Illumination
American animation film production company
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| October 2024 | Warner Bros. Pictures Animation and Bad Robot announce collaboration on an animated Emily the Strange film, with Pamela Ribon writing the screenplay. |
| July 3 2024 | Released Despicable Me 4, continuing the studio's successful franchise. |
| December 22 2023 | Migration, an original film directed by Benjamin Renner, is released. |
| July 13 2023 | Who's Who, a Minions spin-off web short series by Pierre Coffin, is released on TikTok and YouTube. |
| April 5 2023 | The Super Mario Bros. Movie is released, debuting with $146.4 million domestic opening weekend and eventually grossing $1.36 billion worldwide. |
| September 23 2022 | Illumination hired Mike Moon, former Netflix head of adult animation, as senior creative advisor and launched a new label called Moonlight to produce animated films beyond the family genre. |
| July 1 2022 | Minions: The Rise of Gru is released, earning $125 million over the July 4 weekend and becoming the highest-grossing animated film during the pandemic. |
| December 22 2021 | Sing 2 is released, becoming the highest-grossing animated film of 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| June 7 2019 | The Secret Life of Pets 2 is released, earning $47 million in its opening weekend. |
| November 9 2018 | The Grinch is released, opening to $67 million in its first domestic weekend and becoming the highest-grossing Christmas film of all time. |
| June 30 2017 | Despicable Me 3 is released, achieving a $75 million domestic opening weekend and eventually grossing over $1 billion worldwide. |
| April 21 2017 | Despicable Me Minion Mayhem ride opens in Osaka. |
| December 2016 | Universal abandons the Emily the Strange project; Dark Horse Entertainment and Amazon Studios begin negotiations for an animated film. |
| December 2016 | Universal abandons the Emily the Strange project. |
| December 21 2016 | Sing is released, marking the studio's first Christmas release, earning $56 million in its first 5 days. |
| August 22 2016 | NBCUniversal acquired DreamWorks Animation, with Meledandri being approached to oversee both studios but declining the offer. |
| July 8 2016 | The Secret Life of Pets is released, earning $104 million in its opening weekend. |
| 2015 | Universal and Illumination plan to adapt the South Korean CGI animated short Johnny Express into a feature-length film. |
| July 10 2015 | Minions is released, earning $115 million in its domestic opening weekend and ultimately becoming the highest-grossing animated film of 2015. |
| April 12 2014 | Despicable Me Minion Mayhem ride opens in Hollywood. |
| July 3 2013 | Despicable Me 2 is released, becoming the biggest animated film opening at the time with a five-day weekend of $142 million. |
| July 2 2012 | Despicable Me Minion Mayhem ride officially opens in Orlando. |
| May 2012 | Universal and Illumination begin developing a live-action/animated Clifford the Big Red Dog feature film with Matt Lopez writing the script. |
| March 2012 | Universal and Illumination announce plans to produce an animated adaptation of The Cat in the Hat, with Rob Lieber set to write the script. |
| March 2 2012 | The Lorax is released, earning $70 million on its opening weekend and ultimately $348 million worldwide. |
| 2011 | Illumination acquired the animation department of French studio Mac Guff, forming Illumination Mac Guff (later Illumination Studios Paris). |
| November 2011 | Universal and Illumination plan a Woody Woodpecker feature film with John Altschuler and Dave Krinsky in talks to develop the story. |
| August 2011 | Melisa Wallack is hired to write the script for Emily the Strange adaptation. |
| May 2011 | Illumination acquires rights to develop an Uglydolls animated feature film. |
| May 19 2011 | Illumination announces collaboration with Universal Pictures to create Despicable Me Minion Mayhem, a 3-D ride at Universal Parks & Resorts. |
| April 1 2011 | The studio releases Hop, a live-action/CGI hybrid film that earns $37 million on its opening weekend. |
| 2010 | Universal and Illumination acquire rights to The Addams Family, planning a stop-motion animated film with potential involvement from Tim Burton. |
| 2010 | Illumination Entertainment established a deal with Universal Pictures to produce one to two films annually, with Illumination retaining creative control. |
| November 2010 | Film confirmed to be in development at Illumination Entertainment, with Kealan O'Rourke brought in to rewrite the script. |
| October 2010 | Illumination Entertainment and Tezuka Productions jointly announce development of a live-action/animated Pluto film. |
| September 2010 | Universal Studios acquires film rights to Emily the Strange, with Chloë Grace Moretz cast in the lead role. |
| July 2010 | Illumination starts developing a live-action/animated Curious George film. |
| July 9 2010 | Released Despicable Me, the studio's first feature film, marking the beginning of their animation production. |
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