List of Sony Pictures Animation productions

The following is a list of all productions produced or released by Sony Pictures Animation, the animation division of Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group (part of Sony Pictures Entertainment), including animated and live-action feature films, shorts, television and internet series, and specials. As of 2023, Sony Pictures Animation has released 28 feature films, with their first being Open Season on September 29, 2006, and their latest being Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse on June 2, 2023.

Logo used since 2018.
Logo used since 2018.

Their upcoming slate of films includes K-Pop: Demon Hunters in 2025, Goat on February 13, 2026 and Fixed and Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse on unspecified dates.

Feature films

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All films listed are distributed by Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Releasing unless noted otherwise.

Released

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Title Release date Director(s) Writer(s) Producer(s) Executive Producer(s) Composer(s) Distributor/Co-production with Animation services
Open Season September 29, 2006 Jill Culton
Roger Allers
Co-directed by:
Anthony Stacchi
Jill Culton
Anthony Stacchi
(story)
Steve Bencich
Ron J. Friedman
Nat Mauldin
(screenplay)
Michelle Murdocca John Carls
Steve Moore
Paul Westerberg
Ramin Djawadi
(score)
Paul Westerberg
(songs)
Sony Pictures Imageworks
Surf's Up June 8, 2007 (2007-06-08) Ash Brannon
Chris Buck
Christian Darren
Chris Jenkins
(story)
Ash Brannon
Chris Buck
Chris Jenkins
Don Rhymer
(screenplay)
Chris Jenkins Mychael Danna
Open Season 2 January 27, 2009 Matthew O'Callaghan
Co-directed by:
Todd Wilderman
David I. Stern Kirk Bodyfelt
Matthew O'Callaghan
Jill Culton
Michelle Murdocca
Ramin Djawadi Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Sony Pictures Imageworks
Reel FX Creative Studios
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs September 18, 2009 (2009-09-18) Phil Lord
Christopher Miller
Pam Marsden Yair Landau Mark Mothersbaugh Sony Pictures Imageworks
Open Season 3 January 28, 2011 Cody Cameron David I. Stern Kirk Bodyfelt David I. Stern Jeff Cardoni Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Reel FX Creative Studios
The Smurfs[a] July 29, 2011 (2011-07-29) Raja Gosnell J. David Stem
David N. Weiss
(story)
David Ronn
Jay Scherick
J. David Stem
David N. Weiss
(screenplay)
Jordan Kerner Ezra Swerdlow
Ben Haber
Paul Neesan
Heitor Pereira The Kerner Entertainment Company Sony Pictures Imageworks
Arthur Christmas[b] November 23, 2011 (2011-11-23) Sarah Smith
Co-directed by:
Barry Cook
Peter Baynham
Sarah Smith
Peter Lord
Steve Pegram
Carla Shelley
David Sproxton
Peter Baynham
Cherla Abood
Harry Gregson-Williams Aardman Animations Aardman Animations[c]
Sony Pictures Imageworks
The Pirates! Band of Misfits[b] April 27, 2012 (2012-04-27) Peter Lord
Co-directed by:
Jeff Newitt
Gideon Defoe Julie Lockhart
Peter Lord
David Sproxton
Carla Shelley Theodore Shapiro DNEG
Aardman Animations
Hotel Transylvania September 28, 2012 (2012-09-28) Genndy Tartakovsky Todd Durham
Dan Hageman
Kevin Hageman

(story)
Peter Baynham
Robert Smigel
(screenplay)
Michelle Murdocca Adam Sandler
Robert Smigel
Allen Covert
Mark Mothersbaugh Sony Pictures Imageworks
The Smurfs 2[a] July 31, 2013 (2013-07-31) Raja Gosnell David Ronn
Jay Scherick
J. David Stem
David N. Weiss
(story)
Karey Kirkpatrick
David Ronn
Jay Scherick
J. David Stem
David N. Weiss
(screenplay)
Jordan Kerner Ezra Swerdlow
Ben Haber
Paul Neesan
Heitor Pereira The Kerner Entertainment Company
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 September 27, 2013 (2013-09-27) Cody Cameron
Kris Pearn
Phil Lord
Christopher Miller
Erica Rivinoja
(story)
John Francis Daley
Johnathan Goldstein
Erica Rivinoja
(screenplay)
Kirk Bodyfelt
Pam Marsden
Phil Lord
Christopher Miller
Mark Mothersbaugh
Hotel Transylvania 2 September 25, 2015 (2015-09-25) Genndy Tartakovsky Adam Sandler
Robert Smigel
Michelle Murdocca Adam Sandler
Allen Covert
Robert Smigel
Ben Waisbren
LStar Capital
MRC
Goosebumps[a][b] October 16, 2015 (2015-10-16) Rob Letterman Scott Alexander
Larry Karaszewski

(story)
Darren Lemke
(screenplay)
Deborah Forte
Neal H. Moritz
Tania Landau
Bill Bannerman
Bruce Berman
Greg Basser
Danny Elfman LStar Capital
Village Roadshow Pictures
Original Film
Scholastic Entertainment
Moving Picture Company
Open Season: Scared Silly March 8, 2016 David Feiss David Feiss
Stephan Franck
Paul McEvoy
John Norton
Steve Parr
Kris Pearn
(story)
Carlos Kotkin
(screenplay)
John Bush Rupert Gregson-Williams
Dominic Lewis
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Mainframe Studios
Surf's Up 2: WaveMania January 17, 2017 Henry Yu Abdul Williams Michelle L.M Wong Michael J. Luisi Toby Chu Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
WWE Studios
Smurfs: The Lost Village April 7, 2017 (2017-04-07) Kelly Asbury Stacey Harman
Pamela Ribon
Jordan Kerner
Mary Ellen Bauder Andrews
Raja Gosnell
Ben Waisbern
Christopher Lennertz LStar Capital
The Kerner Entertainment Company
Wanda Pictures
Sony Pictures Imageworks
The Emoji Movie July 28, 2017 (2017-07-28) Tony Leondis Tony Leondis
Eric Siegel
(story)
Tony Leondis
Eric Siegel
Mike White
(screenplay)
Michelle Raimo Kouyate Patrick Doyle
The Star November 17, 2017 (2017-11-17) Timothy Reckart Carlos Kotkin
Simon Moore
(story)
Carlos Kotkin
(screenplay)
Jennifer Magee-Cook DeVon Franklin
Brian Henson
Lisa Henson
John Paesano The Jim Henson Company
Franklin Entertainment
Walden Media
Affirm Films
Cinesite
Peter Rabbit[a][b] February 9, 2018 (2018-02-09) Will Gluck Will Gluck
Rob Lieber
Will Gluck
Zareh Nalbandian
Doug Belgrad
Jodi Hilbebrand
Catherine Bishop
Susan Bolsover
Emma Topping
Dominic Lewis Olive Bridge Entertainment
2.0 Entertainment
Screen Australia
Animal Logic
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation July 13, 2018 (2018-07-13) Genndy Tartakovsky Genndy Tartakovsky
Michael McCullers
Michelle Murdocca Mark Mothersbaugh MRC Sony Pictures Imageworks
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween[a][b] October 12, 2018 (2018-10-12) Ari Sandel Darren Lemke
Rob Lieber
(story)
Rob Lieber
(screenplay)
Deborah Forte
Neal H. Moritz
Timothy M. Bourne
Tania Landau
Dominic Lewis Original Film
Scholastic Entertainment
Silvertongue Films
Pixomondo
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse December 14, 2018 (2018-12-14) Bob Persichetti
Peter Ramsey
Rodney Rothman
Phil Lord
(story)
Phil Lord
Rodney Rothman
(screenplay)
Avi Arad
Amy Pascal
Phil Lord
Christopher Miller
Christina Steinberg
Stan Lee
Brian Michael Bendis
Will Allegra
Daniel Pemberton Marvel Entertainment
Arad Productions
Lord Miller Productions
Pascal Pictures
Sony Pictures Imageworks
The Angry Birds Movie 2 August 14, 2019 (2019-08-14) Thurop Van Orman
Co-directed by:
John Rice
Peter Ackerman
Eyal Podell
Jonathon E. Stewart
John Cohen David Maisel
Catherine Winder
Aron Warner
Heitor Pereira Rovio Entertainment
The Mitchells vs. the Machines April 30, 2021 Mike Rianda
Co-directed by:
Jeff Rowe
Mike Rianda
Jeff Rowe
Phil Lord
Christopher Miller
Kurt Albrecht
Will Allegra Mark Mothersbaugh Netflix
Lord Miller Productions
One Cool Films
Wish Dragon[b] June 11, 2021 (2021-06-11) Chris Appelhans Aron Warner
Chris Bremble
Jackie Chan
Ian Sugarman
Manofei Zhou
Edward Cheng
Joe Tam
Howard Chen
Sophie Xiao
Philip Klein Netflix
Beijing Sparkle Roll Media Corporation
Tencent Pictures
Flagship Entertainment Group
Boss Collaboration
Cultural Investment Holdings
Base FX[d]
Industrial Light & Magic
Titmouse Inc.
Original Force
Vivo August 6, 2021 (2021-08-06) Kirk DeMicco
Co-directed by:
Brandon Jeffords
Peter Barsocchini
Quiara Alegría Hudes
(story)
Kirk DeMicco
Quiara Alegría Hudes
(screenplay)
Lisa Stewart
Michelle L.M. Wong
Rich Moore
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Laurence Mark
Louis Koo Tin Lok
Alex Lacamoire
(score)
Lin-Manuel Miranda
(songs)
Netflix
One Cool Films
Laurence Mark Productions
Sony Pictures Imageworks
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania January 14, 2022 (2022-01-14) Derek Drymon
Jennifer Kluska
Genndy Tartakovsky
(story)
Amos Vernon
Nunzio Randuzzo
Genndy Tartakovsky
(screenplay)
Alice Dewey Goldstone Genndy Tartakovsky
Michelle Murdocca
Selena Gomez
Mark Mothersbaugh Amazon Studios
MRC
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse[a] June 2, 2023 (2023-06-02) Joaquim Dos Santos
Kemp Powers
Justin K. Thompson
Phil Lord
Christopher Miller
Dave Callaham
Phil Lord
Christopher Miller
Amy Pascal
Avi Arad
Christina Steinberg
Bob Persichetti
Peter Ramsey
Rodney Rothman
Daniel Pemberton Marvel Entertainment
Arad Productions
Lord Miller Productions
Pascal Pictures

Upcoming

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Title Release date Director(s) Writer(s) Producer(s) Executive Producer(s) Composer(s) Co-production with Animation services Production Status Ref(s)
K-Pop: Demon Hunters 2025 Maggie Kang
Chris Appelhans
Hannah McMechan
Danya Jimenez
Michelle L.M. Wong TBA TBA Netflix Sony Pictures Imageworks In production [6][7]
Goat February 13, 2026 (2026-02-13) Tyree Dillihay
Co-directed by:
Adam Rosette
Aaron Buchsbaum
Teddy Riley
Michelle Raimo Kouyate
Stephen Curry
Erick Peyton
Adam Rosenberg
Rodney Rothman
Unanimous Media
Modern Magic
[8]
Fixed[e] TBA Genndy Tartakovsky Genndy Tartakovsky
Jon Vitti
Michelle Murdocca
Genndy Tartakovsky
Tyler Bates
Joanne Higginbottom
New Line Cinema

Renegade Animation

Completed [9][10][11]
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse Joaquim Dos Santos
Kemp Powers
Justin K. Thompson
TBA Avi Arad
Amy Pascal
Phil Lord
Christopher Miller
Christina Steinberg
Bob Persichetti
Peter Ramsey
Rodney Rothman
Daniel Pemberton Marvel Studios Animation
Arad Productions
Lord Miller Productions
Pascal Pictures
Sony Pictures Imageworks In production [12][13][14][15]

In development

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Title Notes
Black Knight[e] [9]
Spider-Woman Co-production with Marvel Studios Animation, Arad Productions and Pascal Pictures[16]
Tao [17]
Tut [18]
Untitled Ghostbusters spin-off film Co-production with Ghost Corps[19][20][21][22]
Untitled Matt Braly film [23]

Short films

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Title Release date Directed by Animation services Release with Notes
The ChubbChubbs! July 3, 2002 (2002-07-03) Eric Armstrong Sony Pictures Imageworks Men in Black II Theatrical release
Early Bloomer May 9, 2003 (2003-05-09) Kevin Johnson Daddy Day Care
Boog and Elliot's Midnight Bun Run January 30, 2007 (2007-01-30) Jill Culton Open Season Home media release
The ChubbChubbs Save Xmas August 8, 2007 (2007-08-08) Cody Cameron Sony Pictures Imageworks
Prana Studios
Daddy Day Camp Theatrical release
The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol December 2, 2011 (2011-12-02) Troy Quane Sony Pictures Imageworks
Duck Studios
The Smurfs Home media release
So You Want to Be a Pirate! August 28, 2012 (2012-08-28) Jay Grace Aardman Animations The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Goodnight Mr. Foot October 26, 2012 (2012-10-26) Genndy Tartakovsky Rough Draft Studios Hotel Transylvania Limited theatrical release
The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow September 10, 2013 (2013-09-10) Stephan Franck Sony Pictures Imageworks
Duck Studios
The Smurfs 2 Home media release
Super Manny October 2, 2013 (2013-10-02) David Feiss Sony Pictures Imageworks
6 Point Harness
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 Limited theatrical release
Earl Scouts October 9, 2013 (2013-10-09)
Steve's First Bath January 28, 2014 (2014-01-28) Home media release
Attack of the 50-Foot Gummi Bear 6 Point Harness
Puppy! July 28, 2017 (2017-07-28) Genndy Tartakovsky Sony Pictures Imageworks The Emoji Movie Theatrical release
Flopsy Turvy March 30, 2018 (2018-03-30) David Scott Animal Logic Peter Rabbit Limited theatrical release
Spider-Ham: Caught in a Ham March 19, 2019 (2019-03-19) Miguel Jiron Titmouse, Inc. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Home media release
Hair Love August 14, 2019 (2019-08-14) Matthew A. Cherry, Everett Downing, Jr. & Bruce W. Smith Lion Forge Entertainment The Angry Birds Movie 2 Theatrical release
Live Stream November 12, 2019 (2019-11-12) John Rice Sony Pictures Imageworks Home media release
Monster Pets April 3, 2021 (2021-04-03) Jennifer Kluska & Derek Drymon Various films[24] Theatrical release
Dog Cop 7: The Final Chapter December 14, 2021 (2021-12-14) Caitlin Vanarsdale The Mitchells vs. the Machines Home media release
The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story[25] March 27, 2024 (2024-03-27) Jarelle Dampier YouTube[26] Online release
Untitled K-Pop: Demon Hunters short[25] TBA K-Pop: Demon Hunters

Television series

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Released series

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Title Creator(s)/Developer(s) Seasons Premiere date End date Network Co-production with
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Mark Evestaff
Alex Galatis
2 February 20, 2017 (2017-02-20) June 30, 2018 (2018-06-30) Cartoon Network (United States)
(2017)
Boomerang SVOD (United States)
(2018–2020)
YTV (Canada)
Corus Entertainment
DHX Media
Hotel Transylvania: The Series Mark Steinberg June 25, 2017 (2017-06-25) October 29, 2020 (2020-10-29) Disney Channel/Disney XD (United States)
Teletoon (Canada)
Corus Entertainment
Nelvana
Agent Elvis Priscilla Presley
John Eddie
Mike Arnold
1 March 17, 2023 (2023-03-17) Netflix Titmouse, Inc.
Young Love Matthew A. Cherry
Carl Jones
September 20, 2023 (2023-09-20) TBA Max Lion Forge Animation
Carl Jones Studios
Cherry Lane Productions
Open Season: Call of Nature[27] Jennie Stacey
Kent Redecker
November 3, 2023 (2023-11-03) Family Channel 9 Story Media Group
Brown Bag Films

Upcoming series

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Title Creator(s)/Developer(s) Seasons Premiere date Network Co-production with
Motel Transylvania TBA TBA 2025 Netflix
Untitled Ghostbusters series Elliott Kalan TBA Netflix Animation
Ghost Corps
Hungry Ghosts[28] TBA TBA
Superbago![28] Stoopid Buddy Stoodios

Online series

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Title Creator(s)/Developer(s) Premiere date End date Network Co-production with
Go! Cartoons Fred Seibert November 7, 2017 (2017-11-07) April 10, 2018 (2018-04-10) Cartoon Hangover Frederator Studios
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All films listed are distributed by Columbia Pictures unless noted otherwise.

Title Release date Studio Animation service(s) Notes
Monster House July 21, 2006 Relativity Media
ImageMovers
Amblin Entertainment
Sony Pictures Imageworks Directed by Gil Kenan.
Planet 51 November 20, 2009 TriStar Pictures
Ilion Animation Studios
HandMade Films
Ilion Animation Studios Directed by Jorge Blanco.
Pixels July 24, 2015 Happy Madison Productions
1492 Pictures
LStar Capital
China Film Co. Ltd.
Film Croppers Entertainment
Sony Pictures Imageworks Directed by Chris Columbus. Based on Pixels by Patrick Jean.
The Angry Birds Movie May 20, 2016 Rovio Animation Directed by Clay Kaytis and Fergal Reilly. Based on the Rovio Entertainment Angry Birds series.
Sausage Party August 12, 2016 Annapurna Pictures
Point Grey Pictures
Nitrogen Studios Directed by Conrad Vernon and Greg Tiernan. The first fully computer-animated film to be rated R.
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway June 11, 2021 Animal Logic
MRC
2.0 Entertainment
Olive Bridge Entertainment
Animal Logic Directed by Will Gluck. Based on The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter.
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile October 7, 2022 Eagle Pictures
Hutch Parker Entertainment
Speck & Gordon
Framestore
Method
OPSIS
Day for Nite
Directed by Will Speck and Josh Gordon.
The Garfield Movie May 24, 2024 Alcon Entertainment
Prime Focus
One Cool Group Limited
Wayfarer Studios
DNEG Animation[d] Directed by Mark Dindal. Based on the Garfield comic strip by Jim Davis.
Harold and the Purple Crayon August 2, 2024 Davis Entertainment
Scholastic Entertainment
Mammal Studios Directed by Carlos Saldanha. Based on Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson.
Paddington in Peru January 17, 2025 StudioCanal
Kinoshita Group
Heyday Films
Framestore Directed by Dougal Wilson. Sequel to Paddington & Paddington 2. Based on Paddington Bear by Michael Bond.
Animal Friends August 15, 2025 Legendary Pictures
Maximum Effort
Prime Focus
DNEG Directed by Peter Atencio.

Reception

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Box office

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Film Budget North America Overseas
gross
Worldwide gross
(unadjusted)
Ref(s)
Opening Gross
(unadjusted)
Open Season $85 million $23,624,548 $85,105,259 $115,706,430 $200,811,689 [29]
Surf's Up $100 million $17,640,249 $58,867,694 $93,138,019 $152,005,713 [30]
Open Season 2 $8,797,168 $8,797,168 [31]
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs $100 million $30,304,648 $124,870,275 $118,135,851 $243,006,126 [32]
Open Season 3 $7,487,555 $7,487,555 [33]
The Smurfs $110 million $35,611,637 $142,614,158 $421,135,165 $563,749,323 [34]
Arthur Christmas $100 million $12,068,931 $46,462,469 $100,959,250 $147,421,719 [35]
The Pirates! Band of Misfits $55 million $11,137,734 $31,051,126 $92,002,915 $123,054,041 [36]
Hotel Transylvania $85 million $42,522,194 $148,313,048 $210,062,555 $358,375,603 [37]
The Smurfs 2 $105 million $17,548,389 $71,017,784 $276,527,576 $347,545,360 [38]
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 $78 million $34,017,930 $119,793,567 $154,532,382 $274,325,949 [39]
Hotel Transylvania 2 $80 million $48,464,322 $169,305,890 $305,099,890 $474,800,000 [40]
Goosebumps $58–84 million $23,618,556 $80,080,379 $78,181,045 $158,261,424 [41]
Open Season: Scared Silly $5.5 million $1,774,429 $1,774,429 [42]
Surf's Up 2: WaveMania $1,213,943 $1,213,943 [43]
Smurfs: The Lost Village $60 million $13,210,449 $45,020,282 $152,163,264 $197,183,546 [44]
The Emoji Movie $50 million $24,531,923 $86,089,513 $131,687,133 $217,776,646 [45]
The Star $20 million $9,812,674 $40,896,334 $21,960,409 $62,856,743 [46]
Peter Rabbit $50 million $25,010,928 $115,253,424 $236,242,642 $351,496,066 [47]
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation $80 million $44,076,225 $167,510,016 $361,073,758 $528,583,774 [48]
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween $35 million $15,802,225 $46,700,633 $46,619,747 $93,320,380 [49]
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse $90 million $35,363,376 $190,241,310 $194,057,426 $384,298,736 [50]
The Angry Birds Movie 2 $65 million $10,354,073 $41,657,076 $110,361,736 $152,018,812 [51]
Wish Dragon $25 million $25,860,000 $25,860,000 [52]
Vivo $1,326,371 $1,326,371 [53]
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania $75 million $18,480,000 $18,480,000 [54]
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse $100–150 million[55] $120,663,589 $381,593,754 $309,304,156 $690,897,910 [56][57]

Critical and public response

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Film Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic[58] CinemaScore[59]
Open Season 48% (102 reviews)[60] 49 (18 reviews)[61] A-
Surf's Up 79% (147 reviews)[62] 64 (26 reviews)[63]
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 86% (142 reviews)[64] 66 (24 reviews)[65]
The Smurfs 21% (117 reviews) 30 (22 reviews)
Arthur Christmas 92% (169 reviews) 69 (32 reviews)
The Pirates! Band of Misfits 86% (153 reviews) 73 (31 reviews) B
Hotel Transylvania 44% (144 reviews) 47 (32 reviews) A-
The Smurfs 2 14% (95 reviews) 34 (30 reviews)
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 71% (120 reviews) 59 (31 reviews)
Hotel Transylvania 2 55% (110 reviews) 44 (24 reviews)
Goosebumps 78% (161 reviews) 60 (29 reviews) A
Smurfs: The Lost Village 40% (97 reviews) 40 (25 reviews)
The Emoji Movie 6% (134 reviews) 12 (26 reviews) B
The Star 42% (52 reviews) 42 (52 reviews) A
Peter Rabbit 63% (149 reviews) 51 (26 reviews) A-
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation 62% (119 reviews) 54 (23 reviews)
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween 47% (95 reviews) 53 (20 reviews) B
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 97% (403 reviews) 87 (50 reviews) A+
The Angry Birds Movie 2 73% (110 reviews) 60 (23 reviews) B+
The Mitchells vs. the Machines 97% (213 reviews) 81 (33 reviews)
Wish Dragon 68% (25 reviews) 59 (6 reviews)
Vivo 86% (104 reviews) 66 (22 reviews)
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania 49% (78 reviews)[66] 46 (15 reviews)[67]
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 95% (385 reviews) 86 (60 reviews) A

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Combines live-action with animation
  2. ^ a b c d e f Not produced, but released by Sony Pictures Animation under its label[1][2][3][4][5]
  3. ^ Pre-production and post-production
  4. ^ a b Also production company
  5. ^ a b An adult animated production

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