Minions

Can you skip Minions?

Yes, on a first watch. It is self-contained, and nothing in the main Despicable Me story depends on it. Come back to it later if you want more. Show only the Despicable Me essentials.

Despicable Me guides

• Despicable Me orderSeven films, and the newest one is set eighty years before the first. One of the biggest release-versus-story gaps anywhere.
• Before Minions & MonstersNothing, as it turns out. It is the earliest film in the franchise by about forty-five years.

Where it sits in the Despicable Me order

Release order

#5 of 7

Chronological order

#2 of 7

Released

10 July 2015

In-universe era

The Early Years

More from The Minions Films

• 06Minions: The Rise of Gru2022
• 07Minions & Monsters2026

More like Despicable Me

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