List of animated films by box office admissions

The following is a list of animated films by the number of tickets sold at the box office.

List

In total, 34 animated films have sold more than 40million tickets. The most notable years are 2001, 2016, and 2019 with three films each, while Toy Story is the most represented franchise with four films. Disney produced the most, with a total of 16 films on the list.

Some of the data is incomplete due to a lack of available admissions data from a number of countries. It is not an exhaustive list of all the highest-grossing animated films by ticket sales, and no rankings are given.

Worldwide Ticket Sales Collections
Film Year Known ticket sales (est.) Notes
The Lion King 2019 227,008,637
One Hundred and One Dalmatians 1961 199,800,000
Frozen II 2019 177,007,599
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1937 167,048,864
Incredibles 2 2018 159,064,742
The Lion King 1994 153,959,873
Frozen 2013 142,925,342
The Jungle Book 1967 137,915,958
Finding Nemo 2003 132,171,209
Shrek 2 2004 123,023,527
Fantasia 1940 87,649,246
Aladdin 1992 87,108,669
Finding Dory 2016 85,224,421
Bambi 1942 84,879,233
Cinderella 1950 84,458,172
Pinocchio 1940 83,739,255
The Incredibles 2004 81,622,988
Sleeping Beauty 1959 79,314,145
How to Train Your Dragon 2 2014 71,688,507
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World 2019 68,696,776
Lady and the Tramp 1955 67,351,673
Toy Story 3 2010 53,339,400
Monsters, Inc. 2001 49,353,100
How to Train Your Dragon 2010 48,928,891
Toy Story 4 2019 48,168,700
Toy Story 1995 47,902,800
Toy Story 2 1999 47,836,500
Shrek 2001 47,290,600
Shrek the Third 2007 46,907,000
Despicable Me 2 2013 46,894,100
Spirited Away 2001 46,375,221
Peter Pan 1953 45,623,500
Beauty and the Beast 1991 45,363,700
Your Name 2016 44,642,412
The Secret Life of Pets 2016 43,273,800
Inside Out 2015 42,513,500
Demon Slayer: Mugen Train 2020 41,350,000
Minions 2015 40,714,200
Zootopia 2016 39,606,100

Computer animation

In total, 34 computer-animated films have sold more than 30million tickets. The most represented year is 2016 with four films, while Shrek and Toy Story are the franchises with the most film, with four each. Pixar produced the most, with 16 films on the list.

Some of the data is incomplete due to a lack of available admissions data from a number of countries. It is not an exhaustive list of all the highest-grossing computer-animated films by ticket sales, and no rankings are given.

Film Year Known ticket sales (est.) Notes
The Lion King 2019 227,008,637
Frozen II 2019 177,007,599
Incredibles 2 2018 159,064,742
Frozen 2013 142,925,342
Finding Nemo 2003 132,171,209
Shrek 2 2004 123,023,527
Finding Dory 2016 85,224,421
The Incredibles 2004 81,622,988
How to Train Your Dragon 2 2014 71,688,507
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World 2019 68,696,776
Toy Story 3 2010 53,339,400
Monsters, Inc. 2001 49,353,100
How to Train Your Dragon 2010 48,928,891
Toy Story 4 2019 48,168,700
Shrek 2001 47,290,600
Shrek the Third 2007 46,907,000
Despicable Me 2 2013 46,894,100
The Secret Life of Pets 2016 43,273,800
Toy Story 1995 47,902,800
Toy Story 2 1999 47,836,500
Inside Out 2015 42,513,500
Minions 2015 40,714,200
Zootopia 2016 39,606,100
Up 2009 39,273,800
Cars 2009 37,264,600
A Bug's Life 1998 34,135,500
Monsters University 2013 33,200,400
Despicable me 2010 32,594,500
The Lego Movie 2014 32,315,300
WALL-E 2008 31,170,900
Sing 2016 30,666,400
Ice Age 2002 30,359,300
Shrek Forever After 2010 30,331,000
Madagascar 2005 30,202,100
Happy Feet 2006 30,011,700
Ratatouille 2007 30,006,600
Kung Fu Panda 2008 30,004,800

Traditional animation

In total, 29 traditionally animated films have sold over 20million tickets. The most represented year is 1998 with four films. Disney produced the most, with 21 films on the list.

Some of the data is incomplete due to a lack of available admissions data from a number of countries. It is not an exhaustive list of all the highest-grossing traditionally animated films by ticket sales, and no rankings are given.

 † Background shading indicates films playing in the week commencing 22 March 2024 in theaters around the world.
Film Year Known ticket sales (est.) Notes
One Hundred and One Dalmatians 1961 199,800,000
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1937 167,048,864
The Lion King 1994 153,959,873
The Jungle Book 1967 137,915,958
Fantasia 1940 87,649,246
Aladdin 1992 87,108,669
Bambi 1942 84,879,233
Cinderella 1950 84,458,172
Pinocchio 1940 83,739,255
Sleeping Beauty 1959 79,314,145
Lady and the Tramp 1955 67,351,673
Spirited Away 2001 46,375,221
Peter Pan 1953 45,623,500
Beauty and the Beast 1991 45,363,700
Your Name 2016 44,642,412
Demon Slayer: Mugen Train 2020 41,350,000
Pokémon: The First Movie 1998 36,837,706
Tarzan 1999 33,673,400
Pocahontas 1995 32,547,100
The Little Mermaid 1989 26,487,400
Mulan 1998 25,718,600
Lilo & Stitch 2002 25,093,700
The Rescuers 1977 24,780,800
The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1996 22,655,800
Howl's Moving Castle 2004 21,943,336
Weathering with You 2019 21,681,965
Hercules 1997 21,593,100
The Rugrats Movie 1998 21,197,200
The Prince of Egypt 1998 20,865,300

Stop motion

The following table lists known estimated box office ticket sales for various high-grossing stop motion films. Laika produced the most, with six films, while the most represented year is 2012 with three films.

Some of the data is incomplete due to a lack of available admissions data from a number of countries. It is not an exhaustive list of all the highest-grossing stop motion films by ticket sales, and no rankings are given.

Title Ticket sales (est.) Year Ref
Chicken Run 19,820,900 2000
Coraline 10,038,163 2009
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit 8,746,878 2005
Corpse Bride 8,324,354 2005
ParaNorman 7,035,559 2012
James and the Giant Peach 6,543,272 1996
The Boxtrolls 6,221,610 2014
Kubo and the Two Strings 5,551,802 2016
The Nightmare Before Christmas 4,494,150 1993
Frankenweenie 4,432,208 2012
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! 3,900,895 2012
Isle of Dogs 3,514,295 2018
Fantastic Mr. Fox 2,788,001 2009
Shaun the Sheep Movie 2,298,455 2015
Missing Link 1,827,611 2019

See also


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