The following is a list of the 12 highest-grossing animated feature films first released in 2016 as of 1 of August 2017.
Zootopia and
Finding Dory became the fourth and fifth animated films after
Toy Story 3 (
2010),
Frozen (
2013), and
Minions (
2015) to gross over $1 billion, and are currently the ninth and eighth
highest-grossing animated films of all time and the 42nd and 45th
highest-grossing films of all time.
Kung Fu Panda 3 passed
Monkey King: Hero Is Back to become the highest-grossing animated film of all time in China only to be overtaken by
Zootopia.
Your Name passed
Spirited Away to become the
highest-grossing anime film at the time.
Zootopia became the highest-grossing original animated film of all time, surpassing
Finding Nemo ($940.3 million in 2003). Along with
Finding Dory, it became one of two animated films to earn over $1 billion in the same year, a first in cinematic history. ==See also==