Despicable Me & Minions Viewing Order (Release & Chronological)
Gru and his legion of clumsy yellow sidekicks are back in theaters with Minions: The Rise of Gru, and there is an easy path to binge-watching the entire Despicable Me film franchise in the correct order. Nearing the end of his iconic run on The Office, Steve Carell reunited with producer Chris Meledandri and screenwriters Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio—with whom he'd worked previously on Horton Hears a Who!—for a brand new animated feature film for Meledandri's emerging studio Illumination Entertainment. The end result, Despicable Me, was received with open arms by both critics and fans alike and went on to gross more than $540 million worldwide, spawning two direct sequels, two prequels, and a mountain of short films, television specials, video games and even a theme park attraction at multiple Universal Studios locations.