Lighting (formerly named Illumination Enjoyment) is an American film as well as movie studio established by Chris Meledandri in 2007 and owned by Universal Pictures, a department of NBCUniversal, which is itself a division of Comcast. Meledandri produces the films, while Universal financial resources and distributes all the movies. The workshop is in charge of the Despicable Me and The Secret Life of Pet dogs franchises and the film adjustments of Dr. Seuss books The Lorax as well as How the Grinch Takes Christmas. The Minions, personalities from the Despicable Me collection, are the workshop s mascots. Illumination has generated 10 feature films, with its newest launch being The Secret Life of Family Pets 2, with an ordinary gross of $695.4 million per movie. The workshop s highest-grossing movies are Minions, which has actually grossed $1.159 billion globally, Despicable Me 3, $1.034 billion and also Despicable Me 2, $970.8 million. All 3 are among the 50 highest-grossing movies of a...