Hi! Thanks for the interesting question.
Let us start our journey to the world of film animation statistics
with the top grossing animated films of all time.
All-Time Top Grossing Animated Films (Top 33 Animated films through
7/29/01)
http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0883357.html
In a more recent statistic but which only covers top ten films, The
Lion King from Disney is still tops but Monsters Inc., another Disney
film moves into number 3.
Top 10 Animated Movies of All Time (Actual Figures)
http://www.digitalmediafx.com/specialreports/animatedfilms.html
This article provides a look of what is in store for the US animation
industry in terms of having more matured content like Japanese anime.
A general overview of the animation industry in the US for 2001
http://www.vulnepro.com/rotors/columns/general_anime_overview2001.htm
As a bonus, Animation Magazine names the Shrek Video and DVD as the
best selling animation video in history.
Shrek Video Sales Generate $420 Million in Green
http://animationmagazine.net/home_entertainment/1_8.html
In this article for the BBC, it talks about the imposition of a
separate award for animation for OSCARS and the following interesting
statistics were generated:
1. ”Film studios have produced an average of only seven animated
features per year since 1989. But in 2001, nine will be considered.”
2. “Three of the top 20 films of all time at the US box office are
animations -The Lion King, Shrek and Toy Story 2.”
3. “The only animated film to be nominated for the best picture prize
in the past was Beauty and the Beast in 1992”.
4. “The first ever animated feature, 1937's Snow White and the Seven
Dwarves, was given an honorary Oscar - which consisted of one normal
sized statuette and seven smaller awards.”
Animated films get their own Oscar
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/1708265.stm
A Business Week report from the launch of the Disney animated film
Atlantis, provides us some figures regarding animated film related
expenditures. Remember that Atlantis was made for a more mature
audience.
1. Production cost for Atlantis was $90 million.
2. $49 million on TVads and movie trailers were spent.
3. $50 million on marketing partnership with the likes of Kellogg Co.
4. Distributed 12 million copies of the Atlantis CD-ROM game since the
PC Gaming market is on the 18 – 35 range and are also frequent
moviegoers.
Atlantis, Dude?
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/01_25/b3737092.htm
On TV the Classic TV Database includes the following cartoons as a
part of the best 100 TV shows of all time.
#15. The Simpsons
http://www.classic-tv.com/top100/page2.asp
#29. The Addams Family
#30. The Flintsones
http://www.classic-tv.com/top100/page3.asp
In these amazing articles from Animation World Magazine, there are
analysis and criticisms on the programming of animation studios and TV
children’s networks. Although rather dated, 1999, most of the concepts
presented here are still true today.
The Major TV Trends and Moments of Last Year by Michael Swanigan
http://www.awn.com/mag/issue3.10/3.10pages/swanigantv.html
It's Show Time! The Fall TV Preview
by Amid Amidi
http://www.awn.com/mag/issue4.06/4.06pages/amidifalltv/amidifalltv.php3
The next link gives more figures and trends:
•Studios in the US have released an average of only seven fully
animated feature films each year since 1989
•The volume of partially animated films is much greater with sci-fi
and action thrillers using animated scenes in virtually every scene.
•In 1996 the animation and special effects industry was worth $11.6
billion. It is projected to rise to $32 billion by 2002 with film and
television production accounting for a third of this.
Key trends:
• Digital animation will become a part of all major feature films.
• Original feature animation directed at children will remain a Disney
monopoly.
• Prime time TV animation will continue to expand
• Children's TV animation is facing a continual drop in advertising
revenues due to the huge surplus of children's animation programmes in
the industry
• Web animation is going to become a very significant sector of the
animation industry
This article also has a table of comparison between cartoon shows
produced for the internet as compared to one which is for TV like the
Simpsons.
Animation Market Landscape
http://www.thedigitalhub.com/thedigitalhub/digitalmedia/a.html
We shall conclude with a fast growing sector of the cartoon industry,
3D animation. The recent advances of 3D animation which gave us such
hits as Toy Story and Shrek is now a major force in the whole
industry. The following numbers says it all:
1. “Unit sales of 3D software applications are estimated to nearly
triple between 2000 and 2005 with forecast increases in the sales of
3D applications including film, game, web and design segments of the
animation market place.”
2. “This is a highly concentrated market place with the top seven
players controlling 99% of the unit sales and each supplying a
different 3D application.”
3. “Prices vary between the different tools ranging from $350 to
$3,500 per licence.”
4. “Motion Capture studios costing anywhere between $3,000 and $5,000
per day”
Such 3D software requirements are used extensively not only by the
filming industry but others as well.
1. “The Electronic Entertainment (Computer Gaming) Industry (31%)”
2. “The Broadcast / Film Industry (42%) “
3. “Professional Visualisation / Simulation (27%)”
The 3D Animation Industry
http://www.apbenson.com/Features/3DMarket_RR.htm
Search terms used:
US animation industry trends
All time top animated movies
TV kids network trends
TV cartoons
I hope these links would help you in your research. Before rating this
answer, please ask for a clarification if you have a question or if
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Request for Answer Clarification by
batmannsp-ga
on
15 Aug 2002 07:15 PDT
Hi there-
thanks very much for your efforts. i think this is a great start.
i'm wondering if you could drill-down on a couple areas for me. you
see, my "argument" is that animation is becoming more and more
important in the world of feature film, tv, and online. the stat
about the new oscar for animation was great. as was the 3/20 top
grossing films were animated pictures. i'm looking for more of that.
such as:
1. growth in expenditures on animation by studios over last few years.
2. numbers of new animated tv shows.
3. numbers (and growth therein) of US animation studios - major, and
smaller.
many thanks,
batman
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Clarification of Answer by
easterangel-ga
on
15 Aug 2002 13:59 PDT
Hi! I’m back.
I found this wonderful site which gives budgets of animated films.
Here they are in millions of dollars.
Disney Classics
Snow White (1937) - $0.5
(http://members.fortunecity.com/backtodisney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs.html)
Fantasia (1940) - $2.28
(http://members.fortunecity.com/backtodisney/Fantasia.html)
Pinocchio (1940) - $2.6
(http://members.fortunecity.com/backtodisney/Pinocchio.html)
Dumbo (1941) - $0.812
(http://members.fortunecity.com/backtodisney/Dumbo.html)
Bambi (1942) – no figures
Cinderall (1950) – no figures
Alice In Wonderland (1951) – $3
(http://members.fortunecity.com/backtodisney/AliceInWonderland.html)
Peter Pan (1951) - $4
(http://members.fortunecity.com/backtodisney/PeterPan.html)
Sleeping Beauty (1959) - $6
(http://members.fortunecity.com/backtodisney/SleepingBeauty.html)
101 Dalmatians (1961) - $3.6
(http://members.fortunecity.com/backtodisney/101Dalmatians.html)
The Aristocats (1970) - $26
(http://members.fortunecity.com/backtodisney/TheAristocats.html)
Robin Hood (1973) -$5.5
(http://members.fortunecity.com/backtodisney/RobinHood.html)
The Black Cauldron (1985) - $44
(http://members.fortunecity.com/backtodisney/TheBlackCauldron.html)
The Great Mouse Detective (1986) - $18
(http://members.fortunecity.com/backtodisney/TheGreatMouseDetective.html)
Beauty and the Beast (1991) – no figures
Aladdin (1992) – $28
(http://members.fortunecity.com/backtodisney/Aladdin.html)
Lion King (1994) - $40
(http://members.fortunecity.com/backtodisney/TheLionKing.html)
Pocahontas (1995) - $55
(http://members.fortunecity.com/backtodisney/Pocahontas.html)
Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) – $70
(http://members.fortunecity.com/backtodisney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame.html)
Hercules (1997) - $70
(http://members.fortunecity.com/backtodisney/Hercules.html)
Mulan (1998) - #70 (http://members.fortunecity.com/backtodisney/Mulan.html)
Fantasia 2000 - $80 (http://members.fortunecity.com/backtodisney/Fantasia2000.html)
Emperor’s New Groove (2000) - $80
(http://members.fortunecity.com/backtodisney/TheEmperorsNewGroove.html)
Atlantis (2001) - $90
(http://members.fortunecity.com/backtodisney/AtlantisTheLostEmpire.html)
Lilo & Stitch (2002) - $80 million
http://movies.go.com/news/2002/6/boxoffice062402.html
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PIXAR Animation Studios
Toy Story (1995) - $30
(http://members.fortunecity.com/backtodisney/ToyStory.html)
Bug’s Life (1998) - $45
(http://members.fortunecity.com/backtodisney/ABugsLife.html)
Toy Story 2 (1999) - $90
(http://members.fortunecity.com/backtodisney/ToyStory2.html)
Monster’s Inc. (2001) - $200
(http://members.fortunecity.com/backtodisney/MonstersInc.html)
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Dreamworks Studios
Antz (1998) - $60 (http://members.fortunecity.com/backtodisney/Antz.html)
Prince of Egypt (1998) - $60
(http://members.fortunecity.com/backtodisney/ThePrinceOfEgypt.html)
Chicken Run (2000) - $42
(http://members.fortunecity.com/backtodisney/ChickenRun.html)
The Road to El Dorado (2000) - $95
(http://members.fortunecity.com/backtodisney/TheRoadToElDorado.html)
Shrek (2001) - $60 (http://members.fortunecity.com/backtodisney/Shrek.html)
The Spirit (2002) - $48
(http://members.fortunecity.com/backtodisney/SpiritStallionOfTheCimarron.html)
Don Bluth Productions
An American Tail (1986) - $9.6
(http://members.fortunecity.com/disneygallery/AnAmericanTail.html)
Anastasia (1997) - $53
(http://members.fortunecity.com/disneygallery/Anastasia.html)
Titan AE (2000) – $85
(http://members.fortunecity.com/disneygallery/TitanAE.html)
In recent animated movies from TV kid giants Nickelodeon and Cartoon
Network, the article said they could produce movies for only about $20
million while it would take Disney between $60 to $100 million to
produce and distribute their movies.
WILL SKG'S DREAM WORK?
http://www.redherring.com/mag/issue18/work.html
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Analysis of Financial Status of Animation Studios mentioned above:
Disney
http://moneycentral.msn.com/investor/research/wizards/srwfund.asp?Symbol=dis
It's Time to Get Real on Disney
http://www.thestreet.com/comment/turnaroundartist/1525438.html
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Pixar Financial Status (Gross Revenue from animation)
August 2002 reports
2002 (June figures) - $55,236,000
http://corporate.pixar.com/news/20020808-87719.cfm
2001 Reports (page 50):
2000 - $163,154,000
2001 - $63,365,000
http://corporate.pixar.com/downloads/F80223conformed.pdf
1999 Reports (page 17)
1997 - $1,556,000
1999 - $873,000 (start of 2000)
1998 Annual report
http://www.pixar.com/companyinfo/investors/annualreports/1998/98annual.pdf
1997 Annual Report
http://www.pixar.com/companyinfo/investors/annualreports/1997/index.html
1996 Annual Report
http://www.pixar.com/companyinfo/investors/annualreports/1996/index.html
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Dreamworks Financials
Company Snapshot
http://www.hoovers.com/uk/co/capsule/0/0,2163,42800,00.html
2000 Turnover (mil.): $1,873.0
1-Yr. Growth: 50.8%
I was not able to find data for small and independent animation
studios.
As a add-on I have found this article about the phenomenal growth of
the made for video animation sector.
“Among the major U.S. animation studios, Disney is not alone in
recognizing the potential of made-for-video animation. According to
Universal Home Video president Louis Feola, "We recognized the
opportunity for feature-length direct-to-video animated movies back in
late 1991. Early in the process, we recognized that the marketplace
would be open to quality, direct-to-video feature-length animated
product. The Land Before Time, which was a very successful
feature-length movie, became the obvious option to move forward on. We
have since released Land Before Time II, III and IV to enormous
reception." According to Feola, the four titles in the Land Before
Time franchise have had collective sales of more than 20 million
units. More will be sold as well, when The Land Before Time V is
released on December 9."
Growth Looms In The Made-For-Video Animation Market
http://www.awn.com/mag/issue2.8/2.8pages/2.8johnsonmadevideo.html
I was not able to find any hard statistic on new TV cartoons but
looking at the line-ups of the major networks and TV news we could get
some information.
It's the end of Saturday morning as we know it
http://home.hiwaay.net/~tfharris/pulpculture/columns/020131.shtml
Cartoon Network Rolls Out New Shows
http://www.animationmagazine.net/television/6_4_3.html
I hope that this help you in your research. I am sorry some of your
requirements were not completely meant. Some of the information you
require would probably be suited by market research reports which you
have to purchase separately. Thanks again for being a part of Google
Answers.
Regards,
Easterangel-ga
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