The duo went on to also direct 2013's Despicable Me 2, with Renaud returning for the ... who also penned the script for the first Minions movie back in 2015. Despicable Me 4 is in theaters now.

The Despicable Me franchise centers on Gru, a super-villain (who later becomes a dad and superhero); his yellow-coloured Minions; and his three orphan girls, Margo, Edith and Agnes.

Despicable Me 2 was an excellent sequel. However, once the Minions movie came out and earned over $1 billion at the box office, Illumination appears to have lost sight of what makes these movies ...

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Despicable Me 4 is the fourth highest-grossing film of 2024. The extended franchise has two more movies: Minions and Minions: The Rise of Gru.