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 with three films, 2016 with 4 films, and 2019 with 5 films, while Toy Story is the most represented franchise with four films. Disney produced the most, with a total of 28 films on the list. Ne Zha 2 is the first film to hold the #1 spot to not be produced by Disney and to be in CGI.

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 (since 1955) Film Year Known ticket sales () NotesNe Zha 22025The Jungle Book1967264,936,054The Lion King2019Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs1937Zootopia 22025One Hundred and One Dalmatians1961199,800,000Fantasia1940182,128,748Frozen 22019The Super Mario Bros. Movie2023168,100,000Inside Out 22024161,300,000Incredibles 22018The Lion King1994Frozen2013Ne Zha2019140,000,000Finding Nemo2003Moana2016128,800,000Shrek 22004123,023,527Despicable Me 32017120,392,387Minions: The Rise of Gru2022104,600,000Moana 22024100,600,000 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle 202598,520,310Despicable Me 2 2013 94,400,000 Despicable Me 4202492,000,000Aladdin199290,290,784 The Super Mario Galaxy Movie 2026Finding Dory201685,224,421Bambi194284,879,233Cinderella195084,458,172Pinocchio194083,739,255The Incredibles2004Sleeping Beauty195979,314,145 Inside Out 2015 77,600,000 How to Train Your Dragon 22014How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World2019Lady and the Tramp195567,351,673 Demon Slayer: Mugen Train 2020 57,600,000 Toy Story 3 2010 53,339,400 Monsters, Inc. 2001 49,353,100 How to Train Your Dragon2010Despicable Me2010Toy 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 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 Minions 2015 40,714,200

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 () NotesNe Zha 22025The Lion King2019Zootopia 22025Frozen 22019The Super Mario Bros. Movie2023168,100,000Incredibles 22018Frozen2013Ne Zha2019140,000,000Finding Nemo2003Moana2016128,800,000Shrek 22004123,023,527Despicable Me 32017120,392,387Moana 22024100,600,000 Despicable Me 2 201394,400,000 Despicable Me 4202492,000,000 The Super Mario Galaxy Movie 2026 Finding Dory201685,224,421The Incredibles2004 Inside Out 2015 77,600,000 How to Train Your Dragon 22014How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World2019Toy Story 3 2010 53,339,400 Monsters, Inc. 2001 49,353,100 How to Train Your Dragon2010 Despicable Me 2010 Toy Story 4 2019 48,168,700 Shrek 2001 47,290,600 Shrek the Third 2007 46,907,000 The Secret Life of Pets 201643,273,800 Toy Story 1995 47,902,800 Toy Story 2 1999 47,836,500 Minions 2015 40,714,200 Zootopia 2016 39,606,100 Up 2009 39,273,800 Cars 2006 37,264,600 A Bug's Life 1998 34,135,500 Monsters University 2013 33,200,400 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.

Film Year Known ticket sales () NotesThe Jungle Book1967264,936,054Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs1937One Hundred and One Dalmatians1961199,800,000Fantasia1940182,128,748The Lion King1994 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle 202598,520,310Aladdin199290,290,784Bambi194284,879,233Cinderella195084,458,172Pinocchio194083,739,255Sleeping Beauty195979,314,145Lady and the Tramp195567,351,673 Demon Slayer: Mugen Train 2020 57,600,000 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 Pokémon: The First Movie 1998 36,837,706 The Prince of Egypt 1998 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 201921,681,965 Hercules 1997 21,593,100 The Rugrats Movie 1998 21,197,200

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 () Year 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 List of films by box office admissions List of highest-grossing animated films List of highest-grossing anime films Lists of highest-grossing films

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