the film had impressive box office runs in many international markets. in japan, its highest-grossing market after north america, it grossed $102.4 million becoming the highest-grossing western animated film until it was out-grossed by "the tigger movie" ($126.7 million). following in biggest grosses are the uk, ireland and malta, where it grossed £37.2 million ($67.1 million), france and the maghreb region ($64.8 million), germany ($53.9 million), and spain ($29.5 million).