The domestic animated film "Nezha's Demon Child Descended" was released in 2019 and became the box office champion of Chinese film history with a box office score of 5.036 billion yuan (US$726 million), a record that has not been broken to this day. However, looking at the world film market, such a result can only rank 125th in the global film box office list, and it has not been able to squeeze into the top ten of the global animated film box office list. So, what are the ten highest-grossing animated films in global film history?
NO.0: "The Lion King", the global box office of 1.663 billion US dollars, production cost: 260 million, Douban score 7.2, released on July 19, 2019, directed by Jon Favreau, produced by Walt Disney, is a remake of the animated film of the same name "The Lion King" released in 1994, is a live-action animated film, there is a dispute about whether it is classified as an animated film, and it is not included for reference only.
NO.1: "Frozen 2", with a global box office of $1.450 billion, a production cost of $200 million, and a Douban score of 7.0, released on November 22, 2019, directed by Chris Barker and Jennifer Lee, produced by Walt Disney, is the sequel to the 2013 movie "Frozen".
NO.2: "Frozen", the global box office of 1.304 billion US dollars, the production cost of 150 million US dollars, the Douban score of 8.4, released on November 27, 2013, directed by Chris Barker and Jennifer Lee, produced by Walt Disney, adapted from Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale "Snow Queen".
NO.3: "The Incredibles 2", the global box office is 1.243 billion US dollars, the production cost is 200 million US dollars, and the Douban score is 7.8, released on June 15, 2018, directed by Brad Bird, produced by Pixar Animation Studios, and the patch "Bag Baby" released together is directed by Shi Zhiyu.
NO.4: "Minions with Big Eyes", the global box office is 1.159 billion US dollars, the production cost is 74 million US dollars, and the Douban score is 7.7, released on September 13, 2015, directed by Kyle Balda and Piel Coffin, produced by Lighting Entertainment and Universal Pictures, it is the first animated film in Chinese film history with a first-day box office of more than 100 million.
NO.5: "Toy Story 4", the global box office is 1.073 billion US dollars, the production cost is 200 million US dollars, the Douban score is 8.5, released on June 21, 2019, directed by Josh Kurey and produced by Pixar Animation, which is the fourth part of the "Toy Story" series of animated movies.
NO.6: "Toy Story 3", the global box office of 1.066 billion US dollars, the production cost of 200 million US dollars, the Douban score of 8.9, released on June 16, 2010, directed by Lee Onkridge, produced by Pixar animation, more than 10 years since the second "Toy Story".
NO.7: "The Lion King", the global box office of 1.063 billion US dollars, the production cost of 45 million US dollars, the Douban score of 9.1, released on June 15, 1994, co-directed by Roger Ellers and Rob Minkoff, produced by Walt Disney, remade into a live-action version of the same name 25 years later, and became popular again around the world after its release.
NO.8: "Despicable Me 3", global box office 1.034 billion US dollars, production cost of 80 million US dollars, Douban score 6.8, released on June 30, 2017, directed by Kyle Balda, Pierre Coffin, Eric Giron, co-produced by Universal Pictures and Lighting Entertainment.
NO.9: "Finding Nemo 2", the global box office is 1.028 billion US dollars, the production cost is 200 million US dollars, the Douban score is 7.6, released on June 17, 2016, co-directed by Andrew Stanton and Angus McLean, produced by Walt Disney and Pixar Animation.
NO.10: "Crazy Zoo", global box office 1.024 billion US dollars, production cost 150 million US dollars, Douban score 9.2, released on March 4, 2016, co-directed by Richie Moore, Byrne Howard and Gerard Bush, produced by Disney Pictures, the film is inspired by the fairy tale "Willow Forest".
Of the ten animated films, only two are produced by Universal Pictures, and the rest are owned by The Walt Disney Company (Pixar was acquired by Disney in 2006 for $7.4 billion). The production cost is as high as hundreds of millions of dollars, and the production cost of the national comic ticket champion "Nezha's Demon Child Descended" is only 60 million yuan (08.6 million US dollars), compared with Hollywood blockbusters, domestic animated films still have a big gap in cost, special effects, market, box office and other aspects. Since the beginning of China's first advertising animation, to now Chinese animation has gone through a long century, in recent years, the domestic market share of domestic animation films has reached about 70%, and the number of animations going overseas is also increasing, but there are still few influential works. Here, I hope that Chinese animation films can continue to innovate and break through, promote the pace of "going global", ignite the confidence of the Chinese people as an "animation power", ride the wind and waves, and sail away!