#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 27
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 1,301 to 1,350 of 1,938. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada.
- 1301
Aug 25, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $533.4K - 1302
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion I - Initiation (2017)Oct 21, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $526.1K
Oct 21, 2017 · Japanese · Drama, Sci-Fi, Action $526.1K worldwide - 1303
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion II - Transgression (2018)Feb 10, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $526.1K Feb 10, 2018 · Japanese · Drama, Action, Sci-Fi $526.1K worldwide - 1304
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion III - Glorification (2018)May 1, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $526.1K May 1, 2018 · Japanese · Sci-Fi, Animation, Drama $526.1K worldwide - 1305
Thomas & Friends: Journey Beyond Sodor - The Movie (2017)Jun 7, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $523.3K
Jun 7, 2017 · English · Family, Animation, Music $523.3K worldwide - 1306
Komada – A Whisky Family (2023)Jun 13, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $522.9K Jun 13, 2023 · Japanese · Family, Animation, Drama $522.9K worldwide - 1307
Oct 22, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $522.7K - 1308
Doraemon: Nobita and the Animal Planet (1990)Mar 10, 1990 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $521.9K Mar 10, 1990 · Japanese · Fantasy, Animation, Family $521.9K worldwide - 1309
Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan (1989)Mar 11, 1989 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $521.9K Mar 11, 1989 · Japanese · Animation, Fantasy, Adventure $521.9K worldwide - 1310
Dec 21, 2001 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $516.7K - 1311
Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic (2017)Jan 21, 2017 US and Canada: $248.3K Rest of the world: $262.8K Worldwide: $511.1K Jan 21, 2017 · Japanese · Fantasy, Action, Animation $511.1K worldwide - 1312
Oct 26, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $509.2K - 1313
Dec 15, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $506.4K - 1314
Dec 16, 2009 US and Canada: $165.5K Rest of the world: $340.2K Worldwide: $505.7K - 1315
Aug 20, 1997 US and Canada: $505.3K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $505.3K - 1316
Mar 27, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $504.5K - 1317
Jan 26, 2018 US and Canada: $79.4K Rest of the world: $424.6K Worldwide: $504K - 1318
Apr 3, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $500.5K - 1319
Mar 26, 2003 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $496.3K - 1320
April and the Extraordinary World (2016)Mar 25, 2016 US and Canada: $295.5K Rest of the world: $200.4K Worldwide: $495.9K
Mar 25, 2016 · French · Adventure, Mystery, Thriller $495.9K worldwide - 1321
Sherlock Holmes and the Great Escape (2019)Aug 1, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $494.9K
Aug 1, 2019 · Cantonese · Adventure, Animation, Mystery $494.9K worldwide - 1322
Jan 27, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $490K - 1323
Umamusume: Pretty Derby – Road to the Top (2023)2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $489.5K 2023 · Japanese · Comedy, Drama, Animation $489.5K worldwide - 1324
Uma Musume: Pretty Derby - Road to the Top (2024)May 10, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $489.5K May 10, 2024 · Japanese · Animation, Drama, Comedy $489.5K worldwide - 1325
Jul 16, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $485.2K - 1326
Oct 26, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $484.4K - 1327
Aug 12, 2022 US and Canada: $351.6K Rest of the world: $132.6K Worldwide: $484.1K - 1328
Aug 21, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $483.6K - 1329
Dec 5, 2007 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $482.5K - 1330
Mar 2, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $478.1K - 1331
Jun 16, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $478K - 1332
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin II - Artesia’s Sorrow (2015)Oct 31, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $477.7K Oct 31, 2015 · Japanese · Action, Sci-Fi, Animation $477.7K worldwide - 1333
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin III - Dawn of Rebellion (2016)May 21, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $477.7K May 21, 2016 · Japanese · Sci-Fi, Action, Animation $477.7K worldwide - 1334
Oct 1, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $473.1K - 1335
Jun 11, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $467.7K - 1336
Jun 25, 2004 US and Canada: $8.6K Rest of the world: $457K Worldwide: $465.6K - 1337
Romeo & Juliet: Sealed with a Kiss (2006)Oct 27, 2006 US and Canada: $463K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $463K Oct 27, 2006 · English · Romance, Animation, Family $463K worldwide - 1338
Apr 18, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $461.8K - 1339
Oct 12, 2018 US and Canada: $229.4K Rest of the world: $232.3K Worldwide: $461.7K - 1340
Dec 24, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $460.7K - 1341
Oct 1, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $456.1K - 1342
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Sibling’s Bond (2019)Mar 29, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $455K Mar 29, 2019 · Japanese · Thriller, Action, Animation $455K worldwide - 1343
2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $455K - 1344
Code Geass: Akito the Exiled 1: The Wyvern Arrives (2012)Aug 4, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $447.6K Aug 4, 2012 · Japanese · War, Animation, Action $447.6K worldwide - 1345
Code Geass: Akito the Exiled 2: The Wyvern Divided (2013)Sep 14, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $447.6K Sep 14, 2013 · Japanese · Sci-Fi, Animation, Action $447.6K worldwide - 1346
Space Battleship Yamato: The New Voyage (1979)Sep 10, 1979 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $439.5K Sep 10, 1979 · Japanese · Animation, Sci-Fi $439.5K worldwide - 1347
Fruits Basket -prelude- (2022)Feb 18, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $434.3K Feb 18, 2022 · Japanese · Romance, Drama, Animation $434.3K worldwide - 1348
Bamse and the Witch’s Daughter (2016)Dec 25, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $431.1K
Dec 25, 2016 · Swedish · Comedy, Family, Animation $431.1K worldwide - 1349
Mar 1, 2014 US and Canada: $23.2K Rest of the world: $407.3K Worldwide: $430.6K - 1350
Nov 13, 2015 US and Canada: $23.2K Rest of the world: $407.3K Worldwide: $430.6K
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)