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Thursday, July 24, 2008

Box Office Performance for Kids Fiction Movies in 2006

RankMovieGenreMPAA2006 GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
1 Cars Comedy G $244,082,982 37,264,577 $256,380,290
2 Happy Feet Adventure PG $175,967,627 26,865,287 $184,833,175
3 Over the Hedge Comedy PG $155,019,340 23,667,075 $162,829,476
4 The Polar Express (IMAX) Adventure Not Rated $121,632,700 18,569,878 $127,760,761
5 Open Season Adventure PG $84,303,558 12,870,772 $88,550,911
6 The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause Comedy G $83,549,047 12,755,580 $87,758,390
7 Monster House Adventure PG $73,661,010 11,245,956 $77,372,177
8 Barnyard: The Original Party Animals Comedy PG $72,779,000 11,111,298 $76,445,730
9 Flushed Away Comedy PG $61,607,497 9,405,725 $64,711,388
10 Garfield's A Tail of Two Kitties Comedy PG $28,426,747 4,339,961 $29,858,932
11 The Ant Bully Adventure PG $28,142,535 4,296,570 $29,560,402
12 Everyone's Hero Adventure G $14,523,101 2,217,267 $15,254,797
13 How to Eat Fried Worms Drama PG $13,040,527 1,990,920 $13,697,530
14 Doogal Adventure G $7,578,946 1,157,091 $7,960,786
15 Chicken Little Adventure G $3,442,012 525,498 $3,615,426
Total Gross of All Movies$1,167,756,629
Total Tickets Sold178,283,455
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices$1,226,590,170

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2006. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2006. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2005 will most likely earn money in 2005 and 2006. 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.