List of Illumination productions
This is a list of productions produced by Illumination (formerly known as Illumination Entertainment), an American film and animation studio based in Santa Monica, California, United States. This includes feature films, television specials, shorts, and digital series. As of 2022, Illumination has released 12 feature films, which were all distributed by Universal Pictures, with their first being Despicable Me on July 9, 2010, and their latest being Minions: The Rise of Gru on July 1, 2022.
Their upcoming slate of films includes The Super Mario Bros. Movie and Migration (both in 2023), and Despicable Me 4 in 2024.
Feature films
All films are co-produced and distributed by Universal Pictures; with the exceptions of Hop, which is a co-production with Relativity Media, and The Super Mario Bros. Movie, which will be a co-production with Nintendo.
Released
Film | Release date | Director(s) | Writer(s) | Producers | Composer(s) | Animation service(s) |
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Despicable Me | July 9, 2010 | Chris Renaud Pierre Coffin |
Based on an original story by: Sergio Pablos |
Chris Meledandri Janet Healy John Cohen |
Heitor Pereira (score) Pharrell Williams (songs and themes) |
Mac Guff |
Cinco Paul Ken Daurio (screenplay) | ||||||
Hop | April 1, 2011 | Tim Hill | Cinco Paul Ken Daurio (story) Cinco Paul Ken Daurio Brian Lynch (screenplay) |
Chris Meledandri Michele Imperato Stabile |
Christopher Lennertz | Rhythm and Hues |
The Lorax | March 2, 2012 | Chris Renaud Co-director: Kyle Balda |
Based on the book by: Dr. Seuss |
Chris Meledandri Janet Healy |
John Powell (score) John Powell Cinco Paul (songs) |
Illumination Mac Guff Mac Guff Ligme |
Cinco Paul Ken Daurio (screenplay) | ||||||
Despicable Me 2 | July 3, 2013 | Chris Renaud Pierre Coffin |
Cinco Paul Ken Daurio |
Heitor Pereira (score) Pharrell Williams (songs and themes) |
Illumination Mac Guff | |
Minions | July 10, 2015 | Pierre Coffin Kyle Balda |
Brian Lynch | Heitor Pereira | ||
The Secret Life of Pets | July 8, 2016 | Chris Renaud Co-director: Yarrow Cheney |
Cinco Paul Ken Daurio Brian Lynch |
Alexandre Desplat | ||
Sing | December 21, 2016 | Garth Jennings Co-director: Christophe Lourdelet |
Garth Jennings | Joby Talbot | ||
Despicable Me 3 | June 30, 2017 | Pierre Coffin Kyle Balda Co-director: Eric Guillon |
Cinco Paul Ken Daurio |
Heitor Pereira (score) Pharrell Williams (songs and themes) | ||
The Grinch | November 9, 2018 | Scott Mosier Yarrow Cheney |
Based on the book by: Dr. Seuss |
Danny Elfman | ||
Michael LeSieur Tommy Swerdlow (screenplay) | ||||||
The Secret Life of Pets 2 | June 7, 2019 | Chris Renaud Co-director: Jonathan del Val |
Brian Lynch | Alexandre Desplat | ||
Sing 2 | December 22, 2021 | Garth Jennings Co-director: Christophe Lourdelet |
Garth Jennings | Joby Talbot | Illumination Studios Paris | |
Minions: The Rise of Gru | July 1, 2022 | Kyle Balda Co-directors: Brad Ableson Jonathan Del Val |
Brian Lynch Matthew Fogel (story) Matthew Fogel (screenplay) |
Chris Meledandri Janet Healy Chris Renaud |
Heitor Pereira |
Upcoming
Film | Release date | Director(s) | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Composer(s) | Animation service(s) | Ref. |
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The Super Mario Bros. Movie | April 7, 2023 | Aaron Horvath Michael Jelenic |
Based on the video game series by Nintendo |
Chris Meledandri Shigeru Miyamoto |
Brian Tyler (score) Koji Kondo (themes) |
Illumination Studios Paris | [1][2] |
Matthew Fogel (screenplay) | |||||||
Migration | December 22, 2023 | Benjamin Renner | Mike White | Chris Meledandri | TBA | [3][4] | |
Despicable Me 4 | July 3, 2024 | Chris Renaud Co-director: Patrick Delage |
In development
Title | Notes |
---|---|
Big Tree | [5] |
The Secret Life of Pets 3 | [6] |
Untitled Pharrell Williams film | [7][8] |
Short films
Title | Release date | Distribution/co-production with | Animation service(s) | Release with | Note(s) |
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Home Makeover | December 14, 2010 | Universal Pictures Home Entertainment | Mac Guff | Despicable Me | Home video release |
Orientation Day | |||||
Banana | |||||
Brad & Gary[9][10][11] | July 1, 2011 | Universal Pictures | Illumination Mac Guff | N/A | Theatrical release |
Phil's Dance Party | March 23, 2012 | Universal Pictures Home Entertainment | Rhythm and Hues | Hop | Home video release |
Wagon Ho! | August 7, 2012 | Universal Pictures Home Entertainment Dr. Seuss Enterprises |
Illumination Mac Guff | The Lorax | |
Forces of Nature | |||||
Serenade | |||||
Puppy | December 10, 2013 | Universal Pictures Home Entertainment | Despicable Me 2 | ||
Panic in the Mailroom | |||||
Training Wheels | |||||
Cro Minion | December 8, 2015 | Minions | |||
Competition | |||||
Binky Nelson Unpacified | |||||
Mower Minions | July 8, 2016 | Universal Pictures | The Secret Life of Pets | Theatrical release/Home video release | |
Norman Television | December 6, 2016 | Universal Pictures Home Entertainment | Home video release | ||
Weenie | |||||
Gunter Babysits | March 21, 2017 | Sing | |||
Love at First Sight | |||||
Eddie's Life Coach | |||||
The Secret Life of Kyle | December 5, 2017 | Despicable Me 3 | |||
Yellow is the New Black | November 9, 2018 | Universal Pictures | Despicable Me 3 The Grinch |
Theatrical release/Home video release | |
The Dog Days of Winter | November 23, 2018 | NBCUniversal Television Distribution Dr. Seuss Enterprises |
Trolls Holiday The Grinch |
Television release/Home video release | |
Santa's Little Helpers | February 5, 2019 | Universal Pictures Home Entertainment | The Grinch | Home video release | |
Super Gidget | August 27, 2019 | The Secret Life of Pets 2 | |||
Minion Scouts | |||||
Minions & Monsters | June 11, 2021 | NBCUniversal Television Distribution | Minions: The Rise of Gru | Television release/Home video release | |
For Gunter's Eyes Only | March 29, 2022 | Universal Pictures Home Entertainment | Illumination Studios Paris | Sing 2 | Home video release |
Animal Attraction | |||||
Post Modern Minions | September 6, 2022 | Illumination Mac Guff | Minions: The Rise of Gru | ||
Penglai[12] | September 16, 2022 | Universal Pictures | N/A | Limited theatrical release |
Television specials
Title | Release date | Distribution/co-production with | Animation service | Network |
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Minions Holiday Special | November 27, 2020 | NBCUniversal Television Distribution | Illumination Mac Guff | NBC |
Webseries
Title | Premiere date | End date | Networks |
---|---|---|---|
Saturday Morning Minions | June 5, 2021 | March 5, 2022 | Facebook |
Unproduced films
Reception
Box office performance
Film | Budget | North America | Overseas gross (unadjusted) |
Worldwide gross (unadjusted) |
Ref. | |
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Opening | Gross (unadjusted) | |||||
Despicable Me | $69 million | $56.3 million | $251.5 million | $291.6 million | $543.1 million | [13] |
Hop | $63 million | $37.5 million | $108.0 million | $75.8 million | $183.9 million | [14] |
The Lorax | $70 million | $70.2 million | $214.0 million | $134.8 million | $348.8 million | [15] |
Despicable Me 2 | $76 million | $83.5 million | $368.0 million | $602.7 million | $970.8 million | [16] |
Minions | $74 million | $115.7 million | $336.0 million | $823.4 million | $1.159 billion | [17] |
The Secret Life of Pets | $75 million | $104.3 million | $368.3 million | $507.1 million | $875.5 million | [18] |
Sing | $75 million | $35.2 million | $270.3 million | $363.8 million | $634.2 million | [19] |
Despicable Me 3 | $80 million | $72.4 million | $264.6 million | $770.2 million | $1.035 billion | [20] |
Dr. Seuss' The Grinch | $75 million | $67.5 million | $270.5 million | $238.3 million | $508.8 million | [21] |
The Secret Life of Pets 2 | $80 million | $46.6 million | $158.9 million | $271.1 million | $430.0 million | [22] |
Sing 2 | $85 million | $22.3 million | $162.7 million | $244.1 million | $406.9 million | [23] |
Minions: The Rise of Gru | $80 million | $107.0 million | $364.0 million | $549.1 million | $913.1 million | [24] |
Critical and public response
Film | Critical | Public | |
---|---|---|---|
Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic | CinemaScore | |
Despicable Me | 81% (202 reviews)[25] | 72 (35 reviews)[26] | A[27] |
Hop | 24% (139 reviews)[28] | 41 (23 reviews)[29] | A−[30] |
The Lorax | 54% (157 reviews)[31] | 46 (30 reviews)[32] | A[33] |
Despicable Me 2 | 75% (186 reviews)[34] | 62 (39 reviews)[35] | A[27] |
Minions | 55% (222 reviews)[36] | 56 (35 reviews)[37] | A[27] |
The Secret Life of Pets | 72% (236 reviews)[38] | 61 (39 reviews)[39] | A−[40] |
Sing | 71% (188 reviews)[41] | 59 (37 reviews)[42] | A[33] |
Despicable Me 3 | 59% (198 reviews)[43] | 49 (37 reviews)[44] | A–[27] |
The Grinch | 59% (193 reviews)[45] | 51 (32 reviews)[46] | A−[47] |
The Secret Life of Pets 2 | 60% (164 reviews)[48] | 55 (26 reviews)[49] | A−[40] |
Sing 2 | 71% (129 reviews)[50] | 49 (28 reviews)[51] | A+[52] |
Minions: The Rise of Gru | 70% (177 reviews)[53] | 56 (41 reviews)[54] | A[55] |
See also
- List of Universal Pictures theatrical animated feature films
- List of DreamWorks Animation productions
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