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2017 • PG • 1h 44m • Animation, Comedy, Family • Universal / Illumination

Another wild ride. More minions.

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3.0

6.3

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$72.40M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$264.60M

Final

Worldwide total

$1.04B

$768.20M international

Domestic legs3.65x

Budget$75M

2017 rank#9

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Cast & crew

Full Balda filmography

Kyle Balda

Kyle Balda Director

Pierre Coffin

Pierre Coffin Director

Steve Carell

Steve Carell Starring

Kristen Wiig

Kristen Wiig Starring

Trey Parker

Trey Parker Starring

Miranda Cosgrove

Miranda Cosgrove Starring

ScreenplayLarry Cohen, Ken Daurio Produced byChris Meledandri, John Cohen MusicHeitor Pereira & Pharrell Williams StudioUniversal Pictures SeriesDespicable Me

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 30-Jul 2 1 $72.4M — 4,529 $15,993 $72.4M

2 Jul 7-9 2 $33.6M −53.6% 4,535 $7,405 $148.8M

3 Jul 14-16 3 $19.4M −42.4% 4,155 $4,659 $188.4M

4 Jul 21-23 6 $13.0M −32.8% 3,525 $3,691 $213.6M

5 Jul 28-30 7 $7.6M −41.6% 3,030 $2,506 $230.3M

6 Aug 4-6 10 $5.4M −28.5% 2,445 $2,221 $240.9M

7 Aug 11-13 12 $3.1M −42.4% 2,013 $1,555 $247.7M

8 Aug 18-20 14 $2.1M −33.7% 1,551 $1,337 $251.8M

9 Aug 25-27 13 $1.8M −15.6% 2,116 $827 $254.6M

10 Sep 1-3 8 $2.5M +42.9% 2,132 $1,173 $258.0M

11 Sep 8-10 11 $933.2K −62.7% 1,274 $733 $260.0M

12 Sep 15-17 13 $857.2K −8.1% 983 $872 $261.1M

13 Sep 22-24 17 $505.2K −41.1% 539 $937 $261.8M

14 Sep 29-Oct 1 21 $365.7K −27.6% 419 $873 $262.3M

15 Oct 6-8 18 $289.6K −20.8% 304 $953 $262.6M

16 Oct 13-15 21 $244.7K −15.5% 266 $920 $263.0M

17 Oct 20-22 23 $194.7K −20.4% 337 $578 $263.3M

18 Oct 27-29 27 $171.0K −12.2% 210 $814 $263.5M

19 Nov 3-5 31 $214.1K +25.2% 194 $1,104 $263.8M

20 Nov 10-12 30 $208.3K −2.7% 195 $1,068 $264.0M

21 Nov 17-19 29 $125.0K −40.0% 172 $727 $264.2M

22 Nov 24-26 27 $117.7K −5.9% 161 $731 $264.4M

23 Dec 1-3 37 $64.9K −44.9% 152 $427 $264.5M

24 Dec 8-10 34 $49.8K −23.3% 143 $348 $264.5M

25 Dec 15-17 31 $38.3K −23.1% 109 $351 $264.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Jun 29 #P $4.1M — $4.1M 0 $0 -1

Fri Jun 30 #1 $29.0M — $29.0M 4,529 $6,404 1

Sat Jul 1 #1 $24.3M −16.1% $53.3M 4,529 $5,372 2

Sun Jul 2 #1 $19.1M −21.5% $72.4M 4,529 $4,217 3

Mon Jul 3 #1 $13.9M −27.4% $86.3M 4,529 $3,060 4

Tue Jul 4 #1 $12.7M −8.2% $99.0M 4,529 $2,810 5

Wed Jul 5 #1 $8.0M −37.2% $107.0M 4,529 $1,764 6

Thu Jul 6 #1 $8.2M +2.4% $115.2M 4,529 $1,806 7

Fri Jul 7 #2 $11.4M +39.0% −60.8% $126.6M 4,535 $2,508 8

Sat Jul 8 #2 $12.9M +13.8% −46.8% $139.5M 4,535 $2,855 9

Sun Jul 9 #2 $9.3M −28.5% −51.5% $148.8M 4,535 $2,042 10

Mon Jul 10 #2 $4.4M −52.8% −68.5% $153.1M 4,535 $964 11

Tue Jul 11 #2 $6.7M +53.7% −47.2% $159.9M 4,535 $1,481 12

Wed Jul 12 #2 $4.7M −30.6% −41.7% $164.5M 4,535 $1,028 13

Thu Jul 13 #2 $4.5M −3.0% −44.7% $169.0M 4,535 $997 14

Fri Jul 14 #3 $6.3M +38.8% −44.8% $175.3M 4,155 $1,510 15

Sat Jul 15 #3 $7.6M +20.5% −41.6% $182.9M 4,155 $1,820 16

Sun Jul 16 #3 $5.5M −27.0% −40.4% $188.4M 4,155 $1,329 17

Mon Jul 17 #3 $2.6M −52.1% −39.5% $191.0M 4,155 $637 18

Tue Jul 18 #3 $4.0M +51.0% −40.5% $195.0M 4,155 $962 19

Wed Jul 19 #3 $2.8M −30.2% −40.2% $197.8M 4,155 $671 20

Thu Jul 20 #3 $2.8M −0.3% −38.5% $200.6M 4,155 $669 21

Fri Jul 21 #6 $3.8M +37.7% −39.0% $204.4M 3,525 $1,086 22

Sat Jul 22 #6 $5.2M +36.5% −30.9% $209.7M 3,525 $1,482 23

Sun Jul 23 #6 $4.0M −24.1% −28.2% $213.6M 3,525 $1,124 24

Mon Jul 24 #5 $2.3M −41.3% −12.1% $215.9M 3,525 $660 25

Tue Jul 25 #5 $2.9M +22.6% −28.6% $218.8M 3,525 $809 26

Wed Jul 26 #5 $1.9M −31.9% −30.3% $220.7M 3,525 $551 27

Thu Jul 27 #5 $2.0M +0.7% −29.6% $222.7M 3,525 $555 28

Fri Jul 28 #7 $2.4M +20.6% −38.4% $225.1M 3,030 $778 29

Sat Jul 29 #7 $3.1M +33.5% −39.7% $228.2M 3,030 $1,039 30

Sun Jul 30 #7 $2.1M −33.7% −47.4% $230.3M 3,030 $688 31

Mon Jul 31 #7 $1.1M −49.2% −54.5% $231.4M 3,030 $349 32

Tue Aug 1 #7 $1.6M +51.8% −43.7% $233.0M 3,030 $530 33

Wed Aug 2 #7 $1.3M −21.5% −35.1% $234.2M 3,030 $417 34

Thu Aug 3 #6 $1.3M +0.6% −35.1% $235.5M 3,030 $419 35

Fri Aug 4 #10 $1.7M +32.0% −28.9% $237.2M 2,445 $686 36

Sat Aug 5 #10 $2.2M +32.1% −29.7% $239.4M 2,445 $906 37

Sun Aug 6 #10 $1.5M −30.5% −26.2% $240.9M 2,445 $630 38

Mon Aug 7 #7 $1.1M −28.0% +4.7% $242.0M 2,445 $453 39

Tue Aug 8 #8 $1.2M +4.0% −28.2% $243.2M 2,445 $472 40

Wed Aug 9 #8 $784.5K −32.0% −37.8% $244.0M 2,445 $321 41

Thu Aug 10 #8 $639.1K −18.5% −49.7% $244.6M 2,445 $261 42

Fri Aug 11 #12 $883.0K +38.2% −47.3% $245.5M 2,013 $439 43

Sat Aug 12 #12 $1.3M +52.1% −39.3% $246.8M 2,013 $667 44

Sun Aug 13 #12 $903.1K −32.8% −41.3% $247.7M 2,013 $449 45

Mon Aug 14 #11 $446.6K −50.5% −59.7% $248.2M 2,013 $222 46

Tue Aug 15 #11 $683.4K +53.0% −40.7% $248.9M 2,013 $340 47

Wed Aug 16 #11 $429.1K −37.2% −45.3% $249.3M 2,013 $213 48

Thu Aug 17 #11 $405.5K −5.5% −36.5% $249.7M 2,013 $201 49

Fri Aug 18 #14 $638.5K +57.5% −27.7% $250.3M 1,551 $412 50

Sat Aug 19 #15 $862.6K +35.1% −35.8% $251.2M 1,551 $556 51

Sun Aug 20 #15 $572.6K −33.6% −36.6% $251.8M 1,551 $369 52

Mon Aug 21 #14 $225.1K −60.7% −49.6% $252.0M 1,551 $145 53

Tue Aug 22 #13 $388.1K +72.4% −43.2% $252.4M 1,551 $250 54

Wed Aug 23 #12 $254.9K −34.3% −40.6% $252.6M 1,551 $164 55

Thu Aug 24 #13 $211.0K −17.2% −48.0% $252.9M 1,551 $136 56

Fri Aug 25 #16 $424.3K +101.1% −33.6% $253.3M 2,116 $201 57

Sat Aug 26 #13 $742.8K +75.1% −13.9% $254.0M 2,116 $351 58

Sun Aug 27 #12 $583.3K −21.5% +1.9% $254.6M 2,116 $276 59

Mon Aug 28 #12 $208.4K −64.3% −7.4% $254.8M 2,116 $98 60

Tue Aug 29 #11 $334.7K +60.6% −13.7% $255.1M 2,116 $158 61

Wed Aug 30 #11 $193.3K −42.2% −24.2% $255.3M 2,116 $91 62

Thu Aug 31 #11 $195.0K +0.9% −7.5% $255.5M 2,116 $92 63

Fri Sep 1 #11 $486.1K +149.2% +14.6% $256.0M 2,132 $228 64

Sat Sep 2 #9 $973.7K +100.3% +31.1% $257.0M 2,132 $457 65

Sun Sep 3 #8 $1.0M +7.0% +78.6% $258.0M 2,132 $488 66

Mon Sep 4 #9 $753.2K −27.7% +261.4% $258.8M 2,132 $353 67

Tue Sep 5 #- $122.1K −83.8% −63.5% $258.9M 2,132 $57 68

Wed Sep 6 #- $82.1K −32.8% −57.5% $259.0M 2,132 $39 69

Thu Sep 7 #- $54.4K −33.8% −72.1% $259.0M 2,132 $25 70

Fri Sep 8 #15 $163.1K +200.0% −66.5% $259.2M 1,274 $128 71

Sat Sep 9 #11 $468.6K +187.4% −51.9% $259.7M 1,274 $368 72

Sun Sep 10 #11 $301.6K −35.6% −71.0% $260.0M 1,274 $237 73

Mon Sep 11 #- $50.0K −83.4% −93.4% $260.0M 1,274 $39 74

Tue Sep 12 #15 $82.6K +65.0% −32.3% $260.1M 1,274 $65 75

Wed Sep 13 #13 $68.3K −17.2% −16.7% $260.2M 1,274 $54 76

Thu Sep 14 #15 $55.0K −19.5% +1.3% $260.2M 1,274 $43 77

Fri Sep 15 #- $163.6K +197.3% +0.3% $260.4M 983 $166 78

Sat Sep 16 #13 $412.1K +151.9% −12.0% $260.8M 983 $419 79

Sun Sep 17 #12 $281.5K −31.7% −6.7% $261.1M 983 $286 80

Mon Sep 18 #- $48.8K −82.7% −2.6% $261.1M 983 $50 81

Tue Sep 19 #- $55.6K +14.1% −32.7% $261.2M 983 $57 82

Wed Sep 20 #- $43.3K −22.1% −36.6% $261.2M 983 $44 83

Thu Sep 21 #13 $61.6K +42.2% +11.9% $261.3M 983 $63 84

Fri Sep 22 #- $108.1K +75.5% −33.9% $261.4M 539 $201 85

Sat Sep 23 #- $247.8K +129.2% −39.9% $261.7M 539 $460 86

Sun Sep 24 #14 $149.3K −39.7% −46.9% $261.8M 539 $277 87

Mon Sep 25 #- $25.0K −83.2% −48.6% $261.8M 539 $46 88

Tue Sep 26 #- $29.4K +17.5% −47.1% $261.9M 539 $55 89

Wed Sep 27 #- $22.0K −25.3% −49.2% $261.9M 539 $41 90

Thu Sep 28 #- $19.8K −9.9% −67.8% $261.9M 539 $37 91

Fri Sep 29 #- $75.3K +280.1% −30.3% $262.0M 419 $180 92

Sat Sep 30 #- $179.3K +138.1% −27.6% $262.2M 419 $428 93

Sun Oct 1 #- $111.1K −38.1% −25.6% $262.3M 419 $265 94

Mon Oct 2 #- $17.3K −84.5% −31.1% $262.3M 419 $41 95

Tue Oct 3 #- $22.7K +31.5% −22.9% $262.3M 419 $54 96

Wed Oct 4 #- $18.4K −18.7% −16.1% $262.3M 419 $44 97

Thu Oct 5 #- $18.9K +2.6% −4.5% $262.3M 419 $45 98

Fri Oct 6 #- $68.4K +261.4% −9.2% $262.4M 304 $225 99

Sat Oct 7 #- $127.1K +85.8% −29.1% $262.5M 304 $418 100

Sun Oct 8 #- $94.2K −25.9% −15.2% $262.6M 304 $310 101

Mon Oct 9 #- $69.1K −26.6% +300.6% $262.7M 304 $227 102

Tue Oct 10 #- $24.9K −64.0% +9.7% $262.7M 304 $82 103

Wed Oct 11 #- $17.6K −29.2% −4.4% $262.7M 304 $58 104

Thu Oct 12 #- $20.9K +18.5% +10.3% $262.8M 304 $69 105

Fri Oct 13 #- $57.2K +174.0% −16.3% $262.8M 266 $215 106

Sat Oct 14 #- $115.3K +101.5% −9.3% $262.9M 266 $433 107

Sun Oct 15 #- $72.2K −37.4% −23.3% $263.0M 266 $271 108

Mon Oct 16 #- $14.7K −79.6% −78.7% $263.0M 266 $55 109

Tue Oct 17 #- $14.1K −4.0% −43.3% $263.0M 266 $53 110

Wed Oct 18 #- $12.8K −9.5% −27.5% $263.1M 266 $48 111

Thu Oct 19 #- $17.2K +34.8% −17.5% $263.1M 266 $65 112

Fri Oct 20 #- $48.1K +179.3% −15.9% $263.1M 337 $143 113

Sat Oct 21 #- $91.8K +90.8% −20.4% $263.2M 337 $272 114

Sun Oct 22 #- $54.9K −40.2% −24.0% $263.3M 337 $163 115

Mon Oct 23 #- $13.3K −75.8% −9.6% $263.3M 337 $39 116

Tue Oct 24 #- $12.2K −8.1% −13.4% $263.3M 337 $36 117

Wed Oct 25 #- $10.4K −15.2% −18.8% $263.3M 337 $31 118

Thu Oct 26 #- $15.9K +53.2% −7.7% $263.3M 337 $47 119

Fri Oct 27 #- $41.1K +158.5% −14.6% $263.4M 210 $196 120

Sat Oct 28 #- $72.6K +76.6% −20.9% $263.4M 210 $346 121

Sun Oct 29 #- $57.3K −21.0% +4.5% $263.5M 210 $273 122

Mon Oct 30 #- $19.5K −65.9% +46.8% $263.5M 210 $93 123

Tue Oct 31 #- $19.8K +1.3% +61.8% $263.5M 210 $94 124

Wed Nov 1 #- $13.1K −33.6% +26.6% $263.5M 210 $63 125

Thu Nov 2 #- $12.1K −8.2% −24.1% $263.6M 210 $57 126

Fri Nov 3 #- $45.0K +272.9% +9.4% $263.6M 194 $232 127

Sat Nov 4 #- $100.8K +124.2% +38.9% $263.7M 194 $519 128

Sun Nov 5 #- $68.4K −32.2% +19.3% $263.8M 194 $352 129

Mon Nov 6 #- $18.7K −72.7% −4.4% $263.8M 194 $96 130

Tue Nov 7 #- $15.8K −15.3% −20.0% $263.8M 194 $82 131

Wed Nov 8 #- $9.5K −39.8% −27.4% $263.8M 194 $49 132

Thu Nov 9 #- $15.2K +59.2% +25.8% $263.8M 194 $78 133

Fri Nov 10 #- $64.5K +325.2% +43.5% $263.9M 195 $331 134

Sat Nov 11 #- $89.7K +39.0% −11.0% $264.0M 195 $460 135

Sun Nov 12 #- $54.2K −39.6% −20.8% $264.0M 195 $278 136

Mon Nov 13 #- $9.6K −82.3% −48.5% $264.0M 195 $49 137

Tue Nov 14 #- $8.1K −15.5% −48.6% $264.1M 195 $42 138

Wed Nov 15 #- $7.1K −13.1% −25.9% $264.1M 195 $36 139

Thu Nov 16 #- $7.1K +0.8% −53.1% $264.1M 195 $36 140

Fri Nov 17 #- $25.8K +263.0% −60.0% $264.1M 172 $150 141

Sat Nov 18 #- $59.2K +129.3% −34.0% $264.2M 172 $344 142

Sun Nov 19 #- $40.0K −32.5% −26.2% $264.2M 172 $232 143

Mon Nov 20 #- $16.5K −58.6% +72.0% $264.2M 172 $96 144

Tue Nov 21 #- $23.4K +41.4% +187.9% $264.2M 172 $136 145

Wed Nov 22 #- $28.7K +22.5% +305.9% $264.3M 172 $167 146

Thu Nov 23 #- $13.8K −51.8% +94.0% $264.3M 172 $80 147

Fri Nov 24 #- $43.0K +211.7% +66.5% $264.3M 161 $267 148

Sat Nov 25 #- $48.6K +13.0% −17.9% $264.4M 161 $302 149

Sun Nov 26 #- $26.1K −46.3% −34.8% $264.4M 161 $162 150

Mon Nov 27 #- $5.3K −79.8% −68.1% $264.4M 161 $33 151

Tue Nov 28 #- $5.9K +10.9% −75.0% $264.4M 161 $36 152

Wed Nov 29 #- $4.4K −25.2% −84.7% $264.4M 161 $27 153

Thu Nov 30 #- $4.3K −1.6% −68.8% $264.4M 161 $27 154

Fri Dec 1 #- $12.7K +193.7% −70.6% $264.4M 152 $83 155

Sat Dec 2 #- $32.3K +154.9% −33.6% $264.5M 152 $212 156

Sun Dec 3 #- $20.0K −38.1% −23.4% $264.5M 152 $131 157

Mon Dec 4 #- $3.2K −83.9% −38.9% $264.5M 152 $21 158

Tue Dec 5 #- $4.4K +35.0% −25.6% $264.5M 152 $29 159

Wed Dec 6 #- $3.7K −14.9% −15.4% $264.5M 152 $24 160

Thu Dec 7 #- $4.3K +14.8% −1.3% $264.5M 152 $28 161

Fri Dec 8 #- $9.7K +127.5% −23.5% $264.5M 143 $68 162

Sat Dec 9 #- $24.0K +148.3% −25.5% $264.5M 143 $168 163

Sun Dec 10 #- $16.1K −33.1% −19.5% $264.5M 143 $112 164

Mon Dec 11 #- $3.3K −79.4% +2.6% $264.5M 143 $23 165

Tue Dec 12 #- $4.6K +39.1% +5.7% $264.6M 143 $32 166

Wed Dec 13 #- $3.7K −20.6% −1.3% $264.6M 143 $26 167

Thu Dec 14 #- $3.3K −9.8% −22.6% $264.6M 143 $23 168

Fri Dec 15 #- $7.7K +135.1% −20.0% $264.6M 109 $71 169

Sat Dec 16 #- $17.7K +128.0% −26.5% $264.6M 109 $162 170

Sun Dec 17 #- $12.9K −27.1% −19.9% $264.6M 109 $118 171

Mon Dec 18 #- $4.6K −64.2% +39.3% $264.6M 109 $42 172

Tue Dec 19 #- $5.4K +17.2% +17.4% $264.6M 109 $50 173

Wed Dec 20 #- $8.5K +58.0% +133.7% $264.6M 109 $78 174

Thu Dec 21 #- $7.9K −7.1% +140.7% $264.6M 109 $73 175

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$259.0M

Jun 29Jul 17Aug 3Aug 21Sep 7

Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.5M

$72.4M

$33.6M

$19.4M

$13.0M

$7.6M

$5.4M

$3.1M

$2.1M

$1.8M

$2.5M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 4,535 → 2,132 −53.0%

4,529 open2,132 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +42.9%

−53.6%

W1→2

−42.4%

W2→3

−32.8%

W3→4

−41.6%

W4→5

−28.5%

W5→6

−42.4%

W6→7

−33.7%

W7→8

−15.6%

W8→9

+42.9%

W9→10

Steepest −53.6%Biggest gain +42.9%

Run milestones

$200M in 21 days

$100M

Day 6

Jul 5

$200M

Day 21

Jul 20

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

#9 Biggest July 4th openingsAll-time $72.4M #19 Biggest June openingsAll-time $72.4M

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