List of highest-grossing animated films of the 2010s

The following are lists of the highest-grossing animated feature films first released in the 2010s.

Highest-grossing animated films of the 2010s

See also: List of highest-grossing animated films

Figures are given in US dollars. DreamWorks Animation is the most represented studio with 12 films on the list, while Pixar has the highest total of any animation studio in this decade, and is the most represented studio with four films in the Top 10. Distributors listed are for the original theatrical release.

Top 50
Rank	Title	Country	Studio	Distributor	Worldwide gross	Year	Ref
1	The Lion King	U.S.	Walt Disney Pictures/​Fairview Entertainment/​Moving Picture Company	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures	$1,656,943,394	2019	[1]
2	Frozen II		Walt Disney Pictures/​Walt Disney Animation Studios		$1,450,026,933	2019	[2]
3	Frozen				$1,290,000,000	2013	[3]
4	Incredibles 2		Pixar Animation Studios		$1,242,693,333	2018	[4]
5	Minions		Illumination Entertainment	Universal Pictures	$1,159,398,397	2015	[5]
6	Toy Story 4		Pixar Animation Studios	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures	$1,073,394,593	2019	[6]
7	Toy Story 3				$1,066,969,703	2010	[7][8]
8	Despicable Me 3		Illumination Entertainment	Universal Pictures	$1,034,799,409	2017	[9]
9	Finding Dory		Pixar Animation Studios	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures	$1,028,570,889	2016	[10]
10	Zootopia		Walt Disney Pictures/Walt Disney Animation Studios		$1,023,784,195	2016	[11]
11	Despicable Me 2		Illumination Entertainment	Universal Pictures	$970,761,885	2013	[12][13]
12	Ice Age: Continental Drift		20th Century Fox Animation/​Blue Sky Studios	20th Century Fox	$877,244,782	2012	[14][15]
13	The Secret Life of Pets		Illumination Entertainment	Universal Pictures	$875,457,937	2016	[16]
14	Inside Out		Pixar Animation Studios	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures	$857,611,174	2015	[17]
15	Coco				$807,082,196	2017	[18]
16	Shrek Forever After		DreamWorks Animation	Paramount Pictures	$752,600,867	2010	[19]
17	Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted		DreamWorks Animation/​PDI		$746,921,274	2012	[20][21]
18	Monsters University		Pixar Animation Studios	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures	$744,229,437	2013	[22][23]
19	Ne Zha	China	Beijing Enlight Media/Chengdu Coco Cartoon Co., Ltd./Horgos Coloroom Pictures/October Media	Beijing Enlight Pictures	$727,268,172	2019	[24]
20	Kung Fu Panda 2	U.S.	DreamWorks Animation	Paramount Pictures	$665,692,281	2011	[25][26]
21	Big Hero 6		Walt Disney Pictures/Walt Disney Animation Studios	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures	$657,818,612	2014	[27][28]
22	Moana				$643,331,111	2016	[29]
23	Sing		Illumination Entertainment	Universal Pictures	$634,151,679	2016	[30]
24	How to Train Your Dragon 2		DreamWorks Animation	20th Century Fox	$621,537,519	2014	[31][32]
25	Tangled		Walt Disney Pictures/Walt Disney Animation Studios	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures	$591,794,936	2010	[33][34]
26	The Croods		DreamWorks Animation	20th Century Fox	$587,204,668	2013	[35][36]
27	Cars 2		Pixar Animation Studios	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures	$562,110,557	2011	[37][38]
28	Puss in Boots		DreamWorks Animation	Paramount Pictures	$554,987,477	2011	[39][40]
29	Despicable Me		Illumination Entertainment	Universal Pictures	$543,113,985	2010	[41][34]
30	Brave		Pixar Animation Studios	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures	$540,437,063	2012	[42][43]
31	Ralph Breaks the Internet		Walt Disney Pictures/Walt Disney Animation Studios		$529,009,824	2018	[44]
32	Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation		Sony Pictures Animation/​Sony Pictures ImageWorks	Columbia Pictures	$528,583,774	2018	[45]
33	The Boss Baby		DreamWorks Animation	20th Century Fox	$527,965,936	2017	[46]
34	Kung Fu Panda 3	U.S./​China	DreamWorks Animation/Pearl Studio/​China Film Co., Ltd.		$521,170,825	2016	[47]
35	How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World	U.S.	DreamWorks Animation	Universal Pictures	$519,586,035	2019	[48]
36	Dr. Seuss' The Grinch		Illumination Entertainment/​Dr. Seuss Enterprises		$511,565,348	2018	[49]
37	Rio 2		20th Century Fox Animation/​Blue Sky Studios	20th Century Fox	$500,101,972	2014	[50][32]
38	How to Train Your Dragon		DreamWorks Animation	Paramount Pictures	$494,878,759	2010	[51][52]
39	Rio		20th Century Fox Animation/​Blue Sky Studios	20th Century Fox	$484,635,760	2011	[53][54]
40	Hotel Transylvania 2		Sony Pictures Animation/Sony Pictures Imageworks	Columbia Pictures	$473,226,958	2015	[55]
41	Wreck-It Ralph		Walt Disney Pictures/Walt Disney Animation Studios	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures	$471,222,889	2012	[56]
42	The Lego Movie	U.S./​Australia/​Denmark	Lego System A/S/​Animal Logic/​Village Roadshow Pictures	Warner Bros.	$469,160,692	2014	[55]
43	The Secret Life of Pets 2	U.S.	Illumination Entertainment	Universal Pictures	$430,051,293	2019	[57]
44	Ice Age: Collision Course		20th Century Fox Animation/​Blue Sky Studios	20th Century Fox	$408,579,038	2016	[55]
45	Home		DreamWorks Animation		$386,041,607	2015	[55]
46	Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse		Sony Pictures Animation/Sony Pictures Imageworks/Marvel Studios/​Pascal Pictures	Columbia Pictures	$384,298,736	2018	[55]
47	Cars 3		Pixar Animation Studios	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures	$383,930,656	2017	[55]
48	The Adventures of TintinCP		Nickelodeon Movies/​Amblin Entertainment/​Weta Digital	Paramount PicturesCP	$373,993,951	2011	[55]
49	Penguins of Madagascar		DreamWorks Animation/PDI	20th Century Fox	$373,015,621	2014	[55]
50	Your Name	Japan	CoMix Wave Films	Toho Co., Ltd.	$359,889,749	2016	[55]

Highest-grossing film by year

Year	Title	Studio	Worldwide gross	Budget	Ref(s)
2010	Toy Story 3	Disney/​Pixar	$1,066,969,703	$200,000,000	[7]
2011	Kung Fu Panda 2	Paramount/​DreamWorks Animation	$665,692,281	$150,000,000	[25]
2012	Ice Age: Continental Drift	20th/​Blue Sky Studios	$877,244,782	$95,000,000	[14]
2013	Frozen	Disney/​Walt Disney Animation Studios	$1,290,000,000 ($1,287,000,000)	$150,000,000	[3]
2014	Big Hero 6	Disney/​Walt Disney Animation Studios	$657,818,612	$165,000,000	[27]
2015	Minions	Universal/​Illumination	$1,159,398,397	$74,000,000	[5]
2016	Finding Dory	Disney/​Pixar	$1,028,570,889	$200,000,000	[10]
2017	Despicable Me 3	Universal/​Illumination	$1,034,799,409	$80,000,000	[9]
2018	Incredibles 2	Disney/​Pixar	$1,242,805,359	$200,000,000	[58][59]
2019	The Lion King	Disney	$1,656,943,394	$260,000,000	[1]

See also

• List of animated feature films of the 2010s

Notes

• ^CP Released along with Columbia Pictures internationally.

References

1. "The Lion King". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
2. "Frozen II". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
3. Frozen

   • "Frozen (2013) – International Box Office Results". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on August 9, 2014. Worldwide – $1,282,147,791 (total as of August 8, 2014; including Japanese gross up to August 3, Spain gross up to July 27 and omitting Nigerian gross)
   • "Frozen (2013) – International Box Office Results: Japan". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 3, 2014.

   Total as of August 3, 2014: $247,650,477

   Total as of August 31, 2014: $249,036,646

   • "Frozen (2013) – International Box Office Results: Spain". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved November 6, 2014.

   Total as of July 27, 2014: $21,668,593

   Total as of November 2, 2014: $22,492,845

   • "Frozen (2013) – International Box Office Results: Nigeria". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 3, 2014.

   Total as of August 17, 2014: $167,333

   • "Frozen (2013) – International Box Office Results: United Kingdom". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 24, 2015.

   Total as of June 8, 2014: £39,090,985

   Total as of November 30, 2014: £40,960,083 ($1 = £0.63866)

   Total as of December 7, 2014: £41,087,765 ($1 = £0.64136)

   Total as of December 14, 2014: £41,170,608 ($1 = £0.636)

   Total as of November 26, 2017: £42,840,559 ($1 = £0.7497)

   Total as of December 3, 2017: £42,976,318 ($1 = £0.742)

   • "Frozen (2013) – International Box Office Results: Germany". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved March 30, 2016.

   Total as of March 30, 2014: €35,098,170

   Total as of October 18, 2015: €42,526,744

   nb. the exact euro to dollar conversion rate is unknown for earnings since April 2014, but the euro never fell below parity with the dollar during 2014 and 2015 (as can be verified by comparing the exchange rate on the individual date entries at the provided reference) so an approximate conversion rate of €1:$1 is used here to give a lower-bound.

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29. "Moana (2016)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved October 23, 2017.
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44. "Ralph Breaks the Internet". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
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48. "How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
49. "Dr. Seuss' The Grinch". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
50. "Rio 2 (2014)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved December 6, 2014.
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55. "Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved March 13, 2016.
56. "Wreck-It Ralph". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
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