Pharrell's "Despicable Me" Scores $60 Mil Opening Weekend Leads Box Office

The new animated movie Despicable Me, which features comedian Steve Carell and scoring by Pharrell Williams, dominated the weekend box office with over $60 million in sales.

The film easily topped its competition which included the new Predators movie.

#1 "Despicable Me" ($60.1 million) #2 "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" ($33.4 million) #3 "Predators" ($25.3 million) #4 "Toy Story 3" ($22 million) #5 "The Last Airbender" ($17.2 million) Audiences clearly didn't despise "Despicable Me" this weekend, as Universal's latest family-friendly animated flick won the top spot at the box office over rivals "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" and "Predators."

The new movie opens to both children and adults.

Despicable Me is as sunny as it's minions are bright yellow. There are plenty of jokes for the adults, a cleverly placed "Formerly Lehman Brothers" sign will go over the kids' heads, but there are also kid-friendly characters and gags that all ages will embrace and enjoy. Young Elsie Fisher steals the show with some spot-on improvised lines, like when she sees the stuffed unicorn of her dreams and squeals, "It's so fluffy I'm gonna die!" But what will keep you bouncing along throughout the movie and for hours after is the music. Grammy Award-winning artist (and my fellow Virginia Beach native) Pharrell Williams brings the whole movie together with a number of Gru-vy original songs and a score he completed with Heitor Pereira.

Details on Pharrell's involvement hit the Internet last January.

Singer, songwriter, producer Pharrell Williams will write original music for Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment's upcoming 3D CGI feature "Despicable Me" starring Steve Carrell, Jason Segel, Russell Brand, Danny McBridge, Julie Andrews and more. In addition to the film's title track, which debuted with the feature's teaser trailer, Williams has already begun to write the film's orchestral score as well. It marks the first time the artist will compose music for a film. "I love cartoons and animation, and I've never seen such incredible 3D CGI," Williams said in a statement. "To score 'Despicable Me' along with Hans and Heitor and write original songs for the film is a dream come true."

Recently, Pharrell said working on Despicable Me assisted him with the upcoming N.E.R.D. album, Nothing.

"Working on the [Despicable Me animated movie] score actually helped me for my new N.E.R.D. album, Nothing. It comes out September 7th. That really prompted me because of the learning experience I got working at Hans Zimmer's compound. It was pretty amazing! There were so many sounds and so many different directions. It was just really interesting."

Check out a trailer for Despicable Me down below:

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Game Says Pharrell Responsible For Deading Jay-Z Beef + Says 50 Cent Looks Like A "Smoker" In Weight-Loss Pics

Black Wall Street leader Game has opened up about ending his past feud against Jay-Z and how big of a role producer Pharrell Williams had on his decision.

Speaking with radio personality DJ Envy, Game credited the Neptunes hitmaker for ceasing his tension toward Young Hov.

"Pharrell man, Pharrell pulled me to the side and he was like, 'There's only one thing that can't happen,' he said, 'you gotta stop those shots at Hov. Like, that's my man and I talk to him and he really don't understand your gripe with him, he don't have no problems with you, and I think he respects what you do and I know for a fact that you respect what he does so, you know, nip that.' And I was like, aight, that's fair. All's fair, that's it."

Last month, Game talked about brushing his past differences with Jay to the side.

"Maybe I stepped over the line because I listen to Beyonce's music," Game said in an interview. "My girl listens to Beyonce's music. All girls do. So, when I did that, I got rained on by like, it was like a chick army at my next show. Plus, I didn't really mean that much harm, man. It's just rap, man. As far as Jay, he's a good friend of Pharrell's and he worked with Jay recently. I decided, along with [Dr.] Dre and Pharrell, that being at odds with him wasn't beneficial to what we're trying to do in the future, so later for that."

Based off a recent album listening session with Complex, Game's "Infared" R.E.D. Album song features the rapper contemplating his stance with Jay.

Produced By: Cool & Dre Complex says: The Compton rapper's forays into name-dropping have recently been hit or miss, but over Cool & Dre's 70s funk-jazz-influenced instrumental, the album's intro is a major hit. Game drops attention-grabbing lines ("Will I ever go at Nas? H*ll nah! / Will I ever go at Jay-Z? I don't know") and doesn't waste a second spewing his fully automatic braggadocio. It's an instant head-nodding banger for a kickoff.

Last summer, Game released his Jay-Z diss, "I'm So Wavy."

"N*ggas pop tags, I pop the 4-5," Game raps. "N*ggas got swag, I got the tech nine...Yeah, you got cheese and I kill rats/Translation, I still trap/Now do something with that, or respond to this/And with those big a** lips, you got my name in your mouth I hope it taste like uhhh, no homo, one more time/uhhh, that's your promo/And I been hard to the core since I went solo/Only man on my horse like my all black polo...Got the camel in a choke hold/Tryin' to son me, I'm not from N-Y-C/You can't even have a child by your Destiny/And I ain't mean to take a shot at B, I blacked out like you did Free."

Check out Game speaking with DJ Envy below: