2016

The year 2016 marked the first time Illumination released two feature films in one year, with The Secret Life of Pets and Sing.

Feature films

 * January 15 - Ride Along 2
 * January 29 - Kung Fu Panda 3 (DWA/20th Century Fox)
 * February 5 - Hail, Caesar!
 * February 19 - Race (Focus Features)
 * February 26 - Kate & Chris (3D re-release) (20th Century Fox)
 * March 4 - London Has Fallen (Gramercy Pictures) and Zootopia (Disney)
 * March 11 - The Young Messiah (Focus Features)
 * March 25 - My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
 * April 8 - The Boss and Lily & Lester (Warner Bros./MGM/Frenzy)
 * April 22 - The Huntsman: Winter's War
 * April 29 - Ratchet & Clank (Gramercy Pictures)
 * May 11 - Mercenaries 2 (Paramount/Aroba)
 * May 20 - The Angry Birds Movie (Sony) and Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
 * June 3 - Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping and Prism (DWA/20th Century Fox)
 * June 10 - Warcraft
 * June 17 - Central Intelligence and Finding Dory (Disney/Pixar)
 * July 1 - The Purge: Election Year
 * July 8 - The Secret Life of Pets
 * July 22 - Ice Age: Collision Course (20th Century Fox)
 * July 29 - Jason Bourne
 * August 19 - Kubo and the Two Strings (Focus Features)
 * September 2 - Puppet Pals (3D re-release) (20th Century Fox) and Untitled Mike Judge film (Weinstein)
 * September 16 - Bridget Jones's Baby
 * September 23 - Storks (Warner Bros.)
 * October 7 - The Girl on the Train
 * October 14 - Kevin Hart: What Now?, Ordinary World and American Honey (Focus Features)
 * October 21 - Ouija: Origin of Evil and Midgets: Enter the Realm of Giants (Paramount/Supreme)
 * November 4 - Trolls (DWA/20th Century Fox) and Loving (Focus Features)
 * November 11 - Almost Christmas
 * November 18 - Nocturnal Animals (Focus Features)
 * November 23 - Moana (Disney)
 * December 9 - Frank & Lola and The Pixelators (20th Century Fox)
 * December 21 - Sing
 * December 23 - A Monster Calls (Focus Features)

Short films

 * March 22 - Camp Jamo, Noodles and Getting Annoyed
 * July 8 - Mower Minions
 * July 22 - Alaina Gleen: Alien Pet
 * December 6 - Norman Television and Weenie

Television

 * September 23 - Crystal: The Series premieres on Fox Family
 * October 8 - Quest: Adventures of Ridder and Luna & Zak: The Series premieres on Gingo
 * November 15 - Paradoria Holiday premieres on NBC

DVD, Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray

 * January 12 - Hotel Transylvania 2 (Sony) (DVD, Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D only)
 * February 23 - The Good Dinosaur (Disney/Pixar) (DVD, Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D only)
 * March 8 - The Peanuts Movie (20th Century Fox) (also on Blu-ray 3D)
 * March 22 - Paradoria (DVD, Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D only)
 * June 7 - Zootopia (Disney) (DVD, Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D only)
 * June 28 – Kung Fu Panda 3 (DVD and Blu-ray releases only)
 * August 16 - The Angry Birds Movie (Sony)
 * August 23 - Ratchet & Clank (Gramercy) (DVD and Blu-ray releases only)
 * October 11 - Ice Age: Collision Course (20th Century Fox)
 * November 22 - Kubo and the Two Strings (Focus) (DVD, Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D only)
 * December 6 - The Secret Life of Pets (also on Blu-ray 3D) and Jason Bourne
 * December 20 - Storks (Warner Bros.) (also on Blu-ray 3D)

4K Ultra HD Blu-ray

 * August 9 – Lucy, Oblivion and Lone Survivor
 * October 11 - Kate &amp; Chris (also on Blu-ray 3D)
 * November 22 – Puppet Pals (also on Blu-ray 3D)

Direct-to-video releases

 * February 2 - The Land Before Time: Journey of the Brave

Character debuts

 * December 9 - Bryce Jones, Alice Summers, Peppy Penguin, Carl Stevenson, Nya, Jay, and Lord Hex

Events

 * March 1 - 20th Century Fox, Sony Pictures, Warner Bros., and Lionsgate began releasing movies on Ultra HD Blu-rays.
 * April 28 - NBCUniversal officially announces its deal to acquire DreamWorks Animation for $3.8 billion.
 * June 14 - Paramount Pictures began releasing movies on Ultra HD Blu-rays.
 * August 9 - Universal Pictures began releasing movies on Ultra HD Blu-rays.
 * August 22 - NBCUniversal and DWA complete their acquisition.