Illumination’s Despicable Me franchise has edged past DreamWorks Animation’s series of Shrek films (including Puss In Boots) to become the highest-grossing animated franchise of all time worldwide. According to Deadline, Despicable Me 3’s latest international weekend gross has nudged the series to a worldwide total of USD$3.528B across the three Despicable Me films, plus Minions. The global box office figures for the four Shrek movies and Puss In Boots reportedly sits at USD$3.51B.
Animated by Paris-based Illumination Mac Guff, the Despicable Me series was an immediate hit from the release of the highly-successful first film in 2010. It was followed by a sequel in 2013 and the lucrative Minions spin-off in 2015. Minions would go on to outperform the Despicable Me films and is the second highest-grossing animated film of all-time (behind Frozen). It’s also the most profitable film in Universal’s history.
Despicable Me 3, which hit cinemas back in June, has raked in just over USD$885M to date. IGN's review of Despicable Me 3 found it entertaining enough but the "least substantial of the Despicable Me films" to date.
A belated fifth Shrek movie is apparently on the cards for a 2019 or 2020 release, which eventually may flip the scales again. Of course, entirely unsurprisingly, there’s also a Minions 2 in the pipe for 2020.
Luke is Games Editor at IGN's Sydney office and is banking on his kids growing out of minions by 2020. You can find him on Twitter @MrLukeReilly.
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