DespisedYetSuccessful-TheStoryofDespicableMe
TheBeginning
DespicableMeisa2010animatedmoviethattellsthestoryofasupervillainnamedGruwhoistryingtostealthemoon.ThemoviewasproducedbyIlluminationEntertainmentanddistributedbyUniversalPictures.Whenthemoviewasfirstannounced,peoplewereskepticalaboutitssuccess.However,themovieprovedeveryonewrongandbecameaboxofficehit.Themoviegrossedover$546millionworldwideandbecametheninth-highest-grossingmovieof2010.
TheCharacters
OneofthethingsthatmadeDespicableMesuccessfulwasitscharacters.Gru,whowasvoicedbySteveCarell,wasawell-developedcharacterthatpeoplecouldrelateto.Despitebeingasupervillain,hewasalovingfatherfiguretohisthreeadopteddaughters,whichmadehimendearingtotheaudience.Theminionswerealsoahitwiththeaudience.Theminionsweresmall,yellowcreaturesthatweredesignedtobehelperstothesupervillains.Theywerefunnyandhadtheirownlanguagethatwasquiteentertaining.Theminionsprovedtobesopopularthattheygottheirownspin-offmovie,whichwasreleasedin2015.
TheHumor
DespicableMewasalsosuccessfulbecauseofitshumor.Themoviehadamixofslapstickandcleverhumorthatappealedtobothchildrenandadults.ThecharacterofGruwasaperfectblendofseriousnessandhumorthatmadehimamemorablecharacter.Theminionsalsoaddedtothehumorofthemovie.Theywerealwaysgettingintotroubleandcausingchaos,whichaddedtothecomediceffect.ThemoviealsohadagreatsoundtrackthatincludedsongsbyPharrellWilliams.
TheLegacy
DespicableMewentontobecomeafranchisewithtwosequels,DespicableMe2andDespicableMe3.Thefranchisehasalsobeensuccessfulinotherareas,suchasmerchandise,videogamesandthemeparkattractions.Thecharacterscontinuetobepopularwithaudiencesofallages.Thefranchisehasgrossedover$3.7billionworldwide,makingitoneofthemostsuccessfulanimatedfranchisesofalltime.
Inconclusion,DespicableMewasamoviethatwasdespisedbymanybutwentontobecomeagreatsuccess.Themovie'sstrongcharacters,humorandmemorablesoundtrackweresomeofthefactorsthatcontributedtoitssuccess.Themoviewasalsoareminderthatsometimestakingachanceonsomethingthatseemsunlikelycanpayoffinabigway.