You'll never guess which franchise is represented here the most. 
People go to see full-length animated films with their entire families, which is why many animated projects collect significant sums in theaters, often outperforming feature films. Let's look at the highest-grossing cartoons of each year of the 21st century, that is, for the last 22 years. During this period, there were three cases when the cartoon became the most profitable among all projects released on screens.
2001 - Monsters, Inc. 
Total box office: $528 million
2002 - Ice Age 
Total box office: $383 million
2003 - Finding Nemo 
Total box office: $941 million
2004 - Shrek 2 
Total box office: $923 million
The cartoon collected more than all other projects, including non-animated ones.
2005 - Madagascar 
Total box office: $542 million
2006 - Ice Age 2: The Meltdown 
Total box office: $667 million
2007 - Shrek the Third 
Total box office: $813 million
2008 - Kung Fu Panda 
Total box office: $632 million
2009 - Ice Age 3: Age of the Dinosaurs 
Total box office: $886 million
2010 - Toy Story: The Great Escape 
Total box office: $1.066 billion
The first cartoon in history to reach a billion dollars at the box office! Naturally, this achievement belongs to the Pixar studio project. This is also the second time that a cartoon has collected more than all other films of the year.
2011 - Kung Fu Panda 2 
Total box office: $665 million
2012 - Ice Age 4: Continental Drift 
Total box office: $877 million
2013 - Frozen 
Total box office: $1.274 billion
Another leader of the year among all projects in general.
2014 - City of Heroes 
Total box office: $657 million
2015 - Minions 
Total box office: $1.159 billion
2016 - Finding Dory 
Total box office: $1.029 billion
2017 - Despicable Me 3 
Total box office: $1.034 billion
2018 - The Incredibles 2 
Total box office: $1.243 billion
2019 - The Lion King (remake) 
Total box office: $1.663 billion
2020 - Demon Slayer: Endless Train 
Total box office: $453 million
The first box office leader since 2014 that did not gross a billion dollars.
2021 - Beastars 2 
Total box office: $408 million
2022 - Minions: Gruvitation 
Total box office: $939 million
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