var galleryData = [{"captionHeading":"50. Arthur & The Invisibles<\/a> - $15.1m","caption":"

Talented youngster Freddie Highmore plays Arthur, a resourceful nipper forced to take action when a greedy developer plans to knock down his grandparents’ clapboard house to build apartments. Help comes from an unlikely source when he shrinks and heads underground to meet a nation of subterranean little folk – the Minimoys. A host of A-list talent – David Bowie, Madonna, Snoop Dogg – voice an array of littler-then-life characters in Luc Besson’s visually stunning animated caper.<\/p>","url":"2009/5/28/Arthur-The-Invisibles-3.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Arthur & The Invisibles"},{"captionHeading":"49. Happily N'Ever After <\/a>- $15.5m","caption":"

Emerging from the shadow of Shrek, this animated Cinderella spoof finds Sarah Michelle Gellar's young heroine Ella trying to save Fairy Tale Land from her wicked stepmother (the hissably horrid Sigourney Weaver). Freddie Prinze Jr provides the voice of a lowly servant who ends up vying for Ella's affections with his boss, Prince Charming. A high-spirited yarn that draws in every storybook icon from the Rumpelstiltskin to the Seven Dwarfs.<\/p>","url":"2009/5/28/Happily-NEver-After-3.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Happily N'Ever After"},{"captionHeading":"48. Valiant <\/a>- $19m","caption":"

Top-hole yarn about a feathery crew of carrier pigeons giving it their best shot against Gerry during the dark days of World War II. Ewan McGregor, Ricky Gervais and John Cleese provide the voices, the newly formed British Vanguard Animation provides the computer-generated visuals. Tally-ho!<\/p>","url":"2009/5/28/Valiant-3.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Valiant"},{"captionHeading":"47. Igor<\/a> - $19.5m","caption":"

In the gloomy realm of Malaria, lowly hunchback Igor (voiced by John Cusack) longs to be an evil scientist. Unfortunately, his secretly created she-monster turns out to be far from evil. And things turn even uglier when the diabolical Dr Schadenfreude (Eddie Izzard) resolves to pass her off as his own invention. Steve Buscemi and John Cleese donate their larynxes to a freaky animation that attempts to inject the humour of Shrek into the mind of Tim Burton.<\/p>","url":"2008/9/8/Igor-24-1.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Igor 24"},{"captionHeading":"46. Jonah: A Veggie Tales Movie - $25m","caption":"

A, frankly, bizarre tale of a bunch of singing vegetables whose car breaks down outside a rather strange seafood diner. As Bob the Toamato settles the kids down as they await a tow truck, a bunch of vegetable pirates begin to regale them with stories about a veg named Jonah, and his adventures on the high seas.<\/p>","url":"2009/5/28/Jonah-A-Veggietales-Movie-3.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Jonah - A Veggietales Movie"},{"captionHeading":"45. The Ant Bully<\/a> - $28m","caption":"

In this CG-cartoon escapade, a 10-year-old boy is shrunk, kidnapped and given a lesson in phil-ant-ropy by the irate insects whose home he has been demolishing. The story is not exactly swarming with originality, but it has a good nature and voice stars Nicolas Cage, Julia Roberts and Meryl Streep do their bit to get the message across. Remember - ants are people too...<\/p>","url":"2008/11/24/The-Ant-Bully-1.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"The Ant Bully"},{"captionHeading":"44. Space Chimps<\/a> - $30m","caption":"

Forget Pigs In Space, try simians go supernova in this undemanding CGI romp that should keep pre-teens wired on its diet of dayglo space monsters and monkey business, as three plucky chimps are blasted through a wormhole only to discover an alien world in need of rescue from a tyrannical overlord. Sci-fi zaniness from the animation studio behind Valiant.<\/p>","url":"2008/7/25/space-chimps-14-3.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"space chimps 14"},{"captionHeading":"43. Final Fantasy: The Spirit Within <\/a>- $32m","caption":"

\"We're taking a good deal of the video game aesthetic and applying it to filmmaking. This is the first film to attempt anything like this. The other CGI companies, Pixar and ILM, they're content to make dinosaurs, and I think they do very good work.\" - Chris Lee, Producer<\/b><\/p>

Final Fantasy's record as the biggest domestic bomb of all time (the production lost $94m worldwide) is ill-deserved given the technical brilliance of the piece. Perhaps lacking the requisite depth in the story, it's nevertheless a very good movie that paid the price for trying to represent a photorealistic world using nothing but animation.<\/p>","url":"2008/7/3/Final-Fantasy-The-Spirit-Within-1.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Final Fantasy: The Spirit Within"},{"captionHeading":"42. Star Wars: The Clone Wars<\/a> - $37m","caption":"

Time to return once more to a galaxy far, far away as the Clone Wars gets the CGI treatment for a stellar adventure packed with epic battles and faces old and new. Star Wars' first animated feature depicts the unfolding tragedy of the Galactic Republic as it slips further under the sway of the Separatists and their fearsome droid army. Director Dave Filoni knows what makes Star Wars fizz, and for those still smarting from the prequels there is enough of the old magic here to make their lightsabers hum.<\/p>","url":"2008/7/30/star-wars-the-clone-wars-06-1.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"star wars the clone wars 06"},{"captionHeading":"41. The Tale Of Desperaux - $50m","caption":"

Enchanting children’s animation following the plucky adventures of a chivalrous undersized mouse who befriends a lonely princess and rescues a kingdom from darkness. Adapted from the bestselling novel by Kate DiCamillo, this sumptuously mounted fable works quietly as a gentle corrective to the trend for brash kids’ cartoons topped with cheap sentiment.<\/p>","url":"2008/12/17/Tale-of-Despereaux-3.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Tale of Despereaux"},{"captionHeading":"40. Hoodwinked! <\/a>- $51m","caption":"

There are two sides to every story, but in Little Red Riding Hood's case, there are four. Following a domestic disturbance at Granny Puckett's place, the cops hear testimony from little Red, the Wolf, the Woodsman and Granny herself. The truth is in there somewhere... but where does the notorious 'Goody Bandit' fit in? My, what sly humour and engaging CG-animation it has. All the better for putting an uproarious, Rashomon-style twist on the much-loved fairytale.<\/p>","url":"2009/5/28/Hoodwinked-3.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Hoodwinked"},{"captionHeading":"39. TMNT <\/a>- $54m","caption":"

A wandering ancient conqueror, his stone soldiers, 13 monsters and a star alignment that occurs every 3,000 years combine to bring the Turtles out of their slumber and return to their crime-fighting roots.<\/p>","url":"2009/5/21/Teenage-Mutant-Ninja-Turtles-35-4.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 35"},{"captionHeading":"38. Surf's Up <\/a>- $58m","caption":"

The march of Hollywood’s penguins continues with the animated antics of Cody, a teenage Rockhopper with a surfing dream. With a film crew following his every cutback and tailslide, Cody aims to honour his idol by winning the Big Z Memorial Surf Off... aided by a pretty lifeguard, a brain-fried chicken and a tubby hermit whose belly belies his board skills. Shia LaBoeuf, Jeff Bridges and James Woods hang ten as the voice cast of a splashy caper with an amusing ‘mockumentary’ spin.<\/p>","url":"2008/7/14/Surfs-Up-1.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Surf's Up"},{"captionHeading":"37. Flushed Away<\/a> - $64m ","caption":"

It's all cisterns go when Roddy the poncey mouse (Hugh Jackman) finds himself in the drainage system beneath London after streetwise rat Sid flushes him down the loo. Discovering a vast metropolis murkily mirroring the city above, Roddy hooks up with sewer scavenger Rita (Kate Winslet) to do battle with Ian McKellen's villainous Toad. The first computer-animated comedy from Aardman Features (together with DreamWorks) may lack the antiquated stop-motion charm of Wallace & Gromit but will still have you laughing like a drain.<\/p>","url":"2008/11/20/Flushed-Away.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Flushed Away"},{"captionHeading":"36. Barnyard: The Original Party Animals<\/a> - $72m","caption":"

Otis the carefree cow finds responsibility thrust upon him when his dad is mauled to death by coyotes and he has to take the role of protector to a barn-full of livestock. However, the youngster is a diehard party animal and the newfound status of leader sits uneasily. This CGI animation packs so much energy that you might find parents pausing for breath…but anklebiters will find much to amuse.<\/p>","url":"2009/5/28/Barnyard-3.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Barnyard"},{"captionHeading":"35. Monster House<\/a> - $73m","caption":"

\"I wasn't looking for anything animated, I was just looking for good material. And then I got this script that was being produced by Bob Zemeckis, who is a film god, and I started drawing all these things that came to me as I read the script.\" - Gil Kenan, Director<\/b><\/p>

How Monster House missed out on a best animation Oscar to the lumbering Happy Feet is a mystery. However, there’s no mystery why MH is one of the best kids’ films of recent years. The animation is top-notch but it was the story and the characterisation that had you either cowering behind the sofa or laughing out loud to drown your whimpers.<\/p>","url":"2008/7/3/Monster-House-1.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Monster House"},{"captionHeading":"34. Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius<\/a> - $80","caption":"

It's every rebellious kid's dream - that aliens would swoop down, kidnap their parents and leave them to gorge on burgers, spend all night at the funfair and have no-one to answer to. Then it happens to the youngsters of Retroville when pint-sized brainbox Jimmy Neutron draws the extra-terrestrials down after planting a satellite (based on a toaster) in space.<\/p>

John A Davis has recreated the pastel-coloured world of 1950s Americana with Jimmy's inventions technically years ahead of their time while styled in a design almost half a century old. In other words, it looks great.<\/p>","url":"2009/5/28/Jimmy-Neutron-22-3.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Jimmy Neutron 22"},{"captionHeading":"33. Beowulf <\/a>- $82m","caption":"

\"As a director I think he (Bob Zemeckis) likes that he can separate the performance, which is working with his actors, and not have to worry about, getting the camera right or if there's a boom in the shot. All that stuff goes away and then he gets to go and do the perfect camera move later.\" - Steve Starkey, Producer<\/b><\/p>

The adaptation of one of the oldest stories of all time was far from perfect, but there's no denying the impressiveness and importance of the technology used by Zemeckis to bring the story to life. A true combination of real life actors and top-end CGI created the ultimate cartoon.<\/p>","url":"2008/7/3/Beowulf-3.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Beowulf"},{"captionHeading":"32. Open Season<\/a> - $85m","caption":"

With the new hunting season a few days away, domesticated grizzly bear Boog is released back into the woods after being led astray by crazy mule deer Elliot. Knowing nothing of the wild life, Boog must heed the call of nature fast... or end up as someone's hearth rug. Martin Lawrence leads the CG-animated high jinks as the voice of Boog, while Ashton Kutcher models his single-antlered sidekick on a certain, much-loved, cartoon donkey.<\/p>","url":"2009/5/22/Open-Season-2-01-4.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Open Season 2 01"},{"captionHeading":"31. Antz<\/a> - $90m","caption":"

What a pleasure to see an old-fashioned Woody Allen film with a good few side-splitting lines. Woody - or rather his uniquely plaintive voice - is the glue that holds this otherwise modest cartoon feature together. The title is actually Ant-Zee, Zee (Woody) being an ant currently in analysis from 'being the middle child in a family of five million'. He's just one of the workers while, above, General Mandible (Gene Hackman) is plotting the extinction of workers and takeover of the colony, plus marriage to the Princess Bala (Sharon Stone) who just happens to be the ant Zee falls for at the local buzz bar.<\/p>","url":"2009/5/28/Antz-3.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Antz"},{"captionHeading":"30. Meet The Robinsons<\/a> - $97m","caption":"

A futuristic nipper-pleaser that proves the Disney animation machine is running as smoothly as ever. Lewis is a lonely orphan, a successful inventor and a complete dreamer. But even he could never imagine the wondrous possibilities he’ll encounter – as well as a few unexpected twists along the way – when he is catapulted into the future. Pursued across time by a mysterious beanpole villain, the lad must learn some life lessons – care of the titular surrogate family – to return home.<\/p>","url":"2009/5/28/Meet-The-Robinsons-3.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Meet The Robinsons"},{"captionHeading":"29. Bolt <\/a>- $114m","caption":"

John Travolta voices Bolt, a canine TV star raised to believe in his own super powers. But reality bites when he bounds off his Hollywood set and winds up in New York. Convinced that his human companion (Miley Cyrus) is in evil hands, the delusional pooch embarks on a cross-country mission, assisted by streetwise alley cat Mittens and his number-one fan - a hamster in a ball called Rhino. Delivering Oscar-approved animation in 'Disney Digital 3D' - but losing none of its charm in regular dimensions - Bolt's blend of knowing humour and high-energy adventure is bound to get everyone's tail wagging.<\/p>","url":"2009/2/4/Bolt-30-4.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Bolt 30"},{"captionHeading":"28. Bee Movie<\/a> - $126m","caption":"

Barry B. Benson strikes back at the humans for stealing the bees' honey in DreamWorks' latest animated effort, written by observational-comedy genius Jerry Seinfeld. A star voice cast including Renée Zellweger, Matthew Broderick and John Goodman ensures that this colourful caper is as sweet as honey while keeping its sting. Listen out too for cameos from Oprah Winfrey, Ray Liotta and - naturally - Sting.<\/p>","url":"2009/2/12/bee-movie-4.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"bee movie"},{"captionHeading":"27. Robots<\/a> - $128m","caption":"

Hot on the heels of Pixar's The Incredibles and Dreamworks' Shrek, 20th Century Fox enter the CGI Cartoon battle with the tale of a wannabe robot inventor who throws a spanner into the works of an evil megalomaniac's dreams of world domination. Robin Williams is in fine form as part of a strong cast of Hollywood A-listers in this easy going and visually impressive animated treat.<\/p>","url":"2009/4/17/Robots-34-1.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Robots 34"},{"captionHeading":"26. Chicken Little<\/a> - $135m","caption":"

The fable of the chicken-who-cried-wolf morphs into War of the Worlds territory in this frantic but kid-pleasing confection from Disney. Zach Braff nicely voices the put-upon fowl who cries foul (when a piece of the sky falls on his head) and there's enough on offer to keep mums and dads happy.<\/p>","url":"2008/11/24/Chicken-Little-1.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Chicken Little"},{"captionHeading":"25. Dinosaur<\/a> - $137m","caption":"

The real mystery isn't why the dinosaurs died out. It's why it's taken Disney so long to realise their dino-mite potential. But better late than never. And, with Dinosaur, which cost a supersaurus-size £140million, the most expensive animation ever, the Mouse House really delivers. Blending the talking-dino cuteness of The Land Before Time with the cutting-edge computer realism of the BBC's Walking With Dinosaurs, the film follows the epic exodus of a mixed bunch of plant-eaters and early mammals as they flee meteor mayhem, and strike out, Moses-style, for a new promised land.<\/p>","url":"2009/5/28/Dinosaur-3.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Dinosaur"},{"captionHeading":"24. Dr Seuss' Horton Hears A Who<\/a> - $154m","caption":"

Dr Seuss' tale of an elephant who protects the microscopic folk of Whoville from the perils of the jungle gets the cartoon treatment from the team that created Ice Age. Jim Carrey voices the pally pachyderm while Steve Carell is Ned, the ineffectual mayor of Whoville. A jobsworth kangaroo (voiced by Carol Burnett) and eagle assassin Vlad Vladikoff (Will Arnett) are determined not to allow Horton to carry his precious cargo to safety...but help comes from unexpected quarters.<\/p>","url":"2009/5/15/Dr-Seuss-Horton-Hears-A-Who-23-4.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Dr Seuss' Horton Hears A Who 23"},{"captionHeading":"23. Over The Hedge<\/a> - $155m","caption":"

Computer-animated fur flies when cunning raccoon RJ (Bruce Willis) dupes a band of woodland critters into raiding the larders of a shiny new suburb. Based on a popular comic strip, Over The Hedge outwits similar mammals-on-a-mission cartoon capers Madagascar and The Wild thanks to sleek visuals and a best-of-breed voice cast which includes Nick Nolte, Steve Carell, William Shatner, Eugene Levy and pop pixie Avril Lavigne.<\/p>","url":"2009/5/28/Over-The-Hedge-3.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Over The Hedge"},{"captionHeading":"22. Shark Tale<\/a> - $160m","caption":"

Shark Tale tells the story of Oscar (Will Smith), the little nobody fish who desperately wants to be somefish but keeps screwing up and Lenny (Jack Black), the shark with a heart who simply can't kill. It's short, it's sweet (but not so sweet that you won't fancy a good sushi afterwards) and so long as you like Will Smith in Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air mode, you'll love this slick, colourful offering.<\/p>","url":"2008/12/8/shark-tale-005jpgassetrgb-1.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"shark tale 005.jpg.asset_rgb"},{"captionHeading":"21. A Bug's Life <\/a>- $162m","caption":"

\"A simple rule of thumb is that the more geometric something is, the easier it is to reproduce on a computer. Toy Story was the perfect story for our first film - man-made world, man-made environment. A Bug's Life, there is nothing geometric about this movie.\" - John Lassetter, Director<\/b><\/p>

Pixar's second full-length feature pushed the animators to the next level, forcing them to move away from the safety of drawing toys in order to animate grass, water and bugs. It went up against Dreamworks' Antz, another bug-related CGI affair that became the first movie to show that there's more to Pixar's success than good looking graphics.<\/p>","url":"2008/7/3/A-Bugs-Life-1.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"A Bugs Life"},{"captionHeading":"20. Ice Age<\/a> - $176m","caption":"

\"We chose a style for the movie that didn't require us to make everything look perfectly, photographically realistic. We picked a style that we knew we would be able to apply to everything evenly, so some of those weather effects, rain and snow, end up making it look really real.\" - Chris Wedge, Director<\/b><\/p>

Just when it seemed Pixar had only Dreamworks to contend with, along came Blue Sky Studios (with 20th Century Fox), to throw their animated hat into the CGI ring. Fox had asked for a comedy animation in the guise of Toy Story - what they got was way better than most people expected.<\/p>","url":"2009/5/28/ice-age-12.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"ice age 12"},{"captionHeading":"19. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa<\/a> - $180m","caption":"

Shape-throwing lion Alex (Ben Stiller) and the rest of the zany zoo crew – Marty the zebra, Melman the giraffe and Gloria the hippo - find themselves in Africa after their bid to fly home to New York from Madagascar in a patched-up plane comes to grief. They think they’ve arrived at their true home – but life on the wild side has its own problems. A sequel that actually betters the original, this will appeal to raucous anklebiters with the lion’s share of the adult gags going to the wise-cracking penguins.<\/p>","url":"2008/11/24/Madagascar-2-Escape-To-Africa-10-1.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Madagascar 2- Escape To Africa 10"},{"captionHeading":"18. The Polar Express<\/a> - $180m","caption":"

This Yuletide locomotive vehicle for Tom Hanks puffs up a visual head of steam... even if the story disappointingly tootles off down a branch line. As the gruff ticket snapper on the Polar Express, he welcomes aboard a young boy who has ceased to believe in Father Christmas... but is willing to come along for the (sfx impressive) ride.<\/p>","url":"2008/11/24/The-Polar-Express-1.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"The Polar Express"},{"captionHeading":"17. Toy Story <\/a>- $191m","caption":"

\"We were blown away with it, and we felt strongly it would be a success. But even we didn't know how much of a success it would be.\" - Steve Jobs, Co-founder of Pixar<\/b><\/p>

Pixar's first foray into full length features went on to become the yard stick by which all other computer animated movies would be measured. It may have been improved upon with the 1999 sequel, but Toy Story was a seminal moment in the history of animated pictures.<\/p>","url":"2008/7/3/Toy-Story-1.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Toy Story"},{"captionHeading":"16. Madagascar<\/a> - $193m","caption":"

In a cartoon caper aimed squarely at little monkeys, four zoo animals from New York find wild adventures - and lots of lemurs - when they wash up on a tropical beach. David Scwhimmer, Chris Rock and Ben Stiller are the latest stars to lend their vocals to the CGI cartoon revolution...<\/p>","url":"2008/11/20/Madagascar.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Madagascar"},{"captionHeading":"15. Ice Age: The Meltdown<\/a> - $195m","caption":"

Sid the sloth, Manny the mammoth and Diego the sabre-toothed tiger are back for the sequel to 2002's animated hit Ice Age. When their glacier home begins to melt, the prehistoric posse must beat the floods by taking an eventful journey to safer ground. Scrat the acorn-obsessed squirrel-rat steals the show once again, but the torrent of visual and verbal gags makes this another highly entertaining post-Jurassic lark.<\/p>","url":"2008/7/3/Ice-Age-2-1.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Ice Age 2"},{"captionHeading":"14. Happy Feet<\/a> - $198m","caption":"

Oddball emperor penguin Mumble (Elijah Wood) finds himself ostracised from his Antarctic-dwelling community when he finds himself unable to give voice to the life-affirming \"heartsong\". Hooking up with a devil-may-care group of Latino penguins led by Robin Williams' funky Ramon, the outcast finds his true vocation - finding out where all the fish have gone. It's a visually stunning CGI offering from Babe and Mad Max director George Miller, boasting eco-credentials and some clever characterisation along the way.<\/p>","url":"2009/2/20/Happy-Feet-14-1.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Happy Feet 14"},{"captionHeading":"13. Monsters Vs Aliens<\/a> - $198.1m","caption":"

Computer animated sci-fi thriller about young Susan Murphy (voiced by Reese Witherspoon) who is turned into a giant monster after being struck by a meteorite. She's taken to a secret government compound where she finds she is not the only one...and they're all being lined up for a battle against invading aliens.<\/p>","url":"2009/4/1/Monsters-vs-Aliens9-2.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Monsters vs Aliens9"},{"captionHeading":"12. Ratatouille<\/a> - $206m","caption":"

A culinary-inclined rodent heads to the world's gastronomic capital - Paris - to learn his trade in the kitchen of France's greatest chef. However, the great and the good of La Ville Lumiere's haute cusine trade don't take kindly to the idea of a rat in a restaurant. Director Brad Bird has cooked up a visual feast beautifully served by premier cru characterisation and a couple of salivating setpieces that are the crème de la creme of cartoon capery. Bon appetit!<\/p>","url":"2009/2/20/Ratatouille-09-1.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Ratatouille 09"},{"captionHeading":"11. Kung Fu Panda<\/a> - $215m","caption":"

Roly-poly panda Po (Jack Black) finds himself elevated from noodle vendor to kung fu master to fulfil an ancient prophesy in old China. It's your typical \"struggle-against-the-odds\" cartoon scenario given extra dramatic muscle courtesy of Black's amiable characterisation and a pool of voice talent including Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman and even creaking martial arts veteran Jackie Chan. A simple story efficiently told, it's bound to be a hit with karate kids everywhere.<\/p>","url":"2008/6/25/kung-fu-panda-4.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Gallery Images"},{"captionHeading":"10. WALL.E<\/a> - $223m","caption":"

\"All the paint and brushes and canvas that you need to realise what you've been imagining are there, now it's just more of a reflection of how good you are with the technology and how good of an artist and visionary are you to use it.\" - Andrew Stanton, Director<\/b><\/p>

\r\nRarely will a bad word be spoken of Pixar's latest. A storytelling triumph, WALL.E is such a good movie that almost no dialogue is required in the opening act. The pace drops off a little but with a multitude of wit-fuelled set pieces and one of the best animated love stories of all time, WALL.E is destined for great things.<\/p>","url":"2008/7/3/WallE-1.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"WALL.E"},{"captionHeading":"9. Cars - $244m","caption":"

In the shiniest vehicle of the Pixar lot, hotshot race car Lightning McQueen (Owen Wilson) is forced to make an unwanted pit-stop in the dusty, rusty town of Radiator Springs. Most of the locals are a few drops short of a full tank, but they sure know a thing or two about life in the slow lane. The story may be a little mechanical (and environmentally unfriendly) but Paul Newman and Michael Keaton are in good voice and the animation is premium-grade.<\/p>","url":"2009/4/2/Cars-51-1.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Cars 51"},{"captionHeading":"8. Toy Story 2<\/a> - $245m","caption":"

Computer animated sequel featuring the voices of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen and Joan Cusack. When Woody the cowboy doll is kidnapped by a greedy toy collector, the other toys embark on a dangerous mission to save him.<\/p>","url":"2009/1/15/Toy-Story-2-1.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Toy Story 2"},{"captionHeading":"7. Monsters Inc.<\/a> - $255m","caption":"

This is a wonderfully cute exploitation of the fear every child has of the monster lurking in its bedroom cupboard. A much more simple yarn than, say, Shrek - or even Toy Story and its successor - but like them is beautifully designed to please parents as much as their offspring. It's hugely enjoyable and makes you wonder if there are any limits at all to what animation can achieve.<\/p>","url":"2008/11/7/Monsters-Inc-1.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Monsters Inc."},{"captionHeading":"6. The Incredibles<\/a> - $261m","caption":"

Pixar's bid for global animation domination took another giant leap with the Oscar-winning tale of Mr Incredible (Craig T Nelson) and his family of superheroes. After a botched rescue, the gifted clan are forced into anonymity and forbidden to use their superpowers. But it's not long before they are recalled into action when the world is threatened by sneaky megalomaniac Buddy Pine aka Syndrome. Knowing winks to James Bond and an uncanny comprehension of what kids like make this pretty much the pitch-perfect cartoon adventure.<\/p>","url":"2009/2/20/The-Incredibles-50-1.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"The Incredibles 50"},{"captionHeading":"5. Shrek<\/a>- $267m","caption":"

\"When I watched the whole film put together, I really cared about [the characters]. It's weird, because you animate characters everyday, and then suddenly when you see them get cut together it comes to life.\" - Raman Hui, Supervising Animator<\/b><\/p>

As they completed the disappointing Antz, Dreamworks turned their attention to their next CGI outing - the tale of a big, green ogre living in a fantasy world made up from a thousand fairytales. But rather than rely solely on the fact that it was a technically impressive cartoon, this time they got a script together worthy of their animator's efforts.<\/p>","url":"2008/7/3/Shrek-1.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"lg-Shrek"},{"captionHeading":"4. Up<\/a> - $287m","caption":"

Pixar returns to the CGI fray after the triumph of WALL.E with this story of seventy-something hero Carl Fredricksen (voiced by Edward Asner) who has dreamed of travelling the globe. He gets his chance when he hooks up with a clueless eight-year-old...and they both set off into the great unknown.<\/p>","url":"2009/5/5/Up-01-4.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Up (2009) 01"},{"captionHeading":"3. Shrek The Third<\/a> - $322m","caption":"

Shrek (Mike Myers) finds the idea of running a kingdom and impending fatherhood too much to contemplate in this third adventure of the world's favourite ogre. There's also complications in the form of vain pretender to the throne Prince Charming (Rupert Everett), who's hatched his own devious plot to seize power. New faces include Eric Idle's bumbling Merlin the Magician and Justin Timberlake's teenage regal heir Artie.<\/p>","url":"2008/11/7/Shrek-The-Third-1.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Shrek The Third"},{"captionHeading":"2. Finding Nemo<\/a> - $339m","caption":"

\"I wanted to tell a story about being a father. It’s a very personal story; I felt I was at a crossroads in my life. My father is still very healthy, and my son is showing little hints of what he’ll be like as an adult. This intrigued me and drove me and gave me an awareness that really made me want to tell a story about that.\" - Andrew Stanton, Director<\/b><\/p>

Finding Nemo is one of the richest movies committed to computer. Not only with bright, vivid colours oozing from the screen, but with its compelling story and wonderful characterisations. It's little wonder Nemo became the biggest selling DVD of all time.<\/p>","url":"2008/7/3/Finding-Nemo-1.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Finding Nemo"},{"captionHeading":"1. Shrek 2<\/a> - $441m","caption":"

Wonderful and whimsical animated family delight - the greatest fairytale never told. In a faraway, fantasyland called Duloc, Lord Farquaad (voiced by John Lithgow) is the midget ruler who has banished all fairytales because he believes they are too exciting and colourful.<\/p>","url":"2008/11/7/Shrek-2-1.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Shrek 2"}];