List Of Highest-grossing Animated Films

Included in the list are charts of the top box-office earners, a chart of high-grossing animated films by the calendar year, a timeline showing the transition of the highest-grossing animated film record, and a chart of the highest-grossing animated film franchises and series. All charts are ranked by international theatrical box office performance where possible, excluding income derived from home video, broadcasting rights and merchandise.

Animated family films have performed consistently well at the box office, with Disney enjoying lucrative re-releases prior to the home video era with Walt Disney Animation Studios, who have produced films such as ''Aladdin'' and '' The Lion King'', both of which were the highest-grossing animated film of all time upon their release. Disney Animation also enjoyed later success with the '' Frozen'' and '' Moana'' films, in addition to Pixar, of which the films from the ''Toy Story'', '' Inside Out'', ''Finding Nemo'', and '' Incredibles'' franchises have been the best performers. Beyond Disney and Pixar, franchises '' Despicable Me'', ''Shrek'', ''Ice Age'', '' Fengshen Cinematic Universe'', '' Kung Fu Panda'', ''Madagascar'', and ''Doraemon'' have been met with the most success. Additionally, the current highest-grossing animated film is '' Ne Zha 2'', a Chinese film that has grossed over $2.2 billion worldwide as of June 10, 2025, the first ever animated film to reach $2 billion worldwide.

Highest-grossing animated films

The chart below lists the highest-grossing animated films. Figures are given in United States dollars (USD). Many films that were released during the 20th century do not appear on this list as figures have not been adjusted for inflation, and as a result the films on this list have all had a theatrical run (including re-releases) since 2005. Films that have not played since then do not appear on the chart due to ticket price inflation, population size, and ticket purchasing trends not being considered. If inflation were adjusted for, '' Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'' would appear at the top of the chart with an adjusted gross of $. All except the original 1994 version of '' The Lion King'', which is a traditionally animated film (which currently occupies seventeenth place on this list), are computer-animated films. '' Despicable Me'' is the most represented franchise with all six films (including the ''Minions'' films) in the top 50 highest-grossing animated films. The top 12 films on this list, each having grossed in excess of $1 billion worldwide, are also ranked among the top 50 highest-grossing films of all time.

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Highest-grossing animated films by animation type

Computer animation

The following chart is a list of the highest-grossing computer-animated films. The films on this list have all had a theatrical run (including re-releases) since 2005.

All feature films in the '' Despicable Me'', '' Kung Fu Panda'', ''Finding Nemo'', '' Incredibles'', '' Frozen'', '' Inside Out'', and '' Moana'' franchises, as well as the main films in the ''Madagascar'' franchise, are on the list while the ''Toy Story'', ''Shrek'', and ''Ice Age'' franchises feature often.

The top 49 films listed are also among the 50 highest-grossing animated films and the top 12 are among the 50 highest-grossing films, each having grossed in excess of $1 billion worldwide.

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Stop motion animation

A total of 39 stop motion films have grossed in excess of $1 million. All feature films in the '' Wallace & Gromit'' and '' Shaun the Sheep'' franchises are on the list, with ''Wallace and Gromit'' being the most represented franchise on the list, with three films. The films on this list have all had a theatrical run (including re-releases) since 1975.
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Traditional animation

The following chart is a list of the highest-grossing traditionally-animated films. The two films in the animated ''Jungle Book'' franchise appear on the chart, along with the first two from both the ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' and ''Pokémon'' feature series; these three are the most frequent franchises thereon with two titles each. The top film on this list is also among on the 50 highest-grossing animated films.

Highest-grossing animated films by year

The top-grossing animated films in the years 1937, 1940, 1942, 1950, 1953, 1955, 1961, 1967, 1992, 1994, 1995, 2004, 2010, 2013, 2020, 2024 and 2025 were also the highest-grossing films overall those years.

Computer-animated films have been the highest earners in 1995, 1998–2019, and every year since 2021 while 1975 and 1993 are the only years when a stop motion animated feature grossed the highest. Traditional animated films have topped every other year.

The ''Ice Age'' franchises have had the most entries be the highest-grossing animated films of the year with four films, while the '' Rescuers'' and ''Finding Nemo'' all had both films in each respective franchise be the highest-grossing animated films of the year they were released.

Disney films has top the list the most of any studio topping the list 32 times.

''Animal Farm'', '' Out of an Old Man's Head,'' '' Fritz the Cat'', and '' Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train'' were the only four adult animated films on the chart.

The top-grossing animated film of the year has usually been an American film, with a few exceptions. Japanese animated features have topped the list at seven occasions: in 1978, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1987, and 2020; the list has also been topped by a German film in 1926, Spanish in 1945, French in 1949, British in 1954, Swedish in 1968 and 1974, Norwegian in 1975, Belgian in 1976, Canadian in 1985 and Chinese in 2025.

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Timeline of highest-grossing animated films

At least 10 animated films have held the record of highest-grossing animated film at different times. Four of these were Disney films and three more by Pixar, alongside three more by other studios. All of these films are American with the exception of '' Ne Zha 2'', which was produced in China.

''Snow White'' held the record for the longest, with 55 years, while ''Inside Out 2'' held it for the shortest period of 5 months. The original 1994 version of '' The Lion King'' was the most recent non-CGI animated film to hold the record. '' Shrek 2'', ''Toy Story 3'', ''Inside Out 2'', and ''Ne Zha 2'' are the four sequels to hold the record. The 2019 version of '' The Lion King'' is the only animated remake to hold this record. ''Finding Nemo'' was the first 3D CG animated film to hold this record.

All of these films are still among the highest-grossing animated films except ''Snow White'', and only ''Snow White'', ''Aladdin'' and ''Shrek 2'' are not also among the highest-grossing films. '' The Lion King'' is the only franchise to hold the record twice. ''Ne Zha 2'' is the first non-American animated film to hold this record.

The first three films on this list utilize hand-drawn animation, while the remaining six are animated in CGI.

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Computer animation

The following is a timeline of highest-grossing computer-animated films.

''Toy Story'' is the only franchise to hold the record on multiple occasions doing so with the first three films. Pixar is the only studio to hold the record on multiple occasions doing so seven times, while ''A Bug's Life'', ''Finding Nemo'' and ''Inside Out 2'' held the record the shortest for 5 months. '' Shrek 2'', made by DreamWorks Animation, and '' Ne Zha 2'', made by Beijing Enlight Media, are the only two films on the list not produced by Disney or Pixar.

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Stop motion

At least three stop motion animated films have held the record of highest-grossing animated film at different times. '' Chicken Run'' currently holds the record for the longest, with 24 years, while ''The Nightmare Before Christmas'' held it for the shortest period of seven years.

These films are still among the highest-grossing stop-motion animated films.

Highest-grossing animated franchises and film series

The following chart is a list of the highest-grossing animated film franchises. The top three are among the highest-grossing film franchises of all time and, respectively, are between 13th and 20th of all time. Pixar is the most represented studio with six franchises on this list. '' Despicable Me'' is the highest-grossing animated franchise of all time with $5.6 billion; it is also one of three animated franchises (''Toy Story'' and '' Frozen'') with at least two films grossing over $1 billion worldwide. ''Frozen'' is the only animated franchise where every installment grossed $1 billion; it has the highest per-film average, with nearly $1.4 billion unadjusted, and along with '' Inside Out'', are the only animated franchises to average over $1 billion per film.

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See also

* List of highest-grossing adult-oriented animated films
* List of highest-grossing openings for animated films
* List of highest-grossing anime films
* List of most expensive animated films
* List of highest-grossing live-action/animated films
* List of animated films by box office admissions

Per decade

* List of highest-grossing animated films of the 1980s
* List of highest-grossing animated films of the 1990s
* List of highest-grossing animated films of the 2000s
* List of highest-grossing animated films of the 2010s
* List of highest-grossing animated films of the 2020s

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