 17 #2 $5.2M −24% −46% $246.1M 3,891 $1,345 15

Thu Jul 18 #1 $5.0M −4% −45% $251.1M 3,891 $1,285 16

Fri Jul 19 #2 $7.5M +49% −44% $258.6M 3,820 $1,954 17

Sat Jul 20 #2 $10.0M +34% −42% $268.6M 3,820 $2,624 18

Sun Jul 21 #2 $7.4M −26% −43% $276.0M 3,820 $1,940 19

Mon Jul 22 #2 $3.5M −53% −39% $279.5M 3,820 $905 20

Tue Jul 23 #2 $4.4M +26% −36% $283.8M 3,820 $1,140 21

Wed Jul 24 #2 $3.4M −23% −36% $287.2M 3,820 $879 22

Thu Jul 25 #2 $3.2M −5% −36% $290.4M 3,820 $840 23

Fri Jul 26 #3 $4.9M +52% −35% $295.3M 3,476 $1,400 24

Sat Jul 27 #3 $6.4M +31% −36% $301.7M 3,476 $1,840 25

Sun Jul 28 #3 $5.2M −19% −30% $306.8M 3,476 $1,485 26

Mon Jul 29 #3 $2.3M −56% −34% $309.1M 3,476 $655 27

Tue Jul 30 #3 $2.7M +20% −37% $311.8M 3,476 $785 28

Wed Jul 31 #4 $2.1M −22% −36% $314.0M 3,476 $615 29

Thu Aug 1 #4 $2.3M +8% −28% $316.3M 3,476 $667 30

Fri Aug 2 #5 $3.1M +33% −36% $319.4M 3,207 $965 31

Sat Aug 3 #5 $4.2M +34% −35% $323.5M 3,207 $1,295 32

Sun Aug 4 #5 $2.9M −31% −44% $326.4M 3,207 $900 33

Mon Aug 5 #5 $1.6M −46% −32% $328.0M 3,207 $485 34

Tue Aug 6 #4 $1.8M +13% −35% $329.7M 3,207 $549 35

Wed Aug 7 #6 $1.5M −18% −32% $331.2M 2,850 $510 36

Thu Aug 8 #6 $1.4M −5% −40% $332.6M 2,850 $485 37

Fri Aug 9 #9 $1.9M +38% −38% $334.5M 2,395 $795 38

Sat Aug 10 #9 $2.3M +20% −45% $336.8M 2,395 $955 39

Sun Aug 11 #9 $1.7M −25% −40% $338.5M 2,395 $720 40

Mon Aug 12 #8 $910.1K −47% −41% $339.4M 2,395 $380 41

Tue Aug 13 #8 $1.2M +34% −31% $340.6M 2,395 $510 42

Wed Aug 14 #8 $862.2K −29% −41% $341.5M 2,395 $360 43

Thu Aug 15 #8 $730.5K −15% −47% $342.2M 2,395 $305 44

Fri Aug 16 #13 $1.1M +47% −44% $343.3M 1,818 $590 45

Sat Aug 17 #12 $1.6M +47% −31% $344.9M 1,818 $870 46

Sun Aug 18 #11 $1.3M −21% −27% $346.1M 1,818 $690 47

Mon Aug 19 #11 $527.2K −58% −42% $346.6M 1,818 $290 48

Tue Aug 20 #11 $581.8K +10% −52% $347.2M 1,818 $320 49

Wed Aug 21 #12 $415.2K −29% −52% $347.6M 1,818 $228 50

Thu Aug 22 #11 $461.4K +11% −37% $348.1M 1,818 $253 51

Fri Aug 23 $715.0K +55% −33% $348.8M 1,402 $510 52

Sat Aug 24 $1.1M +54% −30% $349.9M 1,402 $785 53

Sun Aug 25 $785.1K −29% −37% $350.7M 1,402 $560 54

Mon Aug 26 $336.5K −57% −36% $351.0M 1,402 $240 55

Tue Aug 27 $350.6K +4% −40% $351.4M 1,402 $250 56

Wed Aug 28 $288.4K −18% −31% $351.7M 1,402 $205 57

Thu Aug 29 $262.2K −9% −43% $351.9M 1,402 $187 58

Fri Aug 30 $597.1K +128% −16% $352.5M 1,284 $465 59

Sat Aug 31 $1.1M +80% −3% $353.6M 1,284 $834 60

Sun Sep 1 $1.1M +2% +39% $354.7M 1,284 $849 61

Mon Sep 2 $1.0M −5% +209% $355.7M 1,284 $810 62

Tue Sep 3 $147.7K −86% −58% $355.9M 1,284 $115 63

Wed Sep 4 $96.3K −35% −67% $356.0M 1,284 $75 64

Thu Sep 5 $115.6K +20% −56% $356.1M 1,284 $90 65

Fri Sep 6 $309.8K +168% −48% $356.4M 1,050 $295 66

Sat Sep 7 $724.5K +134% −32% $357.1M 1,050 $690 67

Sun Sep 8 $425.3K −41% −61% $357.6M 1,050 $405 68

Mon Sep 9 $68.3K −84% −93% $357.6M 1,050 $65 69

Tue Sep 10 $78.8K +15% −47% $357.7M 1,050 $75 70

Wed Sep 11 $63.0K −20% −35% $357.8M 1,050 $60 71

Thu Sep 12 $63.0K n/c −45% $357.8M 1,050 $59 72

Fri Sep 13 $271.6K +331% −12% $358.1M 1,006 $270 73

Sat Sep 14 $613.7K +126% −15% $358.7M 1,006 $610 74

Sun Sep 15 $397.4K −35% −7% $359.1M 1,006 $395 75

Mon Sep 16 $65.4K −84% −4% $359.2M 1,006 $65 76

Tue Sep 17 $70.4K +8% −11% $359.2M 1,006 $70 77

Wed Sep 18 $60.4K −14% −4% $359.3M 1,006 $60 78

Thu Sep 19 $60.3K n/c −4% $359.4M 1,006 $59 79

Fri Sep 20 $286.1K +375% +5% $359.7M 1,004 $285 80

Sat Sep 21 $682.7K +139% +11% $360.3M 1,004 $680 81

Sun Sep 22 #12 $391.6K −43% −1% $360.7M 1,004 $390 82

Mon Sep 23 $65.3K −83% n/c $360.8M 1,004 $65 83

Tue Sep 24 $70.3K +8% n/c $360.9M 1,004 $70 84

Wed Sep 25 $60.2K −14% n/c $360.9M 1,004 $60 85

Thu Sep 26 $55.2K −8% −8% $361.0M 1,004 $55 86

Fri Sep 27 $190.8K +245% −33% $361.2M 748 $255 87

Sat Sep 28 $381.5K +100% −44% $361.6M 748 $510 88

Sun Sep 29 $220.7K −42% −44% $361.8M 748 $295 89

Mon Sep 30 $44.9K −80% −31% $361.8M 748 $60 90

Tue Oct 1 $48.6K +8% −31% $361.9M 748 $65 91

Wed Oct 2 $41.4K −15% −31% $361.9M 748 $55 92

Thu Oct 3 $41.0K −1% −26% $362.0M 748 $54 93

Fri Oct 4 $116.4K +184% −39% $362.1M 485 $240 94

Sat Oct 5 $230.4K +98% −40% $362.3M 485 $475 95

Sun Oct 6 $138.2K −40% −37% $362.4M 485 $285 96

Mon Oct 7 $29.1K −79% −35% $362.5M 485 $60 97

Tue Oct 8 $31.5K +8% −35% $362.5M 485 $65 98

Wed Oct 9 $26.7K −15% −35% $362.5M 485 $55 99

Thu Oct 10 $31.6K +18% −23% $362.6M 485 $65 100

Fri Oct 11 $134.5K +326% +16% $362.7M 434 $310 101

Sat Oct 12 $227.8K +69% −1% $362.9M 434 $525 102

Sun Oct 13 $143.2K −37% +4% $363.1M 434 $330 103

Mon Oct 14 $91.1K −36% +213% $363.2M 434 $210 104

Tue Oct 15 $36.9K −60% +17% $363.2M 434 $85 105

Wed Oct 16 $28.0K −24% +5% $363.2M 434 $64 106

Thu Oct 17 $39.1K +39% +24% $363.3M 434 $90 107

Fri Oct 18 $126.4K +224% −6% $363.4M 395 $320 108

Sat Oct 19 $231.1K +83% +1% $363.6M 395 $585 109

Sun Oct 20 $128.4K −44% −10% $363.7M 395 $325 110

Mon Oct 21 $29.8K −77% −67% $363.8M 395 $75 111

Tue Oct 22 $29.7K n/c −19% $363.8M 395 $75 112

Wed Oct 23 $25.9K −13% −8% $363.8M 395 $65 113

Thu Oct 24 $31.8K +23% −19% $363.9M 395 $80 114

Fri Oct 25 $102.3K +222% −19% $364.0M 379 $270 115

Sat Oct 26 $176.2K +72% −24% $364.1M 379 $465 116

Sun Oct 27 $111.8K −37% −13% $364.2M 379 $295 117

Mon Oct 28 $26.6K −76% −11% $364.3M 379 $70 118

Tue Oct 29 $24.6K −7% −17% $364.3M 379 $65 119

Wed Oct 30 $20.8K −15% −19% $364.3M 379 $55 120

Thu Oct 31 $30.3K +45% −5% $364.4M 379 $80 121

Fri Nov 1 $100.4K +231% −2% $364.5M 309 $325 122

Sat Nov 2 $208.6K +108% +18% $364.7M 309 $675 123

Sun Nov 3 $114.3K −45% +2% $364.8M 309 $370 124

Mon Nov 4 $26.3K −77% −1% $364.8M 309 $85 125

Tue Nov 5 $32.4K +24% +32% $364.8M 309 $105 126

Wed Nov 6 $23.2K −29% +11% $364.9M 309 $75 127

Thu Nov 7 $23.1K n/c −24% $364.9M 309 $74 128

Fri Nov 8 $113.2K +390% +13% $365.0M 310 $365 129

Sat Nov 9 $220.1K +95% +6% $365.2M 310 $710 130

Sun Nov 10 $141.1K −36% +23% $365.4M 310 $455 131

Mon Nov 11 $97.7K −31% +272% $365.5M 310 $315 132

Tue Nov 12 $26.4K −73% −19% $365.5M 310 $85 133

Wed Nov 13 $24.8K −6% +7% $365.5M 310 $80 134

Thu Nov 14 $23.3K −6% +1% $365.5M 310 $75 135

Fri Nov 15 $100.7K +333% −11% $365.6M 305 $330 136

Sat Nov 16 $208.9K +108% −5% $365.8M 305 $685 137

Sun Nov 17 $108.3K −48% −23% $365.9M 305 $355 138

Mon Nov 18 $22.9K −79% −77% $366.0M 305 $75 139

Tue Nov 19 $24.4K +7% −7% $366.0M 305 $79 140

Wed Nov 20 $21.4K −12% −14% $366.0M 305 $70 141

Thu Nov 21 $19.8K −7% −15% $366.0M 305 $65 142

Fri Nov 22 #18 $79.7K +302% −21% $366.1M 295 $270 143

Sat Nov 23 #16 $169.6K +113% −19% $366.3M 295 $575 144

Sun Nov 24 #17 $94.4K −44% −13% $366.4M 295 $320 145

Mon Nov 25 #17 $42.8K −55% +87% $366.4M 295 $145 146

Tue Nov 26 #16 $56.0K +31% +130% $366.5M 295 $189 147

Wed Nov 27 $78.6K +40% +268% $366.6M 271 $290 148

Thu Nov 28 $39.3K −50% +98% $366.6M 271 $145 149

Fri Nov 29 $135.6K +245% +70% $366.7M 271 $500 150

Sat Nov 30 $136.9K +1% −19% $366.9M 271 $505 151

Sun Dec 1 $67.8K −50% −28% $366.9M 271 $250 152

Mon Dec 2 $14.8K −78% −65% $366.9M 271 $54 153

Tue Dec 3 $13.6K −8% −76% $367.0M 271 $50 154

Wed Dec 4 $12.3K −10% −84% $367.0M 271 $45 155

Thu Dec 5 $13.4K +9% −66% $367.0M 271 $49 156

Fri Dec 6 $39.1K +191% −71% $367.0M 252 $155 157

Sat Dec 7 $83.2K +113% −39% $367.1M 252 $330 158

Sun Dec 8 $49.1K −41% −27% $367.2M 252 $195 159

Mon Dec 9 $13.9K −72% −6% $367.2M 252 $55 160

Tue Dec 10 $15.1K +9% +11% $367.2M 252 $60 161

Wed Dec 11 $13.8K −9% +12% $367.2M 252 $54 162

Thu Dec 12 $11.3K −18% −15% $367.2M 252 $45 163

Fri Dec 13 $31.2K +175% −20% $367.2M 233 $133 164

Sat Dec 14 $71.4K +129% −14% $367.3M 233 $306 165

Sun Dec 15 $41.3K −42% −16% $367.4M 233 $177 166

Mon Dec 16 $9.9K −76% −28% $367.4M 233 $42 167

Tue Dec 17 $12.3K +24% −19% $367.4M 233 $52 168

Wed Dec 18 $13.8K +12% n/c $367.4M 233 $59 169

Thu Dec 19 $13.8K n/c +22% $367.4M 233 $59 170

Fri Dec 20 $25.6K +86% −18% $367.4M 197 $130 171

Sat Dec 21 $41.4K +62% −42% $367.5M 197 $210 172

Sun Dec 22 $31.5K −24% −24% $367.5M 197 $160 173

Mon Dec 23 $31.5K n/c +217% $367.5M 197 $160 174

Tue Dec 24 $17.7K −44% +45% $367.6M 197 $90 175

Wed Dec 25 $20.1K +14% +46% $367.6M 197 $102 176

Thu Dec 26 $34.1K +70% +147% $367.6M 197 $173 177

Fri Dec 27 $43.7K +28% +71% $367.7M 165 $265 178

Sat Dec 28 $49.5K +13% +20% $367.7M 165 $299 179

Sun Dec 29 $35.5K −28% +13% $367.7M 165 $215 180

Mon Dec 30 $30.5K −14% −3% $367.8M 165 $185 181

Tue Dec 31 $26.4K −14% +49% $367.8M 165 $160 182

Wed Jan 1 $42.1K +59% +109% $367.8M 165 $255 183

Thu Jan 2 $24.8K −41% −27% $367.9M 165 $150 184

Fri Jan 3 $33.2K +34% −24% $367.9M 151 $220 185

Sat Jan 4 $42.3K +27% −15% $367.9M 151 $280 186

Sun Jan 5 $21.1K −50% −40% $368.0M 151 $140 187

Mon Jan 6 $7.6K −64% −75% $368.0M 151 $50 188

Tue Jan 7 $7.6K n/c −71% $368.0M 151 $50 189

Wed Jan 8 $6.0K −20% −86% $368.0M 151 $40 190

Thu Jan 9 $5.3K −13% −79% $368.0M 151 $35 191

Fri Jan 10 $13.0K +146% −61% $368.0M 137 $95 192

Sat Jan 11 $33.6K +158% −21% $368.0M 137 $245 193

Sun Jan 12 $19.9K −41% −6% $368.0M 137 $145 194

Mon Jan 13 $3.4K −83% −55% $368.1M 137 $25 195

Tue Jan 14 $4.1K +20% −46% $368.1M 137 $30 196

Wed Jan 15 $4.1K n/c −32% $368.1M 137 $29 197

Thu Jan 16 $4.1K +1% −22% $368.1M 137 $30 198

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$357.7M

Jul 2Jul 20Aug 6Aug 24Sep 10

Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.5M

$83.5M

$43.9M

$24.9M

$16.4M

$10.1M

$5.9M

$3.9M

$2.6M

$2.8M

$1.5M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 4,003 → 1,050 −73.8%

3,956 open1,050 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −47.1%

−47.4%

W1→2

−43.3%

W2→3

−34.1%

W3→4

−38.3%

W4→5

−41.6%

W5→6

−33.9%

W6→7

−33.5%

W7→8

+6.1%

W8→9

−47.1%

W9→10

Steepest −47.4%Biggest gain +6.1%

Run milestones

$300M in 25 days

$100M

Day 4

Jul 6

$200M

Day 11

Jul 13

$300M

Day 25

Jul 27

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

All records →

#6 Biggest July 4th openingsAll-time $83.5M #18 Biggest animated filmsAll-time $368.1M #19 Biggest animated openingsAll-time $83.5M

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