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$3,439,976
376 theaters
Budget$69,000,000
Release DateOct 8, 2010
MPAAPG
Running Time1 hr 35 min
GenresAdventure Animation Comedy Crime Family Sci-Fi
In Release450 days/64 weeks
Widest Release542 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
Oct 8-101$3,439,976-376-$9,148$3,439,9761
Oct 15-171$2,241,592-34.8%542+166$4,135$8,218,5642
Oct 22-241$1,342,176-40.1%448-94$2,995$9,731,3123
Oct 29-313$1,217,741-9.3%429-19$2,838$11,048,3164
Nov 5-75$761,727-37.4%396-33$1,923$12,620,1545
Nov 12-145$642,982-15.6%372-24$1,728$13,428,4906
Nov 19-217$424,017-34.1%372-$1,139$13,852,5087
Nov 26-2810$332,801-21.5%241-131$1,380$14,291,8888
Dec 3-515$98,401-70.4%154-87$638$13,639,7109
Dec 10-1220$49,035-50.2%142-12$345$13,850,92410
Dec 17-1925$21,887-55.4%86-56$254$13,908,79811
Dec 24-2627$14,345-34.5%54-32$265$13,938,83512
Dec 31-Jan 2, 201130$12,904-10%25-29$516$14,221,34813
Jan 7-934$8,412-34.8%20-5$420$14,243,85114
Jan 14-1642$3,741-55.5%10-10$374$14,249,89415
Jan 21-2339$5,083+35.9%7-3$726$14,255,48416
Jan 28-3053$1,431-71.8%7-$204$14,257,01717