13/01/2026
Box Office animated feature films 2025
Let's take a look at the top-grossing feature films at the Box Office around the world, as well as those that received the best reviews of the past year.
For the first time, a Chinese-produced film, Ne Zha 2, topped the global animated feature film rankings, grossing over $2.2 billion, while the second-highest-grossing film, Disney's Zootopia 2, only grossed $1.6 billion. A year dominated by the animation sector, as the rankings show.
Chart Ranking (general chart ranking) - Title - Box Office Grosses
1 (1) - Ne Zha 2 - $2,259 million
2 (2) - Zootropolis 2 - $1,655 million
3 (7) - Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle - $724 million
4 (23) - Troppo Cattivi 2 - $239 million
5 (29) - Detective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback - $166 million
6 (30) - Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc - $159 million
7 (31) - Elio - $154 million
8 (34) - Dog Man - $145 million
9 (41) - The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants - $132 million
10 (43) - I Puffi - $124 million
11 (54) - The King of Kings - $82 million
12 (57) - David - $75 million
13 (76) - Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution - $41 million
The Japanese box office sees the first film in the Demon Slayer trilogy triumph, followed by the world's most famous little detective and the new Chainsaw Man film, confirming local productions at the top of the list. Here is the complete ranking of animated feature films.
Chart Ranking (general chart ranking) - Title - Box Office Grosses
1 (1) - Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle - $248 million
2 (3) - Detective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback - $96 million
3 (4) - Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc - $63 million
4 (5) - Zootopia 2 - $52 million
5 (10) - Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Tsuzumi Mansion Arc - $24 million
6 (16) - Gekijô-ban Nintama Rantarô Dokutake Ninja-tai Saikyô no Gunshi - $16 million
7 (19) - Crayon Shin-chan the Movie: Super Hot! The Spicy Kasukabe Dancers $14 million
8 (23) - Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution - $12 million
9 (25) - Hypnosis Mic - Division Rap Battle - $11 million
10 (27) - Uta No Prince-Sama: Maji Love Taboo Night Xxxx - $10 million
11 (39) - Colorful Stage! The Movie: A Miku Who Can't Sing - $7.2 million
12 (44) - Elio - $5.7 million
13 (46) - The Wild Robot - $5.2 million
14 (49) - Princess Mononoke (re-release) - $4.9 million
15 (53) - Jujutsu Kaisen: Hidden Inventory / Premature Death - The Movie - $3.8 million
Let's move on to the IMDB rankings based on viewers' ratings, which includes both animated feature films released in theaters and on streaming platforms in 2025.
Chart Ranking - Title - Score/10
1 - Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle - 8.4/10
2 - Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc - 8.4/10
3 - Ne Zha 2 - 8.0/10
4 - The Legend of Hei 2 - 7.9/10
5 - 100M - 7.7/10
6 - Amélie et la Métaphysique des tubes - 7.6/10
7 - Zootopia 2 - 7.5/10
8 - Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl - 7.5/10
9 - K-Pop Demon Hunters - 7.5/10
10 - Arco - 7.5/10
11 - Predator: Killer of Killers 7.4/10
12 - Doraemon - The Tale of Nobita - 7.3/10
13 - Mononoke Trilogy - Chapter 2: Hinezumi - 7.1/10
14 - The Bad Guys 2 - 7.0/10
15 - ChaO - 7.0/10
16 - Lost in Starlight - 7.0/10
17 - Gundam GQuuuuuuX: Beginning - 6.9/10
18 - The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie - 6.8/10
19 - The King of Kings - 6.8/10
20 - Kaiju N.8 - Mission Recon - 6.8/10
21 - Elio - 6.7/10
22 - Detective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback - 6.7/10
23 - In Your Dreams - 6.5/10
24 - Scarlet - 6.4/10
25 - David - 7.5/10
26 - Boys Go To Jupiter - 6.5/10
27 - Dog Man - 6.3/10
28 - Lupin The IIIrd : Immortal Bloodline - 6.3/10
29 - Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League - 6.2/10
30 - The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep - 6.1/10
31 - The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants - 5.8/10
32 - The Rose of Versailles - 5.8/10
33 - Grand Prix of Europe - 5.8/10
34 - Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires - 5.4/10
35 - Plankton: The Movie - 5.3/10
36 - Fixed - 5.2/10
37 - The Twits - 4.7/10
38 - Smurfs - 4.3/10
[ Fra - sources BoxOfficeMojo / Imdb ]
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