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ithin seven years, supervillain gru and
his hapless pint-size minions have
Wtransformed themselves and the
worldwide box ofice by earning $2.6 billion.
Despicable Me 3 keeps the streak alive by adding
an additional $450 million within the irst 11 days
of release to the coffers of Illumination
Entertainment and universal Pictures. Key to the
commercial success is mainstay producer,
director and actor Pierre Cofin who started the
franchise in 2010 with Chris Renaud. this time
around Cofin is supported by director Kyle Balda,
who was responsible for the spinoff Minions,
co-director and production designer Eric guillon,
and animation director Julien Soret, both of whom
have been involved with the Despicable Me series
since the original cinematic sensation. Despicable Me 3
a cornerstone to the storytelling is the continues to follow
the adventures of
character arc of protagonist gru who goes from supervillain-turned-
being a selish supervillain to a caring and socially doting father Gru
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