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.
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.
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 (2019–present) [1] | ||
Saban Entertainment (2000) | ||
Blue Sky Studios (2002–19) 20th Century Fox Animation (Alternative) | ||
DreamWorks Animation (2013–17) | ||
Other studio | ||
An adult animated production | A | |
Live-action/animation hybrid | S | |
Distribution only | D |
Title | Original theatrical release date [rls 1] | Animation studio | ||
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Hugo the Hippo | January 23, 1976 | Brut Productions [st 1] | ||
Wizards | February 9, 1977 | Bakshi Productions | ||
Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure | April 1, 1977 | Richard Williams Productions | ||
Fire and Ice | August 26, 1983 | Producers Sales Organization | ||
FernGully: The Last Rainforest | April 10, 1992 | Kroyer Films and FAI Films | ||
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 2] | ||
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, 2005 | 20th Century Fox Animation and Blue Sky Studios | ||
Ice Age: The Meltdown | March 31, 2006 | |||
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties [S] | June 16, 2006 | Davis Entertainment | ||
Everyone's Hero [D] | September 15, 2006 | IDT Entertainment | ||
Night at the Museum [S] | December 22, 2006 | 1492 Pictures and 21 Laps Entertainment | ||
The Simpsons Movie [A] | July 27, 2007 | 20th 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, 2008 | 20th 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, 2009 | 1492 Pictures, Dune Entertainment, and 21 Laps Entertainment | ||
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | July 1, 2009 | 20th Century Fox Animation and Blue Sky Studios | ||
Aliens in the Attic [S] | July 31, 2009 | Regency Enterprises and Josephson Entertainment | ||
Fantastic Mr. Fox | November 13, 2009 | Regency Enterprises, Indian Paintbrush, and American Empirical Pictures | ||
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel [S] | December 25, 2009 | Regency 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, 2011 | 20th Century Fox Animation and Blue Sky Studios | ||
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked [S] | December 16, 2011 | Regency Enterprises, Bagdasarian Productions and Dune Entertainment | ||
Ice Age: Continental Drift | July 13, 2012 | 20th Century Fox Animation and Blue Sky Studios | ||
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days [S] | August 4, 2012 | Color Force and Dune Entertainment | ||
Cheech & Chong's Animated Movie [A] | March 18, 2013 | Houston Curtis Productions | ||
The Croods [D] | March 22, 2013 | DreamWorks Animation | ||
Epic | May 24, 2013 | 20th Century Fox Animation and Blue Sky Studios | ||
Turbo [D] | July 17, 2013 | DreamWorks Animation | ||
Walking with Dinosaurs [S] [D] | December 20, 2013 | Animal Logic | ||
Mr. Peabody & Sherman [D] | March 7, 2014 | DreamWorks Animation and Pacific Data Images | ||
Rio 2 | April 11, 2014 | 20th Century Fox Animation and Blue Sky Studios | ||
How to Train Your Dragon 2 [D] | June 13, 2014 | DreamWorks Animation | ||
The Book of Life | October 17, 2014 | 20th Century Fox Animation and Reel FX Animation Studios | ||
Penguins of Madagascar [D] | November 26, 2014 | DreamWorks Animation and Pacific Data Images | ||
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb [S] | December 19, 2014 | 1492 Pictures, TSG Entertainment, and 21 Laps Entertainment | ||
Home [D] | March 27, 2015 | DreamWorks Animation | ||
The Peanuts Movie | November 6, 2015 | 20th Century Fox Animation and Blue Sky Studios | ||
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip [S] | December 18, 2015 | Regency Enterprises, Bagdasarian Productions and TSG Entertainment | ||
Kung Fu Panda 3 [D] | January 29, 2016 | DreamWorks Animation and Oriental DreamWorks | ||
Ice Age: Collision Course | July 22, 2016 | 20th Century Fox Animation and Blue Sky Studios | ||
Trolls [D] | November 4, 2016 | DreamWorks Animation | ||
The Boss Baby [D] | March 31, 2017 | |||
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul [S] | May 19, 2017 | Color Force and TSG Entertainment | ||
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie [D] | June 2, 2017 | DreamWorks Animation | ||
Ferdinand | December 15, 2017 | 20th Century Fox Animation, Blue Sky Studios and Davis Entertainment | ||
Isle of Dogs [A] | March 23, 2018 | Indian Paintbrush, American Empirical Pictures, and Studio Babelsberg [st 2] | ||
Spies in Disguise | December 25, 2019 [2] [3] | 20th Century Fox Animation, Blue Sky Studios and Chernin Entertainment | ||
Ron's Gone Wrong [D] | October 22, 2021 [4] [5] | 20th Century Animation, TSG Entertainment, Locksmith Animation and DNEG | ||
The Bob's Burgers Movie [A] | May 27, 2022 [rls 2] [6] [7] [5] | 20th Century Animation, Wilo Productions and Bento Box Entertainment |
Title | Original theatrical release date [rls 3] | Animation studio | ||
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Tarzoon: Shame of the Jungle [A] | September 4, 1975(France) | Picha | ||
Fritz the Cat [A] | June 23, 1977(Australia) | Krantz Films and Fritz Productions [st 3] | ||
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 Happy Cricket and the Giant Bugs | January 9, 2009 | Start Desenhos Animados | ||
Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods | March 30, 2013 | Toei Animation | ||
Worms | December 20, 2013(Brazil) | Globo Filmes [st 4] | ||
Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' | April 18, 2015 | Toei Animation | ||
Condorito: The Movie | October 12, 2017 | Aronnax Studios | ||
Dragon Ball Super: Broly | December 14, 2018 | Toei Animation | ||
This list does not include films combining live-action with animation.
Rank | Film | Worldwide Gross | Studio | Year | Ref. |
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1 | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | $886,686,817 | Blue Sky Studios | 2009 | [8] |
2 | Ice Age: Continental Drift | $877,244,782 | 2012 | [9] | |
3 | Ice Age: The Meltdown | $660,940,780 | 2006 | [10] | |
4 | How to Train Your Dragon 2 | $621,537,519 | DreamWorks Animation | 2014 | [11] |
5 | The Croods | $587,204,668 | 2013 | [12] | |
6 | The Boss Baby | $527,965,936 | 2017 | [13] | |
7 | The Simpsons Movie | $527,071,022 | 20th Century Fox Animation | 2007 | [14] |
8 | Kung Fu Panda 3 | $521,170,825 | DreamWorks Animation | 2016 | [15] |
9 | Rio 2 | $500,101,972 | Blue Sky Studios | 2014 | [16] |
10 | Rio | $483,866,772 | 2011 | [17] |
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