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List of animated feature films of 2023

This is a list of animated feature films that were released in 2023.

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Highest-grossing animated films

The following is a list of the 10 highest-grossing animated feature films first released in 2023.

Box office records

  • 2023 is the first year since 2019 to have an animated film gross over $1 billion.
  • The Super Mario Bros. Movie became the first film based on a video game, and the 52nd film overall, to gross $1 billion worldwide. It set a number of other box office records:
  • The film surpassed 2019's Frozen II as having the highest-grossing opening worldwide for an animated film, grossing $375.6 million.
  • It achieved the highest-grossing opening for a video game adaptation worldwide, surpassing 2019's Detective Pikachu.
  • The film achieved the second highest-grossing opening weekend in the US and Canada for an animated film behind Incredibles 2, earning $146 million in a 3-day frame and $204 million in a 5-day frame over Easter weekend.
  • It set the record for the biggest five-day opening weekend (for films opening on Wednesday) in North America, surpassing ' (2009).
  • It set the record for Illumination's biggest opening, surpassing Despicable Me 2 (2013).
  • It became the highest-grossing video game film of all time, surpassing Warcraft (2016) in nine days by April 13.
  • It became the highest-grossing animated film since the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2019, surpassing ' (2022).
  • In Japan, its opening weekend gross of $14.3 million is the highest for a Hollywood animated film, and the highest for a Universal release (surpassing 2022's Jurassic World Dominion).
  • The anime films Suzume and The First Slam Dunk set several box office records upon their international debut in 2023.
  • In South Korea, The First Slam Dunk became the highest-grossing anime film, before its record was surpassed by Suzume.
  • In China, Suzume became the highest-grossing anime film. It also set the record for the biggest opening for an anime film in China, before its record was surpassed by The First Slam Dunk.
  • The First Slam Dunk also set Chinese box office records for the highest pre-sales for an animated import, and the largest IMAX opening weekend for a foreign animated film.
  • Elemental set the record as the best highest-grossing for an animated film distributor by Disney with a gross of $496.4 million worldwide released during the COVID-19 pandemic, surpassing the 2021 film Encanto.
  • The Spider-Man franchise became the third film franchise to gross $10 billion with the release of '.
  • With a $120.5 million opening weekend in the United States, it is the third most successful opening weekend for any Spider-Man and Sony film, behind ' (2021) and Spider-Man 3 (2007).
  • It became the highest grossing animated film distributed by Sony Pictures surpassing '.
  • Across the Spider-Verse also became Sony Pictures Animation's highest-grossing film, surpassing The Smurfs (2011).
  • ' set the record as the highest-grossing for an animated film distributor by Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies domestically with a gross of $152.9 million worldwide, surpassing the 2004 film The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie.

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