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2015 • PG • 1h 31m • Animation, Comedy, Family • Universal Pictures

Before Gru, they had a history of bad bosses.

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$115.70M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$336.05M

Final

Worldwide total

$1.16B

$821.20M international

Domestic legs2.90x

Budget$74.0M

2015 rank#6

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Cast & crew

Full Balda filmography

Kyle Balda

Kyle Balda Director

Pierre Coffin

Pierre Coffin Director

Sandra Bullock

Sandra Bullock Starring

Jon Hamm

Jon Hamm Starring

Michael Keaton

Michael Keaton Starring

Allison Janney

Allison Janney Starring

ScreenplayBrian Lynch Produced byChris Meledandri, Janet Healy MusicHeitor Pereira StudioUniversal Pictures SeriesDespicable Me

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 10-12 1 $115.7M — 4,301 $26,905 $115.7M

2 Jul 17-19 2 $49.3M −57.4% 4,311 $11,430 $215.8M

3 Jul 24-26 3 $22.9M −53.5% 4,062 $5,646 $262.5M

4 Jul 31-33 4 $12.4M −46.0% 3,575 $3,465 $287.6M

5 Aug 7-9 6 $7.4M −39.9% 3,123 $2,385 $302.8M

6 Aug 14-16 8 $5.1M −30.9% 2,640 $1,950 $312.9M

7 Aug 21-23 9 $3.8M −25.6% 2,226 $1,720 $320.1M

8 Aug 28-30 11 $2.9M −24.9% 1,976 $1,455 $324.8M

9 Sep 4-6 11 $3.0M +3.2% 1,927 $1,540 $328.8M

10 Sep 11-13 14 $1.5M −49.0% 1,585 $955 $331.6M

11 Sep 18-20 15 $987.0K −34.8% 1,134 $870 $332.9M

12 Sep 25-27 19 $436.0K −55.8% 507 $860 $333.5M

13 Oct 2-4 20 $308.7K −29.2% 265 $1,165 $333.9M

14 Oct 9-11 24 $245.3K −20.5% 253 $970 $334.2M

15 Oct 16-18 22 $240.6K −1.9% 243 $990 $334.5M

16 Oct 23-25 25 $197.5K −17.9% 231 $855 $334.8M

17 Oct 30-32 32 $142.7K −27.8% 234 $610 $335.0M

18 Nov 6-8 28 $194.2K +36.1% 227 $855 $335.2M

19 Nov 13-15 30 $158.5K −18.4% 206 $770 $335.5M

20 Nov 20-22 28 $115.6K −27.1% 182 $635 $335.6M

21 Nov 27-29 29 $130.5K +12.9% 173 $755 $335.8M

22 Dec 4-6 34 $81.6K −37.5% 190 $430 $335.9M

23 Dec 11-13 35 $61.4K −24.8% 141 $435 $336.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Jul 9 #P $6.2M — $6.2M 0 $0 -1

Fri Jul 10 #1 $46.0M +642.6% $46.0M 4,301 $10,705 1

Sat Jul 11 #1 $38.9M −15.6% $84.9M 4,301 $9,035 2

Sun Jul 12 #1 $30.8M −20.7% $115.7M 4,301 $7,165 3

Mon Jul 13 #1 $12.9M −58.0% $128.7M 4,301 $3,010 4

Tue Jul 14 #1 $16.8M +30.1% $145.5M 4,301 $3,915 5

Wed Jul 15 #1 $11.5M −31.7% $157.0M 4,301 $2,675 6

Thu Jul 16 #1 $9.5M −17.6% $166.5M 4,301 $2,205 7

Fri Jul 17 #2 $14.6M +53.6% −68.4% $181.1M 4,311 $3,380 8

Sat Jul 18 #1 $20.2M +38.8% −48.0% $201.3M 4,311 $4,690 9

Sun Jul 19 #2 $14.5M −28.4% −53.0% $215.8M 4,311 $3,360 10

Mon Jul 20 #2 $5.8M −60.1% −55.4% $221.5M 4,311 $1,340 11

Tue Jul 21 #1 $8.0M +38.8% −52.4% $229.6M 4,311 $1,860 12

Wed Jul 22 #1 $5.2M −35.5% −55.0% $234.7M 4,311 $1,200 13

Thu Jul 23 #1 $4.8M −7.5% −49.5% $239.5M 4,311 $1,110 14

Fri Jul 24 #3 $6.8M +42.3% −53.3% $246.3M 4,062 $1,677 15

Sat Jul 25 #2 $9.0M +32.2% −55.5% $255.3M 4,062 $2,217 16

Sun Jul 26 #2 $7.1M −21.0% −50.9% $262.5M 4,062 $1,752 17

Mon Jul 27 #2 $3.1M −56.6% −46.5% $265.5M 4,062 $761 18

Tue Jul 28 #2 $4.0M +29.6% −50.0% $269.5M 4,062 $986 19

Wed Jul 29 #3 $2.8M −29.6% −45.5% $272.4M 4,062 $694 20

Thu Jul 30 #1 $2.8M −0.0% −41.1% $275.2M 4,062 $694 21

Fri Jul 31 #4 $3.6M +28.7% −46.7% $278.8M 3,575 $1,015 22

Sat Aug 1 #4 $5.0M +36.9% −44.8% $283.8M 3,575 $1,390 23

Sun Aug 2 #4 $3.8M −23.7% −46.8% $287.6M 3,575 $1,060 24

Mon Aug 3 #2 $2.0M −47.2% −35.2% $289.6M 3,575 $560 25

Tue Aug 4 #2 $2.4M +18.8% −40.6% $292.0M 3,575 $665 26

Wed Aug 5 #2 $1.8M −26.3% −37.9% $293.7M 3,575 $490 27

Thu Aug 6 #2 $1.6M −6.1% −41.7% $295.4M 3,575 $460 28

Fri Aug 7 #7 $2.2M +34.8% −38.9% $297.6M 3,123 $710 29

Sat Aug 8 #6 $3.0M +35.3% −39.6% $300.6M 3,123 $960 30

Sun Aug 9 #6 $2.2M −25.6% −41.1% $302.8M 3,123 $715 31

Mon Aug 10 #5 $1.1M −50.3% −44.6% $303.9M 3,123 $355 32

Tue Aug 11 #3 $1.9M +67.6% −21.8% $305.8M 3,123 $595 33

Wed Aug 12 #4 $1.1M −42.9% −39.4% $306.8M 3,123 $340 34

Thu Aug 13 #4 $936.9K −11.8% −43.0% $307.8M 3,123 $300 35

Fri Aug 14 #8 $1.4M +53.6% −35.1% $309.2M 2,640 $545 36

Sat Aug 15 #8 $2.2M +49.5% −28.3% $311.4M 2,640 $815 37

Sun Aug 16 #7 $1.6M −27.6% −30.2% $312.9M 2,640 $590 38

Mon Aug 17 #6 $738.2K −52.6% −33.4% $313.7M 2,640 $280 39

Tue Aug 18 #5 $1.1M +44.9% −42.4% $314.7M 2,640 $405 40

Wed Aug 19 #5 $792.0K −26.0% −25.4% $315.5M 2,640 $300 41

Thu Aug 20 #5 $738.6K −6.7% −21.2% $316.3M 2,640 $280 42

Fri Aug 21 #10 $1.1M +47.7% −24.2% $317.3M 2,226 $490 43

Sat Aug 22 #10 $1.6M +44.9% −26.5% $318.9M 2,226 $710 44

Sun Aug 23 #8 $1.2M −26.8% −25.7% $320.1M 2,226 $520 45

Mon Aug 24 #7 $434.1K −62.5% −41.2% $320.5M 2,226 $195 46

Tue Aug 25 #7 $589.9K +35.9% −44.9% $321.1M 2,226 $265 47

Wed Aug 26 #8 $412.5K −30.1% −47.9% $321.5M 2,226 $185 48

Thu Aug 27 #10 $360.1K −12.7% −51.3% $321.9M 2,226 $162 49

Fri Aug 28 #13 $671.8K +86.6% −38.4% $322.6M 1,976 $340 50

Sat Aug 29 #11 $1.3M +97.1% −16.2% $323.9M 1,976 $670 51

Sun Aug 30 #9 $879.3K −33.6% −24.0% $324.8M 1,976 $445 52

Mon Aug 31 #9 $296.6K −66.3% −31.7% $325.1M 1,976 $150 53

Tue Sep 1 #11 $325.6K +9.8% −44.8% $325.4M 1,976 $165 54

Wed Sep 2 #12 $246.8K −24.2% −40.2% $325.6M 1,976 $125 55

Thu Sep 3 #12 $246.7K −0.0% −31.5% $325.9M 1,976 $125 56

Fri Sep 4 #13 $617.3K +150.2% −8.1% $326.5M 1,927 $320 57

Sat Sep 5 #10 $1.2M +87.3% −12.7% $327.6M 1,927 $600 58

Sun Sep 6 #10 $1.2M +3.4% +35.9% $328.8M 1,927 $620 59

Mon Sep 7 #9 $934.6K −21.8% +215.1% $329.8M 1,927 $485 60

Tue Sep 8 #- $134.9K −85.6% −58.6% $329.9M 1,927 $70 61

Wed Sep 9 #- $86.7K −35.7% −64.9% $330.0M 1,927 $45 62

Thu Sep 10 #- $77.0K −11.2% −68.8% $330.1M 1,927 $40 63

Fri Sep 11 #- $269.4K +249.8% −56.3% $330.3M 1,585 $170 64

Sat Sep 12 #11 $776.0K +188.0% −32.9% $331.1M 1,585 $490 65

Sun Sep 13 #12 $467.5K −39.8% −60.9% $331.6M 1,585 $295 66

Mon Sep 14 #- $95.1K −79.7% −89.8% $331.7M 1,585 $60 67

Tue Sep 15 #- $72.0K −24.2% −46.6% $331.8M 1,585 $45 68

Wed Sep 16 #- $62.6K −13.1% −27.8% $331.8M 1,585 $40 69

Thu Sep 17 #- $47.8K −23.7% −38.0% $331.9M 1,585 $30 70

Fri Sep 18 #- $187.1K +291.6% −30.6% $332.1M 1,134 $165 71

Sat Sep 19 #10 $510.3K +172.7% −34.2% $332.6M 1,134 $450 72

Sun Sep 20 #12 $289.6K −43.3% −38.1% $332.9M 1,134 $255 73

Mon Sep 21 #- $45.5K −84.3% −52.2% $332.9M 1,134 $40 74

Tue Sep 22 #- $56.6K +24.3% −21.5% $333.0M 1,134 $50 75

Wed Sep 23 #- $79.4K +40.3% +26.7% $333.0M 1,134 $70 76

Thu Sep 24 #- $51.0K −35.7% +6.8% $333.1M 1,134 $45 77

Fri Sep 25 #- $106.5K +108.6% −43.1% $333.2M 507 $210 78

Sat Sep 26 #- $215.5K +102.4% −57.8% $333.4M 507 $425 79

Sun Sep 27 #- $114.1K −47.1% −60.6% $333.5M 507 $225 80

Mon Sep 28 #- $20.5K −82.0% −54.9% $333.5M 507 $40 81

Tue Sep 29 #- $22.8K +11.3% −59.7% $333.6M 507 $45 82

Wed Sep 30 #- $20.3K −11.1% −74.5% $333.6M 507 $40 83

Thu Oct 1 #- $17.7K −12.5% −65.2% $333.6M 507 $35 84

Fri Oct 2 #- $63.6K +258.4% −40.3% $333.7M 265 $240 85

Sat Oct 3 #15 $160.3K +152.1% −25.6% $333.8M 265 $605 86

Sun Oct 4 #15 $84.8K −47.1% −25.7% $333.9M 265 $320 87

Mon Oct 5 #- $14.6K −82.8% −28.9% $333.9M 265 $55 88

Tue Oct 6 #- $17.2K +18.2% −24.5% $333.9M 265 $65 89

Wed Oct 7 #- $13.3K −23.1% −34.7% $334.0M 265 $50 90

Thu Oct 8 #- $15.9K +20.0% −10.4% $334.0M 265 $60 91

Fri Oct 9 #- $64.6K +306.4% +1.6% $334.0M 253 $255 92

Sat Oct 10 #- $113.7K +76.0% −29.1% $334.1M 253 $449 93

Sun Oct 11 #- $67.0K −41.1% −21.0% $334.2M 253 $265 94

Mon Oct 12 #- $39.1K −41.6% +168.2% $334.3M 253 $155 95

Tue Oct 13 #- $15.2K −61.2% −11.9% $334.3M 253 $60 96

Wed Oct 14 #- $13.8K −8.8% +4.5% $334.3M 253 $55 97

Thu Oct 15 #- $20.2K +46.2% +27.3% $334.3M 253 $80 98

Fri Oct 16 #- $68.0K +236.2% +5.3% $334.4M 243 $280 99

Sat Oct 17 #- $108.1K +58.9% −4.9% $334.5M 243 $445 100

Sun Oct 18 #- $64.4K −40.4% −3.9% $334.5M 243 $265 101

Mon Oct 19 #- $15.8K −75.5% −59.6% $334.6M 243 $65 102

Tue Oct 20 #- $14.6K −7.7% −4.0% $334.6M 243 $60 103

Wed Oct 21 #- $13.3K −9.1% −4.3% $334.6M 243 $55 104

Thu Oct 22 #- $13.4K +1.2% −33.8% $334.6M 243 $55 105

Fri Oct 23 #- $47.4K +253.3% −30.4% $334.6M 231 $205 106

Sat Oct 24 #- $94.7K +100.0% −12.4% $334.7M 231 $410 107

Sun Oct 25 #- $55.4K −41.5% −13.9% $334.8M 231 $240 108

Mon Oct 26 #- $12.8K −76.9% −18.9% $334.8M 231 $55 109

Tue Oct 27 #- $12.7K −0.7% −12.8% $334.8M 231 $55 110

Wed Oct 28 #- $12.6K −0.9% −4.9% $334.8M 231 $55 111

Thu Oct 29 #- $12.6K +0.2% −5.9% $334.8M 231 $55 112

Fri Oct 30 #- $38.6K +205.9% −18.5% $334.9M 234 $165 113

Sat Oct 31 #- $45.6K +18.2% −51.8% $334.9M 234 $195 114

Sun Nov 1 #- $58.4K +28.1% +5.4% $335.0M 234 $250 115

Mon Nov 2 #- $15.2K −74.1% +18.4% $335.0M 234 $65 116

Tue Nov 3 #- $17.6K +15.8% +38.0% $335.0M 234 $75 117

Wed Nov 4 #- $11.8K −32.7% −6.2% $335.0M 234 $50 118

Thu Nov 5 #- $12.9K +8.9% +2.0% $335.0M 234 $55 119

Fri Nov 6 #- $43.1K +235.1% +11.7% $335.1M 227 $190 120

Sat Nov 7 #- $96.6K +124.0% +111.7% $335.2M 227 $425 121

Sun Nov 8 #- $54.5K −43.6% −6.8% $335.2M 227 $240 122

Mon Nov 9 #- $10.1K −81.4% −33.3% $335.3M 227 $45 123

Tue Nov 10 #- $13.5K +33.7% −22.9% $335.3M 227 $60 124

Wed Nov 11 #- $47.8K +253.3% +304.4% $335.3M 227 $210 125

Thu Nov 12 #- $11.3K −76.2% −11.8% $335.3M 227 $50 126

Fri Nov 13 #- $36.0K +217.1% −16.5% $335.4M 206 $175 127

Sat Nov 14 #- $78.2K +117.4% −19.0% $335.4M 206 $380 128

Sun Nov 15 #- $44.3K −43.4% −18.7% $335.5M 206 $215 129

Mon Nov 16 #- $8.3K −81.2% −17.5% $335.5M 206 $40 130

Tue Nov 17 #- $8.1K −2.3% −39.8% $335.5M 206 $40 131

Wed Nov 18 #- $7.3K −10.3% −84.7% $335.5M 206 $35 132

Thu Nov 19 #- $8.1K +11.5% −28.2% $335.5M 206 $40 133

Fri Nov 20 #- $23.7K +190.7% −34.2% $335.5M 182 $130 134

Sat Nov 21 #- $57.4K +142.4% −26.7% $335.6M 182 $315 135

Sun Nov 22 #- $34.6K −39.8% −22.0% $335.6M 182 $190 136

Mon Nov 23 #- $17.3K −49.9% +107.8% $335.7M 182 $95 137

Tue Nov 24 #- $23.6K +36.2% +189.8% $335.7M 182 $130 138

Wed Nov 25 #- $28.8K +21.9% +294.0% $335.7M 182 $158 139

Thu Nov 26 #- $13.4K −53.3% +65.0% $335.7M 182 $74 140

Fri Nov 27 #- $49.3K +266.8% +108.2% $335.8M 173 $285 141

Sat Nov 28 #- $54.5K +10.5% −5.1% $335.8M 173 $315 142

Sun Nov 29 #- $26.8K −50.8% −22.5% $335.8M 173 $155 143

Mon Nov 30 #- $6.1K −77.4% −65.1% $335.9M 173 $35 144

Tue Dec 1 #- $4.3K −28.6% −81.7% $335.9M 173 $25 145

Wed Dec 2 #- $4.4K +1.8% −84.7% $335.9M 173 $25 146

Thu Dec 3 #- $4.4K −0.2% −67.3% $335.9M 173 $25 147

Fri Dec 4 #- $16.1K +265.5% −67.4% $335.9M 190 $85 148

Sat Dec 5 #- $40.8K +154.2% −25.0% $335.9M 190 $215 149

Sun Dec 6 #- $24.7K −39.5% −7.7% $335.9M 190 $130 150

Mon Dec 7 #- $4.8K −80.8% −21.6% $336.0M 190 $25 151

Tue Dec 8 #- $5.7K +20.1% +31.9% $336.0M 190 $30 152

Wed Dec 9 #- $4.8K −16.3% +8.4% $336.0M 190 $25 153

Thu Dec 10 #- $5.7K +18.7% +29.0% $336.0M 190 $30 154

Fri Dec 11 #- $12.0K +111.7% −25.3% $336.0M 141 $85 155

Sat Dec 12 #- $29.7K +147.1% −27.4% $336.0M 141 $210 156

Sun Dec 13 #- $19.7K −33.4% −20.1% $336.0M 141 $140 157

Mon Dec 14 #- $3.5K −82.1% −25.8% $336.0M 141 $25 158

Tue Dec 15 #- $4.2K +20.0% −25.9% $336.0M 141 $30 159

Wed Dec 16 #- $4.2K −1.1% −12.4% $336.0M 141 $30 160

Thu Dec 17 #- $4.3K +2.0% −24.7% $336.0M 141 $30 161

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

Cumulative total$331.9M

Jul 9Jul 27Aug 13Aug 31Sep 17

Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.5M

$115.7M

$49.3M

$22.9M

$12.4M

$7.4M

$5.1M

$3.8M

$2.9M

$3.0M

$1.5M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 4,311 → 1,585 −63.2%

4,301 open1,585 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −49.0%

−57.4%

W1→2

−53.5%

W2→3

−46.0%

W3→4

−39.9%

W4→5

−30.9%

W5→6

−25.6%

W6→7

−24.9%

W7→8

+3.2%

W8→9

−49.0%

W9→10

Steepest −57.4%Biggest gain +3.2%

Run milestones

$300M in 30 days

$100M

Day 3

Jul 12

$200M

Day 9

Jul 18

$300M

Day 30

Aug 8

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

#12 Biggest animated openingsAll-time $115.7M #14 Biggest July openingsAll-time $115.7M #17 Biggest PG-rated openingsAll-time $115.7M #33 Biggest worldwide runsAll-time $1.16B

From the analysis desk

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