Box Office Performance for Kids Fiction Movies in 2004

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2004 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Shrek 2	Adventure	PG	$436,471,036	70,285,191	$504,647,671
2	Shark Tale	Adventure	PG	$160,762,022	25,887,604	$185,872,997
3	The Polar Express	Adventure	G	$155,112,441	24,977,849	$179,340,956
4	Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events	Comedy	PG	$94,616,745	15,236,191	$109,395,851
5	Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed	Comedy	PG	$84,185,387	13,556,423	$97,335,117
6	SpongeBob SquarePants	Adventure	PG	$81,900,075	13,188,418	$94,692,841
7	Home on the Range	Comedy	PG	$50,026,353	8,055,773	$57,840,450
8	Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London	Comedy	PG	$23,514,247	3,786,513	$27,187,163
9	Yu-Gi-Oh	Adventure	PG	$19,762,690	3,182,398	$22,849,618
10	Two Brothers	Drama	PG	$18,947,630	3,051,148	$21,907,243
11	Super Babies: Baby Geniuses 2	Comedy	PG	$9,109,322	1,466,880	$10,532,198
12	Teacher's Pet: The Movie	Comedy	PG	$6,491,350	1,045,306	$7,505,297
13	The Haunted Mansion	Comedy	PG	$5,395,243	868,799	$6,237,977
14	Young Black Stallion	Adventure	G	$4,264,441	686,705	$4,930,542
15	Benji: Off the Leash!	Drama	PG	$3,816,912	614,640	$4,413,115
16	The Polar Express (IMAX)	Adventure	Not Rated	$3,000,000	483,092	$3,468,601
17	Clifford's Really Big Movie	Adventure	G	$2,831,130	455,899	$3,273,355
18	Elf	Comedy	PG	$2,543,761	409,623	$2,941,093
19	Brother Bear	Adventure	G	$2,031,950	327,206	$2,349,339
20	Looney Tunes: Back in Action	Comedy	PG	$272,310	43,850	$314,843
21	Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over	Adventure	PG	$82,010	13,206	$94,819
22	Good Boy!	Comedy	PG	$1,480	238	$1,709
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,165,138,535
Total Tickets Sold					187,622,952
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,347,132,795

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2004. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2004. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2003 will most likely earn money in 2003 and 2004. Click on the individual movie to see its total gross over all the years in which it played.

Each box office year ends on the first Sunday of the following year. The next year starts the following day (Monday). For example, the "2004 box office year" ended on Sunday, January 2, 2005.

Inflation-adjusted figures are based ticket sale estimates, and may not be precise due to rounding errors.