2015 American animated film
Minions is a 2015 American animated comedy film directed by Pierre Coffin and Kyle Balda and written by Brian Lynch. Produced by Illumination Entertainment, it is a prequel to Despicable Me (2010) and the first installment in the Minions series. The film features the voices of Coffin (as the Minions), Sandra Bullock, Jon Hamm, Michael Keaton, Allison Janney, Steve Coogan and Jennifer Saunders, with Geoffrey Rush as the narrator. In the film, the Minions search for their replaceable evil boss after, one-by-one, accidentally killing all their past leaders throughout history.
Minions premiered in London on June 11, 2015, and was released in the United States on July 10, by Universal Pictures. It received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $1.16 billion, becoming the fifth-highest-grossing film of 2015, the second-highest-grossing animated film and the tenth-highest-grossing film of all time. A sequel, Minions: The Rise of Gru, was released in 2022, while a third film, Minions & Monsters, is scheduled to be released in 2026.
Plot summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.