This is a list of
animated feature films released in
2022
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Highest-grossing animated films
The following is a list of the 10 highest-grossing animated feature films first released in 2022.
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Box office records
*2022 is the first year since 2020 to have an animated film gross over $500 million and the first year since 2019 to have a animated film to gross over $600, $700, $800 and $900 million.
*The ''
Despicable Me
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'' and ''
Shrek'' franchises became the first and second animated film franchises to gross more than $4 billion with the release of ''
Minions: The Rise of Gru'' and ''
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish''.
*''
Minions: The Rise of Gru'' is the
fifth-highest-grossing film of 2022 with a worldwide total of $939.6 million, as well as the highest grossing animated film
released during the COVID-19 pandemic, surpassing the 2020 film ''
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train''.
* The
anime films ''
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'' and ''
The First Slam Dunk'' set several box office records.
** In South Korea, ''The First Slam Dunk'' became the highest-grossing anime film, before its record was surpassed by ''Suzume''.
** In China, ''Suzume'' became the highest-grossing anime film.
It also set the record for the biggest opening for an anime film in China, before its record was surpassed by ''The First Slam Dunk''.
** ''The First Slam Dunk'' also set Chinese box office records for the highest pre-sales for an animated import, and the largest
IMAX
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opening weekend for a foreign animated film.
References
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Feature films
Lists of 2022 films