List of highest-grossing animated films in India

This list ranks the highest-grossing animated films in India by their box office performance. It includes Indian productions as well as international animated films.

All rankings are based on Indian theatrical box office collections, where possible. For Indian animated films, both domestic and overseas gross may be included if available. Collections exclude income from home video, broadcasting rights, and merchandise.

List

The list contains animated films with highest gross figures in India.

*	Denotes films still running in theatres

Rank	Film	Year	Director	Country of Origin	Gross	Ref.
1	Mahavatar Narsimha	2025	Ashwin Kumar	🇮🇳	₹317.65 crore (US$38 million)	[1]
2	The Lion King	2019	Jon Favreau	🇺🇸	₹188 crore (US$26.7 million)	[2]
3	Mufasa: The Lion King	2024	Barry Jenkins	🇺🇸	₹163 crore (US$19 million)	[3]
4	Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse	2023	Joaquim Dos Santos Kemp Powers Justin K.Thompson	🇺🇸	₹56.3 crore (US$6.82 million)	[4]
5	Incredibles 2	2018	Brad Bird	🇺🇸	₹54.5 crore (US$7.97 million)	[4]
6	Frozen 2	2019	Chris Buck Jennifer Lee	🇺🇸	₹54 crore (US$7.67 million)	[4]
7	Kung Fu Panda 4	2024	Mike Mitchell	🇺🇸	₹50.57 crore (US$6.0 million)	[4]
8	Inside Out 2	2024	Kelsey Mann	🇺🇸	₹38 crore (US$4.5 million)	[5]
9	Moana 2	2024	David Derrick Jr Jason Hand Dana Ledoux Miller	🇺🇸	₹34.64 crore (US$4.1 million)	[6]
10	Kung Fu Panda 3	2016	Jennifer Yuh Nelson Alessandro Carloni	🇺🇸	₹30.8 crore (US$4.58 million)	[4]
11	Kochadaiiyaan	2014	Soundarya Rajinikanth	🇮🇳	₹30 crore (US$4.92 million)	[7]
12	Kung Fu Panda 2	2011	Jennifer Yuh Nelson	🇺🇸	₹28.5 crore (US$6.11 million)	[4]
13	The Adventures of Tintin	2011	Steven Spielberg	🇺🇸	₹28.1 crore (US$6.02 million)	[4]
14	The Angry Birds Movie	2016	Clay Kaytis Fergal Reilley	🇺🇸	₹27.5 crore (US$4.09 million)	[4]
15	Ice Age: Continental Drift	2012	Mike Thurmeier Steve Martino	🇺🇸	₹25.25 crore (US$4.73 million)	[4]
16	Chaar Saahibzaade	2014	Harry Baweja	🇮🇳	₹24.56 crore (US$4.02 million)	[8]
17	Despicable 4	2024	Chris Renaud	🇺🇸	₹22.67 crore (US$2.7 million)	[9]
18	Minions: The Rise of Gru	2022	Kyle Balda	🇺🇸	₹20 crore (US$2.54 million)	[4]
19	Cars 3	2017	Bryan Fee	🇺🇸	₹13 crore (US$2 million)	[10]
20	Hanuman	2005	Vasant Gajanand Samant	🇮🇳	₹11.47 crore (US$2.6 million)	[11]

See also

• List of highest-grossing films in India
• List of highest-grossing Indian animated films

References

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2. "The Lion King Tops The Avengers to Become 7th Biggest Movie of All Time, With $1.564 Billion at Worldwide Box Office". Gadgets 360 . Retrieved 2025-08-15.
3. "Mufasa: The Lion King". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2025-08-15.
4. "Highest grossing Animated films in India - Kung Fu Panda 4 Highest in Franchise". PINKVILLA. 2024-03-28. Retrieved 2025-01-25.
5. "Inside Out 2". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2025-08-15.
6. "Moana 2 India Box Office Update: Disney animation heads towards a Rs 30 crore gross full run". PINKVILLA. 2024-12-14. Retrieved 2025-01-25.
7. Kandavel, Sangeetha (27 December 2014). "Now, Kochadaiyaan producers in financial tangle". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 30 March 2016.
8. "Top Ten Punjabi Grossers All Time - Carry On Jatta 2 Rules". Box Office India. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
9. "Despicable Me 4 (English) Box Office Collection | India | Day Wise | Box Office - Bollywood Hungama". Bollywood Hungama . 2024-07-05. Retrieved 2025-01-25.
10. "Cars 3 - Financial Information India". The Numbers. Retrieved 2025-01-25.
11. "Hanuman - Movie". Box Office India . Retrieved 2025-08-03.