List of animated feature films of 2025

Box office records

• Ne Zha 2 became the 57th film to gross $1 billion worldwide, the 14th animated film, the seventh film to gross $2 billion worldwide, the third-fastest film to cross the billion-dollar mark at 12 days, and the second-fastest to gross the $2 billion mark.
  • It surpassed The Battle at Lake Changjin to become the highest-grossing Chinese film and the highest-grossing non-English film.^[443] It became the highest-grossing animated film of all time as well as the 5th highest-grossing film overall.^[444]
  • It surpassed Inside Out 2 (2024) as the highest grossing animated film,^[445] breaking Disney's 14-year streak with the title after regaining it with Toy Story 3 (2010). Doing so, Enlight Pictures became the first non-Hollywood studio to hold this distinction.^[446]
  • It surpassed The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) as the highest-grossing non-Disney or pixar animated film of all time, and the first film since Shrek 2 (2004) not to be distributed by Universal Pictures to hold the milestone.
  • It became the 57th film to gross $1 billion worldwide and the 14th animated film to do so.
  • It became the first Chinese and the first non-English film to gross $1 billion worldwide.^[447]
  • it surpass Moana 2 as the biggest opening weekend for a animated film.^[448]
  • It surpassed Star Wars: The Force Awakens to become the highest-grossing film ever in a single market.^[449] It also became the first film to earn $1 billion in a single market.^[447]
  • On March 2, 33 days after release, Ne Zha 2 surpassed $2 billion, the first animated film in history to do so. It is the seventh film overall to achieve this milestone.^[450]
  • It also became the first film in history to exceed $2 billion worldwide without also grossing $100, $200, $300, $400, $500, and $600 million in North America.
  • The Fengshen Cinematic Universe became the first Chinese and the first non-English film franchise to gross $2 billion and $3 billion with the release of Ne Zha 2.
• Jumbo achieved a million admissions in seven days in domestic theatrical run, becoming the highest-grossing Indonesian animated film.^[451] It became the highest-grossing Southeast Asian animation film of all time for earning over $8 million, surpassing Malaysian 2022 film Mechamato Movie.^[452]
  • It surpassed KKN di Desa Penari to become Indonesian film with the most admissions.^[453]
• Doraemon: Nobita's Art World Tales It remained at 1 at the Japanese box office for the first 6 weeks prior to Detective Conan: One-eyed Flashback's release, making it the longest-running 1 film in the Doraemon film series.^[454][455]
• Elio grossed only $21 million in its opening weekend, making it the lowest-grossing film in Pixar history.^[456]
• Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle surpasses The Simpsons Movie to becoming as the highest-grossing adult animated film.
• Nobody became the highest-grossing 2D animated film in China^[457] and the highest-grossing Chinese 2D animated film^[458]
• Zootopia 2 became the 59th film overall, the 15th animated film, and the second-fastest animated film (at 17 days, behind Ne Zha 2’s 12 days)^[459] to gross $1 billion worldwide.
  • It claimed the fourth highest-grossing worldwide opening of all time ($560.3 million),^[460] placing behind Avengers: Endgame ($1.2 billion),^[461] Avengers: Infinity War ($641 million),^[462] and Spider-Man: No Way Home ($601 million).^[463]
  • It set the records of highest-grossing worldwide opening for an animated film,^[464] and highest-grossing worldwide opening of the year,^[465] surpassing Ne Zha 2 in both instances.^[466] It is also the highest-grossing worldwide opening of any animated film in Disney history,^[465] surpassing Moana 2.^[466]
  • On 12 December, seventeen days after release, Zootopia 2 became the fastest MPA animated film,^[467] and PG-rated film,^[468] to reach $1 billion, surpassing Inside Out 2’s 19 days in both instances.^[469]
  • On 31 December, thirty-six days after release, Zootopia 2 surpassed Frozen 2 to become Walt Disney Animation Studios' highest-grossing film.^[470]
  • On 18 January, fifty-four days after release, Zootopia 2 surpassed Inside Out 2 to become Disney's highest-grossing animated film of all time,^[471] the highest-grossing MPA animated film of all time,^[472] and the highest-grossing PG-rated film of all time.^[473]
  • The Zootopia film franchise surpassed $2.8 billion with the release of Zootopia 2.^[474][475]