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2015 animated film by Pierre Coffin and Kyle Balda

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Minions is a 2015 American animated comedy film produced by Illumination and distributed by Universal Pictures and Netflix. Directed by Pierre Coffin and Kyle Balda, the film was written by Brian Lynch and produced by Chris Meledandri, with Chris Renaud serving as executive producer. The cast includes Katy Mixon, Hiroyuki Sanada, Ava Acres, and Lori Alan, while Geoffrey Rush serves as the narrator. Heitor Pereira composed the score. The film is categorized as a comedy, children's, and heist film, with a runtime of 91 minutes.

The narrative takes place in London, New York City, and Orlando, Florida. The film features the character Elizabeth II. It was released on June 17, 2015, according to TMDb, with other publication dates listed as January 1, 2015, July 2, 2015, July 8, 2015, and July 9, 2015. The production had a budget of 74,000,000. Box office revenue is recorded as 1,159,398,397 by Wikidata and 1,159,457,503 by TMDb. The film received a rating of 6.4 on IMDb based on 285,427 votes, and a vote average of 6.419 on TMDb based on 11,084 votes. Minions is followed by Minions: The Rise of Gru.

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Film · TMDB

6.4

Minions Stuart, Kevin and Bob are recruited by Scarlet Overkill, a super-villain who, alongside her inventor husband Herb, hatches a plot to take over the world.

Released: 2015-06-1791 minDir: Kyle BaldaFamily, Animation, Adventure, ComedyBudget: $74.0MBox office: $1159MPart of: Minions Collection

Cast

  • Sandra Bullock as Scarlet Overkill (voice)
  • Jon Hamm as Herb Overkill (voice)
  • Michael Keaton as Walter Nelson (voice)
  • Allison Janney as Madge Nelson (voice)
  • Steve Coogan as Professor Flux / Tower Guard (voice)
  • Jennifer Saunders as Reine Elizabeth II (voice)

Themes

  • assistant
  • villain
  • prequel
  • aftercreditsstinger
  • duringcreditsstinger
  • evil mastermind
  • supervillain
  • amused
  • joyful

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Ratings

IMDb

6.4/10

285,427 votes

Year
2015
Runtime
91 min
Genres
Adventure, Animation, Comedy

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Encyclopedic overview

Minions is a 2015 American animated comedy film directed by Pierre Coffin and Kyle Balda and written by Brian Lynch. Produced by Illumination Entertainment, it is a prequel to Despicable Me (2010) and the first installment in the Minions series. The film features the voices of Coffin (as the Minions), Sandra Bullock, Jon Hamm, Michael Keaton, Allison Janney, Steve Coogan and Jennifer Saunders, with Geoffrey Rush as the narrator. In the film, the Minions search for their replaceable evil boss after, one-by-one, accidentally killing all their past leaders throughout history.

Minions premiered in London on June 11, 2015, and was released in the United States on July 10, by Universal Pictures. It received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $1.16 billion, becoming the fifth-highest-grossing film of 2015, the second -highest-grossing animated film and the tenth -highest-grossing film of all time. A sequel, Minions: The Rise of Gru, was released in 2022, while a third film, Minions & Monsters, is scheduled to be released in 2026.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Minions” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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