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Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Box Office Performance for Kids Fiction Movies in 2005

RankMovieGenreMPAA2005 GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
1 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Comedy PG $206,459,076 32,208,904 $221,597,260
2 Madagascar Adventure PG $193,202,933 30,140,863 $207,369,137
3 Chicken Little Adventure G $131,944,653 20,584,189 $141,619,220
4 Robots Adventure PG $128,200,012 20,000,002 $137,600,014
5 Are We There Yet? Romantic Comedy PG $82,674,398 12,897,722 $88,736,327
6 Herbie: Fully Loaded Comedy G $66,010,682 10,298,078 $70,850,777
7 Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit Adventure G $56,068,547 8,747,043 $60,179,656
8 The Polar Express (IMAX) Adventure Not Rated $51,814,032 8,083,312 $55,613,187
9 Racing Stripes Comedy PG $49,772,522 7,764,824 $53,421,989
10 The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D Adventure PG $39,177,684 6,111,963 $42,050,305
11 Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events Comedy PG $24,010,372 3,745,768 $25,770,884
12 Valiant Adventure G $19,471,912 3,037,740 $20,899,651
13 Pooh's Heffalump Movie Adventure G $18,098,433 2,823,468 $19,425,460
14 The Polar Express Adventure G $17,683,602 2,758,752 $18,980,214
15 Son of the Mask Comedy PG $17,018,422 2,654,980 $18,266,262
16 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (IMAX) Comedy PG $14,000,000 2,184,087 $15,026,519
17 Howl's Moving Castle Adventure PG $4,710,455 734,860 $5,055,837
18 SpongeBob SquarePants Adventure PG $3,516,534 548,601 $3,774,375
19 Shark Tale Adventure PG $429,978 67,079 $461,504
20 Young Black Stallion Adventure G $136,972 21,368 $147,012
Total Gross of All Movies$1,124,401,219
Total Tickets Sold175,413,603
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices$1,206,845,589

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2005. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2005. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2004 will most likely earn money in 2004 and 2005. 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.