Ever since Disney released the first-ever fully animated feature film in 1937, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, movie studios have been capitalizing on this style of entertainment. While animated features are full of fun themes, pretty animations, and stories that can be enjoyed by audiences of all ages, they are also huge money grabbers. Because of this, we decided it was time to look at the highest-grossing animated features to date. To do this, we'll be looking at the worldwide stats on Box Office Mojo.
Get ready for some of animations greatest; From a tale about an ex-supervillain who tries to redeem himself to one about royal sisters who battle an eternal winter, here are the highest-grossing animated features of all time.
10 Despicable Me 2 ($970 million)
Though Despicable Me did great at the box office, its first sequel did even better.
Putting his days as a bad guy behind him, Gru decides to join the Anti-Villain League in order to track down the legendary super-villain El Macho. Meanwhile, he attempts to raise his three new daughters, Margo, Edith, and Agnes, at home.
Gru soon finds himself working with agent Lucy Wilde and quickly falls for her. Keeping his professional and personal life separate proves to be a challenge, but the movie ends with Agnes being the mother to the three girls.
9 Zootopia ($1.02 billion)
Disney’s Zootopia tells of a small rabbit named Judy who becomes the first of her kind to join the police force. Though she is excited to fight crime in the bustling city of Zootopia, it proves to be a challenge as the citizens don’t take her seriously.
When Judy gets the opportunity to prove her commitment to her career, she jumps at the chance. After she’s forced to team up with a sly con-artist Fox, however, she learns just how tough a case can be.
8 Finding Dory ($1.03 billion)
The successful sequel to Finding Nemo swam into theaters in 2016. This time around, Dory is the one Marlin and Nemo are after.
The regal blue tang sets out to find her parents after having a flashback that might lead her to them. Her ambitious plans are forced to take a detour, however, after Dory is captured by employees at the Marine Life Institute. It is up to her, a grouchy octopus named Hank, and a sweet whale shark named Destiny to help Dory escape and find where she’s from.
7 Despicable Me 3 ($1.03 billion)
The third installment in the Despicable Me franchise has the Minions hoping Gru will go back to his old crime-filled ways after he and his wife Lucy are let go by the Anti-Villain League. Rather, Gru sets out to meet his distant twin brother for the first time ever.
Despite earlier failing to capture former ‘80s child star Balthazar Bratt, the siblings soon find themselves teaming up to rid of him once and for all.
6 Toy Story 3 ($1.07 billion)
The third installment in the Toy Story series has Woody and the gang collecting dust in Andy’s room as he grows older. Though Andy plans to bring Woody with him to college, a mix-up has the rest of the toys being donated to Sunnyside Daycare.
Though the gang is at first excited about the idea of being played with again, they’re soon faced with a bunch of rough kids and a group of revenge-driven toys who are ready to make their lives difficult.
5 Toy Story 4 ($1.07 billion)
While Toy Story 3 did great, the fourth and final installment did even better.
Toy Story 4 has the toys going on a road trip with Bonnie’s family and her newest creation, a plastic spork with googly eyes that she calls Forky.
Woody struggles to get Forky to understand his new place in life, and the utensil continually tries to run away and jump into the trash. Though Forky starts to have a breakthrough, Woody starts to reconsider his own purpose after he runs into Bo Peep outside of a carnival.
4 Minions ($1.16 billion)
This 2015 prequel comedy is Universal’s highest-grossing animated feature to date.
Minions have the yellow creatures of Despicable Me searching for a leader throughout history. After years of being unsuccessful, they finally come across Scarlet Overkill — the world’s first supervillainess — and decide they might have found a future.
While Scarlet and the Minions get along at first, her wish to steal the crown from the Queen of England soon puts their own lives at risk.
3 Frozen II ($1.22 billion)
Beginning three years after the end of the original film, the sequel to Disney’s Frozen has Elsa and Anna enjoying life together in Arendelle. Despite their happiness, however, Elsa can’t help but feel there is something more waiting to be discovered after she hears a voice call out to her.
Teaming up with her sister and a few friends, the two set out into an enchanted forest to uncover secrets about Elsa’s ice powers and the past they’re connected to.
2 Incredibles 2 ($1.24 billion)
The superhero sequel to The Incredibles flew into theaters in 2018.
Picking up where the previous story left off, the Incredible family attempts to incorporate back into society following their attempt to stop The Underminer. While Mrs. Incredible is called to track down a new villain who calls himself the Screenslaver, Mr. Incredible is forced to take care of things at home. With a moody teenager, a homework-loaded middle schooler, and a crazy baby, however, this proves to be just as difficult as saving the world.
1 Frozen ($1.27 billion)
Topping off the list as the highest-grossing animated movie of all time is the modern Disney classic known as Frozen.
The original film tells the tale of two sisters, Elsa and Anna, who are torn apart by the eldest’s ice magic. Though the pair grows apart, they are momentarily brought back together on Elsa’s coronation day. After Elsa accidentally unleashes an eternal winter on the kingdom, however, she runs away to the North Mountain. It is up to her sister to bring her back with a little help from a quirky snowman, a charming ice harvester, and a lively reindeer.
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