5 Elite Animated Movies That Grossed Immensely

2. Toy story 3: The most loved Toy Story series came up with Toy Story 3 in 2010. It is an American 3D computer-animated comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The director of the film is Lee Unkrich along with John Lasseter and Andrew Stanton, respectively director and co-writer of the first two films. The film was released worldwide from June through October in the Disney Digital 3-D, RealD, and IMAX 3D formats. This was the first film to be released theatrically with Dolby Surround 7.1 sound. The story mainly focuses on the toys Woody, Buzz Lightyear, and their friends dealing with an uncertain future. It broke Shrek the Third's record and had a big opening weekend with an unadjusted gross of $110,307,189 and a total gross of $1,063,171,911 which is nearly $1 billion worldwide.

3. Despicable Me 2: Another American 3D computer-animated comedy sequel of 2010 animated film Despicable Me is none other than Despicable Me 2. It released in 2013. The film was produced by Illumination Entertainment and directed by Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud, and written by Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio. That was the first time Illumination Entertainment came up with a sequel film. The film received positive reviews from critics, and was also nominated for Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. It grossed over $970 million worldwide against its budget of $76 million and thus the film became the second-highest-grossing animated film of 2013.