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Despicable Me(2010)
Released
2010 · FILM

Despicable Me

Gru, a disgraced supervillain, recruits three unlikely allies—three orphaned girls—to help him steal the moon and reclaim his reputation from his cunning rival, Vector.

“Superbad. Superdad.”

Directed by
Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud
Written by
Cinco Paul, Ken Daurio
Rated
MPA · PG
Runtime
95 min
AdventureAnimationComedy
Streaming on
  • Showtime

Synopsis

Gru is a supervillain determined to prove himself the greatest by stealing the Moon. To achieve his goal, he adopts three orphaned girls—Margo, Edith, and Agnes—intending to use them as part of his plan. As he spends time with the girls, however, his cold and villainous demeanor begins to soften.

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A crew of 43+ credited

Why a floor?

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Craft leads on file

Edited by Gregory PerlerScored by Heitor PereiraDesigned by Yarrow Cheney

Box Office

2010 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 7.9× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$543.3M

Budget$69.0M
Worldwide gross$543.3M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $251.6M — 46% of worldwide · International: $291.6M (54%)

Opening weekend: $56.4M — 22% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $85.6M — 34% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,476 theaters

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Also known as

  • Ich - Einfach unverbesserlichde
  • Gru, mi villano favoritoes
  • Moi, moche et méchantfr
  • Cattivissimo meit

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