Highest-Grossing Animated Films of All Time

About This Dataset

Animated feature films ranked by total worldwide box office gross, measured in billions of USD. The Lion King (2019 live-action remake) and Frozen II are among the highest-grossing animated-category films ever made — though the distinction between fully animated and live-action hybrid films complicates rankings, with the original animated Lion King (1994) representing one of the most profitable films in Disney history relative to its production budget.

Analysis

The Lion King 2019 (Disney) (1.66), Frozen II (Disney) (1.45) and The Super Mario Bros. Movie (1.36) take the top three in Worldwide Box Office (Billion USD) in 2023. Values run from 1.66 at the top to 1.03 at the bottom, a spread of 0.63. First and second are separated by 0.21, so the leader sits inside the field rather than apart from it. Below the top two the field is tightly packed: the remaining 6 run from 1.36 down to 1.03.

Source: Wikipedia

Key Findings

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The Lion King 2019 (Disney) leads in Worldwide Box Office (Billion USD) with 1.66 in 2023.

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2019 recorded the highest combined total across all categories.

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Gap in 2023: The Lion King 2019 (Disney) is 1.6× larger than Finding Dory (Pixar).

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Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart

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Data Points

8 categories · 6 years

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Top Value

1.66

The Lion King 2019 (Disney)

Worldwide Box Office (Billion USD) · 2019

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Metrics

Worldwide Box Office (Billion USD)

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Period

2013 – 2023

6 years of data

Methodology & source

Data source: Wikipedia
Coverage: 8 entities · 2013–2023 (6 years) · 8 observations
Measure: Worldwide Box Office (Billion USD)
Last updated: 6 September 2026
Compiled by: The ANYSTAT team, from the source above

How the figures are calculated

Values are shown as reported by the source. Nothing is rescaled, rebased or converted — the only changes are thousand separators and decimals shown to two places.
Missing years are left empty rather than estimated — no interpolation, no carrying a previous year forward.
Change is measured between the first and last year in which an entity actually reported a value, so a series that starts late is not penalised for the years before it existed.
The compound annual rate is (last ÷ first)^(1 ÷ years) − 1, using those same two reported years.
Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2023.
An entity that reported nothing in the latest year is still listed — it follows the ranked entities in the table rather than being dropped.

Rankings & Full Data

8 records · Worldwide Box Office (Billion USD) · ranked by 2023

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#	Category	2013	2015	2016	2018	2019	2023	Change
🥇	The Lion King 2019 (Disney)	—	—	—	—	1.66	—	—
🥈	Frozen II (Disney)	—	—	—	—	1.45	—	—
🥉	The Super Mario Bros. Movie	—	—	—	—	—	1.36	—
4	Frozen (Disney)	1.28	—	—	—	—	—	—
5	Incredibles 2 (Pixar)	—	—	—	1.24	—	—	—
6	Minions (Illumination)	—	1.16	—	—	—	—	—
7	Toy Story 4 (Pixar)	—	—	—	—	1.07	—	—
8	Finding Dory (Pixar)	—	—	1.03	—	—	—	—