The Despicable Me franchise has overcome Shrek to become the highest-grossing animated franchise of all time.
Minions became the biggest animated film of last year while Despicable Me 3 has outdone the previous two films with worldwide takings of $879.5 (£674m).
The other three highest-grossing animated franchises below Despicable Me and Shrek is Ice Age, Madagascar and Pixar series Toy Story.
Despicable Me’s takings include all three films as well as the hugely-successful 2015 prequel-of-sorts which saw the yellow Minions get their own film – it currently sits as the second highest-grossing animated film of all time.