History GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff / AnimatedFilms

* ''Animation/FoamBath'' from 1980, one of the worst-ever performing animated films of Hungary, [[VindicatedByHistory slowly built enough of a reputation]] over the decades to get [[{{Remaster}} restored]] into 4K in 2021. However, the only countries to actually release this restoration on Blu-ray were France, with a later US set following in 2024. In its home country, the restoration didn't come out on any physical format whatsoever.

** Japan loves the Minions so much that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IpP41RrN58 they cameoed along with Agnes]] in ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven''. Also, the DVD of the first film frequently shows up in Amazon Japan's top 20 kids and family DVD rankings, occasionally beating out shows like ''Anime/{{Aikatsu}}'' and ''Franchise/KamenRider'', and the third movie topped the box office for four weeks in a row, something that hasn't been accomplished by a non-anime or non-Disney film.

** ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'' is the most popular Pixar movie in Japan, possibly because Japan has a lot of monsters in their folklore.

* ''Animation/FoamBath'' from 1980, one of the worst-ever performing animated films of Hungary, [[VindicatedByHistory slowly built enough of a reputation]] over the decades to get [[{{Remaster}} restored]] into 4K in 2021. However, the only country to actually release this restoration on Blu-ray was France. In its home country, it didn't come out on any physical format whatsoever.

** ''WesternAnimation/Elemental'' is very popular in Brazil, where it had huge promotion.

** "WesternAnimation/Elemental" is very popular in Brazil, where it had huge promotion.

* ''WesternAnimation/IrishFolkLoreTrilogy'':

** According to an [[https://www.independent.ie/business/irish/a-nation-of-animation-how-irish-studios-can-sketch-a-bright-future-38917050.html interview]] with Cartoon Saloon CEO Paul Young, ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfKells'' ended up becoming more of a success in the USA than in its native Ireland, where it "didn't really make much of an impact." It was also one of the nominees for Best Animated Feature at the Academy Awards in 2010 (though it lost to Pixar's ''WesternAnimation/{{UP}}).

* WesternAnimation/IrishFolkLoreTrilogy'':
** According to an [[[[https://www.independent.ie/business/irish/a-nation-of-animation-how-irish-studios-can-sketch-a-bright-future-38917050.html interview]] with Cartoon Saloon CEO Paul Young, ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfKells'' ended up becoming more of a success in the USA than in its native Ireland, where it "didn't really make much of an impact." It was also one of the nominees for Best Animated Feature at the Academy Awards in 2010 (though it lost to Pixar's ''WesternAnimation/{{UP}}).

* The Irish-animated film ''WesternAnimation/SongOfTheSea'' was a very popular movie in Japan, likely due to Saoirse being a cute rare Selkie-themed {{magical girl}}.

** ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'' was very popular in India, due to the uncanny coincidence that Rapunzel's birthday celebration song "I See The Light" unintentionally resembles the Diwali festival.

*** It's also very popular in Italy. Despite being released late, it topped the box office every for three weeks in the country. This lead to it becoming the second highest-grossing film of the year there, only beaten by ''Film/TheForceAwakens''.

*** It's also very popular in Italy. Similar to the Frozen example above, it topped the box office every week in the country, even beating out such films as ''Film/AntMan1'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Minions}}''. This lead to it becoming the second highest-grossing film of the year there, only beaten by ''Film/TheForceAwakens''.

*** Lotso Hugging Bear got a lot of merchandise in Japan, such as a toy bus, UFO catcher plushies, and even Halloween costumes for kids! He is also very huge in China, to the point where he's almost as popular as the Duffy and Friends characters in the country.

** While domestically ''WesternAnimation/Wish2023'' performed below expectations and received a very polarizing critical response from most American critics, the movie was much more successful in Japan, even having the best box-office opening for a Disney film in the country since ''WesternAnimation/FrozenII''. France was also much more receptive to the movie.

** While domestically ''WesternAnimation/Wish2023'' performed below expectations and received a very polarizing critical response from most American critics, the movie was much more successful in Japan, even having the best box-office opening for a Disney film in the country since ''WesternAnimation/FrozenII''.

* ''WesternAnimation/WinnieThePooh'' is one of Disney's most popular properties, but it's even bigger in Asian countries, namely Japan and Hong Kong, where merchandise can be found everywhere and the rides based on the franchise are the most popular in those countries' Disney parks. The 2011 film often appears on DVD sales charts in Japan, selling just as many copies as the domestically-produced ''Anime/KikisDeliveryService''.

*** ''Frozen'' is bigger in the United Kingdom than it is in the United States. To put this into perspective, it reached #1 twice, and it took until summer 2015 for the supply and demand situation involving the merchandise to be solved, when it took only until the fall of 2014 in its' home country. Also there, the film tends to be re-released there around Christmastime in select cinemas alongside ''Film/TheMuppetChristmasCarol''.

** ''Snow White'' is also the second most popular Disney Princess in Japan, only beaten by Ariel, to the point where most Japanese works portraying her draw influence from Disney's adaptation of the story, just like in its' homeland of the United States. This may be because Snow White’s distinguishing features -- [[RavenHairIvorySkin her black hair and pale skin]] -- are considered hallmarks of traditional Japanese beauty.

*** In China, merchandise featuring the titular character is extremely popular, being sold in every store imaginable. When the country finally got an official release of the film in 2018, it made more during that release than it did in its' original Japanese run, accounting for more than 80% of the worldwide gross for that movie.
** ''Anime/KikisDeliveryService'' was a hit in the US due to Creator/{{Disney}} (through Creator/TouchstonePictures as their [[LighterAndSofter first G-rated film]]) distributing the video and casting celebrities such as Creator/KirstenDunst and Creator/PhilHartman as the characters, and sold over a million copies in its' first week on video. Like ''Totoro'' above, older [=DVDs=] of the original cut of the dub [[note]] The newer version removes the opening and ending songs and the background music made for the English dub in favor of the original soundtrack, and omits many ad-libbed lines in the film.[[/note]] are highly demanded by those who grew up with the film.
** ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'' got this during its' American home video release due to good word-of-mouth about the translation, acting and the storyline.
** ''Anime/SpiritedAway'' is beloved by Americans because it was the only anime to earn the Oscar for Best Animated Film, and is also big in China (despite featuring ghosts and other spirits, which usually gets films BannedInChina), to the point where its' official Chinese release beat ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory4'' in ticket sales when the latter film opened.

** ''Despicable Me'' is also big in South America. In the countries on that continent, whenever a new ''Despicable Me'' film comes out, it will usually top the box office for at least three weeks. The ''WesternAnimation/{{Minions}}'' spin-off is also the highest-grossing film of all time in Chile.