Relativity Media and Framestore Animation The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie īig Idea Entertainment and Starz Animation Universal Animation Studios and Imagine Entertainment Jay Ward Productions and TriBeCa ProductionsĭreamWorks Pictures and Imagine Entertainment Universal Animation Studios (2006–present)Īmblin Entertainment and Sullivan Bluth StudiosĪmblin Entertainment and The Harvey Entertainment Company Other studios globally have released films through Universal Pictures which maintains distribution rights in certain territories.
For example, Laika's stop-motion animated features were released by Universal through its Focus Features label. Other studio units have also released films theatrically, primarily Universal Animation Studios which produced a few theatrical animated films before focusing on animating television shows and direct-to-video films, and the studio's distribution unit, which acquires film rights from outside animation studios to release films under the Universal Pictures or Focus Features film labels. Beginning with How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World in 2019, Universal also released animated films by DreamWorks Animation, which was acquired by NBCUniversal in 2016. Most films listed below are from Illumination which began as the feature animation department of Universal, producing its first feature-length animated film Despicable Me in 2010. Universal Pictures releases films from Universal-owned and non-Universal owned animation studios. This list of theatrical animated feature films consists of animated films released by Universal Pictures, the film division of Comcast's NBCUniversal. For lists of features produced by other animation studios owned by NBCUniversal, see List of Illumination productions and List of DreamWorks Animation productions. For a list of features produced by Universal Animation Studios and its predecessors, see Universal Animation Studios § Filmography. This article is about all animated features produced by or released through Universal Pictures and its predecessors.