List of 20th Century Studios theatrical animated feature films

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This list of theatrical animated feature films consists of animated films produced or released by 20th Century Studios, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company.

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20th Century releases films from 20th Century-owned and non-20th Century owned animation studios. Most films listed below are from Blue Sky Studios which began as a feature animation department of 20th Century Animation producing its first feature-length animated film Ice Age in 2002. Beginning with Hugo the Hippo in 1975, 20th Century has released animated films by other production companies, such as DreamWorks Animation (which is now owned by Universal Pictures).

Other studio units have also released films theatrically, primarily Fox Animation Studios which only produced Anastasia and Titan A.E. before being closed in 2000, and the studio's distribution unit, which acquires film rights from outside animation studios to release films under the 20th Century Studios, or Searchlight Pictures film labels.

Films

Color legend
Other Fox studio (1975–2020)
Other 20th Century Studio films (2020–present)		 
Fox Animation Studios (1997–2000) 
20th Century Fox Animation (1998–2019)
20th Century Animation (2020–present)		 
Blue Sky Studios (2002–19)
20th Century Fox Animation (Alternative)		 
DreamWorks Animation (2013–17) 
Other studio 
An adult animated productionA
Live-action/animation hybridS
Distribution onlyD

US releases

TitleOriginal theatrical release date [rls 1] Animation studio
Hugo the Hippo January 23, 1976 Brut Productions [fr 1]  
Wizards February 9, 1977 Bakshi Productions
Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure April 1, 1977 Richard Williams Productions [fr 2]
Fire and Ice August 26, 1983 Producers Sales Organization [fr 3]
FernGully: The Last Rainforest April 10, 1992 Kroyer Films and FAI Films [fr 4]
Once Upon a Forest June 18, 1993 Hanna-Barbera
The Pagemaster [S] November 23, 1994 Turner Feature Animation
Anastasia November 21, 1997 Fox Animation Studios  
Titan A.E. June 16, 2000
Digimon: The Movie October 6, 2000 Saban Entertainment and Toei Animation  
Monkeybone [S] February 23, 2001 1492 Pictures
Waking Life [A] October 19, 2001 Thousand Words [st 1]
Ice Age March 15, 2002 20th Century Fox Animation and Blue Sky Studios  
Garfield: The Movie [S] June 11, 2004 Davis Entertainment  
Fat Albert [S] December 25, 2004
Robots March 11, 200520th Century Fox Animation and Blue Sky Studios 
Ice Age: The Meltdown March 31, 2006
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties [S] June 16, 2006Davis Entertainment 
Everyone's Hero [D] September 15, 2006 IDT Entertainment
Night at the Museum [S] December 22, 20061492 Pictures and 21 Laps Entertainment
The Simpsons Movie [D] July 27, 200720th Century Fox Animation and Gracie Films  
Alvin and the Chipmunks [S] December 14, 2007 Regency Enterprises, Bagdasarian Productions and Dune Entertainment  
Horton Hears a Who! March 14, 200820th Century Fox Animation and Blue Sky Studios 
Space Chimps [D] July 18, 2008 Vanguard Animation and Starz Animation  
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian [S] May 22, 20091492 Pictures, Dune Entertainment, and 21 Laps Entertainment
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs July 1, 200920th Century Fox Animation and Blue Sky Studios 
Aliens in the Attic [S] July 31, 2009Regency Enterprises and Josephson Entertainment  
Fantastic Mr. Fox November 13, 2009Regency Enterprises, Indian Paintbrush, and American Empirical Pictures
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel [S] December 25, 2009Regency Enterprises, Bagdasarian Productions and Dune Entertainment
Diary of a Wimpy Kid [S] March 19, 2010 Color Force and Dune Entertainment
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules [S] March 25, 2011
Rio April 15, 201120th Century Fox Animation and Blue Sky Studios 
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked [S] December 16, 2011Regency Enterprises, Bagdasarian Productions and Dune Entertainment 
Ice Age: Continental Drift July 13, 201220th Century Fox Animation and Blue Sky Studios 
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days [S] August 4, 2012Color Force and Dune Entertainment 
Cheech & Chong's Animated Movie [A] March 18, 2013Houston Curtis Productions
The Croods [D] March 22, 2013 DreamWorks Animation [fr 5]  
Epic May 24, 201320th Century Fox Animation and Blue Sky Studios 
Turbo [D] July 17, 2013DreamWorks Animation [fr 5]  
Walking with Dinosaurs [S] [D] December 20, 2013 Animal Logic  
Mr. Peabody & Sherman [D] March 7, 2014DreamWorks Animation and Pacific Data Images [fr 5]  
Rio 2 April 11, 201420th Century Fox Animation and Blue Sky Studios 
How to Train Your Dragon 2 [D] June 13, 2014DreamWorks Animation [fr 5]  
The Book of Life [D] October 17, 201420th Century Fox Animation and Reel FX Animation Studios  
Penguins of Madagascar [D] November 26, 2014DreamWorks Animation and Pacific Data Images [fr 5]  
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb [S] December 19, 20141492 Pictures, TSG Entertainment, and 21 Laps Entertainment 
Home [D] March 27, 2015DreamWorks Animation [fr 5]  
The Peanuts Movie November 6, 201520th Century Fox Animation and Blue Sky Studios 
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip [S] December 18, 2015Regency Enterprises, Bagdasarian Productions and TSG Entertainment 
Kung Fu Panda 3 [D] January 29, 2016DreamWorks Animation and Oriental DreamWorks [fr 5]  
Ice Age: Collision Course July 22, 201620th Century Fox Animation and Blue Sky Studios 
Trolls [D] November 4, 2016DreamWorks Animation [fr 5]  
The Boss Baby [D] March 31, 2017
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul [S] May 19, 2017Color Force and TSG Entertainment 
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie [D] June 2, 2017DreamWorks Animation [fr 5]  
Ferdinand December 15, 201720th Century Fox Animation, Blue Sky Studios and Davis Entertainment 
Isle of Dogs [A] March 23, 2018Indian Paintbrush, American Empirical Pictures, and Studio Babelsberg [st 1]  
Spies in Disguise December 25, 2019 [1] [2] 20th Century Fox Animation, Blue Sky Studios and Chernin Entertainment  
Ron's Gone Wrong [D] October 22, 2021 [3] [4] 20th Century Animation, TSG Entertainment, Locksmith Animation and DNEG  
The Bob's Burgers Movie [A] May 27, 2022 [rls 2] [5] [6] [4] Wilo Productions and Bento Box Entertainment  

International releases

TitleOriginal theatrical release date [rls 3] Animation studio
Tarzoon: Shame of the Jungle [A] September 4, 1975(France) Picha  
Fritz the Cat [A] June 23, 1977(Australia) Krantz Films and Fritz Productions [fr 6]
The Big Bang [A] March 18, 1987(France)Picha
Asterix Conquers America August 11, 1995 Extrafilm Produktion GmbH
The Magic Pudding December 14, 2000(Australia) Energee Entertainment
Magos y Gigantes November 19, 2003 Ánima Estudios
The Pink Panther [S] [D] February 10, 2006 Columbia Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Robert Simonds Productions
The Happy Cricket and the Giant Bugs January 9, 2009Start Desenhos Animados
Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods March 30, 2013Toei Animation
Worms December 20, 2013(Brazil) Globo Filmes [st 2]
Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' April 18, 2015Toei Animation
Condorito: The Movie October 12, 2017Aronnax Studios
Dragon Ball Super: Broly December 14, 2018Toei Animation

Upcoming

TitleScheduled U.S. theatrical releaseAnimation studio
Ice Age 6 December 18, 2026 [7] [8] 20th Century Animation 

Highest grossing films

This list does not include films combining live-action with animation.

RankFilmWorldwide GrossStudioYearRef.
1 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs $886,686,817 Blue Sky Studios 2009 [9]
2 Ice Age: Continental Drift $877,244,7822012 [10]
3 Ice Age: The Meltdown $660,940,7802006 [11]
4 How to Train Your Dragon 2 $621,537,519 DreamWorks Animation 2014 [12]
5 The Croods $587,204,6682013 [13]
6 The Boss Baby $527,965,9362017 [14]
7 The Simpsons Movie $527,071,022 20th Century Fox Animation 2007 [15]
8 Kung Fu Panda 3 $521,170,825DreamWorks Animation2016 [16]
9 Rio 2 $500,101,972Blue Sky Studios2014 [17]
10 Rio $483,866,7722011  [18]

See also

Notes

Release Notes

  1. ↑ Listed are the original theatrical release dates in the United States (or other non-U.S. territories) when the film was contributed by 20th Century. Different distributors are attributed and credited for distributing each film throughout the history of 20th Century.
  2. ↑ The film was initially scheduled to be released in theaters on July 17, 2020, but was briefly pulled from the schedule due to an error in listings. In announcing revised released dates of various films due to the global health crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic, Disney announced that the film's release was pushed back to April 9, 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On January 22, 2021, the film was removed from the release schedule, with series creator and director Loren Bouchard stating a rescheduling was not imminent. Its final release date would be announced on September 10, 2021.
  3. ↑ Listed are the original theatrical release dates in the United States (or other non-U.S. territories) when the film was contributed by 20th Century. Different distributors are attributed and credited for distributing each film throughout the history of 20th Century.

Studio/Production Notes

  1. 1 2 Released by Fox Searchlight Pictures.
  2. ↑ Released by Fox International Productions.

Film rights Notes

  1. ↑ Owned by Warner Bros. (via Turner Entertainment Co.)
  2. ↑ Owned by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts through Simon & Schuster; currently unavailable for distribution
  3. ↑ Owned by AMBI Group (via Exclusive Media), with home video distribution licensed to Blue Underground; Disney retains U.S. theatrical and TV rights
  4. ↑ Owned by Machine Media Advisors, with distribution handled by Shout! Studios
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Owned by Universal Pictures (via DreamWorks Animation)
  6. ↑ Domestically owned by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

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