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: The Rise of Gru (2022)
Minions: The Rise of Gru is the second Minions film and the fifth movie overall in the Despicable Me franchise. The Minions sequel again stars Steve Carell as an eleven-year-old Gru who wants to become a supervillain. The only problem is that there's a new group in town called the Vicious 6 that puts a wrench in his plans.
Minions: The Rise of Gru
- Director
- Brad Ableson , Kyle Balda
- Release Date
- July 1, 2022
- Studio(s)
- Illumination Entertainment
- Distributor(s)
- Universal Pictures
- Cast
- Steve Carr , Pierre Coffin
- Writers
- Cinco Paul
- Runtime
- 90 Minutes
- Franchise(s)
- Despicable Me
- prequel(s)
- Despicable Me , Despicable Me 2 , Despicable Me 3
- Budget
- $80 Million
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