The year 2024 was undoubtedly a fantastic year foranimated movies.Inside Out 2surpassedFrozen IIto become thehighest-grossing animated movieof all time at the worldwide box office. It made just shy of $1.7 billion at the worldwide box office, positioning it as the highest-grossing movie of the year. It was not the only animated movie to achieve success. In fact,four of 2024’s top 10 highest-grossing movies were animated films, includingDespicable Me 4,Moana 2, andKung Fu Panda 4.
Moana 2box officeis still going strongand now seems like a likely contender to join theelite group of animated movies that have made over $1 billion at the worldwide box office. At the time of writing, only 11 animated movies had reached this achievement, and most are under Disney. However, one of the most successful animated franchises came from a studio other than Disney, and some of its films have gotten bad streaming news.
Despicable Me And Its Sequel Are Leaving Netflix Soon
They Will Be Gone Next Month
Despicable MeandDespicable Me 2are both leaving Netflix soon. The 2010 movie launched the story of Gru and his three foster daughters and started the franchise strong with its $544.7 million worldwide gross. The box office for the 2013 sequel grew significantly, though the movie still came short of $1 billion, bringing home $975.2 million. TheDespicable Mefranchisehas since had two installments cross the $1 billion mark, includingMinions($1.1 billion) andDespicable Me 3($1 billion).
Every Type Of Minion In The Despicable Me Movies
The minions are an important part of the Despicable Me franchise and have taken many notable forms over the past decade and six films.
Unfortunately,What’s On Netflixreveals thattwoDespicable Memovies will be leaving Netflix soon.Despicable Meand its 2013 sequel willboth be parting ways from the platform on February 1. This gives audiences less than a month to catch the two early movies before they leave the platform. The post-Netflix streaming plan for the films has yet to be revealed, but both movies are currently available to rent on Prime Video.
Our Take On The Despicable Me Movies Leaving Streaming
Despicable Me Fans Might Go Bananas
TheDespicableMemovies leaving Netflix seem to follow a recent trend on the platform. They will get big movies, such asDuneandTransformers,for a limited time before those movies are ousted from the platform. While this could frustrate some viewers overall, this could be a strategy to drive viewers to watch newly added content when it is first put on the platform, or right before it leaves. While it is still bad news forDespicable Mefans, I would not be surprised to see the movies creep up the charts in the pre-removal days.
Source:What’s On Netflix
Despicable Me
Gru, a villain with ambitions to steal the moon, adopts three orphaned girls to aid his scheme. Unexpectedly, he finds himself growing attached to them, which complicates his plans. As Gru grapples with newfound fatherhood and his villainous aspirations, he discovers that love and family can change even the most hardened hearts.
