Inside Out 2 has stormed the theaters this summer, certainly creating envy by crossing the $1 billion mark in the worldwide box office. The Disney/Pixar film has climbed the ranks and entered the exclusive billion-dollar club since its June 14 release, which includes 53 other films.
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Nine other animated films have surpassed a billion dollars, with The Lion King (2019) the highest earner at $1.6 billion, followed by Frozen 2 (2019) at $1.4 billion, and the 2023 summer smash The Super Mario Bros Movie with $1.3 billion.
Scroll below to look at the 25 top-grossing animated films of all time.
1. THE LION KING, 2019 – $1,663,079,059
Directed by Jon Favreau; featuring the voices of John Oliver, JD McCrary, Donald Glover, Beyoncé, Seth Rogen and Chiwetel Ejiofor
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2. FROZEN II, 2019 – $1,453,683,476
Directed by Chris Buck & Jennifer Lee; featuring the voices Josh Gad, Jonathan Groff, Idina Menzel and Kristen Bell
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3. THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE, 2023 – $1,361,992,475
Directed by Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic, Pierre Leduc and Fabien Polack; featuring the voices Chris Pratt and Anya Taylor-Joy
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4. FROZEN, 2013 – $1,285,048,126
Directed by Chris Buck & Jennifer Lee; featuring the voices of Idina Menzel, Kristen Bell, Jonathan Groff and Josh Gad
5. INSIDE OUT 2, 2024 – $1,267,929,558
Directed by Kelsey Mann and Meg LeFauve; featuring the voices of Amy Poehler and Maya Hawke
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6. INCREDIBLES 2, 2018 – $1,243,225,667
Directed by Brad Bird; featuring the voices of Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Huck Milner and Sarah Vowell
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7. MINIONS, 2015 – $1,159,457,503
Directed by Kyle Balda and Pierre Coffin; featuring the voices of Sandra Bullock, Jon Hamm, Michael Keaton and Allison Janney
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8. TOY STORY 4, 2019 – $1,073,841,394
Directed by Josh Cooley; featuring the voices of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Annie Potts, Joan Cusack, Don Rickles, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger, Estelle Harris, Blake Clark, Jeff Pidgeon, Bonnie Hunt, Jeff Garlin, Kristen Schaal and Timothy Dalton
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9. TOY STORY 3, 2010 – $1,067,316,101
Directed by Lee Unkrich; featuring the voices of Tom Hanks and Tim Allen
10. DESPICABLE ME 3, 2017 – $1,034,800,131
Directed by Kyle Balda and Pierre Coffin; featuring the voice of Steve Carell
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11. FINDING DORY, 2016 – $1,029,266,989
Directed by Andrew Stanton; featuring the voice of Ellen DeGeneres
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12. ZOOTOPIA, 2016 – $1,025,521,689
Directed by Byron Howard and Rich Moore; featuring the voices of Ginnifer Goodwin and Jason Bateman
13. THE LION KING, 1994 – $976,850,709
Directed by Rogers Allers and Rob Minkoff; featuring the voices of Matthew Broderick, Jeremy Irons, James Earl Jones, Whoopi Goldberg, Rowan Atkinson, Nathan Lane and Jonathan Taylor Thomas
14. DESPICABLE ME 2, 2013 – $970,766,005
Directed by Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud; featuring the voices of Steve Carell, Miranda Cosgrove, Dana Gaier and Elsie Fisher
15. FINDING NEMO, 2003 – $941,637,960
Directed by Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich, featuring the voices of Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Alexander Gould and Willem Dafoe
16. MINIONS: THE RISE OF GRU, (aka MINIONS 2: THE RISE OF GRU), 2022 – $940,203,765
Directed by Kyle Balda, Jonathan del Val and Brad Ableson; featuring the voices of Steve Carell, Pierre Coffin, Alan Arkin and Taraji P. Henson
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17. SHREK 2, 2004 – $932,396,221
Directed by Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury and Conrad Vernon; featuring the voices of Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy and Julie Andrews
18. ICE AGE: DAWN OF THE DINOSAURS, (aka ICE AGE 3), 2009 – $886,686,817
Directed by Carlos Saldanha and Michael Thurmeier; featuring the voices of Karen Disher and Chris Wedge
19. ICE AGE: CONTINENTAL DRIFT, (aka ICE AGE 4: CONTINENTAL DRIFT), 2012 – $877,244,782
Directed by Steve Martino and Michael Thurmeier; featuring the voices of Ray Romano, Denis Leary, John Leguizamo and Aziz Ansari
20. THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS, 2016 – $875,698,161
Directed by Chris Renaud; featuring the voices of Lake Bell, Louis C.K. and Bobby Moynihan
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21. INSIDE OUT, 2015 – $$858,852,998
Directed by Pete Docter and Ronnie Del Carmen; featuring the voices of Phyllis Smith, Lewis Black, Bill Hader, Mindy Kaling and Amy Poehler
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22. COCO, 2017 – $814,641,172
Directed by Lee Unkrich and Adrian Molina; featuring the voices of Anthony Gonzalez, Gabriel Iglesias and Alanna Ubach
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23. SHREK THE THIRD, 2007 – $813,367,380
Directed by Chris Miller and Raman Hui; featuring the voices of Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy and Antonio Banderas
24. SHREK FOREVER AFTER, 2010 – $752,600,867
Directed by Mike Mitchell; featuring the voices of Cameron Diaz and Mike Myers
25. MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE’S MOST WANTED, 2012 – $746,921,274
Directed by Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath and Conrad Vernon; featuring the voices of Bryan Cranston, Jessica Chastain, Chris Rock, Ben Stiller, Jada Pinkett Smith and David Schwimmer
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