The following is a list of the 10 highest-grossing animated feature films first released in 2020. The year was
severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic which led to a major decline in box office revenue due to the closure of cinemas and movie theaters. For the first time in box office history, two non-American animated film productions (Asian films),
Demon Slayer: Mugen Train from Japan and
Jiang Ziya from China, have become the highest-grossing animated films of the year. It is also the first time
since 1987 that a non-American animated film (Japanese anime),
Demon Slayer: Mugen Train, became the highest-grossing animated film of the year, and the first time an anime has made the top 10 highest-grossing films of the year worldwide. 2020 was also the first year since 2014 to not have an animated film gross $700, $800, $900 million and $1 billion, the first year since 2005 to not have an animated film gross $600 million. The doraemon series decked out among the top 10 after 13 years.
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train, It set the all-time box office records for the highest-grossing
Japanese film, the
highest-grossing anime film, and the
highest-grossing R-rated animated film. In Japan,
Mugen Train set the first-day opening record with (), before breaking the opening weekend record with () over three days. It went on to have the highest-grossing second weekend, and in ten days became the fastest film to cross (), surpassing
Spirited Away (2001) which had previously crossed the milestone in 19 days and held the record for 19 years.
Mugen Train also became the fastest film to cross in Japan, again faster than
Spirited Away. It also set the record for the highest-grossing
IMAX release in Japan, surpassing the previous record holder
Bohemian Rhapsody (2018). In 59 days,
Mugen Train set another record as the fastest film to cross the milestone, faster than
Spirited Away which took 253 days to reach the same milestone. In 66 days, the film set another record as the first film to top the Japanese box office charts for ten straight weekends (since the charts began publication in 2004). In 73 days,
Mugen Train grossed to become the
highest-grossing film of all time in Japan, surpassing
Spirited Away which held the record for 19 years. ==See also==