 Despicable Me 2 is the twenty @-@ seventh highest @-@ grossing film , the third highest @-@ grossing animated film , the fourth highest @-@ grossing Universal film , and the third highest @-@ grossing 2013 film . It is also only the fourth animated film to have grossed over $ 600 million . On its first weekend , Despicable Me 2 opened only in Australia with $ 6 @.@ 66 million , ahead of Monsters University which opened on the same weekend . The film set an opening @-@ day record in Latvia . In total , it opened at number one in 67 territories , and set opening @-@ weekend records among animated films in Latin America , Indonesia , Malaysia , Philippines , Vietnam , and Lebanon , as well as opening @-@ weekend records among all films in South Africa and Venezuela . The film remained in the first position at the box office for two consecutive weekends during July 2013 . The film 's largest openings occurred in the United Kingdom , Ireland and Malta ( $ 22 @.@ 5 million ) , China ( $ 15 @.@ 4 million ) and Mexico ( $ 14 @.@ 9 million ) . In total earnings , its largest markets were the United Kingdom , Ireland and Malta ( $ 72 @.@ 2 million ) , China ( $ 53 @.@ 0 million ) and Mexico ( $ 47 @.@ 7 million ) . 
