The Minions film grossed over $1 Billion worldwide. Despicable Me 2 grossed $974,758,842 worldwide, making it the 4th highest-grossing film of 2013, and the second highest-grossing animated film of the year behind Disney’s Frozen.



Voice talent for the first Minions movie included award-winning actress Sandra Bullock; Jon Hamm (Mad Men); Michael Keaton (Batman, Birdman); Steve Coogan (Alan Partridge, Despicable Me 2); Allison Janney (The West Wing; Juno).



The sequel film, Minions: The Rise of Gru, will be produced by Oscar-winning Chris Meledandri, known for his work on the first Minions film, Despicable Me, Despicable Me 2; Ice Age; The Lorax; Hop and many more.



The official Illumination YouTube Channel has 1,542,790 subscribers, and the Minions trailer has received over 1,067,971,269 views via the YouTube Channel alone since it launched in November 2014.



The official Minions Facebook page has over 33 million likes, the Minion Nation Instagram page has 1.2 Million followers and the Despicable Me Twitter account has 137,500 followers.



Minions was the most profitable film in Universal’s history! The film also got an Academy Award® nomination for Best Original Song - “Happy”



400M+ downloads of Minion Rush game - peaked at no.1 app in 85 countries

Didier Ah-Koon - Storyboard Artist who has worked on various animated features for Sony, Blue Sky and Illumination, including Despicable Me 2 and The Lorax, and writer on the Minions comic book adaptation published in weekly French magazine Le Journal de Spirou.

Renaud Collin - has illustrated various French comics and graphic novels including Le Monde Selon Francois, Otto and Spirou

Author Residence: France

Renaud Collin - has illustrated various French comics and graphic novels including Le Monde Selon Francois, Otto and Spirou

Illustrator Residence: France