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Despicable Me Leads Weekend Box Office
Monday, July 12th, 2010
Despicable Me, a cartoon film featuring the voice of Steve Carell, topped the weekend box office in North America. The film doubled its pre-opening forecasts with sales of $60.1 million across the U.S. and Canada. The film was produced for approximately $69 million by Illumination Entertainment through an exclusive financing and distribution deal with Universal.
Predators, starring Adrien Brody, opened at No. 3 with $25.3 million, up from a pre-opening estimate in the low $20 million range. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse fell to No. 2 with $33.4 million, Toy Story 3 slipped to No. 4 with $22 million, and The Last Airbender fell to No. 5 with $17.2 million.
Tags: Despicable Me, Eclipse, Predators, The Last Airbender, Toy Story 3, Twilight
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Ceaco, D3 Publishing Named Licensing Partners for Despicable Me
Monday, January 25th, 2010
Universal Partnerships & Licensing has signed on several new licensing partners for Universal Pictures’ and Illumination Entertainment’s inaugural 3-D CGI feature, Despicable Me. The movie is the studio’s first film from Chris Meledandri (Ice Age, Ice Age 2: The Meltdown, Horton Hears a Who!), who produces through his Universal-based family entertainment company, Illumination Entertainment.
Tags: Ceaco, D3Publisher, Despicable Me, Little Brown Books, Nanco Networks, Rubie's Costume Company, Toy Factory
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