List of highest-grossing openings for animated films

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The following is a list of the highest-grossing opening weekends for an animated films. The list is dominated by recent films due to steadily increasing marketing budgets, and modern films opening on more screens. Another contributing factor is inflation not being taken into account.

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An animated feature film is defined as a motion picture with a running time of more than 40 minutes, in which movement and characters’ performances are created using a frame-by-frame technique. Motion capture by itself is not an animation technique. In addition, a significant number of the major characters must be animated, and animation must figure in no less than 75 percent of the picture’s running time.

—Rule Seven - Special Rules For The Animated Feature Film Award : I. Definition

Biggest worldwide openings for an animated film since 2002

This list charts films that had openings in excess of $100 million worldwide. Since animated films do not open on Fridays in many markets, the 'opening' is taken to be the gross between the first day of release and the first Sunday. Figures prior to the year 2002 are not available.

Figures are given in United States dollars (USD). Sixty-eight percent of the films in the top 22 were released after 2010. 2013 is the most represented year, with four films. The Ice Age franchise is the most represented franchise with 3 films each. DreamWorks Animation and are the most represented studios with 7 films on the list. This list does not take into account country-by-country variations in release dates. Therefore, in some cases opening weekend grosses from many, or even most countries may not be included.

Rank Film Worldwide opening ($ million) Year Ref[1]
1 Zootopia 233.9 2016 [2]
2 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs 218.4 2009 [3]
3 Inside Out 180.1 2015 [4]
4 The Simpsons Movie 170.9 2007 [5]
5 How to Train Your Dragon 2 155 2014 [6]
6 Despicable Me 2 147.7 2013 [7]
7 Toy Story 3 145.3 2010 [8]
8 Finding Nemo 141.4 2003 [9]
9 Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted 137.6 2012 [10]
10 Monsters University 136.9 2013 [11]
11 Shrek the Third 136.8 2007 [12]
12 Shrek 2 131.1 2004 [13]
13 Minions 128.3 2015 [14]
14 Ice Age:Continental Drift 126.9 2012 [15]
15 Hotel Transylvania 2 125.7 2015 [16]
16 Kung Fu Panda 3 117 2016 [16]
17 Ice Age: The Meltdown 115.4 2006 [17]
18 Frozen 110.6 2013 [18]
19 Cars 2 109.9 2011 [19]
20 The Lego Movie 109 2014 [20]
21 Kung Fu Panda 2 108.9 2011 [21]
22 The Croods 106 2013 [22]

Timeline of biggest worldwide openings for an animated film since 2001

At least 5 animated films have held the record of highest-grossing animated film at different times. Pixar are the only studio to hold the record on two different times.

Film Established Record-setting opening ($ million) Ref [3]
Monsters, Inc* 2001 84.8 [23]
Finding Nemo 2003 141.4 [13]
The Simpsons Movie 2007 170.9 [4]
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs 2009 218.4 [3]
Zootopia 2016 233.9 [2]

Biggest opening weekend in U.S. and Canada for an animated film since 1982

This list charts films the top 50 highest-grossing animated opening weekends in U.S. and Canada for an animated film since 1982.

Figures are given in United States dollars (USD). Ninety-eight percent of the films in the top 50 were released after 2000. 2012 & 2015 is the most represented year, with six films each. Shrek and Ice Age are the most represented franchises with four films each.

DreamWorks Animation is the most represented studio with 17 films on the list.

rank film gross ($million) year Ref[24]
1 Shrek the Third 121.6 2007 [11]
2 Minions 115.2 2015 [14]
3 Toy Story 3 110.3 2010 [7]
4 Shrek 2 108.0 2004 [12]
5 Inside Out 90.4 2015 [4]
6 Despicable Me 2 83.5 2013 [5]
7 Monsters University 82.4 2013 [8]
8 Zootopia 75.1 2016 [2]
9 The Simpsons Movie 74 2007 [4]
10 Shrek Forever After 70.8 2010 [15]
11 The Incredibles 70.5 2004 [25]
12 Finding Nemo 70.3 2003 [26]
13 The Lorax 70.2 2012 [16]
14 The Lego Movie 69.1 2014 [27]
15 Up 68.1 2009 [28]
16 Frozen 67.4 2013 [29]
17 Ice Age: The Meltdown 68 2006 [13]
18 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs 66.7 2009 [3]
19 Brave 66.3 2012 [17]
20 Cars 2 66.1 2011 [18]
21 Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa 63.11 2008 [19]
22 WALL-E 63.10 2008 [30]
23 Monsters, Inc. 62.3 2001 [9]
24 Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted 60.3 2012 [10]
25 Kung Fu Panda 60.2 2008 [21]
26 Cars 60.1 2006 [31]
27 Monsters vs. Aliens 59.3 2009 [32]
28 Toy Story 2 57.4 1999 [33]
29 Despicable Me 56.4 2010 [34]
30 Big Hero 6 56.2 2014 [35]
31 The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water 55.4 2015 [36]
32 Kung Fu Panda 2 53.5 2011 [37]
33 Home 52.1 2015 [38]
34 How to Train Your Dragon 2 49.6 2014 [39]
35 Wreck-It Ralph 49 2012 [40]
36 Tangled 48.8 2010 [41]
37 Hotel Transylvania 2 48.4 2015 [42]
38 Shark Tale 47.6 2004 [43]
39 Madagascar 47.2 2005 [44]
40 Ratatouille 47 2007 [45]
41 Ice Age: Continental Drift 46.6 2012 [46]
42 Ice Age 46.3 2002 [47]
43 Megamind 46 2010 [48]
44 Horton Hears a Who! 45 2008 [49]
45 The Peanuts Movie 44.2 2015 [50]
46 How to Train Your Dragon 43.7 2010 [51]
47 The Croods 43.6 2013 [52]
48 Hotel Transylvania 42.5 2012 [53]
49 Shrek 42.3 2001 [54]
50 Happy Feet 41.5 2006 [55]

Opening weekend record holders in U.S. and Canada since 1982

These are the films that, when first released, set the opening three-day weekend record after going into wide release.

At least 13 animated films have held the record of highest-grossing animated film at different times. Two of these were in the DreamWorks animations Shrek franchise. Disney and Pixar held the record three times each as of 2015.

Film Established Record-setting opening ($ million) Ref[56]
The Secret of NIMH 1982 1.4 [57]
The Last Unicorn 2.3 [58]
The Care Bears Movie 1985 3.7 [59]
The Black Cauldron 4.1 [60]
An American Tail 1986 5.2 [61]
The Land Before Time 1988 7.5 [62]
Aladdin 1992 19.3 [63]
The Lion King 1994 40.9 [64]
Toy Story 2 1999 57.4 [33]
Monsters, Inc. 2001 62.6 [65]
Finding Nemo 2003 70.3 [66]
Shrek 2 2004 108.0 [67]
Shrek The Third 2007 121.6 [68]

Biggest opening week in U.S. and Canada for an animated film since 1976

This list charts films that had openings in excess of $70 million in their first week.

Figures are given in United States dollars (USD). 43.3% of the films in the top 30 were released after 2010, 2012 is the most represented year, with four films. Shrek, Madagascar, and Despicable Me, are the most represented franchises with three films. All films in the Main series Cars, main film series of Madagascar, and Despicable Me are on the list. Pixar are the most represented studio with 12 films on the list.

rank film gross ($) year ref [69]
1 Toy Story 3 167.6 2010 [70]
2 Minions 166.5 2015 [71]
3 Shrek the Third 149.4 2007 [72]
4 Shrek 2 143.8 2004 [73]
5 Inside Out 132.8 2015 [74]
6 Despicable Me 2 124.9 2013 [75]
7 Monsters University 124.8 2013 [76]
8 The Simpsons Movie 102.9 2007 [77]
9 Brave 97.7 2012 [78]
10 Finding Nemo 97.5 2003 [79]
11 WALL-E 94.7 2008 [80]
12 Up 93.1 2009 [81]
13 The Incredibles 93 2004 [82]
14 Zootopia 92.6 2016 [83]
15 Cars 2 90.9 2011 [84]
16 Shrek Forever After 89.8 2010 [85]
17 Despicable Me 85.6 2010 [86]
18 Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted 85 2012 [87]
19 Kung Fu Panda 83.7 2008 [88]
20 Cars 83.3 2006 [89]
21 The Lorax 82.9 2012 [90]
22 Ice Age: The Meltdown 81.9 2006 [91]
23 Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa 81.8 2008 [92]
24 Ratatouille 80.5 2007 [93]
25 Monsters, Inc. 80.3 2014 [94]
26 Frozen 76.1 2013 [95]
27 Big Hero 6 75.6 2014 [96]
28 Madagascar 72.3 2005 [97]
29 Monsters vs. Aliens 72.2 2009 [98]
30 Kung Fu Panda 2 70.3 2011 [99]

Biggest opening day in U.S. and Canada for an animated film since 1992

Minions has the biggest Opening day for an animated film in U.S and Canada since 1992

This list charts films that had openings in excess of $16 million in their first day in U.S. and Canada for a animated film since 1992. Figures are given in United States dollars (USD). 51.9% of the films in the top 27 were released after 2010. 2008 is the most represented year on the list with 4 films

All films in the main series Cars, Despicable Me and Monsters, Inc. these are also the most represented franchise with 2 films each. Pixar is the most represented studios with 11 films on the list.

rank film gross ($million) year Ref[100]
1 Minions 46.2 2015 [14]
2 Toy Story 3 41.1 2010 [7]
3 Shrek the Third 38.4 2007 [11]
4 Despicable Me 2 35 2013 [5]
5 Inside Out 34.3 2015 [101]
6 Monsters University 30.5 2013 [8]
7 Cars 2 25.7 2011 [18]
8 Brave 24.6 2012 [17]
9 WALL-E 23.2 2008 [30]
10 Ice Age: The Meltdown 21.8 2006 [13]
11 Up 21.5 2009 [28]
12 Despicable Me 21.3 2010 [34]
13 Shrek Forever After 20.8 2010 [15]
14 Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted 20.7 2012 [10]
15 The Incredibles 20.5 2004 [25]
16 Kung Fu Panda 20.3 2008 [21]
17 Finding Nemo 20.2 2003 [26]
18 Cars 19.7 2006 [31]
19 Zootopia 19.5 2016 [2]
20 How to Train Your Dragon 2 18.4 2014 [39]
21 Monsters, Inc. 17.8 2001 [102]
22 Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa 17.6 2008 [103]
23 Dr. Seuss' The Lorax 17.5 2007 [104]
24 The LEGO Movie 17.1 2014 [105]
25 Monsters vs Aliens 16.8 2008 [106]
26 Ice Age Continental Drift 16.7 2012 [107]
27 Ratatouille 16.6 2007 [108]

Biggest opening weekends overseas for an animated film since 2002

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Zootopia has the biggest opening overseas for an animated film since 2002

This list charts films of Biggest opening weekends overseas for an animated film since 2002. Figures are given in United States dollars (USD). 80% of the films in the top 15 were released after 2010. 2011 are the most represented years on the list with 4 films each. Films must excuses $40 million.

DreamWorks Animation and Blue Sky and the most represented studios with 4 films on the list.

rank film overseas gross ($million) year Ref[109]
1 Zootopia 158.8 2016 [2]
2 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs 151.7 2009 [3]
3 How to Train Your Dragon 2 105 2014 [110]
4 The Simpsons Movie 96.9 2007 [4]
5 Inside Out 89.6 2015 [111]
6 Ice Age: Continental Drift 80.3 2012 [112]
7 Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted 77.3 2013 [10]
8 Hotel Transylvania 2 77.3 2015 [113]
9 Kung Fu Panda 3 75.7 2016 [114]
10 Finding Nemo 71.1 2003 [115]
11 Rio 2 63 2014 [116]
12 The Adventures of Tintin 56.2 2011 [117]
13 Kung Fu Panda 2 55.5 2011 [118]
14 Rio 54.9 2011 [119]
15 Monsters University 54.5 2013 [120]
16 Ice Age: The Meltdown 47.4 2006 [121]
17 The Angry Birds Movie 43 2016 [122]
18 Cars 2 42.9 2011 [123]

Timeline of biggest overseas openings for an animated film since 2001

At least 6 animated films have held the record of highest-grossing animated film at different times. Pixar, Blue Sky and Disney are the only studio to held the record on two different times.

Film Established Record-setting opening ($ million) Ref[124]
Recess: School's Out 2001 0.6 [125]
Pokémon 3: The Movie 1.8 [126]
Shrek 6.2 [127]
Atlantis: The Lost Empire 9.4 [128]
Monsters, Inc 22.3 [129]
Ice Age 2002 32.3 [130]
Finding Nemo 2003 71.1 [13]
The Simpsons Movie 2007 96.9 [4]
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs 2009 151.7 [3]
Zootopia 2016 158.8 [2]

See also

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