Minions 

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Minions

Theatrical release poster

 Pierre Coffin
Directed by
 Kyle Balda

Written by Brian Lynch

Produced by  Chris Meledandri

 Janet Healy

Starring  Sandra Bullock

 Jon Hamm

 Michael Keaton

 Allison Janney

 Steve Coogan

 Jennifer Saunders

 Pierre Coffin

 Geoffrey Rush

Edited by Claire Dodgson

Music by Heitor Pereira

Production Illumination Entertainment

company

Distributed by Universal Pictures

Release dates  June 11, 2015 (Odeon Leicester Square)

 July 10, 2015 (United States)

Running time 91 minutes[1]

Country United States

 Language English

Budget $74 million[2]

Box office $1.159 billion[3]

Minions is a 2015 American computer-animated comedy film produced by Illumination

Entertainment and distributed by Universal Pictures. It is the spin-off/prequel[a] and the third
installment overall in the Despicable Me franchise. Directed by Pierre Coffin and Kyle
Balda (in Balda's directorial debut), produced by Chris Meledandri and Janet Healy, and
written by Brian Lynch, 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, Jennifer Saunders, and is narrated by Geoffrey Rush. The film focuses on the
Minions as they search for their new master.
Minions debuted in London on June 11, 2015, and was released in the United States on July
10. It received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the animation, voice acting, and score,
but criticized the character development and humor, which some called unfunny and
inappropriate. It was a financial success at the box office earning $1.159 billion worldwide,
and became the fifth-highest-grossing film of 2015, the 10th-highest-grossing film of all time,
and the second-highest-grossing animated film of all time during its theatrical run, and is to
date the highest-grossing animated film not released by Disney. A sequel, Minions: The Rise
of Gru, was released in 2022.

Contents

 1Plot
 2Voice cast
 3Production
o 3.1Development
o 3.2Casting
 4Music
 5Marketing and release
 6Reception
o 6.1Box office
o 6.2Critical response
o 6.3Accolades
 7Sequel
 8Notes
 9References
 10External links

Plot[edit]
Minions are small, yellow pill-shaped creatures which have existed since the beginning of
time, evolving from single-celled organisms into beings which exist only to serve history's
most evil masters, but they accidentally end up killing all their masters: rolling a T. rex into a
volcano, letting a caveman get eaten by a bear, crushing a Pharaoh to death with a pyramid,
and exposing Count Dracula to sunlight. They are driven into isolation after firing a cannon
at Napoleon while in Russia, and start a new life inside a cave, but after many years, the
Minions become sad and unmotivated without a master to serve. However, three Minions
named Kevin, Stuart and Bob decide to go out on a quest to find a new master.
The three journey in 1968 to New York City, where they end in a department store for the
night, and accidentally discover a hidden commercial broadcast for villains advertising Villain-
Con, a convention for all villains and supervillains in Orlando. The next day, they manage to
hitchhike a ride with the Nelsons, a family of thieves. At the convention, they see Scarlet
Overkill, the world's first female supervillain, who unexpectedly hires them and takes them to
her home in London. They phone the rest of the Minions to get them to join. Scarlet plans to
steal the Imperial State Crown from Queen Elizabeth II, and promises to reward the Minions if
they steal it, and 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. The chase leads to Bob accidentally
crashing into the Sword in the Stone and pulling it free to defend himself and his friends,
causing Bob to remove the Queen from the throne and become King. Enraged that someone
else accomplished her dream of stealing the throne, Scarlet confronts the Minions, so Bob
abdicates the throne in her favor. Undeterred, Scarlet imprisons the three in a dungeon, and
Herb attempts to torture the trio, but they escape with the intention to apologize to Scarlet at
her coronation.
After making their way to Westminster Abbey, Stuart and Bob interrupt the coronation by
inadvertently dropping a chandelier on Scarlet, who survives the falling fixture and orders
their execution, mistaking it as an assassination attempt. Stuart and Bob are captured by
other villains, while Kevin hides in a pub. He sees Scarlet on 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, and accidentally triggers a machine
Herb was building, which causes him to grow into a giant. Kevin tramples through London,
rescues his friends, and battles Scarlet, just as the other Minions turn up in London. Scarlet
tries to eradicate them by firing a massive missile, but Kevin swallows it. Scarlet and Herb
attempt to escape with her rocket dress, only for Kevin to hold onto it and get pulled into the
sky. The missile explodes, presumably killing Kevin, Scarlet, and Herb. As the Minions mourn
the loss of their leader, Kevin survives, and returns to his normal size.
The Queen gets her throne and crown back. She rewards Bob with a tiny crown for his teddy
bear Tim, Stuart with an electric guitar, and Kevin with a knighthood. The still-alive Scarlet
and Herb steal the crown again, but a young Gru uses a freeze ray on them and flees with
the crown on a rocket-powered motorbike. The Minions run after him, deciding he is the new
master they were looking for.

Voice cast[edit]

Director Pierre Coffin, who also voices the Minions.

 Pierre Coffin as the yellow, small Minions,[9] including:

o Kevin, the leader of the Minions who set out to
find a boss
o Stuart, a musician, and the slacker of the three
o Bob, the youngest and smallest of the group
 Sandra Bullock as Scarlet Overkill, the world's first female
supervillain and Herb's wife[5]
 Jon Hamm as Herb Overkill, a genius inventor and
Scarlet's husband[10]
 Michael Keaton as Walter Nelson, Madge's thief husband
and Tina, Walter Jr. and Binky's father[11]
 Allison Janney as Madge Nelson, Walter's thief wife and
Tina, Walter Jr. and Binky's mother[12]
 Steve Coogan as a Tower Guard[13]
 o Coogan also voices Professor Flux, a scientist
 Jennifer Saunders as Queen Elizabeth II[13]
 Geoffrey Rush as the Narrator[13]
Additionally, Steve Carell reprises his role as Gru, the Minions' boss, who appears at the end
of the film as a younger version of himself.[13] Other cast members include Katy Mixon as Tina
Nelson, Walter and Madge's thief daughter; [13] Michael Beattie as Walter Nelson Jr., Walter
and Madge's thief son[13] (Beattie also voices a VNC announcer); Hiroyuki Sanada as Dumo,
a sumo fighter villain;[13] and Dave Rosenbaum as Fabrice, Scarlet's personal stylist. [13]

Production[edit]
Development[edit]
Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment first announced in July 2012, that
the Minions from the franchise would get their own spin-off film, scheduled for a 2014
release.[4] Brian Lynch was asked to write the film's screenplay, due to his prior work writing
for the theme park ride Despicable Me Minion Mayhem.[14] Pierre Coffin became director again
with newcomer Kyle Balda as the co-director, marking the first film in the franchise
where Chris Renaud is not a director. Eric Guillon returned for the film but was not an art
director, as he was the character and production designer for the film.
Casting[edit]
In February 2013, Sandra Bullock joined the cast to voice Scarlet Overkill,[5] with Jon
Hamm joining two months later as her husband Herb Overkill. [10] In March 2015, Allison
Janney was cast as Madge Nelson.[12] Pierre Coffin, the film's director, reprised his role as
the Minions. This is one of the films in the franchise in which Coffin is the sole actor and the
first film where Chris Renaud doesn't serve as a director, but an executive producer. Kyle
Balda served as an co-director along with Coffin. Jennifer Saunders was cast to voice
Queen Elizabeth II.

Music[edit]
Main article: Minions: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
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.[15][16]

Marketing and release[edit]

Bloomberg News estimated that Universal Pictures spent $593 million in ads and promotions
for the film.[17] Television advertisements were spent at $26.1 million. [18] Universal described the
film's promotional campaign as the "largest and most comprehensive" in its history. [19] In April
2015, Pantone announced the creation of a new official Pantone color, 'Minion Yellow', in
partnership with Illumination.[20] A series of comics and graphic novels based on the film were
published by Titan Comics and launched in June. [21] McDonald's released a promotion for a
toy set offered in their Happy Meals for the film between June and July.[22][23]
Minions debuted at the Odeon Leicester Square in London on June 11, 2015,[24] followed by a
premiere on June 27, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.[25] The film was originally
scheduled for general release on December 19, 2014, [26] but it was pushed back to July 10,
2015, due to Universal's satisfaction with the successful release of Despicable Me 2 (2013)
and desire to exploit fully the merchandising potential of Minions.[27][28]
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment released Minions on Blu-ray and DVD on December
8, 2015.[29] Physical copies contain three short films: Cro Minion, Competition, and Binky
Nelson Unpacified.[30]

Reception[edit]
Box office[edit]
Minions earned $336 million in the United States and Canada and $823.4 million in other
territories, for a worldwide total of $1.159 billion. [3] It was the fifth-highest-grossing film of
2015,[31] the 10th-highest-grossing film of all time,[32] and the second-highest-grossing animated
film of all time.[33] On August 28, 2015, Minions passed the $1 billion mark at the worldwide
box office, becoming the third animated film to cross that milestone after Toy Story 3 (2010)
and Frozen (2013).[34] Deadline Hollywood calculated the film's net profit as $502 million,
accounting for production budgets, marketing, talent participations, and other costs; box
office grosses and home media revenues placed it second on their list of 2015's "Most
Valuable Blockbusters".[2]
The film was released with The Gallows and Self/less on July 10, 2015. Minions earned $46
million on its first day,[35] including $6.2 million from Thursday night previews. [36] During its
opening weekend, the film earned $115.2 million from 4,301 theaters, making it the second-
highest opening weekend for an animated film, behind Shrek the Third (2007).[35] Moreover, it
had the largest opening weekend for a prequel, breaking the previous record held by Star
Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005).[37] Its second weekend earnings dropped by
57 percent to $50.2 million,[38] and followed by another $22 million the third weekend.
[39]
 Minions completed its theatrical run in the United States and Canada on December 17,
2015.[40]
Worldwide, Minions debuted in 44 markets on June 18, 2015,[41] and later a total of 66
countries by July 11.[42] The film earned $12.5 million in its opening weekend from four
countries,[43] and in its second, Minions made $37.6 million in 10 markets.[44] Its top
international markets were the United Kingdom ($73.1 million), China ($63.47 million), and
Germany ($63.46 million).[45]
Critical response[edit]
Minions has an approval rating of 55% based on 222 professional reviews on the review
aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, with an average rating of 5.8/10. Its 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."[46] Metacritic (which uses a weighted average) assigned Minions a score of 56 out of
100 based on 35 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". [47] Audiences polled
by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale. [48]
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". [49] 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". [50] 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".[51] Tom Russo of The
Boston Globe gave the film two stars out of four, 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". [52] 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". [53]
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".
[54]
 Peter Travers of Rolling Stone gave the film two stars out of four, 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".[55] 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".[56] 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".
  Liam Lacey of The Globe and Mail gave the film two stars out of four, saying, "With its
[57]

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". [6]
Accolades[edit]
Accolades received by 
Date of
Award Category
ceremony
Outstanding Achievement for Animated Effects in an Animated Production
Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in a Feature Production
Outstanding Achievement for Character Design in a Feature Production
Annie Awards February 6, 2016 Outstanding Achievement for Production Design in an Animated Feature P
Outstanding Achievement for Storyboarding in a Feature Production

Outstanding Achievement for Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Produc

British Academy Children's November 22,

Awards
British Academy Film Awards
Cinema Audio Society Awards
Empire Awards
Golden Reel Awards
BAFTA Kids' Vote – Film in 2015
2015
February 14, 2016 Best Animated Film
February 20, 2016 Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Motion Picture – Animate
March 20, 2016 Best Animated Film
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Sound Effects, Foley, Dialog
February 27, 2016
Animated Feature Film
Best Animation/Family
Best Animation/Family Poster
May 6, 2015
Best Summer Blockbuster Poster

Golden Trailer Awards Best Animation/Family Poster

Hollywood Music in Media
Awards
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice
Awards
People's Choice Awards
Producers Guild of America
Awards
Saturn Awards
Best Animation/Family TV Spot
May 4, 2016 Best Billboard
Best Voiceover TV Spot
Best Wildposts (Teaser Campaign)
November 11,
Best Original Score in an Animated Film
2015
Favorite Animated Movie
March 12, 2016
Favorite Voice From an Animated Movie
Favorite Animated Movie Voice
January 6, 2016
Favorite Family Movie
January 23, 2016 Best Animated Motion Picture
June 22, 2016 Best Animated Film

Sequel[edit]
Main article: Minions: The Rise of Gru
Minions was followed by Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022).[76] In the film, an 11-year-old Gru
plans to become a supervillain with the help of his Minions, which leads to a showdown with a
malevolent team, the Vicious 6.[77]

Notes[edit]
1. ^ Other sources call Minions a spin-off,[4][5] while they referred it a
prequel.[6][7][8]
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