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GenreAdventure, Animation & Comedy
RatedPG
Runtime1 hr 31 mins
ReleasedJuly 10, 2015
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DirectorPierre Coffin, Kyle Balda
StarringSandra Bullock, Jon Hamm, Michael Keaton
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Minions (2015)
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| Minions's Details | |
| Genre | Adventure, Animation & Comedy |
| Rated | PG |
| Released | 06/11/2015 (Odeon Leicester Square,London); 07/10/2015 (United States) |
| Streaming | See Where to Watch on this page. |
| Running Time | 1 hr 31 mins |
| Budget | $74M (reported) |
| Box Office | Updated daily from Box Office Mojo. See the numbers below. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Minions's Interests | |
| General | Bananas, goggles, overalls, swinging 1968 London, the Crown Jewels, extreme loyalty. |
| Music | Heitor Pereira, plus a stack of 1960s rock hits for the 1968 setting. |
| Movies | Despicable Me (2010), where the yellow crew first showed up. |
| Television | Teletubbies. Equally hard to understand, fewer bananas. |
| Heroes | Bob. Smallest Minion, biggest heart, carries a teddy bear named Tim. |
| Minions's Crew | |
| Director | Pierre Coffin, Kyle Balda |
| Writers | Brian Lynch |
| Producers | Chris Meledandri, Janet Healy |
| Music | Heitor Pereira |
| Edited By | Claire Dodgson |
| Production | Universal Pictures, Illumination Entertainment |
| Distributed By | Universal Pictures |
Parents, this one’s for you: the Minions were perfect in the corners of the frame, and dragging them into the center proves they have nothing to say. Literally. Kevin, Stuart and Bob speak a gibberish of half-words and food names, which is adorable for a scene and wearing by the third act. The opening, a speedrun through history with the Minions accidentally wrecking every boss they serve, is the best stretch. Then the plot shows up. Sandra Bullock’s Scarlet Overkill is a supervillain with a great name and a voice that never quite finds the joke, and Jon Hamm is having more fun as her groovy gadget husband. The story is a string of sketches with a crown in the middle. It made $1.16 billion worldwide on a reported $74M, which explains every lunchbox you’ve seen since. A 4.4 because a little Minion goes a long way and this is a lot of Minion. $243 says a kid near you shouts banana in a Minion voice this week and you join in without thinking.
What works: The history montage opening is a riot, and little Bob with his teddy bear is genuinely sweet.
What doesn’t: Sidekicks who speak gibberish can’t carry a whole plot, and Scarlet Overkill is a villain with a great name and no real jokes.
Who it’s for: Little kids, and the grown-ups who get outvoted on movie night.
Spoilers
Bob ends up briefly crowned king of England, and Scarlet’s plan to take the crown keeps falling apart. At the end young Gru freezes her with a ray gun and swipes the crown, and the Minions happily sign up with their new boss.
Since the dawn of time, the Minions have lived to serve the biggest villain around, and they keep accidentally losing the job. After years of moping in a cave with no boss, three volunteers step up: Kevin, Stuart and little Bob (all voiced by Pierre Coffin). Their search lands them in 1968 New York, then at Villain-Con in Orlando, where the world's first female supervillain, Scarlet Overkill (Sandra Bullock), hires them on the spot. Her husband Herb (Jon Hamm) handles the gadgets. Pierre Coffin and Kyle Balda direct. Ninety-one minutes, one banana at a time.
Anyone despicable enough to need three tiny assistants. Bananas are the signing bonus.
| Pierre Coffin | the yellow |
| Sandra Bullock | Scarlet Overkill |
| Jon Hamm | Herb Overkill |
| Michael Keaton | Walter Nelson |
| Allison Janney | Madge Nelson |
| Steve Coogan | the Tower Guard |
| Jennifer Saunders | Elizabeth II |
- (cur | prev) 14:30, 18 October 2026 DataBot +40 Numbers refreshed: IMDb users 6.4 / 10 (291,162 votes) → 6.4 / 10 (291,184 votes).
- (cur | prev) 14:30, 17 October 2026 DataBot +480 Numbers refreshed: Worldwide box office $1.16B; Domestic box office $336M; Opening weekend $115.7M; Profit / loss (est.) +$468.7M; Rotten Tomatoes 55%; CinemaScore A; box office chart updated; Rotten Tomatoes critics 55% (223 reviews); Metacritic 56 / 100; CinemaScore A; IMDb users 6.4 / 10 (291,162 votes); movie.guru score 5.5.
- (cur | prev) 12:00, 17 October 2026 DataBot +2,000 Profile created from Wikipedia and Box Office Mojo: cast, crew, release dates, budget, official trailer.