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Grosses

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Highest Grossing Animated Films of the 1980s

This list features animated movies that have earned the highest box-office revenue during the the 1980s.

RANK

FILM

WORLDWIDE GROSS

YEAR

1

The Little Mermaid

$233,000,000

1989

2

Oliver & Company

$100,000,000

1988

3

An American Tail

$84,542,002

1986

4

The Land Before Time

$84,460,846

1988

5

The Fox and the Hound

$63,456,988

1981

6

Akira

$49,000,000

1988

7

My Neighbor Totoro

$42,000,000

1988

8

The Care Bears Movie

$34,000,000

1985

9

All Dogs Go to Heaven

$27,100,027

1989

10

The Great Mouse Detective

$25,336,794

1986

11

Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan

$24,000,000

1989

12

The Black Cauldron

$21,288,692

1985

13

Heavy Metal

$21,100,000

1981

14

Kiki's Delivery Service

$18,000,000

1989

15

Fist of the North Star

$18,000,000

1986

16

Castle in the Sky

$14,812,500

1986

17

The Secret of NIMH

$14,665,733

1982

18

Doraemon: The Records of Nobita, Spaceblazer

$14,400,000

1981

19

Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland

$14,051,242

1989

20

Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure into the Underworld

$13,500,000

1984


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References

The Numbers. (2025) All Time Worldwide Animated Box Office Records. Available at: https://www.the-numbers.com/box-office-records/worldwide/all-movies/cumulative/all-time-animated (Accessed 1 December 2025). Wikipedia. (2025) List of highest-grossing animated films of the 1980s. Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_animated_films_of_the_1980s (Accessed 1 December 2025).
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