What is the highest-grossing animated movie of all time?
“Frozen II” is the highest-grossing animated movie with a lifetime worldwide earning of $1.45 billion.
The $150 thousand-budget Disney film is the 2019 sequel to “Frozen,” which follows Princess Anna and her sister Queen Elsa, whose ice place their kingdom in perpetual winter. Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff and Josh Gad return in “Frozen II” to journey to an enchanted forest to discover the origin of Elsa’s magical powers.
There’s some debate as to whether “Frozen II” deserves the crown of highest-grossing animated film. Disney’s 2019 “The Lion King” remastered the original 1994 movie in hyper-realistic CGI. The film made $1.66 billion worldwide, well outpacing Frozen’s sequel.
But Disney classified the film as live-action, not animated, despite it being nominated for best animated feature at the 2019 Golden Globes. “The Lion King” includes one live shot in the film’s opening. Director Jon Favreau told SlashFilms he doesn’t consider it live-action or animated, saying “to say it’s animated … is misleading.”