List of Illumination productions

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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 2023, Illumination has released 13 feature films, which were all distributed by Universal Pictures, with their first being Despicable Me on July 9, 2010, and their latest being The Super Mario Bros. Movie on April 5, 2023.

Their upcoming slate of films includes Migration 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 is a co-production with Nintendo.

Released

Film Release date Director(s) Writer(s) Producers Composer(s) Animation service
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
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)
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
The Super Mario Bros. Movie April 5, 2023 Aaron Horvath
Michael Jelenic
Co-directors:
Pierre Leduc
Fabien Polack		 Based on the video game franchise by
Nintendo		 Chris Meledandri
Shigeru Miyamoto		 Brian Tyler
(score)
Koji Kondo
(themes)
Matthew Fogel

Upcoming

Film Release date Director Writer Producer Composer Animation service Ref.
Migration December 22, 2023 Benjamin Renner Mike White Chris Meledandri TBA Illumination Studios Paris [1][2]
Despicable Me 4 July 3, 2024 Chris Renaud
Co-director:
Patrick Delage

In development

Title Notes
Big Tree [3]
The Secret Life of Pets 3 [4]
Sing 3 [5]
Untitled Pharrell Williams film [6][7]

Short films

Title Release date Distribution/co-production with Animation service(s) Release with Note(s)
Home Makeover December 14, 2010 Universal Pictures Home Entertainment Mac Guff Despicable Me Home video release
Orientation Day
Banana
Brad & Gary[8][9][10] 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 The Grinch Theatrical release
The Dog Days of Winter November 23, 2018 NBCUniversal Television Distribution
Dr. Seuss Enterprises		 Trolls Holiday Television 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 Minions: The Rise of Gru
Penglai[11] September 16, 2022 Universal Pictures One and All Animation Studio N/A Limited theatrical release

Television specials

Title Release date Distribution/co-production with Animation service Network Shorts Included
Minions Holiday Special November 27, 2020 NBCUniversal Television Distribution Illumination Mac Guff NBC Santa's Little Helpers, Training Wheels, Puppy, and Minion Scouts
Minions & More 1 September 22, 2022 Illumination Studios Paris Netflix Puppy, The Dog Days of Winter, Minion Scouts, Norman Television, Training Wheels, Love at First Sight, The Secret Life of Kyle, Weenie, Forces of Nature, Santa's Little Helpers
Minions & More 2 November 8, 2022 Mower Minions, Super Gidget, Yellow is the New Black, Eddie's Life Coach, Competition, Serenade, Cro Minion, Wagon Ho!, Binky Nelson Unpacified, Panic in the Mailroom, Gunter Babysits

Series

Web series

Title Premiere date End date Networks
Saturday Morning Minions June 5, 2021 March 5, 2022 Facebook
Instagram
Who's Who May 2023 TBA TikTok
YouTube
Bones Story

Unproduced films

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Main article: List of unproduced Universal Pictures animated projects

Reception

Box office performance

Film Budget North America Overseas gross
(unadjusted)		 Worldwide gross
(unadjusted)		 Ref.
Opening Gross
(unadjusted)
Despicable Me $69 million $56.3 million $251.6 million $291.6 million $543.2 million [12]
Hop $63 million $37.5 million $108.5 million $75.8 million $184.4 million [13]
The Lorax $70 million $70.2 million $214.4 million $134.8 million $349.2 million [14]
Despicable Me 2 $76 million $83.5 million $368.0 million $602.7 million $970.8 million [15]
Minions $74 million $115.7 million $336.0 million $823.4 million $1.159 billion [16]
The Secret Life of Pets $75 million $104.3 million $368.3 million $525.9 million $894.3 million [17]
Sing $35.2 million $270.4 million $363.8 million $634.3 million [18]
Despicable Me 3 $80 million $72.4 million $264.6 million $770.2 million $1.035 billion [19]
The Grinch $75 million $67.5 million $271.4 million $259.5 million $530.9 million [20]
The Secret Life of Pets 2 $80 million $46.6 million $158.9 million $272.2 million $431.1 million [21]
Sing 2 $85 million $22.3 million $162.7 million $244.8 million $407.6 million [22]
Minions: The Rise of Gru $80 million $107.0 million $369.7 million $569.9 million $939.6 million [23]
The Super Mario Bros. Movie $100 million $146.3 million $204.6 million $173 million $377.6 million [24]

Critical and public response

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Each film is linked to the "Critical response" section of its article.

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Film Critical Public
Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic CinemaScore
Despicable Me Lua error in Module:Rotten_Tomatoes_data at line 72: invalid escape sequence near '"^'.[25] 72 (35 reviews)[26] A[27]
Hop Lua error in Module:Rotten_Tomatoes_data at line 72: invalid escape sequence near '"^'.[28] 41 (23 reviews)[29] A−[30]
The Lorax Lua error in Module:Rotten_Tomatoes_data at line 72: invalid escape sequence near '"^'.[31] 46 (30 reviews)[32] A[33]
Despicable Me 2 Lua error in Module:Rotten_Tomatoes_data at line 72: invalid escape sequence near '"^'.[34] 62 (39 reviews)[35] A[27]
Minions Lua error in Module:Rotten_Tomatoes_data at line 72: invalid escape sequence near '"^'.[36] 56 (35 reviews)[37] A[27]
Despicable Me 3 Lua error in Module:Rotten_Tomatoes_data at line 72: invalid escape sequence near '"^'.[38] 49 (37 reviews)[39] A–[27]
The Grinch Lua error in Module:Rotten_Tomatoes_data at line 72: invalid escape sequence near '"^'.[40] 51 (32 reviews)[41] A−[42]
Minions: The Rise of Gru Lua error in Module:Rotten_Tomatoes_data at line 72: invalid escape sequence near '"^'.[43] 56 (41 reviews)[44] A[45]
The Super Mario Bros. Movie 56% (200 reviews)[46] 47 (49 reviews)[47] A[48]

See also

References

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