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Despicable Me (film)

Despicable Me
Gru standing with his girls atop a platform on the roof viewing the Moon in the background, while a large crowd of Minions are playfully scattered along the same roof
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Screenplay byCinco Paul
Ken Daurio
Story bySergio Pablos
Produced by
Starring
Edited by
  • Pamela Ziegenhagen-Shefland
  • Gregory Perler
Music by
Production
companies
Distributed byUniversal Pictures[1]
Release dates
  • June 9, 2010 (2010-06-09) (Annecy)
  • July 9, 2010 (2010-07-09) (United States)
Running time
95 minutes[4]
CountryUnited States[5][1]
LanguageEnglish
Budget$69 million[6]
Box office$543.2 million[6]

Despicable Me is a 2010 American animated comedy film produced by Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment, and distributed by Universal. The film had many firsts, including it being the first one of the franchise of the same name, the inaugural feature from Illumination, and the directorial debuts of Chris Renaud and Pierre Coffin. It was produced by Chris Meledandri, Janet Healy, and John Cohen, from a screenplay by Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio, based on a story by Sergio Pablos. Despicable Me stars the voices of Steve Carell, Jason Segel, Russell Brand, Kristen Wiig, Miranda Cosgrove, Will Arnett, Danny McBride, Jack McBrayer, and Julie Andrews. The film follows Felonious Gru, a longtime supervillain who adopts three orphan girls to use as pawns in a villainous scheme but reluctantly develops an emotional attachment to them.

Development of Despicable Me began when Pablos pitched the idea about a main character having villainous attributes and brought the concept to Meledandri following Illumination's foundation in 2007, with Paul and Daurio writing the script. The film was officially announced in 2008, with much of its creative team attached, while animation was provided by Paris-based studio Mac Guff (now Illumination Studios Paris). Pharrell Williams and Heitor Pereira composed the film's score, with original songs written and performed by the former.

Despicable Me debuted at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival on June 9, 2010, and was theatrically released in the United States on July 9. The film received positive reviews from critics and earned $543.2 million worldwide, becoming the ninth-highest-grossing film of 2010. It was nominated for Best Animated Feature Film at the Golden Globe Awards, BAFTA Awards and Annie Awards and was also the winner for Favorite Animated Movie at the 2011 Kids' Choice Awards. Despicable Me began a successful franchise which includes three sequels (Despicable Me 2 (2013), Despicable Me 3 (2017), and Despicable Me 4 (2024)), and three prequels (Minions (2015), Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022), and the upcoming Minions 3 (2027)).

  1. ^ a b c d "Despicable Me". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Archived from the original on September 26, 2021. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
  2. ^ "Our work / Despicable Me - the SPA Studios -".
  3. ^ "The SPA Studios | Cartoons on the Bay".
  4. ^ "Despicable Me". British Board of Film Classification. Archived from the original on September 15, 2021. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
  5. ^ "Despicable Me (2010)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on September 24, 2017. Retrieved February 8, 2017.
  6. ^ a b "Despicable Me". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved December 22, 2023.

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