List of most expensive animated films explained
The following are lists of animated feature films that were the most expensive to make.
Definition
For purposes of awarding Academy Awards, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines an animated film as
Further, at least 75 percent of the film's running time must contain animation. Narrative animated films must also include a significant number of animated major characters.[1]
The Academy defines a feature film as one with a running time of more than 40 minutes.[1]
Most expensive animated feature films
The years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2016 are the most represented, with three films each.
Pixar is the most represented studio with fourteen films. Shrek is the most represented franchise with three of its four main films on the list, followed by Cars with two of its three main films.
Traditional animation
Disney is the most represented studio with 14 films on the list. Winnie the Pooh is the most represented franchise with four films on the list. 2002 is the most represented year with four films.
Title | Year | Studio(s) | Budget | |
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Treasure Planet | 2002 | Disney | $140,000,000 | [59] |
Tarzan | 1999 | $130,000,000 | [60] |
| 2001 | $120,000,000 | [61] |
Home on the Range | 2004 | $110,000,000 | [62] |
The Hunchback of Notre Dame | 1996 | $100,000,000 | [63] |
The Princess and the Frog | 2009 | [64] |
The Road to El Dorado | 2000 | DreamWorks Animation | $95,000,000 | [65] |
Mulan | 1998 | Disney | $90,000,000 | [66] |
Titan A.E. | 2000 | Fox Animation | |
Hercules | 1997 | Disney | $85,000,000 | [67] |
Fantasia 2000 | 1999 | $80,000,000 | [68] |
Lilo & Stitch | 2002 | [69] |
| DreamWorks Animation | [70] |
The Simpsons Movie | 2007 | Gracie | $75,000,000 | [71] |
| 2015 | Nickelodeon Movies | $74,000,000 | [72] |
The Prince of Egypt | 1998 | DreamWorks Animation | $70,000,000 | [73] |
| 2003 | $60,000,000 | [74] |
The Boy and the Heron | 2023 | Studio Ghibli | >$53,300,000 | |
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya | 2013 | | |
Anastasia | 1997 | Fox Animation | $50,000,000 | |
The Iron Giant | 1999 | WB | [75] |
Curious George | 2006 | Universal | [76] |
Brother Bear | 2003 | Disney | $46,000,000 | [77] |
Piglet's Big Movie | Disneytoon | [78] |
The Lion King | 1994 | Disney | $45,000,000 | [79] |
| 2014 | M6 Studio / Belvision / Mikros Image | $43,000,000 | [80] |
The Little Mermaid | 1989 | Disney | $40,000,000 | [81] |
Quest for Camelot | 1998 | WB | [82] |
The Bob's Burgers Movie | 2022 | 20th Century Studios | $38,000,000 | |
The Pagemaster | 1994 | Hanna-Barbera | $34,000,000 | [83] |
Ponyo | 2008 | Studio Ghibli | |
Eight Crazy Nights | 2002 | Happy Madison | [84] |
Cats Don't Dance | 1997 | WB | $32,000,000 | [85] |
Oliver & Company | 1988 | Disney | $31,000,000 | [86] |
Balto | 1995 | Amblimation | $31,000,000 | [87] |
The Wind Rises | 2013 | Studio Ghibli | | |
Redline | 2009 | Madhouse | $30,000,000 | [88] |
| 1998 | Oriental Light and Magic (OLM) | |
| 1999 | |
| 2000 | Klasky Csupo | [89] |
The Tigger Movie | 2000 | Disneytoon | [90] |
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie | 2004 | Nickelodeon Movies | |
Winnie the Pooh | 2011 | Disney | [91] |
The Thief and the Cobbler | 1993 | Completion Bond Company | $28,000,000 | [92] |
Aladdin | 1992 | Disney | $28,000,000 | [93] |
Thumbelina | 1994 | Don Bluth | $28,000,000 | [94] |
From Up on Poppy Hill | 2011 | Studio Ghibli | | |
Steamboy | 2004 | Sunrise / Bandai Visual | $26,000,000 | |
Asterix and the Vikings | 2006 | A. Film A/S / M6 Studio / 2d3D Animations | [95] [96] [97] |
Beauty and the Beast | 1991 | Disney | $25,000,000 | [98] |
The King and I | 1999 | Rankin/Bass | [99] |
The Wild Thornberrys Movie | 2002 | Klasky Csupo | [100] |
Rugrats Go Wild | 2003 | [101] |
| 1992 | Kroyer | $24,000,000 | [102] |
Howl's Moving Castle | 2005 | Studio Ghibli | |
Arrietty | 2010 | $23,000,000 | |
My Neighbors the Yamadas | 1999 | | [103] [104] |
The Swan Princess | 1994 | Rich Animation Studios | $21,000,000 | [105] |
Princess Mononoke | 1997 | Studio Ghibli | $20,000,000 | |
| 2001 | Disney Television | [106] |
Return to Never Land | 2002 | Disneytoons | [107] |
The Jungle Book 2 | 2003 | [108] |
| 2004 | Gallop / 4Kids Entertainment | |
Pooh's Heffalump Movie | 2005 | Disneytoons | [109] | |
Stop-motion
The following films are all stop motion animated films that cost over $10 million to create. 2012 are the most represented years with 3 films each.
Laika is the most represented studio with 5 films. Wallace and Gromit is the most represented franchise with two films on the list.
Title | Year | Studio | Budget | |
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Missing Link | 2019 | Laika | $100,000,000 | [110] |
The Little Prince | 2015 | ON Animation Studios | $77,500,000 | [111] |
Coraline | 2009 | Laika | $60,000,000 | [112] |
ParaNorman | 2012 | [113] |
The Boxtrolls | 2014 | [114] |
Kubo and the Two Strings | 2016 | [115] |
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! | 2012 | Aardman | $55,000,000 | [116] |
Chicken Run | 2000 | Aardman | $45,000,000 | [117] |
Corpse Bride | 2005 | Tim Burton | $40,000,000 | [118] |
Fantastic Mr. Fox | 2009 | AEP | [119] |
Frankenweenie | 2012 | Tim Burton | $39,000,000 | [120] |
| 2005 | Aardman | $30,000,000 | [121] |
Shaun the Sheep Movie | 2015 | $25,000,000 | [122] |
The Nightmare Before Christmas | 1993 | Tim Burton | $18,000,000 | [123] | |
Anime
Title | Year | Studio(s) | data-sort-type="currency" | Budget | data-sort-type="currency" | Budget | |
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The Boy and the Heron | 2023 | Studio Ghibli | >¥5,200,000,000 | >$53,300,000 | [124] |
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya | 2013 | | | [125] |
Stand by Me Doraemon | 2014 | Shirogumi / Robot Communications / Shin-Ei Animation | | $35,000,000 | [126] |
Ponyo | 2008 | Studio Ghibli | | $34,000,000 | [127] |
Space Pirate Captain Harlock | 2013 | Toei Animation / Marza Animation Planet | | | [128] |
The Wind Rises | Studio Ghibli | | | |
| 1998 | Oriental Light and Magic (OLM) | | $30,000,000 | [129] |
| 1999 | Oriental Light and Magic (OLM) | | $30,000,000 | [130] |
Steamboy | 2004 | Sunrise / Bandai Visual | | $26,000,000 | [131] [132] |
Howl's Moving Castle | 2005 | Studio Ghibli | | $24,000,000 | [133] |
Arrietty | 2010 | | $23,000,000 | |
My Neighbors the Yamadas | 1999 | | | |
Princess Mononoke | 1997 | | $20,000,000 | [134] |
From Up on Poppy Hill | 2011 | | | |
| 2004 | Gallop / 4Kids Entertainment | | $20,000,000 | [135] |
Tales from Earthsea | 2006 | Studio Ghibli | | | [136] |
Spirited Away | 2001 | | $19,200,000 | [137] |
| 2000 | Oriental Light and Magic (OLM) | | $16,000,000 | [138] |
When Marnie Was There | 2014 | Studio Ghibli | | | |
The Red Turtle | 2016 | Studio Ghibli / Why Not Productions / Wild Bunch | | $11,000,000 | [139] |
Akira | 1988 | Tokyo Movie Shinsha (TMS Entertainment) | | $5,500,000 | [140] |
Metropolis | 2001 | Madhouse | | $15,000,000 | [141] [142] |
| 2018 | Toei Animation | | $8,500,000 | [143] |
| 1986 | Tatsunoko Production / Harmony Gold USA / AIC | | $8,000,000 | [144] |
Porco Rosso | 1992 | Studio Ghibli | | | [145] |
| 1994 | Group TAC / SEDIC / Sony Music Entertainment Japan | | $6,000,000 | [146] |
Kiki's Delivery Service | 1989 | Studio Ghibli | | | [147] [148] [149] |
| 1987 | Gainax / Bandai Visual | | $5,531,000 | [150] |
| 2015 | Toei Animation | | $5,000,000 | [151] |
Castle in the Sky | 1986 | Studio Ghibli | | | [152] |
| 2003 | Toei Animation / Daft Life / Wild Bunch / BAC Films | | $4,000,000 | [153] |
The Castle of Cagliostro | 1979 | Tokyo Movie Shinsha | | $2,300,000 | [154] [155] |
In This Corner of the World | 2016 | MAPPA | | $3,750,000 | [156] [157] |
| 1984 | Studio Nue / Artland / Topcraft / Tatsunoko Production | | | [158] [159] |
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind | 1984 | Studio Ghibli | | | |
Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato | 1978 | Academy Productions / Group TAC | | $3,600,000 | [160] |
Paprika | 2006 | Madhouse | | $4,000,000 | [161] [162] |
Tokyo Godfathers | 2004 | | $2,400,000 | [163] [164] |
Millennium Actress | 2002 | | $1,200,000 | [165] |
Space Battleship Yamato | 1977 | Academy Productions / Group TAC | | $745,000 | [166] |
Biohazard 4D-Executer | 2000 | Visual Science Laboratory | | | [167] [168] | |
Timeline of most expensive animated films
The following is a timeline of the most expensive animated films since 1937.
Timeline of most expensive computer–animated films
Timeline of most expensive traditionally animated films
Timeline of most expensive stop motion animated films
The following is a timeline of most expensive stop motion animated films of all time. Laika has hold the record the most with four.
See also
Notes and References
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