Three things will remain to walk the earth for eternity when the apocalypse comes: Cockroaches, Keith Richards, and the Minions. Universal loves making money with Illumination‘s pill-shaped mischief makers, and after the success of Despicable Me 4, a third movie in the Minions franchise threatens parents’ wallets worldwide. Universal Pictures will release Illumination’s Minions 3 on Wednesday, June 30, 2027. Consider this your warning.

Despicable Me 4 is making a pretty penny at the box office, with $255M in ticket sales since its global launch on July 3. The impressive “out-of-the-gate” total brings the Despicable Me and Minions franchises to $5 billion combined! Who would have guessed that we’d see the characters rise to such prominence when the Minions appeared in 2010’s Despicable Me? In addition to leading movies, television specials, and video games, the Minions have a section of Florida’s Universal Studios theme park called Minion Land. That’s a...