Illumination Studios Paris

Illumination Studios Paris (formerly known as Illumination Mac Guff) is a French animated feature production company owned by Illumination, a division of Universal Pictures. Based in Paris, France, the company was created in 2011 as part of Universal's purchase deal of the animation arm of French animation and VFX company Mac Guff.^[2] It is responsible for the animation on Illumination's feature-length animated films and associated short films, most notably the Despicable Me franchise.

Illumination Studios Paris

Formerly	Illumination Mac Guff (2011–2021)
Type	Subsidiary
Industry	VFX CGI animation
Predecessor	Mac Guff (animation studio)
Founded	2011; 13 years ago (2011)
Founder	Jacques Bled^[1]
Headquarters	Paris , France
Key people	Janet Healy (co-president)^[1] Jacques Bled (co-president)^[1]
Owner	Universal Pictures (NBCUniversal) (Comcast)
Number of employees	850 (2016)^[1]
Parent	Illumination
Website	illuminationstudiosparis.com

History

Mac Guff era (2011–2021)

 

Previous logo as Illumination Mac Guff (2011–2021)

Following their work with Illumination on Despicable Me (2010) and its associated short films, Universal purchased the animation arm of Mac Guff, aptly renaming it Illumination Mac Guff. The first film produced by the new studio was The Lorax (2012). All subsequent films by Illumination have had most of their animation work outsourced to the studio, as it benefits from French subsidies.

Studios Paris era (2021–present)

With the release of Sing 2 in December 2021, the studio was renamed to Illumination Studios Paris.

Filmography

Feature films

Released

Title	Release date	Director(s)	Producer(s)	Budget	Gross (unadjusted)
Despicable Me	June 9, 2010	Chris Renaud Pierre Coffin		$69 million
The Lorax	March 2, 2012	Chris Renaud Co-Director: Kyle Balda	Chris Meledandri Janet Healy	$70 million	$349.2 million^[3]
Despicable Me 2	July 3, 2013	Chris Renaud Pierre Coffin		$76 million	$970.8 million^[4]
Minions	July 10, 2015	Pierre Coffin Kyle Balda		$74 million	$1.159 billion^[5]
The Secret Life of Pets	July 8, 2016	Chris Renaud Co-Director: Yarrow Cheney		$75 million	$894.3 million^[6]
Sing	December 21, 2016	Garth Jennings Co-Director: Christophe Lourdelet			$634.2 million^[7]
Despicable Me 3	June 30, 2017	Pierre Coffin Kyle Balda Co-Director: Eric Guillon		$80 million	$1.035 billion^[8]
The Grinch	November 9, 2018	Scott Mosier Yarrow Cheney		$75 million	$526.7 million^[9]
The Secret Life of Pets 2	June 7, 2019	Chris Renaud Co-Director: Jonathan del Val		$80 million	$431.1 million^[10]
Sing 2	December 22, 2021	Garth Jennings Co-Director: Christophe Lourdelet		$85 million	$407.6 million^[11]
Minions: The Rise of Gru	July 1, 2022	Kyle Balda Co-Directors: Brad Ableson Jonathan del Val	Chris Meledandri Janet Healy Chris Renaud	$80 million	$939.6 million^[12]
The Super Mario Bros. Movie	April 5, 2023	Aaron Horvath Michael Jelenic Co-Directors: Pierre Leduc Fabien Polack	Chris Meledandri Shigeru Miyamoto	$100 million	$1.362 billion^[13]
Migration	December 22, 2023	Benjamin Renner Co-director: Guylo Homsy	Chris Meledandri	$72 million	$15.4 million^[14]

Upcoming

Title	Release date	Director(s)	Producer(s)	Ref(s)
Despicable Me 4	July 3, 2024	Chris Renaud Co-director: Patrick Delage	Chris Meledandri	^[15]^[16]

Short films

#	Title	Release date	Release with	Note
1	Wagon Ho!	August 7, 2012	Dr. Seuss' The Lorax	Home video release
2	Forces of Nature
3	Serenade
4	Puppy	December 10, 2013	Despicable Me 2
5	Panic in the Mailroom
6	Training Wheels
7	Cro Minion	December 8, 2015	Minions
8	Competition
9	Binky Nelson Unpacified
10	Mower Minions	July 8, 2016	The Secret Life of Pets	Theatrical release
11	Norman Television	December 6, 2016		Home video release
12	Weenie
13	Gunter Babysits	March 21, 2017	Sing
14	Love at First Sight
15	Eddie's Life Coach
16	The Secret Life of Kyle	December 5, 2017	Despicable Me 3
17	Yellow is the New Black	November 9, 2018	The Grinch	Theatrical release
18	The Dog Days of Winter	November 23, 2018	Trolls Holiday	Television release
19	Santa's Little Helpers	February 5, 2019	The Grinch	Home video release
20	Super Gidget	August 27, 2019	The Secret Life of Pets 2
21	Minion Scouts
22	Minions & Monsters	June 11, 2021	Minions: The Rise of Gru	Television/Home video release
23	For Gunter's Eyes Only	March 29, 2022	Sing 2	Home video release
24	Animal Attraction
25	Post Modern Minion	September 6, 2022	Minions: The Rise of Gru
26	Mooned	December 22, 2023	Migration	Theatrical release

Television specials

#	Title	Release date	Network
1	Minions Holiday Special	November 27, 2020	NBC
2	Minions & More 1	September 22, 2022	Netflix
3	Minions & More 2	November 8, 2022

Miscellaneous work

• 88th Academy Awards (2016) – Provided the animation for Kevin, Stuart and Bob presenting the award for Best Animated Short Film.

References

1. Richford, Rhonda (December 9, 2016). "An Inside Look at Illumination's 24/7 Operation, From L.A. to Paris". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 30, 2018.
2. Keslassy, Elsa (2011-12-12). "Universal benefit in Mac Guff accord". Variety. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
3. "The Lorax (2012) - Financial Information". The Numbers. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
4. "Despicable Me 2 (2013) - Financial Information". The Numbers. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
5. "Minions (2015) - Financial Information". The Numbers. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
6. "The Secret Life of Pets (2016) - Financial Information". The Numbers. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
7. "Sing (2016) - Financial Information". The Numbers. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
8. "Despicable Me 3 (2017) - Financial Information". The Numbers. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
9. "Dr. Seuss' The Grinch (2018) - Financial Information". The Numbers. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
10. "The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019) - Financial Information". The Numbers. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
11. "Sing 2 (2021) - Financial Information". The Numbers. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
12. "Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022) - Financial Information". The Numbers. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
13. "The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) - Financial Information". The Numbers. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
14. "Migration (2023) - Financial Information". The Numbers. December 11, 2023.
15. Grobar, Matt (February 18, 2022). "Illumination & Universal Set Dates For Animated Films 'Migration' And 'Despicable Me 4'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
16. Grobar, Matt (June 28, 2022). "Universal Pushes Release Date for Illumination Comedy 'Migration'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 28, 2022.

External links

• Official website