Paramount Animation

Paramount Animation
Company typeDivision
Industry
Predecessors
FoundedJuly 6, 2011 (2011-07-06)
FounderBrad Grey
Headquarters,
United States
Key people
Products
  • Animated films
  • Animated TV shows
Number of employees
112 (2020)
ParentParamount Pictures
WebsiteOfficial website

Paramount Animation is an American animation studio, serving as the animation division and label of Paramount Pictures, a subsidiary of Paramount Global. The division was founded on July 6, 2011, following the critical and commerical success of Paramount's own Rango and the end of their distribution deal with DreamWorks Animation in 2012.

The studio's first film The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water was released on February 6, 2015, and its latest release was Transformers One on September 20, 2024, with their next release being Smurfs on July 18, 2025.

Films produced by Paramount Animation have grossed a total of $832 million at the box office. Its highest-grossing film to date is The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, which grossed $325.1 million.