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Minions: The Rise of Gru

Minions: The Rise of Gru

A villain will rise.

20227.31h 27m

Overview

A fanboy of a supervillain supergroup known as the Vicious 6, Gru hatches a plan to become evil enough to join them, with the backup of his followers, the Minions.

Directed by Kyle Balda
Written by Brian Lynch, Matthew Fogel, Cinco Paul
Produced by Janet Healy, Chris Renaud, Chris Meledandri
Box OfficeBudget: $85.0MRevenue: $940.2M

Top Cast

Steve Carell

Steve Carell

Gru (voice)

Pierre Coffin

Pierre Coffin

Kevin / Stuart / Bob / Minions (voice)

Alan Arkin

Alan Arkin

Wild Knuckles (voice)

Taraji P. Henson

Taraji P. Henson

Belle Bottom (voice)

Julie Andrews

Julie Andrews

Gru's Mom (voice)

Jean-Claude Van Damme

Jean-Claude Van Damme

Jean Clawed (voice)

Lucy Lawless

Lucy Lawless

Nun-Chuck (voice)

Michelle Yeoh

Michelle Yeoh

Master Chow (voice)

Dolph Lundgren

Dolph Lundgren

Svengeance (voice)

Danny Trejo

Danny Trejo

Stronghold (voice)

Themes & Keywords

1970svillainsequelspin offduringcreditsstingersupervillain

About Minions: The Rise of Gru

Minions: The Rise of Gru is a family, comedy, adventure, animation, science fiction, fantasy film released in 2022 exploring themes of 1970s, villain, sequel, spin off, duringcreditsstinger, supervillain. Directed by Kyle Balda, it stars Steve Carell, Pierre Coffin, Alan Arkin. A fanboy of a supervillain supergroup known as the Vicious 6, Gru hatches a plan to become evil enough to join them, with the backup of his followers, the Minions.

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