List of Sony theatrical animated feature films

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This list of theatrical animated feature films consists of animated films produced or released by Sony Pictures, the film division of Sony.

Sony releases films from Sony-owned and non-Sony owned animation studios. Most films listed below are from Sony Pictures Animation which began as a feature animation department of Sony, producing its first feature-length animated film Open Season in 2006. Beginning with 1001 Arabian Nights in 1959, Columbia Pictures and TriStar Pictures have released animated films by other production companies, such as United Productions of America, Aardman Animations, Marvel Entertainment, Madhouse, Aniplex, Funimation, Crunchyroll and Rovio Animation. Additionally, Sony Pictures's Japanese division has helped co-produce and release anime films in that country, such as Cowboy Bebop: The Movie, Tokyo Godfathers, Paprika, Legend of the Millennium Dragon and Marvel Anime Films etc.

Other Studio units have also released films theatrically, primarily the studio's distribution unit Sony Pictures Releasing, which acquires film rights from outside animation studios to release films under the Columbia Pictures or TriStar Pictures film labels.

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Films

Color legend

Madhouse (1996–present)
SPE Visual Works (1997) Aniplex (2007–present)
Sony Pictures Animation (2006–present)
Funimation Films (2017–22)
Crunchyroll Films (2022–present)
Other Sony studio
Third-party studio
An adult animated production	^A
Live-action/animation hybrid	^S
Distribution only	^D

US releases

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Title	Original theatrical release date^{[rls 1]}	Animation studio
1001 Arabian Nights	December 1, 1959	United Productions of America (UPA)
The Little Prince and the Eight-Headed Dragon^[D]	January 1, 1964^{[rls 2]}	Toei Animation
Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!^[D]	June 3, 1964	Hanna-Barbera
The Magic World of Topo Gigio^[D]	November 26, 1965^{[rls 3]}	Cinecidi
The Man Called Flintstone^[D]	August 3, 1966	Hanna-Barbera
Jack and the Beanstalk^[D]	February 13, 1976^{[rls 4]}	Group TAC
American Pop^[A]	February 13, 1981	Bakshi Productions
Heavy Metal^[A]	August 7, 1981	Potterton Productions
Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation	March 21, 1986	Nelvana
Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw^[D]	March 18, 1988	Carolco Pictures, Atlantic/Kushner-Locke, The Maltese Companies, Cuckoo's Nest Studio, Wang Film Productions and Tonka^{[st 1]}
Stuart Little^[S]	December 17, 1999	Franklin/Waterman Productions
Heavy Metal 2000^[A]	July 10, 2000	CinéGroupe
The Trumpet of the Swan	May 11, 2001	RichCrest Animation Studios^{[st 1]}
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within^[A]	July 11, 2001	Square Pictures
Metropolis^[A]^[D]	January 25, 2002^{[rls 5]}	Madhouse^{[st 1]}
Stuart Little 2^[S]	July 19, 2002	Red Wagon Entertainment
Eight Crazy Nights^[A]	November 27, 2002	Happy Madison Productions
The Triplets of Belleville^[A]^[D]	February 13, 2004^{[rls 6]}^{[rls 7]}	Les Armateurs^{[st 2]}
Steamboy^[A]^[D]	March 18, 2005^{[rls 8]}	Sunrise^{[st 3]}
The Pink Panther^[S]	February 10, 2006	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Robert Simonds Productions
Monster House	July 21, 2006	ImageMovers and Amblin Entertainment
Open Season	September 29, 2006	Sony Pictures Animation
Surf's Up	June 8, 2007
Paprika^[A]^[D]	June 22, 2007	Madhouse^{[st 2]}
Tekkonkinkreet^[A]^[D]	July 13, 2007	Aniplex^{[st 2]}
Persepolis^[A]^[D]	December 25, 2007^{[rls 9]}^{[rls 7]}	The Kennedy/Marshall Company^{[st 2]}
The Sky Crawlers^[D]	August 2, 2008	Production I.G and Warner Bros. Japan
Waltz with Bashir^[A]^[D]	August 29, 2008^{[rls 10]}	Razor Film Produktion^{[st 2]}
The Pink Panther 2^[S]	February 6, 2009	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Robert Simonds Productions
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs	September 18, 2009	Sony Pictures Animation
Planet 51^[D]	November 20, 2009^{[rls 7]}	Ilion Animation Studios^{[st 1]}
The Illusionist^[D]	February 11, 2011	Django Films, Pathé and Warner Bros.^{[st 2]}
The Smurfs^[S]	July 29, 2011	Sony Pictures Animation, Hemisphere Media Capital and The Kerner Entertainment Company
Arthur Christmas^[D]	November 23, 2011	Sony Pictures Animation and Aardman Animations
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!^[D]	April 27, 2012
Hotel Transylvania	September 28, 2012	Sony Pictures Animation
The Smurfs 2^[S]	July 31, 2013	Sony Pictures Animation and The Kerner Entertainment Company
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2	September 27, 2013	Sony Pictures Animation
Pixels^[S]	July 24, 2015	Happy Madison Productions, 1492 Pictures, LStar Capital, China Film Co. Ltd. and Film Croppers Entertainment
Hotel Transylvania 2	September 25, 2015	Sony Pictures Animation, LStar Capital and MRC
Goosebumps^[D]^[S]	October 16, 2015	Sony Pictures Animation, LStar Capital, Village Roadshow Pictures and Original Film
The Angry Birds Movie	May 20, 2016	Rovio Animation
Sausage Party^[A]	August 12, 2016	Annapurna Pictures, Point Grey Pictures and Nitrogen Studios
The Red Turtle^[D]	January 20, 2017^{[rls 11]}^{[rls 7]}	Studio Ghibli^{[st 2]}
Smurfs: The Lost Village	April 7, 2017	Sony Pictures Animation, The Kerner Entertainment Company, LStar Capital and Wanda Pictures
The Emoji Movie	July 28, 2017	Sony Pictures Animation
The Star	November 17, 2017	Sony Pictures Animation, Affirm Films, Walden Media, The Jim Henson Company and Franklin Entertainment
Peter Rabbit^[D]^[S]	February 9, 2018	Sony Pictures Animation, Olive Bridge Entertainment, 2.0 Entertainment and Animal Logic
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation	July 13, 2018	Sony Pictures Animation and MRC
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween^[D]^[S]	October 12, 2018	Sony Pictures Animation and Original Film
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse	December 14, 2018	Sony Pictures Animation, Marvel Entertainment, Arad Productions, Lord Miller Productions and Pascal Pictures
Ruben Brandt, Collector^[D]	February 15, 2019^{[rls 12]}^{[rls 7]}	Ruben Brandt Production^{[st 2]}^[1]
The Angry Birds Movie 2	August 14, 2019^[2]^[3]^[4]	Sony Pictures Animation and Rovio Entertainment
The Mitchells vs. the Machines	April 23, 2021	Sony Pictures Animation, Lord Miller Productions and One Cool Films
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway^[D]^[S]	June 11, 2021^[5]	Olive Bridge Entertainment, 2.0 Entertainment and Animal Logic
Wish Dragon	June 11, 2021^[6]	Sony Pictures Animation, Flagship Entertainment, Base FX and Tencent Pictures
Vivo	August 6, 2021^[7]	Sony Pictures Animation and One Cool Films
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania	January 14, 2022^[8]^[9]	Sony Pictures Animation and MRC
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile^[D]^[S]	October 7, 2022^[10]	Hutch Parker Entertainment, Eagle Pictures and TSG Entertainment II
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse	June 2, 2023^[11]	Sony Pictures Animation, Marvel Entertainment, Arad Productions, Lord Miller Productions and Pascal Pictures
The Peasants^[A]^[D]	January 26, 2024^{[rls 13]}^{[rls 7]}	BreakThru Films, DigitalKraft, and Artshot^{[st 2]}
The Garfield Movie^[D]	May 24, 2024^[12]^[13]	Alcon Entertainment, Paws, Inc. and DNEG Animation
Harold and the Purple Crayon^[D]^[S]	August 2, 2024^[14]^[15]^[16]	Davis Entertainment and Scholastic Entertainment
Paddington in Peru^[D]^[S]	February 14, 2025^{[rls 14]}^{[rls 7]}^[17]^[18]	StudioCanal, Kinoshita Group and Marmalade Pictures

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Title	Intended theatrical release date by Sony Pictures Releasing	Animation studio
Scarlet^[A]^[D]	December 12, 2025^{[rls 15]}^{[rls 7]}^[19]^[20]	Studio Chizu
Goat	February 13, 2026^[21]	Sony Pictures Animation, Unanimous Media and Modern Magic
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse	June 4, 2027^[22]	Sony Pictures Animation, Arad Productions, Lord Miller Productions and Pascal Pictures

International releases

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Title	Original theatrical release date^{[rls 16]}	Animation studio
Hugo the Hippo	December 28, 1979 (Mexico)	Brut Productions
The Swan Princess	November 18, 1994	Rich Animation Studios
Memories^[A]	March 28, 1996^{[rls 17]}	Madhouse^{[st 1]}
Rurouni Kenshin: The Motion Picture^[A]	December 20, 1997	SPE Visual Works and Gallop
Manuelita	July 8, 1999	García Ferré Entertainment
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie^[A]^[D]	May 16, 2003^{[rls 18]}^{[rls 19]}	Bones and Sunrise^{[st 4]}
Tokyo Godfathers^[A]	November 8, 2003	Madhouse
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children^[A]	September 14, 2005	Square Enix Holdings and Visual Works
Resident Evil: Degeneration^[A]	October 18, 2008	Digital Frontier
Open Season 2	January 27, 2009^{[rls 20]}	Sony Pictures Animation
First Squad: The Moment of Truth	October 15, 2009	Studio 4°C
Open Season 3	January 25, 2011^{[rls 20]}	Sony Pictures Animation
Legend of the Millennium Dragon	April 29, 2011	Studio Pierrot
The Adventures of Tintin^[D]	December 21, 2011	Amblin Entertainment, Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon Movies, Hemisphere Media Capital and WingNut Films
Zambezia	July 3, 2012	Triggerfish Animation Studios^{[st 5]}
Starship Troopers: Invasion^[A]	July 21, 2012	Stage 6 Films
Resident Evil: Damnation^[A]	October 27, 2012	Digital Frontier
Iron Man: Rise of Technovore^[D]	April 24, 2013	Madhouse and Marvel Entertainment
Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher^[D]	March 25, 2014
Open Season: Scared Silly	March 8, 2016^{[rls 20]}	Sony Pictures Animation
Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV^[A]	July 9, 2016^{[st 6]}	Aniplex and Visual Works
Your Name	April 22, 2017^{[rls 21]}^{[rls 7]}	Toho (English dub handled by Funimation Films)
Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale	Aniplex^{[st 7]}
Resident Evil: Vendetta^[A]	June 19, 2017	Stage 6 Films^{[st 7]}
Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars^[A]	August 21, 2017^{[rls 7]}	Stage 6 Films
My Hero Academia: Two Heroes	September 25, 2018^{[rls 22]}^{[rls 7]}	Funimation Films, Bones and Toho Animation
Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl^[D]	October 2, 2019^{[rls 23]}^{[rls 7]}	Aniplex and Funimation Films
Tabaluga^[D]	December 27, 2019	Awesometown Entertainment, Tempest Film and Trixter
Goblin Slayer: Goblin's Crown	February 1, 2020	White Fox
My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising^[D]	February 26, 2020^{[rls 24]}^{[rls 7]}	Funimation Films, Bones and Toho Animation
The Barkers: Mind the Cats!^[D]	December 24, 2020	Melnitsa Animation Studio and CTB Film Company
Horse Julius and Big Horse Racing	December 31, 2020
Secret Magic Control Agency	March 18, 2021	Wizart Animation, QED International and CTB Film Company
Violet Evergarden: The Movie	March 30, 2021^{[rls 25]}^{[rls 7]}	Funimation Films and Kyoto Animation
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train^[A]	April 23, 2021^{[rls 26]}^{[rls 7]}	Aniplex and Funimation Films
Josee, the Tiger and the Fish	July 12, 2021^{[rls 27]}^{[rls 7]}	Funimation Films and Bones^{[st 7]}^{[st 8]}
Sing a Bit of Harmony	October 29, 2021	Funimation Films and JC Staff^{[st 8]}
My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission	Funimation Films, Bones and Toho Animation
Sword Art Online Progressive: Aria of a Starless Night	December 3, 2021^{[rls 28]}^{[rls 7]}	Aniplex and Funimation Films^{[st 7]}
Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness^[D]	February 16, 2022^[23]	NWave Pictures
Jujutsu Kaisen 0^[A]	March 18, 2022^{[rls 29]}^{[rls 7]}	Funimation Films and Crunchyroll
Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero	August 19, 2022^{[rls 30]}	Crunchyroll Films and Toei Animation
One Piece Film: Red	November 4, 2022^{[rls 31]}
The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie	December 7, 2022^{[rls 32]}	Crunchyroll Films and Bibury Animation Studios
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: The Movie – Scarlet Bond	January 20, 2023^{[rls 33]}	Crunchyroll Films and Eight Bit Co., Ltd.
Sword Art Online Progressive: Scherzo of Deep Night	February 3, 2023^{[rls 34]}	Aniplex and Crunchyroll Films^{[st 7]}
Kaguya-sama: Love Is War – The First Kiss That Never Ends	February 14, 2023^{[rls 35]}	Aniplex
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – To the Swordsmith Village^[A]	March 3, 2023^{[rls 36]}
Suzume	April 14, 2023^{[rls 37]}	Crunchyroll Films and Toho^{[st 9]}
Resident Evil: Death Island^[A]	July 7, 2023	TMS Entertainment^{[st 7]}
Psycho-Pass Providence^[A]	July 14, 2023^{[rls 38]}	Crunchyroll Films and Toho Animation
Kaina of the Great Snow Sea: Star Sage	October 13, 2023	Polygon Pictures
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – To the Hashira Training^[A]	February 23, 2024^{[rls 39]}	Aniplex
Rascal Does Not Dream of a Sister Venturing Out	March 24, 2024^{[rls 40]}^{[rls 41]}
Rascal Does Not Dream of a Knapsack Kid
Spy × Family Code: White	April 19, 2024^{[rls 42]}	Crunchyroll Films and Toho Animation
Haikyu!! The Dumpster Battle	May 31, 2024^{[rls 43]}	Crunchyroll Films, Production I.G and Toho Animation
Blue Lock The Movie -Episode Nagi-	June 28, 2024^{[rls 44]}	Crunchyroll Films and Kodansha
Kizumonogatari: Koyomi Vamp^[A]	August 28, 2024^{[rls 45]}	Aniplex
The Concierge	September 11, 2024^{[rls 46]}	Aniplex and Crunchyroll Films
My Hero Academia: You're Next	October 11, 2024^{[rls 47]}	Crunchyroll Films, Bones and Toho Animation ^{[st 10]}
Overlord: The Sacred Kingdom	November 8, 2024^{[rls 48]}	Madhouse and Crunchyroll Films ^{[st 7]}
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle^[A]	September 12, 2025^{[rls 49]}	Aniplex and Crunchyroll Films
Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc^[A]	October 29, 2025^{[rls 50]}	MAPPA and Toho

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Highest-grossing films

† indicates films playing in theaters around the world in the week commencing 6 May 2025.

This list does not include films combining live-action with animation.

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Rank	Film	Gross	Studio	Year	Ref.
1	Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse	$690,897,910	Sony Pictures Animation and Marvel Entertainment	2023	^[24]
2	Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation	$528,583,774	Sony Pictures Animation	2018	^[25]
3	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train	$507,076,686	Aniplex and Funimation Films	2021	^[26]
4	Hotel Transylvania 2	$473,226,958	Sony Pictures Animation	2015	^[27]
5	Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse	$384,298,736	Sony Pictures Animation and Marvel Entertainment	2018	^[28]
6	Your Name	$382,238,181	Funimation Films and Toho	2017	^[29]
7	The Adventures of Tintin	$373,993,951	Nickelodeon Movies, Amblin Entertainment and Paramount Pictures	2011	^[30]
8	Hotel Transylvania	$358,375,603	Sony Pictures Animation	2012	^[31]
9	The Angry Birds Movie	$352,333,929	Rovio Animation	2016	^[32]
10	Suzume	$324,471,027	Crunchyroll Films and Toho	2022	^[33]

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Notes

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Release notes

[R 1]
Listed are the original theatrical release dates in the United States (or other non-U.S. territories) when the film was contributed by Sony. Different distributors are attributed and credited for distributing each film throughout the history of Sony.
[R 2]
Original release date was March 24, 1963
[R 3]
Original release date was 1961
[R 4]
Original release date was July 20, 1974
[R 5]
Original release date was May 26, 2001
[R 6]
Original release date was June 11, 2003
[R 7]
Released by Sony Pictures in the United States.
[R 8]
Original release date was July 17, 2004
[R 9]
Original release date was June 27, 2007
[R 10]
Original release date was June 5, 2008
[R 11]
Original release date was June 29, 2016
[R 12]
Original release date was June 22, 2018
[R 13]
Original release date was October 13, 2023
[R 14]
Original release date was November 8, 2024
[R 15]
Original release date was November 21, 2025
[R 16]
Listed are the original theatrical release dates in the United States (or other non-U.S. territories) when the film was contributed by Sony. Different distributors are attributed and credited for distributing each film throughout the history of Sony.
[R 17]
Original release date was December 23, 1995
[R 18]
Original release date was September 1, 2001
[R 19]
Also released by Sony in North America
[R 20]
Not released theatrically in the United States
[R 21]
Original release date was August 26, 2016
[R 22]
Original release date was August 3, 2018
[R 23]
Original release date was June 15, 2018
[R 24]
Original release date was December 20, 2019
[R 25]
Original release date was September 18, 2020
[R 26]
Original release date was October 16, 2020
[R 27]
Original release date was December 25, 2020
[R 28]
Original release date was October 30, 2021
[R 29]
Original release date was December 24, 2021
[R 30]
Original release date was June 11, 2022
[R 31]
Original release date was August 6, 2022
[R 32]
Original release date was May 20, 2022
[R 33]
Original release date was November 25, 2022
[R 34]
Original release date was november 11, 2022
[R 35]
Original release date was December 27, 2022
[R 36]
Original release date was February 3, 2022
[R 37]
Original release date was November 11, 2022
[R 38]
Original release date was May 30, 2023
[R 39]
Original release date was February 2, 2024
[R 40]
Original release date was June 23, 2023
[R 41]
Original release date was December 1, 2023
[R 42]
Original release date was December 22, 2023
[R 43]
Original release date was February 16, 2024
[R 44]
Original release date was April 19, 2024
[R 45]
Original release date was January 12, 2024
[R 46]
Original release date was October 20, 2023
[R 47]
Original release date was August 2, 2024
[R 48]
Original release date was September 20, 2024
[R 49]
Original release date was July 18, 2025
[R 50]
Original release date was September 19, 2025

Studio/production notes

[S 1]
Released by TriStar Pictures.
[S 2]
Released by Sony Pictures Classics.
[S 3]
Released by Triumph Films.
[S 4]
Released by Destination Films.
[S 5]
Released by Cinema Management Group outside North America
[S 6]
Released by Stage 6 Films
[S 7]
Released by Kadokawa in Japan
[S 8]
Released by Shochiku in Japan
[S 9]
Released by Wild Bunch in Europe territories
[S 10]
Released by Toho International in United States

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