List of highest-grossing animated films

Included on the list are charts of the top box-office earners, a chart of high-grossing animated films by 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, with Disney films enjoying lucrative re-releases prior to the home video era. Disney also enjoyed later success with its Pixar brand, of which the Toy Story films, Finding Nemo, and Inside Out have been the best performers; beyond Pixar animation, the Shrek, Ice Age, Madagascar and Despicable Me series have met with the most success. The Peter Pan and Mickey Mouse franchises were reprised after a lengthy hiatus while The Jungle Book & Bambi saw a successful comeback after lying dormant for 36 and 64 years, respectively. DreamWorks Animation films have grossed the most, with nearly $13.5 billion across 32 films,^[1] while Pixar films have the best average with $603.5 million^[2] per film across 16 films.

An animated feature film is defined as a motion picture with a running time of more than 40 minutes, in which movement and characters’ performances are created using a frame-by-frame technique. Motion capture by itself is not an animation technique. In addition, a significant number of the major characters must be animated, and animation must figure in no less than 75 percent of the picture’s running time.

—Rule Seven - Special Rules For The Animated Feature Film Award : I. Definition

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. Eighty-eight percent of the films in the top 50 were released after 2000. 2010 is the most represented year on the list, with five films. All films in the Shrek, main series Madagascar, Despicable Me, main series of Cars, Monsters, Inc., Kung Fu Panda, How to Train Your Dragon and Rio franchises are in the top 50 highest-grossing animated films. While the Toy Story and Ice Age franchises feature prominently, Shrek is the most represented franchise, with 5 films. DreamWorks Animation is the most represented studio, with 15 films on the list.

The top 11 movies on this list also appear on the worldwide highest-grossing films of all time, ranking 9th, 11th, 18th, 25th, 27th, 33rd, 36th, 37th, 40th, 43rd, and 46th respectively. The three highest-grossing animated films, Frozen, Minions, and Toy Story 3, have grossed in excess of $1 billion worldwide. When adjusted for inflation Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs would appear at the top of the chart with an adjusted gross of $1.819 billion.^[3]

The films on this list have all had a theatrical run (including re-releases) since 1993. 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.

Animated/live-action films can be considered for this list if they meet the criteria that 75% of the footage must be animation and a significant number of the major characters must be animated.^[4]

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Highest-grossing animated films^[5]

Rank	Peak	Title	Worldwide gross	Year	Ref
1	1	Frozen	$1,287,000,000	2013	[# 1][# 2]
2	2	Minions	$1,159,398,397	2015	[# 3]
3	1	Toy Story 3	$1,063,171,911	2010	[# 4][# 5]
4	1	The Lion King	$987,483,777	1994	[# 6][# 7]
5	3	Despicable Me 2	$970,761,885	2013	[# 8][# 9]
6	1	Finding Nemo	$936,743,261	2003	[# 10][# 11]
7	7	Zootopia	$933,947,990	2016	[# 12]
8	1	Shrek 2	$919,838,758	2004	[# 13][# 14]
9	2	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	$886,686,817	2009	[# 15][# 16]
10	5	Ice Age: Continental Drift	$877,244,782	2012	[# 17][# 18]
11	10	Inside Out	$857,427,711	2015	[# 19]
12	3	Shrek the Third	$798,958,162	2007	[# 20][# 21]
13	6	Shrek Forever After	$752,600,867	2010	[# 22][# 23]
14	8	Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted	$746,921,274	2012	[# 24][# 25]
15	11	Monsters University	$743,559,607	2013	[# 26][# 27]
16	6	Up	$731,342,744	2009	[# 28][# 29]
17	9	Kung Fu Panda 2	$665,692,281	2011	[# 30][# 31]
18	4	Ice Age: The Meltdown	$661,483,908	2006	[# 32][# 33]
19	16	Big Hero 6	$657,827,828	2014	[# 34][# 35]
20	6	Kung Fu Panda	$631,744,560	2008	[# 36][# 37]
21	4	The Incredibles	$631,442,092	2004	[# 38][# 39]
22	7	Ratatouille	$623,722,818	2007	[# 40][# 41]
23	19	How to Train Your Dragon 2	$621,537,519	2014	[# 42][# 43]
24	9	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	$603,900,354	2008	[# 44][# 45]
25	14	Tangled	$591,794,936	2010	[# 46][# 47]
26	18	The Croods	$587,204,668	2013	[# 48][# 49]
27	2	Monsters, Inc.	$562,816,256	2001	[# 50][# 51]
28	16	Cars 2	$559,852,396	2011	[# 52][# 53]
29	17	Puss in Boots	$554,987,477	2011	[# 54][# 55]
30	14	Despicable Me	$543,113,985	2010	[# 56][# 47]
31	21	Brave	$538,788,207	2012	[# 57][# 58]
32	4	Madagascar	$532,680,671	2005	[# 59][# 39]
33	8	The Simpsons Movie	$527,071,022	2007	[# 60][# 61]
34	12	WALL-E	$521,311,860	2008	[# 62][# 63]
35	35	Kung Fu Panda 3	$508,550,686	2016	[# 64]
36	1	Aladdin	$504,050,219	1992	[# 65][# 7]
37	32	Rio 2	$500,188,435	2014	[# 66][# 43]
38	19	How to Train Your Dragon	$494,878,759	2010	[# 67][# 68]
39	3	Toy Story 2	$490,728,379	1999	[# 69][# 7]
40	25	Rio	$484,635,760	2011	[# 70][# 71]
41	4	Shrek	$484,409,218	2001	[# 72][# 7]
42	31	Wreck-It Ralph	$471,222,889	2012	[# 73][# 74]
43	41	Hotel Transylvania 2	$469,505,910	2015	[# 75]
44	38	The Lego Movie	$469,160,692	2014	[# 76][# 77]
45	11	Cars	$461,983,149	2006	[# 78][# 79]
46	4	Tarzan	$448,191,819	1999	[# 80][# 7]
47	2	Beauty and the Beast	$424,967,620	1991	[# 81][# 7]
48	1	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs	$418,200,000	1937	[# 82][# 83]
49	46	Home	$386,041,607	2015	[# 84][# 85]
50	14	Happy Feet	$384,335,608	2006	[# 86][# 87]

Computer animation

The following chart is a list of the highest-grossing computer animated films. 94% of films in the top 50 were released after 2000. 2010, 2011, 2012 & 2014 are the most represented years on the list, with 5 films each.

All films in the Shrek, Ice Age, Toy Story, Madagascar, Despicable Me, main series of Cars, Monsters, Inc., Kung Fu Panda, How to Train Your Dragon and Rio franchises are on the list. Shrek is the most represented franchise with 5 films. DreamWorks Animation is the most represented studio with 17 films on the list.

The top 44 films listed are also among the highest-grossing animated films, the top 10 are among the 50 highest grossing films, and the top 3 have each grossed in excess of $1 billion worldwide.

The films on this chart have all had a theatrical run (including re-releases) since 1999, and 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.

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Highest-grossing computer animated films ^[6]

Rank	Peak	Title	Worldwide gross	Year	Ref
1	1	Frozen	$1,287,000,000	2013	[# 1][# 88]
2	2	Minions	$1,159,398,397	2015	[# 3]
3	1	Toy Story 3	$1,063,171,911	2010	[# 4][# 89]
4	2	Despicable Me 2	$970,761,885	2013	[# 8][# 90]
5	1	Finding Nemo	$936,743,261	2003	[# 10][# 91]
6	6	Zootopia	$933,947,990	2016	[# 12]
7	1	Shrek 2	$919,838,758	2004	[# 13][# 92]
8	2	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	$886,686,817	2009	[# 15][# 93]
9	5	Ice Age: Continental Drift	$877,244,782	2012	[# 17][# 94]
10	9	Inside Out	$857,427,711	2015	[# 19]
11	2	Shrek the Third	$798,958,162	2007	[# 20][# 95]
12	6	Shrek Forever After	$752,600,867	2010	[# 22][# 89]
13	7	Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted	$746,921,274	2012	[# 24][# 96]
14	10	Monsters University	$743,559,607	2013	[# 26][# 97]
15	5	Up	$731,342,744	2009	[# 28][# 98]
16	8	Kung Fu Panda 2	$665,692,281	2011	[# 30][# 99]
17	3	Ice Age: The Meltdown	$661,483,908	2006	[# 32][# 100]
18	15	Big Hero 6	$657,827,828	2014	[# 34][# 101]
19	5	Kung Fu Panda	$631,744,560	2008	[# 36][# 102]
20	3	The Incredibles	$631,442,092	2004	[# 38][# 103]
21	6	Ratatouille	$623,722,818	2007	[# 40][# 41]
22	18	How to Train Your Dragon 2	$621,537,519	2014	[# 42][# 104]
23	8	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	$603,900,354	2008	[# 44][# 105]
24	13	Tangled	$591,794,936	2010	[# 46][# 106]
25	17	The Croods	$587,204,668	2013	[# 48][# 107]
26	1	Monsters, Inc.	$562,816,256	2001	[# 50][# 91]
27	15	Cars 2	$559,852,396	2011	[# 52][# 99]
28	16	Puss in Boots	$554,987,477	2011	[# 54][# 108]
29	13	Despicable Me	$543,113,985	2010	[# 56][# 106]
30	20	Brave	$538,788,207	2012	[# 57][# 96]
31	3	Madagascar	$532,680,671	2005	[# 59][# 103]
32	10	WALL-E	$521,311,860	2008	[# 62][# 109]
33	33	Kung Fu Panda 3	$508,550,686	2016	[# 64]
34	29	Rio 2	$500,188,435	2014	[# 66][# 104]
35	16	How to Train Your Dragon	$494,878,759	2010	[# 67][# 68]
36	1	Toy Story 2	$490,728,379	1999	[# 69][# 7]
37	22	Rio	$484,635,760	2011	[# 70][# 110]
38	2	Shrek	$484,409,218	2001	[# 72][# 7]
39	28	Wreck-It Ralph	$471,222,889	2012	[# 73][# 111]
40	38	Hotel Transylvania 2	$469,505,910	2015	[# 75]
41	35	The Lego Movie	$469,160,692	2014	[# 76][# 112]
42	8	Cars	$461,983,149	2006	[# 78][# 113]
43	40	Home	$386,041,607	2015	[# 84][# 114]
44	8	Happy Feet	$384,335,608	2006	[# 86][# 115]
45	2	Ice Age	$383,257,136	2002	[# 116][# 117]
46	16	Monsters vs. Aliens	$381,509,870	2009	[# 118][# 119]
47	29	The Adventures of Tintin	$373,993,951	2011	[# 120][# 121]
48	41	Penguins of Madagascar	$373,015,621	2014	[# 122][# 101]
49	1	Toy Story	$370,638,993	1995	[# 123][# 7]
50	7	Shark Tale	$367,275,019	2004	[# 124][# 125]

Stop motion animation

The following chart is a list of the highest-grossing stop motion films. 80% of the top 25 were released after 2000. 2009, 2012 and 2015 are the most represented years on the list, with 4 films each.

All films in the Wallace & Gromit franchise are on the list. Aardman is the most represented studio with five films on the list. All films by Aardman, DreamWorks Animation, Laika and Tim Burton are in the list.

The films on this chart have all had a theatrical run (including re-releases) since 1985, and 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.

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Highest-grossing stop motion films^[7]

Rank	Title	Worldwide gross	Year	Ref
1	Chicken Run	$224,834,564	2000	[# 126]
2	Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit	$192,610,372	2005	[# 127]
3	Coraline	$124,596,398	2009	[# 128]
4	The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!	$123,057,928	2012	[# 129]
5	Corpse Bride	$117,195,061	2005	[# 130]
6	The Boxtrolls	$109,285,033	2014	[# 131]
7	ParaNorman	$107,139,399	2012	[# 132]
8	Shaun the Sheep Movie	$102,182,512	2015	[# 133]
9	The Little Prince	$97,500,682	2015	[# 134]
10	Frankenweenie	$81,491,068	2012	[# 135]
11	The Nightmare Before Christmas	$76,128,123	1993	[# 136]
12	Fantastic Mr. Fox	$46,471,023	2009	[# 137]
13	James and the Giant Peach	$28,946,127	1996	[# 138]
14	Monkeybone	$13,034,364	2001	[# 139]
15	The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix	$5,914,576	1975	[# 140]
16	Anomalisa	$3,759,286	2015	[# 141]
17	Mary and Max	$1,725,381	2009	[# 142]
18	Wallace & Gromit: The Best of Aardman Animation	$1,009,577	1996	[# 143]
19	The Adventures of Mark Twain	$849,915	1985	[# 144]
20	$9.99	$708,354	2008	[# 145]
21	Worms	$688,009	2013	[# 146]
22	Moomins and the Comet Chase	$618,307	2010	[# 147]
23	A Town Called Panic	$196,176	2009	[# 148]
24	Hell and Back	$157,768	2015	[# 149]
25	Toys in the Attic	$126,469	2012	[# 150]

Traditional animation

The following chart is a list of the highest-grossing traditionally animated films. 42% of the films in the top 50 were released after 2000. 1998, 2000 and 2002 are the most represented years on the list, with 4 films each.

All films in The Jungle Book, SpongeBob SquarePants and the main series of Peter Pan franchises feature on the list; the Rugrats, Mickey Mouse & Pokémon franchises feature prominently. All of these five franchises are also the most represented with 2 films each. Disney is the most represented studio with 26 films on the list. All films by United Plankton at on the list.

The top 6 films on this list are also on the highest-grossing animated films list. Only The Lion King is also on the list of the highest-grossing films ranking in at 25th.

The films on this chart have all had a theatrical run (including re-releases) since 1972, and 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.

Highest-grossing traditionally animated films

Rank	Title	Worldwide gross	Year	Ref
1	The Lion King	$987,483,777	1994	[# 6]
2	The Simpsons Movie	$527,071,022	2007	[# 60]
3	Aladdin	$504,050,219	1992	[# 65]
4	Tarzan	$448,191,819	1999	[# 80]
5	Beauty and the Beast	$424,967,620	1991	[# 81]
6	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs	$418,200,000	1937	[# 82][# 83]
7	Pocahontas	$346,079,773	1995	[# 151]
8	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	$325,338,851	1996	[# 152]
9	The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water	$324,201,378	2015	[# 153]
10	Mulan	$304,320,254	1998	[# 154]
11	Spirited Away	$289,096,678	2001	[# 155]
12	Lilo & Stitch	$273,144,151	2002	[# 156]
13	Bambi	$267,447,150	1942	[# 157]
14	The Princess and the Frog	$267,045,765	2009	[# 158]
15	Cinderella	$263,591,415	1950	[# 159]
16	Hercules	$252,712,101	1997	[# 160]
17	Brother Bear	$250,397,798	2003	[# 161]
18	Howl's Moving Castle	$235,184,110	2004	[# 162]
19	The Prince of Egypt	$218,613,188	1998	[# 163]
20	One Hundred and One Dalmatians	$215,880,014	1961	[# 164]
21	The Little Mermaid	$211,343,479	1989	[# 165]
22	The Jungle Book	$205,843,612	1967	[# 166]
23	Ponyo	$201,750,937	2008	[# 167]
24	Atlantis: The Lost Empire	$186,053,725	2001	[# 168]
25	The Emperor's New Groove	$169,327,687	2000	[# 169]
26	Pokémon: The First Movie	$163,644,662	1998	[# 170]
27	Princess Mononoke	$159,375,308	1997	[# 171]
28	An American Tail	$150,000,000	1986	[# 172]
29	The Secret World of Arrietty	$145,570,827	2010	[# 173]
30	Peter Pan	$145,000,000	1953	[# 174]
31	The Rugrats Movie	$140,894,675	1998	[# 175]
32	The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie	$140,161,792	2004	[# 176]
33	Anastasia	$139,804,348	1997	[# 177]
34	The Wind Rises	$136,454,220	2013	[# 178]
35	The Jungle Book 2	$135,703,599	2003	[# 179]
36	Pokémon: The Movie 2000	$133,949,270	1999	[# 180]
37	Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron	$122,563,539	2002	[# 181]
38	Return to Never Land	$109,862,682	2002	[# 182]
39	Treasure Planet	$109,578,115	2002	[# 183]
40	Home on the Range	$103,951,485	2004	[# 184]
41	Rugrats in Paris: The Movie	$103,291,131	2000	[# 185]
42	The Tigger Movie	$96,159,800	2000	[# 186]
43	Lady and the Tramp	$93,602,326	1955	[# 187]
44	Fantasia 2000	$90,874,570	1999	[# 188]
45	Fritz the Cat	$90,000,000	1972	[# 189]
46	Pinocchio	$87,000,862	1940	[# 190]
47	The Land Before Time	$84,460,846	1988	[# 191]
48	Fantasia	$83,320,000	1940	[# 192]
49	Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas	$80,767,884	2003	[# 193]
50	The Road to El Dorado	$76,432,727	2000	[# 194]

Highest-grossing animated films by year

Every year since 1994 there has been at least one animated film grossing more than $250 million. 2010 is the year with the most animated films in the top 10 with 5.^{[# 195]} The years 1937, 1940, 1942, 1950, 1953, 1955, 1961, 1967, 1992, 1994, 1995, 2004, 2010, 2013 & 2016 were the top high-grossing films by year. Every year since 2015 there has been at least one animated film in the top 10 highest grossing film of the year.^{[# 196]}

Computer-animated films have been the highest earners in 1995 and every year since 1998, while 1975 and 1993 are the only years when a stop-motion animated feature grossed the highest. traditional animated films has top every other year.

All films in Ice Age, Toy Story and The Rescuers series were the highest-grossing animated films of the year they were released. Ice Age and Doraemon have the most high-grossing animated films by year, with four films each. Disney have the most top grossing by year with 31 films.

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Year	Title	Worldwide gross	Budget	Ref(s)
1937	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs	$418,200,000+ ($8,500,000)^R	$1,488,423	[# 82][# 197][# 198]
1938	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
1939	Gulliver's Travels	$3,200,000^*	$700,000	[# 199][# 200]
1940	Pinocchio	$87,000,862^* ($3,500,000)^R	$2,600,000	[# 190][# 198][# 201]
1941	Dumbo	$1,600,000^*	$950,000	[# 202][# 203]
1942	Bambi	$267,447,150 ($3,449,353)^R	$1,700,000–2,000,000	[# 157][# 204][# 205]
1943	Victory Through Air Power	$799,000^*	~$789,000	[# 206]
1944	The Three Caballeros	$700,000^MX	TBA	[# 207][# 208]
1945	The Enchanted Sword	ES€5,595,283^ES (~$90,000)	TBA	[# 209]
1946	Make Mine Music	$4,950,000^*	$1,370,000	[# 210][# 211]
1947	Fun and Fancy Free	$2,400,000^*	TBA	[8]
1948	Melody Time	$1,850,000^*	TBA	[9]
1949	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
1950	Cinderella	$263,591,415 ($20,000,000/$7,800,000)^*^R	$2,200,000	[# 212][# 213][# 201]
1951	Alice in Wonderland	$2,400,000^*	$3,000,000	[# 214][# 215]
1952	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
1953	Peter Pan	$145,000,000 ($7,000,000)	$3,000,000–4,000,000	[# 174]
1954	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
1955	Lady and the Tramp	$93,602,326^* ($6,500,000)^*^R	$4,000,000	[# 187][# 216]
1956	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
1957	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
1958	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
1959	Sleeping Beauty	$51,600,000^* ($5,300,000)^R	$6,000,000	[# 217][# 218][# 219][# 220]
1960	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
1961	One Hundred and One Dalmatians	$215,880,212	$3,600,000–4,000,000	[# 164][# 221][# 205]
1962	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
1963	The Sword in the Stone	$22,182,353^*^R ($13,050,777)^*^R	$4,000,000	[# 222][# 223]
1964	Hey There, It's Yogi Bear	$1,940,903^*-$2,438,233^* ($1,130,000)^R	TBA	[# 224][# 225][# 226]
1965	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
1966	The Man Called Flintstone	$2,764,684^*	TBA
1967	The Jungle Book	$205,843,612 ($170,800,000–199,475,744)	$3,900,000–4,000,000	[# 166][# 227][# 205]
1968	Out of an Old Man's Head	SEK1,270,971^SW (~$245,000)^H	TBA	[# 228]
1969	A Boy Named Charlie Brown	$6,000,000^*^R	$1,100,000	[# 229][# 230][# 231]
1970	The Aristocats	$55,675,257^* ($26,462,000)^R	$4,000,000	[# 232][# 233][# 234]
1971	Daisy Town	SEK1,202,319^SW (~$253,000)	TBA	[# 235]
1972	Fritz the Cat	$90,000,000	$850,000	[# 189]
1973	Robin Hood	$32,056,467^* ($17,160,000)^R	$1,500,000-$15,000,000	[# 236][# 237][# 238]
1974	Dunderklumpen!	SEK5,813,000^SW (~$2,675,205.50)^H	TBA	[# 239]
1975	The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix	$5,914,576^NW	TBA	[# 240]
1976	The Smurfs and the Magic Flute	$19,000,000	TBA	[# 241]
1977	The Rescuers	$71,215,869^* ($29,000,000)^*	$1,200,000-$8,000,000	[# 242][# 243]
1978	The Lord of the Rings	$30,471,420^*	$4,000,000	[# 244][# 245]
1979	The Little Convict	A$495,000^AU (~$547,000)	A$423,467 (~$468,000)	[# 246]
1980	Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur	¥1,550,000,000^JP (~$11,900,000)	TBA	[# 247]
1981	The Fox and the Hound	$63,456,988^* ($39,900,000)^*	$12,000,000	[# 248][# 249]
1982	The Secret of NIMH	$14,665,733^*	$7,000,000	[# 250][# 251]
1983	Doraemon: Nobita and the Castle of the Undersea Devil	¥1,000,000,000^JP (~$8,100,000)	TBA	[# 247]
1984	Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure into the Underworld	¥1,650,000,000^JP (~$13,500,000)	TBA	[# 247]
1985	The Care Bears Movie	$34,000,000 ($22,934,622)^*	$2,000,000-$4,500,000	[# 252][# 253]
1986	An American Tail	$84,542,002-$150,000,000+	$9,000,000	[# 254]
1987	Doraemon: Nobita and the Knights on Dinosaurs	¥1,500,000,000^JP (~$13,100,000)	TBA	[# 247]
1988	The Land Before Time	$84,460,846	$12,300,000	[# 191][# 255]
1989	The Little Mermaid	$211,343,479 ($84,355,863)^*	$40,000,000	[# 165][# 256]
1990	The Rescuers Down Under	$47,431,461	TBA	[# 257]
1991	Beauty and the Beast	$424,967,620 ($351,863,363)	$25,000,000	[# 81]
1992	Aladdin	$504,050,219	$28,000,000	[# 65][# 205]
1993	The Nightmare Before Christmas	$76,128,123 ($50,003,043)^*	$18,000,000	[# 136][# 258]
1994	The Lion King	$987,483,777 ($766,964,132)	$45,000,000–79,300,000	[# 259]
1995	Toy Story	$370,638,993 ($361,958,736)	$30,000,000	[# 123][# 260]
1996	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	$325,338,851	$100,000,000	[# 152]
1997	Hercules	$252,712,101	$85,000,000	[# 160]
1998	A Bug's Life	$363,398,565	$120,000,000	[# 261]
1999	Toy Story 2	$490,728,379 ($485,015,179)	$90,000,000	[# 69][# 262]
2000	Dinosaur	$349,822,765	$127,500,000	[# 263]
2001	Monsters, Inc.	$562,816,256 ($525,373,250)	$115,000,000	[# 50]
2002	Ice Age	$383,257,136	$59,000,000	[# 116]
2003	Finding Nemo	$936,743,261 ($864,614,978)	$94,000,000	[# 10]
2004	Shrek 2	$919,838,758	$150,000,000	[# 13]
2005	Madagascar	$532,680,671	$75,000,000	[# 59]
2006	Ice Age: The Meltdown	$661,483,908 ($655,388,158)	$80,000,000	[# 32]
2007	Shrek the Third	$798,958,162	$160,000,000	[# 20]
2008	Kung Fu Panda	$631,744,560	$130,000,000	[# 36]
2009	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	$886,686,817	$90,000,000	[# 15]
2010	Toy Story 3	$1,063,171,911	$200,000,000	[# 4]
2011	Kung Fu Panda 2	$665,692,281	$150,000,000	[# 30]
2012	Ice Age: Continental Drift	$877,244,782	$95,000,000	[# 17]
2013	Frozen	$1,287,000,000	$150,000,000	[# 1]
2014	Big Hero 6	$657,827,828	$165,000,000	[# 34]
2015	Minions	$1,159,398,397	$74,000,000	[# 3]
2016	Zootopia	$933,947,990	$150,000,000	[# 12][# 264]

• ( ... ) Since grosses are not limited to original theatrical runs, a film's first-run gross is included in brackets after the total if known.
• ^*Canada and U.S. gross only.
• ^ESSpanish gross only.
• ^SWSwedish gross only.
• ^NWNorvegian gross only.
• ^AUAustralian gross only.
• ^JPJapanese gross only.
• ^MXMexican gross only.
• ^RDistributor rental.
• ^TBATo be ascertained.
• ^N/ANot available. No animated feature length film was created in that year as Gulliver's Travels (1939 film) was the second feature animated film after Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)
• ^HTheses films contain some animated/live-action film. .

Timeline of highest-grossing animated films

At least 7 animated films have held the record of highest-grossing animated film at different times. Four of these were Disney films and two by Pixar. Shrek 2 is the only non-Disney and/or Pixar film on the list, having been made by DreamWorks Animation.

Snow White held the record for the longest, with 55 years, while Aladdin held it for the shortest period of 1 year. The Lion King was the last non-CG animated film to hold the record. Shrek 2 and Toy Story 3 are the only sequels to hold the record. Finding Nemo was the first CG animated film.

All of these films are still among the highest grossing animated films, and only Snow White and Aladdin are not also among the highest-grossing films.

Title	Established	Record-setting gross	Ref
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs	1938	$8,500,000[nb 1]	[# 265][# 266]
	1993	$418,200,000	[# 83]
Aladdin[nb 2]	1993	$504,050,219	[# 65]
The Lion King	1994	$768,000,000	[# 7]
	2002	$783,841,776	[# 267]
Finding Nemo	2003	$867,893,978	[# 11]
Shrek 2	2004	$919,838,758	[# 13]
Toy Story 3	2010	$1,063,171,911	[# 4]
Frozen	2014	$1,287,000,000	[# 1]

Highest-grossing animated franchises and film series

The following chart is a list of the highest-grossing animated film franchises. The top five are among the highest grossing film franchises of all-time and, respectively, are ranked 13th, 17th, 19th, 21th and 23rd of all time.. The Despicable Me franchise has the highest per-film average, with over $890 million per film. All franchise by DreamWorks Animation (who are the most represented studio with 4 franchises), Pixar, Blue Sky are on the list. A given franchise needs to have at least 2 theatrically released films to be on this list.

   Background shading indicates that at least one film in the series is playing in the week commencing 06 May 2016 in theaters around the world.

Highest-grossing animated franchises and film series^[§]

(The films in each franchise can be viewed by selecting "show")

Rank Series Total worldwide box office No. of films Average of films Highest-grossing film

1 Shrek $3,510,794,482 5 $702,158,896 Shrek 2 ($919,838,758) Main series $2,955,807,005 4 $738,951,751 Shrek 2 ($919,838,758) 1 Shrek 2 (2004) $919,838,758 2 Shrek the Third (2007) $798,958,162 3 Shrek Forever After (2010) $752,600,867 4 Shrek (2001) $484,409,218 Puss in Boots (2011) $554,987,477

2 Ice Age $2,808,672,643 4 $702,168,161 Dawn of the Dinosaurs ($886,686,817) 1 Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009) $886,686,817 2 Continental Drift (2012) $877,244,782 3 The Meltdown (2006) $661,483,908 4 Ice Age (2002) $383,257,136

3 Despicable Me $2,673,274,267 3 $891,091,422 Minions ($1,159,398,397) Main series $1,513,875,870 2 $756,937,935 Despicable Me 2 ($970,761,885) 1 Despicable Me 2 (2013) $970,761,885 2 Despicable Me (2010) $543,113,985 Minions (2015) $1,159,398,397

4 Madagascar $2,256,517,920 4 $564,129,480 Europe's Most Wanted ($746,921,274) Main series $1,883,502,299 3 $627,834,100 Europe's Most Wanted ($746,921,274) 1 Europe's Most Wanted (2012) $746,921,274 2 Escape 2 Africa (2008) $603,900,354 3 Madagascar (2005) $532,680,671 Penguins of Madagascar (2014) $373,015,621

5 Toy Story $1,956,823,883 3 $652,274,628 Toy Story 3 ($1,063,171,911) 1 Toy Story 3 (2010) $1,063,171,911 2 Toy Story 2 (1999) $490,728,379 3 Toy Story (1995) $370,638,993 4 Toy Story / Toy Story 2 (3D) (2009) $32,284,600

6 Kung Fu Panda $1,805,987,527 3 $601,995,842 Kung Fu Panda 2 ($665,692,281) 1 Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011) $665,692,281 2 Kung Fu Panda (2008) $631,744,560 3 Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016) ^+ $508,550,686

7 Cars $1,412,260,044 4 $353,065,011 Cars 2 ($559,852,396) Main series $1,021,835,545 2 $510,917,773 Cars 2 ($559,852,396) 1 Cars 2 (2011) $559,852,396 2 Cars (2006) $461,983,149 Planes series $390,424,499 2 $195,212,250 Planes ($239,258,712) 1 Planes (2013) $239,258,712 2 Fire & Rescue (2014) $151,165,787

8 Monsters, Inc. $1,306,375,863 2 $653,187,932 Monsters University ($743,559,607) 1 Monsters University (2013) $743,559,607 2 Monsters, Inc. (2001) $562,816,256

9 How to Train Your Dragon $1,113,788,694 2 $556,894,347 How to Train Your Dragon 2 ($618,909,935) 1 How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014) $618,909,935 2 How to Train Your Dragon (2010) $494,878,759

10 Doraemon $1,025,299,462 37 $27,710,796 Stand by Me Doraemon ($183,442,714) New Generation ^+ $581,107,284 12 $48,425,607 Stand by Me Doraemon ($183,442,714) 1 Stand by Me Doraemon (2014) $183,442,714 2 Nobita and the Island of Miracles—Animal Adventure (2012) $46,667,538 3 Nobita's Secret Gadget Museum (2013) $40,161,009 4 Nobita's Great Battle of the Mermaid King (2010) $39,105,103 5 Nobita's great adventure in the underworld (2007) $38,743,880 6 Nobita and the Green Giant Legend (2008) $38,428,699 7 Nobita's Space Heroes (2015) $36,019,702 8 Peko and the Exploration Party of Five (2014) $35,861,856 9 Nobita and The Birth of Japan 2016 (2016) ^+ $35,500,000 10 Nobita's Dinosaur 2006 (2006) $30,811,345 11 Nobita and the New Steel Troops-Winged Angels (2011) $29,660,434 12 The Record of Nobita's Spaceblazer (2009) $26,705,004 Original Series $444,192,178 25 $17,767,687 Nobita's the Legend of the Sun King ($32,000,000) 1 Nobita's the Legend of the Sun King (2000) $32,000,000 2 Nobita and the Winged Braves (2001) $31,000,000 3 Nobita in the Wan-Nyan Spacetime Odyssey (2004) $28,700,000 4 Nobita and the Birth of Japan (1989) $24,000,000 5 Nobita and the Windmasters (2003) $23,428,491 6 Nobita in the Robot Kingdom (2002) $21,053,687 7 Nobita's Great Adventure in the South Seas (1998) $21,010,000 8 Nobita and the Spiral City (1997) $20,000,000 9 Nobita Drifts in the Universe (1999) $19,900,000 10 Nobita and the Animal Planet (1990) $19,000,000 11 Nobita's Dorabian Nights (1991) $18,000,000 12 Nobita and the Galaxy Super-express (1996) $18,000,000 13 Nobita and the Kingdom of Clouds (1992) $17,900,000 14 Nobita and the Tin Labyrinth (1993) $17,600,000 15 Nobita's Diary of the Creation of the World (1995) $15,900,000 16 The Records of Nobita, Spaceblazer (1981) $14,400,000 17 Nobita's Great Adventure into the Underworld (1984) $13,500,000 18 Nobita's Three Visionary Swordsmen (1994) $13,100,000 19 Nobita and the Knights on Dinosaurs (1987) $13,100,000 20 The Record of Nobita's Parallel Visit to the West (1988) $12,100,000 21 Nobita's Dinosaur (1980) $11,900,000 22 Nobita and the Steel Troops (1986) $11,100,000 23 Nobita and the Haunts of Evil (1982) $9,800,000 24 Nobita's Little Star Wars (1985) $9,600,000 25 Nobita and the Castle of the Undersea Devil (1983) $8,100,000

11 Rio $984,824,195 2 $492,412,098 Rio 2 ($500,188,435) 1 Rio 2 (2014) $500,188,435 2 Rio (2011) $484,635,760

12 Pokémon $932,447,680 18 $51,802,649 The First Movie ($163,644,662) The Original $297,593,932 2 $148,796,966 The First Movie ($163,644,662) 1 The First Movie (1998) $163,644,662 2 The Movie 2000 (1999) $133,949,270 Diamond & Pearl $207,651,955 4 $51,912,989 Zoroark: Master of Illusions ($71,143,529) 1 Zoroark Master of Illusions(2010) $71,143,529 2 Arceus and the Jewel of Life(2009) $50,673,078 3 Giratina and the Sky Warrior (2008) $43,338,599 4 The Rise of Darkrai (2007) $42,496,749 Best Wishes! $135,384,123 3 $45,128,041 Black—Victini and Reshiram and White—Victini and Zekrom ($57,082,491) 1 Black—Victini and Reshiram and White—Victini and Zekrom (2011) $57,082,491 2 Kyurem vs. the Sword of Justice (2012) $46,008,255 3 Genesect and the Legend Awakened (2013) $32,293,377 Advanced Generation $131,733,093 4 $32,933,273 Lucario and the Mystery of Mew ($37,150,760) 1 Lucario and the Mystery of Mew (2005) $37,150,760 2 Destiny Deoxys (2004) $34,337,258 3 Jirachi Wish Maker (2003) $33,393,751 4 Ranger and the Temple of the Sea (2006) $26,851,324 Johto $117,302,757 3 $39,100,919 3: The Movie ($68,411,275) 1 3: The Movie (2000) $68,411,275 2 4Ever (2001) $28,023,563 3 Heroes (2002) $20,867,919 XY $44,732,338 2 $22,366,169 Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction ($26,732,338) 1 Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction (2014) $26,732,338 2 Hoopa and the Clash of Ages (2015) $18,000,000

13 Hotel Transylvania $827,881,513 2 $413,940,757 Hotel Transylvania 2 ($469,505,910) 1 Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015) ^+ $469,505,910 2 Hotel Transylvania (2012) $358,375,603

14 Case Closed $644,031,934 21 $30,668,187 The Eleventh Striker ($44,068,406) Main series ^+ $602,634,202 20 $30,131,710 The Eleventh Striker ($44,068,406) 1 The Eleventh Striker (2012) $44,068,406 2 Sunflowers of Inferno (2015) $43,782,211 3 Quarter of Silence (2011) $42,808,578 4 The Raven Chaser (2009) $39,664,359 5 Dimensional Sniper (2014) $39,424,975 6 Private Eye in the Distant Sea (2013) $36,054,366 7 The Phantom of Baker Street (2002) $35,926,093 8 The Darkest Nightmare (2016) ^+ $33,900,000 9 Crossroad in the Ancient Capital (2003) $33,006,492 10 The Lost Ship in the Sky (2010) $31,944,609 11 The Private Eyes' Requiem (2006) $30,848,980 12 Countdown to Heaven (2001) $29,555,701 13 Magician of the Silver Sky (2004) $28,430,972 14 Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure (2007) $26,834,266 15 Captured in Her Eyes (2000) $25,455,861 16 Full Score of Fear (2008) $24,576,215 17 Strategy Above the Depths (2005) $22,699,114 18 The Last Wizard of the Century (1999) $17,719,333 19 The Fourteenth Target (1998) $14,528,588 20 The Time Bombed Skyscraper (1997) $1,405,083 Lupin the 3rd vs. Detective Conan: The Movie (2013) $41,397,727

15 Happy Feet $534,742,074 2 $267,371,037 Happy Feet ($384,335,608) 1 Happy Feet (2006) $384,335,608 2 Happy Feet Two (2011) $150,406,466

16 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs $517,332,075 2 $258,666,038 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 ($274,325,949) 1 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013) $274,325,949 2 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009) $243,006,126

17 SpongeBob SquarePants $464,363,170 2 $232,181,585 Sponge Out of Water ($324,201,378) 1 Sponge Out of Water (2015) $324,201,378 2 The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004) $140,161,792

18 Peter Pan $435,089,094 8 $54,386,137 Peter Pan ($145,000,000) Main series $254,862,682 2 $127,431,341 Peter Pan ($145,000,000) 1 Peter Pan (1953) $145,000,000 2 Return to Never Land (2002) $109,862,682 Tinker Bell series $180,226,412 6 $30,037,735 Secret of the Wings ($67,537,798) 1 Secret of the Wings (2012) $67,537,798 2 The Pirate Fairy (2014) $64,942,074 3 The Legend of the NeverBeast (2014) $19,092,013 4 Great Fairy Rescue (2010) $10,872,752 5 Tinker Bell (2008) $9,199,510 6 The Lost Treasure (2009) $8,582,265

19 Dragon Ball $344,560,000 19 $18,134,737 Resurrection 'F' ($62,760,000) Dragon Ball Z series $314,560,000 15 $20,970,667 Resurrection 'F' ($62,760,000) 1 Resurrection 'F' (2015) $62,760,000 2 Battle of Gods (2013) $50,800,000 3 Fusion Reborn (1995) $23,000,000 4 Broly – Second Coming (1994) $22,000,000 5 Broly – The Legendary Super Saiyan (1993) $20,000,000 6 The Return of Cooler (1992) $19,000,000 7 Super Android 13! (1992) $19,000,000 8 Bojack Unbound (1993) $19,000,000 9 Bio-Broly (1994) $18,000,000 10 Cooler's Revenge (1991) $16,000,000 11 Lord Slug (1991) $15,000,000 12 Wrath of the Dragon (1995) $11,000,000 13 Dead Zone (1989) $7,000,000 14 The World's Strongest (1990) $6,000,000 15 The Tree of Might (1990) $6,000,000 Dragon Ball series $30,000,000 4 $7,500,000 The Path to Power ($9,000,000) 1 The Path to Power (1996) $9,000,000 2 Mystical Adventure (1988) $8,000,000 3 Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle (1987) $7,000,000 4 Curse of the Blood Rubies (1986) $6,000,000

20 The Jungle Book $341,547,211 2 $170,773,606 The Jungle Book ($205,843,612) 1 The Jungle Book (1967) $205,843,612 2 The Jungle Book 2 (2003) $135,703,599

See also

• List of highest-grossing films
• List of highest-grossing openings for animated films
• List of highest-grossing anime films
• Most expensive animated films

Notes

1. Snow White earned $8.5 million in gross rental upon its initial release, in the process becoming the highest-grossing sound film. The gross rental is the distributor's share of the box-office gross and was more commonly reported than the exhibition gross up to the 1970s.
2. It is possible Aladdin never took the record. Aladdin's release (1992–1993) coincided with a Snow White reissue, and it is possible that Snow White ended up grossing more. Snow White had grossed a total of $330 million up to 1987, and then added a further $88 million in North America from its 1987 and 1993 reissues; it is unknown how much Snow White made from these reissues outside of North America, but if the foreign gross matched or exceeded the North American gross then Snow White would have earned more.

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1. Frozen
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   Total as of August 31, 2014: $249,036,646

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   Total as of July 27, 2014: $21,668,593

   Total as of November 2, 2014: $22,492,845

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   Total as of August 17, 2014: $167,333

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   Total as of June 8, 2014: £39,090,985

   Total as of November 30, 2014: £40,960,083 ($1 = £0.63866)

   Total as of December 7, 2014: £41,087,765 ($1 = £0.64136)

   Total as of December 14, 2014: £41,170,608 ($1 = £0.636)

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75. "Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved March 13, 2016.
76. "The Lego Movie". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
77. "Animation Movies at the Box Office". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on June 28, 2014.
78. "Cars (2006)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved October 12, 2010.
79. "Animation Movies at the Box Office". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on November 10, 2006.
80. "Tarzan (1999)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved October 13, 2010.
81. "Beauty and the Beast (1991)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved March 21, 2012.
82. "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)". IMDb. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
83. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
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    • 1987 & 1993 grosses from North America: "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs – Releases". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 29, 2014. 1987 release – $46,594,212; 1993 release – $41,634,471
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87. "Animation Movies at the Box Office". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on June 12, 2007.
88. "Animation - Computer". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on April 4, 2014.
89. "Animation - Computer". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on November 20, 2010.
90. "Animation - Computer". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on January 22, 2014.
91. "Animation - Computer". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on August 3, 2004.
92. "Animation - Computer". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on October 13, 2004.
93. "Animation - Computer". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on October 5, 2009.
94. "Animation - Computer". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on August 30, 2012.
95. "Animation - Computer". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on October 26, 2007.
96. "Animation - Computer". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on December 9, 2012.
97. "Animation - Computer". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on September 29, 2013.
98. "Animation - Computer". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on December 20, 2009.
99. "Animation - Computer". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on October 15, 2011.
100. "Animation - Computer". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on July 9, 2006.
101. "Animation - Computer". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on June 26, 2015.
102. "Animation - Computer". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on December 16, 2008.
103. "Animation - Computer". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on April 17, 2006.
104. "Animation - Computer". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on September 9, 2014.
105. "Animation - Computer". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on February 23, 2009.
106. "Animation - Computer". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011.
107. "All Time - Worldwide". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on June 2, 2013.
108. "Animation - Computer". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on May 1, 2012.
109. "Animation - Computer". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on December 1, 2008.
110. "Animation - Computer". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on January 1, 2012.
111. "Animation - Computer". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on April 24, 2013.
112. "Animation - Computer". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on June 28, 2014.
113. "Animation - Computer". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on August 20, 2006.
114. "Animation - Computer". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015.
115. "Animation - Computer". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on June 12, 2007.
116. "Ice Age (2002)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved October 13, 2010.
117. "All Time - Worldwide". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on June 19, 2003.
118. "Monsters vs. Aliens (2009)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved October 13, 2010.
119. "Animation - Computer". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on August 1, 2009.
120. "The Adventures of Tintin (2011)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved March 21, 2012.
121. "Animation - Computer". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on March 1, 2012.
122. "Penguins of Madagascar (2014)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
123. Toy Story
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124. "Shark Tale (2004)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved October 13, 2010.
125. "All Time - Worldwide". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on July 15, 2005.
126. "Chicken Run (2000)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
127. "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
128. "Coraline (2009)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
129. "The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! (2012)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
130. "Tim Burton's Corpse Bride (2005)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
131. "The Boxtrolls (2014)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
132. "ParaNorman (2012)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
133. Shaun the Sheep Movie
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134. "The Little Prince". Box office Mojo. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
135. "Frankenweenie (2012)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
136. "The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
137. "Fantastic Mr. Fox". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
138. "James and the Giant Peach". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
139. "Monkeybone". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
140. "The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix (1975)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved July 5, 2015.
141. "Anomalisa (2016)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
142. "Mary and Max". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
143. "Wallace and Gromit:The Best of Aardman Animation". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
144. "The Adventures of Mark Twain". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
145. "$9.99". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
146. "Minhocas (Worms)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
147. "Moomins and the Comet Chase". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
148. "A Town Called Panic". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
149. "Hell and Back". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
150. "Toys in the Attic". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
151. "Pocahontas (1995)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
152. "The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
153. "The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
154. "Mulan (1998)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
155. Spirited Away
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     North American gross: $10,055,859

     Japanese gross: $229,607,878 (March 31, 2002)

     Other territories: $28,940,019

     Japanese gross
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     End of 2001: $227 million

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     Across 2001 and 2002: $270 million

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     As of 2008: $290 million

156. "Lilo & Stitch (2002)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
157. "Bambi (1942)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
158. "The Princess and the Frog (2009)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
159. "Cinderella". The Numbers. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
160. "Hercules (1997)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
161. "Brother Bear (2003)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
162. "Howl's Moving Castle (2005)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
163. "The Prince of Egypt (1998)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
164. "101 Dalmatians (1961)". Boxoffice. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
165. "The Little Mermaid (1989)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
166. "The Jungle Book (1967)". Boxoffice. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
167. "Ponyo (2009)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
168. "Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
169. "The Emperor's New Groove (2000)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
170. "Pokémon: The First Movie (1999)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
171. "Princess Mononoke (1999)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
172. "An American Tail". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
173. "The Secret World of Arrietty (2012)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
174. "Peter Pan (1953) – Notes". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
175. "The Rugrats Movie (1998)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
176. "The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
177. "Anastasia (1997)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
178. "Kaze tachinu". IMDb. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
179. "The Jungle Book 2 (2003)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
180. "Pokémon: The Movie 2000 (2000)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
181. "Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
182. "Return to Never Land (2002)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
183. "Treasure Planet (2002)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
184. "Home on the Range (2004)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
185. "Rugrats in Paris: The Movie (2000)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
186. "The Tigger Movie (2000)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
187. "Lady and the Tramp (1955)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
188. "Fantasia 2000 (35mm & IMAX) (2000)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
189. Robinson, Tasha (December 6, 2000). "Ralph Bakshi - Interview". A.V. Club. Retrieved September 6, 2014. And Fritz was a $700,000 picture that made $90 million worldwide, and is still playing.
190. "Pinocchio". Box Office. Retrieved September 28, 2014.
191. "The Land Before Time". Boxoffice. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
192. "Fantasia (1940)". The Numbers. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
193. "Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
194. "The Road to El Dorado (2000)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
195. "Worldwide 2010 box office". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
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197. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
     • Monaco, Paul (2010). A History of American Movies: A Film-By-Film Look at the Art, Craft, and Business of Cinema. Scarecrow Press. p. 54. ISBN 9780810874343. Considered a highly risky gamble when the movie was in production in the mid-1930s, by the fiftieth anniversary of its 1937 premiere Snow White's earnings exceeded $330 million.
     • Wilhelm, Henry Gilmer; Brower, Carol (1993). The Permanence and Care of Color Photographs: Traditional and Digital Color Prints, Color Negatives, Slides, and Motion Pictures. Preservation Pub. p. 359. ISBN 978-0911515008. In only 2 months after the 1987 re-release, the film grossed another $45 million—giving it a total gross to date of about $375 million!
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198. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Pinocchio
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     p. 207. "When the budget rose from $250,000 to $1,488,423 he even mortgaged his own home and automobile. Disney had bet more than his company on the success of Snow White."

     p. 237. "By the end of 1938, it had grossed more than $8 million in worldwide rentals and was ranked at the time as the second-highest-grossing film after the 1925 epic Ben-Hur".

     p. 255. "On its initial release Pinocchio brought in only $1.6 million in domestic rentals (compared with Snow White's $4.2 million) and $1.9 million in foreign rentals (compared with Snow White's $4.3 million)."

199. Stack, Peter. "Reawakening the Giant / Producer, sound man revive classic `Gulliver's Travels'". SF Gate. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
200. "Gulliver's Travels (1939) - Notes - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved June 19, 2015.
201. Barrier, Michael (2003). Hollywood Cartoons: American Animation in Its Golden Age. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 266. ISBN 9780199839223. The film's negative cost was $2.6 million, more than $1 million higher than Snow White's.
202. Barrier, 318
203. "Dumbo". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
204. Block & Wilson 2010, p. 281. "Worldwide rentals of $3,449,353 barely recouped the film's nearly $2 million production cost."
205. Block & Wilson 2010, pp. 712–713.
     • Bambi: "Worldwide Box Office: $266.8; Production Cost: $1.7 (Millions of $s)"
     • 101 Dalmatians: "Worldwide Box Office: $215.0; Production Cost: $3.6 (Millions of $s)"
     • The Jungle Book: "Worldwide Box Office: $170.8"; Production Cost: $3.9 (Millions of $s)"
     • Aladdin: "Worldwide Box Office: $505.1"; Production Cost: $28.0 (Millions of $s)"
206. "Victory Through Air Power". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
207. "The Three Caballeros". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
208. "The Three Caballeros". American Film Institute Catalog. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
209. "The Enchanted Sword". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
210. "1946 Top Box Office Movies". ultimatemovierankings.com. Retrieved June 13, 2015.
211. Abraham, Adam. When Magoo Flew: The Rise and Fall of Animation Studio UPA. Wesleyan University Press. p. 189. ISBN 978-0-8195-7270-7.
212. "Cinderella (1950)". Boxoffice. Retrieved August 29, 2013.
213. Eisner, Michael D.; Schwartz, Tony (2009). Work in Progress. Pennsylvania State University. p. 178. ISBN 9780786885077. Cinderella revived its fortunes. Re-released in February 1950, it cost nearly $3 million to make but earned more than $20 million worldwide.
214. 'The Top Box Office Hits of 1951', Variety, January 2, 1952
215. "Magical Kingdoms". Retrieved 30 September 2014.
216. "Lady and the Tramp (1955) – Notes". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
217. "Sleeping Beauty (1959)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
218. Schickel, Richard (1968). The Disney Version: The Life, Times, Art and Commerce of Walt Disney. Chicago: Simon & Schuster. p. 299. ISBN 1-5666-3158-0.
219. Reid, John Howard (2005). Success in the Cinema: Money-Making Movies and Critics' Choices. Raleigh, North Carolina: Lulu. p. 43. ISBN 1-8472-8088-9.
220. Thomas, Bob (1976). Walt Disney: An American Original (1994 ed.). New York: Hyperion Press. pp. 294–295. ISBN 0-7868-6027-8.
221. "One Hundred and One Dalmatians". Variety. December 31, 1960. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
222. "The Sword in the Stone". The Numbers. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
223. "Big Rental Pictures of 1964", Variety, January 6, 1965 p 39.
224. "Hey There, It's Yogi Bear (re-issue)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
225. "Hey There, It's Yogi Bear". The Numbers. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
226. "Big Rental Pictures of 1964", Variety, 6 January 1965 p 39.
227. "The Jungle Book". Variety. December 31, 1966. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
228. Press reaction and comment at the Swedish Film Institute (Swedish)
229. "Big Rental Films of 1970", Variety, 6 January 1971 p 11
230. "A Boy Named Charlie Brown". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
231. "Schulz, Charlie Brown Finally Make It to the Movies: Peanuts Makes It to the Movies" by Warga, Wayne. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, CA] 29 Mar 1970.
232. "The Aristocats, Box Office Information". The Numbers. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
233. "The Aristocats". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
234. "Magical Kingdoms". Magical Kingdoms. 1970-12-24. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
235. "Daisy Town". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
236. "Robin Hood". The Numbers. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
237. "Robin Hood: the outlaw brought to us by Errol Flynn, Disney, Kevin Costner and Russell Crowe". MovieReviewsByMatt.WordPress.com. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
238. "Robin Hood". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
239. "Dunderklumpen! (1974)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved July 5, 2015.
240. "The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix (1975)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved July 5, 2015.
241. "A Rally For G Ratings Clubhouse Gets Bandwagon Rolling For Family Entertainment". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
242. "The Rescuers (1977)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
243. "The Rescuers Review". Movies.tvguide.com. September 3, 2008. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
244. "The Lord of the Rings (1978)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
245. Beck, Jerry (2005). "The Lord of the Rings". The Animated Movie Guide. Chicago Review Press. p. 155. ISBN 978-1-55652-591-9.
246. "The Little Convict". OZmovies.com. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
247. Jaeger, Eren. "Past Doraemon Films". Forums.BoxOffice.com. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
248. "The Fox and the Hound (1981)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
249. Ansen, David (July 13, 1981). "Forest Friendship". Newsweek: 81.
250. "The Secret of NIMH (1982)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
251. Cawley, John (October 1991). "The Secret of N.I.M.H.". The Animated Films of Don Bluth. Image Pub of New York. ISBN 0-685-50334-8.
252. Hayden, Gene (August 7, 1989). "Babar's triumphs". Maclean's (Maclean Hunter Limited): 48. Founded in 1972, [sic] the [Nelvana] company earned an international reputation in 1984, after American director George Lucas—best known for the Star Wars movie series—hired the studio to create two animated TV spin-off series, Ewoks and Droids. A year later, Ohio's American Greetings Corp. and Kenner Parker Toys Inc. commissioned Nelvana to produce the animated Care Bears Movie. Earning $34 million in 1985, it became at the time the world's most profitable non-Disney animated movie. Buoyed by that success, Nelvana made two sequels. But the last of the trilogy, the 1987 Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland, which Nelvana produced for just under $5 million, only broke even. Conceded Hirsh: 'It was just one [sequel] too many.'
253. Sources differ as to the actual cost of The Care Bears Movie.
     • US$2 million: Foley (2003), Foley, Doug (December 1, 2003). "Hamilton native animates the movies with passion". The Hamilton Spectator (TDNG Inc.). p. G.09. Retrieved August 29, 2014. (registration required (help)). [Animator David Brewster] ended up in Toronto at Leach and Rankin, an animation firm, and working on The Care Bears Movie [which] cost about $2 million to make and made more than $20 million at the box office.Stewart (2005) Stewart, James B. (2005). "The Wonderful World of Disney". DisneyWar. Simon & Schuster. p. 70. ISBN 0-684-80993-1.
     • US$3 million: Salamon (1985), Salamon, Julie (April 16, 1985). "At the Movies: Care Bears Hit It Big, Onscreen and Off". The Wall Street Journal. p. 32 (W)/28 (E). Daniell (1985), Daniell, Tina (April 24, 1985). "Care Bear market is looking bullish". The Milwaukee Journal (Journal Communications). p. 7 (Part 3). Retrieved August 29, 2014. Stoffman (2002)
     • US$3.5 million: Adilman (1987), Adilman, Sid (April 5, 1987). "Nelvana taking its dream to the screen: Company has overcome $4 million hurdle to become one of Canada's top producers of movies and TV series". Toronto Star. p. E.1. Retrieved August 29, 2014. (registration required (help)). Among [Nelvana's] credits are: ... * The animated Care Bears movies whose third romp, The Care Bears' Adventure In Wonderland!, will be released in August. The first Care Bears movie, made for $3.5 million, took in $25 million at the box office and the second one grossed $12 million. Lerch (1988) Lerch, Renate (February 9, 1988). "Nelvana finds reel success in animated films". The Financial Post (Financial Post Ltd.). p. 17. The first [Care Bears] movie, released in 1985, grossed $25 million at the box office. Its $3.5-million budget was financed by American Greetings in partnership with Kenner-Parker Toys Inc. of Beverly, Mass. The Americans also funded the sequel, which brought in $12 million. Nelvana financed the third movie itself and it has so far grossed $6 million.
     • US$4 million: Harmetz (1985), Canby, Vincent (March 21, 1986). "Screen: Care Bears in a Sequel". The New York Times. Retrieved August 29, 2014. Walmsley (1985), Walmsley, Ann (May 27, 1985). "A bearish movie with bullish results". Maclean's (Maclean Hunter Limited): 54. Englehardt (1986), Engelhardt, Tom (1986). "Children's Television: The Shortcake Strategy". In Gitlin, Todd. Watching Television: A Pantheon Guide to Popular Culture. Pantheon Books (Random House). pp. 82–83. ISBN 0-394-74651-1. Solomon (1986), Solomon, Charles (July 27, 1986). "Movies of the 1980s: Animation—Mice Dreams". Los Angeles Times. p. Calendar 5. Retrieved August 29, 2014. Beck (2005)
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254. "An American Tail (1986)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
255. "The Land Before Time". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
256. Stewart, James B. (2005). DisneyWar, p. 104. ISBN 0-684-80993-1. Simon & Schuster. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
257. "The Rescuers Down Under (1990)". IMDB. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
258. Mark Salisbury, Tim Burton (2006). Burton on Burton. London: Faber and Faber. pp. 121–127. ISBN 0-571-22926-3.
259. The Lion King
     • Total: "The Lion King (1994)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved August 29, 2014. Worldwide: $987,483,777; Production Budget: $45 million
     • IMAX release (2002): "The Lion King (IMAX)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved August 29, 2014. North America:$15,686,215; Overseas: $1,191,429
     • Total prior to 3D release (2011): "The Lion King (1994)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on August 5, 2014. $783,841,776
     • As of 2010: Block & Wilson 2010, p. 764. "Production Cost: $79.3 (Unadjusted $s in Millions of $s)."
260. "Toy Story". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
261. "A Bug's Life (1998)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved October 13, 2010.
262. "Toy Story 2 (3D)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
263. "Dinosaur (2000)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
264. "‘Zootopia’ Tops the Box Office". New York Times. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
265. Block, Alex Ben; Wilson, Lucy Autrey, eds. (2010). George Lucas's Blockbusting: A Decade-By-Decade Survey of Timeless Movies Including Untold Secrets of Their Financial and Cultural Success. HarperCollins. p. 255. ISBN 9780061778896. On its initial release Pinocchio brought in only $1.6 million in domestic rentals (compared with Snow White's $4.2 million) and $1.9 million in foreign rentals (compared with Snow White's $4.3 million)."
266. "Show Business: Record Wind". Time. February 19, 1940. Archived from the original on February 2, 2010. Retrieved January 19, 2013.
267. "The Lion King (1994)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on June 23, 2011. Total after IMAX reissue but before 3D re-release: $783,841,776

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• "Franchise Index". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 3, 2013.
• Shrek
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• Toy Story
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• Madagascar
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• Kung Fu Panda
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• Despicable Me
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• How to Train Your Dragon
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• Rio
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• Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
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  • "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved March 25, 2014.
• SpongeBob SquarePants
  • "The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
  • "The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie 2 (2015)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved December 22, 2015.
• Peter Pan
  • "Peter Pan (1953) – Notes". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
  • "Return to Never Land (2002)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
  • "Tinker Bell". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved July 5, 2014.
  • "Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved July 5, 2014.
  • "Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved July 5, 2014.
  • "Tinker Bell - The Secret of the Wings (2012)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved August 17, 2014.
  • "The Pirate Fairy". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved August 8, 2014.
  • "Tinker Bell and the Legend of the Neverbeast". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
• The Jungle Book
  • "The Jungle Book (1967)". Boxoffice. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
  • "The Jungle Book 2 (2003)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
• Cars
  • "Cars (franchise)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved December 22, 2015.
  • "Planes (2013)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved December 22, 2015.
  • "Planes: fire and rescue". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved December 22, 2015.
• Monsters, Inc.
  • "Monsters, Inc. (2001)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved December 22, 2015.
  • "Monsters University (2013)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved December 22, 2015.

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