The Despicable Me franchise centers on Gru, a supervillain (who later becomes a dad and a spy); his yellow-colored Minions; his three orphan girls, Margo, Edith and Agnes, and his wife Lucy Wilde.
Combined theatrical financials and commercial performance across all 4 installments.
Total Worldwide Gross
$3.52B
Cumulative box office receipts
Total Production Budget
$325M
Combined studio investments
Average Gross / Film
$880.2M
Average theatrical return
Commercial Multiple
10.83x
Worldwide Gross vs Budget
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Determined to prove he's the world's greatest supervillain, Gru hatches an audacious plan to steal the Moon. To pull it off, he adopts three orphaned girls—Margo, Edith, and Agnes—intending to use them as pawns in his scheme. But the unexpected bond they form forces him to question the criminal life he's always known.
Gru is recruited by the Anti-Villain League to help deal with a powerful new super criminal.
Gru and his wife Lucy must stop former '80s child star Balthazar Bratt from achieving world domination.
Gru and Lucy and their girls—Margo, Edith and Agnes—welcome a new member to the Gru family, Gru Jr., who is intent on tormenting his dad. Gru also faces a new nemesis in Maxime Le Mal and his femme fatale girlfriend Valentina, forcing the family to go on the run.