List of Illumination productions

This is a list of movies, television specials, short movies, and digital series made by Illumination.

Feature films
All films are co-produced and distributed by Universal Pictures, with the exceptions of Hop (co-produced with Relativity Media) and The Super Mario Bros. Movie (co-produced with Nintendo).

Released
 Film Release date Director(s) Writer(s) Producer(s) Executive Producer(s) Composer(s) Animation service(s)StoryScreenplay Despicable Me  Chris RenaudPierre Coffin Sergio Pablos Cinco PaulKen Daurio Chris MeledandriJanet HealyJohn Cohen Sergio PablosNina Rowan Heitor Pereira(score)Pharrell Williams(songs and themes) Mac Guff Hop  Tim Hill Cinco PaulKen Daurio Cinco PaulKen DaurioBrian Lynch Chris MeledandriMichele Imperato Stabile John Cohen Christopher Lennertz Rhythm & Hues The Lorax  Chris RenaudCo-director:Kyle Balda colspan="2"  Chris MeledandriJanet Healy Audrey GeiselKen DaurioCinco Paul John Powell(score)John PowellCinco Paul(songs) Illumination Mac GuffMac Guff Cinco PaulKen Daurio Despicable Me 2  Chris RenaudPierre Coffin Cinco PaulKen Daurio  Heitor Pereira(score)Pharrell Williams(songs and themes) Illumination Mac Guff Minions  Pierre CoffinKyle Balda Brian Lynch Chris Renaud Heitor Pereira The Secret Life of Pets  Chris RenaudCo-director:Yarrow Cheney Cinco PaulKen DaurioBrian Lynch rowspan="2"  Alexandre Desplat Sing  Garth JenningsCo-director:Christophe Lourdelet Garth Jennings Joby Talbot Despicable Me 3  Pierre CoffinKyle BaldaCo-director:Eric Guillon Cinco PaulKen Daurio Chris Renaud Heitor Pereira(score)Pharrell Williams(songs and themes) The Grinch  Scott MosierYarrow Cheney colspan="2"  Latifa OuaouAudrey GeiselChris Renaud Danny Elfman Michael LeSieurTommy Swerdlow The Secret Life of Pets 2  Chris RenaudCo-director:Jonathan del Val Brian Lynch Brett Hoffman Alexandre Desplat Sing 2  Garth JenningsCo-director:Christophe Lourdelet Garth Jennings Dana Krupinski Joby Talbot Illumination Studios Paris Minions: The Rise of Gru  Kyle BaldaCo-directors:Brad AblesonJonathan del Val Brian LynchMatthew Fogel Matthew Fogel Chris MeledandriJanet HealyChris Renaud Brett Hoffman Heitor Pereira The Super Mario Bros. Movie  Aaron HorvathMichael JelenicCo-directors:Pierre LeducFabien Polack colspan="2"  Chris MeledandriShigeru Miyamoto Brett HoffmanBill RyanYusuke Beppu Brian Tyler(score)Koji Kondo(themes) Matthew Fogel Migration  Benjamin RennerCo-director:Guylo Homsy Mike WhiteBenjamin Renner Mike White Chris Meledandri Joy Poirel John Powell Despicable Me 4  Chris RenaudCo-director:Patrick Delage Mike WhiteKen Daurio Chris MeledandriBrett Hoffman  Heitor Pereira(score)Pharrell Williams(songs and themes)

Upcoming
+ Film Release date Director(s) Writer(s) Producer(s) Composer(s) Animation service(s) Production Status StoryScreenplay The Super Mario Galaxy Movie   Aaron HorvathMichael Jelenic colspan="2"  Chris MeledandriShigeru Miyamoto rowspan="3"  Illumination Studios Paris Pre-production  Matthew Fogel Minions & Monsters  Pierre Coffin Brian Lynch Chris MeledandriBill Ryan  Big TreeIllumination Paris The Secret Life of Pets 3  Sing 3  Untitled Pharrell Williams film

Additionally, an unannounced film is scheduled to be released on April 16, 2027.

Short films
 Title Release date Distribution/co-production with Animation service(s) Released with Note(s) Home Makeover    Universal Studios Home Entertainment  Mac Guff  Despicable Me  Home video release Orientation Day Banana Brad & Gary   Universal Pictures    Theatrical release Phil's Dance Party    Universal Studios Home Entertainment  Rhythm & Hues  Hop  Home video release Wagon Ho!    Universal Studios Home EntertainmentDr. Seuss Enterprises  Illumination Mac Guff  The Lorax  Forces of Nature Serenade Puppy    Universal Studios Home Entertainment  Despicable Me 2 Panic in the Mailroom Training Wheels Cro Minion    Minions Competition Binky Nelson Unpacified Mower Minions    Universal Pictures  The Secret Life of Pets  Theatrical release/Home video release Norman Television    Universal Pictures Home Entertainment  Home video release Weenie Gunter Babysits    Sing Love at First Sight Eddie's Life Coach The Secret Life of Kyle    Despicable Me 3 Yellow is the New Black  Universal Pictures  The Grinch  Theatrical release/Home video release The Dog Days of Winter   NBCUniversal Television DistributionDr. Seuss Enterprises  Trolls Holiday  Television release  The Grinch  Home video release Santa's Little Helpers  Universal Pictures Home Entertainment Super Gidget The Secret Life of Pets 2 Minion Scouts Minions & Monsters  NBCUniversal Syndication Studios  Minions: The Rise of Gru  Television release/Home video release For Gunter's Eyes Only    Universal Pictures Home Entertainment  Illumination Studios Paris  Sing 2  Home video release Animal Attraction Post Modern Minion  Minions: The Rise of Gru  Penglai    Universal Pictures  One and All Animation Studio    Limited theatrical release Mooned    Illumination Studios Paris  Migration  Theatrical release/Home video release Fly Hard  Universal Pictures Home Entertainment Home video releaseMidnight Mission Benny's Birthday  Despicable Me 4Game Over and Over Sing: Thriller    Netflix    Streaming release

Compilations
 Title Release date Distribution/co-production with Animation service(s) Streaming service(s) Shorts included Minions & More 1     Universal Pictures  Illumination Studios Paris  Netflix  Puppy, The Dog Days of Winter, Minion Scouts, Norman Television, Training Wheels, Love at First Sight, The Secret Life of Kyle, Weenie, Forces of Nature, and Santa's Little Helpers Minions & More 2    Mower Minions, Super Gidget, Yellow is the New Black, Eddie's Life Coach, Competition, Serenade, Cro Minion, Wagon Ho!, Binky Nelson Unpacified, Panic in the Mailroom, and Gunter Babysits

Television specials
 Title Release date Distribution/co-production with Animation service(s) Network(s) Shorts included Minions Holiday Special    NBCUniversal Television Distribution  Illumination Mac Guff  NBC  Santa's Little Helpers, Training Wheels, Puppy, and Minion Scouts

Series
Web series
 Title Premiere date End date Network(s) Saturday Morning Minions      FacebookInstagram Who's Who?      TikTokYouTube Bones Story style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" 

Unproduced films

 Title  Description Emily the Strange  Since 2000, Rob Reger has been trying to make a feature film adaptation of Emily. In 2005, Fox Animation went to make a live action/animated feature film, with Chris Meledandri and John Cohen producing it. Mike Richardson, of Dark Horse Entertainment, came on board as a producer in 2008. The same year it was unofficially reported that the film moved to Universal Studios' owned Illumination Entertainment, along with the studio's founders, Meledandri and Cohen. In September 2010, Universal Studios acquired the rights to the comic, and the actress Chloë Grace Moretz was cast in the role of Emily. Melisa Wallack, who wrote the script for Mirror Mirror, was hired to write the adaptation in the following year in August. Two months later it was confirmed that the film was indeed in the works at Illumination Entertainment. Kealan O'Rourke was brought to rewrite the film's script. By December 2016, Universal abandoned the project, and Dark Horse Entertainment and Amazon Studios were in negotiations to make an animated film. In October 2024, Warner Bros. Pictures Animation and Bad Robot announced their collaboration on a full-length animated feature based on Emily the Strange. The film’s screenplay is being developed by Pamela Ribon, as Bad Robot will produce the film, with Reger serving as executive producer alongside Trevor Duke-Moretz. Flanimals  An animated feature film based on the Flanimals book series was in production at Illumination by April 2009. Series creator Ricky Gervais was set to be the executive producer and also lend his voice to the lead character, while Matt Selman (The Simpsons) wrote the script, but the project was later removed from the development schedule.Where's Waldo? In June 2009, Universal and Illumination acquired the rights to turn Where's Waldo? into a live-action film, was to be produced by Chris Meledandri with Classic Media's (now DreamWorks Classics) executive producer Eric Ellenbogen, but the project was later cancelled, after DreamWorks Animation bought Classic Media in 2012. Untitled cryptozoology film  In December 2009, Illumination was producing an animated film based on a pitch by actor-comedian Jack Black and Jason Micallef on cryptozoology, which is the study of legendary creatures whose existence has never been confirmed (i.e. the Loch Ness Monster or Bigfoot). Black intended to produce the film alongside Ben Cooley and Chris Meledandri through his production company Electric Dynamite. Additionally, Black did not intend to provide a voice for the characters as he did with DreamWorks Animation's Kung Fu Panda. Curious George  By July 2010, Illumination was developing a live-action animated film based on Curious George, with Larry Stuckey writing the script, but in November 2015 the film project was cancelled. Pluto  In October 2010, Illumination Entertainment and Tezuka Productions jointly announced to develop a live-action/animated film of the Japanese manga series Pluto. The Addams Family  In 2010, Universal and Illumination acquired the underlying rights to the Addams Family drawings. The film was planned to be a stop-motion animated film based on Charles Addams's original drawings. Tim Burton was set to co-write and co-produce the film, with a possibility to direct. By July 2013, the film was cancelled; had been made, this would have been Illumination's first stop-motion animated film. Eventually, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picked up rights to the film and an animated film was released in 2019, with Sausage Party directors Greg Tiernan and former DreamWorks Animation staff member Conrad Vernon to direct. Universal handled the international distribution rights for the film, as well as physical home media worldwide distribution rights.  UglyDolls  In May 2011, Illumination acquired the rights to Uglydolls to make an animated feature film, but the project never came to fruition. An animated film based on Uglydolls became the first family and animation project produced by STXfilms and was released in May 2019. Woody Woodpecker  By November 2011, Universal and Illumination planned a Woody Woodpecker feature film. John Altschuler and Dave Krinsky (King of the Hill) were in talks to develop a story, but in July 2013, Illumination canceled the project. The film was eventually released as a live-action/CGI hybrid film in 2017. The Cat in the Hat  In March 2012, following the financial success of The Lorax, the animated film adaptation of the book of the same name, Universal and Illumination announced plans to produce an animated adaptation of the book The Cat in the Hat. Rob Lieber was set to write the script, with Chris Meledandri as producer, and Audrey Geisel as the executive producer, but the project never came into fruition. By January 2018, Warner Animation Group was in development of an animated Cat in the Hat film as part of a creative partnership with Seuss Enterprises, which is set to be released in 2026. Clifford the Big Red Dog  In May 2012, Universal and Illumination began to develop a live-action/animated feature film based on the Clifford the Big Red Dog book series. Matt Lopez was hired to write the script, while Chris Meledandri and Deborah Forte were attached to produce the film. In July 2013, Illumination dropped the project. Paramount Pictures later acquired the rights to develop the film, which was eventually released on November 10, 2021, following a number of delays due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Johnny Express  In 2015, Universal and Illumination planned to adapt the South Korean CGI animated short Johnny Express into a feature-length animated film.

Reception

Box office performance
 Film Budget North America Overseas gross(unadjusted) Worldwide gross(unadjusted)  Opening Gross(unadjusted) Despicable Me $69 million $56.3 million $251.6 million $291.6 million $543.2 million Hop $63 million $37.5 million $108.5 million $75.8 million $184.4 million The Lorax $70 million $70.2 million $214.4 million $134.8 million $349.2 million Despicable Me 2 $76 million $83.5 million $368.1 million $602.7 million $970.8 million Minions $74 million $115.7 million $336.0 million $823.4 million $1.159 billion The Secret Life of Pets $75 million $104.4 million $368.4 million $525.9 million $894.3 million Sing $35.2 million $270.4 million $363.8 million $634.2 million Despicable Me 3 $80 million $72.4 million $264.6 million $770.2 million $1.034 billion The Grinch $75 million $67.6 million $271.5 million $255.4 million $527.8 million The Secret Life of Pets 2 $80 million $46.7 million $159.2 million $287.2 million $446.4 million Sing 2 $85 million $22.3 million $162.8 million $245.6 million $408.4 million Minions: The Rise of Gru $80–100 million $107.0 million $370.3 million $570.4 million $940.7 million The Super Mario Bros. Movie $100 million $146.4 million $574.9 million $788.4 million $1.363 billion Migration $72 million $12.5 million $127.3 million $171.4 million $298.7 million Despicable Me 4 $100 million $122.6 million $360.5 million $588.2 million $948.7 million

Critical and public response

 Film Critical Public Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic CinemaScore Hop  41 (23 reviews)  The Lorax  46 (30 reviews)  The Grinch  51 (32 reviews) The Super Mario Bros. Movie  46 (53 reviews) Migration  56 (25 reviews) 

Related pages
 List of DreamWorks Animation productions

References

Category:Lists of movies
Category:Illumination movies