Inside Out 2 stormed the theaters this summer as the most successful worldwide release of 2024, certainly creating envy by crossing the $1 billion mark in the worldwide box office. The Disney/Pixar film is now the highest-grossing animated film of all time with $1.462 billion to date at the global box office. The 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 in gross revenue. Inside Out 2 has become the highest-grossing animated film ever, surpassing Frozen 2, with a current gross of $1.462 billion. Frozen 2 (2019) follows with $1.45 billion, and The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) is in third place with $1.3 billion. With the blockbuster success of “Inside Out 2,” Disney holds 4 of the top 5 and 9 of the top 12 highest-grossing animated films in history.
Scroll below to look at the 25 top-grossing animated films of all time.
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1. INSIDE OUT 2, 2024 – $1,462,769,628
Image Credit: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection Directed by Kelsey Mann and Meg LeFauve; featuring the voices of Amy Poehler and Maya Hawke
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2. FROZEN II, 2019 – $1,453,683,476
Image Credit: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures / Everett Collection 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
Image Credit: Universal Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection 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
Image Credit: Walt Disney Pictures/Everett Collection Directed by Chris Buck & Jennifer Lee; featuring the voices of Idina Menzel, Kristen Bell, Jonathan Groff and Josh Gad
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5. INCREDIBLES 2, 2018 – $1,243,225,667
Image Credit: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures / Everett Collection Directed by Brad Bird; featuring the voices of Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Huck Milner and Sarah Vowell
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6 MINIONS, 2015 – $1,159,457,503
Image Credit: Universal Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection Directed by Kyle Balda and Pierre Coffin; featuring the voices of Sandra Bullock, Jon Hamm, Michael Keaton and Allison Janney
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7. TOY STORY 4, 2019 – $1,073,841,394
Image Credit: Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture /Everett Collection 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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8. TOY STORY 3, 2010 – $1,067,316,101
Image Credit: Buena Vista Pictures/courtesy Everett Collection Directed by Lee Unkrich; featuring the voices of Tom Hanks and Tim Allen
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9. DESPICABLE ME 3, 2017 – $1,034,800,131
Image Credit: Universal Pictures/courtesy Everett Collection Directed by Kyle Balda and Pierre Coffin; featuring the voice of Steve Carell
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10. FINDING DORY, 2016 – $1,029,266,989
Image Credit: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures/Everett Collection Directed by Andrew Stanton; featuring the voice of Ellen DeGeneres
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11. ZOOTOPIA, 2016 – $1,025,521,689
Image Credit: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures/Everett Collection Directed by Byron Howard and Rich Moore; featuring the voices of Ginnifer Goodwin and Jason Bateman
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12. THE LION KING, 1994 – $976,850,709
Image Credit: Disney 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
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13. DESPICABLE ME 2, 2013 – $970,766,005
Image Credit: Universal Pictures/courtesy Everett Collection Directed by Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud; featuring the voices of Steve Carell, Miranda Cosgrove, Dana Gaier and Elsie Fisher
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14. FINDING NEMO, 2003 – $941,637,960
Image Credit: Walt Disney/courtesy Everett Collection Directed by Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich, featuring the voices of Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Alexander Gould and Willem Dafoe
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15. MINIONS: THE RISE OF GRU, (aka MINIONS 2: THE RISE OF GRU), 2022 – $940,203,765
Image Credit: Universal Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection 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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16. SHREK 2, 2004 – $932,396,221
Image Credit: DreamWorks/courtesy Everett Collection Directed by Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury and Conrad Vernon; featuring the voices of Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy and Julie Andrews
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17. ICE AGE: DAWN OF THE DINOSAURS, (aka ICE AGE 3), 2009 – $886,686,817
Image Credit: 20th Century Fox Film Corp./Everett Collection Directed by Carlos Saldanha and Michael Thurmeier; featuring the voices of Karen Disher and Chris Wedge
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18. ICE AGE: CONTINENTAL DRIFT, (aka ICE AGE 4: CONTINENTAL DRIFT), 2012 – $877,244,782
Image Credit: 20th Century Fox Film Corp./Everett Collection Directed by Steve Martino and Michael Thurmeier; featuring the voices of Ray Romano, Denis Leary, John Leguizamo and Aziz Ansari
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19. THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS, 2016 – $875,698,161
Image Credit: Universal /Courtesy Everett Collection Directed by Chris Renaud; featuring the voices of Lake Bell, Louis C.K. and Bobby Moynihan
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20. INSIDE OUT, 2015 – $$858,852,998
Image Credit: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures / Everett Collection 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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21. COCO, 2017 – $814,641,172
Image Credit: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures /Courtesy Everett Collection Directed by Lee Unkrich and Adrian Molina; featuring the voices of Anthony Gonzalez, Gabriel Iglesias and Alanna Ubach
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22. SHREK THE THIRD, 2007 – $813,367,380
Image Credit: Paramount/courtesy Everett Collection Directed by Chris Miller and Raman Hui; featuring the voices of Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy and Antonio Banderas
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23. SHREK FOREVER AFTER, 2010 – $752,600,867
Image Credit: Paramount Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection Directed by Mike Mitchell; featuring the voices of Cameron Diaz and Mike Myers
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24. MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE’S MOST WANTED, 2012 – $746,921,274
Image Credit: Paramount Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection 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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25. MONSTERS UNIVERSITY, 2013 – $743,559,645
Image Credit: Walt Disney Pictures/courtesy Everett Collection Directed by Dan Scanlon; featuring the voices of Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi and Helen Mirren