Animated movies person ever been large box-office earners. From Disney classics for illustration "The Lion King" to a slew of Pixar titles, animated movies person wide appeal, often making perfect outings for the full family.
This was evident successful a post-pandemic world, arsenic titles for illustration "Minions: The Rise of Gru" and "The Super Mario Bros. Movie" sewage families to return to the theaters successful droves aft a barren play that was devastating to theatre owners.
Animation's powerfulness to devour the container agency continued successful the summertime of 2024, erstwhile "Inside Out 2" crossed the $1 cardinal mark successful 19 days, the fastest complaint ever for an animated movie. A twelvemonth later, "Zootopia 2" deed $1 cardinal successful conscionable 17 days, making it the fastest PG-rated movie ever to deed that milestone.
Animated movies are continuing to predominate the container agency successful 2026, pinch "The Super Mario Galaxy Movie" becoming the first merchandise of the twelvemonth to deed the $1 cardinal people and "Toy Story 5" showing that the franchise still has its fastball.
Below, the apical 15 highest-grossing animated movies of each time.
15. “The Lion King” (1994)
Worldwide gross: $979,161,632
This beloved Disney movie is the oldest connected this list, and that's a testament to conscionable really good it performed erstwhile it opened 30 years ago. Though summons prices person continued to climb successful the years since, Simba and the pack are still safely successful the apical 15.
14. "The Super Mario Galaxy Movie" (2026)
Worldwide gross: $1,011,157,101
After knocking the original "Super Mario Bros." retired of the parkland successful 2023, Nintendo and Universal expanded the beloved beingness successful the sequel pinch much worlds and much characters, resulting successful awesome container agency coin.
13. "Toy Story 5" (2026)
Worldwide gross: $1,023,924,909
You would deliberation that by movie No. 5 successful a franchise, things would commencement to get stale. It hasn't — that's the brilliant of the group moving astatine Pixar.
The "Toy Story" franchise continues to animate successful this sequel, arsenic Woody, Buzz, Jessie, and the remainder of the pack return connected their biggest title yet: the tablet.
12. “Zootopia” (2016)
Worldwide gross: $1,025,521,689
Here marks our first billion-dollar earner.
Chronicling Judy Hopps' adventures successful "Zootopia" was a large assistance for Walt Disney Animation, which had been searching for different megahit aft "Frozen."
11. “Finding Dory” (2016)
Worldwide gross: $1,029,266,989
Pixar created a caller communicative for our favourite forgettable fish, which turned retired to beryllium a rate cattle for the studio.
10. “Despicable Me 3” (2017)
Worldwide gross: $1,034,800,131
Introducing Gru's relative successful the 3rd movie gave the "Despicable Me" franchise its first billion-dollar earner. It wouldn't beryllium the last.
9. “Toy Story 3” (2010)
Worldwide gross: $1,067,316,101
Regarded by galore arsenic the champion movie successful the "Toy Story" franchise, Woody and the gang's travel that leads to them almost being incinerated was a winning operation of play and lighthearted nosy for an assemblage that grew up pinch the franchise.
8. “Toy Story 4” (2019)
Worldwide gross: $1,073,841,394
Almost a decade aft "Toy Story 3" came the 4th installment. Though it wasn't arsenic memorable arsenic the erstwhile release, that intelligibly didn't matter astatine the container office.
7. “Minions” (2015)
Worldwide gross: $1,159,457,503
Illumination knew the Minions were popular. But the workplace didn't cognize conscionable really overmuch of a deed the babbling yellowish things were until this stand-alone movie made a sidesplitting astatine the container office.
6. “Incredibles 2” (2018)
Worldwide gross: $1,243,225,667
Fourteen years aft Pixar released the deed original, "Incredibles 2" came to theaters and delivered a communicative that successful immoderate ways surpassed the Oscar-winning first title.
A main logic for that is its deeper introspection of the superhero family ("Why did they alteration math?!?"), which touches connected female empowerment and the rigors of caring for a increasing child… that has zany powers.
5. “Frozen” (2013)
Worldwide gross: $1,310,530,830
From its deed opus "Let it Go" to Olaf becoming the latest beloved Disney character, "Frozen" was a expansive slam for Disney Animation Studios.
4. “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” (2023)
Worldwide gross: $1,360,879,735
For decades, Illumination was known mostly arsenic the workplace that released the "Despicable Me" movies and created the Minions characters. But taking the Super Mario Bros. IP and turning it into a container agency smash has made it an animation location that rivals Pixar.
3. “Frozen II” (2019)
Worldwide gross: $1,453,683,476
Though not arsenic memorable arsenic the first "Frozen," that didn't matter astatine the container office. The first movie was specified a sensation that audiences returned successful droves to spot the communicative continue.
2. “Inside Out 2” (2024)
Worldwide gross: $1,698,863,816
After years of being a container agency behemoth, Pixar deed a snag during the pandemic. Relegating titles for illustration "Luca" and "Turning Red" to direct-to-streaming led to frustration and low morale wrong the company.
But those down times are complete arsenic "Inside Out 2" is the highest grosser for Pixar yet.
"Inside Out 2" deed the $1 cardinal world people successful 19 days, the fastest ever for an animated movie. And on pinch "Deadpool & Wolverine," it's the only different movie released successful 2024 that crossed the $1 cardinal mark.
1. "Zootopia 2" (2025)
Worldwide gross: $1,866,647,950
Nine years aft its original release, Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde return pinch different entertaining buddy drama communicative that audiences can't get capable of.
The concealed to the sequel's immense occurrence was really good it played successful China. American-made titles haven't performed good location post-pandemic (and less are being released there), but Disney pulled it off, arsenic the title has taken successful complete $600 cardinal successful China alone.
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