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Including both the Gru-led films and the Minions spin-offs, Minions ranks first among the released feature films by worldwide theatrical gross. The list below uses the worldwide figures reported by The Numbers, rather than domestic grosses.
Despicable Me and Minions movies ranked by worldwide gross
The Numbers lists the following feature films in descending order. Its figures are nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and box-office databases can report different totals or revise them.
| Rank | Film | Release date shown by The Numbers | Worldwide gross |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minions | June 17, 2015 | $1,157,271,759 |
| 2 | Despicable Me 3 | June 14, 2017 | $1,032,809,657 |
| 3 | Despicable Me 4 | June 20, 2024 | $986,706,425 |
| 4 | Despicable Me 2 | June 26, 2013 | $975,216,835 |
| 5 | Minions: The Rise of Gru | June 16, 2022 | $937,706,494 |
| 6 | Despicable Me | July 9, 2010 | $544,707,293 |
| 7 | Minions & Monsters | June 24, 2026 | $513,407,000 |
Source: The Numbers’ Despicable Me franchise table. The figures are the worldwide-gross values displayed there.
What the ranking shows
- Minions leads the franchise in this comparison, with a reported worldwide gross of $1,157,271,759.
- Despicable Me 3 is the only other title above $1 billion in The Numbers’ table. Despicable Me 4 ranks third at $986,706,425, below the billion-dollar mark in this source.
- The ranking covers the full feature-film franchise, including the Minions spin-offs, rather than only the numbered Gru films.
How to read the figures
The ranking uses worldwide theatrical gross throughout. The Numbers presents domestic gross separately, so those totals should not be mixed into this ordering. It also lists short-form entries, including Despicable Me Presents: Minion Madness and Minions & More volumes, with zero reported theatrical gross; they are not feature films in this ranking.
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In a July 12, 2024 article, NBCUniversal said the franchise had passed $5 billion in global box office and described Despicable Me 4 as opening with $230 million worldwide. Those are studio-reported statements from that date, not current cumulative totals or substitutes for the film-by-film figures above. NBCUniversal’s July 12, 2024 article also noted the franchise milestone.
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- Genre: Family
- Number of Tracks: 0
- Number of Movies: 1
- Movie Title: Despicable Me 4
- Movie Year: 2024
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