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Box Office History for DreamWorks Animation Movies ← See all production companies. Register with The Numbers for free to customize this chart.
- Cheapest: Shrek — $60 Million
- Most Expensive: Kung Fu Panda 2 — $150 Million
- Cheapest: Chicken Run — $45 Million
- Most Expensive: Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa — $150 Million
- Cheapest: Antz — $42-60 Million
- Most Expensive: Bee Movie — $150 Million
- Cheapest: Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie — $38 Million
- Most Expensive: How to Train Your Dragon — $165 Million
- Cheapest: Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of The Were-Rabbit — $30 Million
- Most Expensive: Monsters vs. Aliens — $175 Million
The film that really established DreamWorks Animation as a brand to reckon with, Shrek also managed to be the fifth-cheapest film the studio has ever created. Presenting a satirical take on the many tropes of the fairy tale genre, Shrek follows the life of the titular ogre as he tries to rescue a princess and befriends a talking donkey along the wa...
After the critical and commercial success of its predecessor, DreamWorks felt emboldened to spend an additional $20 million in the making of sequel Kung Fu Panda 2. This time, the film followed Po as he gets in touch with his past in order to grow strong enough to defeat a powerful new villain. The extra budget spend paid off, as the film went on t...
Chicken Run is DreamWorks Animation's first stop-motion film in addition to their first partnership with Aardman Animations. The excellent film— loosely a parody of The Great Escape— follows a group of chickens who must figure out a way to escape the farm they call home when they learn that they're going to be turned into pot pies. RELATED: 10 Best...
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa is another DreamWorks Animation film sequel that saw a major budgetary increase after the success of the previous film— only this time, that meant literally doubling what they spent between the first movie and the second. RELATED: Every Toy Story & Madagascar Movie (Ranked By Metacritic) The highly anticipated sequel fol...
Though DreamWorks Animation was founded in 1994, they didn't release their first feature film until 1998 when Antz hit theaters. Coincidentally, Disney/Pixar also released an bug-themed film the same year, though both managed to fare well with audiences. Antz centered on Z, a worker ant who falls in love with a princess and also must figure out a w...
With a budget of $150 million, Bee Movie ties with several other films to land itself on the list of most expensive DreamWorks animated films of all time— although, unlike the other two, it didn't spawn any sequels and isn't part of a franchise of any kind. The film follows Barry the Bee (Jerry Seinfeld) as he befriends a human (Renée Zellweger) wh...
Coming in second place for the cheapest DreamWorks Animated film ever is 2017's Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie. The kid-friendly superhero made the leap from children's books to the big screen in this film which centers on two young boys who accidentally convince their principal into thinking he's a superhero. Captain Underpants: The Firs...
Released in 2010 with a budget of $165 million, How To Train Your Dragon is loosely based on a children's book series of the same name. The story centers on Hiccup, a young Viking who befriends a rare dragon whom he names Toothless. The film was an all-around hit for DreamWorks, earning $500 million worldwide at the box office as well as universal ...
At only $30 million, fairly cheap for a modern animated film, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit is among the least expensive animated movies to ever come from Dreamworks. The 2005 feature was a stop-motion animated filmwhich, while very time-intensive, makes for a cheaper production budget than a movie that uses hand-drawn and/or compu...
With a budget of around $175 million, DreamWork's Monsters vs. Aliens is the animation studio's most expensive film to date. The 2009 film centers on Susan Murphy, a human who accidentally gets transformed into a giant and is sent away to live in a secret compound with other monsters. When a robot starts threatening Earth, Susan and the rest of the...
The following films are all stop motion animated films that cost over $10 million to create. 2012 are the most represented years with 3 films each. Laika is the most represented studio with 5 films. Wallace and Gromit is the most represented franchise with two films on the list.
RankTitleYearStudio12010220193201032011Most of DreamWorks' films tend to cost between $125–165 million, but Monsters vs. Aliens is the studio's most expensive film to date, with a budget of $175 million.
May 6, 2024 · DreamWorks' goal is to produce movies that people will pay to see, often through strategic marketing and highlighting the cast. Most of DreamWorks' highest-grossing movies are contained within a few specific franchises.
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Dec 16, 2015 · Note: Budget numbers for movies can be both difficult to find and unreliable. Studios and film-makers often try to keep the information secret and will use accounting tricks to inflate or reduce announced budgets. This chart shows the budget of every film in our database, where we have it.
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This list will contain all of the films made by DreamWorks Animation and their box office totals. Listing from highest to lowest grossing film. Prepare to be amazed at the impact that DreamWorks has had on the box office.
