Minions & Monsters
Movie, 2026, Before Gru, Set in Hollywood, 1927
Minions & Monsters is #7 of 7 in release order and #1 of 7 in chronological order in the Despicable Me.
The story
This is the rambunctious, ridiculous and totally true story of how the Minions conquered Hollywood, became movie stars, lost everything, unleashed monsters onto the world and then banded together to try and save the planet from the mayhem they had just created.
Minions & Monsters recap
In 1927 Hollywood, a tribe of Minions, not the ones who later serve Gru, chases a bank robber onto a film set and charms the studio bosses, Frank and Elwood Bright, into casting them. They become silent-film stars until sound arrives and their gibberish wrecks every take, and they are fired. James, a Minion who dreams of telling stories, wants to make a film called Minions & Monsters, but the tribe leader Dick refuses and most of the tribe leaves; only Henry and the deaf Minion Ed stay. Using a warlock's spellbook, James summons Goomi, a small green monster who offers to find monsters for the film, and they free a kraken and a giant piranha. Goomi's real plan is to summon Irene, a giant blob, to destroy the world, and Henry is taken as a sacrifice during filming. Meanwhile Dick's Minions work for Dort, an alien robot planning to conquer Earth.
Minions & Monsters ending explained
Irene rampages through Los Angeles and swallows Henry, and James rescues him by driving a milk truck through her. Dort returns with his spacecraft and his Minion crew and turns Irene to stone, and James and Henry send Goomi and the other monsters back into the spellbook. Ed filmed the whole battle, so James finishes his movie and it premieres to a standing ovation. A museum guide closing the tale reveals that James and Henry directed the film you have been watching.
Post-credits scenes
Yes. In a mid-credits scene, the spellbook reaches Gru's Minions, and Kevin, Stuart, Bob and Agnes try it out.
Where to watch Minions & Monsters
Minions & Monsters isn't on a US streaming service right now. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 6.3/10, Rotten Tomatoes 89%
Where it fits
- Release order: after Despicable Me 4, the latest.
- Chronological order: first, before Minions.
What to watch before Minions & Monsters
In release order, the essentials before Minions & Monsters (2026) are Despicable Me (2010), Despicable Me 2 (2013), Minions (2015), Despicable Me 3 (2017), Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022), and Despicable Me 4 (2024).
Cast
- Pierre Coffin as The Minions (voice)
- Trey Parker as Goomi (voice)
- Christoph Waltz as Max (voice)
- Allison Janney as Olivia (voice)
- Jesse Eisenberg as Dort (voice)
- Jeff Bridges as Frank / Elwood (voice)
- Zoey Deutch as Debbie (voice)
- Bobby Moynihan as Phillips (voice)
- Phil LaMarr as Howard (voice)
- George Lucas as George Lucas (voice)
- Barbara Eve Harris as Additional Voices (voice)
- Eric Bauza as Additional Voices (voice)
Directed by Pierre Coffin.