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: Beyond the box office, the film launched Pharrell Williams' "Happy" into a global anthem, which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song. Critical and Award Recognition Watch Despicable Me 2013
In this sequel, Gru (voiced by Steve Carell) has traded his life of crime for the quieter joys of fatherhood, raising his three adopted daughters: Margo, Edith, and Agnes. However, his retirement is short-lived when he is recruited by the . Partnered with the quirky secret agent Lucy Wilde (Kristen Wiig), Gru must use his former villainous expertise to track down a mysterious new threat who has stolen a powerful mutagen. A Record-Breaking Global Phenomenon The film was a massive commercial success, even
: It became the most profitable film in the history of Universal Pictures at the time. Partnered with the quirky secret agent Lucy Wilde