Key facts
- Created by
- Sergio Pablos
- Original work
- Despicable Me (2010)
- Owners
- Illumination Universal Pictures
- Years
- 2010–present
- Film s
- Main series: Despicable Me (2010) Despicable Me 2 (2013) Despicable Me 3 (2017) Despicable Me 4 (2024) Prequel series: Minions (2015) Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022) Minions & Monsters (2026)
- Short film s
- Despicable Me short films
- Web series
- Despicable Me digital series
- Television special s
- Minions Holiday Special (2020)
- Video game s
- Despicable Me video games
- Soundtrack s
- Despicable Me Despicable Me 2 Minions Despicable Me 3 Minions: The Rise of Gru Despicable Me 4
- Theme park attraction s
- Despicable Me Minion Mayhem (2012–present) Illumination's Villain-Con Minion Blast (2023–present)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- media franchise
- Owned by
- Universal Pictures
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Kyle Balda
- Producer
- Illumination
- Production company
- Illumination
- Official website
- www.despicable.me
- Image
- Despicable Me logo.svg
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- Commons category
- Despicable Me
- topic's main category
- Category:Despicable Me
- title
- Despicable Me
- publication date
- 2010-00-00
- inception
- 2010-00-00
- topic has template
- Template:Despicable Me
- native label
- Despicable Me
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Encyclopedic overview
Despicable Me is an American media franchise created by Sergio Pablos. It centers on a supervillain turned secret agent named Gru, his adoptive daughters, Margo, Edith, and Agnes, and his yellow-colored Minions. The franchise is produced by Illumination and distributed by its parent company Universal Pictures.
The franchise began with the 2010 film of the same name, which was followed by three sequels, Despicable Me 2 (2013), Despicable Me 3 (2017), and Despicable Me 4 (2024) and two spin-off prequels, Minions (2015) and Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022). A third film of Minions was announced and is set to be released in July 2026. The franchise also includes many short films, a television special, several video games, and a theme park attraction. It is also one of the highest-grossing media franchises of all time.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Despicable Me” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.