This list of theatrical animated feature films consists of animated films released by Universal Pictures, the film division of Comcast through the Universal Filmed Entertainment Group division of its wholly owned subsidiary NBCUniversal.
Universal releases films from Universal-owned and non-Universal owned animation studios. Most films listed below are from Gingo Animation, which became a unit of Universal and, as of 2017, has produced a total of eighteen feature films, and Illumination Entertainment, which has produced a total of eight feature films. Beginning with Mistaken Identity in 2018, Universal releases animated films by DreamWorks Animation, which it acquired in 2016.
Other studio units have also released films theatrically, namely Universal acquires film rights from outside animation studios to release films under the Universal Pictures or Focus Features labels. For example, Laika's stop-motion animated features were released by Universal through its Focus Features label. Other studios globally have released films through Universal Pictures which maintains distribution rights in certain territories.
For the alternate version of the page that shows the lists that have been broken down categorically by sub-studio, etc., see here.
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Title | Original theatrical release date | Animation studio | |
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The Snow Queen | 1959[rls 1] | Soyuzmultfilm | |
Pinocchio in Outer Space | 1965 | Belvision Studios | |
An American Tail | November 21, 1986 | Sullivan Bluth Studios | |
The Land Before Time | November 18, 1988 | Sullivan Bluth Studios | |
Jetsons: The Movie | July 6, 1990 | Hanna-Barbera Productions | |
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West | November 22, 1991 | Amblimation | |
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story | November 24, 1993 | Amblimation | |
Balto | December 22, 1995 | Amblimation | |
Paint World | December 25, 1999 | Gingo Animation | |
Cassiopeia | September 1, 2000[rls 2] | NDR Filmes | |
The Gabriel Garza Movie | July 31, 2002 | Gingo Animation | |
Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem | May 28, 2003 | Toei Animation | |
Tony Tom-Tom's Delivery Service | October 17, 2003 | DJW Studios | |
Computeropolis | July 2, 2004 | Gingo Animation | |
M.I.S.S.I.O.N. | July 1, 2005 | Gingo Animation | |
Curious George | February 10, 2006 | Universal Animation Studios | |
BJ and Wally | July 7, 2006 | Gingo Animation | |
Tony 2: Across the Nation | May 4, 2007 | DJW Studios | |
Computeropolis 2 | July 6, 2007 | Gingo Animation | |
The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie | January 11, 2008 | Big Idea Entertainment | |
Swapped | July 2, 2008 | Gingo Animation | |
The Tale of Despereaux | December 19, 2008 | Universal Animation Studios | |
Coraline | February 6, 2009 | Laika[st 1] | |
Woo La La | March 13, 2009 | Gingo Animation | |
9 | September 9, 2009 | Starz Animation[st 1] | |
Computeropolis 3 | March 5, 2010 | Gingo Animation | |
Despicable Me | July 9, 2010 | Illumination Entertainment | |
Defender D | June 3, 2011 | DJW Studios | |
ROBLOX: The Movie | June 17, 2011[st 2] | TjsWorld2011 Pictures | |
Gabriel Garza | July 6, 2011 | Gingo Animation | |
Dr. Seuss' The Lorax | March 2, 2012 | Illumination Entertainment | |
Plucky Chicken | July 27, 2012 | Gingo Animation | |
Uploaded | August 10, 2012 | TjsWorld2011 Pictures | |
ParaNorman | August 17, 2012 | Laika[st 1] | |
Quest | March 1, 2013 | Gingo Animation | |
Despicable Me 2 | July 3, 2013 | Illumination Entertainment | |
Underdogs | July 18, 2013 (Argentina)[st 2] | Prana Studios | |
Moshi Monsters: The Movie | December 20, 2013[st 2] | Spider Eye Productions | |
Gabriel Garza 2 | July 2, 2014 | Gingo Animation | |
The Boxtrolls | September 26, 2014 | Laika[st 1] | |
Paradoria | March 6, 2015 | Gingo Animation | |
Minions | July 10, 2015 | Illumination Entertainment | |
The Planetokio Movie | December 11, 2015 | Gingo Animation | |
The Secret Life of Pets | July 8, 2016 | Illumination Entertainment | |
Kubo and the Two Strings | August 19, 2016 | Laika[st 1] | |
Imagimals | September 9, 2016 | Gingo Animation | |
Ethel & Ernest | October 28, 2016[st 2] | Ethel & Ernest Productions | |
Sing | December 21, 2016 | Illumination Entertainment | |
Gabriel Garza 3 | March 3, 2017 | Gingo Animation | |
Defender 2D | April 26, 2017 | DJW Studios | |
Despicable Me 3 | June 30, 2017 | Illumination Entertainment | |
Lix | December 8, 2017 | Gingo Animation | |
Mistaken Identity | February 2, 2018 | DreamWorks Animation Mako Animation |
Upcoming or in production
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Title | Intended theatrical release date by Universal Pictures | Animation Studio | |
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Computeropolis: The Deep Web | May 4, 2018 | Gingo Animation | |
Dr. Seuss' The Grinch | November 9, 2018 | Illumination Entertainment | |
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | March 1, 2019 | DreamWorks Animation | |
Paradoria 2 | April 5, 2019 | Gingo Animation | |
The Secret Life of Pets 2 | June 7, 2019 | Illumination Entertainment | |
Everest | September 27, 2019 | DreamWorks Animation | |
Untitled film | December 6, 2019 | Universal Animation Studios | |
Imagimals 2 | February 21, 2020 | Gingo Animation | |
Z.O.O. | March 27, 2020 | Universal Animation Studios Mako Animation Aardman Animations | |
Trolls 2 | April 17, 2020 | DreamWorks Animation | |
Minions 2 | July 3, 2020 | Illumination Entertainment | |
The Croods 2 | September 18, 2020 | DreamWorks Animation | |
Sing 2 | December 25, 2020 | Illumination Entertainment | |
The Boss Baby 2 | March 26, 2021 | DreamWorks Animation | |
Hyper | May 21, 2021 | Gingo Animation | |
Mistaken Identity 2 | June 4, 2021 | DreamWorks Animation Mako Animation | |
Untitled film | July 2, 2021 | Illumination Entertainment | |
Spooky Jack | September 17, 2021 | DreamWorks Animation | |
Untitled film | December 10, 2021 | Universal Animation Studios | |
Untitled film | March 4, 2022 | Gingo Animation | |
Untitled film | July 1, 2022 | Illumination Entertainment | |
Untitled film | December 21, 2022 | Illumination Entertainment | |
Untitled film | March 3, 2023 | Gingo Animation | |
Untitled film | June 30, 2023 | Illumination Entertainment | |
Untitled film | December 22, 2023 | Gingo Animation | |
Despicable Me 4 | TBA | Illumination Entertainment | |
Untitled Super Mario Bros. animated film | TBA | Illumination Entertainment |
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See also
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- List of Universal Pictures films
- List of animation studios owned by NBCUniversal
- Gingo-Illumination film list
- Gingo-Illumination-DreamWorks film list