Despicable Me 2 Host, voices Floyd Eagle-san. New cast members include Benjamin Bratt as Eduardo "El Macho" Pérez and Steve Coogan as Silas Ramsbottom, head of the fictional Anti-Villain League (AVL). "Despicable Me 2" premiered on June 5, 2013 in Australia and had a wide theatrical release in the United States on July 3, 2013. It received generally positive reviews from critics and grossed over $970 million worldwide against a budget of $76 million. It was nominated for Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and for Academy Award for Best Original Song (for "Happy"), losing both to Walt Disney Animation Studios' "Frozen". It
Despicable Me gave the film an eight out of ten, saying, "It's all thoroughly adorable, and with an overlay that's nearly as odd as Carell's accent: "Despicable Me" looks a lot like other computer-animated pictures." Mary F. Pols of "MSN Movies" gave the film four out of five stars, saying, "The movie finishes strong, managing to be sweet without being saccharine. It's no "Toy Story 3", but "Despicable Me" is a solid alternative." A. O. Scott of "The New York Times" gave the film two out of five stars, saying, "So much is going on in this movie that, while there's nothing