If there has been one major surprise at the box office this year, it may just be Minions: The Rise of Gru. The film became a quick global sensation, and fans of the little yellow henchmen will soon be able to bring them all home.

This collector's edition of Minions: The Rise of Gru will be available for digital download starting Aug. 30, and will be available to buy on 4K ultra-HD, Blu-ray and DVD on Sep. 2. While the film itself became available for digital download starting on Aug. 2, the upcoming collector's edition will contain a number of special features for superfans of the Minions franchise, with over 60 minutes of bonus content.

This additional content will include two exclusive mini-movies set in the same era as the film, outtakes and bloopers, as well as an animation and drawing lesson from the film's co-director, Brad Abelson. The star of the film, Steve Carell, will also be seen in this animation featurette, describing how the film went from concept art, to storyboards and eventually to a finished product. The bonus content also features descriptions and backgrounds for the film's main characters.

The film itself is a prequel to the Despicable Me franchise, and serves as an origin story for Gru (Carell) as he first dreams of becoming a supervillain. The film chronicles his quest for villainy, while also showing his origins with the Minions (all voiced by Pierre Coffin). Featured in additional roles are the voices of Taraji P. Henson, Michelle Yeoh, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Lucy Lawless and RZA.

The Minions/Despicable Me property has almost always seen financial success, and Minions: The Rise of Gru was no different. The film has continually surpassed box office expectations since its July 1 theatrical release. It demolished initial projections and raked in $202 million worldwide over its opening weekend. While the extended Fourth of July holiday clearly helped the U.S. box office, the success was not just seen domestically - the film brought in an additional $93.8 million overseas. Despite being out for nearly two months, Minions: The Rise of Gru continues to bring in money, and recently passed $790 million at the global box office.

All in all, this means that it has been a very good year for Universal Pictures. Beyond their success with Minions, the studio also released the highly anticipated Jurassic World: Dominion in June, which has reached almost $1 billion globally. These two films have helped Universal cross the $3 billion threshold in 2022, becoming the first studio of the pandemic era to do so.

Check out the trailer for Minions: The Rise of Gru below:

Illumination's Minions: The Rise of Gru has once again seen a strong outing at the domestic box office, having pulled in $4.9 million in the three-day North American weekend estimate.

The latest in the Despicable Me franchise continues to surpass expectations. The film was shown in 3,068 North American theaters, bringing in on average $1597.13 per theater. This will mark the seventh week of Minions: The Rise of Gru, where it came in 6th place at the box office, which was topped by the new Brad Pitt-starring action movie Bullet Train in its second weekend since its debut. This $4.9 million is a small drop from last weekend's domestic box office of $7.109 million, meaning that the film saw a 31% drop week-to-week. Minions: The Rise of Gru earned $1.40 million on Friday with Saturday being even higher at an impressive $2.06 million. Sunday came back down closer to the Friday income, though it was slightly higher at $1.44 million. This large domestic showing simply continues the success that the film has been seeing in North America, with the film having already been the first animated film to cross $300 million in the Pandemic era.

This weekend's income for Minions: The Rise of Gru brought the domestic cumulative earnings for the animated movie up to $343.710 million, putting it just ahead of the first Minions film at the same point in its theatrical run ($320.084 million). The international cume raised to $446.7 million over this weekend. Together, the two cumes bring the total global earnings of Minions: The Rise of Gru just beneath that 800 million milestone, at $790.4 million, since its debut back on July 1.

The screenplay for Minions: The Rise of Gru was written by Matthew Fogel and adapted from a story written by Brian Lynch and Fogel. Kyle Balda directed the movie with Brad Ableson and Jonathan del Val serving as co-directors. Executive producers include Brett Hoffman and Latifa Ouaou. Producers and associate producers include Jean-Luc Florinda, Janet Healy, Christopher Melendandri, Chris Renaud, and Robert Taylor. The cast of the film includes the titular character Gru being played by series regular Steve Carell alongside Alan Arkin, Pierre Coffin, Taraji P. Henson, Michelle Yeoh, Julie Andrews, Russell Brand, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren, Danny Trejo, Lucy Lawless, and Will Arnett, among others.

Minions: The Rise of Gru is currently in theaters. Check out the trailer below: