#1 of 1,938 Highest-grossing animation movie ever
2025 · Animation, Drama
$2.3B worldwide
$23.3M US & Canada · 1% $2.2B elsewhere · 99%
Animation box office · All time
Highest-Grossing Animation Movies of All Time, Page 24
Ne Zha 2 (2025) is the highest-grossing animation movie in our database, with $2.3B worldwide, ahead of Zootopia 2 (2025) at $1.9B and Inside Out 2 (2024) at $1.7B. 1,938 animation films in our database report a worldwide gross, $107.4B in all, 35% of it from the US & Canada. 15 films crossed $1 billion and 235 crossed $100 million. By language, English leads with $89.1B across 794 animation releases.
- films with a reported gross
- 1,938
- combined worldwide
- $107.4B
- films crossed $100M
- 235
- earned in the US & Canada
- 35%
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All 1,938 Animation Movies, Ranked by Worldwide Gross
Ranks 1,151 to 1,200 of 1,938. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada.
- 1151
Oct 19, 2007 US and Canada: $952.8K Rest of the world: $99.1K Worldwide: $1.1M - 1152
Apr 14, 2017 US and Canada: $196.5K Rest of the world: $844.2K Worldwide: $1M - 1153
2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1M - 1154
Dragon Ball Z: The World’s Strongest (1990)Mar 10, 1990 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1M
Mar 10, 1990 · Japanese · Sci-Fi, Animation, Action $1M worldwide - 1155
The Meaning and Mystery of Life (2023)Nov 23, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1M
Nov 23, 2023 · Czech · Fantasy, Documentary, Drama $1M worldwide - 1156
Masha and the Bear - To the Cinema (2017)Jan 26, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $997.2K
Jan 26, 2017 · Russian · Animation, Family $997.2K worldwide - 1157
Das kleine Arschloch und der alte Sack - Sterben ist Scheiße (2006)Oct 5, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $994.4K
Oct 5, 2006 · German · Comedy, Animation $994.4K worldwide - 1158
Pororo: The Snow Fairy Village Adventure (2014)Dec 11, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $993.6K
Dec 11, 2014 · Korean · Fantasy, Adventure, Family $993.6K worldwide - 1159
Oggy and the Cockroaches: The Movie (2013)Aug 7, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $985.5K
Aug 7, 2013 · French · Animation, Comedy, Family $985.5K worldwide - 1160
Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture - Act 2 (2024)Jun 7, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $982.1K Jun 7, 2024 · Japanese · Sci-Fi, Animation, Action $982.1K worldwide - 1161
Jun 12, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $977K - 1162
Jul 16, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $975.5K - 1163
Sirocco and the Kingdom of the Winds (2024)Aug 11, 2024 US and Canada: $67.5K Rest of the world: $904.4K Worldwide: $971.9K Aug 11, 2024 · French · Animation, Adventure, Fantasy $971.9K worldwide - 1164
May 17, 2007 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $969.8K - 1165
Mar 29, 1996 US and Canada: $889.1K Rest of the world: $79K Worldwide: $968.1K - 1166
May 25, 2007 US and Canada: $882.3K Rest of the world: $82.7K Worldwide: $964.9K - 1167
May 27, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $957.9K - 1168
Gurren Lagann the Movie: Childhood’s End (2008)Sep 6, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $957.6K Sep 6, 2008 · Japanese · Animation, Comedy, Action $957.6K worldwide - 1169
Free!: Timeless Medley - The Bond (2017)Apr 22, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $956.9K Apr 22, 2017 · Japanese · Comedy, Animation, Drama $956.9K worldwide - 1170
Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike (2009)Oct 3, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $950.3K Oct 3, 2009 · Japanese · Fantasy, Animation, Adventure $950.3K worldwide - 1171
Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture - Act 3 (2024)Jul 5, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $943.3K Jul 5, 2024 · Japanese · Animation, Action, Sci-Fi $943.3K worldwide - 1172
Jan 9, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $931.7K - 1173
Dec 31, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $931.6K - 1174
Aug 22, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $930.4K - 1175
Dec 21, 2001 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $928.2K - 1176
Nov 10, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $926.6K - 1177
Oct 31, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $925.8K - 1178
Haikyuu!! The Movie: The End and the Beginning (2015)Jul 3, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $924.6K Jul 3, 2015 · Japanese · Animation, Drama $924.6K worldwide - 1179
The Frog Kingdom 2: Sub-Zero Mission (2016)Feb 21, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $918.3K
Feb 21, 2016 · English · Animation, Family $918.3K worldwide - 1180
Sep 19, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $914.7K - 1181
Jun 12, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $914.7K - 1182
Nov 25, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $914.5K - 1183
Fairy Tail: Phoenix Priestess (2012)Aug 18, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $911.5K Aug 18, 2012 · Japanese · Adventure, Action, Comedy $911.5K worldwide - 1184
Nov 13, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $908K - 1185
Mar 25, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $902.7K - 1186
Nov 1, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $901.6K - 1187
Fireman Sam: Alien Alert! The Movie (2017)Jan 5, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $900.9K Jan 5, 2017 · English · Animation, Family $900.9K worldwide - 1188
Doraemon: New Nobita’s Great Demon - Peko and the Exploration Party of Five (2014)Mar 8, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $897.3K Mar 8, 2014 · Japanese · Adventure, Animation, Family $897.3K worldwide - 1189
Feb 10, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $894.6K - 1190
Rock Dog 3: Battle the Beat (2022)Dec 22, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $892.8K Dec 22, 2022 · English · Animation, Comedy, Adventure $892.8K worldwide - 1191
Night of the Living Dread (2021)May 30, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $890.1K May 30, 2021 · English · Animation, Comedy, Horror $890.1K worldwide - 1192
Aug 11, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $888.9K - 1193
May 27, 2026 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $883.1K - 1194
Dec 21, 2020 US and Canada: $543 Rest of the world: $881.5K Worldwide: $882K - 1195
Feb 23, 2024 US and Canada: $789.2K Rest of the world: $90.2K Worldwide: $879.5K - 1196
Sep 30, 2005 US and Canada: $867K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $867K - 1197
Aug 13, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $856.1K - 1198
Jul 14, 2007 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $855.9K - 1199
Moomins and the Winter Wonderland (2017)Nov 23, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $853.8K
Nov 23, 2017 · Finnish · Animation, Family, Adventure $853.8K worldwide - 1200
Pinocchio: A True Story (2021)Dec 23, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $853.1K Dec 23, 2021 · Russian · Animation, Family, Fantasy $853.1K worldwide
Archive
Animation Box Office Year by Year
Every year from 1938 to 2026 with its total and its biggest film. 2019 leads with $7.5B, led by The Lion King (2019).
2020s 7 years · $23.8B
2010s 10 years · $51.2B
- 2019 $7.5B #1 The Lion King (2019)
- 2018 $5.2B #1 Incredibles 2 (2018)
- 2017 $4.6B #1 Despicable Me 3 (2017)
- 2016 $6.1B #1 Finding Dory (2016)
- 2015 $6.1B #1 Minions (2015)
- 2014 $3.9B #1 Big Hero 6 (2014)
- 2013 $4.5B #1 Despicable Me 2 (2013)
- 2012 $4.4B #1 Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012)
- 2011 $4.7B #1 Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)
- 2010 $4.1B #1 Toy Story 3 (2010)
2000s 10 years · $24.1B
- 2009 $4.2B #1 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)
- 2008 $2.9B #1 Kung Fu Panda (2008)
- 2007 $3.3B #1 Shrek the Third (2007)
- 2006 $3.1B #1 Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006)
- 2005 $1.9B #1 Madagascar (2005)
- 2004 $2.6B #1 Shrek 2 (2004)
- 2003 $1.8B #1 Finding Nemo (2003)
- 2002 $1.4B #1 Ice Age (2002)
- 2001 $1.6B #1 Monsters, Inc. (2001)
- 2000 $1.4B #1 Dinosaur (2000)
1990s 10 years · $5.6B
- 1999 $1.2B #1 Toy Story 2 (1999)
- 1998 $1.2B #1 A Bug's Life (1998)
- 1997 $185M #1 Anastasia (1997)
- 1996 $431.6M #1 The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
- 1995 $792.8M #1 Toy Story (1995)
- 1994 $993.1M #1 The Lion King (1994)
- 1993 $128M #1 The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
- 1992 $53.3M #1 FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992)
- 1991 $506.5M #1 Beauty and the Beast (1991)
- 1990 $42.4M #1 Jetsons: The Movie (1990)
1980s 9 years · $1.1B
- 1989 $226.7M #1 The Little Mermaid (1989)
- 1988 $530.1M #1 Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
- 1987 $31.6M #1 The Adventures of Oliver Twist (1987)
- 1986 $149.6M #1 An American Tail (1986)
- 1985 $68.9M #1 The Care Bears Movie (1985)
- 1983 $791.3K #1 Fire and Ice (1983)
- 1982 $34M #1 Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982)
- 1981 $64M #1 The Fox and the Hound (1981)
- 1980 $2.2M #1 Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!!) (1980)
1970s 9 years · $311.5M
- 1979 $439.5K #1 Space Battleship Yamato: The New Voyage (1979)
- 1978 $30.5M #1 The Lord of the Rings (1978)
- 1977 $74.4M #1 The Rescuers (1977)
- 1976 $3.9M #1 Robot Taekwon V (1976)
- 1975 $11.2M #1 The Smurfs and the Magic Flute (1975)
- 1974 $5.9K #1 Dunderklumpen! (1974)
- 1973 $3.1K #1 Fantastic Planet (1973)
- 1971 $844 #1 Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
- 1970 $191M #1 The Aristocats (1970)
1960s 5 years · $221.6M
1950s 9 years · $329.5M
- 1959 $51.6M #1 Sleeping Beauty (1959)
- 1958 $14.8K #1 Hare-Way to the Stars (1958)
- 1957 $14.8K #1 Ali Baba Bunny (1957)
- 1955 $93.9M #1 Lady and the Tramp (1955)
- 1954 $14.8K #1 Devil May Hare (1954)
- 1953 $87.5M #1 Peter Pan (1953)
- 1952 $59K #1 Rabbit’s Kin (1952)
- 1951 $16K #1 Lovelorn Leghorn (1951)
- 1950 $96.4M #1 Cinderella (1950)