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Minions
Minions poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by

Pierre Coffin
Kyle Balda

Produced by

Chris Meledandri
Janet Healy

Written by Brian Lynch

Based on
Characters
by

Sergio Pablos

Starring

Sandra Bullock
Jon Hamm
Michael Keaton
Allison Janney
Steve Coogan
Jennifer Saunders

Narrated by Geoffrey Rush

Music by Heitor Pereira
Edited by Claire Dodgson
Production
company

Illumination Entertainment
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date

June 11, 2015 (London)[1]

July 10, 2015 (United States)[2]

Running time
91 minutes[3]
Country United States
Language English
Budget $74 million[4][5]
Box office $1.159 billion[6]

Minions is a 2015 American 3D computer-animated comedy film,[7] serving as a spin-

off prequel to the Despicable Me franchise. Produced by Illumination Entertainment
for Universal Pictures, it was directed by Pierre Coffin and Kyle Balda, written by
Brian Lynch, and produced by Chris Meledandri and Janet Healy.[8] The film stars
the voices of Coffin (as the Minions, including: Kevin, Stuart, and Bob), Sandra
Bullock, Jon Hamm, Michael Keaton, Allison Janney, Steve Coogan, and Jennifer
Saunders, with the narration provided by Geoffrey Rush. It was first foreshadowed
in the end credits of Despicable Me 2 (2013), where Kevin, Stuart, and Bob, three
of the Minions and the film's main characters, are seen auditioning for the film.
[9]

Minions had its premiere on June 11, 2015, in Leicester Square, London, and went
into general release in the United States on July 10, 2015.[10] Critical response
was mixed: some critics praised the comedic aspects of the film and the vocal
performances of Bullock and Hamm,[11] while also saying they felt that the title
characters were not able to carry the film on their own, and that the villains were
flatly characterized. The film has grossed over $1.1 billion worldwide (outgrossing
each of the Despicable Me films), making it the fifth-highest-grossing film of
2015, the 21st highest-grossing film of all time, the fifth highest-grossing
animated film (behind the 2019 version of The Lion King, Frozen II, Frozen,[12] and
Incredibles 2) and the highest-grossing non-Disney animated film.[13] A sequel,
Minions: The Rise of Gru will be released on July 3, 2020.[14]
Contents

1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
4 Soundtrack
5 Release
5.1 Marketing
5.2 Home media
6 Reception
6.1 Box office
6.1.1 United States and Canada
6.1.2 Outside the United States and Canada
6.2 Critical response
6.3 Accolades
7 Sequel
8 References
9 External links

Plot

Minions are small, yellow creatures who have existed since the beginning of time,
evolving from yellow single-celled organisms into beings which exist only to serve
history's most despicable masters.[15] After rolling a Tyrannosaurus into a
volcano, getting their caveman leader eaten by a cave bear, crushing a Pharaoh
under a pyramid after constructing it upside-down, exposing Count Dracula to
sunlight, and accidentally firing a cannon into Napoleon while in Russia, the
Minions are driven into isolation and start a new life in a massive cave. After
many years, the Minions become depressed, restless, and unmotivated without a
master to serve. To regain their dignity and sense of purpose, Kevin, one fearless
Minion, decides to set out to find a new master and asks for help. Stuart, a
musically inclined, one-eyed Minion, and Bob, a young and inexperienced but
enthusiastic Minion, are recruited.

The trio journey to New York, when the year is 1968. After spending the day
attempting to blend in, the Minions end up in a department store for the night,
where they accidentally discover a hidden commercial broadcast for villains
advertising Villain-Con; a convention for villains and supervillains in Orlando.
The trio hitchhikes a ride with the Nelson family and impress them with their
accidental villainy after being chased by police. At the convention, they see
Scarlet Overkill, a female supervillain who unexpectedly hires them and takes them
to her home in England. They phone the rest of the Minions to get them to join.
Scarlet explains the plan to steal the Imperial State Crown from the Queen of
England and promises to reward the Minions if they steal it but kill them if they
do not. Her husband, Herb, supplies them with inventions to aid in the heist, but
they are nearly caught when they break into the Tower of London, which leads to a
chase that ends with Bob accidentally crashing into the Sword in the Stone and
pulling it free, removing the Queen from the throne and becoming King Bob. Enraged
that somebody else accomplishes her dream of stealing the throne, Scarlet confronts
the Minions, so Bob abdicates the throne in her favor. Undeterred because she feels
betrayed, Scarlet imprisons the three in a dungeon to be tortured by Herb before
her coronation, but they escape with the intention to apologize to Scarlet.

After making their way to Westminster Abbey, Stuart and Bob interrupt the
coronation by inadvertently dropping a chandelier on Scarlet, who orders their
execution having survived. Dozens of villains chase the three of them during a
thunderstorm; Stuart and Bob are caught, while Kevin finds his way into a pub,
where Queen Elizabeth currently hangs out. He sees Scarlet on a television,
promising that she will kill Stuart and Bob if Kevin does not show up by dawn. With
the villains still searching for him, Kevin sneaks into Scarlet's castle to steal
weapons. But right before the villains catch him, Kevin accidentally triggers a
machine Herb was building and grows into a gigantic being, destroying the castle.
He tramples through London, rescuing his friends and battling Scarlet just as the
other Minions turn up in London. Scarlet tries to eradicate them, firing a massive
missile, but Kevin swallows it. Scarlet and Herb attempt to escape with her rocket-
dress, but Kevin holds onto it, managing to get a ride. The missile Kevin swallowed
detonates, causing it to explode. The other Minions stare at the explosion in
sadness but Kevin turns out to have survived and shrunk back to his normal size.

Queen Elizabeth II gets her throne and crown back and rewards Bob with a tiny crown
for his teddy bear, Stuart with an electric guitar and Kevin with a knighthood.
Scarlet and Herb, who turn out to have also survived the explosion, steal the crown
once more only to be frozen in place by a young Gru, who flees with the crown on a
rocket-powered motorbike. The Minions stare in awe and run after him, having
decided he is the boss they had been looking for.
Cast

Pierre Coffin as Kevin, Stuart, Bob, and the Minions[16]

Sandra Bullock as Scarlet Overkill[17]
Jon Hamm as Herb Overkill[18]
Michael Keaton as Walter Nelson[19]
Allison Janney as Madge Nelson[20]
Steve Coogan as Professor Flux and[21] The Tower Guard
Jennifer Saunders as Queen Elizabeth II[22]
Geoffrey Rush as The Narrator[23]
Steve Carell as Young Gru[24]
Katy Mixon as Tina Nelson[25]
Michael Beattie as a VNC Announcer and Walter Nelson Jr.
Hiroyuki Sanada as Dumo, the Sumo Villain[26]
Dave Rosenbaum as Fabrice
Alex Dowding as The Royal Advisor
Paul Thornley as a News Reporter
Andy Nyman as Frankie Fishlips, a Gill-man-like creature super-villain

Production

Universal Studios and Illumination Entertainment first announced in July 2012, that
the Minions from Despicable Me would get their own spin-off film, then planned for
a 2014 release.[27] Brian Lynch, previously known for co-writing another
Illumination film, Hop (2011), as well as DreamWorks Animation's Puss in Boots
(2011), was asked to write the film's screenplay, due to his prior work writing for
the theme park ride Despicable Me: Minion Mayhem.[28]

On August 21, 2012, it was announced that the film would be released on December
19, 2014.[29] In February 2013, Sandra Bullock joined the cast to voice Scarlet
Overkill,[17] with Jon Hamm joining two months later as her husband Herb Overkill.
[18] On September 20, 2013, the film's release date was pushed back from December
19, 2014, to July 10, 2015,[30] due to Universal's satisfaction with the successful
July 2013 release of Despicable Me 2[31] and desire to exploit fully the
merchandising potential of a summer film.[30]
Soundtrack
Minions: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Film score by Heitor Pereira
Released July 10, 2015
Recorded 2015
Studio Twentieth Century Fox Newman Scoring Stage in Los Angeles, CA
EastWest Studios in Los Angeles, CA
Genre Score
Length 67:11
Label Back Lot Music
Heitor Pereira film scores chronology
Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle
(2015) Minions: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
(2015) The Angry Birds Movie
(2016)

The official soundtrack for the film was released on July 10, 2015, by Back Lot
Music. The soundtrack also features the film's original music, composed by Heitor
Pereira.[32] The only minion not to receive a character music is Stuart, though
individual soundtracks focusing on him appears on all songs.

All music is composed by Heitor Pereira, except where noted.

No. Title Writer(s) Performer Length
1. "Universal Fanfare" Jerry Goldsmith The Minions (Pierre Coffin) 0:32
2. "Happy Together" Garry Bonner, Alan Gordon The Turtles 2:54
3. "I'm a Man" Steve Winwood, Jimmy Miller The Spencer Davis Group 3:05
4. "You Really Got Me" Ray Davies The Kinks 2:14
5. "My Generation" Pete Townshend The Who 3:16
6. "Mellow Yellow" Donovan Donovan 3:41
7. "Revolution (The Beatles)" John Lennon & Paul McCartney The Minions
(Pierre Coffin) 2:22
8. "Minions Through Time" 4:34
9. "Kevin, Stuart and Bob" 2:57
10. "Minions Run Amok" 1:29
11. "Tortellini" 0:21
12. "The VNC" 1:11
13. "Minions in the U.S.A." 2:13
14. "Orlando" 0:46
15. "Scarlet Overkill" 1:07
16. "Ruby Fight" 2:58
17. "Make 'Em Laugh" Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed The Minions (Pierre
Coffin) 0:44
18. "Scarlet's Fortress" 3:31
19. "Traveling Tribe" 0:49
20. "Tower of London" 1:39
21. "Hair" James Rado, Gerome Ragni The Minions (Pierre Coffin) 0:54
22. "Fighting the Crown Keeper" 1:43
23. "King Bob" 0:57
24. "Theme From The Monkees (The Monkees)" Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart The
Minions (Pierre Coffin) 0:29
25. "Dungeon Mayhem" 0:35
26. "Goodbye Fabrice" 2:28
27. "Minion Mission" 4:56
28. "Sneaking In" 2:34
29. "King Kong Kevin" 3:30
30. "Our Hero Is Back" 1:14
31. "Minions Victory" 2:49
32. "Greatest Renegade Unveiling (GRU)" 2:39
Total length: 67:11
Release

The film had its premiere on June 11, 2015, at Odeon Leicester Square in London,
United Kingdom.[1] On June 17, 2015, it was released theatrically in Indonesia and
Australia.[33] The next day, June 18, saw releases in Malaysia and Singapore,[33]
and a screening at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival, in France.[34]
It was released theatrically in the United Kingdom on June 26, 2015. In the United
States, the film premiered on June 27, 2015, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los
Angeles,[35] and went into general release theatrically on July 10, 2015.[2] It was
released in China on September 13, 2015.[36]
Marketing
Some Minion plushes at the Romics 2015, Italy.

The first trailer for Minions was released by Illumination on November 3, 2014,
through YouTube.[37] McDonald's released Minions-related Happy Meals on July 3,
2015.[38][39] A series of comics and graphic novels based on the film is being
published by Titan Comics.[40] The series includes four comic book issues, two
digest collections, two hardcover editions and a paperback collection.[40] Drawn by
Didier Ah-koon and Renaud Collin, the series launched on June 17, 2015, with the
release of the first issue of the Minions comic book and the first digest
collection.[40][41] In April 2015, Pantone announced the creation of a new official
Pantone color, 'Minion Yellow' (displayed at right), in partnership with
Illumination Entertainment.[42]

Universal's parent company, Comcast, and its partners spent $593 million in
advertisements and promotion across all media and platforms.[43] Universal spent a
total of $26.1 million on TV advertisement for the film.[44] Universal described
the promotional campaign as the "largest and most comprehensive" in its history.
[45] However, due to the sheer size of the film's marketing campaign, a backlash
towards the Minions started hitting social media with hate blogs towards the
characters appearing on sites like Reddit and Tumblr.
Home media

Minions was released on Blu-ray, Ultra HD Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D, DVD and Digital HD
on November 16, 2015, in Europe and on December 8, 2015, in North America. The film
is accompanied by three short films titled Cro Minion, Competition, and Binky
Nelson Unpacified. Extras include Making Of and Minion Jingle Bells.[46]

Upon its first week of release on home media in the U.S., the film topped the
Nielsen VideoScan First Alert chart, which tracks overall disc sales, as well as
the dedicated Blu-ray sales chart with 63% of unit sales coming from Blu-ray.[47]
Reception
Box office

Minions grossed $336 million in North America and $823.4 million in other
territories for a worldwide total of over $1.159 billion.[48] Worldwide, it is the
fifth-highest-grossing film of 2015,[49] the highest-grossing animated film of
2015, the fifth-highest-grossing animated film, the 21st-highest-grossing film, and
the fifth-highest-grossing film released by Universal Pictures. It topped the
worldwide box office for three consecutive weekends.[50]

By breaking $1 billion worldwide, Minions became the first non-Disney animated

film, third animated film after Toy Story 3 and Frozen, and the 23rd film in
cinematic history to do so.[51] Needing 49 days, it became the fastest animated
film to reach $1 billion, surpassing Toy Story 3 (75 days). This made Universal
Pictures the first studio ever to have three films earn more than $1 billion at the
worldwide box office in a single year following Furious 7 and Jurassic World.[13]
Deadline Hollywood calculated the net profit of the film to be $502.34 million,
when factoring together all expenses and revenues for the film, making it the most
profitable animated film of 2015, the most profitable Universal Pictures film of
all time and the second-most profitable picture of that year overall, behind only
Star Wars: The Force Awakens.[52]
United States and Canada
Universal Studios Florida's entrance with Minions in July 2015

In the United States and Canada, Minions received the widest release for Universal
Pictures, the widest of 2015, and the second-widest for an animated film behind
Shrek Forever After (4,386 theaters).[53] It opened simultaneously with the horror
film The Gallows and the sci-fi drama Self/less, across 4,301 theaters, with box
office pundits noting that the film did not face serious competition with them.
Initial projections had the film open around $100–$121 million. However, Universal
Pictures decided not to report box office figures for the movie.[4][5][54][55] It
made $6.2 million from its Thursday night showings from 2,985 theaters, which began
at 6 p.m., a record for an animated film (now held by Finding Dory),[56][57][58]
[59] and $46.2 million in its opening day (including Thursday previews), marking
the biggest opening day for an animated film and the second-biggest single-day
(behind the $47.1 million Saturday gross of Shrek the Third) at that time.[60] It
holds the second-biggest opening-day and third-biggest single-day gross.[61]
Through its opening weekend, it earned a total of $115.7 million, which fell in
line with the projections and marked the second-highest-grossing animated-movie
opening of all time, at the time, only behind Shrek the Third ($121.6 million).
Albeit in terms of 3D, it is the highest. It also became the fourth film of 2015 to
open more than $100 million (the third by Universal) and only one of four animated
films ever to achieve this milestone, the other two being Toy Story 3 ($110.3
million) and Shrek 2 ($108 million).[62][63] In its second weekend, the film fell
to No. 2 earning $49.3 million (down 57%) behind newcomer superhero film Ant-Man.
[64] It ended its theatrical run on December 17, 2015 playing for a total of 161
days on theaters with a total gross of $336,045,770, which is just 29.0% of its
total worldwide gross.[48] It became the second-highest-grossing animated film of
2015 (behind Inside Out),[65] the eight-highest-grossing animated film of all time,
[65] the second-highest-grossing film in the Despicable Me franchise (behind
Despicable Me 2),[66] the third-highest-grossing Universal Pictures film of 2015,
[66] the sixth-highest-grossing film of 2015,[67] the sixth-highest-grossing
Universal Pictures film,[66] and the thirteenth-highest-grossing film of all time.
[68]
Outside the United States and Canada

Minions went into general release in 44 countries in the months of June and July,
ahead, and along with, its US and Canadian release.[69] It was released in a total
of 66 countries.[70] It earned an estimated $12.5 million in its opening weekend
from four countries on 621 screens.[71] It added $37.6 million in its second
weekend from 10 countries.[72] In its third weekend, it grossed $56.2 million from
26 countries, coming in second place at the international box office behind
Terminator Genisys.[73] It finally topped the international box office, earning
$130.7 million from 56 countries in its fourth weekend.[74] As of August 16, 2015,
it is playing across 62 countries, landing in first place in 56 countries.[75] In
Australia and India it landed at No. 2 where Jurassic World and Baahubali: The
Beginning both took the top spot respectively the weekend it was released in.[74]
[76] It topped the box office for just one weekend, before Chinese film Monster
Hunt surpassed it in its fifth weekend.[77] It passed the $500 million mark
internationally in five weeks and six days, faster than Despicable Me 2, which took
fourteen weeks and three days to reach that milestone.[76]

It had the biggest opening day of all time for an animated film in 16 countries,
[70][78][79][80] Universal's biggest opening day of all time in 5 countries,[70]
Universal's second-biggest opening day in Indonesia (behind Furious 7),[69] the
second-biggest opening day of all time in Russia and the CIS ($3.8 million),[80]
and the biggest opening day of all time for all films in Venezuela.[70] Also, it
set the record for the biggest opening weekend of all time in Venezuela ($5.6
million),[74] the biggest for an animated film in 29 countries including Italy
($8.5 million), Brazil ($7 million), Argentina ($5.4 million), Portugal ($1.2
million), Indonesia, and Malaysia,[71][72][74][76][81] the second-biggest for an
animated film in Peru with $1.9 million (behind Ice Age: Continental Drift), the
biggest for Universal in France ($12.1 million) and 6 other countries, the second-
biggest opening of all time in Mexico ($19.7 million) and the third-biggest in
Russia and the CIS ($14.3 million). Albeit it is the biggest of all time in terms
of admissions ahead of Furious 7.[50][74][76] In the UK, Ireland, and Malta, the
film received the widest release ever for an animated film—across 573 screens—and
grossed $18.1 million (£11.6 million), thus achieving the biggest-ever three-day
opening for an animation in the UK.[72] It topped the box office there for three
weekends.[82] Elsewhere, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, and New Zealand all
opened No. 1.[72] Other notable openings were witnessed in Germany ($9.8 million),
South Korea ($6.4 million), Japan ($6 million), Spain ($6 million), Australia ($4.4
million), and Colombia ($3.3 million).[71][73][83] In China, it opened on Sunday,
September 13 and earned $18.8 million on its opening day, marking the biggest
opening day for an animated film ever in China; roughly 50% higher than the
previous record held by Kung Fu Panda 2[84] (this record was later broken by the
series' next instalment, Despicable Me 3 in 2017).[85] It went on to earn $49.8
million through its 8-day opening (Sunday to Sunday)[86] and $19.4 million for the
weekend alone (Friday to Sunday).[87] It went into general releases for 30 days in
China.[84]

Minions became the highest-grossing animated film of all time in 12 markets,[88]

and Universal's highest-grossing film of all time in six.[89] As of July 26, it has
become the most watched film of 2015 in Germany, with 4.42 million admissions
(surpassing even the 3.7 million admissions of Despicable Me 2).[90] With nearly
three million admissions and $22.35 million in box office revenue, Minions has
become the highest-grossing film of 2015 in Italy and is the most viewed film in
Italy this year.[91] In Russia, it emerged as the second-highest-grossing film of
all time with $33 million only behind Avatar.[92] It opened in its last market
Greece on September 24 earning $505,000, marking the second-biggest animated film
opening there behind only Ice Age: Continental Drift.[50][76] It grossed a total of
$823,048,473 from overseas markets representing a huge 71.0% of its total worldwide
gross[48] with the United Kingdom and Ireland ($73.1 million), China ($67.9
million), and Germany ($63.4 million) being the largest markets.[93] Outside North
America, it is the highest-grossing film in the Despicable Me franchise, the
eleventh-highest-grossing film, the third-highest-grossing Universal Pictures film
and the fifth-highest-grossing film of 2015.[94]
Critical response

The review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a rating of 55%,
based on 216 reviews, with an average rating of 5.74/10. The website's critical
consensus reads, "The Minions' brightly colored brand of gibberish-fueled insanity
stretches to feature length in their self-titled Despicable Me spinoff, with uneven
but often hilarious results."[95] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 56 out of
100, based on 35 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[10] In CinemaScore
polls, cinema audiences gave Minions an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.
[62]

Jesse Hassenger of The A.V. Club gave the film a C, saying "Minions has
idiosyncratic roots, but it's a franchise play all the way. Finally, even 5-year-
olds have their own movie that mechanically cashes in on something they loved when
they were younger".[96] Michael O'Sullivan of The Washington Post gave the film two
and a half stars out of four, saying, "I, too, once enjoyed the Minions, in the
small doses that they came in. But the extra-strength Minions is, for better or for
worse, too much of a good thing".[97] Brian Truitt of USA Today gave the film two
and a half stars out of four, saying, "Brian Lynch's screenplay features a series
of amusing sight gags and physical comedy that mostly hits; watching the Minions
play polo while riding Corgis is an exercise in cuteness".[98] Tom Russo of The
Boston Globe gave the film two out of four stars, saying, "Impressive as it is that
the filmmakers get so much comedic mileage out of their characters' half-
intelligible prattling, the conventional dialogue is bafflingly flat".[99] Manohla
Dargis of The New York Times said, "While Minions explores nominally new narrative
ground, it folds neatly into a series that now includes two features, various
shorts, books, video games, sheet music and a theme park attraction. So, you know,
different but also the same".[100]

Tom Long of The Detroit News gave the film a B, saying "Minions is every bit as
cute as it's supposed to be, a happily empty-headed animated frolic that rarely
pauses to take a breath".[101] Peter Travers of Rolling Stone gave the film two out
four stars, saying, "It's not whether this prequel can mint money; that's a given.
The questions is: Can the minions carry a movie all by their mischievous mini-
selves? 'Fraid not".[102] Kerry Lengel of The Arizona Republic gave the film two-
and-a-half stars out of five, saying, "Despite the dizzying pace of carefully
calibrated incongruities, Minions somehow never generates more than the occasional
chuckle".[103] Christopher Orr of The Atlantic said, "There's plenty of high-
velocity comic inanity on display to keep kids happily diverted. But the movie's
major flaw is an extension of its own premise: Search as they may, the minions
never find a villain worthy of their subservience".[104] James Berardinelli of
ReelViews gave the film two-and-a-half stars out of four, saying, "Inconsistent and
undisciplined, Minions is more an adjunct to marketing than a legitimate motion
picture".[105] Liam Lacey of The Globe and Mail gave the film two out of four
stars, saying, "With its episodic stream of slapstick gags, Minions has moments of
piquant absurdity, but mostly its shrill-but-cutesy anarchy works as a visual sugar
rush for the preschool set".[106]
Accolades
Awards Award Category Recipients Result
People's Choice Awards[107] Favorite Movie Animated Voice Sandra Bullock
Nominated
Favorite Family Film Won
British Academy Film Awards[108] Best Animated Film Pierre Coffin & Kyle
Balda Nominated
Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Animated Movie Nominated
Favorite Voice From an Animated Movie Sandra Bullock Nominated
Saturn Awards[109] Best Animated Film Nominated
Empire Awards[110][111] Best Animated Film Nominated
Village Voice Film Poll[112] Best Animated Feature 9th Place
Sequel
Main article: Minions: The Rise of Gru

In January 2017, a sequel to the film, titled Minions: The Rise of Gru, was
officially announced and scheduled to be released on July 3, 2020. It will be
directed by Balda and Brad Ableson. The title was officially revealed in May 2019.
[113][114]
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