Despicable Me 4 Movie Poster

Despicable Me 4

PG
English
July 3, 2024
1hr 35min
Status: released

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Despicable Me 4 Movie Details:

Country United States
Language English
GenreAnimation, Adventure, Comedy
Release DateJuly 3, 2024
Running Time1hr 35min
Age ratingPG
CastSteve Carell
Kristen Wiig
Pierre Coffin
Miranda Cosgrove
Directed by Chris Renaud
Written byMike White
Ken Daurio
Produced byChris Meledandri
Brett Hoffman
Edited by Tiffany Hillkurtz
Music byHeitor Pereira
Production CompanyIllumination
Distributor Universal Pictures

Despicable Me 4 Movie Voice Cast & Characters:

  • Steve Carell as Felonious Gru, a former supervillain turned Anti-Villain League agent; who is Margo, Edith, and Agnes’ adopted father, the biological father of Gru Jr., and Lucy’s husband, who poses as “Chet Cunningham”
  • Kristen Wiig as Lucy Wilde, an Anti-Villain League agent, Gru’s wife and adoptive mother to Margo, Edith, and Agnes, and Gru Jr.’s biological mother, who poses as “Blanche Cunningham”
  • Will Ferrell as Maxime Le Mal, a French-accented supervillain who seeks revenge on Gru and his family
  • Joey King as Poppy Prescott, an aspiring supervillain who has admired Gru for a long time, and Gru’s new neighbor in Mayflower
  • Sofía Vergara as Valentina, Maxime’s femme fatale girlfriend
  • Stephen Colbert as Perry Prescott, Poppy’s father, Patsy’s husband, and Gru’s new neighbor in Mayflower
  • Chloe Fineman as Patsy Prescott, Poppy’s mother, Perry’s wife, and Gru’s new neighbor in Mayflower
  • Miranda Cosgrove as Margo, Gru and Lucy’s oldest adopted daughter, who poses as “Bree Cunningham”
  • Steve Coogan as Silas Ramsbottom, the previously-retired director of the Anti-Villain League
  • Pierre Coffin as the Minions, the yellow henchmen of Gru, most of whom later get jobs at the Anti-Villain League as agents
  • Dana Gaier as Edith, Gru and Lucy’s middle adopted daughter, who poses as “Blair Cunningham”
  • Madison Polan as Agnes, Gru and Lucy’s youngest adopted daughter, who poses as “Britney Cunningham”. Polan replaces Nev Scharrel from the third film
  • Chris Renaud as Principal Ãœbelschlecht, the principal of Lycée Pas Bon
  • Laraine Newman as Melora, a salon customer who was accidentally burned by Lucy
  • John DiMaggio as Karl, an AVL bus driver
  • Tara Strong as Felonious Gru Jr., Gru and Lucy’s biological son and the foster brother of Margo, Edith and Agnes, who poses as “Chet Cunningham Jr.”
  • Romesh Ranganathan as Dr. Nefario, Gru’s gadgeteer who provides inventions for him and his Minions. Ranganathan replaces Nefario’s long-time actor, Russell Brand from previous films

Storyline:

Gru, Lucy, Margo, Edith, and Agnes welcome a new member to the family, Gru Jr., who is intent on tormenting his dad. Gru faces a new nemesis in Maxime Le Mal and his girlfriend Valentina, and the family is forced to go on the run.

Despicable Me 4 Movie Budget & Box Office Collection:

Budget$100 million
Opening Day$27,202,050
Domestic Opening $75,009,210
Domestic Collection$332,583,715
International Collection$475,953,856
Worldwide Collection$808,537,571

About Despicable Me 4 Movie:

Despicable Me 4 is an American animated comedy film directed by Chris Renaud, co-directed by Patrick Delage (in his feature directorial debut), 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, Renaud, Madison Polan, Dana Gaier, Chloe Fineman, Stephen Colbert, and Will Ferrell.

The film was produced by Chris Meledandri and Brett Hoffman under the banner of Universal Pictures and Illumination, and distributed by Universal. It serves as the sequel to Despicable Me 3 (2017), the fourth main installment, and the sixth overall installment in the Despicable Me franchise.

Development on a fourth 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 premiered at the Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City on June 9, 2024. It was theatrically released in Australia on June 20 and in the United States on July 3. The film received mixed reviews from critics.

As part of Universal’s long-term deal with Netflix, the film will stream 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. It is one of the highest-grossing movies of 2024.

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