Illumination

Illumination (also known as 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 (2011)	April 1, 2011	$63 million	$184 million	25%	41
3	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	$75 million	$634 million	72%	59
8	Despicable Me 3	June 30, 2017	$80 million	$1.034 billion	58%	49
9	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	$100 million	$1.360 billion	59%	46
14	Migration	December 22, 2023	$72 million	$300.5 million	73%	56
15	Despicable Me 4	July 3, 2024	$75.0 million	$972.0 million	56%	52
16	The Super Mario Galaxy Movie	April 3, 2026	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
17	Minions 3	July 1, 2026	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
18	Untitled film	April 16, 2027	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA

Films in development[]

#	Title
19	Big Tree
20	The Secret Life of Pets 3
21	Sing 3
22	Untitled Barbie film
23	Untitled Donkey Kong film
24	Untitled Pharrell Williams film

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
16	Minions & Monsters	June 11, 2021
17	For Gunter's Eyes Only, Animal Attraction	March 29, 2022
18	Post Modern Minion	September 6, 2022
19	Penglai	September 16, 2022
20	Mooned	December 22, 2023
21	Fly Hard, Midnight Mission	February 27, 2024
22	Game Over and Over, Benny's Birthday	September 24, 2024
23	Sing: Thriller	October 16, 2024

Cancelled films[]

#	Title	Reason
1	Emily the Strange	Later moved to Warner Bros. Pictures Animation
2	Flanimals	No longer on the development schedule; Ricky Gervais would've executive produced and also voiced a character for the film
3	Where's Waldo?	Live-action film; DreamWorks Animation later acquired Classic Media in 2012 and renamed it to DreamWorks Classics.
4	Untitled cryptozoology film	Based on a pitch by Jack Black and Jason Micallef; Black never voiced any characters for the film; Reason unknown
5	Curious George	Live-action hybrid film; Cancelled due to reason unknown
6	Pluto	Based on the manga series; Live-action hybrid film; Reason unknown
7	The Addams Family	Stop-motion film; Tim Burton also would've co-write and co-produce the film; Later moved to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
8	UglyDolls	Later moved to STX Films
9	Woody Woodpecker	Later reworked as a live-action hybrid film
10	The Cat in the Hat	Later moved to Warner Bros. Pictures Animation
11	Clifford the Big Red Dog	Later moved to Paramount Pictures
12	Johnny Express	Reason unknown

List of transcripts[]

Gallery[]

Films[]

Logos[]

	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), Minions 3 (2026)
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 (TBA)
Sing Films	Sing (2016), Sing 2 (2021), Sing 3 (TBA)
The Super Mario Bros. Movie Films	The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023), The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (2026)
Original Films	Hop (2011), The Lorax (2012), The Grinch (2018), Migration (2023)

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Film studios
Universal Pictures • Focus Features • United International Pictures (joint venture) • Working Title Films

Animation studios
Universal Animation Studios • Illumination • DreamWorks Animation • DreamWorks Classics • Bullwinkle Studios • Big Idea Entertainment

Other defunct studios
Gramercy Pictures • PolyGram Filmed Entertainment

Franchises

An American Tail • American Pie • Babe • Back to the Future • Beethoven •Barbie • Bourne • Bring It On • Casper • Curious George • Despicable Me • Fifty Shades • Jaws • Johnny English • Jurassic Park • The Land Before Time • Mamma Mia! • The Mummy • Pitch Perfect • The Secret Life of Pets • Sing • Ted • The Fast and the Furious • The Purge • Unbreakable • Universal Horror • Universal Monsters • Wicked • Woody Woodpecker

See also
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment

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