#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 35
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 1,701 to 1,750 of 1,938. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada.
- 1701
Ella And Aleksi - Surprise Birthday Party (2011)Sep 15, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $43.6K
Sep 15, 2011 · Finnish · Animation, Music $43.6K worldwide - 1702
Oct 2, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $43.3K - 1703
Resident Evil: Death Island (2023)Jul 25, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $43.2K
Jul 25, 2023 · English · Action, Adventure, Thriller $43.2K worldwide - 1704
Attack on Titan: Chronicle (2020)Jul 17, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $42.9K
Jul 17, 2020 · Japanese · Action, Fantasy, Adventure $42.9K worldwide - 1705
Oct 21, 2006 US and Canada: $6K Rest of the world: $36.8K Worldwide: $42.8K - 1706
May 4, 2012 US and Canada: $607 Rest of the world: $41K Worldwide: $41.6K - 1707
Dec 17, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $41.3K - 1708
Dec 18, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $40.4K - 1709
Feb 25, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $40.1K - 1710
May 15, 2026 US and Canada: $26.7K Rest of the world: $13.3K Worldwide: $40.1K - 1711
Jul 20, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $39.5K - 1712
The Island of Giant Insects (2020)Jan 10, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $39.5K Jan 10, 2020 · Japanese · Horror, Mystery, Drama $39.5K worldwide - 1713
2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $39.5K - 1714
Oct 27, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $39.1K - 1715
Jan 25, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $38.5K - 1716
Aug 20, 2021 US and Canada: $33.8K Rest of the world: $4.1K Worldwide: $37.9K - 1717
Sep 2, 2005 US and Canada: $36.6K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $36.6K - 1718
Sep 18, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $36.3K - 1719
2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $35K - 1720
Feb 23, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $34.4K - 1721
Oct 14, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $34.4K - 1722
Mar 18, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $34.3K - 1723
Sep 3, 2014 US and Canada: $34.2K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $34.2K - 1724
Pocoyo in cinemas: Your First Movie (2018)May 10, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $33.8K
May 10, 2018 · Spanish · Adventure, Animation $33.8K worldwide - 1725
Yaya & Lennie - The Walking Liberty (2021)Aug 12, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $33.1K
Aug 12, 2021 · Italian · Adventure, Animation, Sci-Fi $33.1K worldwide - 1726
Jun 11, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $32.8K - 1727
Dec 25, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $32.5K - 1728
Dec 10, 2004 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $32.2K - 1729
Apr 2, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $32.1K - 1730
Nov 16, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $31.5K - 1731
Oct 21, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $31.1K - 1732
Jun 30, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $30.8K - 1733
Aug 11, 2001 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $30.7K - 1734
Jan 23, 1982 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $30.5K - 1735
Apr 15, 1983 US and Canada: $30.4K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $30.4K - 1736
Aug 11, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $30K - 1737
Apr 19, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $29.7K - 1738
Mar 15, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $29.7K - 1739
Mar 10, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $29.4K - 1740
Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists (2000)Mar 24, 2000 US and Canada: $29.2K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $29.2K Mar 24, 2000 · English · Sci-Fi, Animation, Fantasy $29.2K worldwide - 1741
Aug 2, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $29.2K - 1742
May 15, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $28.9K - 1743
Supreme Motherhood: The Journey of Mata Sahib Kaur (2022)Apr 14, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $28.7K
Apr 14, 2022 · Punjabi · Animation $28.7K worldwide - 1744
The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina (2002)Aug 6, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $28.5K Aug 6, 2002 · English · Animation, Family $28.5K worldwide - 1745
Aug 6, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $27.6K - 1746
Jun 1, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $27.4K - 1747
Jan 23, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $27K - 1748
2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $26.6K - 1749
Sep 5, 1998 US and Canada: $25.8K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $25.8K - 1750
Oct 24, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $25.8K
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)