The following is a list of all productions produced or released by Sony Pictures Animation, the animation division of Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group (part of Sony Pictures Entertainment), including animated and live-action feature films, shorts, television and internet series, and specials. As of 2023, Sony Pictures Animation has released 28 feature films, with their first being Open Season on September 29, 2006, and their latest being on June 2, 2023.
Their upcoming slate of films includes K-Pop: Demon Hunters in 2025, Goat on February 13, 2026 and Fixed and Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse on unspecified dates.
All films listed are distributed by Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Releasing unless noted otherwise.
Title | Release date | Director(s) | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Composer(s) | Distributor/Co-production with | Animation services |
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Open Season | Jill Culton Roger Allers Co-directed by: Anthony Stacchi | Jill Culton Anthony Stacchi (story) Steve Bencich Ron J. Friedman Nat Mauldin (screenplay) | Michelle Murdocca | Paul Westerberg Ramin Djawadi (score) Paul Westerberg (songs) | Sony Pictures Imageworks | ||
Surf's Up | Ash Brannon Chris Buck | Christian Darren Chris Jenkins (story) Ash Brannon Chris Buck Chris Jenkins Don Rhymer (screenplay) | Chris Jenkins | Mychael Danna | |||
Open Season 2 | January 27, 2009 | Matthew O'Callaghan Co-directed by: Todd Wilderman | David I. Stern | Kirk Bodyfelt Matthew O'Callaghan | Ramin Djawadi | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment | Sony Pictures Imageworks Reel FX Creative Studios |
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | Phil Lord Christopher Miller | Pam Marsden | Mark Mothersbaugh | Sony Pictures Imageworks | |||
Open Season 3 | January 28, 2011 | Cody Cameron | David I. Stern | Kirk Bodyfelt | Jeff Cardoni | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment | Reel FX Creative Studios |
The Smurfs | Raja Gosnell | J. David Stem David N. Weiss (story) David Ronn Jay Scherick J. David Stem David N. Weiss (screenplay) | Jordan Kerner | Heitor Pereira | The Kerner Entertainment Company | Sony Pictures Imageworks | |
Arthur Christmas | Sarah Smith Co-directed by: Barry Cook | Peter Baynham Sarah Smith | Peter Lord Steve Pegram Carla Shelley David Sproxton | Harry Gregson-Williams | Aardman Animations | Aardman Animations Sony Pictures Imageworks | |
The Pirates! Band of Misfits | Peter Lord Co-directed by: Jeff Newitt | Gideon Defoe | Julie Lockhart Peter Lord David Sproxton | Theodore Shapiro | DNEG Aardman Animations | ||
Hotel Transylvania | Genndy Tartakovsky | Todd Durham Dan Hageman Kevin Hageman (story) Peter Baynham Robert Smigel (screenplay) | Michelle Murdocca | Mark Mothersbaugh | Sony Pictures Imageworks | ||
The Smurfs 2 | Raja Gosnell | David Ronn Jay Scherick J. David Stem David N. Weiss (story) Karey Kirkpatrick David Ronn Jay Scherick J. David Stem David N. Weiss (screenplay) | Jordan Kerner | Heitor Pereira | The Kerner Entertainment Company | ||
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 | Cody Cameron Kris Pearn | Phil Lord Christopher Miller Erica Rivinoja (story) John Francis Daley Johnathan Goldstein Erica Rivinoja (screenplay) | Kirk Bodyfelt Pam Marsden | Mark Mothersbaugh | |||
Hotel Transylvania 2 | Genndy Tartakovsky | Adam Sandler Robert Smigel | Michelle Murdocca | LStar Capital MRC | |||
Goosebumps | Rob Letterman | Scott Alexander Larry Karaszewski (story) Darren Lemke (screenplay) | Deborah Forte Neal H. Moritz | Danny Elfman | LStar Capital Village Roadshow Pictures Original Film Scholastic Entertainment | Moving Picture Company | |
March 8, 2016 | David Feiss | David Feiss Stephan Franck Paul McEvoy John Norton Steve Parr Kris Pearn (story) Carlos Kotkin (screenplay) | John Bush | Rupert Gregson-Williams Dominic Lewis | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment | Mainframe Studios | |
January 17, 2017 | Henry Yu | Abdul Williams | Michelle L.M Wong | Toby Chu | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment WWE Studios | ||
Kelly Asbury | Stacey Harman Pamela Ribon | Jordan Kerner Mary Ellen Bauder Andrews | Christopher Lennertz | LStar Capital The Kerner Entertainment Company Wanda Pictures | Sony Pictures Imageworks | ||
The Emoji Movie | Tony Leondis | Tony Leondis Eric Siegel (story) Tony Leondis Eric Siegel Mike White (screenplay) | Michelle Raimo Kouyate | Patrick Doyle | |||
The Star | Timothy Reckart | Carlos Kotkin Simon Moore (story) Carlos Kotkin (screenplay) | Jennifer Magee-Cook | John Paesano | The Jim Henson Company Franklin Entertainment Walden Media Affirm Films | Cinesite | |
Peter Rabbit | Will Gluck | Will Gluck Rob Lieber | Will Gluck Zareh Nalbandian | Dominic Lewis | Olive Bridge Entertainment 2.0 Entertainment Screen Australia | Animal Logic | |
Genndy Tartakovsky | Genndy Tartakovsky Michael McCullers | Michelle Murdocca | Mark Mothersbaugh | MRC | Sony Pictures Imageworks | ||
Ari Sandel | Darren Lemke Rob Lieber (story) Rob Lieber (screenplay) | Deborah Forte Neal H. Moritz | Dominic Lewis | Original Film Scholastic Entertainment Silvertongue Films | Pixomondo | ||
Bob Persichetti Peter Ramsey Rodney Rothman | Phil Lord (story) Phil Lord Rodney Rothman (screenplay) | Avi Arad Amy Pascal Phil Lord Christopher Miller Christina Steinberg | Daniel Pemberton | Marvel Entertainment Arad Productions Lord Miller Productions Pascal Pictures | Sony Pictures Imageworks | ||
The Angry Birds Movie 2 | Thurop Van Orman Co-directed by: John Rice | Peter Ackerman Eyal Podell Jonathon E. Stewart | John Cohen | Heitor Pereira | Rovio Entertainment | ||
The Mitchells vs. the Machines | April 30, 2021 | Mike Rianda Co-directed by: Jeff Rowe | Mike Rianda Jeff Rowe | Phil Lord Christopher Miller Kurt Albrecht | Mark Mothersbaugh | Netflix Lord Miller Productions One Cool Films | |
Wish Dragon | Chris Appelhans | Aron Warner Chris Bremble Jackie Chan | Philip Klein | Netflix Beijing Sparkle Roll Media Corporation Tencent Pictures Flagship Entertainment Group Boss Collaboration Cultural Investment Holdings | Base FX Industrial Light & Magic Titmouse Inc. Original Force | ||
Vivo | Kirk DeMicco Co-directed by: Brandon Jeffords | Peter Barsocchini Quiara Alegría Hudes (story) Kirk DeMicco Quiara Alegría Hudes (screenplay) | Lisa Stewart Michelle L.M. Wong Rich Moore | Alex Lacamoire (score) Lin-Manuel Miranda (songs) | Netflix One Cool Films Laurence Mark Productions | Sony Pictures Imageworks | |
Derek Drymon Jennifer Kluska | Genndy Tartakovsky (story) Amos Vernon Nunzio Randuzzo Genndy Tartakovsky (screenplay) | Alice Dewey Goldstone | Mark Mothersbaugh | Amazon Studios MRC | |||
Joaquim Dos Santos Kemp Powers Justin K. Thompson | Phil Lord Christopher Miller Dave Callaham | Phil Lord Christopher Miller Amy Pascal Avi Arad Christina Steinberg | Daniel Pemberton | Marvel Entertainment Arad Productions Lord Miller Productions Pascal Pictures |
Title | Release date | Director(s) | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Composer(s) | Co-production with | Animation services | Production Status | |
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K-Pop: Demon Hunters | 2025 | Maggie Kang Chris Appelhans | Hannah McMechan Danya Jimenez | Michelle L.M. Wong | Netflix | Sony Pictures Imageworks | In production | [1] [2] | |
Goat | Tyree Dillihay Co-directed by: Adam Rosette | Aaron Buchsbaum Teddy Riley | Michelle Raimo Kouyate Stephen Curry Erick Peyton Adam Rosenberg Rodney Rothman | Unanimous Media Modern Magic | [3] | ||||
Fixed | Genndy Tartakovsky | Genndy Tartakovsky Jon Vitti | Michelle Murdocca Genndy Tartakovsky | Tyler Bates Joanne Higginbottom | Renegade Animation | Completed | [4] [5] [6] | ||
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse | Joaquim Dos Santos Kemp Powers Justin K. Thompson | Avi Arad Amy Pascal Phil Lord Christopher Miller Christina Steinberg | Daniel Pemberton | Marvel Studios Animation Arad Productions Lord Miller Productions Pascal Pictures | Sony Pictures Imageworks | In production | [7] [8] [9] [10] |
Title | Notes | |
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Black Knight | ||
Spider-Woman | Co-production with Marvel Studios Animation, Arad Productions and Pascal Pictures[11] | |
Tao | [12] | |
Tut | [13] | |
Untitled Ghostbusters spin-off film | Co-production with Ghost Corps[14] [15] [16] [17] | |
Untitled Matt Braly film | [18] |
Title | Release date | Directed by | Animation services | Release with | Notes |
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The ChubbChubbs! | Eric Armstrong | Sony Pictures Imageworks | Men in Black II | Theatrical release | |
Early Bloomer | Kevin Johnson | Daddy Day Care | |||
Boog and Elliot's Midnight Bun Run | Jill Culton | Open Season | Home media release | ||
The ChubbChubbs Save Xmas | Cody Cameron | Sony Pictures Imageworks Prana Studios | Daddy Day Camp | Theatrical release | |
Troy Quane | Sony Pictures Imageworks Duck Studios | The Smurfs | Home media release | ||
So You Want to Be a Pirate! | Jay Grace | Aardman Animations | The Pirates! Band of Misfits | ||
Goodnight Mr. Foot | Genndy Tartakovsky | Rough Draft Studios | Hotel Transylvania | Limited theatrical release | |
Stephan Franck | Sony Pictures Imageworks Duck Studios | The Smurfs 2 | Home media release | ||
Super Manny | David Feiss | Sony Pictures Imageworks 6 Point Harness | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 | Limited theatrical release | |
Earl Scouts | |||||
Steve's First Bath | Home media release | ||||
Attack of the 50-Foot Gummi Bear | 6 Point Harness | ||||
Puppy! | Genndy Tartakovsky | Sony Pictures Imageworks | The Emoji Movie | Theatrical release | |
Flopsy Turvy | David Scott | Animal Logic | Peter Rabbit | Limited theatrical release | |
Miguel Jiron | Titmouse, Inc. | Home media release | |||
Hair Love | Matthew A. Cherry, Everett Downing, Jr. & Bruce W. Smith | Lion Forge Entertainment | The Angry Birds Movie 2 | Theatrical release | |
Live Stream | John Rice | Sony Pictures Imageworks | Home media release | ||
Monster Pets | Jennifer Kluska & Derek Drymon | Various films[19] | Theatrical release | ||
Dog Cop 7: The Final Chapter | Caitlin Vanarsdale | The Mitchells vs. the Machines | Home media release | ||
[20] | Jarelle Dampier | YouTube[21] | Online release | ||
Untitled K-Pop: Demon Hunters short | K-Pop: Demon Hunters | ||||
Title | Creator(s)/Developer(s) | Seasons | Premiere date | End date | Network | Co-production with |
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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | Mark Evestaff Alex Galatis | 2 | Cartoon Network (United States) Boomerang SVOD (United States) YTV (Canada) | Corus Entertainment DHX Media | ||
Mark Steinberg | Disney Channel/Disney XD (United States) Teletoon (Canada) | Corus Entertainment Nelvana | ||||
Agent Elvis | Priscilla Presley John Eddie Mike Arnold | 1 | Netflix | Titmouse, Inc. | ||
Young Love | Matthew A. Cherry Carl Jones | Max | Lion Forge Animation Carl Jones Studios Cherry Lane Productions | |||
Open Season: Call of Nature[22] | Jennie Stacey Kent Redecker | Family Channel | 9 Story Media Group Brown Bag Films |
Title | Creator(s)/Developer(s) | Seasons | Premiere date | Network | Co-production with |
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Motel Transylvania | Netflix | ||||
Untitled Ghostbusters series | Elliott Kalan | Netflix Animation Ghost Corps | |||
Hungry Ghosts[23] | |||||
Superbago | Stoopid Buddy Stoodios |
All films listed are distributed by Columbia Pictures unless noted otherwise.
Film | Budget | North America | Overseas gross | Worldwide gross (unadjusted) | Ref(s) | ||
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Opening | Gross (unadjusted) | ||||||
Open Season | $85 million | $23,624,548 | $85,105,259 | $115,706,430 | $200,811,689 | [24] | |
Surf's Up | $100 million | $17,640,249 | $58,867,694 | $93,138,019 | $152,005,713 | [25] | |
Open Season 2 | $8,797,168 | $8,797,168 | [26] | ||||
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | $100 million | $30,304,648 | $124,870,275 | $118,135,851 | $243,006,126 | [27] | |
Open Season 3 | $7,487,555 | $7,487,555 | [28] | ||||
The Smurfs | $110 million | $35,611,637 | $142,614,158 | $421,135,165 | $563,749,323 | [29] | |
Arthur Christmas | $100 million | $12,068,931 | $46,462,469 | $100,959,250 | $147,421,719 | [30] | |
The Pirates | Band of Misfits | $55 million | $11,137,734 | $31,051,126 | $92,002,915 | $123,054,041 | [31] |
Hotel Transylvania | $85 million | $42,522,194 | $148,313,048 | $210,062,555 | $358,375,603 | [32] | |
The Smurfs 2 | $105 million | $17,548,389 | $71,017,784 | $276,527,576 | $347,545,360 | [33] | |
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 | $78 million | $34,017,930 | $119,793,567 | $154,532,382 | $274,325,949 | [34] | |
Hotel Transylvania 2 | $80 million | $48,464,322 | $169,305,890 | $305,099,890 | $474,800,000 | [35] | |
Goosebumps | $58–84 million | $23,618,556 | $80,080,379 | $78,181,045 | $158,261,424 | [36] | |
Open Season: Scared Silly | $5.5 million | $1,774,429 | $1,774,429 | [37] | |||
Surf's Up 2: WaveMania | $1,213,943 | $1,213,943 | [38] | ||||
Smurfs: The Lost Village | $60 million | $13,210,449 | $45,020,282 | $152,163,264 | $197,183,546 | [39] | |
The Emoji Movie | $50 million | $24,531,923 | $86,089,513 | $131,687,133 | $217,776,646 | [40] | |
The Star | $20 million | $9,812,674 | $40,896,334 | $21,960,409 | $62,856,743 | [41] | |
Peter Rabbit | $50 million | $25,010,928 | $115,253,424 | $236,242,642 | $351,496,066 | [42] | |
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation | $80 million | $44,076,225 | $167,510,016 | $361,073,758 | $528,583,774 | [43] | |
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween | $35 million | $15,802,225 | $46,700,633 | $46,619,747 | $93,320,380 | [44] | |
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse | $90 million | $35,363,376 | $190,241,310 | $194,057,426 | $384,298,736 | [45] | |
The Angry Birds Movie 2 | $65 million | $10,354,073 | $41,657,076 | $110,361,736 | $152,018,812 | [46] | |
Wish Dragon | $25 million | $25,860,000 | $25,860,000 | [47] | |||
Vivo | $1,326,371 | $1,326,371 | [48] | ||||
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania | $75 million | $18,480,000 | $18,480,000 | [49] | |||
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse | $100–150 million[50] | $120,663,589 | $381,593,754 | $309,304,156 | $690,897,910 | [51] [52] |
Film | data-sort-type="number" | Rotten Tomatoes | data-sort-type="number" | Metacritic[53] | CinemaScore[54] |
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Open Season | 48% (102 reviews)[55] | 49 (18 reviews)[56] | |||
Surf's Up | 79% (147 reviews)[57] | 64 (26 reviews)[58] | |||
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | 86% (142 reviews)[59] | 66 (24 reviews)[60] | |||
The Smurfs | 21% (117 reviews) | 30 (22 reviews) | |||
Arthur Christmas | 92% (169 reviews) | 69 (32 reviews) | |||
The Pirates! Band of Misfits | 86% (153 reviews) | 73 (31 reviews) | |||
Hotel Transylvania | 44% (144 reviews) | 47 (32 reviews) | |||
The Smurfs 2 | 14% (95 reviews) | 34 (30 reviews) | |||
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 | 71% (120 reviews) | 59 (31 reviews) | |||
Hotel Transylvania 2 | 55% (110 reviews) | 44 (24 reviews) | |||
Goosebumps | 78% (161 reviews) | 60 (29 reviews) | |||
Smurfs: The Lost Village | 40% (97 reviews) | 40 (25 reviews) | |||
The Emoji Movie | 6% (134 reviews) | 12 (26 reviews) | |||
The Star | 42% (52 reviews) | 42 (52 reviews) | |||
Peter Rabbit | 63% (149 reviews) | 51 (26 reviews) | |||
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation | 62% (119 reviews) | 54 (23 reviews) | |||
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween | 47% (95 reviews) | 53 (20 reviews) | |||
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse | 97% (403 reviews) | 87 (50 reviews) | |||
The Angry Birds Movie 2 | 73% (110 reviews) | 60 (23 reviews) | |||
The Mitchells vs. the Machines | 97% (213 reviews) | 81 (33 reviews) | rowspan="4" | ||
Wish Dragon | 68% (25 reviews) | 59 (6 reviews) | |||
Vivo | 86% (104 reviews) | 66 (22 reviews) | |||
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania | 49% (78 reviews)[61] | 46 (15 reviews)[62] | |||
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse | 95% (385 reviews) | 86 (60 reviews) |