Illumination (formerly Illumination Entertainment) is an animation studio established by Chris Meledandri, and is a Universal Pictures unit, most famous for the Despicable Me franchise.
Filmography [ ]
Feature films [ ]
Released films [ ]
#
Title
Release date
Budget
Gross
RT
MC
1
Despicable Me
July 9, 2010
$69 million
$543 millon
81%
72
2
Hop
April 1, 2011
$63 million
$184 million
25%
41
3
Dr. Seuss' The Lorax
March 2, 2012
$70 million
$348 million
53%
46
4
Despicable Me 2
July 3, 2013
$76 million
$970 milliom
75%
62
5
Minions
July 10, 2015
$74 million
$1.159 billion
55%
56%
6
The Secret Life of Pets
July 8, 2016
$75 million
$875 million
73%
61
7
Sing
December 21, 2016
$634 million
72%
59
8
Despicable Me 3
June 30, 2017
$80 million
$1.034 billion
58%
49
9
Dr. Seuss' The Grinch
November 9, 2018
$75 million
$511 million
60%
51
10
The Secret Life of Pets 2
June 7, 2019
$80 million
$28 million
60%
54
11
Sing 2
December 22, 2021
$85 million
$409 million
71%
49
12
Minions: The Rise of Gru
July 1, 2022
$80 million
$939.6 million
70%
56
13
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
April 7, 2023
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
14
Migration
December 22, 2023
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
Upcoming films [ ]
Short films [ ]
#
Title
Release date
1
Home Makeover , Orientation Day and Banana
December 7, 2010
2
Brad & Gary
January 10, 2011
3
Phil's Dance Party
March 16, 2012
4
Despicable Me: Minion Mayhem
June 25, 2012
5
Wagon Ho! , Forces of Nature and Serenade
July 31, 2012
6
Puppy , Panic in the Mailroom and Training Wheels
December 3, 2013
7
Cro Minion , Competition and Binky Nelson Unpacified
December 8, 2015
8
Mower Minions
July 8, 2016
9
Norman Television and Weenie
November 29, 2016
10
Gunter Babysits , Love at First Sight and Eddie's Life Coach
March 14, 2017
11
The Secret Life of Kyle
December 5, 2017
12
Yellow is the New Black
November 9, 2018
13
The Dog Days of Winter
November 23, 2018
14
Santa's Little Helpers
February 5, 2019
15
Super Gidget , Minion Scouts
August 27, 2019
Dr. Seuss' The Lorax (2012)
The Secret Life of Pets (2016)
The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019)
Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022)
The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)
Illumination Entertainment
Despicable Me Films
Despicable Me (2010), Despicable Me 2 (2013), Minions (2015), Despicable Me 3 (2017), Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022), Despicable Me 4 (2024)
The Secret Life of Pets Films
The Secret Life of Pets (2016), The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019), The Secret Life of Pets 3 (2025)
Sing Films
Sing (2016), Sing 2 (2021), Sing 3 (2026)
Original Films
Hop (2011), Dr. Seuss' The Lorax (2012), The Grinch (2018), The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023), Migration (2023), Big Tree (2025), The Legend of Zelda Movie (2027), The Super Mario Bros. Movie 2 (2027)
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