#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 33
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 1,601 to 1,650 of 1,938. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada.
- 1601
Oct 10, 1993 US and Canada: $92.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $92.1K - 1602
2016 US and Canada: $81.9K Rest of the world: $8.9K Worldwide: $90.8K - 1603
The Place Promised in Our Early Days (2004)Nov 20, 2004 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $90.4K
Nov 20, 2004 · Japanese · Animation, Romance, Adventure $90.4K worldwide - 1604
Nov 8, 2013 US and Canada: $4K Rest of the world: $85.8K Worldwide: $89.8K - 1605
Feb 24, 2005 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $89.6K - 1606
May 5, 1993 US and Canada: $87.7K Rest of the world: $690 Worldwide: $88.4K - 1607
Aug 15, 2025 US and Canada: $66.3K Rest of the world: $21.7K Worldwide: $88.1K - 1608
A Crocodile Who Lived for 100 Days (2021)Jul 9, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $87.8K Jul 9, 2021 · Japanese · Drama, Animation $87.8K worldwide - 1609
Jun 24, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $87.3K - 1610
Jul 7, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $87.1K - 1611
Mar 4, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $85.2K - 1612
Aug 14, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $84.5K - 1613
Jan 20, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $83.6K - 1614
May 22, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $83.4K - 1615
Dec 22, 1998 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $82.1K - 1616
Nov 21, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $81.9K - 1617
2007 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $81.9K - 1618
Jul 23, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $81.8K - 1619
May 12, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $81.3K - 1620
Oct 5, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $81.3K - 1621
Nov 4, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $81K - 1622
Jun 13, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $81K - 1623
Oct 2, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $80.5K - 1624
Mar 22, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $79.1K - 1625
May 8, 2018 US and Canada: $78.7K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $78.7K - 1626
Nov 1, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $78.5K - 1627
Bugs Bunny’s 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales (1982)Nov 19, 1982 US and Canada: $78.4K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $78.4K
Nov 19, 1982 · English · Animation, Comedy, Family $78.4K worldwide - 1628
Mar 13, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $78.2K - 1629
WinneToons - Die Legende vom Schatz im Silbersee (2009)Jul 30, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $78K
Jul 30, 2009 · German · Family, Animation $78K worldwide - 1630
The State Against Mandela and the Others (2018)May 15, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $77K
May 15, 2018 · French · Animation, Documentary, History $77K worldwide - 1631
Nov 27, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $76K - 1632
Aug 2, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $74.5K - 1633
Jun 9, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $74.1K - 1634
Thomas and Friends: The Adventure Begins (2015)Mar 3, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $73K Mar 3, 2015 · English · Animation, Family $73K worldwide - 1635
Jun 9, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $72.1K - 1636
Sep 28, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $72.1K - 1637
Jan 12, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $72.1K - 1638
An Oversimplification of Her Beauty (2012)Jan 30, 2012 US and Canada: $71.9K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $71.9K Jan 30, 2012 · English · Animation, Fantasy, Comedy $71.9K worldwide - 1639
Oct 24, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $71.9K - 1640
Sep 18, 2024 US and Canada: $32.5K Rest of the world: $39.1K Worldwide: $71.6K - 1641
Oct 7, 1994 US and Canada: $71.4K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $71.4K - 1642
Oct 6, 2000 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $71.2K - 1643
Chhota Bheem: Kung Fu Dhamaka (2019)May 10, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $70.7K
May 10, 2019 · Hindi · Animation, Action, Adventure $70.7K worldwide - 1644
The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb (1993)Dec 10, 1993 US and Canada: $70.4K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $70.4K Dec 10, 1993 · English · Sci-Fi, Horror, Adventure $70.4K worldwide - 1645
My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea (2017)Apr 14, 2017 US and Canada: $68.9K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $68.9K Apr 14, 2017 · English · Drama, Comedy, Animation $68.9K worldwide - 1646
Jun 26, 2026 US and Canada: $56.4K Rest of the world: $11.2K Worldwide: $67.6K - 1647
Apr 14, 2023 US and Canada: $51.4K Rest of the world: $15.6K Worldwide: $67K - 1648
Milagros: Una osa extraordinaria (2023)Jul 27, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $65.1K
Jul 27, 2023 · Spanish · Comedy, Animation, Adventure $65.1K worldwide - 1649
Dec 3, 2003 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $64.9K - 1650
Jun 14, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $64.2K
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)