List of highest-grossing openings for animated films
The following is a list of the highest-grossing opening weekends for animated films. The list is dominated by recent films due to steadily increasing marketing budgets, and modern films opening on more screens. Another contributing factor is inflation not being taken into account.
Biggest worldwide openings for an animated film since 2002
[edit]This list charts animated films that had openings in excess of $100 million worldwide. Since animated films do not open on Fridays in many markets, the 'opening' is taken to be the gross between the first day of release and the first Sunday. Figures prior to 2002 are not available.
Figures are given in United States dollars (USD). 2013 is the most represented year, with four films. The Ice Age and Despicable Me franchises are the most represented franchises, with three films each. 20th Century Fox is the most represented studio with four films.
This list does not take into account country-by-country variations in release dates. Therefore, in some cases opening weekend grosses from many, or even most countries may not be included.
Timeline of biggest worldwide openings for an animated film since 2001
[edit]At least eight animated films have held the record of highest-grossing animated film at different times. Pixar has held the record the most of any time with three films in 2001, 2018, and 2019.
Film | Established | Record-setting opening ($ million) | Ref[1] |
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Monsters, Inc. | 2001 | 84.8 | [29] |
The Simpsons Movie | 2007 | 170.9 | [30] |
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | 2009 | 218.4 | [13] |
Incredibles 2 | 2018 | 235.8 | [11] |
Toy Story 4 | June 2019 | 244.5 | [9] |
The Lion King[nb 1] | July 2019 | 245.9 | [8] |
Frozen II | November 2019 | 358.5 | [31] |
The Super Mario Bros. Movie | 2023 | 375.6 | [3] |
Moana 2 | 2024 | 389.3 | [2] |
Biggest opening weekend in U.S. and Canada for an animated film
[edit]This list charts the top 50 highest-grossing opening weekends in the U.S. and Canada for an animated film.
Figures are given in United States dollars (USD). Ninety-eight percent of the films in the top 50 were released after 2000 with 2015 and 2016 being the most represented years, with six films each. Despicable Me is the most represented franchise, with 5 films.
DreamWorks Animation and Pixar are the most represented studios with 17 films each on the list.
Opening weekend record holders in U.S. and Canada since 1982
[edit]These are the films that, when first released, set the opening three-day weekend record after going into wide release.
At least 14 animated films have held the record of highest-grossing animated film at different times since 1982. Two of these were in the DreamWorks animations Shrek franchise. Disney and Pixar held the record five times each as of 2018.
Film | Established | Record-setting opening ($ million) | Ref[63] |
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The Secret of NIMH | July 1982 | 1.4 | [64] |
The Last Unicorn | November 1982 | 2.3 | [65] |
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | 1983 | 6.0 | [66][67] |
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | 1987 | 7.51 | [68][67] |
The Land Before Time | 1988 | 7.52 | [69] |
Aladdin | 1992 | 19.3 | [70] |
The Lion King | 1994 | 40.9 | [71] |
Toy Story 2 | 1999 | 57.4 | [56] |
Monsters, Inc. | 2001 | 62.6 | [72] |
Finding Nemo | 2003 | 70.3 | [73] |
Shrek 2 | 2004 | 108.0 | [74] |
Shrek the Third | 2007 | 121.6 | [75] |
Finding Dory | 2016 | 135.1 | [15] |
Incredibles 2 | 2018 | 182.7 | [11] |
The Lion King (2019)[nb 1] | 2019 | 191.8 | [8] |
Biggest opening week in U.S. and Canada for an animated film
[edit]This list charts animated films that had openings in excess of $70 million in their first week.
Figures are given in United States dollars (USD). 42.8% of the films in the top 35 were released after 2010, 2016 is the most represented year, with four films. Shrek, Madagascar, and Despicable Me are the most represented franchises with three films. All films in Cars, The Incredibles, Finding Nemo, Madagascar main film series, and Despicable Me franchises are on the list. Pixar is the most represented studio with 14 films on the list.
Biggest opening day in U.S. and Canada for an animated film
[edit]This list charts animated films that had openings in excess of $16 million on their first day of release in the U.S. and Canada. Figures are given in United States dollars (USD). 64% of the films in this list were released after 2010. 2018 is the most represented year on the list with 4 films.
All films in the main series Cars, Despicable Me, Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo, and The Incredibles are present on this list and Despicable Me is the most represented franchise with 4 films. Pixar is the most represented studios with 13 films on the list.
Biggest opening weekends outside the United States for an animated film since 2002
[edit]This list charts the biggest opening weekends outside the United States for an animated film since 2002. Figures are given in United States dollars (USD). 75% of the films in the top 12 were released after 2010. 2011 are the most represented years on the list with 4 films. Films must exceed $40 million.
Pixar is the most represented studios with 5 films on the list.
rank | film | overseas gross ($million) | year | Ref[123] |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Frozen II | 228.2 | 2019 | [31] |
2 | The Super Mario Bros. Movie | 171 | 2023 | [3] |
3 | Moana 2 | 163.8 | 2024 | [2] |
4 | Jiang Ziya: Legend of Deification | 151.7 | 2020 | [17] |
5 | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | 151.7 | 2009 | [13] |
6 | Inside Out 2 | 140 | 2024 | [5] |
7 | Toy Story 4 | 123.6 | 2019 | [9] |
8 | Despicable Me 4 | 106.9 | 2024 | [124] |
9 | The Simpsons Movie | 96.9 | 2007 | [30] |
10 | Nezha | 94.9 | 2019 | [125] |
11 | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse | 88.1 | 2023 | [14] |
12 | Ice Age: Continental Drift | 80.3 | 2012 | [126] |
13 | Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted | 77.3 | 2013 | [20] |
14 | Kung Fu Panda 3 | 75.7 | 2016 | [127] |
15 | The Adventures of Tintin | 56.2 | 2011 | [128] |
16 | Kung Fu Panda 2 | 55.5 | 2011 | [104] |
17 | Rio | 54.9 | 2011 | [129] |
18 | Monsters University | 54.5 | 2013 | [84] |
19 | The Lion King[nb 1] | 54.2 | 2019 | [130] |
20 | Incredibles 2 | 53.1 | 2018 | [11] |
See also
[edit]- List of highest-grossing animated films
- List of highest-grossing openings for films
- Most expensive animated films
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g Disney, which produced The Lion King (2019), considered the film to be live-action despite most of the film (aside from its opening shot) being made with photorealistic computer animation.[6] Others, such as the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (presenter of the Golden Globe Awards), deemed it to be animated based on specified criteria.[7]
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