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List of animated films by box office admissions

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

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

List

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In total, 34 animated films have sold more than 40 million 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 28 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.

  † Background shading indicates films playing in the week commencing 15 August 2025 in theaters around the world.
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Computer animation

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In total, 34 computer-animated films have sold more than 30 million 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.

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Traditional animation

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In total, 29 traditionally animated films have sold over 20 million 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 15 August 2025 in theaters around the world.
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Stop motion

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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.

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Notes

  1. Ne Zha 2 admissions:
    • China – 325,000,000[1]
    • United States – 1,934,000[2]
    • United Kingdom – 175,000[3]
    • Russia – 169,921[4]
    • France – 62,375[5]
    • Germany – 46,336[6]
    • Spain – 37,867[7]
    • Austria – 3,952[8]
  2. The Lion King (2019):
    • United States and Canada – 60,322,700[9]
    • Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Serbia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom – 51,829,198[10]
    • Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia – 35,848,975[11]
    • Brazil and Spain – 22,713,564[12]
    • China – 22,493,782[13]
    • Russia – 12,729,733[14]
    • India – 10,900,000[15]
    • South Korea – 4,743,295[16]
    • Japan – 4,660,000[17]
    • Turkey – 767,390[18]
  3. Frozen II:
    • France, Germany, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Serbia, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United States and Canada – 95,933,859[10]
    • China – 25,340,000[20]
    • Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey, United Kingdom – 21,176,815[21]
    • Mexico – 10,557,083[22]
    • Japan – 10,440,000[17]
    • Brazil – 7,972,757[23]
    • Spain – 3,505,078[24]
    • Argentina – 2,082,007[25]
  4. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs:
    • United States and Canada – 114,944,833[27]
    • United Kingdom – 28,000,000[28]
    • France – 18,353,225[29]
    • Germany – 4,201,480[30][31][32]
    • Italy – 1,330,316[33]
    • European re-releases (2001–2022) – 218,888[34]
    • South Korea – 122[16]
  5. Incredibles 2:
    • Australia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, United States and Canada – 100,893,812[12]
    • Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom – 28,778,575[36]
    • China – 10,122,096[37]
    • Poland, Russia, Venezuela – 7,317,439[38]
    • Japan – 4,060,000[39]
    • Argentina – 3,530,866[40]
    • South Korea – 3,033,105[16]
    • Portugal – 606,756[41]
    • Ukraine – 474,430[42]
    • Switzerland – 247,663[43]
  6. The Lion King (1994):
    • United States and Canada – 89,434,585[27]
    • Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, United Kingdom – 14,461,270[44]
    • Germany – 11,899,893[45]
    • France – 10,744,990[29]
    • Italy – 8,640,000[46]
    • Spain – 6,457,397[47]
    • European re-releases (1996–2021) – 4,332,546[48]
    • Brazil – 4,288,244[49]
    • Netherlands – 2,780,000[50]
    • South Korea – 920,948[16]
  7. Frozen:
    • Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States and Canada – 81,195,156[51]
    • Japan, Norway, South Korea – 30,841,405[12]
    • Bolivia, China, Denmark, Mexico, Paraguay, Romania, Slovakia, Ukraine, Uruguay – 17,232,610[52]
    • Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia – 8,504,316[53]
    • France – 5,151,855[54]
  8. The Jungle Book (1967) admissions:
    • Germany – 27.3 million[56]
    • Other territories – 110,615,958[57]
  9. Finding Nemo:
    • Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Turkey, United States and Canada – 69,454,064[58]
    • Australia, Austria, Belgium, France, Italy, Spain – 25,449,716[59]
    • Argentina, Brazil, Japan, Norway – 16,220,936[60]
    • United Kingdom – 9,790,000[28]
    • Germany – 8,839,999[45]
    • South Korea – 1,286,412[16]
    • Switzerland – 1,130,082[61]
  10. Shrek 2:
    • United States and Canada – 71,050,900[9]
    • Europe (excluding Russia) – 44,617,071[62]
    • Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, Russia, South Korea – 7,355,556[63]
  11. Fantasia admissions:
    • United States and Canada – 83,043,500[9]
    • France – 4,605,746[65]
  12. Aladdin (1992) admissions:
    • United States and Canada – 52,442,300[66]
    • France, Germany, Italy, Spain – 21,074,285[67]
    • United Kingdom – 5,102,807[68][69]
    • Japan – 4,550,835[70][71]
    • Australia – 2,753,072[72][73]
    • South Korea (Seoul City) – 647,266[16]
    • Denmark – 522,350[74]
    • Finland and Switzerland (1996–2015) – 676[75]
  13. Finding Dory:
    • United States and Canada – 56,158,100[9]
    • Europe and Morocco – 29,066,321[76]
  14. Bambi admissions:
    • United States and Canada – 63,712,400[9]
    • France – 12,159,335[77]
    • United Kingdom – 9 million[28]
    • Finland, Denmark, Spain (1997–2017) – 7,498[78]
  15. Cinderella (1950) admissions:
    • United States and Canada – 60,301,400[9]
    • France – 13,226,772[79]
    • United Kingdom and Spain – 10.93 million[80]
  16. Pinocchio:
    • United States and Canada – 67,403,300[9]
    • United Kingdom and France – 16,335,702[81]
    • Netherlands (1999) – 253[82]
  17. The Incredibles:
    • Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States and Canada – 61,022,168[83]
    • Brazil, Japan, Spain – 12,861,883[84]
    • Germany – 3,502,028[85]
    • Italy – 3,081,842[86]
    • South Korea – 1,155,067[16]
  18. Sleeping Beauty:
    • United States and Canada – 72,676,100[9]
    • France – 6,586,592[87]
    • South Korea (Seoul City) – 42,868[16]
    • Finland, Italy, Finland (1996–2013) – 8,585[88]
  19. How to Train Your Dragon 2:
    • Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States and Canada – 38,100,225[89]
    • Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Russia – 18,032,485[90]
    • China – 10,503,359[91]
    • South Korea – 3,000,115[16]
    • Spain – 1,770,576[92]
    • Switzerland – 281,747[93]
  20. How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World:
    • United States and Canada – 17,846,800[9]
    • Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom – 14,737,416[94]
    • China – 10,082,625[13]
    • Mexico – 8,046,775[22]
    • Russia – 7,975,087[95]
    • Brazil – 3,945,533[96]
    • Germany – 2,270,132[97]
    • South Korea – 1,507,922[16]
    • Argentina – 925,839[98]
    • Ukraine – 823,308[99]
    • Switzerland – 224,547[100]
    • Romania – 182,746[101]
    • Greece – 128,046[102]
  21. Lady and the Tramp:
    • United States and Canada – 55,734,900[9]
    • France and Denmark – 11,616,773[103]
  22. How to Train Your Dragon:
    • United States and Canada – 27,619,200[9]
    • Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom – 14,059,885[105]
    • South Korea – 2,603,857[16]
    • Brazil and Ukraine – 2,315,984[106]
    • Germany – 1,625,651[107]
    • Italy – 704,314[108]
  23. Spirited Away admissions:
    • Japan – 24.28 million[109]
    • China – 15,722,581[110]
    • Europe – 2,995,684[111]
    • United States and Canada – 1,961,800[112]
    • South Korea (Seoul City) – 937,459[16]
    • Brazil and Argentina – 477,697[113]
  24. Your Name admissions:
    • Japan – 19.3 million[109]
    • China – 20,211,429[114]
    • South Korea – 3,712,891[16]
    • Europe (excluding Russia and Spain) – 627,384[115]
    • United States and Canada – 560,600[112]
    • Russia and Argentina – 169,600[116]
    • Spain – 60,508[117]
  25. Pokémon: The First Movie admissions
    • Japan – 6.65 million[118]
    • United States and Canada – 16,858,300[112]
    • Europe – 12,679,046[119]
    • Brazil – 468,000[120]
    • South Korea (Seoul City) – 182,360[16]
  26. Howl's Moving Castle admissions:
    • Japan and South Korea – 18.52 million[121]
    • France and Germany – 1,741,585[122]
    • United States and Canada – 831,000[112]
    • Europe (excluding France and Germany) – 764,445[123]
    • Brazil – 86,306[124]
  27. Weathering with You:
    • Japan – 10 million[125]
    • China – 8,985,208[126]
    • United States and Canada – 852,398[127][128]
    • Taiwan – 690,000[129]
    • South Korea – 659,387[16]
    • France, Germany, Spain – 330,072[130]
    • Russia – 164,900[131]
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