This is a list of productions produced by
Illumination (formerly known as Illumination Entertainment), an American
film
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and
animation studio
An animation studio is a company producing animated media. The broadest such companies conceive of products to produce, own the physical equipment for production, employ operators for that equipment, and hold a major stake in the sales or rentals o ...
based in
Santa Monica, California
Santa Monica (; Spanish: ''Santa Mónica'') is a city in Los Angeles County, situated along Santa Monica Bay on California's South Coast. Santa Monica's 2020 U.S. Census population was 93,076. Santa Monica is a popular resort town, owing to ...
, United States. This includes feature films, television specials, shorts, and digital series. As of , Illumination has released 12 feature films, which were all distributed by
Universal Pictures
Universal Pictures (legally Universal City Studios LLC, also known as Universal Studios, or simply Universal; common metonym: Uni, and formerly named Universal Film Manufacturing Company and Universal-International Pictures Inc.) is an Americ ...
, with their first being ''
Despicable Me
''Despicable Me'' is a computer-animated media franchise centering on Gru (Despicable Me), Gru, a reformed super-villain (who later becomes a father, husband, and secret agent), and his yellow-colored Minions (Despicable Me), Minions. It is p ...
'' on July 9, 2010, and their latest being ''
Minions: The Rise of Gru'' on July 1, 2022.
Their upcoming slate of films includes ''
The Super Mario Bros. Movie'' and ''Migration'' (both in 2023), and ''Despicable Me 4'' in 2024.
Feature films
All films are co-produced and distributed by
Universal Pictures
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, with the exceptions of ''Hop'', which is a co-production with
Relativity Media
Relativity Media is an American media company founded in 2004 by Lynwood Spinks and Ryan Kavanaugh. The company brokered film finance deals and later branched into film production and other entertainment ventures. The company was commerciall ...
, and ''
The Super Mario Bros. Movie'', which will be a co-production with
Nintendo
is a Japanese multinational video game company headquartered in Kyoto, Japan. It develops video games and video game consoles.
Nintendo was founded in 1889 as by craftsman Fusajiro Yamauchi and originally produced handmade playing cards ...
.
Released
Upcoming
In development
Short films
Television specials
Series
Web series
Unproduced films
Reception
Box office performance
Critical and public response
See also
*
List of Universal Pictures theatrical animated feature films
*
List of DreamWorks Animation productions
References
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Lists of films by studio
American films by studio
Illumination (company) animated films