# 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 40 million 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.
    † Background shading indicates films playing in the week commencing 6 March 2025 in theaters around the world.
Worldwide ticket sales :
| Film | Year | Known ticket sales (est.) |
| Ne Zha 2 † | 2025 | 302,487,000 |
| The Lion King | 2019 | 227,008,637 |
| One Hundred and One Dalmatians | 1961 | 199,800,000 |
| Frozen II | 2019 | 177,007,599 |
| The Super Mario Bros. Movie | 2023 | 168,100,000 |
| Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | 1937 | 167,048,864 |
| Inside Out 2 | 2024 | 161,300,000 |
| Incredibles 2 | 2018 | 159,064,742 |
| The Lion King | 1994 | 153,959,873 |
| Frozen | 2013 | 142,925,342 |
| Ne Zha | 2019 | 140,000,000 |
| The Jungle Book | 1967 | 137,915,958 |
| Finding Nemo | 2003 | 132,171,209 |
| Shrek 2 | 2004 | 123,023,527 |
| Minions: The Rise of Gru | 2022 | 104,600,000 |
| Fantasia | 1940 | 87,649,246 |
| Aladdin | 1992 | 87,108,669 |
| Finding Dory | 2016 | 85,224,421 |
| Bambi | 1942 | 84,879,233 |
| Cinderella | 1950 | 84,458,172 |
| Pinocchio | 1940 | 83,739,255 |
| The Incredibles | 2004 | 81,622,988 |
| Sleeping Beauty | 1959 | 79,314,145 |
| How to Train Your Dragon 2 | 2014 | 71,688,507 |
| How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | 2019 | 68,696,776 |
| Lady and the Tramp | 1955 | 67,351,673 |
| 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 Dragon | 2010 | 48,928,891 |
| Toy 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 |
| Despicable Me 2 | 2013 | 46,894,100 |
| 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 |
| Inside Out | 2015 | 42,513,500 |
| Minions | 2015 | 40,714,200 |
| Zootopia | 2016 | 39,606,100 |

## Computer animation

In total, 34 computer-animated films have sold more than 30 million 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 (est.) |
| Ne Zha 2 † | 2025 | 302,487,000 |
| The Lion King | 2019 | 227,008,637 |
| Frozen II | 2019 | 177,007,599 |
| Incredibles 2 | 2018 | 159,064,742 |
| Frozen | 2013 | 142,925,342 |
| Ne Zha | 2019 | 140,000,000 |
| Finding Nemo | 2003 | 132,171,209 |
| Shrek 2 | 2004 | 123,023,527 |
| Finding Dory | 2016 | 85,224,421 |
| The Incredibles | 2004 | 81,622,988 |
| How to Train Your Dragon 2 | 2014 | 71,688,507 |
| How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | 2019 | 68,696,776 |
| Toy Story 3 | 2010 | 53,339,400 |
| Monsters, Inc. | 2001 | 49,353,100 |
| How to Train Your Dragon | 2010 | 48,928,891 |
| Toy Story 4 | 2019 | 48,168,700 |
| Shrek | 2001 | 47,290,600 |
| Shrek the Third | 2007 | 46,907,000 |
| Despicable Me 2 | 2013 | 46,894,100 |
| The Secret Life of Pets | 2016 | 43,273,800 |
| Toy Story | 1995 | 47,902,800 |
| Toy Story 2 | 1999 | 47,836,500 |
| Inside Out | 2015 | 42,513,500 |
| Minions | 2015 | 40,714,200 |
| Zootopia | 2016 | 39,606,100 |
| Up | 2009 | 39,273,800 |
| Cars | 2009 | 37,264,600 |
| A Bug's Life | 1998 | 34,135,500 |
| Monsters University | 2013 | 33,200,400 |
| Despicable Me | 2010 | 32,594,500 |
| 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 20 million 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 (est.) |
| One Hundred and One Dalmatians | 1961 | 199,800,000 |
| Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | 1937 | 167,048,864 |
| The Lion King | 1994 | 153,959,873 |
| The Jungle Book | 1967 | 137,915,958 |
| Fantasia | 1940 | 87,649,246 |
| Aladdin | 1992 | 87,108,669 |
| Bambi | 1942 | 84,879,233 |
| Cinderella | 1950 | 84,458,172 |
| Pinocchio | 1940 | 83,739,255 |
| Sleeping Beauty | 1959 | 79,314,145 |
| Lady and the Tramp | 1955 | 67,351,673 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 2019 | 21,681,965 |
| Hercules | 1997 | 21,593,100 |
| The Rugrats Movie | 1998 | 21,197,200 |
| The Prince of Egypt | 1998 | 20,865,300 |

## 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 (est.) | 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 |