Despicable Me with Minions is now the highest grossing animated franchise in history with a monstrous box office collection - Check out

Despicable Me 4, that is now on the second week of its release is still very much strong on the big screen and that says a lot about the franchise.

Despicable Me and Minions Hit Box Office Milestone

Right when the world was obsessing over the many tentpole high-budget movies that were hitting the big screens and that were about to, Illumination decided to drop Despicable Me 4 and show the world who is the boss; The Minions clearly. The fourth film in the series and the sixth in the overall franchise also including two Minions movies, Despicable Me 4 has turned out to be a force to reckon at the Box office. It was last week we were discussing how it has managed to stay true to its predecessor by earning an equally amount on the July 4 weekend. But the movie has yet again crossed a successful week and is on its way to even defeat Nicolas Cage’s Longlegs thG had released this week. But wait, that is not even the highlight of the update today.

Despicable Me & Minions Cross A Milestone

Then what is? Well, while the Despicable Me 4 continues or earn a Bombay after earning $120 Million in the opening weekend, the collection has now given the entire franchise a new milestone to celebrate. You read that right. Despicable Me with the Minions have now become the highest grossing animated franchise in the history of cinema. Which means Minions rule the world and they are now sitting on the top. Read on to know everything you should about the same.

As per Comicbook, the total box office collection of all the Despicable Me films and the two Minions movies combined is over $5 Billion and now you can gauge the level of success this franchise has earned. This has made the franchise the highest grossing animated franchise in the history. Box office experts have estimated that Despicable Me 4 is expected to close out the weekend very strong as it will bring the global total of the movie somewhere around $441 Million.

Also read: Despicable Me 4 trailer – Gru and the Minions welcome a new member of the family as well as fresh villains

To give you an idea of the earnings, the first Despicable Me movie managed to earn $543,239,815 worldwide. Despicable Me 2 managed to garbers $970,766,005. Despicable Me 3 earned $1,034,799,409. the first Minions collected $1,159,398,397 globally and Minions: The Rise Of The Gru collected $940,203,765. Despicable Me and Minion are the 10th highest grossing movie franchise of all time domestically.

Despicable Me and Minions On OTT

The Despicable Me franchise has fans across and there is no way there is just one option to stream it because the fanbase to be served is spread far and wide. You can watch all three films including DespicableMe (2010), Despicable Me 2 (2013), and Despicable Me 3 (2017) on rent on Zee 5 and Amazon Prime Video. The three films are also available on JioCinema with your subscription. On Zee5, you can also watch them with your 0TTplay Premium subscription.

The Despicable Me world has also branched out and has a stand alone Minion franchise. The franchise right now has two films Minions (2015), and Minions: The Rise Of Gru (2022). Both the films are available on rent on Zee5, Amazon Prime Video, and also on JioCinema.

Stay tuned to OTTplay for more information on this and everything else from the world of streaming and films.

Also Read: Despicable Me 4 hits theatres this week - Here's where you can watch all the Minions and Gru films on streaming in India

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