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 2 component of part one—is a little sour to undercut the sweet. Like its protagonist, a bad guy gone boringly good, "Despicable Me 2" has no edge. It's fatally nice and insufficiently naughty." Laremy Legel of "Film.com" gave the film a 6.3 out of 10, saying ""Despicable Me 2" is fun, especially near the culmination. Structural issues aside, it's impossible not to like these characters, all of them, rendered with love, always entertaining even when the story around them doesn't make much sense." "Despicable Me 2" grossed $368 million in North America, and $602.7 million in other countries, for a worldwide