‘The Super Mario Bros Movie,’ ‘Spider-Verse,’ ‘Elemental’ Are 2023’s Biggest Animated Box-Office Hits

The final box office numbers for 2023 are in and Universal, Illumination and Sony Pictures Animation have landed on top of the animation charts with The Super Mario Bros Movie and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse on the number one and two positions. The third spot belongs to Disney/Pixar’s Elemental, which proved to be have strong animation legs after a rocky debut in June. Both Studio Ghibli/GKIDS’ The Boy and the Heron and Universal/Illumination’s Migration managed to land in the year’s top-ten charts despite arriving in December, later than all the other animated movies of the year.

2023  ANIMATED MOVIES AT THE BOX OFFICE

Rank Title (Studio) U.S. Gross

1. The Super Mario Bros. Movie (Universal) $574,934,330
2. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Sony) $381,311,319
3. Elemental (Disney) $154,426,697
4. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (Universal) $129,870,190
5. TMNT: Mutant Mayhem (Paramount) $118,613,586
6. Trolls Band Together (Universal) $96,379, 440
7. PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie (Paramount) $65,231,360
8. Wish (Disney) $60,612,583
9. Migration (Universal) $54,322, 645
10. The Boy and the Heron (GKIDS) $35,968,236

2023 Worldwide Animated Box Office  

1. The Super Mario Bros. Movie $1,361,427,971
2. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse $690,516,673
3. Elemental $496,176,105
4.  Puss in Boots: The Last Wish $481,681,839
5. PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie $200,731,360
6. Trolls Band Together $198,711,440
7. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem $180,513,586
8. Wish $176,870,583
9. The Boy and the Heron $128,676,966
10. Detective Conan: Black Island Submarine $106,770,959
11. Migration $105,870,000

Source: BoxOfficeMojo.com