Despicable Me

Gru, a criminal mastermind, adopts three orphans as pawns to carry out the biggest heist in history. His life takes an unexpected turn when the little girls see the evildoer as their potential father.

Summary Details
DistributorUniversal Pictures International (UPI)
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Opening$2,944,930
380 theaters
Budget$69,000,000
Release DateAug 6, 2010
MPAAPG
Running Time1 hr 35 min
GenresAdventure Animation Comedy Crime Family Sci-Fi
In Release148 days/21 weeks
Widest Release387 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
Aug 5-81$2,944,930-380-$7,749$3,082,9641
Aug 12-151$2,591,249-12%387+7$6,695$6,860,8922
Aug 19-222$1,385,680-46.5%289-98$4,794$9,134,3933
Aug 26-294$778,152-43.8%268-21$2,903$10,382,2914
Sep 9-126$411,497-290-$1,418$12,237,7156
Sep 16-197$228,563-44.5%228-62$1,002$12,592,3127
Sep 23-268$163,633-28.4%194-34$843$12,834,9278
Sep 30-Oct 310$111,827-31.7%194-$576$13,424,8239
Oct 7-1014$47,389-57.6%180-14$263$13,524,70610
Oct 14-1717$30,659-35.3%108-72$283$13,663,19111
Oct 21-2420$15,005-51.1%63-45$238$13,696,89612
Oct 28-3123$9,917-33.9%38-25$260$13,714,45413
Nov 4-724$8,672-12.6%27-11$321$13,631,94014
Nov 11-1428$4,447-48.7%18-9$247$13,642,85715
Nov 18-2123$2,354-47.1%13-5$181$13,738,74516
Nov 25-2828$1,844-21.7%14+1$131$13,743,91317