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.
FilmYearKnown ticket sales Notes
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs1937214,900,000
One Hundred and One Dalmatians1961199,800,000
The Lion King1994140,108,836
Frozen2013138,415,845
The Jungle Book1967137,915,958
The Lion King2019128,984,415
Finding Nemo2003124,728,882
Shrek 22004123,023,527
Incredibles 22018113,261,772
Fantasia194087,649,246
Aladdin199287,108,669
Finding Dory201685,224,421
Bambi194284,879,233
Cinderella195084,458,172
Pinocchio194083,739,255
Sleeping Beauty195979,314,145
Lady and the Tramp195567,351,673
Toy Story 3201053,339,400
Frozen II201950,947,000
Monsters, Inc.200149,353,100
Toy Story 4201948,168,700
Shrek200147,290,600
Shrek the Third200746,907,000
Peter Pan195345,623,500
Spirited Away200145,595,221
Beatuy and the Beast199145,363,700
Your Name201644,342,412
Despicable Me 2201346,894,100
The Secret Life of Pets201643,273,800
Toy Story199547,902,800
Toy Story 2199947,836,500
Inside Out201542,513,500
The Incredibles200442,030,000
Minions201540,714,200

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.
FilmYearKnown ticket sales Notes
Frozen2013138,415,845
The Lion King2019128,984,415
Finding Nemo2003124,728,882
Shrek 22004123,023,527
Incredibles 22018113,261,772
Finding Dory201685,224,421
Toy Story 3201053,339,400
Frozen II201950,947,000
Monsters, Inc.200149,353,100
Toy Story 4201948,168,700
Shrek200147,290,600
Shrek the Third200746,907,000
Despicable Me 2201346,894,100
The Secret Life of Pets201643,273,800
Toy Story199547,902,800
Toy Story 2199947,836,500
Inside Out201542,513,500
The Incredibles200442,030,000
Minions201540,714,200
Zootopia201639,606,100
Up200939,273,800
Cars200937,264,600
A Bug's Life199834,135,500
Monsters University201333,200,400
Despicable me201032,594,500
The Lego Movie201432,315,300
WALL-E200831,170,900
Sing201630,666,400
Ice Age200230,359,300
Shrek Forever After201030,331,000
Madagascar200530,202,100
Happy Feet200630,011,700
Ratatouille200730,006,600
Kung Fu Panda''200830,004,800

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 stop motion films by ticket sales, and no rankings are given.
FilmYearKnown ticket sales Notes
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs1937214,900,000
One Hundred and One Dalmatians1961199,800,000
The Lion King1994140,108,836
The Jungle Book1967137,915,958
Fantasia194087,649,246
Aladdin199287,108,669
Bambi194284,879,233
'Cinderella'195084,458,172
Pinocchio194083,739,255
Sleeping Beauty195979,314,145
Lady and the Tramp195567,351,673
Peter Pan195345,623,500
Spirited Away200145,595,221
Beatuy and the Beast199145,363,700
Your Name201644,342,412
199836,837,706
Tarzan199933,673,400
Pocahontas199532,547,100
The Little Mermaid198926,487,400
Mulan199825,718,600
Lilo & Stitch200225,093,700
The Rescuers197724,780,800
The Hunchback of Notre Dame199622,655,800
Howl's Moving Castle200421,943,336
Weathering with You 201921,681,965
Hercules199721,593,100
The Rugrats Movie199821,197,200
The Prince of Egypt199820,865,300
The Fox and the Hound198120,084,100

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.
TitleTicket sales Year
Chicken Run19,820,9002000
Coraline10,038,1632009
8,746,8782005
Corpse Bride8,324,3542005
ParaNorman7,035,5592012
James and the Giant Peach6,543,2721996
The Boxtrolls6,221,6102014
Kubo and the Two Strings 5,551,8022016
The Nightmare Before Christmas4,494,1501993
Frankenweenie4,432,2082012
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! 3,900,8952012
Isle of Dogs3,514,2952018
Fantastic Mr. Fox2,788,0012009
Shaun the Sheep Movie2,298,4552015
Missing Link1,827,6112019