Despicable Me

Gru, a criminal mastermind, adopts three orphans as pawns to carry out the biggest heist in history. His life takes an unexpected turn when the little girls see the evildoer as their potential father.

Grosses

Domestic (46.3%)
$251,639,815
Summary Details
DistributorUniversal Pictures
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Opening$56,397,125
3,476 theaters
Budget$69,000,000
MPAAPG
Running Time1 hr 35 min
GenresAdventure Animation Comedy Crime Family Sci-Fi
In Release4,928 days/704 weeks
Widest Release3,602 theaters
DateRankWeekly %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeek
Jul 9-151$85,630,895-3,476-$24,634$85,630,8951
Jul 16-222$51,969,950-39.3%3,501+25$14,844$137,600,8452
Jul 23-293$37,205,350-28.4%3,600+99$10,334$174,806,1953
Jul 30-Aug 54$25,197,790-32.3%3,602+2$6,995$200,003,9854
Aug 6-126$15,222,050-39.6%3,413-189$4,460$215,226,0355
Aug 13-196$11,168,890-26.6%2,923-490$3,821$226,394,9256
Aug 20-2611$7,021,480-37.1%2,236-687$3,140$233,416,4057
Aug 27-Sep 213$4,034,545-42.5%1,833-403$2,201$237,450,9508
Sep 3-912$4,423,920+9.7%1,600-233$2,764$241,874,8709
Sep 10-1613$1,953,180-55.8%1,375-225$1,420$243,828,05010
Sep 17-2317$1,104,030-43.5%944-431$1,169$244,932,08011
Sep 24-3016$719,840-34.8%610-334$1,180$245,651,92012
Oct 1-718$557,830-22.5%463-147$1,204$246,209,75013
Oct 8-1421$495,965-11.1%353-110$1,405$246,705,71514
Oct 15-2124$443,280-10.6%332-21$1,335$247,148,99515
Oct 22-2826$460,100+3.8%324-8$1,420$247,609,09516
Oct 29-Nov 426$374,915-18.5%335+11$1,119$247,984,01017
Nov 5-1122$468,310+24.9%307-28$1,525$248,452,32018
Nov 12-1821$447,720-4.4%273-34$1,640$248,900,04019
Nov 19-2525$461,520+3.1%268-5$1,722$249,361,56020
Nov 26-Dec 220$425,505-7.8%266-2$1,599$249,787,06521
Dec 3-925$273,900-35.6%280+14$978$250,060,96522
Dec 10-1622$261,350-4.6%255-25$1,024$250,322,31523
Dec 17-2322$367,045+40.4%233-22$1,575$250,689,36024
Dec 24-3024$343,445-6.4%193-40$1,779$251,032,80525
Dec 31-Jan 6, 201127$233,460-32%197+4$1,185$251,266,26526
Jan 7-1333$147,710-36.7%178-19$829$251,413,97527
Jan 14-2040$100,010-32.3%137-41$730$251,513,98528