The ten highest-grossing animated films at the worldwide box office, led by Ne Zha 2 with $2.22 billion, in nominal US dollars as of October 2026.
Ne Zha 2 (2025) is the highest-grossing animated film of all time, with $2,217,758,382 worldwide. Zootopia 2 ($1.87 billion) is second and Inside Out 2 ($1.70 billion) third. Ranking is by lifetime worldwide theatrical gross in nominal US dollars, from Wikipedia's chart of highest-grossing animated films as of October 2026.
Animated films now sit among the biggest earners at the global box office. In 2025 Ne Zha 2 became the first animated film to pass $2 billion worldwide, and Zootopia 2 followed it to $1.87 billion later the same year. Disney, counting Pixar, has seven of the ten films below; Illumination/Universal has two, and Ne Zha 2 is the only entry from outside Hollywood. Figures are nominal, so recent releases are favored over older classics.
The 2025 Chinese fantasy sequel is the only animated film to pass $2 billion worldwide, with $2,217,758,382 in Wikipedia's chart, nearly all of it earned in China. Box Office Mojo's own total is higher (about $2.27 billion); the chart uses a figure compiled from Chinese sources because it judges Mojo's China number unreliable.
Disney's 2025 sequel grossed $1,870,309,291 worldwide, making it the second-highest-grossing animated film ever and the highest from a Hollywood studio, ahead of Inside Out 2.
Pixar's 2024 sequel grossed $1,698,863,816 worldwide and was the highest-grossing animated film from a US studio until Zootopia 2 passed it.
Disney's photorealistic 2019 remake grossed $1,662,020,819 worldwide. Disney called it live-action, but almost every shot is computer-animated and Wikipedia's chart counts it as animated, so it is included here.
The 2019 sequel grossed $1,451,651,316 worldwide, the highest total for a Walt Disney Animation Studios film until Zootopia 2 passed it in 2025.
Illumination and Nintendo's 2023 adaptation grossed $1,360,783,214 worldwide, the second-highest total of any film released in 2023.
The 2013 original grossed about $1.29 billion worldwide. Wikipedia's chart uses this rounded figure rather than the higher $1.3 billion-plus total sometimes quoted, which it says double-counts part of the Australian gross.
Pixar's 2018 superhero sequel grossed $1,243,225,667 worldwide.
The 2015 Despicable Me spin-off grossed $1,159,457,503 worldwide, the highest total for any Illumination film except The Super Mario Bros. Movie.
Pixar's 2026 sequel had grossed $1,148,425,809 worldwide as of Wikipedia's mid-October 2026 update and was still in theaters, so its total and rank may rise.
| # | Name | Release year | Studio | Worldwide gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ne Zha 2 | 2025 | Enlight Media / Cococartoon | $2,217,758,382 |
| 2 | Zootopia 2 | 2025 | Walt Disney Animation Studios | $1,870,309,291 |
| 3 | Inside Out 2 | 2024 | Pixar / Disney | $1,698,863,816 |
| 4 | The Lion King (2019) | 2019 | Walt Disney Pictures | $1,662,020,819 |
| 5 | Frozen II | 2019 | Walt Disney Animation Studios | $1,451,651,316 |
| 6 | The Super Mario Bros. Movie | 2023 | Illumination / Universal | $1,360,783,214 |
| 7 | Frozen | 2013 | Walt Disney Animation Studios | $1,290,000,000 |
| 8 | Incredibles 2 | 2018 | Pixar / Disney | $1,243,225,667 |
| 9 | Minions | 2015 | Illumination / Universal | $1,159,457,503 |
| 10 | Toy Story 5 | 2026 | Pixar / Disney | $1,148,425,809 |
Films are ranked by lifetime worldwide theatrical gross in nominal US dollars (not adjusted for inflation), including re-releases, exactly as given in the main chart of Wikipedia's List of highest-grossing animated films, accessed October 18, 2026. That chart takes most figures from Box Office Mojo or The Numbers, but uses its own compiled figures for three films it judges Box Office Mojo to have wrong: Ne Zha 2 (China gross), The Lion King 2019 (a UK re-release error) and Frozen (Australian double-counting). Using one chart keeps every figure on the same basis. Toy Story 5 was still in release at that date, so its total may rise. The Lion King (2019) is counted as animated because the chart includes it, although Disney classed it as live-action. Rank 1 is the highest gross.
Ne Zha 2 (2025), with $2,217,758,382 worldwide in Wikipedia's chart. It is the only animated film to pass $2 billion. Box Office Mojo lists a higher total of about $2.27 billion, but the chart uses figures compiled from Chinese sources.
It is disputed. Disney called it live-action, but nearly the whole film is computer-animated, and Wikipedia's chart of animated films includes it. We follow that chart, so it ranks fourth. Without it, every film below would move up one place and Toy Story 4 ($1,073,841,394) would enter at tenth.
Yes. Toy Story 5 (2026) was still in theaters in October 2026 with $1.148 billion, just behind Minions. The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (2026) had passed $1 billion but was outside the top ten.
No. They are nominal US dollar totals, which is why most entries were released after 2010.
Disney, including Pixar, with seven: Zootopia 2, Inside Out 2, The Lion King (2019), Frozen II, Frozen, Incredibles 2 and Toy Story 5. Illumination/Universal has two (The Super Mario Bros. Movie and Minions), and Ne Zha 2 is the tenth.
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