Less than eight animated movies out earned The Lion King .
With the earnings of the 3D run , The Lion King surpassed all the aforementioned films but Toy Story 3 to rank as the second-highest-grossing animated film worldwide—later downgraded to eighth after Despicable Me 2 , Frozen ( both 2013 ) , Minions ( 2015 ) , Zootopia , Finding Dory , ( both 2016 ) , and Despicable Me 3 ( 2017 ) —and it remains the highest-grossing hand-drawn animated film .
The Lion King