Highest-grossing original animation

According to The-Numbers.com, the highest-grossing animated movie with an original screenplay is Incredibles 2 (USA, 2018), which had grossed $1,242,532,436 (£937,227,000) at the worldwide box office as of 15 March 2019. The superhero sequel is the second-highest-grossing animated movie of all time, behind Frozen (USA, 2019), which is based on the fairytale "The Snow Queen" by the Danish author Hans Christian Andersen.

The animated sequel is the sixth-highest-grossing movie of all time with an original script – a list topped by James Cameron's Avatar (USA, 2009). It is joined by two other animated movies in the Top 10: Toy Story 3 (USA, 2010) at No.8 and Despicable Me 3 (USA, 2017) at No.9. The top 10 highest-grossing movies with an original screenplay are:

1. Avatar (USA, 2009) – $2,776,345,279
2. Titanic (USA, 1997) – $2,208,208,395
3. Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens (USA, 2015) – $2,053,311,220
4. Furious (USA, 2015) – 7$1,518,722,794
5. Star Wars Ep. VIII: The Last Jedi (USA, 2017) – $1,316,764,784
6. Incredibles 2 (USA, 2018) – $1,242,532,436
7. The Fate of the Furious (USA, 2017) – $1,234,846,267
8. Toy Story 3 (USA, 2010) – $1,068,879,522
9. Despicable Me 3 (USA, 2017) – $1,034,822,373
10. Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace (USA, 1999) – $1,027,044,677