Pierre Coffin: Last News

As Illumination/Universal’s Despicable Me 4 continues global rollout, and with its Friday numbers included, the latest from Gru and the gang has helped propel the Despicable Me/Minions franchise across the $5B mark (to $5.025B through Friday) at the worldwide box office. This makes it the first animated franchise ever to reach the milestone. It was already the biggest animated franchise of all time wordwide.

Despicable Me may have launched the Minions upon the world, but Illumination achieved its biggest hit with the franchise’s first spin-off.Directed by Kyla Balda and Pierre Coffin, who also voices the titular characters, Minions charts the origins of the clumsy creatures and their pursuit of a new master in 1968.Along with Coffin, the film’s voice cast includes Sandra Bullock, Jon Hamm, Michael Keaton, Allison Janney, Steve Coogan, Jennifer Saunders and Geoffrey Rush.Ten years later, Minions is still the eighth highest-grossing animated film of all time, taking $1.15billion at the box office. It is the highest-grossing film in the Despicable Me franchise, and Illumination’s second most successful film behind The Super Mario Bros. Movie.The film’s score is by Heitor Pereira, who has provided the soundtrack to every Despicable Me film.

Despicable Me franchise still shows no signs of slowing down.The last film was Despicable Me 4, which became the fourth highest-grossing film of 2024 ahead of Wicked and Dune: Part Two. The sequel was directed by Chris Renaud, who co-directed the first two movies with Pierre Coffin.Aside from the scene-stealing minions, the film’s are synonymous with Steve Carell’s performance as Gru.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director October means it’s officially Halloween movie season, and the big streamers are celebrating accordingly with both new original horror offerings and the debuts of some of the year’s buzziest horror films. Max, in particular, is sure to be a destination for scary movie lovers as it will be the streaming home for the A24 favorite “Maxxxine” and new originals “Salem’s Lot” (a Stephen King adaptation) and “Caddo Lake” (from producer M. Night Shyamalan).

Jordan Moreau It’s going to be a very despicable Halloween this year. Get your yellow face paint and overalls ready, because Universal and Illumination’s “Despicable Me 4” is streaming on Peacock on October 31.

Illumination and Universal’s Despicable Me 4 handily crossed the six-century mark at the global box office this week, now with $632M through Thursday. The latest in the series has pushed the worldwide running total for the Despicable Me/Minions franchise to $5.3B, overtaking Transformers ($5.295B) and the Avatar movies ($5.268B). This puts the franchise at No. 12 on the all-time global chart.

The bananas obsessed creatures won’t stop: Universal Pictures will release Illumination’s Minions 3 on Wed, June 30, 2027.

Angelique Jackson After “Despicable Me 4″ topped the July 4 holiday box office with a $230 million debut at the global box office, Universal and Illumination have announced “Minions 3″ as the next chapter in the hit animated franchise. The band of mischievous minions will be headed back to theaters on June 30, 2027 for a film written by Brian Lynch (“Minions,” “The Secret Life of Pets” films) and directed by Academy Award-nominee Pierre Coffin (a director of the first three “Despicable Me” films and the first “Minions” movie).

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent It’s not just Maxime Le Mal, the “Despicable Me 4” villain with the broad accent, that has a distinctly French flavor. In fact, Universal and Illumination’s animated franchise boasts Gallic DNA throughout all of the hit movies. And even though Chris Renaud, the Oscar-nominated director of the latest “Despicable Me” and two of its predecessors, owes his French-sounding name to his Canadian origins, the helmer says “essentially everybody” working on the films is French.

Brent Lang Executive Editor Fireworks, barbecues and Gru. That’s how many Americans celebrated the Fourth of July, as “Despicable Me 4” topped the box office, earning a commanding $20.4 million. The film, the latest entry in Universal and Illumination’s wildly successful franchise about a domesticated former supervillain, has earned $47.6 million in its first two days of release.

Minions 3 is coming!

Despicable Me 4.Directed by Chris Renaud, who co-directed the first two instalments, the animated sequel follows Gru (Steve Carell) as he contends with a new addition to the family, his son Gru Jr., along with new nemesis, Maxime Le Mal (Will Ferrell).Other members of the voice cast include Kristen Wiig, Joey King, Sofia Vergara, Stephen Colbert, Chloe Fineman, Miranda Cosgrove, Steve Coogan, and Pierre Coffin.This is the sixth instalment in the Despicable Me franchise overall, following spin-offs Minions and Minions: The Rise Of Gru.The film’s score is by Heitor Pereira, who has composed the soundtrack for every film in the Despicable Me franchise so far.His previous credits include other animated films like The Smurfs and 2006’s Curious George, along with Beverly Hills Chihuahua and Please Stand By.You can stream Despicable Me 4’s entire score, along with the cast’s cover of Tears For Fears track ‘Everybody Wants To Rule The World’, below.Despicable Me 4 also features an abundance of pop tracks, ranging from new original songs by Pharrell Williams to ‘I’m Too Sexy’ by Right Said Fred.You can check out the full list of songs below.‘None Of Your Business’ – Teezo Touchdown‘Lil Mega Minion’ – Lil Yachty‘Double Life’ – Pharrell Williams‘Despicable Me’ – Pharrell Williams‘Word Up’ – Cameo‘Unbelievable’ – EMF‘Hot For Teacher’ – Van Halen‘Freedom’ – Pitbull‘Boombayah’ – BLACKPINK‘I’m Too Sexy’ – Right Said Fred‘Cold Heart (Pnau Remix)’ – Elton John and Dua Lipa‘Dynamite’ – BTS‘Gonna Die Alone’ – Hanni El Khatis‘Kharma Chameleon’ – Culture Club‘Main Title (Terminator 2 Theme)’ – Brad Fiedel‘Through The Fire And Flames’ – DragonForce‘Everybody Wants To Rule The World’ – Tears For Fears

Felonious Gru and his brood return to the big screen July 3 in Illumination and Universal Pictures’ Despicable Me 4, seven years after its predecessor and two years after spinoff prequel Minions: The Rise of Gru.

Valerie Wu Intern Gru and the Minions are back, as Universal and Illumination’s “Despicable Me 4” has released its first trailer. The film, which hits theaters on July 3, 2024, continues the popular animated franchise, which follows the reformed supervillain Gru (Steve Carrell) trying to do good and finding family while he’s at it. Kristen Wiig, Miranda Cosgrove, Steve Coogan, Chris Renaud, Dana Gaier, Pierre Coffin also return for the fourth installment.

Illumination founder Chris Meledandri has confirmed he is working on new projects with Pharrell Williams and Pierre Coffin at the Annecy International Film Festival.

Universal/Illumination’s Minions: The Rise Of Gru has been set to open the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in a world premiere on June 13. The fest is returning to a fully in-person event after last year’s hybrid edition. Annecy and the Minions franchise have a long history, going back to 2010’s Despicable Me.

Jordan Moreau You haven’t seen the last of Gru and the Minions quite yet.Universal Pictures and Illumination announced Friday that “Despicable Me 4” is coming to theaters on July 3, 2024. Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Pierre Coffin, Miranda Cosgrove and Steve Coogan will all be returning for the next chapter in the animated, family-friendly series about the reformed super-villain and his army of yellow Minions.Chris Renaud, who directed the first two “Despicable Me” movies, is back for the fourth installment.

Illumination and Universal have set release dates for their forthcoming animated films Migration and Despicable Me 4. The former original will be released wide on June 30, 2023, opening against the untitled fifth film in the Indiana Jones franchise from Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. The latest installment in the top-grossing Despicable Me franchise is set for a wide release on the wide-open weekend of July 23, 2044. Both films are taking up slots inhabited by previously announced, untitled Illumination Animated Films.