Minions

2015 animated film by Pierre Coffin and Kyle Balda
Movie film Q13619743
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Summary

Minions is a film[1]. Minions ranks in the top 0.98% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21,435 views/month, #923 of 94,065).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: animated film[3]
  • Director: Pierre Coffin[4], Kyle Balda[5]
  • Screenwriter: Brian Lynch[6]
  • Composer: Heitor Pereira[7]
  • Genre: comedy film[8], children's film[9], heist film[10]
  • Followed by: Minions: The Rise of Gru[11]
  • Cast member: Katy Mixon[12], Hiroyuki Sanada[13], Ava Acres[14], Lori Alan[15], Kyle Balda[16], Bob Bergen[17], Jim Cummings[18], John Cygan[19], Brian T. Delaney[20], Bill Farmer[21], Keith Ferguson[22], Helen Fraser[23], Jess Harnell[24], Eve Karpf[25]
  • Producer: Chris Meledandri[26]
  • Part of the series: list of Illumination films[27]
  • Production company: Illumination[28]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[29]
  • Commons category: Minions (film)[30]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[31], theatrical release[32]
  • Review score: 5.8/10[33], 55%[34], 56/100[35]
  • Color: color[36]
  • Country of origin: United States[37]
  • Publication date: January 1, 2015[38], July 2, 2015[39], July 9, 2015[40], July 8, 2015[41], July 10, 2015[42]
  • Characters: Elizabeth II[43], Scarlet Overkill[44]
  • Voice actor: Sandra Bullock[45], Jon Hamm[46], Michael Keaton[47], Allison Janney[48], Steve Coogan[49], Steve Carell[50], Pierre Coffin[51], Jennifer Saunders[52], Chris Renaud[53], Geoffrey Rush[54], Carlos Alazraqui[55]
  • Distributed by: Universal Pictures[56], UIP-Dunafilm[57]

Why It Matters

Minions has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[58] Minions is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[59]

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [58] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [59] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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