The following is a list of the 10 highest-grossing animated feature films first released in 2025.
Box office records •
Ne Zha 2 became the 57th film to gross $1 billion worldwide, the 14th animated film, the seventh film to gross $2 billion worldwide, the
third-fastest film to cross the billion-dollar mark at 12 days, and the
second-fastest to gross the $2 billion mark. • It surpassed
The Battle at Lake Changjin to become the
highest-grossing Chinese film and the
highest-grossing non-English film. It became the
highest-grossing animated film of all time as well as the
5th highest-grossing film overall. • It surpassed
Inside Out 2 (2024) as the highest grossing animated film, breaking
Disney's 14-year streak with the title after regaining it with
Toy Story 3 (2010). Doing so,
Enlight Pictures became the first non-Hollywood studio to hold this distinction. • It surpassed
The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) as the highest-grossing non-Disney or pixar animated film of all time, and the first film since
Shrek 2 (2004) not to be distributed by
Universal Pictures to hold the milestone. • It became the 57th film to gross $1 billion worldwide and the 14th animated film to do so. • It became the first Chinese and the first non-English film to gross $1 billion worldwide. • it surpass
Moana 2 as the biggest opening weekend for a animated film. • It surpassed
Star Wars: The Force Awakens to become the highest-grossing film ever in a single market. It also became the first film to earn $1 billion in a single market. • It also became the first film in history to exceed $2 billion worldwide without also grossing $100, $200, $300, $400, $500, and $600 million in North America. • The Fengshen Cinematic Universe became the first Chinese and the first non-English film franchise to gross $2 billion and $3 billion with the release of
Ne Zha 2. •
Jumbo achieved a million admissions in seven days in domestic theatrical run, becoming the highest-grossing Indonesian animated film. It became the highest-grossing Southeast Asian animation film of all time for earning over $8 million, surpassing Malaysian 2022 film
Mechamato Movie. • It surpassed
KKN di Desa Penari to become
Indonesian film with the most admissions. • ''
Doraemon: Nobita's Art World Tales It remained at 1 at the Japanese box office for the first 6 weeks prior to Detective Conan: One-eyed Flashback'''s release, making it the longest-running 1 film in the
Doraemon film series. •
Elio grossed only $21 million in its opening weekend, making it the lowest-grossing film in
Pixar history. •
Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle surpasses
The Simpsons Movie to becoming as
the highest-grossing adult animated film. •
Nobody became the highest-grossing 2D animated film in China and the highest-grossing Chinese 2D animated film •
Zootopia 2 became the 59th film overall, the 15th animated film, and the
second-fastest animated film (at 17 days, behind
Ne Zha 2’s 12 days) to gross $1 billion worldwide. • It claimed the
fourth highest-grossing worldwide opening of all time ($560.3million), placing behind
Avengers: Endgame ($1.2billion),
Avengers: Infinity War ($641million), and
Spider-Man: No Way Home ($601million). • It set the records of
highest-grossing worldwide opening for an animated film, and highest-grossing worldwide opening of the year, surpassing
Ne Zha 2 in both instances. It is also the highest-grossing worldwide opening of any animated film in
Disney history, and
PG-rated film, to reach $1billion, surpassing
Inside Out 2’s 19 days in both instances. • On 31 December, thirty-six days after release,
Zootopia 2 surpassed
Frozen 2 to become
Walt Disney Animation Studios' highest-grossing film. • On 18 January, fifty-four days after release,
Zootopia 2 surpassed
Inside Out 2 to become
Disney's highest-grossing animated film of all time, the
highest-grossing MPA animated film of all time, and the
highest-grossing PG-rated film of all time. • The
Zootopia film franchise surpassed $2.8billion with the release of
Zootopia 2. ==See also==