Minions (film)

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Minions

Theatrical release poster

Kyle Balda

Pierre Coffin

Chris Meledandri

Janet Healy

Directed by

Produced by

Written by
Starring

Brian Lynch

Sandra Bullock

Jon Hamm

Michael Keaton

Allison Janney

Steve Coogan

Jennifer Saunders

Pierre Coffin

Narrated by

Geoffrey Rush

Music by

Heitor Pereira[1]

Edited by

Claire Dodgson

Production
company

Illumination Entertainment
Illumination Mac Guff

Distributed by Universal Pictures

June 11, 2015 (London premiere)[2]

July 10, 2015 (United States)[3]

Release dates

Running time
Country
Language

91 minutes[4]
United States
English

Budget

$74 million[5][6]

Box office

$1.156 billion[7]

Minions is a 2015 American 3D computer-animated family comedy film,[8] serving as a spinoff/prequel to the Despicable Me franchise. Produced by Illumination Entertainment for
Universal Pictures, it was directed by Pierre Coffin and Kyle Balda, written by Brian Lynch, and
produced by Chris Meledandri and Janet Healy.[9] The film stars Coffin (as the Minions), Sandra
Bullock, Jon Hamm, Michael Keaton, Allison Janney, and Steve Coogan, and is narrated by
Geoffrey Rush. It was first foreshadowed in the end credits of Despicable Me 2, where Kevin,
Stuart, and Bob, three of the Minions, and, in fact, the film's main protagonists, are seen
auditioning for the film.[10]
Minions had its premiere on June 11, 2015, in Leicester Square, London, and went into general
release in the United States on July 10, 2015. [11] Critical response was mixed: some critics
praised the comedic aspects of the film and the performances of Bullock and Hamm,[12] while
others felt that the titular characters were not able to carry the film on their own, and that the
villains were flatly characterized. The film has grossed over $1.1 billion worldwide (outgrossing
both Despicable Me films), making it the 10th highest-grossing film of all time, the 2nd highestgrossing animated film, and the highest-grossing non-Disney animated film.[13]

Contents

1 Plot

2 Cast

3 Production

4 Soundtrack
o 4.1 Track listing

5 Release
o 5.1 Marketing
o 5.2 Home media

6 Reception
o 6.1 Box office

6.1.1 North America

6.1.2 Outside North America

o 6.2 Critical response

o 6.3 Accolades

7 References

8 External links

Plot
Minions are small, yellow creatures who have existed since the beginning of time, evolving from
single-celled organisms into beings who exist only to serve history's most villainous masters.[14]
They find great mastersincluding a T-Rex, a caveman, an Egyptian pharaoh, Dracula,[15] and
Napoleon,[3]but after accidentally killing nearly all of them with their incompetence, they
decide to isolate themselves from the world and start a new life in Antarctica.[15] By 1968, the
lack of a master to serve drives them into depression, so Kevin, one fearless Minion, plans to
find a new one for them by going back out into the world.[3][15][16] Stuarta bored, teenaged

minion who is obsessed with guitarsjoins him reluctantly, as does an over-enthusiastic Bob,
whom Kevin only chooses because of no one else willing to volunteer.
After a long journey, the Minions arrive in New York, where they soon learn about Villain-Con, a
convention to be held in Orlando where supervillains gather from around the world. They
hitchhike to Orlando, where they successfully become the henchmen for Scarlet Overkill, the
world's first female supervillain. As Scarlet takes the Minions to her home to London, Kevin
immediately notifies the other Minions back home. In Antarctica, the other Minions begin
working for a Yeti, but once again accidentally kill their leader. Fleeing from the Yeti's angry
friends, they travel around the world to find Kevin, who had already told them to meet the trio in
England.
Scarlet and the Minions arrive at her home, where she orders them to steal St. Edward's Crown
from Queen Elizabeth II of England and later shows through a bedtime story that she'll kill them
if they fail. With gadgets from Herb, Scarlet's husband, the Minions successfully break into the
Tower of London. However, the crown is being delivered to the Queen, so they steal it from her
while she's in her carriage, with the police in pursuit. Bob crashes onto the mythical Sword in the
Stone and pulls the sword, Excalibur, out to defend himself. After he has pulled out the
legendary sword, Elizabeth II is immediately removed from the throne and Bob is crowned as the
new King of England.
Convinced they are traitors for stealing her dream, Scarlet confronts the Minions and threatens to
execute them for good. King Bob abdicates in Scarlet's favor, but she still doesn't forgive the
Minions, locking them in the palace dungeon to be tortured by Herb. The Minions' unusual
physiology prevent them from being affected by the torture and Herb eventually leaves to attend
his wife's coronation. The Minions then escape the dungeon through a sewer, intending to
apologize to Scarlet.
At Westminster Abbey, the Minions accidentally interrupt Scarlet's coronation by unscrewing a
chandelier, which falls and crushes Scarlet before she can be crowned. Scarlet survives and
orders those attending the coronationincluding some super-villainsto get the Minions. Stuart
and Bob are captured while Kevin hides in a bar where he finds Elizabeth. Kevin learns that
Stuart and Bob are to be executed and breaks into Herb's laboratory, with villains chasing him.
He accidentally triggers an experimental machine that enlarges him, destroying the Overkill
residence in the process, which scares the villains away.
Kevin rescues his companions just as the other Minions arrive in London. Scarlet is distracted by
the army of Minions and Kevin knocks her through numerous buildings. She sends a missile
towards Kevin, which he swallows, sacrificing himself to save Stuart, Bob and the other
Minions. Scarlet and Herb attempt to escape using her dress rocket but Kevin holds onto it as the
missile inside him explodes, apparently killing Scarlet and Herb and shrinking Kevin back to his
original size.
Elizabeth is once again crowned Queen of England, and she publicly thanks the Minions by
presenting Bob with a tiny crown, Stuart with an electric guitar and Kevin with a knighthood.
Scarlet and Herb, who are suddenly revealed to be alive, then steal the Queen's crown, but are

frozen by a young Gru, who takes the crown from them. As the Minions then see that Gru is the
perfect new potential boss, they start to go after him, as Bob gives his crown to Scarlet, who is
upset over her dream not coming true. The film ends with the Minions chasing Gru to his home.

Cast

Pierre Coffin as Kevin, Stuart, Bob and the Minions[17]

Sandra Bullock as Scarlet Overkill, an ambitious supervillain[18]

Jon Hamm as Herb Overkill, an inventor and Scarlet's husband[19]

Michael Keaton as Walter Nelson, who picks up the hitchhiking Minions[20][21]

Allison Janney as Madge Nelson[22]

Steve Coogan as Professor Flux and a tower guard[20][23]

Jennifer Saunders as Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom[24][25]

Geoffrey Rush as the narrator[26]

Katy Mixon as Tina Nelson[27]

Steve Carell as Felonious Gru,[28] a future supervillain and the Minions' master in the
Despicable Me films

Hiroyuki Sanada as Dumo the Sumo, a sumo wrestler[25]

Michael Beattie as Walter Nelson Jr. and Villain-Con announcer

Production
In July 2012, Universal Studios and Illumination Entertainment announced that the Minions
from Despicable Me would get their own spin-off film, then planned for a 2014 release.[29] Brian
Lynch, previously known for co-writing another Illumination film, Hop (2011), as well as
DreamWorks' Puss in Boots (2011), was asked to write the film's screenplay, due to his prior
work of writing the theme park ride Despicable Me: Minion Mayhem.[30]
On August 21, 2012, it was announced that the film would be released on December 19, 2014.[31]
In February 2013, Sandra Bullock joined the cast to voice Scarlet Overkill,[18] with Jon Hamm
joining two months later as her husband Herb Overkill.[19] On September 20, 2013, the film's
release date was pushed back from December 19, 2014 to July 10, 2015,[32] due to Universal's

satisfaction with the successful July 2013 release of Despicable Me 2[33] and desire to exploit
fully the merchandising potential of a summer film.[32]

Soundtrack
Minions: Original Motion Picture
Soundtrack
Film score by Heitor Pereira
Released
July 10, 2015
Recorded
2015
Genre
Score
Length
67:11
Label
Back Lot Music
Heitor Pereira film scores chronology
Curious George
3: Back to the
Jungle
(2015)

Minions
(2015)

The Angry Birds

Movie
(2016)

The official soundtrack for the film was released on July 10, 2015 by Back Lot Music. The
soundtrack also features the film's original music, composed by Heitor Pereira.[34]

Track listing
All music composed by Heitor Pereira, except where noted.
No
Title
.

Lengt
h

Writer(s)

Performer

1. "Universal Fanfare"

Jerry Goldsmith

The Minions (Pierre

Coffin)

0:32

2. "Happy Together"

Garry Bonner, Alan

Gordon

The Turtles

2:54

3. "I'm a Man"

Steve Winwood,
Jimmy Miller

The Spencer Davis

Group

3:05

4. "You Really Got Me"

Ray Davies

The Kinks

2:14

5. "My Generation"

Pete Townshend

The Who

3:16

6. "Mellow Yellow"

Donovan

Donovan

3:41

7. "Revolution"

John Lennon & Paul

McCartney

The Minions (Pierre

Coffin)

2:22

8. "Minions Through Time"

4:34

9. "Kevin, Stuart and Bob"

2:57

10. "Minions Run Amok"

1:29

11. "Tortellini"

0:21

12. "The VNC"

1:11

13. "Minions in the U.S.A."

2:13

14. "Orlando"

0:46

15. "Scarlet Overkill"

1:07

16. "Ruby Fight"

2:58

17. "Make 'Em Laugh"

Nacio Herb Brown

and Arthur Freed

The Minions (Pierre

Coffin)

0:44

18. "Scarlet's Fortress"

3:31

19. "Traveling Tribe"

0:49

20. "Tower of London"

1:39

21. "Hair"

James Rado, Gerome

Ragni

The Minions (Pierre

Coffin)

0:54

22. "Fighting the Crown Keeper"

1:43

23. "King Bob"

0:57

24. "Theme From The Monkees"

Tommy Boyce and

Bobby Hart

The Minions (Pierre

Coffin)

0:29

25. "Dungeon Mayhem"

0:35

26. "Goodbye Fabrice"

2:28

27. "Minion Mission"

4:56

28. "Sneaking In"

2:34

29. "King Kong Kevin"

3:30

30. "Our Hero Is Back"

1:14

31. "Minions Victory"

2:49

32. "Greatest Renegade Unveiling

(GRU)"

2:39

Total length:

Release

67:11

Minions peluches at the Romics 2015.

The film had its premiere on June 11, 2015 at Odeon Leicester Square in London, United
Kingdom.[2] On June 17, 2015, it was released theatrically in Indonesia and Australia.[35] The next
day, June 18, saw releases in Malaysia and Singapore,[35] and a screening at the Annecy
International Animated Film Festival, in France.[36] It was released theatrically in the United
Kingdom on June 26, 2015. In the United States, the film premiered on June 27, 2015, at the
Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles,[37] and went into general release theatrically on July 10, 2015.
[3]
It was released in China on September 13.[38]

Marketing
This section requires expansion. (July 2015)

Minion Yellow
.

Color coordinates
Hex triplet
#F5E050
B
sRGB (r, g, b)
(245, 220, 80)
H
CMYK (c, m, y, k)
(6, 6, 81, 0)
HSV
(h, s, v)
(52, 67%, 96%)
[39]
Source
B: Normalized to [0255] (byte)
H: Normalized to [0100] (hundred)
The first trailer for Minions was released by Illumination on November 3, 2014 through
YouTube.[40] McDonald's released Minions-related Happy Meals on July 3, 2015.[41][42] A series of
comics and graphic novels based on the film are being published by Titan Comics.[43] The series
are including four comic book issues, two digest collections, two hardcover editions and a
paperback collection.[43] Drawn by Didier Ah-koon and Renaud Collin, the series launched on
June 17, 2015, with the release of the first issue of the Minions comic book and the first digest

collection.[43][44] In April 2015, Pantone announced the creation of a new official Pantone colour,
'Minion Yellow' (displayed at right), in partnership with Illumination Entertainment.[39]
Universal spent a total of $26.1 million on TV advertisement for the film.[45]

Home media
Minions will be released on Blu-ray (2D and 3D) and DVD on December 8, 2015. The film will
be accompanied by three new short films titled Cro Minion, Competition, and Binky Nelson
Unpacified.[46]

Reception
Box office
As of November 8, 2015, Minions has grossed $335.2 million in the United States and $821.2
million in other territories for a worldwide total of over $1.156 billion, against a budget of $74
million.[7] Worldwide, it is the fourth highest-grossing film of 2015,[47] the highest-grossing
animated film of 2015, the second highest-grossing animated film, the tenth highest-grossing
film and the third highest-grossing film released by Universal Pictures. It topped the worldwide
box office for three consecutive weekends.[48]
By breaking $1 billion worldwide, Minions became the first non-Disney animated film, the third
animated film ever after Toy Story 3 and Frozen, and the 23rd film in cinematic history to do so.
[49][13]

North America
In the United States and Canada, Minions received the widest release for Universal Pictures, the
widest of 2015, and the second widest for an animated film behind Shrek Forever After (4,386
theaters).[50] It opened simultaneously with the horror film The Gallows and the sci-fi drama
Self/less, across 4,301 theaters, with box office pundits noting that the film did not face serious
competition with them. Initial projections had the film open around $100$121 million.
However, Universal Pictures decided not to report box office figures for the movie.[5][6][51][52] It
made $6.2 million from its Thursday night showings from 2,985 theaters, which began at 6 p.m,
a record for an animated film,[53][54][55] and $46.2 in its opening day (including Thursday
previews), marking the biggest opening day for an animated film and the second biggest singleday (behind the $47.1 million Saturday gross of Shrek the Third).[56] Through its opening
weekend, it earned a total of $115.7 million, which fell in line with the projections and marked
the second-highest animated movie opening of all time only behind Shrek the Third ($121.6
million). Albeit in terms of 3D, it is the highest. It also became the fourth film of 2015 to open
more than $100 million (the third by Universal) and only one of four animated films ever to
achieve this milestone, the other two being Toy Story 3 ($110.3 million) and Shrek 2 ($108
million).[57][58] In its second weekend, the film fell to No. 2 earning $49.3 million (down 57%)
behind newcomer superhero film Ant-Man.[59]

Outside North America

Minions went into general release in 44 countries in the months of June and July, ahead, and
along with, its North American release.[60] It was released in a total of 66 countries.[61] It earned
an estimated $12.5 million in its opening weekend from four countries on 621 screens.[62] It
added $37.6 million in its second weekend from 10 countries.[63] In its third weekend, it grossed
$56.2 million from 26 countries, coming in in second place at the international box office behind
Terminator Genisys.[64] It finally topped the international box office, earning $130.7 million from
56 countries in its fourth weekend.[65] As of August 16, 2015, it is playing across 62 countries,
landing in first place in 56 countries.[66] In Australia and India it landed at No. 2 where Jurassic
World and Baahubali: The Beginning both took the top spot respectively the weekend it was
released in.[65][67] It topped the box office for just one weekend, before Chinese film Monster
Hunt surpassed it in its fifth weekend.[68] It passed the $500 million mark internationally in five
weeks and six days, faster than Despicable Me 2, which took fourteen weeks and three days to
reach that milestone.[67]
It had the biggest opening day of all time for an animated film in 16 countries,[69][61][70][71]
Universal's biggest opening day of all time in 5 countries,[61] Universal's second-biggest opening
day in Indonesia (behind Furious 7),[60] the second biggest opening day of all time in Russia and
the CIS ($3.8 million,[71] and the biggest opening day of all time for all films in Venezuela.[61]
Also, it set the record for the biggest opening weekend of all-time in Venezuela ($5.6 million),[65]
the biggest for an animated film in 29 countries including Italy ($8.5 million), Brazil ($7
million), Argentina ($5.4 million), Portugal ($1.2 million), Indonesia and Malaysia,[62][63][65][67][72]
the second biggest for an animated film in Peru with $1.9 million (behind Ice Age: Continental
Drift), the biggest for Universal in France ($12.1 million) and 6 other countries, the second
biggest opening of all time in Mexico ($19.7 million) and the third biggest in Russia and the CIS
($14.3 million). Albeit it is the biggest of all time in terms of admissions ahead of Furious 7.[48][65]
[67]
In the UK, Ireland and Malta, the film received the widest release ever for an animated film
across 573 screens and grossed $18.1 million (11.6 million), thus achieving the biggest
ever three-day opening for an animation in the UK.[63] It topped the box office there for three
weekends.[73] Elsewhere, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and New Zealand all opened No. 1.
[63]
Other notable openings were witnessed in Germany ($9.8 million), South Korea ($6.4
million), Japan ($6 million), Spain ($6 million), Australia ($4.4 million) and Colombia ($3.3
million).[62][64][74] In China, it opened on Sunday, September 13 and earned $18.8 million on its
opening day, marking the biggest opening day for an animated film ever in China; roughly 50%
higher than the previous record held by Kung Fu Panda 2.[75] It went on to earn $49.8 million
through its 8-day opening (Sunday to Sunday)[76] and $19.4 million for the weekend alone
(Friday to Sunday).[77] It will go into general releases for 30 days in China.[75]
Minions became the highest-grossing animated film of all time in 12 markets,[78] and Universal's
highest grossing film of all time in six.[79] As of July 26, it has become the most watched film of
2015 in Germany, with 4.42 million admissions (surpassing even the 3.7 million admissions of
Despicable Me 2).[80] With nearly 3 million admissions and $22.35 million in box office revenue,
Minions has become the highest-grossing film of 2015 in Italy and is the most viewed film in
Italy this year.[81] In total earning, its largest markets outside of the U.S. are China ($69.8
million), the United Kingdom ($62.5 million) and Germany ($55 million).[82][83][84][85][86][87] It

opened in its last market Greece on September 24 earning $505,000, marking the second-biggest
animated film opening there behind only Ice Age: Continental Drift.[48][67]

Critical response
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes gives Minions a rating of 53%, based on 180
reviews, with an average rating of 5.8/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "The Minions'
brightly colored brand of gibberish-fueled insanity stretches to feature length in their self-titled
Despicable Me spinoff, with uneven but often hilarious results."[88] On Metacritic, the film has a
score of 56 out of 100, based on 35 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[11] In
CinemaScore polls, cinema audiences gave Minions an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.
[57]

Jesse Hassenger of The A.V. Club gave the film a C, saying "Minions has idiosyncratic roots, but
it's a franchise play all the way. Finally, even 5-year-olds have their own movie that mechanically
cashes in on something they loved when they were younger."[89] Michael O'Sullivan of The
Washington Post gave the film two and a half stars out of four, saying "I, too, once enjoyed the
Minions, in the small doses that they came in. But the extra-strength Minions is, for better or for
worse, too much of a good thing."[90] Brian Truitt of USA Today gave the film two and a half stars
out of four, saying "Brian Lynch's screenplay features a series of amusing sight gags and physical
comedy that mostly hits; watching the Minions play polo while riding Corgis is an exercise in
cuteness."[91] Tom Russo of The Boston Globe gave the film two out four stars, saying
"Impressive as it is that the filmmakers get so much comedic mileage out of their characters'
half-intelligible prattling, the conventional dialogue is bafflingly flat."[92] Manohla Dargis of The
New York Times said, "While Minions explores nominally new narrative ground, it folds neatly
into a series that now includes two features, various shorts, books, video games, sheet music and
a theme park attraction. So, you know, different but also the same."[93]
Tom Long of The Detroit News gave the film a B, saying "Minions is every bit as cute as it's
supposed to be, a happily empty-headed animated frolic that rarely pauses to take a breath."[94]
Peter Travers of Rolling Stone gave the film two out four stars, saying "It's not whether this
prequel can mint money; that's a given. The questions is: Can the minions carry a movie all by
their mischievous mini-selves? 'Fraid not."[95] Kerry Lengel of The Arizona Republic gave the
film two and a half stars out of five, saying "Despite the dizzying pace of carefully calibrated
incongruities, Minions somehow never generates more than the occasional chuckle."[96]
Christopher Orr of The Atlantic said, "There's plenty of high-velocity comic inanity on display to
keep kids happily diverted. But the movie's major flaw is an extension of its own premise:
Search as they may, the minions never find a villain worthy of their subservience."[97] James
Berardinelli of ReelViews gave the film two and a half stars out of four, saying "Inconsistent and
undisciplined, Minions is more an adjunct to marketing than a legitimate motion picture."[98]
Liam Lacey of The Globe and Mail gave the film two out of four stars, saying "With its episodic
stream of slapstick gags, Minions has moments of piquant absurdity, but mostly its shrill-butcutesy anarchy works as a visual sugar rush for the preschool set."[99]

Accolades

Award
People's Choice Awards[100]

Awards
Category
Favorite Movie Animated Voice
Favorite Family Film

Winner/Nominee Result
Sandra Bullock
Pending
The Minions

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