What does it cost to create an animated movie like “Shrek”, “Toy Story”, or “Finding Nemo”?
Below is a list of successful animated movies, and what it cost to produce them. Popular and successful animated movies employ large production teams and take several years of production to complete. Animated movies are still among the most profitable for the movie industry. The movie figures below are rounded to the nearest million, but do not include promotion costs, which can run anywhere from 10-50 million per picture. This should give you a really good idea of what it takes and how much it costs to create animation at a larger scale. The list starts with most expensive.
