Archive puzzle · July 17, 2026

2010s kids movies by premiere year

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The correct order

  1. 1Toy Story 32010

    Toy Story 3 came out 11 years after Toy Story 2 and famously made grown adults cry in public. It became the first animated film to cross $1 billion at the global box office , proof that Pixar had figured out how to make 'kids movies' for everyone.

  2. 2Frozen2013

    Frozen was loosely based on Hans Christian Andersen's 'The Snow Queen,' a story Disney had been trying to crack since the 1940s. 'Let It Go' was written so late in production that the filmmakers had to rewrite Elsa's whole character to match its energy. Then the song basically ate pop culture for a year.

  3. 3The Lego Movie2014

    The Lego Movie was expected to be a glorified toy commercial and instead became one of the year's best-reviewed films. Its animation mimicked stop-motion so precisely that many viewers thought it was made with real bricks. And yes, 'Everything Is Awesome' was Oscar-nominated.

  4. 4Zootopia2016

    Zootopia's world was so detailed that Disney's team invented fur-simulation tools just to render its 800+ animal characters. Underneath the cute talking bunnies, it's a surprisingly sharp story about bias and prejudice , which is why it won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature.

  5. 5My Little Pony: The Movie2017

    This big-screen My Little Pony was a spinoff of the wildly popular 'Friendship Is Magic' TV reboot, complete with a voice cast stacked with Emily Blunt, Kristin Chenoweth, and Sia. It didn't light up the box office, but the fandom , famously enthusiastic , showed up anyway.

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