List of Universal Pictures theatrical animated features

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.

FilmsEdit

ReleasedEdit

Color Legend
Gingo Animation
Illumination Entertainment
DreamWorks Animation
Universal Animation Studios
Other Universal studio
Third-party studio


Title	Original theatrical release date	Animation studio
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 productionEdit

See also: Upcoming Gingo Animation films and List of Illumination Entertainment films in production


Title	Intended theatrical release date by Universal Pictures	Animation Studio
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

NotesEdit

Release Notes

↑ Original release date was 1957
↑ Original release date was April 1, 1996

Studio/Production Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 Released by Focus Features.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Released by Universal outside North America

See alsoEdit

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Gingo Animation
Paint World (1999) · The Gabriel Garza Movie (2002) · Computeropolis (2004) · M.I.S.S.I.O.N. (2005) · BJ and Wally (2006) · Computeropolis 2 (2007) · Swapped (2008) · Woo La La (2009) · Computeropolis 3 (2010) · Gabriel Garza (2011) · Plucky Chicken (2012) · Quest (2013) · Gabriel Garza 2 (2014) · Paradoria (2015) · The Planetokio Movie (2015) · Imagimals (2016) · Gabriel Garza 3 (2017) · Lix (2017) ·
Upcoming	Computeropolis: The Deep Web (2018) · Paradoria 2 (2019) · Imagimals 2 (2020) · Hyper (2021)

Illumination Entertainment
Despicable Me (2010) · Hop (2011) · The Lorax (2012) · Despicable Me 2 (2013) · Minions (2015) · The Secret Life of Pets (2016) · Sing (2016) · Despicable Me 3 (2017) ·
Upcoming	The Grinch (2018) · The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019) · Minions 2 (2020) · Sing 2 (2020)

DreamWorks Animation
Antz (1998) · The Prince of Egypt (1998) · The Road to El Dorado (2000) · Chicken Run (2000) · Shrek (2001) · Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002) · Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003) · Shrek 2 (2004) · Shark Tale (2004) · Madagascar (2005) · Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) · Over the Hedge (2006) · Flushed Away (2006) · Shrek the Third (2007) · Bee Movie (2007) · Kung Fu Panda (2008) · Madgascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008) · Monsters vs. Aliens (2009) · How to Train Your Dragon (2010) · Shrek Forever After (2010) · Megamind (2010) · Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011) · Puss in Boots (2011) · Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012) · Rise of the Guardians (2012) · The Croods (2013) · Turbo (2013) · Mr. Peabody and Sherman (2014) · How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014) · Penguins of Madagascar (2014) · Home (2015) · Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016) · Trolls (2016) · The Boss Baby (2017) · Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017) · Mistaken Identity (2018) ·
Upcoming	How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019) · Everest (2019) · Trolls 2 (2020) · The Croods 2 (2020) · The Boss Baby 2 (2021) · Mistaken Identity 2 (2021) · Spooky Jack (2021)

Universal Animation Studios
Curious George (2006) · The Tale of Despereaux (2008)

Big Idea Entertainment
Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie (2002) · The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie (2008)

Animated Films Distributed by Universal

The Snow Queen (1959) · Pinocchio in Outer Space (1969) · An American Tail (1986) · The Land Before Time (1988) · Jetsons: The Movie (1990) · An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991) · We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993) · Balto (1995) · Cassiopeia (2000) · Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem (2003) · Tony Tom-Tom's Delivery Service (2003) · Tony 2: Across the Nation (2007) · Defender D (2011) · ROBLOX: The Movie (2011) · Uploaded (2012) · Defender 2D (2017) ·

Animated Films Distributed by Focus Features
Coraline (2009) · 9 (2009) · ParaNorman (2012) · The Boxtrolls (2014) · Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)

[0] Original release date was 1957

[1] Original release date was April 1, 1996

[Focus-2] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 Released by Focus Features.

[OutsideNA-3] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Released by Universal outside North America

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