List of animated feature films of 2023

This is a list of animated feature films scheduled for release in 2023.

List

Title	Country	Director(s)	Studio(s)	Animation technique	Notes	Release date	Duration
4 Days Before Christmas	Spain United Kingdom Canada	Steve Majaury Andrea Sebastián	3 Doubles Producciones Capitán Araña PVP Media	CG animation		December 15, 2023
Baby Shark's Big Movie!	United States South Korea	Alan Foreman	Pinkfong Nickelodeon Animation Studio	Traditional		2023
Babylon 5: The Road Home	United States	Matt Peters	Warner Bros. Animation Babylonian Productions, Inc. Studio JMS	Traditional		August 15, 2023
Batman: The Doom that Came to Gotham	United States	Christopher Berkeley Sam Liu	Warner Bros. Animation DC Entertainment	Traditional		March 28, 2023	86 minutes
Berry and Dolly - Tales of Months hu:Bogyó és Babóca 5 - Hónapok meséi	Hungary	Géza M. Tóth King Fazakas	Kedd Animation Studio	Traditional		April 6, 2023 (Hungary)	70 minutes
Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King	Japan	Ayataka Tanemura	Pierrot Netflix	Traditional		June 16, 2023	110 minutes
Blue Giant	Japan	Yuzuru Tachikawa	NUT	Traditional		February 17, 2023	120 minutes
Boonie Bears: Guardian Code	China	Lin Yongchang Shao Heqi	Fantawild	CG animation		January 22, 2023	95 minutes
The Boy and the Heron	Japan	Hayao Miyazaki	Studio Ghibli	Traditional		July 14, 2023	125 minutes
The Brothers Gruff go to Splash world Bukkene Bruse på Badeland	Norway	Will Ashurst	Qvisten Animation	2D animation 3D animation		December 25, 2023
Butterfly Tale	Canada Germany	Sophie Roy	Carpe Diem Ulysses Filmproduktion	CG animation		2023
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget	United Kingdom	Sam Fell	Netflix StudioCanal Pathé Aardman Animations	Stop-Motion		December 15, 2023
City Hunter The Movie: Angel Dust	Japan	Kazuyoshi Takeuchi	Sunrise The Answer Studio	Traditional		September 8, 2023
Colossus: Child of the Wind	South Korea	Shin Chang-sub	GRIMAE	Traditional		2023	93 minutes
Craig of the Creek: The Movie	United States	Matt Burnett Ben Levin	Cartoon Network Studios	Traditional		2023
Dalia And The Red Book Dalia y el libro rojo	Argentina Peru	David Bisbano	Vista Sur Films Golem Studio Felipe Producciones FilmSharks International	CG animation Stop-Motion
Deep Sea	China	Tian Xiaopeng		CG animation		January 22, 2023	112 minutes
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – To the Swordsmith Village	Japan	Haruo Sotozaki	Ufotable Toho Aniplex	Traditional		February 3, 2023	110 minutes
Detective Conan: Black Iron Submarine	Japan	Yuzuru Tachikawa	TMS Entertainment	Traditional		April 14, 2023	109 minutes
Digimon Adventure 02: The beginning	Japan	Tomohisa Taguchi	Yumeta Company	Traditional		October 27, 2023
Doraemon: Nobita's Sky Utopia	Japan	Takumi Doyama	Shin-Ei Animation	Traditional		March 3, 2023	107 minutes
Dragonkeeper	Spain China	Salvador Simó Li Jianping	Guardián de Dragones AIE China Film Animation	CG animation		September 22, 2023 (Spain)
Elemental	United States	Peter Sohn	Disney Pixar Animation Studios	CG animation		May 27, 2023 (Cannes) June 16, 2023 (United States)	109 minutes
Epic Tails Pattie et la colère de Poséidon	France	David Alaux	TAT Productions Apollo Films	CG animation		January 25, 2023	95 minutes
Fafner in the Azure: Behind the Line	Japan	Takashi Noto	Production I.G	Traditional		January 20, 2023	54 minutes
Four Souls of Coyote Kojot négy lelke	Hungary	Áron Gauder	Cinemon Entertainment	Traditional		March 16, 2023 (Hungary)	106 minutes
Gekijōban Argonavis Axia	Japan	Shigeru Morikawa	Sanzigen	Traditional		March 24, 2023	64 minutes
Gilgamesh	Argentina	Tomas Lipgot	Hook Up Epic Games DuermeVela FilmSharks	CG animation		2023
Gus, the Guide Dog Gus, El perro guía	Spain	Bruno Simoes	WKND Studio Kimchi	CG animation		2023
Heroes of the Golden Masks	Canada	Sean O'Reilly	Arcana Studio CG Bros Entertainment Gravitas Ventures	CG animation		June 9, 2023	88 minutes
Hidden Dragon	China	Boqing Tang Xiaolan Zeng	Pantheon Entertainment Magic Hill Animation Studio	CG animation		December 2023
High in the Clouds	United States France	Timothy Reckart	Netflix Animation Gaumont Animation	CG animation		2023
Hitpig	United Kingdom	Cinzia Angelini Maurizio Parimbelli	Aniventure	CG animation
The Illusion Factory of Alice and Therese	Japan	Mari Okada	MAPPA	Traditional		September 15, 2023
The Imaginary	Japan	Yoshiyuki Momose	Studio Ponoc	Traditional		December 15, 2023
The Inseparables	Belgium France Spain	Ben Stassen Matthieu Zeller	A Contracorriente Films Octopolis nWave Pictures	CG animation		July 2023
The Inventor	France Ireland United States Luxembourg	Jim Capobianco	Curiosity Studio Foliascope Leo & King Melusine Productions	Stop-Motion 2D animation 3D animation		June 12, 2023 (Annecy) January 31, 2024 (France)	92 minutes
The Jungle Bunch 2: World Tour Les As de la Jungle 2: Tournée mondiale	France	Benoît Somville	TAT Productions SND Groupe M6	CG animation		August 16, 2023
Justice League: Warworld	United States	Jeff Wamester	Warner Bros. Animation DC Entertainment	Traditional		July 25, 2023	89 minutes
Justice League X RWBY: Super Heroes and Huntsmen: Part One	United States	Kerry Shawcross	Warner Bros. Animation DC Entertainment Rooster Teeth Animation	Traditional		April 25, 2023	80 minutes
Katak the Brave Beluga	Canada	Christine Dallaire-Dupont Nicola Lemay	10th Ave Productions	CG animation		February 24, 2023	82 minutes
Komada: A Whisky Family	Japan	Masayuki Yoshihara	P.A. Works	Traditional		June 15, 2023 (Annecy) November 2023 (Japan)
La leyenda de los Chaneques	Mexico	Marvick Núñez	Ánima	2D animation		July 14, 2023	89 minutes
Ladybug & Cat Noir: The Movie	France	Jeremy Zag	Zagtoon Method Animation	CG animation		June 11, 2023 (Grand Rex) July 5, 2023 (France) July 28, 2023 (Netflix)	105 minutes
Legion of Super-Heroes	United States	Jeff Wamester	Warner Bros. Animation DC Entertainment	Traditional		February 7, 2023	83 minutes
Lendarys	France Canada	Philippe Duchene Cuvelier Jean-Baptiste	2 Minutes Animation Caramel Film PM SA	CG animation		October 26, 2023
Leo	United States Australia	Robert Marianetti David Wachtenheim Robert Smigel	Netflix Animation Happy Madison Productions Animal Logic	CG animation		November 22, 2023
The Little Mermaid	United States	Michael Johnson	The Asylum	CG Animation		June 6, 2023	90 minutes
The Magician's Elephant	United States Australia	Wendy Rogers	Netflix Animation Animal Logic	CG animation		March 17, 2023	100 minutes
Mavka: The Forest Song	Ukraine	Oleg Malamuzh Oleksandra Ruban	Animagrad FILM.UA Group	CG animation		March 2, 2023 (Ukraine)	90 minutes
Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar	United States	Brendon Small	Williams Street Titmouse, Inc.	Traditional		August 22, 2023
Migration	United States France	Benjamin Renner	Universal Pictures Illumination	CG animation		December 22, 2023
The Monkey King	United States China Canada	Anthony Stacchi	Netflix Animation Pearl Studio Reel FX Animation	CG animation		August 18, 2023
Mortal Kombat Legends: Cage Match	United States	TBA	Warner Bros. Animation	TBA		2023
Mummies	Spain	Juan Jesús García Galocha	Warner Bros. Pictures Atresmedia Cine 4 Cats Pictures Anangu Grup Moomios Movie AIE	CG animation		January 5, 2023 (Australia) February 24, 2023 (Spain)	88 minutes
Nimona	United States United Kingdom	Nick Bruno Troy Quane	Netflix Annapurna Animation Vertigo Entertainment DNEG Animation	CG animation		June 14, 2023 (Annecy) June 30, 2023 (United States)	99 minutes
Noah's Ark – A Musical Adventure	Brazil India	Sérgio Machado Alos di Leo	Gullane VideoFilmes Globo Filmes NIP Symbiosys Entertainment	CG animation		November 2, 2023	90 minutes
Pastacolypse	United States	Matt Maiellaro	Tubi Fox Entertainment Studios Bento Box Entertainment	Traditional		May 21, 2023	70 minutes
PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie	Canada	Cal Brunker	Paramount Pictures Nickelodeon Movies Spin Master Entertainment	CG animation		September 29, 2023
Pretty Cure All Stars F	Japan	TBA	Toei Animation	Traditional		September 15, 2023
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos The Movie	Japan	Tomoya Takahashi	Toei Animation Studio Deen	Traditional		Part 1: June 9, 2023 Part 2: June 30, 2023	160 minutes (total, 80 minutes per film)
Princess Principal: Crown Handler – Chapter 3	Japan	Masaki Tachibana	Actas	Traditional		April 7, 2023	60 minutes
Psycho-Pass Providence	Japan	Naoyoshi Shiotani	Production I.G	Traditional		May 12, 2023	120 minutes
Rabbits Kingdom the Movie	Japan	TBA	TBA	Traditional		December 27, 2023
Rally Road Racers	United States United Kingdom India	Ross Venokur	Kintop Pictures REP Productions 6 Ltd Prime Focus Vanguard Animation	CG animation		May 12, 2023	93 minutes
Rascal Does Not Dream of a Sister Venturing Out	Japan	Sōichi Masui	CloverWorks	Traditional		June 23, 2023	73 minutes
The Rebel Princess	Russia	Alexey Zamyslov Vladimir Nikolaev Alexey Tsitsylin	Voronezh Animation Studio CTB Film Company	CG animation		August 24, 2023 (Russia)
Resident Evil: Death Island	Japan	Eiichirō Hasumi	TMS Entertainment Quebico	CG animation		June 22, 2023 (Singapore) July 7, 2023 (Japan) July 25, 2023 (Blu-ray & Digital)	91 minutes
Rock Dog 3: Battle the Beat	United States China	Anthony Bell	Lionsgate Splash Entertainment HB Wink Animation	CG animation		January 24, 2023	90 minutes
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken	United States	Kirk DeMicco	Universal Pictures DreamWorks Animation	CG animation		June 15, 2023 (Annecy) June 30, 2023 (United States)	91 minutes
Sand Land	Japan	Toshihisa Yokoshima	Sunrise Anima Kamikaze Douga	Traditional		August 18, 2023
The Snow Queen & the Princess	Russia	Aleksey Tsitsilin Andrey Korenkov	Wizart Animation	CG animation		February 16, 2023 (Russia)	80 minutes
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse	United States	Joaquim Dos Santos Kemp Powers Justin K. Thompson	Columbia Pictures Sony Pictures Animation Marvel Entertainment	CG animation		May 30, 2023 (Regency Village Theater) June 2, 2023 (United States)	140 minutes
Strays	United States	Josh Greenbaum	Universal Pictures Picturestart Rabbit Hole Productions Lord Miller Productions	CG animation Live-action		August 18, 2023	93 minutes
The Super Mario Bros. Movie	United States Japan	Aaron Horvath Michael Jelenic	Universal Pictures Illumination Nintendo	CG animation		April 1, 2023 (Los Angeles) April 5, 2023 (United States) April 28, 2023 (Japan)	92 minutes
The Swan Princess: A Fairytale is Born	United States	Richard Rich	Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Crest Animation Productions	CG animation		May 23, 2023	86 minutes
Taz: Quest for Burger	United States	Ryan Kramer	Warner Bros. Animation	Traditional		June 6, 2023 (Digital) June 20, 2023 (DVD)	75 minutes
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem	United States	Jeff Rowe	Paramount Pictures Nickelodeon Movies Point Grey Pictures	CG animation		June 12, 2023 (Annecy) August 2, 2023 (United States)	99 minutes
Untitled Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles spinoff film	United States	TBA	Nickelodeon Animation Studio	CG animation		2023
Toopy and Binoo: The Movie	Canada	Dominique Jolin Reymond Lebrun	Corus Entertainment Echo Media	Traditional		August 11, 2023	80 minutes
Trolls Band Together	United States	Walt Dohrn	Universal Pictures DreamWorks Animation	CG animation		November 17, 2023
The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart	United States	Jackson Publick	Williams Street Astro-Base GO! Titmouse, Inc.	Traditional		July 21, 2023 (Digital) July 25, 2023 (Blu-ray)	84 minutes
Wish	United States	Chris Buck Fawn Veerasunthorn	Walt Disney Animation Studios	Traditional CG animation		November 22, 2023
White Plastic Sky Műanyag égbolt	Hungary Slovakia	Tibor Bánóczki Sarolta Szabó	Salto Film Artichoke	Rotoscope 2D animation 3D animation		February 17, 2023 (Berlin) March 30, 2023 (Hungary)	111 minutes
Yaga and the Book of Spells	Russia	Vladimir Sakov	Art Pictures Studio Gluk’oza Animation	CG animation		April 27, 2023 (Russia)	101 minutes

Highest-grossing animated films

The following is a list of the 10 highest-grossing animated feature films first released in 2023.

 Indicates films playing in theatres in the week commencing 12 July 2024.

Rank	Title	Distributor	Worldwide gross	Ref
1	The Super Mario Bros. Movie	Universal Pictures	$1,347,013,866
2	Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse	Sony Pictures Releasing	$663,498,000
3	Elemental	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures	$311,689,287
4	Boonie Bears: Guardian Code	Fantawild	$221,590,000
5	Deep Sea	Beijing Enlight Pictures	$136,029,000
6	Detective Conan: Black Iron Submarine	Toho	$93,686,202
7	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – To the Swordsmith Village		$56,119,404
8	Mummies	Warner Bros. Pictures	$52,795,970
9	Doraemon: Nobita's Sky Utopia	Toho	$35,355,388
10	Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken	Universal Pictures	$30,353,267

Box office records

• 2023 is the first year since 2019 to have an animated film gross over $1 billion.

• The Super Mario Bros. Movie became the first film based on a video game, and the 52nd film overall, to gross $1 billion worldwide. It set a number of other box office records:
  • The film surpassed 2019's Frozen II as having the highest-grossing opening worldwide for an animated film, grossing $375.6 million.
  • It achieved the highest-grossing opening for a video game adaptation worldwide, surpassing 2019’s Detective Pikachu.
  • The film achieved the second highest-grossing opening weekend in the US and Canada for an animated film behind Incredibles 2, earning $146 million in a 3-day frame and $204 million in a 5-day frame over Easter weekend.
  • It set the record for the biggest five-day opening weekend (for films opening on Wednesday) in North America, surpassing Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009).
  • It set the record for Illumination's biggest opening, surpassing Despicable Me 2 (2013).
  • It became the highest-grossing video game film of all time, surpassing Warcraft (2016) in nine days by April 13.
  • It became the highest-grossing animated film since the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2019, surpassing Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022).
  • In Japan, its opening weekend gross of $14.3 million is the highest for a Hollywood animated film, and the highest for a Universal release (surpassing 2022's Jurassic World Dominion).

• The anime films Suzume and The First Slam Dunk set several box office records upon their international debut in 2023.
  • In South Korea, The First Slam Dunk became the highest-grossing anime film, before its record was surpassed by Suzume.
  • In China, Suzume became the highest-grossing anime film. It also set the record for the biggest opening for an anime film in China, before its record was surpassed by The First Slam Dunk.
  • The First Slam Dunk also set Chinese box office records for the highest pre-sales for an animated import, and the largest IMAX opening weekend for a foreign animated film.

• Elemental set the record as the best highest-grossing disney/pixar animated film with $260.7 million worldwide released during the COVID-19 pandemic, surpassing the 2021 film Encanto.