Six movies in, you’d think the Despicable Me franchise would have run out of steam, but Gru and The Minions are making the ...

The Despicable Me franchise centers on Gru, a super-villain (who later becomes a dad and superhero); his yellow-coloured Minions; and his three orphan girls, Margo, Edith and Agnes.

While the world knows full well what a Minion is and a Gru is, Universal didn’t pinch one penny in shelling out $170 million for a global campaign, which splashed from the Super Bowl to the Kentucky ...

She bought lots of merchandise from the Despicable Me 4 film, as well as Minion gift bags, wrapping paper and more figurines. Her most recent purchase was three crystal figurines from Swarovski.

Liesl Benecke began amassing Minions, the little yellow henchmen that star in Universal’s “Despicable Me” franchise, 15 years ago when the film was released — and couldn’t stop.

April 23 (UPI) --An Australian woman earned a Guinness World Record with her collection of 1,035 Minions -- the little yellow mischief-makers from the Despicable Me franchise. Western Australia ...