Despicable Me Breaks Record; First Animated Franchise to Cross $5 Billion at Box Office

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Despicable Me franchise has broken Box Office records to become the first animated movie franchise to gross over $5 billion at the box office.

As reported by Variety, Only 14 other movies had crossed the $5 billion box office threshold in film history.

The latest film from the franchise, Despicable Me 4 ushered the movie into this record-breaking territory after it garnered $88 million this past weekend at the box office.

The franchise began in 2010 with Despicable Me and spans over six films, which includes two spinoffs; Minions (with a third one in production).

Despicable Me‘s franchise surpassed the Shrek franchise, which had previously taken home $4.02 billion at the box office, as per Animation Magazine and SlashFilm.

Other films in the line-up are Toy Story with $3.27 billion, Ice Age‘s $3.2 billion and Frozen‘s $2.7 billion.

The animated franchise now joins the ranks of AvatarTransformersJurassic Park and the Avengers films to have surpassed $5 billion record at Box Office.

Since its inception, Despicable Me stars actor Steve Carell who plays the role of the villainous Gru who adopts three daughters while on a mission to steal the moon.