Minions: The Rise of Gru/Trivia

Trivia

 * The second time Illumination releases two films in the same year, after 2016.
 * Minions will be the third Illumination film to become a franchise, following Despicable Me and The Secret Life of Pets.
 * The sixteenth Universal's animated film to become a franchise after An American Tail, The Land Before Time, Ama and the Mysterious Crystal, Balto, Computeropolis, Curious George, Despicable Me, Nepola's Odyssey, Dusk and Dawn, How to Train Your Dragon, The Secret Life of Pets, Paradoria, Trolls, Imagimals, The Croods, and VeggieTales.
 * This will be the fifth animated Universal film to be released on July 2nd, after Hatty in the Big City: The Movie in 1999, Computeropolis in 2004, Swapped in 2008, and Planetokio in 2014.
 * The fourth Illumination film to be produced in the 2.35:1 aspect ratio, after Despicable Me 3, The Grinch and Esqua.
 * The second Illumination film of 2020s to be produced in 2.35:1 aspect ratio, after Esqua.
 * The seventh Universal animated film of 2020s to be produced in a 2.35:1 aspect ratio, after Esqua, Trolls World Tour, LarryBoy: A VeggieTales Movie, The Croods: A New Age, and The Boss Baby: Family Business.
 * The ninth Universal's animated sequel to be produced in a 2.35:1 aspect ratio, after Despicable Me 3, Dusk and Dawn: A Zodiacal Night, Computeropolis: The Deep Web, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, Paradoria 2, Trolls World Tour, The Croods: A New Age and The Boss Baby: Family Business.
 * The fifteenth Universal's computer-animated sequel, after Computeropolis 2, Computeropolis 3, Despicable Me 2, Nepola's Odyssey II, Despicable Me 3, Dusk and Dawn: A Zodiacal Night, Computeropolis: The Deep Web, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, The Secret Life of Pets 2, Paradoria 2, Trolls World Tour, The Croods: A New Age, Imagimals 2 and The Boss Baby: Family Business.