The following are lists of animated films that were the most expensive to make.

Most expensive animated films

2007,

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, 2009, 2010, 2011 and

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are the most represented years with three films each.

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 ...

is the most represented studio with fourteen films. ''

Shrek ''Shrek'' is a 2001 American computer-animated comedy film loosely based on the 1990 book of the same name by William Steig. It is the first installment in the ''Shrek'' franchise. The film was directed by Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jen ...

'' is the most represented franchise with three of its four main films on the list, followed by ''

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'' with two of its three main films.

Traditional animation

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 ...

is the most represented studio with 14 films on the list.

Winnie the Pooh Winnie-the-Pooh, also called Pooh Bear and Pooh, is a fictional Anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic teddy bear created by English author A. A. Milne and English illustrator E. H. Shepard. The first collection of stories about the character w ...

is the most represented franchise with four films on the list. 2002 is the most represented year with four films.

Stop-motion

The following films are all stop motion animated films that cost over $10 million to create. 2012 are the most represented years with 3 films each. Laika is the most represented studio with 5 films.

Wallace and Gromit ''Wallace & Gromit'' is a British stop-motion comedy franchise created by Nick Park of Aardman Animations. The series consists of four short films and one feature-length film, and has spawned numerous spin-offs and TV adaptations. The series ce ...

is the most represented franchise with two films on the list.

Anime

Timeline of most expensive animated films

The following is a timeline of the most expensive animated films since 1937.

Timeline of most expensive computer–animated films

Timeline of most expensive traditionally animated films

Timeline of most expensive stop motion animated films

The following is a timeline of most expensive stop motion animated films of all time.

Laika Laika (russian: link=no, Лайка; – 3 November 1957) was a Soviet space dog who was one of the first animals in space and the first to orbit the Earth. A stray mongrel from the streets of Moscow, she flew aboard the Sputnik 2 space ...

has hold the record the most with four.

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