<P> Despicable Me 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> <P> Gru, a supervillain, is disheartened when an unknown supervillain steals the Great Pyramid of Giza . Gru, with the assistance of his colleague Dr. Nefario and his Minions, resolves to one - up this mystery rival by shrinking and stealing the Moon . As it would be costly to steal the moon, Gru seeks a loan from the Bank of Evil . Bank president Mr. Perkins is impressed by the plan but will provide the money only if Gru can obtain the necessary shrink ray first . Upon learning that an up - and - coming villain named Vector was responsible for the pyramid theft, Gru starts a rivalry with him . </P> <P> Gru and the Minions steal the shrink ray from a secret base in East Asia, but Vector intercepts them and steals it for himself . Gru attempts to break into Vector's fortress to recover the shrink ray but is defeated by numerous booby traps . However, he notices three orphan girls, Margo, Edith, and Agnes, who are able to easily walk into the base because they are selling cookies . Gru disguises himself and adopts the girls, planning on using them to infiltrate Vector's base so he can get the shrink ray back . However, Gru has trouble nurturing them properly due to their rambunctiousness, their ballet classes, and his own ineptitude as a parent . </P> <P> Eventually, Gru and the girls arrive at Vector's fortress, and Gru steals the shrink ray . The girls then suggest a day at a theme park; Gru agrees, believing he can abandon the girls there, but instead he warms up to them . Later, Gru contacts Perkins via video chat, stating that he finally has the shrink ray . Margo, Edith, and Agnes interrupt the meeting, and Perkins announces that he has lost confidence in Gru and will no longer fund his operations . As Gru tells the Minions he can no longer pay them for their services, the girls offer the contents of their piggy bank . Gru, inspired, sells parts of his lair to construct a spacecraft . Gru plans to steal the Moon when it is nearest the Earth, but this is the same day as the girls' ballet recital . Gru becomes conflicted, and Dr. Nefario, seeing the recital as interfering with the plan, arranges for the girls to be returned to the orphanage . At the same time, Perkins informs Vector, revealed to be Perkins' son, of Gru's possession of the shrink ray and the adoption of the three girls, encouraging Vector to act . </P>

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