China Box Office for Despicable Me 3 (2017)

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Despicable Me 3
Theatrical Performance (US$)
China Box Office $152,300,000Details
Worldwide Box Office $1,032,809,657Details
Home Market Performance
North America DVD Sales $21,739,967 Details
North America Blu-ray Sales $27,154,459 Details
Total North America Video Sales $48,894,426
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Synopsis

Balthazar Bratt, a former child star who’s grown up to become obsessed with the character he played in the ‘80s, proves to be Gru’s most formidable nemesis to date.

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Movie Details

Production Budget:$75,000,000
China Releases: July 1st, 2017 (Wide)
Video Release: November 21st, 2017 by Universal Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: PG for action and rude humor.
(Rating bulletin 2472 (Cert #51018), 4/19/2017)
Running Time: 90 minutes
Franchise: Despicable Me
Keywords: Child Actor, Heist, Secret Agent, Twins, Separated at Birth, Dysfunctional Family, Sibling Rivalry, 3-D, 3-D - Shot in 3-D, Directing Yourself, Fired, Adopted Family, Same Actor, Multiple Roles, Prologue, 1980s, Revenge, Set in Hollywood, Robot, Intertitle, Step-Family, IMAX: DMR, Family Adventure
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Adventure
Production Method:Digital Animation
Creative Type:Kids Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Illumination Entertainment, Universal Pictures
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

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July 8th, 2017

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July 6th, 2017

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July 3rd, 2017

Despicable Me 3

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July 2nd, 2017

Despicable Me 3

With July 4 falling on a Tuesday this year, this is less a holiday weekend, and more the beginning of a holiday week, and it’s bookended by new releases from two of the industry’s most reliable franchises. Despicable Me 3 starts off festivities this weekend with a solid-but-unspectacular $75.4 million from a record-setting 4,529 theaters. Breaking The Twilight Saga: Eclipse’s record for widest opening weekend of all time is no small feat for Universal, but it’s an ominous sign for the franchise that the only film to open in close to this number of theaters and pull in similar numbers at the box office was Shrek Forever After, which opened with $70.8 million in 4,359 theaters back in 2010. That was the last Shrek movie, and this might be a good time for Gru to call it a day. More...

Friday Estimates: Despicable Me 3’s $29.2 million Debut is Top Animated Day of the Year

July 1st, 2017

Despicable Me 3

As expected, Despicable Me 3 earned first place at the box office on Friday with $29.2 million. This is the best single day for an animated film this year. To emphasize, this isn’t just the best opening day, but the best single day, and it should top that on Saturday. The previous record was $23.00 million, earned by The Lego Batman Movie. This film’s reviews are not as good as The Lego Batman Movie’s reviews are (they both earned A minuses from CinemaScore) so it won’t have the same legs. That said, an $83 million opening is still a great start and roughly on par with Despicable Me 2. More...

Thursday Night Previews: Despicable Me 3 Finds $4.1 million During Previews

June 30th, 2017

Despicable Me 3

Despicable Me 3 earned $4.1 million during previews last night, which is both good and bad. It is the best previews for an animated film this year, topping the $2.8 million Cars 3 earned earlier this month. However, it is weaker than the $4.7 million Despicable Me 2 earned and that film was a Wednesday release, so that would have depressed its previews even more, which makes this comparison even worse for Despicable Me 3. The Secret Life of Pets opened on a Friday and earned $5.3 million during its previews. If we use that film as a gauge, then Despicable Me 3 will earn $81 million over the weekend. Despicable Me 3 has earned weaker reviews than those The Secret Life of Pets earned, while it is also a sequel, which tends to hurt legs. We predicted $82 million, but that might be a little optimistic now. It should come close, on the other hand. More...

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Despicable Me 3

Despicable Me 3 should dominate the box office this weekend, which is good news, because the last few weeks have been underwhelming. In fact, we haven’t had a monster hit since Wonder Woman started the month off with a bang. The House is an R-rated comedy, but since the last such film to come out bombed, I’m a little worried about its chances. Baby Driver opened on Wednesday and its early numbers are promising. It won’t be a $100 million hit, but it should earn a solid profit for Sony. This weekend last year, there were no monster hits at the box office, but there was solid depth. This weekend, we should be much stronger on top, while the depth won’t be that much weaker, leading to 2017 ending its mini-losing streak. More...

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June 29th, 2017

Transformers: The Last Knight

Transformers: The Last Knight dominated the international box office chart earning $196.2 million in 40 markets, picking up first place in each of those markets. There’s good news and bad news. Good news, this is slightly ahead of Age of Extinction’s combined opening in these markets. Bad news, most of it came from China, where studios only get 25% of the box office, instead of an average 40% in other international markets. The Chinese debut was impressive, $127.24 million on 7,800 screens, including previews. It also did well in South Korea with $9.53 million on 1,727 screens over the weekend for a total opening of $12.87 million. It was nearly as potent in Russia with $8.45 million on 1,456 screens. On the other hand, its openings in the U.K. ($5.90 million in 577 theaters) and in Australia ($3.39 million on 539 screens) were actually worse than its opening here, given the relative size of the markets involved. The film has yet to open in several major markets, including France, where it opens this weekend, so it should remain active on the international chart for a while. More...

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Despicable Me 3

Despicable Me 3 is going to win next weekend’s box office race. There’s no doubt about that. In fact, it will make more than Baby Driver and The House will make combined. Because of this, it is the only real choice for the target film in this week’s box office prediction contest. In order to win, one must simply predict the opening three-day weekend box office number for Despicable Me 3.

Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going over, will win a Frankenprise consisting of their choice of either one TV on DVD release, two movies, or a kids package (could be a theatrical release, a couple of single-disc TV on DVD releases, or a full season TV on DVD release). Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going under, will also win a Frankenprize, as described above. Finally, we will be choosing an entrant from the group of people who haven't won, or haven't won recently, and they will win the final Frankenprize, as described above.

Entries must be received by 10 a.m., Pacific Time on Friday to be eligible, so don't delay! More...

International Box Office: The Mummy Tumbles, Still Tops Chart with $53.0 million

June 22nd, 2017

The Mummy

The Mummy remained on top of the international box office chart, but it fell more than 60% to $53.0 million in 68 markets for totals of $239.1 million internationally and $296.2 million worldwide. The film opened in first place in France, but with just $3.0 million on 615 screens. Its biggest market overall was China, where it was down 77% to $11.63 million over the weekend for a two-week total of $81.62 million. Its best market is arguably South Korea, where it added $3.73 million on 933 screens over the weekend for a two-week total of $23.64 million. The only major market left for the film is Japan, where it opens at the end of the month. It is on pace for about $400 million worldwide, which is not enough to pay for its $195 million production budget. Even if it is a bigger than expected hit on the home market, it will have trouble covering its combined production and advertising budget, which is at least $300 million. More...

2017 Preview: June

June 1st, 2017

Despicable Me 3

May was a really soft month with only one unqualified hit, Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2, which is climbing towards $375 million domestically. The second biggest hit of the month will be Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales and I would be surprised if it tops $150 million by any serious margin. June looks a lot more profitable. There are five weeks and every week there is at least one film with a great shot at $100 million or more. In fact, there are four films with at least a decent shot at $200 million and we could double the number of $300 million hits released so far this year. Wonder Woman is widely expected to start the month with an explosive debut and pulling in more than $100 million during its opening weekend is more and more likely. That said, Despicable Me 3 will probably end up being the biggest hit overall with over $300 million. Meanwhile, Cars 3 and Transformers: The Last Knight are both aiming for $200 million. Last June was not particularly strong, outside of one hit. Finding Dory earned nearly $500 million domestically, while the second best film, Central Intelligence, barely earned a quarter of that. I don’t think any film will come close to Finding Dory, but there’s a lot more depth this time around and I have high hopes 2017 will extend its lead. More...

Despicable Me 3 Trailer

March 14th, 2017

Animated adventure with the voice of Steve Carell opens June 30 ... Full Movie Details. More...

Despicable Me 3 Trailer

December 14th, 2016

Animated adventure threequel opens June 30 ... Full Movie Details. More...

Because some of our sources provide box office data in their local currency, while we use USD in the graph above and table below, exchange rate fluctuations can have effect on the data causing stronger increases or even decreases of the cumulative box office.

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeScreensPer ScreenTotal GrossWeek
2017/07/07 1 $64,810,000   118,733 $546   $65,650,000 2
2017/07/14 2 $22,120,000 -66% 63,675 $347   $115,030,000 3
2017/07/21 4 $9,920,000 -55% 36,933 $269   $136,890,000 4
2017/07/28 3 $3,330,000 -66% 10,887 $306   $146,660,000 5
2017/08/04 5 $1,620,000 -51% 5,597 $289   $151,880,000 6
2017/08/11 - $700,000 -57% 2,871 $244   $153,910,000 7
2017/08/18 - $237,000 -66% 0     $151,900,000 8
2017/08/25 - $81,549 -66% 0     $152,203,745 9
2017/09/01 - $57,969 -29% 0     $152,324,507 10

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Albania 6/29/2017 $0 0 1 4 $46,785 1/1/2019
Argentina 6/30/2017 $4,400,000 0 200 1122 $23,768,091 1/1/2019
Australia 6/16/2017 $4,491,546 470 478 3754 $24,064,107 10/20/2022
Austria 7/7/2017 $1,040,860 89 91 1034 $4,962,003 1/11/2018
Belgium 7/7/2017 $1,388,691 175 175 1465 $6,658,997 11/30/2017
Bolivia 6/29/2017 $0 0 366 366 $1,774,269 1/1/2019
Brazil 6/30/2017 $7,500,000 0 659 4303 $38,968,150 8/18/2020
Bulgaria 6/30/2017 $145,169 0 0 0 $967,411 2/26/2019
Central America 6/29/2017 $0 0 3 6 $6,601,436 11/16/2017
Chile 6/29/2017 $0 0 64 459 $7,400,000 1/1/2019
China 7/1/2017 $320,518 0 118733 238696 $152,300,000 8/14/2018
Colombia 6/29/2017 $0 0 192 1115 $7,100,000 1/1/2019
Croatia 6/29/2017 $0 0 28 245 $678,079 1/1/2019
Cyprus 6/29/2017 $0 0 2 3 $254,840 10/18/2017
Czech Republic 7/7/2017 $65,214 48 162 1071 $3,601,804 1/1/2019
Denmark 6/29/2017 $0 0 103 893 $4,997,659 11/16/2017
Egypt 6/28/2017 $0 0 2 10 $365,235 1/1/2019
Estonia 6/30/2017 $304,000 0 4 6 $809,455 11/2/2017
Finland 6/30/2017 $0 0 227 1245 $3,951,011 1/4/2018
France 7/7/2017 $11,419,453 632 840 6362 $41,410,060 11/24/2017
Germany 7/7/2017 $8,726,214 761 784 9573 $43,830,147 2/22/2018
Greece 9/1/2017 $619,401 207 207 1007 $2,241,708 12/21/2017
Hong Kong 6/29/2017 $2,957,789 44 44 287 $6,876,276 10/27/2018
Hungary 6/29/2017 $0 0 75 544 $2,847,787 1/1/2019
Iceland 7/7/2017 $129,000 18 18 20 $450,748 1/1/2019
India 6/23/2017 $0 0 0 0 $2,919,721 10/3/2018
Indonesia 7/14/2017 $3,500,000 0 220 490 $6,076,681 1/1/2019
Israel 6/29/2017 $0 0 38 451 $5,675,979 12/21/2018
Italy 8/25/2017 $6,403,534 0 41 67 $22,330,417 11/9/2017
Japan 7/21/2017 $6,759,820 375 376 4515 $66,229,120 7/5/2018
Latvia 6/30/2017 $240,000 0 1 1 $701,604 1/1/2019
Lithuania 6/30/2017 $237,125 375 375 1616 $1,043,814 8/26/2020
Macedonia 6/29/2017 $0 0 1 6 $36,304 1/1/2019
Malaysia 6/15/2017 $0 0 134 461 $3,911,388 8/17/2017
Mexico 6/30/2017 $12,337,353 0 779 1425 $34,800,000 10/23/2017
Middle East Region 6/30/2017 $0 0 1 2 $8,600,000 8/1/2017
Netherlands 6/28/2017 $1,891,271 415 424 4227 $11,888,803 10/19/2022
New Zealand 6/23/2017 $322,667 75 131 1136 $3,920,456 10/23/2017
North America 6/30/2017 $72,434,025 4,529 4,535 35,489 $264,624,300
Norway 6/30/2017 $0 0 126 670 $4,095,435 12/7/2017
Pakistan 6/26/2017 $0 0 1 1 $247,083 1/1/2019
Panama 6/29/2017 $0 0 144 700 $6,593,143 1/1/2019
Peru 6/29/2017 $0 0 96 460 $5,870,287 12/20/2018
Philippines 6/14/2017 $0 0 122 130 $3,411,022 1/1/2019
Poland 6/30/2017 $2,694,818 0 245 1845 $9,872,733 1/1/2019
Portugal 6/30/2017 $607,316 114 118 826 $3,198,036 6/4/2019
Romania 6/30/2017 $0 0 13 20 $1,293,376 1/1/2019
Russia (CIS) 6/30/2017 $9,377,719 1518 1525 9285 $26,000,000 1/1/2019
Serbia and Montenegro 6/29/2017 $0 0 15 77 $564,288 1/1/2019
Singapore 6/15/2017 $0 0 70 184 $3,784,678 9/21/2017
Slovakia 7/7/2017 $24,054 21 78 547 $1,668,010 12/29/2017
Slovenia 8/3/2017 $154,668 19 19 170 $669,001 12/21/2017
South Africa 6/30/2017 $0 0 117 881 $3,629,271 10/18/2017
South Korea 7/20/2017 $0 0 1057 3234 $21,673,028 12/7/2017
Spain 6/30/2017 $5,539,331 713 791 5203 $23,329,085 2/1/2018
Sweden 6/30/2017 $0 0 144 1441 $7,446,939 12/21/2017
Switzerland 7/7/2017 $1,425,502 112 112 1151 $7,099,480 12/7/2017
Switzerland (Italian Speaking) 8/24/2017 $0 0 2 4 $1,249 11/30/2017
Taiwan 6/30/2017 $2,178,577 170 170 807 $5,981,130 10/28/2018
Thailand 6/15/2017 $0 0 102 171 $1,701,296 8/30/2017
Trinidad 7/7/2017 $116,000 17 17 17 $116,000 1/1/2019
Turkey 8/25/2017 $783,402 342 343 2007 $3,423,590 2/26/2019
Ukraine 6/29/2017 $0 0 7 20 $2,355,988 12/20/2018
United Arab Emirates 6/29/2017 $0 0 1 3 $4,192,563 12/20/2018
United Kingdom 6/30/2017 $14,496,301 608 645 9520 $62,875,752 9/10/2018
Venezuela 6/30/2017 $0 0 103 826 $2,032,549 11/30/2017
 
Worldwide Total$1,032,809,657 10/20/2022

Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue are available through our research services. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com.

Leading Cast

Steve Carell    Gru / Dru
Kristen Wiig    Lucy Wilde
Trey Parker    Balthazar Bratt

Supporting Cast

Miranda Cosgrove    Margo
Dana Gaier    Edith
Nev Scharrel    Agnes
Steve Coogan    Fritz
Jenny Slate    Valerie Da Vinci
Julie Andrews    Gru’s Mom
Pierre Coffin    Minions/Museum Director/Additional Voice
Michael Beattie    TV Show Host/Scar-Faced Man
Andy Nyman    Clive the Robot
Adrian Ciscato    Niko
Brian T. Delaney    Commercial Announcer/Military Officer/Additional Voice
Katia Saponenko    Niko’s Mother
Ken Daurio    Celebrity
Jude Alpers    Commercial Kid
Cory Walls    Vincenzo
Sophie M. Siadatpour    Little Girl
Lori Alan    Additional Voice
Stephanie De Meautis    Additional Voice
Carlos Alazraqui    Additional Voice
Bruno Dequier    Additional Voice
Kyle Balda    Additional Voice
Teresa Ganzel    Additional Voice
Bob Bergen    Additional Voice
Jess Harnell    Additional Voice
Gregg Berger    Additional Voice
John Kassir    Additional Voice
Mona Marshall    Additional Voice
John Cygan    Additional Voice
Laraine Newman    Additional Voice
Jan Rabson    Additional Voice
Bill Farmer    Additional Voice
Mindy Sterling    Additional Voice
Danny Mann    Additional Voice
Tara Strong    Additional Voice
Jim Ward    Additional Voice

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Pierre Coffin    Director
Kyle Balda    Director
Eric Guillon    Co-Director
Cinco Paul    Screenwriter
Ken Daurio    Screenwriter
Christopher Meledandri    Producer
Janet Healy    Producer
Chris Renaud    Executive Producer
Sergio Pablos    Based on Characters by
Heitor Pereira    Composer
Claire Dodgson    Editor
Pharrell Williams    Original Songs and Themes by
Robert Taylor    Associate Producer
Brett Hoffman    Associate Producer
Nathalie Vaincauwenberghe    Production Supervisor
Olivier Adam    Art Director
Eric Guillon    Character Designer
Carter Goodrich    Character Designer
Bruno Dequier    Animation Director
Julien Soret    Animation Director
Hichem Arfaoui    Supervising Animator
Pierre Avon    Supervising Animator
Cecile Brossette    Supervising Animator
Christophe Delisle    Supervising Animator
Pierre-Francois Duhamel    Supervising Animator
Basile Heiderscheid    Supervising Animator
Ludovic Roz    Supervising Animator
Ludovic Savonniere    Supervising Animator
Jack Vandenbroele    Supervising Animator
Rachel Brennan    Associate Editor
Zurine Ainz    Associate Editor
Gilad Carmel    Associate Editor
Romana Cicova    First Assistant Editor
Scott A. Jacobs    First Assistant Director
Lisa Phillips    First Assistant Editor
Orion Fernando    Second Assistant Editor
Marco Allard    Story Artist
Eric Delbecq    Story Artist
Cinzia Angelini    Story Artist
Antoine Ettori    Story Artist
Nima Azarba    Story Artist
Serguei Kouchnerov    Story Artist
Guy Bar’ely    Story Artist
Habib Louati    Story Artist
Justine Bonnard    Story Artist
Nolwenn Roberts    Story Artist
Jerod Chirico    Story Artist
Darren Webb    Story Artist
Kelly Lake    Script and Recording Supervisor
Charlotte Hutchinson    Set Designer
Thomas Reteuna    Set Designer
Ken Le Bras    Set Designer
Edwin Rhemrev    Set Designer
Vincent Massy De La Chesneraye    Set Designer
Alexandre Saint-Martin    Set Designer
Matthieu Gosselin    Set Designer
Aymeric Seydoux    Set Designer
Martin Trystram    Set Designer
Thomas Laffin    Senior Animation Supervisor
Marie Parodi    Animation Supervisor
Louise Dziadkowiak    Animation Supervisor
Jeannine Berger    Post-Production Supervisor
Tim Nielsen    Sound Designer
Tim Nielsen    Supervising Sound Editor
Randy Thom    Re-recording Mixer
Brandon Proctor    Re-recording Mixer
Tim Nielsen    Additional Sound Re-recording Mixer
Dennis Leonard    Supervising Sound Editor
Mac Smith    Sound Effects Editor
Andre J.H. Zweers*    Sound Effects Editor
Scott Curtis    Foley Mixer
Slamm Andrews    Music Editor
Greg Hayes    Score Recordist
Greg Hayes    Score Mixer
Noah Snyder    Score Mixer

The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.