Highest-grossing animated film series at the global box office
- Who
- Despicable Me & Minions
- What
- 5,618,817,246 US dollar(s)
- Where
- Not Applicable
- When
- 23 April 2025
The highest-grossing animated film series at the global box office is $5,618,817,246 (£3.99 bn; €4.84 bn), achieved by the Despicable Me & Minions franchise (USA, 2010–24), according to figures from The Numbers as of 23 April 2025.
The franchise comprises: Despicable Me (2010), Despicable Me 2 (2013), Minions (2015), Despicable Me 3 (2017), Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022) and Despicable Me 4 (2024).
Of the six movies released to date, Minions (2015) has been the most lucrative, taking $1,157,271,759 (£762 m; €1.05 bn).