Cases in cinema when cartoons became the highest-grossing films of the year (14 photos)

The new animated film from Pixar, Inside Out 2, is showing impressive results at the international box office. In the first 11 days after the premiere, it was able to surpass all other films of the current year in terms of box office receipts. And there is reason to believe that Inside Out 2 will retain its title as the highest-grossing film of the year. If this happens, it will become the fourteenth animated film in history to outperform all live-action films in the same year. Let's see when animation became the highest-grossing film of the year.

2024 — “Puzzle 2” (for now)





Box office (11 days): $728 million

The first “Inside Out” is one of the most popular cartoons from the Pixar studio, and the concept with the revived emotions in the head of a girl who sits in a kind of control room is known even to those who have not watched the cartoon.

No one has collected more than “Inside Out 2” this year, not even “Dune.” There is only hope for Deadpool and Wolverine.

2013 — “Frozen”



Gross: $1.2 billion

This is who was able to outrun all feature films for the last time. It was quite a long time ago!

2010 — “Toy Story: The Great Escape”





Box office: $1.066 billion

The first cartoon billionaire in history!

2004 — “Shrek 2”



Box office: $923 million

The first winning animated film in the 21st century was not a project from Disney or Pixar, but from Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks. And besides, it was a sequel.

1995 — “Toy Story”



Box office: $394 million

The first cartoon in history to be entirely computer generated. This is where Pixar ends on the list, then it’s all Disney.

1994 — “The Lion King”



Box office: $968 million

The cartoon left Forrest Gump in second place, and it collected almost a third less.

1992 — “Aladdin”



Box office: $504 million

The 1990s became the decade of box office cartoons! But we completely skip the 1980s and 1970s.

1961 — “101 Dalmatians”



Box office: $215 million

After a long break, Disney is back in the game, overshadowing the failure of the seemingly classic 1959 Sleeping Beauty with the rather unexpected success of Dalmatians. At that time, there were rumors that the animation section at the studio would be closed.

1955 — “Lady and the Tramp”



Box office: $93 million

At the time of its release, this 15th full-length Disney animated film grossed the largest amount since the release of the very first. And here was the first love scene in Disney history.

1953 — “Peter Pan”



Box office: $87 million

Surprisingly, Walt Disney himself found the film cold and unattractive.

1950 — “Cinderella”



Box office: $96 million

The prototype of the main character of the cartoon is the legendary Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman.

1942 — “Bambi”



Box office: $267 million

But this heartbreaking masterpiece was Walt Disney's favorite cartoon. “Bambi” also inspired Steven Spielberg to build suspense in the film “Jaws” - the ominous Man in the cartoon, whose face was never shown to us, escalated the situation with his presence, which was emphasized by the music. Spielberg's shark did the same.

1940 — “Pinocchio”



Box office: $121 million

The cartoon received two Oscars for the song “When You Wish Upon a Star” and the soundtrack as a whole. These are the first Academy statuettes that the studio did not receive for the best animated short film.

1937 — “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”



Box office: $184 million

The first full-length cartoon from the Disney studio, it was also the first box office hit that took audiences away from feature films.