With which film was Mower Minions released in theaters?

Mower Minions was released theatrically with The Secret Life of Pets.

The 2016 short follows a group of Minions who try to earn money by mowing the lawn at a local retirement home. Their well-meaning effort quickly becomes chaotic, fitting the slapstick style of the Despicable Me shorts.

Mower Minions was notable within the franchise because it was the first Despicable Me short film released theatrically rather than only on home video. Audiences saw it before The Secret Life of Pets, another Illumination production, during that film’s cinema run.

The release pattern can cause confusion because later Minion shorts were paired with other animated films. Yellow Is the New Black accompanied The Grinch in 2018, while the 2023 short Mooned was shown with Migration. The Grinch and Migration are therefore associated with different theatrical shorts, not Mower Minions. Mower Minions remains specifically linked to The Secret Life of Pets.