The following is a list of animated films by the number of tickets sold at the box office.
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.
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.
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.
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 | Ref |
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Chicken Run | 19,820,900 | 2000 | [1] |
Coraline | 10,038,163 | 2009 | [120] |
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit | 8,746,878 | 2005 | [121] |
Corpse Bride | 8,324,354 | 2005 | [121] |
ParaNorman | 7,035,559 | 2012 | [122] |
James and the Giant Peach | 6,543,272 | 1996 | [123] |
The Boxtrolls | 6,221,610 | 2014 | [124] [125] |
Kubo and the Two Strings | 5,551,802 | 2016 | [126] |
The Nightmare Before Christmas | 4,494,150 | 1993 | [127] [128] [129] [130] [120] [124] |
Frankenweenie | 4,432,208 | 2012 | [122] [131] |
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! | 3,900,895 | 2012 | [122] |
Isle of Dogs | 3,514,295 | 2018 | [132] |
Fantastic Mr. Fox | 2,788,001 | 2009 | [120] [133] |
Shaun the Sheep Movie | 2,298,455 | 2015 | [125] |
Missing Link | 1,827,611 | 2019 | [134] |
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