#31 All-time worldwide

#5 2015 releases

Movie profile

Minions

Name: Minions
Genre: Family, Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Released: 2015-06-17
Duration: 91 min

2015 · 91 min · Illumination

Family Animation Adventure Comedy

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $1.16B

Budget $74.0M

Gross minus budget $1.09B

ROI 15.67x

Domestic gross

$498.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$660.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$149.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Minions ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #31 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2015 releases #5 Release-year chart position of 250 titles Ranked against movies released in 2015. Studio / company #1 Illumination of 10 titles Position inside the mapped Illumination movie set. Franchise #1 Minions of 2 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #9 Family of 1,396 titles Genre context based on the first mapped genre on this profile.

Nearby worldwide ranks

Comparable titles immediately around this movie by reported worldwide gross.

#28 Incredibles 2 2018 · $1.24B #29 The Fate of the Furious 2017 · $1.24B #30 Iron Man 3 2013 · $1.22B #32 Captain America: Civil War 2016 · $1.16B #33 Aquaman 2018 · $1.15B #34 Spider-Man: Far From Home 2019 · $1.13B

Quick answer

How did Minions (2015) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Minions (2015) earned a reported $1.16B worldwide against a reported $74.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $1.09B. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 15.67x. In this database it currently ranks #31 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #5 among 2015 releases.

Worldwide gross: $1,159,457,503
Budget: $74,000,000
Gross minus budget: $1,085,457,503
ROI: 15.67x

Source: Reported box office data. Last updated: Jul 8, 2026. Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

Synopsis

Story

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Jun 17, 2015
Production: Illumination, Universal Pictures
Countries: US

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Studio / production companyIllumination FranchiseMinions Release year chart2015 box office Genre chartFamily Genre chartAnimation Genre chartAdventure Genre chartComedy

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2015, Minions is positioned in this dataset as a Family, Animation, Adventure title from Illumination. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $1.16B, reported production budget is $74.0M, gross-minus-budget is $1.09B, ROI is 15.67x. For comparison, it currently sits #31 all-time in the current chart set and #5 among 2015 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

AI-generated contextual summary based on available movie, genre, ranking and box office data. It does not replace official distributor notes or financial reporting.

Data noteGross minus budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and downstream revenue. Domestic, international and opening weekend figures marked as estimated are modelled estimates.