Since its release on July 3rd, "Despicable Me 2" has racked up $142.1 million making it the all-time highest for an animated feature.

The highly anticipated movie picks up from where the first movie left off. Gru (voiced by Steve Carell), who in the first movie turns out to be a not-so-evil genius adopts three little girls and falls in love with them giving them a permanent home at his layer.

In the sequel he still adores his little girls but manages to strike up a love interest. Returning characters for the flick includes the hilarious minions and Gru's gadget man Dr. Nefario, voiced by Russell Brand.

The film which was a hit the first time around turned out to be a mega box office success between Friday to Sunday in North America making $82.5 million, according to Time.

The film received an A rating from the large audience which featured 60% female, 50% under the age of 17 and 55% under 25.

When the first film was released back in 2010, it opened the weekend after the fourth of July and made $56.4 million.

According to Yahoo! Finance, "Despicable Me 2" has had the fourth highest grossing opening weekend for an animated film, just above "Monster's University" which made $82.4 million during its opening weekend.

"Despicable Me 2" is said to be hovering around the $300 million mark where as "Monster's University" is currently at $400 million. Gru and his minions are expected to easily bring in at least $700 million worldwide by the time the film has had its run.

Competing against Johnny Depp's latest film, "The Lone Ranger" the animated movie topped the box office while the Disney film only made $48.9 million since its five day release.

For those of you who just love Gru's minions, you will be happy to know that they are far from done with their big screen appearances. A spin-off sequel is already in the works for the little guys for next year.

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