Illumination (company)
American computer animation studio
American computer animation studio
Illumination, formerly known as Illumination Entertainment, stylized in all caps, is an American animation studio founded by producer Chris Meledandri in 2007. It has an "exclusive financing and distribution partnership" with Universal Pictures (which itself is a division of Comcast through the Universal Filmed Entertainment Group, a unit of NBCUniversal) wherein Illumination produces the films as an independent contractor and Universal finances and distributes them. The studio is best known for creating the Despicable Me, The Secret Life of Pets and Sing franchises, as well as the adaptations of Dr. Seuss' books The Lorax and How the Grinch Stole Christmas! and Nintendo video games, including The Super Mario Bros. Movie and The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. The Minions, characters from the Despicable Me series, are the mascots of the studio. Illumination has produced 17 feature films, with an average gross of $651 million per film. Its first film, Despicable Me, was released on July 9, 2010...
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