This article ranks the best animated movies of all-time based on inflation-adjusted domestic gross box office sales, according to Boxoffice, the official publication of the National Association of Theatre Owners.
The ten biggest animated box office hits of all-time have collectively earned more than $5 billion and four Academy Awards. Nine of these films are rated G and one PG. Predictably, films from The Walt Disney Company, its predecessors, and affiliates dominate the genre.
Listed below for each of the best animated movies of all-time are inflation-adjusted gross box office sales, directors, producers, writers, main casts, ratings, running times, distributors, and number of Academy Awards earned.
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Adjusted gross box office sales: $934 million
Director: David Hand
Producer: Walt Disney
Writers: Webb Smith, Dorothy Ann Black, Merrill De Maris, Earl Hurd, Dick Rickard, Otto Englander, Richard Creedon, Ted Sears, Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm
Main Cast: Adriana Caselotti, Lucille La Verne, Harry Stockwell, Pinto Colvig, Roy Atwell, James MacDonald, Otis Harlan, Billy Gilbert, Marion Darlington, Eddie Collins
Rating: G
Running time: 1 hour, 23 minutes
Distributor: Disney/RKO
Academy Awards: 1
2. Best Animated Movies of All Time (Box Office Sales):The Lion King (1994)
Adjusted gross box office sales: $624 million
Directors: Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff
Producer: Don Hahn
Writers: Irene Mecchi, Jonathan Roberts, Linda Woolverton
Main Cast: Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Matthew Broderick, James Earl Jones, Jeremy Irons, Moira Kelly, Nathan Long, Ernie Sabella, Rowan Atkinson, Robert Guillaume, Madge Sinclair, Whoopi Goldberg, Cheech Marin, Jim Cummings
Rating: G
Running time: 1 hour, 29 minutes
Distributor: Walt Disney Pictures
Academy Awards: 2
3. Best Animated Movies of All Time (Box Office Sales):Shrek 2 (2004)
Adjusted gross box office sales: $558 million
Directors: Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury, Conrad Vernon
Producers: Aron Warner, John H. Williams, David Lipman
Writers: Andrew Adamson, Joe Stillman, J. David Stern, David N. Weiss
Main Cast: Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, Antonio Banderas, Julie Andrews, John Cleese, Rupert Everett, Jennifer Saunders
Rating: PG
Running time: 1 hour, 33 minutes
Distributor: DreamWorks Pictures
Academy Awards:0
4. Best Animated Movies of All Time (Box Office Sales):101 Dalmations (1961)
Adjusted gross box office sales: $486 million
Directors: Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, Wolfgang Reitherman
Producer: Walt Disney
Writers: Bill Peet, Dodie Smith
Main Cast: Rod Taylor, Cate Bauer, Betty Lou Gerson, Ben Wright, Lisa Davis, Matha Wentworth
Rating: G
Running time: 1 hour, 9 minutes
Distributor: Buena Vista Pictures
Academy Awards: 0
5. Best Animated Movies of All Time (Box Office Sales):Lady and the Tramp (1955)
Adjusted gross box office sales: $466 million
Directors: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske
Producer: Walt Disney
Writers: Erdman Penner, Joe Rinaldi, Ralph Wright, Don DaGradi
Main Cast: Peggy Lee, Barb Luddy, Larry Roberts, Bill Thompson, Bill Baucom, Stan Freberg, Verna Felton, Alan Reed, George Givot, Dallas McKennon, Lee Millar, The Melloman
Rating: G
Running time: 1 hour, 15 minutes
Distributor: Buena Vista Distribution
Academy Awards: 0
6. Best Animated Movies of All Time (Box Office Sales):Bambi (1942)
Adjusted gross box office sales: $458 million
Director: David Hand
Producer: Walt Disney
Writers: Larry Morey, Perce Pearce, Ralph Wright, Felix Salten, Chuck Couch, Carl Falberg, Melvin Shaw, Vernon Stallings
Main Cast: Bobette Audrey, Peter Behn, Tim Davis, Marion Darlington, Dolyn Bramston Cook, Jeanne Christy, Janet Chapman, Thelma Boardman, Hardie Albright, Stan Alexander
Rating: G
Running time: 1 hour, 15 minutes
Distributor: Buena Vista Distribution
Academy Awards: 0
7. Best Animated Movies of All Time (Box Office Sales):The Jungle Book (1967)
Adjusted gross box office sales: $455 million
Director: Wolfgang Reitherman
Producer: Walt Disney
Writers: Larry Clemmons, Ralph Wright, Ken Anderson, Vance Gerry, Bill Peet
Main Cast: Bruce Reitherman, Phil Harris, Sebastian Cabot, Louis Prima, George Sanders, Sterling Holloway
Rating: G
Running time: 1 hour, 18 minutes
Distributor: Buena Vista Distribution
Academy Awards: 0
8. Best Animated Movies of All Time (Box Office Sales):Finding Nemo (2003)
Adjusted gross box office sales: $443 million
Director: Andrew Stanton
Producer: John Lasseter
Writer: Andrew Stanton
Main Cast: Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Willem Dafoe, Eric Bana, Geoffrey Rush
Rating: G
Running time: 1 hour, 24 minutes
Distributor: Walt Disney Pictures
Academy Awards: 1
9. Best Animated Movies of All Time (Box Office Sales):Peter Pan (1953)
Adjusted gross box office sales: $441 million
Directors: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske
Producer: Walt Disney
Writers: Milt Banta, William Cottrell, Winston Hibler, Bill Peet, Erdman Penner, Joe Rinaldi, Ted Sears, Ralph Wright
Main Cast: Bobby Driscoll, Kathryn Beaumont, Hans Conried, Paul Collins, Tommy Luske
Rating: G
Running time: 1 hour, 16 minutes
Distributor: RKO Radio Pictures
Academy Awards: 0
10. Best Animated Movies of All Time (Box Office Sales):Cinderella (1950)
Adjusted gross box office sales: $425 million
Directors: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske
Producer: Walt Disney
Writers: Ken Anderson, Harry Reeves, Homer Brightman, Winston Hibler, Ted Sears, Erdman Penner, Bill Peet, Charles Perrault
Main Cast: Ilene Woods, Eleanor Audley, Verna Felton, Rhonda Williams, James MacDonald, Luis Van Rooten, Don Barclay Mike Douglas, Lucille Bliss
Rating: G
Running time: 1 hour, 14 minutes
Distributor: RKO Radio Pictures
Academy Awards: 0
Source(s):
” All Time Domestic Gross (Adjusted) ,” BOXOFFICE.COM
” Search ,” IMDb
” The Official Academy Awards Database ,” The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
