Skip to content
What's After the Movie?
Animation box office · September 2023

Animation Box Office, September 2023: Top-Grossing Releases

Pretty Cure All Stars F (2023) is the highest-grossing animation movie released in September 2023, with $8.6M worldwide, ahead of Ernest and Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia (2023) at $4.3M and The Inventor (2023) at $2.1M. 4 animation films released in September 2023 report a worldwide gross, $14.9M in all, 2% of it from the US & Canada. That is down 61% on August 2023, whose releases took $38.7M.

September 2023 releases with a gross
4
combined worldwide
$14.9M
Pretty Cure All Stars F (2023), the #1
$8.6M
vs August 2023
−61%
Pretty Cure All Stars F (2023) movie poster #1 of 4
#1 animation movie of September 2023

Pretty Cure All Stars F (2023)

2023 · Family, Adventure

$8.6M worldwide · 57% of the chart's total

No US & Canada figure reported
Top 4

What Were the Biggest Animation Hits of September 2023?

Pretty Cure All Stars F (2023) leads with $8.6M, 57% of the total. The top 4 together took $14.9M, almost all of what the 4 films earned. Each bar splits a film's gross into the US & Canada and the rest of the world.

  1. Pretty Cure All Stars F (2023) movie poster Number 1
    $8.6M Pretty Cure All Stars F (2023)
    No US & Canada figure reported
  2. Ernest and Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia (2023) movie poster Number 2
    $4.3M Ernest and Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia (2023)
    $17.4K US & Canada · <1% $4.3M elsewhere · 100%
  3. The Inventor (2023) movie poster Number 3
    $2.1M The Inventor (2023)
    $306.4K US & Canada · 15% $1.8M elsewhere · 85%
  4. Sultana’s Dream (2023) movie poster Number 4
    $8.1K Sultana’s Dream (2023)
    No US & Canada figure reported

US & Canada (domestic) Rest of the world

The chart

Every Animation Release of September 2023, Ranked by Worldwide Gross

Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in September 2023.

  1. 1 Pretty Cure All Stars F (2023) movie poster
    Pretty Cure All Stars F (2023) Sep 15, 2023 · Japanese · Family, Adventure, Fantasy $8.6M worldwide
    Sep 15, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.6M
  2. 2 Ernest and Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia (2023) movie poster
    Ernest and Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia (2023) Sep 1, 2023 · French · Adventure, Animation, Family $4.3M worldwide
    Sep 1, 2023 US and Canada: $17.4K Rest of the world: $4.3M Worldwide: $4.3M
  3. 3 The Inventor (2023) movie poster
    The Inventor (2023) Sep 15, 2023 · English · Animation, Adventure, Comedy $2.1M worldwide
    Sep 15, 2023 US and Canada: $306.4K Rest of the world: $1.8M Worldwide: $2.1M
  4. 4 Sultana’s Dream (2023) movie poster
    Sultana’s Dream (2023) Sep 24, 2023 · Spanish · Animation, Drama $8.1K worldwide
    Sep 24, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.1K
Earlier years

How Does September 2023 Compare With September in Earlier Years?

Of these 10 years, September 2015 earned the most: $532.2M from 5 films, led by Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015). September 2023 took $14.9M.

Month Films Worldwide Change Biggest film
September 2014 9 films 9 $183.2M – The Boxtrolls (2014) $108.3M
September 2015 5 films · +191% 5 $532.2M +191% Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015) $475.2M
September 2016 8 films · −46% 8 $286.5M −46% Storks (2016) $183.8M
September 2017 11 films · −40% 11 $173M −40% The LEGO Ninjago Movie (2017) $123.8M
September 2018 14 films · +67% 14 $288.4M +67% Smallfoot (2018) $218M
September 2019 10 films · −28% 10 $209M −28% Abominable (2019) $190.3M
September 2020 9 films · −86% 9 $29.9M −86% Two by Two: Overboard! (2020) $10.9M
September 2021 2 films · −87% 2 $3.8M −87% Ryoma! The Prince of Tennis (2021) $2.4M
September 2022 2 films · +4% 2 $3.9M +4% Just Super (2022) $3.8M
September 2023 4 films · +280% 4 $14.9M +280% Pretty Cure All Stars F (2023) $8.6M
FAQ

Animation Box Office September 2023: Questions & Answers

The chart's numbers in short: the #1 film, the total, the billion-dollar hits and the US & Canada share, answered from the same 4 films as the chart.

What is the highest-grossing animation movie in September 2023?

Pretty Cure All Stars F (2023) leads with $8.6M worldwide. Next come Ernest and Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia (2023) at $4.3M and The Inventor (2023) at $2.1M.

How much did animation movies released in September 2023 earn?

4 animation films released in September 2023 report a worldwide gross, $14.9M in all, or $3.7M per film on average. August 2023 releases took $38.7M.

How many animation movies released in September 2023 made $1 billion?

None. The biggest, Pretty Cure All Stars F (2023), earned $8.6M.

How much of the September 2023 Animation box office came from the US and Canada?

$323.8K of the $14.9M total, or 2%, was earned in the US & Canada (the domestic market); the rest came from other countries. 2 films of the 4 report no domestic figure.

How is the September 2023 animation box office chart ranked and where do the numbers come from?

Films are ranked by lifetime worldwide gross in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and grouped by their release date in September 2023. The figures are the reported box office grosses in our database. A gross that looks misattributed, such as one figure shared by two unrelated films or a blockbuster total on an obscure title, is left out rather than shown as a fact.

How often is the September 2023 animation box office chart updated?

Grosses change while films are in theaters and whenever a new figure is reported; this chart reads the latest numbers in our database, so an older film can still move after a re-release.