Despicable Me & Minions Viewing Order (Release & Chronological)
The best order to watch each of Universal Pictures' animated Despicable Me and Minions movies, in both release order and chronological order.
Minions (2015)
A spinoff of the popular Despicable Me film series, Minions is a prequel that focuses on the Minion's time before they worked for Gru. After serving several notorious evildoers throughout history, they are left without a master and desperately searching for a purpose in life. Three Minions hitchhike their way to Villain-Con, where they meet Scarlett Overkill (Bullock) and begin working for her.
Minions
- Director
- Pierre Coffin , Kyle Balda
- Release Date
- July 10, 2015
- Studio(s)
- Universal Pictures
- Distributor(s)
- Universal Pictures
- Cast
- Michael Keaton , Sandra Bullock , Steve Coogan , Allison Janney , Katy Mixon , John Hamm
- Writers
- Brian Lynch
- Runtime
- 91minutes
- Franchise(s)
- Despicable Me
- Sequel(s)
- Minions: The Rise of Gru , Despicable Me 3 , Despicable Me 2
- prequel(s)
- Despicable Me
- Budget
- $74 million
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