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Despicable Me (2010)

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Longtime supervillain Gru formulates a plan to steal the Moon after a younger villain named Vector steals the Great Pyramid of Giza. As part of his plan, he adopts three orphan girls, and eventually finds himself split on where his commitments lie.[2][3]

Despicable Me debuted at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival on June 9, 2010,[4] and was released in the United States on July 9.[5]

Despicable Me 2 (2013)

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Secret agent Lucy Wilde recruits Gru to investigate the theft of a powerful mutagen by El Macho, a supervillain who pursues world domination.[6]

Despicable Me 2 debuted in Australia on June 5, 2013,[7] and was released in the United States on July 3.[8]

Despicable Me 3 (2017)

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Gru teams up with his long-lost twin brother Dru to stop Balthazar Bratt, a former child actor of the 1980s, from destroying Hollywood, Los Angeles, after his show was canceled years ago.[9]

Despicable Me 3 debuted at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival on June 14, 2017,[10] and was theatrically released in the United States on June 30.[11]

Despicable Me 4 (2024)

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Gru, who is now raising a baby, faces Maxime Le Mal and his girlfriend Valentina, two villains who seek revenge on Gru and his family, forcing the family to go on the run.[12]

Despicable Me 4 debuted in New York City on June 9, 2024,[13] and was released in the United States on July 3.[14]

Prequel series

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Minions (2015)

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The Minions search for their replaceable evil master after, one-by-one, accidentally killing all their past leaders throughout history.[15]

Minions debuted in London on June 11, 2015,[16] and was released in the United States on July 10.[17]

Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022)

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An eleven-year-old Gru plans to become a supervillain with the help of his Minions, which leads to a showdown with a malevolent team, the Vicious 6.[18]

Minions: The Rise of Gru debuted at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival on June 13, 2022,[19] and was released in the United States on July 1.[20]

Minions 3 (2026)

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Minions 3 is scheduled to be released on July 1, 2026[21] after initially being set for release on June 30, 2027.[22]

Film	Release date	Director(s)	Screenwriter(s)	Producers
Main series
Despicable Me	July 9, 2010 (2010-07-09)	Chris Renaud and Pierre Coffin	Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio	Chris Meledandri, John Cohen and Janet Healy
Despicable Me 2	July 3, 2013 (2013-07-03)			Chris Meledandri and Janet Healy
Despicable Me 3	June 30, 2017 (2017-06-30)	Pierre Coffin and Kyle Balda
Despicable Me 4	July 3, 2024 (2024-07-03)	Chris Renaud	Mike White and Ken Daurio	Chris Meledandri and Brett Hoffman
Prequel series
Minions	July 10, 2015 (2015-07-10)	Pierre Coffin and Kyle Balda	Brian Lynch	Chris Meledandri and Janet Healy
Minions: The Rise of Gru	July 1, 2022 (2022-07-01)	Kyle Balda	Matthew Fogel	Chris Meledandri, Janet Healy and Chris Renaud
Minions 3	July 1, 2026 (2026-07-01)	Pierre Coffin	Brian Lynch	Chris Meledandri and Bill Ryan