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Steve Carell has been a part of many iconic comedy films. However, his voice acting in the globally renownedDespicable Mefranchise added new plaudits to the acclaimed star’s career. The franchise features Carell as the voice of Felonious Gru, a supervillain who undergoes reformation after adopting three orphan girls.
Ahead of the release of the franchise’s next entry, theDespicable Memovies seem to have captivated audiences on their streaming home, Netflix. The films blasted into Netflix’s global top ten in February 2024 and continue to perform strongly, gathering millions of views in the process. Here is how the Steve Carell-led $4.6 billion franchise is killing it on Netflix.
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Steve Carell’sDespicable MeFranchise Dominates Netflix Charts With 12 Million Views
Despicable Meis one of the most popular animated film franchises, with most of the entries earning critical and commercial success. The three mainline movies and twoMinionsspin-off movies all featureSteve Carellas the voice of Gru. They have grossedroughly$4.6 billion at the global box office. Most of the franchise’s films are available to stream on Netflix.
Netflix recently released its list of the top 10 most streamed movies on the service globallyfor the weekof February 19 to August 04, 2025. The list featuresDespicable Me 3in the third spot, followed byMinionsin the sixth spot. Both movies had a combined 17, 900 hours of streaming, leading to roughly 11.8 million views in that week.
The strong performance of the two movies comes a week after nearly the entire franchise took over the Netflix top 10 during the week of February 12 to July 09, 2025. During this time,Despicable Me,Despicable Me 2,Despicable Me 3, andMinionsall featured in the top 10, and gathered roughly 28.4 million views.
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Despicable Me 2spent thirteen weeks in the top 10 andDespicable Mespent six weeks before bowing out in the most recent week.Despicable Me 3is in its third week in the top 10 whileMinionsis in its sixth week. All movies in the franchise appeared in the Netflix top 10 of most streamed movies from June 26, 2025, exceptMinions: The Rise of Gru, which is not available on the platform.
Steve Carell’sDespicable Me 4Set to Release Later This Year
The recent success of theDespicable Mefranchise on Netflix can be attributed to the impending release of the upcoming fourth main-line installment in the hit animated franchise.Despicable Me 4, which continues the main series of movies, is slated to be released on June 12, 2025.
Steve Carell is set to reprise his voice role as Felonious Gru for the fourth installment. He will be joined by Kristen Wiig as the voice of Gru’s wife, Lucy Wilde. The voice cast also includes the return of Miranda Cosgrove, Dana Gaier, and Madison Polan as Gru’s adopted daughters, while Pierre Coffin voices the Minions.
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Will Ferrelljoins the franchise as Maxime Le Mal, a supervillain seeking revenge on Gru, while Sofía Vergara voices Valentina, Le Mal’s girlfriend.Despicable Me 4is being directed by Chris Renaud, with Patrick Delage serving as a co-director.
The first threeDespicable Memovies andMinionsare streaming on Netflix whileMinions: The Rise of Gruis available on Peacock.
Pratik Handore
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With a keen interest in comic book movies and blockbuster franchises, Pratik usually covers news and updates on the DCU, MCU, Star Wars, and more.A die-hard fan of George Lucas and Steven Spielberg, Pratik spends most of his time exploring different storytelling mediums that invoke a sense of wonder and adventure. Other filmmakers whose works have deeply influenced him include Alfred Hitchcock, James Gunn, and Guillermo del Toro.
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