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Despicable Me

2010 PG 1h 35m Adventure, Animation, Comedy Universal Pictures

Superbad. Superdad.

Despicable Me Box Office

Opening Weekend
$56.4M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$252M
Final
Worldwide Total
$543M
$292M international
Domestic Legs4.46x
Budget$69.0M
2010 Rank#7
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jul 9-11 1 $56.40M $56.40M 3,476 $16.2K 1
Jul 16-18 2 $32.80M -41.8% $118.43M 3,501 $9.4K 2
Jul 23-25 3 $23.69M -27.8% $161.29M 3,600 $6.6K 3
Jul 30-Aug 1 4 $15.52M -34.5% $190.33M 3,602 $4.3K 4
Aug 6-8 6 $9.28M -40.2% $209.29M 3,413 $2.7K 5
Aug 13-15 6 $6.97M -24.9% $222.20M 2,923 $2.4K 6
Aug 20-22 11 $4.66M -33.1% $231.06M 2,236 $2.1K 7
Aug 27-29 13 $2.86M -38.7% $236.28M 1,833 $1.6K 8
Sep 3-5 13 $2.98M +4.3% $240.43M 1,600 $1.9K 9
Sep 10-12 13 $1.66M -44.5% $243.53M 1,375 $1.2K 10
Sep 17-19 17 $911K -45.0% $244.74M 944 $965 11
Sep 24-26 15 $583K -36.0% $245.51M 610 $955 12
Oct 1-3 16 $440K -24.5% $246.09M 463 $950 13
Oct 8-10 20 $348K -20.9% $246.56M 353 $985 14
Oct 15-17 22 $345K -0.7% $247.05M 332 $1.0K 15
Oct 22-24 23 $371K +7.4% $247.52M 324 $1.1K 16
Oct 29-31 25 $268K -27.8% $247.88M 335 $800 17
Nov 5-7 21 $328K +22.6% $248.31M 307 $1.1K 18
Nov 12-14 21 $363K +10.5% $248.82M 273 $1.3K 19
Nov 19-21 22 $269K -25.8% $249.17M 268 $1.0K 20
Nov 26-28 19 $363K +34.8% $249.72M 266 $1.4K 21
Dec 3-5 22 $217K -40.2% $250.00M 280 $774 22
Dec 10-12 22 $191K -11.8% $250.25M 255 $750 23
Dec 17-19 22 $171K -10.5% $250.49M 233 $735 24
Dec 24-26 29 $102K -40.3% $250.79M 193 $530 25
Dec 31-Jan 2 26 $170K +66.6% $251.20M 197 $865 26
Jan 7-9 32 $118K -30.6% $251.38M 178 $664 27
Jan 14-16 40 $63K -46.8% $251.48M 137 $459 28

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

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Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byPierre Coffin, Chris Renaud
ScreenplayKen Daurio, Cinco Paul
Produced byChris Meledandri, Janet Healy, John Cohen
MusicPharrell Williams & Heitor Pereira
Prod. DesignYarrow Cheney
StarringSteve Carell, Jason Segel, Miranda Cosgrove, Dana Gaier, Elsie Fisher, Russell Brand
StudioUniversal Pictures

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