Despicable Me 2 album for the film, released on June 18, 2013 through Back Lot Music. The original music was composed by Heitor Pereira and Pharrell Williams. The album was promoted by the highly successful single "Happy" performed by Williams. "Despicable Me 2" received positive reviews from critics. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 74% approval rating with an average rating of 6.7/10 based on 177 reviews. The website's consensus reads, ""Despicable Me 2" offers plenty of eye-popping visual inventiveness and a number of big laughs." Another review aggregator, Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating from mainstream critics, gave the film
Despicable Me (franchise) with a scheduled release date of July 3, 2020. It will be directed by Kyle Balda, with co-direction by "Legends of Chamberlain Heights" co-creator, Brad Ableson, and written by Brian Lynch. Three short films based on the "Despicable Me" film, "Home Makeover", "Orientation Day" and "Banana", were released on December 14, 2010 on the film's DVD and Blu-ray. The "Despicable Me 2" DVD and Blu-ray, released on December 10, 2013, included another three short films: "Puppy", "Panic in the Mailroom", and "Training Wheels". A series of Minions short films screened in 2015 with "Minions". Another short film, titled "Mower Minions",