List of Universal Pictures theatrical animated feature films

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This article is about all animated features produced by or released through Universal Pictures and its predecessors. For a list of features produced by Universal Animation Studios and its predecessors, see Universal Animation Studios § Filmography. For lists of features produced by other animation studios owned by NBCUniversal, see List of Illumination productions and List of DreamWorks Animation productions.

This list of theatrical animated feature films consists of animated films released by Universal Pictures, the film division of Comcast's NBCUniversal.

Universal Pictures releases films from Universal-owned and non-Universal owned animation studios. Most films listed below are from Illumination which began as the feature animation department of Universal, producing its first feature-length animated film Despicable Me in 2010. Beginning with How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World in 2019, Universal also released animated films by DreamWorks Animation, which was acquired by NBCUniversal in 2016.[1][2][3]

Other studio units have also released films theatrically, primarily Universal Animation Studios which produced a few theatrical animated films before focusing on animating television shows and direct-to-video films, and the studio's distribution unit, which acquires film rights from outside animation studios to release films under the Universal Pictures or Focus Features film labels. For example, Laika's stop-motion animated features were released by Universal through its Focus Features label. Other studios globally have released films through Universal Pictures which maintains distribution rights in certain territories.

Films

Color legend
Amblin Entertainment (1986–present)
Amblimation (1991–1995)		  
Universal Animation Studios (2006–present)  
Illumination Entertainment (2010–2016)
Illumination (2017–present)		  
DreamWorks Animation (2019–present)  
Other Universal studio  
Third-party studio  
Live-action/animation hybrid S
Distribution only D
An adult animated production. A

US releases

Title Original theatrical release date[rls 1] Animation studio
The Snow Queen[D][S] November 20, 1959[rls 2][rls 3] Soyuzmultfilm  
Pinocchio in Outer Space[D] December 22, 1965 Belvision Studios
An American Tail November 21, 1986 Amblin Entertainment and Sullivan Bluth Studios  
The Land Before Time November 18, 1988
Jetsons: The Movie[D] July 6, 1990 Hanna-Barbera  
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West November 22, 1991 Amblimation  
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story November 24, 1993
Casper[S] May 26, 1995 Amblin Entertainment and The Harvey Entertainment Company
Balto December 22, 1995 Amblimation
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle[S] June 30, 2000 Jay Ward Productions and TriBeCa Productions  
How the Grinch Stole Christmas[S] November 17, 2000 Imagine Entertainment
The Cat in the Hat[S] November 21, 2003 DreamWorks Pictures and Imagine Entertainment
Curious George February 10, 2006 Universal Animation Studios and Imagine Entertainment  
The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie[D] January 11, 2008 Big Idea Entertainment and Starz Animation  
The Tale of Despereaux December 19, 2008 Relativity Media and Framestore Animation  
Coraline[D] February 6, 2009 Laika[st 1]
9[A][D] September 9, 2009 Starz Animation[st 1]
Despicable Me July 9, 2010 Illumination Entertainment  
Paul[A][S] March 18, 2011 Relativity Media, Working Title Films, Big Talk Pictures and StudioCanal  
Hop[S] April 1, 2011 Illumination Entertainment  
The Lorax March 2, 2012
Ted[A][S] June 29, 2012 Media Rights Capital, Fuzzy Door Productions, Bluegrass Films and Smart Entertainment  
ParaNorman[D] August 17, 2012 Laika[st 1]  
Despicable Me 2 July 3, 2013 Illumination Entertainment  
The Boxtrolls[D] September 26, 2014 Laika[st 1]  
Ted 2[A][S] June 26, 2015 Media Rights Capital, Fuzzy Door Productions, Bluegrass Films and Smart Entertainment  
Minions July 10, 2015 Illumination Entertainment  
Ratchet & Clank[D] April 29, 2016 Rainmaker Entertainment[st 2]  
The Secret Life of Pets July 8, 2016 Illumination Entertainment  
Kubo and the Two Strings[D] August 19, 2016 Laika[st 1]  
Sing December 21, 2016 Illumination Entertainment  
Despicable Me 3 June 30, 2017 Illumination
The Grinch November 9, 2018
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World February 22, 2019 DreamWorks Animation  
The Secret Life of Pets 2 June 7, 2019[4] Illumination  
Abominable September 27, 2019[5][6][7][8][9] DreamWorks Animation and Pearl Studio  
Trolls World Tour April 10, 2020[10][11][12][13][14][15] DreamWorks Animation
The Croods: A New Age November 25, 2020[16][17]
Spirit Untamed June 4, 2021[18][19]
The Boss Baby: Family Business July 2, 2021[20]
Sing 2 December 22, 2021[4][17][21] Illumination  
The Bad Guys April 22, 2022[22] DreamWorks Animation and Scholastic Entertainment  
Minions: The Rise of Gru July 1, 2022[4][17][21] Illumination  
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish December 21, 2022[23][24][25] DreamWorks Animation  
The Super Mario Bros. Movie April 5, 2023[26][27][25] Illumination and Nintendo  

International releases

Title Original theatrical release date[rls 4] Animation studio
The Abrafaxe – Under The Black Flag[D] October 25, 2001 (German)[st 3] Abrafaxe Trickfilm  
Momo[D] December 21, 2001 (Italy)[st 3] Taurus Produktion
Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! July 10, 2009 (Denmark)[rls 5] Universal Animation Studios and Imagine Entertainment  
Nikté[D] December 18, 2009 (Mexico)[st 3] Animex Producciones  
Underdogs[D] July 18, 2013 (Argentina)[st 3] Prana Studios and 100 Bares Producciones
Moshi Monsters: The Movie[D] December 20, 2013[st 3] Spider Eye Productions
Song of the Sea[D] September 6, 2014 (Ireland)[st 3] StudioCanal and Cartoon Saloon
Yellowbird[D] October 11, 2014[st 3] TeamTO
Ethel & Ernest[D] October 28, 2016[st 3] Cloth Cat Animation
The Breadwinner[D] September 8, 2017 (Canada)[st 3] Elevation Pictures, StudioCanal and Cartoon Saloon
Woody Woodpecker[S] October 5, 2017 (Brazil)[rls 5] Universal Animation Studios and Cinemotion  
The Addams Family[D] October 11, 2019[st 3] Cinesite Studios and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer[st 4]  
The Addams Family 2[D] October 1, 2021[st 3][28][29]

Upcoming

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See also: Upcoming Illumination films and Upcoming DreamWorks Animation films
Title Intended theatrical release date
by Universal Pictures		 Animation studio
Strays[S][A] June 9, 2023[30] Picturestart, Lord Miller Productions and Rabbit Hole Productions  
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken June 30, 2023[31][32] DreamWorks Animation  
Trolls Band Together November 17, 2023[33]
Migration December 22, 2023[34] Illumination  
TBA February 9, 2024[35] DreamWorks Animation  
Kung Fu Panda 4 March 8, 2024[36] DreamWorks Animation and Pearl Studio
Despicable Me 4 July 3, 2024[37] Illumination  

Highest-grossing films

film currently playing indicates films playing in theaters around the world in the week commencing 26 July 2024.
Rank Film Worldwide gross Studio Year Ref.
1 Minions $1,159,398,397 Illumination 2015 [38]
2 Despicable Me 3 $1,034,799,409 2017 [39]
3 Despicable Me 2 $970,761,885 2013 [40]
4 Minions: The Rise of Gru $939,628,210 2022 [41]
5 The Secret Life of Pets $875,457,937 2016 [42]
6 Sing $634,151,679 2016 [43]
7 Ted $549,368,315 MRC and Fuzzy Door Productions 2012 [44]
8 Despicable Me $543,113,985 Illumination 2010 [45]
9 How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World $519,758,180 DreamWorks Animation 2019 [46]
10 The Grinch $511,303,509 Illumination 2018 [47]

Notes

Release Notes

  1. ↑ Listed are the original theatrical release dates in the United States (or other non-U.S. territories) when the film was contributed by Universal. Different distributors are attributed and credited for distributing each film throughout the history of Universal.
  2. ↑ Original Soviet release date was November 15, 1957
  3. ↑ Released by Universal Pictures in North America
  4. ↑ Listed are the original theatrical release dates in the United States (or other non-U.S. territories) when the film was contributed by Universal. Different distributors are attributed and credited for distributing each film throughout the history of Universal.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Not released theatrically in the United States, released as DTV film

Studio/Production Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Released by Focus Features.
  2. ↑ Released by Gramercy Pictures.
  3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 Released by Universal outside North America
  4. ↑ Released theatrically by MGM in USA

See also

References

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