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The 13 biggest animated movie openings at the US box office of all time

Travis Clark   

The 13 biggest animated movie openings at the US box office of all time
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  • "Frozen II" had the biggest global opening ever for an animated movie with $358 million over the weekend.
  • It earned an impressive $130 million domestically, but didn't top a few notable animated movies in that regard.
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"Frozen II" hit theaters over the weekend with $358 million at the worldwide box office, the biggest global opening for an animated movie ever.

It had a huge domestic opening, too, with $130 million. That's significantly more than the $67.4 million the first "Frozen" earned in its three-day domestic debut in 2013 (it earned $93.6 million over that five-day Thanksgiving weekend).

But "Frozen II" still failed to top some of the biggest animated movies of all time in its domestic premiere.

We rounded up the biggest animated openings of all time below, unadjusted for inflation. They include plenty of Disney and Pixar offerings, but also some notable entries from Dreamworks.

The list favors newer releases, but if it accounted for inflation, it would likely look completely different. For instance, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" is one of the highest-grossing movies of all time and earned nearly $1 billion at the domestic box office after inflation.

Below are the 13 biggest domestic opening weekends ever for animated movies:

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