'Despicable Me' becomes highest-grossing animated franchise of all time
Looks like 'Shrek' is no longer the highest-grossing animated franchise!
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Looks like Shrek is no longer the highest-grossing animated franchise of all time!
The Despicable Me franchise has overcome the Mike Myers and Eddie Murphy starrer to become the highest-grossing animated franchise of all time.
A successful weekend for the third film in the series from animation studio Illumination has seen the franchise reach a $3.528b total globally - topping Shrek's accumulated takings of $3.51b, a total which includes the haul of spinoff Puss In Boots, reports The Independent.
Lack of emotion and recycled jokes fail to elevate Despicable Me 3 from a cartoon to an animated film
Despicable Me's takings include all three films as well as the hugely-successful 2015 prequel-of-sorts which saw the yellow Minions get their own film - it currently sits as the second highest-grossing animated film of all time.
According to Deadline, the first film, released in 2010, earned $546m while its Oscar-nominated sequel - which arrived in 2013 - amassed $607.7m upping the global haul to $976m.
Minions became the biggest animated film of last year while Despicable Me 3 has outdone the previous two films with worldwide takings of $879.5. The franchise will only build on this with the third film going strong across the world and a Minions 2 in the works - Universal can breathe easy.
'Despicable Me 3' introduces Gru's twin brother, Dru
Despicable Me features the voice talents of Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig and Sandra Bullock.
The other three highest-grossing animated franchises below Despicable Me and Shrek are Ice Age, Madagascar and the Pixar series Toy Story.
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The Despicable Me franchise has overcome the Mike Myers and Eddie Murphy starrer to become the highest-grossing animated franchise of all time.
A successful weekend for the third film in the series from animation studio Illumination has seen the franchise reach a $3.528b total globally - topping Shrek's accumulated takings of $3.51b, a total which includes the haul of spinoff Puss In Boots, reports The Independent.
Lack of emotion and recycled jokes fail to elevate Despicable Me 3 from a cartoon to an animated film
Despicable Me's takings include all three films as well as the hugely-successful 2015 prequel-of-sorts which saw the yellow Minions get their own film - it currently sits as the second highest-grossing animated film of all time.
According to Deadline, the first film, released in 2010, earned $546m while its Oscar-nominated sequel - which arrived in 2013 - amassed $607.7m upping the global haul to $976m.
Minions became the biggest animated film of last year while Despicable Me 3 has outdone the previous two films with worldwide takings of $879.5. The franchise will only build on this with the third film going strong across the world and a Minions 2 in the works - Universal can breathe easy.
'Despicable Me 3' introduces Gru's twin brother, Dru
Despicable Me features the voice talents of Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig and Sandra Bullock.
The other three highest-grossing animated franchises below Despicable Me and Shrek are Ice Age, Madagascar and the Pixar series Toy Story.
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