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Directed by Chris Renaud
Written by
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Edited byTiffany Hillkurtz
Music by
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Distributed byUniversal Pictures [1]
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Running time
95 minutes [2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$100 million [3]
Box office$968.3 million [4] [5]

Despicable Me 4 is a 2024 American animated comedy film produced by Universal Pictures and Illumination, and distributed by Universal. It is the sequel to Despicable Me 3 (2017), the fourth main installment, and the sixth overall installment in the Despicable Me franchise. The film was directed by Chris Renaud, co-directed by Patrick Delage (in his feature directorial debut), produced by Chris Meledandri and Brett Hoffman, and written by Mike White and Ken Daurio. It stars the voices of Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Pierre Coffin, Joey King, Miranda Cosgrove, Steve Coogan, Sofía Vergara, Stephen Colbert, Renaud, Madison Polan, Dana Gaier, Chloe Fineman, and Will Ferrell. The film sees reformed supervillain and secret agent Gru (Carell) relocate his family to a safe house when his old rival Maxime Le Mal (Ferrell) seeks revenge. Subplots deal with Gru's family adjusting to their new lives, teenage neighbor Poppy Prescott (King) trying to follow in Gru's villainous footsteps, and a group of Gru's Minions (Coffin) becoming superheroes.

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Development on a fourth main Despicable Me film began in September 2017. It was officially confirmed in February 2022, with Renaud, Delage, and White attached as director, co-director, and writer, respectively. Production was underway by June 2022. Most of the main voice cast was announced in January 2024, with Hoffman and Daurio revealed as co-producer and co-writer, respectively. Heitor Pereira and Pharrell Williams returned from previous installments to compose the score and write original songs and themes, respectively.

Despicable Me 4 debuted at the Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City on June 9, 2024, and was theatrically released in the United States on July 3. The film received mixed reviews and has grossed $968.3 million worldwide against a budget of $100 million, making it the third-highest-grossing film of 2024.

Plot

Anti-Villain League (AVL) agent Gru attends a reunion at his alma mater, Lycée Pas Bon. There, he reunites with his school rival Maxime Le Mal, who harbors a grudge towards Gru for stealing his talent show act, singing "Karma Chameleon", when they were in school. Maxime reveals he has enhanced himself into a cockroach hybrid, making himself superpowered, and plans to conquer the world, but Gru and the AVL arrest him. Maxime escapes from the AVL prison the next day with the help of his girlfriend Valentina. He develops a ray gun invention that turns people into human-roach hybrids, which he plans to specifically use on Gru's infant son Gru Jr, as revenge.

Silas Ramsbottom comes out of retirement and visits the Gru household to inform them of Maxime's escape; and that the AVL will have to relocate them to a safehouse in another town named Mayflower until Maxime is recaptured. Assuming new names and identities as part of a witness protection program, Gru is a solar panel salesman, and Lucy is a hairdressing stylist. [6] The Minions are taken in by the AVL, five of whom are augmented with superpowers, under an initiative called the Mega Minions, which is canceled after the group causes collateral damage in a city, forcing them to retire.

In their new well-off residential town, Gru and his family meet their neighbors, the Prescotts: Parents Perry and Patsy and their teen daughter, Poppy. Poppy, an aspiring villainess, recognizes Gru from his former career as a villain. She blackmails Gru into blowing his cover unless he helps her pull off a heist to steal Lycée Pas Bon's mascot, a honey badger named Lenny, so she can enroll there. As Lucy stays home with the girls, the pair, with the help of two Minions and Gru Jr., successfully steal Lenny and escape in a flying car, but the school's elderly principal, Frau Übelschlecht, identifies Gru from security camera footage and contacts Maxime to inform him of Gru's whereabouts, using a tracker in Lenny's collar.

The next day, Gru and Lucy are away at the local country club with Poppy's parents, while Poppy and Lenny are at the safe house with Margo, Edith, Agnes and Gru Jr. Poppy notices Übelschlecht visiting, and quickly flees with Lenny, leaving Übelschlecht to interrogate the girls about Gru's whereabouts. Gru and Lucy rush home after being notified by Margo and fight Übelschlecht. Lucy also contacts the AVL, who summons the Mega Minions out of retirement to stop Maxime. In the chaos, however, Gru Jr. leaves the house and is spotted by Maxime and Valentina, who kidnap him and take him into their ship. Gru heads out to save his son along with Poppy while Lucy and the girls stay behind to handle Übelschlecht.

Poppy uses the flying car to help Gru get onto the ship. Valentina tries to stop Gru from getting inside, but she accidentally diverts the ship and crashes into a building under construction, where Maxime reveals he has transformed and brainwashed Gru Jr. into a roach hybrid, and uses him to fight Gru off. Gru is knocked out, but his encouraging words to his son break Gru Jr. from his brainwashed state, and Gru Jr. attacks Maxime instead. Maxime falls off the building and is squashed by the Mega Minions. The AVL and Silas arrive to arrest Maxime and Valentina once again.

With Gru Jr. saved and reunited with Lucy and the girls, Gru thanks Poppy for her help. Gru and his family return home, where Dr. Nefario reverses Gru Jr.'s transformation. Gru visits Maxime, who has also been returned to normal, in the AVL prison to settle their differences. To show their reconciliation, the pair performs "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" for the prisoners, which include several of Gru's past adversaries, while Poppy enrolls at Lycée Pas Bon.

Voice cast

Additionally, John DiMaggio, who previously voiced one of the former henchmen of Wild Knuckles in Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022) and a Scoutmaster in the Minion Scouts animated short, voices Karl, a bus driver who works for the AVL transporting the remaining Minions to their new destination. Laraine Newman voices Melora, a salon customer whose hair was accidentally burned by Lucy and seeks revenge, Brad Ableson voices Sensei O'Sullivan, Agnes and Edith's sadistic karate master, [9] and Romesh Ranganathan voices Dr. Nefario, Gru's elderly scientist and assistant. Ranganathan replaces Nefario's long-time actor, Russell Brand. [8] [10]

Cameos at the end of the film include Gru's neighbor, Fred McDade, his mother Marlena, and his twin brother Dru, as well as several villains from the previous installments of the franchise including: Vector and his father Mr. Perkins, Eduardo Perez / El Macho, Balthazar Bratt, Scarlet and Herb Overkill, and the remaining members of the Vicious 6; Belle Bottom, Jean-Clawed, Svengeance, Stronghold, and Nun-Chuck.

Production

Development

Development of Despicable Me 4 began in September 2017, with longtime Despicable Me and Illumination writers Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio writing early drafts of the script. [11] The film was officially confirmed in February 2022, with veteran Despicable Me director Chris Renaud, Patrick Delage, and Mike White attached as director, co-director, and writer, respectively, and a July 3, 2024, release date announced. [12] [13] Production was underway by June 2022, with Steve Carell starting his voice recording after a "couple of sessions". [14] Most of the production was done during the COVID-19 pandemic. [15] In January 2024, it was announced that The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) executive producer Brett Hoffman and Daurio had been added as co-producer and co-writer, respectively. [16]

Writing

White wrote the screenplay of Despicable Me 4 with Daurio, who joined him later in the production. [17] The filmmakers aimed to delve deeper into the film's many aspects to have a "proper balance" in the story, since Minions: The Rise of Gru was delayed in July 2022. Renaud and White had ideas for the narrative including Gru and his family being forced into witness protection and Gru's rogue rival from high school; they were intended to foster a connection with the audience, depending on each subplot focus. [18] [19]

An abandoned Mega Minions idea from Despicable Me 2 (2013) was resurrected for Despicable Me 4. The filmmakers researched initial concepts of the idea, [20] taking inspiration from the Marvel Comics team Fantastic Four and the Pixar film The Incredibles (2004). [21] [22] To differentiate the Mega Minions and give them a "fresh interpretation", Renaud wanted to avoid similarities to the large number of media related to superheroes, so he considered them as having "[t]heir incompetence and their Minion-esque qualities". [17]

Casting

In January 2024, it was announced that Carell, Kristen Wiig, Miranda Cosgrove, Dana Gaier, Pierre Coffin, and Steve Coogan would return to reprise their respective roles as Gru, Lucy Wilde, Margo, Edith, the Minions, and Silas Ramsbottom, while Will Ferrell, Joey King, Sofía Vergara, Stephen Colbert, Chloe Fineman, and Madison Polan (replacing Nev Scharrel who in turn replaced Elsie Fisher) would join the voice cast, respectively voicing Maxime Le Mal, Poppy Prescott, Valentina, Perry Prescott, Patsy Prescott, and Agnes. [23] [24]

Animation

According to Renaud, some of the characters who appeared in previous films had their character rigs and surfaces updated for this film. Fred McDade, who had not appeared since the second film, was recreated from scratch, as his character model was too old. The sequence where Poppy plays with an arcade machine originally started out as an animation test for the character, but the filmmakers liked the sequence so much that it was added to the final cut of the film. [15]

Music

In March 2024, Heitor Pereira was announced to be composing the film's score, returning from the previous installments. [25] Pharrell Williams was also confirmed to be returning to co-compose the score with Pereira as well as to write new songs. [26] The original soundtrack was released on June 27, 2024, by Back Lot Music. [27]

Marketing

The first trailer for the film was released on January 28, 2024, during the 2023–24 NFL playoff championship games. [28] The trailer features the songs "Sweet Child O' Mine" by Guns N' Roses and "Maneater" by Hall & Oates, as well as in television showings, "Through the Fire and Flames" by DragonForce. CBR reported that the trailer showcased "the struggles of welcoming in a new member of the Gru family" and included the debut of Will Ferrell's Maxime Le Mal. [23] Screen Rant 's Brennan Klein observed that Gru's tumultuous relationship with his son, Gru Jr., contrasted with the good relationship with his adopted daughters. [29] An additional trailer was revealed on February 11 during Super Bowl LVIII, being narrated by Jon Hamm, who previously voiced Herb Overkill in the 2015 spin-off film Minions , and featuring cameos by Ferrell and Steve Carell. Ryan Gajewski of The Hollywood Reporter said the trailer appeared to "tout the benefits of modern technology but feature strange images supposedly generated by AI," enjoying the Renaissance-era-inspired poses of Ferrell and Carell in the trailer. [30] On April 10, at CinemaCon, Universal displayed a clip of Gru and Poppy trying to steal a honey badger. [31] Brennan Kline of Screen Rant appreciated that the clip solidified the "important element" of Gru's domestic family man status in the sequel. [32]

The second trailer was released on May 7, 2024. [33] Writing for TheWrap , Drew Taylor called the trailer "Minions-heavy" and pointed out one of Pharrell Williams' new original songs featured in the trailer. [34] Collider noted the "devastating consequences" of enlisting a small group of Minion volunteers for an experiment that gave them superpowers. Journalist Diego Peralta pointed out a sequence in which one of the super-powered minions destroys a part of their base with laser vision and said that villains Maxime and Valentina "are more dangerous than any threat Gru has faced before." [35]

On June 8, 2024, Illumination released a parody teaser for the film in which Steve Carell announces the Megaverse, a parody of shared universes such as the Marvel Cinematic Universe and DC Extended Universe, by claiming that Illumination would release 100 years' worth of films, television series, and stage productions starring the Mega Minions. [36] Illumination also published a website for the Megaverse. [37] Some of the fake productions noted on the website include Mega Minions: The Tax Write-Off and an untitled Mega Minions spin-off series with a "story to be determined based on rigorous market testing and ad hoc decision-making." [37] [ non-primary source needed ] The stunt was praised[ by whom? ] for its lampooning of current Hollywood affairs such as the cancellation of Warner Bros. films like Batgirl, Scoob! Holiday Haunt and Coyote vs. Acme and the failure of the 2022 DCEU film Black Adam , as well as the mixed reception to Disney's live-action remakes of their classic animated films and many of Marvel's recent productions, such as Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania and Secret Invasion . [36] [ failed verification ]

Release

Theatrical

Despicable Me 4 debuted at the Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City on June 9, 2024, [38] followed by a premiere on June 13, at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival. [39] The film was released in the United States on July 3. [12]

Home media

Universal Pictures Home Entertainment released Despicable Me 4 for digital download on September 10, 2024, and on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray, Blu-ray, and DVD on September 24. Physical copies contain behind-the-scenes featurettes, deleted scenes, recreational activities, an overview of the franchise's adversaries, and two short films—Game Over and Over and Benny's Birthday. [40]

The film was made available to stream on NBCUniversal's Peacock streaming service on October 31, 2024. [41] As part of their 18-month deal with Netflix, the film is streaming on Peacock for the first four months of the pay-TV window, before moving to Netflix for the next ten and returning to Peacock for the remaining four. [42] [43]

Reception

Box office

As of November 3,2024, Despicable Me 4 has grossed $361 million in the United States and Canada, and $607.3 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $968.3 million. [4] [5]

In the United States and Canada, Despicable Me 4 was projected to gross $100–125 million from 4,030 theaters in its five-day opening weekend. [44] [45] The film made $27 million on its first day and $20.4 million on its second. [46] [47] It went on to debut to $75 million over the traditional three-day weekend, along with a total five-day gross of $122.6 million, topping the box office. [48] The film made $43.6 million the following weekend, remaining in first place. [49] In its third weekend the film made $24.4 million, finishing in second behind newcomer Twisters , and then made $14.6 million in its fourth weekend, finishing in third behind Twisters and Deadpool & Wolverine . [50] [51]

Internationally the film opened in different countries with different dates, with Australia being the earliest country to release it. The film opened big in multiple countries, and in some it settled franchise records, though in many countries that it opened prior to its US release date, the film opened second behind Inside Out 2 , slowing its international climb. [52]

Critical response

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 56% of 162 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.6/10.The website's consensus reads: "Fast paced and teeming with slapstick gags, Despicable Me 4 is as overstuffed as a piñata but full of enough candy to give audiences an enjoyable sugar rush." [53] Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned the film a score of 52 out of 100, based on 36 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews. [54] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale (same as the first two films), while those surveyed by PostTrak gave the film an 82% positive score, with 63% saying they would definitely recommend it. [47]

Variety admitted the film is entertaining but found the plot overcrowded with useless characters: "One thing is absolutely certain: We haven't seen the last of these characters, even if we might prefer that a few of them sit out the next sequel—like the Mega Minions, who aren't nearly as cute as they sound." [55] A similar appraisal can be found in Screen Rant , [56] as well as in The Hollywood Reporter , observing, for example, the underdeveloped role of the villain in the midst of the various plot lines: "Running a brisk 95 minutes, Despicable Me 4 doesn't leave enough time for Maxime to enact his plans in a way that packs an emotional punch." [57] ABC News commented: "Should a review of a 'Despicable Me' movie be a thoughtful analysis or just a list of the funny stuff the Minions do in it? As much as I might believe in the value of film criticism, I kind of suspect that even the finest points of assessment would be dismantled about as fast as a Minion can say 'Bello!'" [58]

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