Animation - Fantasy
1978-Present
Row Rank Title (click to view) Studio Opening % of Theaters / Avg. Total Release 1 53 Tamala 2010 Vita. $3,386 100.0% 1 $3,386 $3,386 4/2/04 2 43 Delgo Free $511,920 73.7% 2,160 $237 $694,782 12/12/08 3 52 Tales of the Night GK $7,154 65.2% 1 $7,154 $10,975 9/26/12 4 50 Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Elev. $62,340 56.1% 5 $12,468 $111,130 10/19/12 5 39 Happily Ever After 1NF $1,756,050 53.2% 1,018 $1,725 $3,299,382 5/28/93 6 24 Happily N'Ever After LGF $6,608,244 42.4% 2,381 $2,775 $15,589,393 1/5/07 7 30 Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil Wein. $4,108,630 40.5% 2,505 $1,640 $10,143,779 4/29/11 8 40 The Care Bears Movie 3 Cinpx $1,005,386 38.6% 1,094 $919 $2,608,000 8/7/87 9 37 Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer WB $1,847,962 37.8% 1,088 $1,698 $4,889,971 11/15/85 10 1 Shrek the Third P/DW $121,629,270 37.7% 4,122 $29,507 $322,719,944 5/18/07 11 16 Tim Burton's Corpse Bride WB $19,145,480 35.9% 3,204 $5,975 $53,359,111 9/23/05 12 21 Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within Sony $11,408,853 35.5% 2,649 $4,306 $32,131,830 7/11/01 13 36 The Last Unicorn JenF $2,250,000 34.9% 648 $3,472 $6,455,330 11/19/82 14 47 Fire and Ice Fox $263,238 34.6% 89 $2,957 $760,883 8/26/83 15 9 Beowulf Par. $27,515,871 33.4% 3,153 $8,726 $82,280,579 11/16/07 16 28 The Pagemaster Fox $4,188,399 30.6% 1,803 $2,323 $13,670,688 11/23/94 17 46 Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland Hemd $407,695 29.8% 579 $704 $1,368,000 8/21/92 18 3 Shrek Forever After P/DW $70,838,207 29.7% 4,359 $16,251 $238,736,787 5/21/10 19 33 The Care Bears Movie 2 Col. $2,489,750 29.2% 1,446 $1,721 $8,540,346 3/21/86 20 17 Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole WB $16,112,211 28.9% 3,575 $4,507 $55,675,313 9/24/10 21 7 Hotel Transylvania Sony $42,522,194 28.7% 3,349 $12,697 $148,313,048 9/28/12 22 27 Arthur and the Invisibles MGM/W $4,294,936 28.4% 2,247 $1,911 $15,132,763 1/12/07 23 4 Brave BV $66,323,594 28.0% 4,164 $15,928 $237,283,207 6/22/12 24 25 Quest for Camelot WB $6,041,602 26.8% 3,107 $1,945 $22,510,798 5/15/98 25 48 The Adventures of Mark Twain Atl $226,525 26.7% 221 $1,025 $849,915 1/17/86 26 23 Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas DW $6,874,477 26.0% 3,086 $2,227 $26,483,452 7/2/03 27 34 The Swan Princess NL $2,445,155 25.0% 1,404 $1,742 $9,771,658 11/18/94 28 20 Return to Never Land BV $11,889,631 24.6% 2,605 $4,564 $48,430,258 2/15/02 29 2 Shrek 2 DW $108,037,878 24.5% 4,163 $25,951 $441,226,247 5/19/04 30 5 Tangled BV $48,767,052 24.3% 3,603 $13,535 $200,821,936 11/24/10 31 18 Anastasia Fox $14,104,933 24.1% 2,140 $6,591 $58,406,347 11/21/97 32 19 Hoodwinked Wein. $12,401,900 24.1% 2,394 $5,180 $51,386,611 1/13/06 33 32 Ponyo BV $3,585,852 23.8% 927 $3,868 $15,090,399 8/14/09 34 10 The Princess and the Frog BV $24,208,916 23.2% 3,434 $7,050 $104,400,899 12/11/09 35 11 Rise of the Guardians P/DW $23,773,465 23.0% 3,653 $6,508 $103,412,758 11/21/12 36 13 Hercules BV $21,454,451 21.6% 2,621 $8,185 $99,112,101 6/27/97 37 44 The Princess and the Goblin Hemd $451,560 21.5% 795 $568 $2,105,078 6/3/94 38 14 The Hunchback of Notre Dame BV $21,037,414 21.0% 2,778 $7,572 $100,138,851 6/21/96 39 35 Thumbelina WB $2,318,822 20.4% 1,502 $1,543 $11,373,501 4/1/94 40 6 How to Train Your Dragon P/DW $43,732,319 20.1% 4,055 $10,785 $217,581,231 3/26/10 41 29 The Black Cauldron BV $4,180,110 19.6% 1,276 $3,275 $21,288,692 7/26/85 42 12 Mulan BV $22,745,143 18.9% 2,888 $7,876 $120,620,254 6/19/98 43 51 Escaflowne: The Movie Band. $16,692 17.7% 5 $3,338 $94,060 1/25/02 44 38 Spirited Away BV $1,765,491 17.6% 711 $2,483 $10,055,859 3/28/03 45 31 The Care Bears Movie Gold. $3,725,001 16.2% 1,003 $3,713 $22,934,622 3/29/85 46 8 Shrek DW $42,347,760 15.8% 3,587 $11,805 $267,665,011 5/16/01 47 41 My Little Pony DEG $674,724 11.3% 734 $919 $5,958,456 6/13/86 48 45 Howl's Moving Castle BV $427,987 9.1% 36 $11,888 $4,711,096 6/10/05 49 15 Aladdin BV $19,289,073 8.9% 1,131 $17,054 $217,350,219 11/25/92 50 26 The Little Mermaid BV $6,031,914 7.2% 994 $6,068 $84,355,863 11/17/89 51 22 Beauty and the Beast BV $9,624,149 6.6% 977 $9,850 $145,863,363 11/22/91 52 49 Princess Mononoke Mira. $144,446 6.1% 8 $18,055 $2,375,308 10/29/99 53 42 The Lord of the Rings (1978) UA $626,649 2.1% 31 $20,214 $30,471,420 11/15/78 AVERAGE $20,141,064 23.7% 2,338 $8,615 $85,113,226 -
Note: Only movies with opening weekend grosses are listed on this chart.
NOTE: ""Fantasy"" refers to movies about a quest set in a fantastical world, be it this one with supernatural tendencies or another one a la Middle-earth. If there are any movies that you think should be on this list, e-mail us at mail@boxofficemojo.com .
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