The Best Carlos Saldanha Movies, Ranked
15 credits from 2002 to 2024, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Ferdinand (2017) comes out on top with a score of 68. The biggest box office hit is Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009) with $887M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest Carlos Saldanha Box Office Hits
Carlos Saldanha's films have made $3.51B worldwide in total. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009) is the biggest hit at $887M, ahead of Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006) ($667M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs 2009 · Action $887M $197M dom. - 2
Ice Age: The Meltdown 2006 · Adventure $667M $195M dom. - 3
Rio 2 2014 · Adventure $499M $132M dom. - 4
Rio 2011 · Adventure $484M $144M dom. - 5
Ice Age 2002 · Adventure $383M $176M dom. - 6
Ferdinand 2017 · Adventure $296M $84.4M dom. - 7
Robots 2005 · Adventure $263M $128M dom. - 8
Harold and the Purple Crayon 2024 · Animation $32.2M $17.6M dom. - 9
Rio, I Love You 2016 · Drama $4.66K $4.66K dom.
The Best Carlos Saldanha Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Carlos Saldanha has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Adventure leads with 8 films, and Ferdinand (2017) is the pick of them.
The Best Carlos Saldanha Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Carlos Saldanha's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 2000s to 2020s.
The Latest Carlos Saldanha Movies
The most recent films Carlos Saldanha is credited on, newest first — starting with Harold and the Purple Crayon (2024). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- Harold and the Purple Crayon 2024 · Director
- Ferdinand 2017 · Director
- Rio, I Love You 2016 · Director
- Rio 2 2014 · Director
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Ice Age - 4D Experience 2012 · Director - Rio 2011 · Director
- Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs 2009 · Director
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Scrat in Love 2009 · Director - Ice Age: The Meltdown 2006 · Director
- Robots 2005 · Director
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Gone Nutty 2002 · Director - Ice Age 2002 · Director
The Best Carlos Saldanha Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Carlos Saldanha films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Carlos Saldanha movie?
Ferdinand (2017) is the best-rated Carlos Saldanha film, with a Movie Echo Score of 68, ahead of Harold and the Purple Crayon (2024) (33). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Ferdinand: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Carlos Saldanha movie?
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009) made the most at the box office, with $887M worldwide, followed by Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006) with $667M. Together, Carlos Saldanha's films with box office figures have made $3.51B.
What is the best Carlos Saldanha adventure movie?
Ferdinand (2017) is the best-rated of Carlos Saldanha's adventure films, with a score of 68. In other genres: Harold and the Purple Crayon (animation), Rio, I Love You (drama) and Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (action).
What is the newest Carlos Saldanha movie?
The newest film on Carlos Saldanha's filmography is Harold and the Purple Crayon (2024), directed by Carlos Saldanha.
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