Despicable Me: watch order

The movies in the series, sorted by release date. Total runtime: 6 h 17 min. The Despicable Me franchise centers on Gru, a supervillain (who later becomes a dad and a spy); his yellow-colored Minions; his three orphan girls, Margo, Edith and Agnes, and his wife Lucy Wilde.

1. 
   Movie 1

   Despicable Me (2010)

   1 h 35 min · ★ 7.3

   Determined to prove he's the world's greatest supervillain, Gru hatches an audacious plan to steal the Moon. To pull it off, he adopts three orphaned girls—Margo, Edith, and Agnes—intending to use them as pawns in his…

2. 
   Movie 2

   Despicable Me 2 (2013)

   1 h 38 min · ★ 6.9

   Gru is recruited by the Anti-Villain League to help deal with a powerful new super criminal.

3. 
   Movie 3

   Despicable Me 3 (2017)

   1 h 30 min · ★ 6.5

   Gru and his wife Lucy must stop former '80s child star Balthazar Bratt from achieving world domination.

4. 
   Movie 4

   Despicable Me 4 (2024)

   1 h 34 min · ★ 7.0

   Gru and Lucy and their girls—Margo, Edith and Agnes—welcome a new member to the Gru family, Gru Jr., who is intent on tormenting his dad. Gru also faces a new nemesis in Maxime Le Mal and his femme fatale girlfriend…