List of Universal Pictures theatrical animated feature films

This article is about all animated features produced by or released through Universal Pictures and its predecessors. For a list of features produced by Universal Animation Studios and its predecessors, see Universal Animation Studios § Filmography. For lists of features produced by other animation studios owned by NBCUniversal, see List of Illumination films and List of DreamWorks Animation productions.
This list of theatrical animated feature films consists of animated films released by Universal Pictures, the film division of Comcast's NBCUniversal.
Universal Pictures releases films from Universal-owned and non-Universal owned animation studios. Most films listed below are from Illumination Entertainment which began as the feature animation department of Universal, producing its first feature-length animated film Despicable Me in 2010. Beginning with How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World in 2019, Universal also released animated films by DreamWorks Animation, which was acquired by NBCUniversal in 2016.[1][2][3]
Other studio units have also released films theatrically, primarily Universal Animation Studios which produced a few theatrical animated films before focusing on animating television shows and direct-to-video films, and the studio's distribution unit, which acquires film rights from outside animation studios to release films under the Universal Pictures or Focus Features film labels. For example, Laika's stop-motion animated features were released by Universal through its Focus Features label. Other studios globally have released films through Universal Pictures which maintains distribution rights in certain territories.
== Films[edit] ==
=== Released[edit] ===
Color legend
Universal Animation Studios 	
Illumination Entertainment 	
Amblin Entertainment 	
DreamWorks Animation 	
Other Universal studio 	
Third-party studio 	
 	
Live-action/animation hybrid 	S
Not produced by Universal Pictures, but released under its label.	R
An adult animated production. 	A
Title 	Original theatrical release date[rls 1]	Animation studio 	Animation studio
The Snow Queen[R][S] 	November 20, 1959[rls 2] 	Soyuzmultfilm 	
Pinocchio in Outer Space 	December 22, 1965 	Belvision Studios 	
An American Tail 	November 21, 1986 	Amblin Entertainment and Sullivan Bluth Studios 	
The Land Before Time 	November 18, 1988 	Amblin Entertainment and Sullivan Bluth Studios 	
Jetsons: The Movie[R] 	July 6, 1990 	Hanna-Barbera 	
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West 	November 22, 1991 	Amblimation 	
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story 	November 24, 1993 	Amblimation 	
Balto 	December 22, 1995 	Amblimation 	
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle[S] 	June 30, 2000 	Jay Ward Productions and TriBeCa Productions 	
The Abrafaxe – Under The Black Flag[R] 	October 25, 2001 (German)[st 1] 	Abrafaxe Trickfilm 	
Momo[R] 	December 21, 2001 (Italy)[st 1] 	Taurus Produktion 	
Curious George 	February 10, 2006 	Universal Animation Studios and Imagine Entertainment	
Happy Tree Friends 	August 10, 1990 	National Broadcasting Company 	
The Tale of Despereaux 	December 19, 2008 	Framestore Animation 	
Coraline[R] 	February 6, 2009 	Laika[st 2] 	
Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! 	July 10, 2009 (Denmark)[rls 3] 	Universal Animation Studios and Imagine Entertainment	
9[A][R] 	September 9, 2009 	Starz Animation[st 2] 	
Nikté[R] 	December 18, 2009 (Mexico)[st 1] 	Animex Producciones 	
Despicable Me 	July 9, 2010 	Illumination Entertainment 	
Hop[S] 	April 1, 2011 	Illumination Entertainment 	
The Lorax 	March 2, 2012 	Illumination Entertainment 	
ParaNorman[R] 	August 17, 2012 	Laika[st 2] 	
Despicable Me 2 	July 3, 2013 	Illumination Entertainment 	
Underdogs 	July 18, 2013 (Argentina)[st 1] 	Prana Studios 	
Moshi Monsters: The Movie 	December 20, 2013[st 1] 	Spider Eye Productions 	
The Boxtrolls[R] 	September 26, 2014 	Laika[st 2] 	
Yellowbird[R] 	October 11, 2014[st 1] 	TeamTO 	
Minions 	July 10, 2015 	Illumination Entertainment 	
Ratchet & Clank[R] 	April 29, 2016 	Rainmaker Entertainment[st 3] 	
The Secret Life of Pets 	July 8, 2016 	Illumination Entertainment 	
Kubo and the Two Strings[R] 	August 19, 2016 	Laika[st 2] 	
Ethel & Ernest 	October 28, 2016[st 1] 	Cloth Cat Animation 	
Sing 	December 21, 2016 	Illumination Entertainment 	
Despicable Me 3 	June 30, 2017 	Illumination Entertainment 	
Woody Woodpecker[S] 	October 5, 2017 (Brazil)[rls 3] 	Universal Animation Studios and Cinemotion 	
The Grinch 	November 9, 2018 	Illumination Entertainment 	
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World[R]	February 22, 2019 	DreamWorks Animation 	
The Secret Life of Pets 2 	June 7, 2019[4] 	Illumination Entertainment 	
Abominable[R] 	September 27, 2019[5][6][7][8][9] 	DreamWorks Animation and Pearl Studio 	
The Addams Family[R] 	October 11, 2019[st 1] 	Cinesite Studios and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 	
Trolls World Tour[R] 	April 10, 2020[10][11][12][13][14][15] 	DreamWorks Animation 	
The Croods: A New Age[R] 	November 25, 2020[16][17] 	DreamWorks Animation 	
Spirit Untamed[R] 	June 4, 2021[18][19] 	DreamWorks Animation 	
The Boss Baby: Family Business[R] 	July 2, 2021[20] 	DreamWorks Animation 	
The Addams Family 2[R] 	October 1, 2021[st 1][21][22] 	Cinesite Studios and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 	
Sing 2 	December 22, 2021[4][17][23] 	Illumination Entertainment 	
=== Upcoming[edit] ===
See also: Upcoming Illumination films and Upcoming DreamWorks Animation films
Title 	Intended theatrical release date
by Universal Pictures	Animation studio 	Animation studio
The Bad Guys[R] 	April 22, 2022[24] 	DreamWorks Animation 	
Minions: The Rise of Gru 	July 1, 2022[4][17][23] 	Illumination Entertainment 	
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish[R]	September 23, 2022[25][26]	DreamWorks Animation 	
Untitled Mario film 	December 21, 2022[27][28] 	Illumination Entertainment and Nintendo 	
TBA[R] 	April 7, 2023[24] 	DreamWorks Animation 	
Strays[S] 	June 9, 2023[29] 	Picturestart, Lord Miller and Rabbit Hole Productions	
Migration 	June 30, 2023[30] 	Illumination Entertainment 	
Trolls 3[R] 	November 17, 2023[31] 	DreamWorks Animation 	
TBA[R] 	February 9, 2024[32] 	DreamWorks Animation 	
Despicable Me 4 	July 3, 2024[30] 	Illumination Entertainment 	
TBA[R] 	September 27, 2024[32] 	DreamWorks Animation 	
Abruptio[A][R] 	TBA 	HellBent Pictures, LLC. 	
== Highest-grossing films[edit] ==
Rank	Film 	Worldwide gross	Studio 	Year	Ref.
1 	Minions 	$1,159,398,397 	Illumination 	2015	[33]
2 	Despicable Me 3 	$1,034,799,409 	Illumination 	2017	[34]
3 	Despicable Me 2 	$970,761,885 	Illumination 	2013	[35]
4 	The Secret Life of Pets 	$875,457,937 	Illumination 	2016	[36]
5 	Sing 	$634,151,679 	Illumination 	2016	[37]
6 	Despicable Me 	$543,113,985 	Illumination 	2010	[38]
7 	How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World	$519,758,180 	DreamWorks Animation	2019	[39]
8 	The Grinch 	$511,303,509 	Illumination 	2018	[40]
9 	The Secret Life of Pets 2 	$432,982,678 	Illumination 	2019	[41]
10 	Sing 2 	$367,084,270 	Illumination 	2021	[42]
== Notes[edit] ==
Release Notes
# ^ Listed are the original theatrical release dates in the United States (or other non-U.S. territories) when the film was contributed by Universal. Different distributors are attributed and credited for distributing each film throughout the history of Universal.
# ^ Original release date was November 15, 1957
# ^ Jump up to:a b Not released theatrically in the United States
Studio/Production Notes
# ^ Jump up to:a b c d e f g h i Released by Universal outside North America
# ^ Jump up to:a b c d e Released by Focus Features.
# ^ Released by Gramercy Pictures.