Despicable Me Passes Shrek As Biggest Animated Franchise #movienews

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Following another lucrative weekend at the global box office for Despicable Me 3, the Despicable Me series has passed the Shrek films to become the all-time highest-grossing animated franchise worldwide. Kicking of in 2010, the first Despicable Me film told the story of Gru (voice of Steve Carell) an evil genius whose nefarious plans for world domination were waylaid when a trio of young sisters he adopted from an orphanage found a way to melt his icy heart.

Bolstered by the presence of Gru’s yellow, pill-shaped henchmen known simply as the Minions, Despicable Me became a worldwide blockbuster, taking in $543.1 million ($251.5M domestically, $291.6M overseas) against a $69 ...

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