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
DistributorUnited International Pictures
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Opening$353,137
70 theaters
Budget$69,000,000
Release DateJul 29, 2010
MPAAPG
Running Time1 hr 35 min
GenresAdventure Animation Comedy Crime Family Sci-Fi
In Release156 days/22 weeks
Widest Release70 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
Jul 29-Aug 11$353,137-70-$5,044$353,1371
Aug 5-82$255,913-27.5%56-14$4,569$698,5762
Aug 12-153$153,650-40%65+9$2,363$900,6963
Aug 19-223$76,112-50.5%40-25$1,902$1,002,9254
Aug 26-293$75,930-0.2%46+6$1,650$1,093,8095
Sep 2-57$40,289-46.9%31-15$1,299$1,195,5126
Sep 9-126$33,984-15.6%28-3$1,213$1,236,3277
Sep 16-197$17,691-47.9%20-8$884$10,128,0538
Sep 23-267$28,350+60.3%19-1$1,492$1,298,6609
Sep 30-Oct 39$24,466-13.7%19-$1,287$1,366,33810
Oct 7-1013$11,966-51.1%13-6$920$1,378,30411
Oct 14-1713$10,916-8.8%14+1$779$1,438,09412
Oct 21-2418$3,498-68%7-7$499$1,442,77013
Oct 28-3123$2,351-32.8%4-3$587$1,447,06714
Nov 4-723$1,393-40.7%4-$348$1,423,06115
Nov 11-1420$2,032+45.9%4-$508$1,425,35416
Nov 18-2120$1,088-46.5%3-1$362$1,426,89017