List of highest-grossing anime films in the United States and Canada
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The following are lists of highest-grossing animated films in the United States and Canada. Included on the list are charts of the top box-office earners, a chart of high-grossing animated films adjusted for inflation. Animated family films have performed consistently well at the box office, with Disney films enjoying lucrative re-releases prior to the home video era.
Disney The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney (), is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California. Disney was originally founded on October ...
also enjoyed later success with its
Pixar Pixar Animation Studios (commonly known as Pixar () and stylized as P I X A R) is an American computer animation studio known for its critically and commercially successful computer animated feature films. It is based in Emeryville, Californ ...
brand, of which the ''
Toy Story ''Toy Story'' is a 1995 American computer-animated comedy film directed by John Lasseter (in his feature directorial debut), produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The first installment in the '' Toy Story ...
'' films, the '' Finding Nemo'' films, and '' Inside Out'' have been the best performers; beyond Pixar, the ''
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'', ''
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'' and '' Despicable Me'' series have met with the most success. The ''
Jungle Book ''The Jungle Book'' (1894) is a collection of stories by the English author Rudyard Kipling. Most of the characters are animals such as Shere Khan the tiger and Baloo the bear, though a principal character is the boy or "man-cub" Mowgli, who ...
'' and '' Mickey Mouse'' series saw successful returns after lying dormant for decades.


List of highest-grossing animated films in Canada and the United States


Computer animation

The following is a list of highest-grossing computer animated films in the United States and Canada.


Stop-motion animation

The following is a list of highest-grossing stop motion animated films in Canada and the United States.


Traditional animated films

The following is a list of highest-grossing traditional animated films in the United States and Canada.


Anime films

The following is a list of highest-grossing anime films in the United States and Canada.


Highest-grossing animated films adjusted for inflation

These charts were compiled based on data from
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, by dividing the gross by the average ticket price to calculate an estimate of the total number of admissions. * Adjusted to the estimated number of tickets sold. Inflation-adjustment is mostly done by multiplying estimated admissions by the latest average ticket price. Where admissions are unavailable, adjustment is based on the average ticket price for when each film was released (taking into account rereleases where applicable). Admissions better reflect the popularity of older films, since they are less susceptible to the effects of inflation. Many of the films on this list released prior to the availability of home video have had multiple releases. Note these lists are based on 2016 prices.


Highest-grossing computer animated films adjusted for inflation


Highest-grossing stop motion animated films adjusted for inflation


Highest-grossing traditional animated films adjusted for inflation


See also

* List of highest-grossing films **
List of highest-grossing films in the United States and Canada The following is a list of the highest-grossing films in the United States and Canada, a market known in the film industry as the "North American box office", and where "gross" is defined in US dollars. Not adjusted for inflation This is a list ...
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List of highest-grossing animated films Included in the list are charts of the top box-office earners, a chart of high-grossing animated films by the calendar year, a timeline showing the transition of the highest-grossing animated film record, and a chart of the highest-grossing animate ...
*** List of highest-grossing live-action/animated films ***
List of highest-grossing anime films Films made in Japan produce revenue through various sources; the lists below only consider box office earnings at cinemas, not other sources of income such as merchandising or home video. The lists include both anime and live-action films produc ...
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List of highest-grossing openings for animated films The following is a list of the highest-grossing opening weekends for animated films. The list is dominated by recent films due to steadily increasing marketing budgets, and modern films opening on more screens. Another contributing factor is inflat ...
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List of most expensive animated films The following are lists of animated films that were the most expensive to make. Most expensive animated films 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2016 are the most represented years with three films each. Pixar is the most represented studio with ...


References

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