List of highest-grossing live-action/animated films
The following is a list of the highest-grossing live-action/animated films , films that combine live action and animation characters. CGI characters are only included if they are portrayed as visually distinct from their live-action surroundings—otherwise, the majority of live-action movies which use CGI visual effects would be included.
Highest-grossing live-action/animated films
All of the films have had a theatrical run (including re-releases) since 1980, and films that have not played since then do not appear on the chart due to ticket-price inflation, population size and ticket purchasing trends not being considered.
2009, 2011, and 2016 are the most represented years on the list, with four films each.
† Background shading indicates films playing in the week commencing 8 November 2024 in theaters around the world .
Live action/computer animation
All of the films have had a theatrical run (including re-releases) since 1995, and films that have not played since then do not appear on the chart due to ticket-price inflation, population size and ticket purchasing trends not being considered. 2009 is the most frequent year with four films on the list while Alvin and the Chipmunks is the most frequent franchise with 4 films on the list.
Live action/traditional animation
All of the films have had a theatrical run (including re-releases) since 1980, and films that have not played since then do not appear on the chart due to ticket-price inflation, population size and ticket purchasing trends not being considered. Looney Tunes is the most represented franchise with 3 films on the list. (4 if one includes Who Framed Roger Rabbit ).
Timeline
The following is a timeline of the highest grossing live action animated films since 1966.
Disney have held the record two times.
The Alvin and the Chipmunks film series is the only franchise to hold the record on more than one occasion, doing so two times. Mary Poppins hold the record for the longest with 22 years.
Title
Established
Record-setting gross
Ref
Mary Poppins
1966
$88,272,727
[ 66]
1980
$102,272,727
[ 67]
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1988
$351,500,000
[ 8]
Alvin and the Chipmunks
2008
$361,336,633
[ 68]
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
2010
$443,140,005
[ 69]
The Smurfs
2011
$563,749,323
[ 70]
Live action/computer animated
Live action/traditional animation
Opening weekend
The following is a timeline of the highest opening weekend live action animated films since 1986.
Title
Established
Record-setting gross
Ref
Song of The South
1986
$4,203,111*
[ 73]
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1988
$11,226,239*
[ 74]
Casper
1995
$16,840,385*
[ 75]
Space Jam
1996
$27,528,529*
[ 76]
Scooby-Doo
2002
$54,155,312*
[ 77]
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
2009
$72,362,847
[ 78]
Detective Pikachu
2019
$161,000,000
[ 79]
Highest-grossing live-action/animated film franchises and series
The following chart is a list of the highest-grossing live-action/animated film franchises. The Alvin and the Chipmunks franchise is the most successful, with worldwide box office totals of nearly $1.4 billion.
A given franchise needs to have at least 2 theatrically released films to be on this list. The Smurfs franchise has the highest per-film average, with nearly $455.7 million per film.
Highest-grossing live-action/animated franchises and film series [§] (The films in each franchise can be viewed by selecting "show")
Rank
Series
Total worldwide box office
No. of films
Average of films
Highest-grossing film
1
Alvin and the Chipmunks
$1,385,986,622
4
$346,496,656
Squeakquel ($443,140,005)
1
The Squeakquel (2009)
$443,140,005
2
Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007)
$365,352,546
3
Chipwrecked (2011)
$342,695,435
4
The Road Chip (2015)
$234,798,636
2
The Smurfs
$911,294,683
2
$455,647,342
The Smurfs ($563,749,323)
1
The Smurfs (2011)
$563,749,323
2
The Smurfs 2 (2013)
$347,545,360
3
Ted
$765,231,921
2
$382,615,961
Ted ($549,368,315)
1
Ted (2012)
$549,368,315
2
Ted 2 (2015)
$215,863,606
4
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
$730,628,602
2
$365,314,301
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ($485,004,754)
1
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)
$485,004,754
2
Out of the Shadows (2016)
$245,623,848
5
Sonic the Hedgehog
$722,372,529
2
$361,186,265
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 ($402,656,846)
1
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022)
$402,656,846
2
Sonic the Hedgehog (2020)
$319,715,683
6
Peter Rabbit
$505,397,783
2
$252,698,892
Peter Rabbit ($351,496,066)
1
Peter Rabbit (2018)
$351,496,066
2
the Runaway (2021)
$153,901,717
7
Paddington
$510,348,658
2
$255,174,329
Paddington ($282,370,135)
1
Paddington (2014)
$282,370,135
2
Paddington 2 (2017)
$227,978,523
8
Looney Tunes
$482,387,456
3
$160,795,819
Space Jam ($250,180,384)
Space Jam series
$413,872,612
2
$206,936,306
Space Jam ($250,180,384)
1
Space Jam (1996)
$250,180,384
2
A New Legacy (2021)
$163,692,228
9
Stuart Little
$470,092,173
2
$235,046,087
Stuart Little ($300,135,367)
1
Stuart Little (1999)
$300,135,367
2
Stuart Little 2 (2002)
$169,956,806
10
Scooby-Doo
$457,117,536
2
$228,558,768
Scooby Doo ($275,650,703)
1
Scooby Doo (2002)
$275,650,703
2
Monsters Unleashed (2004)
$181,466,833
11
Mary Poppins
$452,616,194
2
$226,308,097
Mary Poppins Returns ($349,537,494)
1
Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
$349,537,494
2
Mary Poppins (1964)
$103,078,700
12
Garfield
$346,498,387
2
$173,249,194
Garfield ($203,172,417)
1
Garfield: The Movie (2004)
$203,172,417
2
A Tail of Two Kitties (2006)
$143,325,970
13
Arthur
$217,163,702
3
$72,387,901
the Invisibles ($107,944,236)
1
the Invisibles (2006)
$107,944,236
2
the Revenge of Maltazard (2009)
$78,520,547
3
The War of the Two Worlds (2010)
$30,698,919
14
Pete's Dragon
$183,283,338
2
$91,641,669
Pete's Dragon (2016) ($143,695,338)
1
Pete's Dragon (2016)
$143,695,338
2
Pete's Dragon (1977)
$39,588,000
Live action/animated films by number of box office admissions
The following table lists known estimated box office ticket sales for various high-grossing live action animated films that have sold more than 1 million tickets worldwide.
Note that some of the data are incomplete due to a lack of available admissions data from a number of countries. Therefore, it is not an exhaustive list of all the highest-grossing video game films by ticket sales, so no rankings are given.
Opening weekends
The following is a list of live action/animated movies which have opened to more than $1 million.
Rank
Film
Year
Opening weekend
Ref
1
Detective Pikachu
2019
$161,000,000
[ 79]
2
Sonic the Hedgehog
2020
$101,000,000
[ 91]
3
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
2014
$90,287,427
[ 92]
4
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
2009
$72,362,847
[ 78]
5
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
2022
$72,105,176*
[ 93]
6
Scooby-Doo
2002
$54,155,312*
[ 77]
7
The Smurfs 2
2013
$48,603,689
[ 94]
8
Mary Poppins Returns
2018
$45,616,929
[ 95]
9
Alvin and the Chipmunks
2007
$44,307,417
[ 96] =
10
Enchanted
2007
$42,204,913*
[ 97]
11
The Call of the Wild
2020
$40,200,000
[ 98]
12
Clifford the Big Red Dog
2021
$38,385,323
[ 99]
13
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
2011
$36,563,364
[ 100]
14
Ted 2
2015
$33,507,870*
[ 101]
15
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
2016
$33,000,000
[ 102]
16
G-Force
2009
$32,229,662
[ 103]
17
Christopher Robin
2018
$32,224,808
[ 104]
18
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
2004
$29,438,331
[ 105]
19
Space Jam
1996
$27,528,529*
[ 106]
20
Pete's Dragon
2016
$26,649,485
[ 107]
21
Peter Rabbit
2018
$25,012,113
[ 108]
22
Garfield: The Movie
2004
$21,727,611*
[ 109]
23
Dora and the Lost City of Gold
2019
$18,543,411
[ 110]
24
Stuart Little 2
2002
$18,123,791
[ 111]
25
Casper
1995
$16,840,385*
[ 75]
26
Yogi Bear
2010
$16,411,322
[ 112]
27
Stuart Little
1999
$15,018,223*
[ 113]
28
Walking with Dinosaurs
2013
$14,638,905
[ 114]
29
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
2015
$14,287,159*
[ 115]
30
Paddington 2
2017
$12,303,191
[ 106]
31
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile
2022
$11,552,393
[ 116]
32
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1988
$11,226,239*
[ 74]
33
Houba! On the Trail of the Marsupilami
2012
$11,220,912
[ 117]
34
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
2003
$9,317,371*
[ 118]
35
Paddington
2014
$8,025,427^
[ 119]
36
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
2006
$7,288,977*
[ 120]
37
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle
2000
$6,814,270*
[ 58]
38
Cool World
1992
$5,556,451*
[ 121]
39
Osmosis Jones
2001
$5,271,248*
[ 122]
40
The BFG
2016
$4,210,860
[ 123]
41
Song of the South [ c]
1986
$4,203,111*
[ 73]
42
Monster Trucks
2016
$2,130,884^
[ 124]
43
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway
2021
$2,064,490!
[ 125]
44
Woody Woodpecker
2017
$1,503,181’
[ 126]
45
Arthur and the Invisibles
2006
$1,106,429
[ 127]
46
Tom & Jerry
2021
$1,104,315
[ 128]
^ = United Kingdom only.
! = Austria only.
’= Brazil only
Opening weekends for Live action/traditional animation films
The following is a list of live action/animated movies which have opened to more than $1 million.
Rank
Film
Year
Opening weekend
Ref
1
Mary Poppins Returns
2018
$45,616,929
[ 95]
2
Enchanted
2007
$42,204,913*
[ 97]
3
Space Jam
1996
$27,528,529*
[ 106]
4
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1988
$11,226,239*
[ 74]
5
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
2003
$9,317,371*
[ 118]
6
Cool World
1992
$5,556,451*
[ 121]
7
Osmosis Jones
2001
$5,271,248*
[ 122]
8
Song of the South [ d]
1986
$4,203,111*
[ 73]
Opening weekends for Live action/computer animation
The following is a list of Live action/computer animation movies which have opened to more than $1 million.
Rank
Film
Year
Opening weekend
Ref
1
Detective Pikachu
2019
$161,000,000
[ 79]
2
Sonic the Hedgehog
2020
$101,000,000
[ 91]
3
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
2014
$90,287,427
[ 92]
4
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
2009
$72,362,847
[ 78]
5
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
2022
$72,105,176*
[ 93]
6
Scooby-Doo
2002
$54,155,312*
[ 77]
7
The Smurfs 2
2013
$48,603,689
[ 94]
8
Alvin and the Chipmunks
2007
$44,307,417
[ 96] =
9
The Call of the Wild
2020
$40,200,000
[ 98]
10
Clifford the Big Red Dog
2021
$38,385,323
[ 99]
11
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
2011
$36,563,364
[ 100]
12
Ted 2
2015
$33,507,870*
[ 101]
13
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
2016
$33,000,000
[ 102]
14
G-Force
2009
$32,229,662
[ 103]
15
Christopher Robin
2018
$32,224,808
[ 104]
16
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
2004
$29,438,331
[ 105]
17
Pete's Dragon
2016
$26,649,485
[ 107]
18
Peter Rabbit
2018
$25,012,113
[ 108]
19
Garfield: The Movie
2004
$21,727,611*
[ 109]
20
Dora and the Lost City of Gold
2019
$18,543,411
[ 110]
21
Stuart Little 2
2002
$18,123,791
[ 111]
22
Casper
1995
$16,840,385*
[ 75]
23
Yogi Bear
2010
$16,411,322
[ 112]
24
Stuart Little
1999
$15,018,223*
[ 113]
25
Walking with Dinosaurs
2013
$14,638,905
[ 114]
26
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
2015
$14,287,159*
[ 115]
27
Paddington 2
2017
$12,303,191
[ 106]
28
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile
2022
$11,552,393
[ 129]
29
Houba! On the Trail of the Marsupilami
2012
$11,220,912
[ 117]
30
Paddington
2014
$8,025,427^
[ 119]
31
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
2006
$7,288,977*
[ 120]
32
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle
2000
$6,814,270*
[ 58]
33
The BFG
2016
$4,210,860
[ 123]
34
Monster Trucks
2016
$2,130,884^
[ 124]
35
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway
2021
$2,064,490!
[ 125]
36
Woody Woodpecker
2017
$1,503,181’
[ 126]
37
Arthur and the Invisibles
2006
$1,106,429
[ 127]
38
Tom & Jerry
2021
$1,104,315
[ 128]
^ = United Kingdom only.
! = Austria only.
’= Brazil only
See also
Notes
^ Detective Pikachu admissions:
United States and Canada – 15,993,900[ 80]
Japan – 2,120,000[ 81]
China – 18,209,492[ 82]
Europe – 12,026,023[ 83]
Mexico – 4,500,000[ 84]
South Korea – 686,809[ 85]
^ Sonic the Hedgehog admissions:
United States and Canada – 15,876,790[ 86]
Europe – 12,454,206[ 87]
Mexico, Peru, Ecuador, Dominican Republic – 8,241,240[ 86]
Brazil – 3,001,403[ 88]
China – 698,500[ 89]
Argentina – 687,740[ 90]
South Korea – 118,725[ 85]
^ 1986 reissue
^ 1986 reissue
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