Animation - TV Adaptation
Animated Feature-Length Versions of Animated TV Shows 1980-Present
Rank Title (click to view) Studio Lifetime Gross / Theaters Opening / Theaters Date 1
The Simpsons Movie
Fox
$183,135,014
3,926
$74,036,787
3,922
7/27/07
2
The Rugrats Movie
Par.
$100,494,675
2,832
$27,321,470
2,782
11/20/98
3
Pokemon: The First Movie
WB
$85,744,662
3,043
$31,036,678
3,043
11/10/99
4
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
Par.
$85,417,988
3,307
$32,018,216
3,212
11/19/04
5
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
Par.
$76,507,756
2,937
$22,718,184
2,934
11/17/00
6
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
Par.
$63,118,386
2,417
$20,114,233
2,190
12/20/96
7
South Park - Bigger, Longer and Uncut
Par.
$52,037,603
2,128
$11,335,889
2,128
6/30/99
8
Pokemon: The Movie 2000
WB
$43,758,684
2,752
$19,575,608
2,752
7/21/00
9
The Wild Thornberrys
Par.
$40,108,697
3,012
$6,013,847
3,012
12/20/02
10
Rugrats Go Wild
Par.
$39,402,572
3,041
$11,556,869
3,041
6/13/03
11
Recess: School's Out
BV
$36,706,141
2,630
$10,065,873
2,624
2/16/01
12
A Goofy Movie
BV
$35,348,597
2,176
$6,129,557
2,159
4/7/95
13
The Care Bears Movie
Gold.
$22,934,622
1,003
$3,725,001
1,003
3/29/85
14
Jetsons: The Movie
Uni.
$20,305,841
1,566
$5,029,640
1,562
7/6/90
15
Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie
WB
$19,765,868
2,411
$9,485,494
2,411
8/13/04
16
Doug's First Movie
BV
$19,440,089
2,268
$4,470,489
2,268
3/26/99
17
Duck Tales: The Movie
BV
$18,115,724
1,558
$3,870,366
1,549
8/3/90
18
Pokemon 3: The Movie
WB
$17,052,128
2,675
$8,240,752
2,675
4/6/01
19
Hey Arnold! The Movie
Par.
$13,728,902
2,534
$5,706,332
2,527
6/28/02
20
The Powerpuff Girls Movie
WB
$11,412,414
2,340
$3,583,114
2,340
7/3/02
21
The Smurfs and the Magic Flute
Atl
$11,234,220
432
$1,180,582
183
10/7/83
22
Digimon: The Movie
Fox
$9,631,153
1,825
$4,233,304
1,823
10/6/00
23
The Care Bears Movie 2
Col.
$8,540,346
1,476
$2,489,750
1,446
3/7/86
24
He-Man and She-Ra in The Secret of the Sword
Atl
$7,660,857
-
n/a
-
3/22/85
25
The Chipmunk Adventure
Gold.
$6,804,312
916
$2,584,720
916
5/22/87
26
Teacher's Pet
BV
$6,491,969
2,027
$2,461,252
2,027
1/16/04
27
My Little Pony
DEG
$5,958,456
1,003
$416,108
421
6/6/86
28
Transformers: The Movie
DEG
$5,849,647
990
$1,779,559
990
8/8/86
29
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
WB
$5,617,391
1,506
$1,189,975
1,506
12/25/93
30
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters
First
$5,520,368
877
$3,005,175
877
4/13/07
31
Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer
WB
$4,889,971
1,090
$1,847,962
1,088
11/15/85
32
Tom & Jerry - The Movie
Mira.
$3,560,469
1,045
$1,255,912
1,045
7/30/93
33
Heathcliff: The Movie
Atl
$2,610,686
-
n/a
-
1/17/86
34
The Care Bears Movie 3
Cinpx
$2,608,000
1,094
$1,005,386
1,094
8/7/87
35
Pokemon 4Ever
Dim.
$1,727,447
249
$717,061
249
10/11/02
36
GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords
Atl
$1,338,264
1,045
$531,905
1,045
3/21/86
37
Cowboy Bebop
IDP
$1,000,045
29
$234,429
19
4/4/03
38
Pokemon Heroes
Mira.
$746,381
200
$260,372
196
5/16/03
39
Gumby: The Movie
Arro.
$57,100
21
n/a
-
5/12/95
TOTAL (All Movies): $1,076,383,445 - - - - AVERAGE (All Movies): $27,599,576 1,702 $8,749,432 1,807 - TOTAL (Wide Releases Only): $1,051,346,709 - - - - AVERAGE (Wide Releases Only): $32,854,585 2,045 $10,916,752 2,064 -
NOTE: Some movies are ultimately based on comics or toys, however the ones listed are direct off-shoots of the TV versions. If there are any movies that you think should be on this list, e-mail us at mail@boxofficemojo.com .
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