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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 and its predecessors, see List of Universal Animation productions. 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 releases films from Universal-owned and non-Universal owned animation studios. Most films listed below are from Universal Animation which began as the feature animation department of Universal, producing its first feature-length animated film Ama and the Mysterious Crystal in 1997 and as of 2022 has produced a total of 22 feature films. Beginning with Despicable Me in 2010, Universal Pictures also released animated films by Illumination, which was founded in 2007 by Chris Meledandri and became a division of Universal, as well as DreamWorks Animation (which was acquired by NBCUniversal in 2016) starting with Dusk and Dawn: A Zodiacal Night in 2018.
Other studio units have also released films theatrically, namely Gingo Movies, and the studio's distribution unit, which acquires film rights from outside animation studios to release films under the Universal Pictures or Focus Features 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.
Contents
- 1 Films
- 1.1 US releases
- 1.2 International releases
- 1.3 Upcoming
- 2 Highest-grossing films
Films[]
Amblin Entertainment / Amblimation (1986-95) | |
Multimedia Animation (1990-94) | |
Universal Animation / Universal Animation Studios (1997-present) | |
Gingo Movies (1999-present) | |
Illumination (2010-present) | |
DreamWorks Animation (2018-present) | |
Other Universal studio | |
Third-party studio |
US releases[]
Title | Original theatrical release date | Animation studio | |
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The Snow Queen | November 20, 1959 | Soyuzmultfilm | |
Pinocchio in Outer Space | 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 | July 6, 1990 | Hanna-Barbera | |
Liche's Wish | November 16, 1990 | Multimedia Animation | |
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West | November 22, 1991 | Amblimation | |
East of the Sun and West of the Moon | November 25, 1992 | Multimedia Animation | |
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story | November 24, 1993 | Amblimation | |
Romeo and Juliet | December 16, 1994 | Multimedia Animation | |
Casper | May 26, 1995 | Amblin Entertainment and The Harvey Entertainment Company | |
Balto | December 22, 1995 | Amblimation | |
Ama and the Mysterious Crystal | December 19, 1997 | Universal Animation | |
Hatty in the Big City: The Movie | July 2, 1999 | Gingo Movies | |
Paint World | December 25, 1999 | Universal Animation | |
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle | June 30, 2000 | Jay Ward Productions and TriBeCa Productions | |
Mistress Masham's Repose | December 20, 2000 | Universal Animation | |
Going Francisco | June 29, 2001 | Gingo Movies and Imagine Entertainment | |
The Gabriel Garza Movie | July 31, 2002 | Gingo Movies and Glass Ball Productions | |
Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie | October 4, 2002 | Big Idea Entertainment | |
Magina | September 19, 2003 | Universal Animation | |
Computeropolis | July 2, 2004 | ||
Zina and the Vivid Crew | December 17, 2004 | Gingo Movies, Glass Ball Productions and O Entertainment | |
The Magic Roundabout | November 23, 2005 | Action Synthese | |
Curious George | February 10, 2006 | Universal Animation Studios and Imagine Entertainment | |
Me & Mobo | July 7, 2006 | Universal Animation | |
Computeropolis 2 | July 6, 2007 | ||
The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie | January 11, 2008 | Big Idea Entertainment and Starz Animation | |
Swapped | July 7, 2008 | Universal Animation | |
The Tale of Despereaux | December 19, 2008 | Framestore | |
Coraline | February 6, 2009 | Laika | |
The Pandemoniums Movie | June 26, 2009 | Gingo Movies | |
Woo La La | November 25, 2009 | Universal Animation | |
Despicable Me | July 9, 2010 | Illumination | |
Computeropolis 3 | December 10, 2010 | Universal Animation | |
Hop | April 1, 2011 | Illumination | |
Nepola's Odyssey | September 23, 2011 | Universal Animation | |
The Lorax | March 2, 2012 | Illumination | |
FusionMania: The Movie | July 27, 2012 | Gingo Movies and Glass Ball Productions | |
ParaNorman | August 17, 2012 | Laika | |
Quest | December 7, 2012 | Universal Animation | |
Despicable Me 2 | July 3, 2013 | Illumination | |
Luna & Zak | December 13, 2013 | Universal Animation | |
Planetokio | July 2, 2014 | Gingo Movies and Mainframe Studios | |
The Boxtrolls | September 26, 2014 | Laika | |
Nepola's Odyssey II | December 12, 2014 | Universal Animation | |
Minions | July 10, 2015 | Illumination | |
Paradoria | December 11, 2015 | Universal Animation | |
Ratchet & Clank | April 29, 2016 | Mainframe Studios | |
The Secret Life of Pets | July 8, 2016 | Illumination | |
Kubo and the Two Strings | August 19, 2016 | Laika | |
Sing | December 21, 2016 | Illumination | |
Imagimals | March 3, 2017 | Universal Animation | |
Despicable Me 3 | June 30, 2017 | Illumination | |
Lix | December 8, 2017 | Universal Animation | |
Dusk and Dawn: A Zodiacal Night | March 2, 2018 | DreamWorks Animation | |
Computeropolis: The Deep Web | June 1, 2018 | Universal Animation | |
The Grinch | November 9, 2018 | Illumination | |
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | February 22, 2019 | DreamWorks Animation | |
The Secret Life of Pets 2 | June 7, 2019 | Illumination | |
Abominable | September 27, 2019 | DreamWorks Animation and Pearl Studio | |
Paradoria 2 | November 8, 2019 | Universal Animation | |
Esqua | March 20, 2020 | Illumination | |
Trolls World Tour | April 10, 2020 | DreamWorks Animation | |
Imagimals 2 | September 18, 2020 (Canada) | Universal Animation | |
The Croods: A New Age | November 25, 2020 | DreamWorks Animation | |
Spirit Untamed | June 4, 2021 | ||
The Boss Baby: Family Business | July 2, 2021 | ||
Computeropolis: Webcation | September 17, 2021 | Universal Animation | |
Sing 2 | December 22, 2021 | Illumination | |
The Bad Guys | April 22, 2022 | DreamWorks Animation | |
Minions: The Rise of Gru | July 1, 2022 | Illumination | |
Mechagirl | September 23, 2022 | Universal Animation | |
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish | December 21, 2022 | DreamWorks Animation | |
The Super Mario Bros. Movie | April 7, 2023 | Illumination and Nintendo | |
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken | June 30, 2023 | DreamWorks Animation | |
Strays | August 18, 2023 | Picturestart, Lord Miller Productions, and Rabbit Hole Productions | |
Trolls Band Together | November 17, 2023 | DreamWorks Animation | |
Migration | December 22, 2023 | Illumination | |
Kung Fu Panda 4 | March 8, 2024 | DreamWorks Animation |
International releases[]
Upcoming[]
See also: Upcoming Universal Animation films, Upcoming Illumination films and Upcoming DreamWorks Animation films
Title | Intended theatrical release date by Universal Pictures | Animation studio | |
---|---|---|---|
Despicable Me 4 | July 3, 2024 | Illumination | |
The Wild Robot | September 27, 2024 | DreamWorks Animation | |
Piece by Piece | October 11, 2024 | The Lego Group, Tremolo Productions, and I Am Other | |
The New Woody Woodpecker Movie | November 8, 2024 | Universal Animation | |
Dog Man | January 31, 2025 | DreamWorks Animation | |
The Bad Guys 2 | August 1, 2025 | ||
Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie | September 26, 2025 | ||
Makeshift Miracle | 2025 | Universal Animation | |
Untitled Super Mario Bros. Movie sequel | April 3, 2026 | Illumination and Nintendo | |
Phoebe and Her Unicorn | November 18, 2026 | Redman Films and Vertigo Entertainment | |
LarryBoy | 2026 | Big Idea Entertainment and Kingstone Studios | |
Untitled Lego Movie film | TBA | The Lego Group, Rideback, Lord Miller Productions, Vertigo Entertainment, and Animal Logic |
Highest-grossing films[]
Rank | Film | Worldwide gross | Studio | Year |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Paradoria 2 | $1,682,973,129 | Universal Animation | 2019 |
2 | Computeropolis: The Deep Web | $1,373,512,888 | 2018 | |
3 | The Super Mario Bros. Movie | $1,363,298,473 | Illumination and Nintendo | 2023 |
4 | Minions | $1,159,398,397 | Illumination | 2015 |
5 | Paradoria | $1,126,358,104 | Universal Animation | |
6 | Despicable Me 3 | $1,034,799,409 | Illumination | 2017 |
7 | Mechagirl | $1,025,991,427 | Universal Animation | 2022 |
8 | Imagimals | $1,018,531,793 | 2017 | |
9 | Despicable Me 2 | $970,761,885 | Illumination | 2013 |
10 | The Secret Life of Pets | $875,457,937 | 2016 |
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