The following are lists of animated feature films that were the most expensive to make.

Definition

For purposes of awarding

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s, the

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defines an animated film as Further, at least 75 percent of the film's running time must contain animation. Narrative animated films must also include a significant number of animated major characters. The Academy defines a feature film as one with a running time of more than 40 minutes.

Most expensive animated feature films

The years

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2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

and

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

are the most represented, with three films each.

Pixar Pixar (), doing business as Pixar Animation Studios, is an American animation studio based in Emeryville, California, known for its critically and commercially successful computer-animated feature films. Pixar is a subsidiary of Walt Disney ...

is the most represented studio with fourteen films. ''

Shrek ''Shrek'' is a 2001 American animated fantasy comedy film directed by Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson, and written by Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman, and Roger S. H. Schulman, loosely based on the 1990 children's picture boo ...

'' is the most represented franchise with three of its four main films on the list, followed by ''

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'' with two of its three main films.

Traditional animation

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is the most represented studio with 14 films on the list. Winnie the Pooh is the most represented franchise with four films on the list.

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

is the most represented year with four films.

Stop-motion

The following films are all stop motion animated films that cost over $10 million to create. 2012 are the most represented years with 3 films each. Laika is the most represented studio with 5 films.

Wallace and Gromit ''Wallace & Gromit'' is a British claymation comedy media franchise, franchise created by Nick Park and produced by Aardman Animations. The series centres on Wallace, a good-natured, eccentric, cheese-loving bachelor inventor, and Gromit, his ...

is the most represented franchise with two films on the list.

Anime

Timeline of most expensive animated films

The following is a timeline of the most expensive animated films since 1937.

Timeline of most expensive computer–animated films

Timeline of most expensive traditionally animated films

Timeline of most expensive stop-motion animated films

The following is a timeline of most expensive stop-motion animated films of all time. Laika is the most represented studio with four films.

Notes

References

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Animated Animation is a filmmaking technique whereby image, still images are manipulated to create Motion picture, moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on cel, transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and e ...