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Despicable Me 4’s Global Opening Reached $230 Million

Comcast said Despicable Me 4 opened at No. 1 worldwide with $230 million. The figure differs from the July 5–7 global weekend and five-day North American opening.
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Despicable Me 4 opened at No. 1 globally and earned $230 million worldwide, according to Universal parent Comcast’s announcement on July 16, 2024. That studio-reported opening-period figure is distinct from the film’s $149.3 million global total for July 5–7 and its $122.6 million five-day North American opening.

What did Despicable Me 4 make during its global opening?

Comcast reported on July 16, 2024, that the Universal Pictures release opened as the No. 1 film globally with $230 million worldwide. The announcement establishes the studio’s opening-period milestone, but it does not define that figure as a single Friday-to-Sunday weekend or as the film’s final box-office total. Comcast’s July 16 announcement is the source for the $230 million figure.

Other opening figures refer to narrower periods or different territories. The amounts should not be compared as if they describe the same box-office window:

Figure Period and territory Source and date
$230 million worldwide Studio-reported global opening-period total; announced as the film’s worldwide opening Comcast, July 16, 2024
$149.3 million worldwide July 5–7 global weekend: $75 million in North America and $74.3 million internationally Screen International, reporting Comscore, 2024
$122.6 million in North America Five-day opening period Official Japanese film-site report, July 8, 2024

Why are there different opening-weekend numbers?

“Opening” can mean a studio’s worldwide opening-period total, the conventional Friday-through-Sunday weekend, or an extended holiday frame. The North American figure reported by the official Japanese film site covers five days, while Screen International’s Comscore-credited figure covers July 5–7 and includes both North America and international markets. Comcast’s July 16 announcement gives a separate worldwide opening figure without defining it as that same July 5–7 weekend.

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The official Japanese film-site post on July 8 also reported $229 million worldwide cumulatively at that point, including about $106 million internationally. That dated snapshot is close to, but not the same as, Comcast’s later $230 million announcement; the reports were published on different dates and describe different reporting points. The post said the film had opened in 73 international territories and ranked No. 1 in 46 of them.

What is Despicable Me 4’s worldwide box-office total?

The film finished with a worldwide total near $1 billion, but box-office databases do not show an identical figure. As accessed October 8, 2026, Box Office Mojo listed $972,021,410 worldwide, while The Numbers listed $986,706,425. These are database totals, not the 2024 opening figures, and the difference should not be silently reconciled into a single exact number.

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For additional context, both databases listed domestic earnings of $361,004,205 and a domestic opening figure of $75,009,210. Box Office Mojo labels the latter as domestic opening, while The Numbers lists it as opening weekend; neither figure should be confused with the worldwide opening-period amount.

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What is the film, and how does it fit the franchise?

Despicable Me 4 is a 2024 Universal Pictures animated family comedy. Box Office Mojo lists a 1-hour-34-minute running time, a PG rating, and animation, adventure, comedy, crime, family, and sci-fi genres. Steve Carell returns as Gru; Comcast describes Will Ferrell’s character, Maxime Le Mal, as Gru’s former schoolmate and rival.

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The opening also arrived amid a major franchise milestone. Comcast said in its July 16, 2024, announcement that the Despicable Me and Minions franchise had surpassed $5 billion worldwide, describing it at that time as the only animated franchise to reach that milestone. That is the studio’s 2024 statement about the broader series, not a measure of this film alone.

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