- This article is about all animated features produced by or released through Universal Pictures and its predecessors. For a list of features produced by Universal Animation Studios and its predecessors, see List of Universal Animation Studios films. For lists of features produced by other animation studios owned by NBCUniversal, see List of Illumination films and List of DreamWorks Animation productions.
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 Pictures releases films from Universal-owned and non-Universal owned animation studios. Most films listed below are from Universal Animation Studios which began as the feature animation department of Universal, producing its first feature-length animated film Ama and the Mysterious Crystal in 1997 and as of 2018 has produced a total of 23 feature films. Beginning with Despicable Me in 2010, Universal Pictures also released animated films by Illumination Entertainment, which was founded in 2007 by Chris Meledandri and became a division of Universal, and will release films by DreamWorks Animation starting with How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World in 2019.
Other studio units have also released films theatrically, namely Universal's former Gingo Animation unit (before it was spun off in 2005) and the studio's distribution unit, which 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.
Films
Released
| Universal Animation Studios | |
| Gingo Animation | |
| Illumination Entertainment | |
| DreamWorks Animation | |
| Laika | |
| Other Universal studio | |
| Third-party studio |
| Title | Original theatrical release date[rls 1] | Animation studio | |
|---|---|---|---|
| King of Jazz[S] | April 19, 1930 | Universal Pictures | |
| The Snow Queen | November 20, 1959[rls 2] | Soyuzmultfilm | |
| Pinocchio in Outer Space | December 22, 1965 | Belvision Studios | |
| Xanadu[S] | August 8, 1980 | Universal Pictures | |
| An American Tail | November 21, 1986 | Sullivan Bluth Studios | |
| The Land Before Time | November 18, 1988 | ||
| Jetsons: The Movie | July 6, 1990 | Hanna-Barbera Productions[st 1] | |
| An American Tail: Fievel Goes West | November 22, 1991 | Amblimation | |
| We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story | November 24, 1993 | ||
| Romeo and Juliet | September 23, 1994 | Gingo Animation | |
| Casper[S] | May 26, 1995 | Amblin Entertainment | |
| Ghost Vision | October 27, 1995 | Gingo Animation | |
| Balto[S] | December 22, 1995 | Amblimation | |
| Ama and the Mysterious Crystal | September 26, 1997 | Universal Animation Studios | |
| Galaxion | July 2, 1999 | ||
| Paint World | December 25, 1999 | Gingo Animation | |
| The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle[S] | June 30, 2000 | Jay Ward Productions | |
| Cassiopeia | September 1, 2000[rls 3] | NDR Filmes | |
| Mistress Masham's Repose | March 16, 2001 | Universal Animation Studios | |
| The Gabriel Garza Movie | July 31, 2002 | Gingo Animation | |
| Me & Mobo | September 27, 2002 | Universal Animation Studios | |
| Magina | March 7, 2003 | ||
| Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem | May 28, 2003 | Toei Animation | |
| Tony Tom-Tom's Delivery Service[A] | October 17, 2003 | DJW Studios | |
| Computeropolis | July 2, 2004 | Universal Animation Studios | |
| Zina and the Vivid Crew | December 22, 2004[st 2] | Gingo Animation | |
| M.I.S.S.I.O.N. | July 1, 2005 | Universal Animation Studios | |
| Curious George | February 10, 2006 | Imagine Entertainment | |
| BJ and Wally | July 7, 2006 | Universal Animation Studios | |
| Tony 2: Across the Nation[A] | May 4, 2007 | DJW Studios | |
| Computeropolis 2 | July 6, 2007 | Universal Animation Studios | |
| The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie | January 11, 2008 | Big Idea Entertainment | |
| Swapped | July 2, 2008 | Universal Animation Studios | |
| The Tale of Despereaux | December 19, 2008 | Framestore Feature Animation | |
| Coraline[R] | February 6, 2009 | Laika[st 3] | |
| Woo La La | March 13, 2009 | Universal Animation Studios | |
| Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! | July 10, 2009 (Denmark)[rls 4] | Imagine Entertainment | |
| 9[A][R] | September 9, 2009 | Starz Animation[st 3] | |
| The Pandemoniums Movie | November 25, 2009 | Gingo Animation | |
| Computeropolis 3 | March 5, 2010 | Universal Animation Studios | |
| Despicable Me | July 9, 2010 | Illumination Entertainment | |
| Hop[S] | April 1, 2011 | ||
| Defender D | June 3, 2011 | DJW Studios | |
| ROBLOX: The Movie | June 17, 2011[st 2] | TjsWorld2011 Pictures | |
| Gabriel Garza | July 8, 2011 | Universal Animation Studios | |
| The Lorax | March 2, 2012 | Illumination Entertainment | |
| Plucky Chicken | July 27, 2012 | Universal Animation Studios | |
| Uploaded | August 10, 2012 | TjsWorld2011 Pictures | |
| ParaNorman[R] | August 17, 2012 | Laika[st 3] | |
| Quest | March 1, 2013 | Universal Animation Studios | |
| 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 | Universal Animation Studios | |
| The Boxtrolls[R] | September 26, 2014 | Laika[st 3] | |
| Paradoria | March 6, 2015 | Universal Animation Studios | |
| Minions | July 10, 2015 | Illumination Entertainment | |
| Luna & Zak | December 11, 2015 | Universal Animation Studios | |
| Ratchet & Clank[R] | April 29, 2016 | Rainmaker Entertainment[st 4] | |
| The Secret Life of Pets | July 8, 2016 | Illumination Entertainment | |
| Kubo and the Two Strings[R] | August 19, 2016 | Laika[st 3] | |
| Imagimals | September 9, 2016 | Universal Animation Studios | |
| Ethel & Ernest | October 28, 2016[st 2] | Cloth Cat Animation | |
| Sing | December 21, 2016 | Illumination Entertainment | |
| Gabriel Garza 3 | March 3, 2017 | Universal Animation Studios | |
| Defender 2D | April 26, 2017 | DJW Studios | |
| Despicable Me 3 | June 30, 2017 | Illumination Entertainment | |
| Woody Woodpecker[S] | October 5, 2017 (Brazil)[rls 4] | Universal 1440 Entertainment | |
| Lix | December 8, 2017 | Universal Animation Studios | |
| Computeropolis: The Deep Web | May 4, 2018 | ||
| Cool Spot | September 14, 2018 | Gingo Animation | |
| The Grinch | November 9, 2018 | Illumination Entertainment | |
Upcoming (schedule)
- See also: Upcoming Universal Animation Studios films and List of Illumination films in production
| Title | Intended theatrical release date by Universal Pictures |
Animation Studio | |
|---|---|---|---|
| How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World[R] | February 22, 2019 | DreamWorks Animation | |
| Paradoria 2: Enchanted Realm | March 22, 2019 | Universal Animation Studios | |
| The Secret Life of Pets 2 | June 7, 2019 | Illumination Entertainment | |
| Abominable[R] | September 27, 2019 | DreamWorks Animation | |
| Luna & Zak: Level Two | February 21, 2020 | Universal Animation Studios | |
| Trolls World Tour[R] | April 17, 2020 | DreamWorks Animation | |
| Minions 2 | July 3, 2020 | Illumination Entertainment | |
| The Croods 2[R] | September 18, 2020 | DreamWorks Animation | |
| Sing 2 | December 25, 2020 | Illumination Entertainment | |
| Earth Farm | February 19, 2021 | Universal Animation Studios | |
| The Boss Baby 2[R] | March 26, 2021 | DreamWorks Animation | |
| Computeropolis 5 | May 21, 2021 | Universal Animation Studios | |
| Untitled film | July 2, 2021 | Illumination Entertainment | |
| Spooky Jack[R] | September 17, 2021 | DreamWorks Animation | |
| Untitled film[R] | December 22, 2021 | ||
| Hyper | February 25, 2022 | Universal Animation Studios | |
| Untitled films | April 15, 2022 | DreamWorks Animation | |
| July 1, 2022 | Illumination Entertainment | ||
| December 21, 2022 | |||
| Untitled Super Mario Bros. animated film | 2022 | ||
| Untitled films | February 24, 2023 | Universal Animation Studios | |
| April 7, 2023 | DreamWorks Animation | ||
| June 30, 2023 | Illumination Entertainment | ||
| December 20, 2023 | Universal Animation Studios | ||
Films in development
| Title | Animation studio | |
|---|---|---|
| The Bad Guys[R] | DreamWorks Animation | |
| Bauhaus Gone Bonkers! | Universal Animation Studios | |
| Despicable Me 4 | Illumination Entertainment | |
| Gabriel Garza 4 | Universal Animation Studios | |
| Graffiti Dudes | ||
| Imagimals 2 | ||
| Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts[R] | DreamWorks Animation | |
| Lix 2 | Universal Animation Studios | |
| Mech-Girl | ||
| Mice and Mystics[R] | DreamWorks Animation | |
| Untitled Pharrell Williams film | Illumination Entertainment | |
| Polly and the Black Ink | Universal Animation Studios | |
| Untitled Puss in Boots reboot[R] | DreamWorks Animation | |
| Sector 7 | Universal Animation Studios | |
| The Sentinel | ||
| Shadows[R] | DreamWorks Animation | |
| Untitled Shrek reboot[R] | ||
| Sputnik’s Guide to Life on Earth[R] | ||
| Untitled Voltron film[R][S] | ||
| The Wizards of Once[R] | ||
| Yokai Samba[R] | ||
- SCombines live-action with animation.
- RNot produced, but released by Universal Pictures under its label.
- AAn adult animated production.
Notes
Release Notes
- ↑ Listed are the original theatrical release dates in the United States (or other non-U.S. territories) when the film was contributed by Universal. Different distributors are attributed and credited for distributing each film throughout the history of Universal.
- ↑ Original release date was 1957
- ↑ Original release date was April 1, 1996
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Not released theatrically in the United States
Studio/Production Notes
See also
- List of Universal Pictures films
- List of animation studios owned by NBCUniversal
- List of Universal in-house animated features
- Universal-Illumination film list
- Universal-Illumination-DreamWorks film list
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