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 total of $970.8 million. Calculating in all expenses, "Deadline Hollywood" estimated that the film made a profit of $394.5 million. It is currently the 38th highest-grossing film, the eighth highest-grossing animated film, the third highest-grossing 2013 film, the second highest-grossing 2013 animated film (behind "Frozen"), the third highest-grossing Illumination Entertainment film, and the eighth highest-grossing Universal Studios film. With a budget of $76 million, the film is the most profitable film in the 101-year history of Universal Pictures. "Despicable Me 2" is the twenty-sixth highest-grossing film, the fourth highest-grossing 2013 film, the sixth highest-grossing animated film, the seventh highest-grossing 3-D