<Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $546.1 million </Td> </Tr> <P> Despicable Me is a 2010 American 3D computer - animated comedy film from Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment that was released on July 9, 2010, in the United States . It is the debut film of Illumination Entertainment . The film was animated by the French animation studio Mac Guff, which was later acquired by Illumination Entertainment . It was directed by Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud as their feature debut film, with a story by Sergio Pablos . The title references the main character as he refers to himself, and is accompanied by a song by Pharrell . </P> <P> The film stars Steve Carell, the voice of Gru, a supervillain who adopts three girls (voiced by Miranda Cosgrove, Dana Gaier, and Elsie Fisher) from an orphanage; and the voice of Jason Segel as Vector, a rival of Gru who steals the Great Pyramid of Giza . When Gru learns of Vector's heist, he plans an even greater heist: to shrink and steal the Earth's moon . </P> <P> The film grossed over $546 million worldwide, against a budget of $69 million . It launched the Despicable Me franchise series of films, including the sequel Despicable Me 2 in 2013, another sequel, Despicable Me 3 in 2017, and the prequel, Minions, released in 2015, which featured Gru's Minions as the main characters . </P>

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