List of animated feature films of 2023
This is a list of animated feature films that were released in 2023.
Highest-grossing animated films
The following is a list of the 10 highest-grossing animated feature films first released in 2023.| Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross | Ref |
| 1 | The Super Mario Bros. Movie | Universal Pictures | $1,363,377,030 | |
| 2 | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse | Sony Pictures Releasing | $690,897,910 | |
| 3 | Elemental | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $496,444,308 | |
| 4 | The Boy and the Heron | Toho | $304,800,000 | |
| 5 | Migration | Universal Pictures | $300,256,116 | |
| 6 | Wish | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $254,876,117 | |
| 7 | Chang'an | Tianjin Maoyan Weiying Culture Media | $241,270,000 | |
| 8 | Boonie Bears: Guardian Code | Fantawild | $221,982,308 | |
| 9 | Trolls Band Together | Universal Pictures | $210,081,137 | |
| 10 | Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie | Paramount Pictures | $202,324,839 | |
| - | - | Paramount Pictures | - | - |
Box office records
- 2023 is the first year since 2019 to have an animated film gross over $1 billion.
- The Super Mario Bros. Movie became the first film based on a video game, and the 52nd film overall, to gross $1 billion worldwide. It set a number of other box office records:
- *The film surpassed 2019's Frozen II as having the highest-grossing opening worldwide for an animated film, grossing $375.6 million.
- *It achieved the highest-grossing opening for a video game adaptation worldwide, surpassing 2019's Detective Pikachu.
- *The film achieved the second highest-grossing opening weekend in the US and Canada for an animated film behind Incredibles 2, earning $146 million in a 3-day frame and $204 million in a 5-day frame over Easter weekend.
- *It set the record for the biggest five-day opening weekend in North America, surpassing Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.
- *It set the record for Illumination's biggest opening, surpassing Despicable Me 2.
- *It became the highest-grossing video game film of all time, surpassing Warcraft in nine days by April 13.
- *It became the highest-grossing animated film since the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2019, surpassing Minions: The Rise of Gru.
- *In Japan, its opening weekend gross of $14.3 million is the highest for a Hollywood animated film, and the highest for a Universal release.
- The anime films Suzume and The First Slam Dunk set several box office records upon their international debut in 2023.
- *In South Korea, The First Slam Dunk became the highest-grossing anime film, before its record was surpassed by Suzume.
- *In China, Suzume became the highest-grossing anime film. It also set the record for the biggest opening for an anime film in China, before its record was surpassed by The First Slam Dunk.
- *The First Slam Dunk also set Chinese box office records for the highest pre-sales for an animated import, and the largest IMAX opening weekend for a foreign animated film.
- Elemental set the record as the best highest-grossing for an animated film distributor by [List of List of Disney theatrical animated feature films|Disney theatrical animated feature films|Disney] with a gross of $496.4 million worldwide released during the COVID-19 pandemic, surpassing the 2021 film Encanto.
- The Spider-Man franchise became the third film franchise to gross $10 billion with the release of Across the Spider-Verse.
- *With a $120.5 million opening weekend in the United States, it is the third most successful opening weekend for any Spider-Man and Sony film, behind Spider-Man: No Way Home and Spider-Man 3.
- *It became the highest grossing animated film distributed by Sony Pictures surpassing Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation.
- *Across the Spider-Verse also became Sony Pictures Animation's highest-grossing film, surpassing The Smurfs.
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem set the record as the highest-grossing for an animated film distributor by Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies domestically with a gross of $152.9 million worldwide, surpassing the 2004 film The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie.