Box Office Performance for Adventure Movies in 2011

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2011 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II	Adventure	PG-13	$381,011,219	48,046,812	$379,089,347
2	Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides	Adventure	PG-13	$241,063,875	30,398,975	$239,847,913
3	Cars 2	Adventure	G	$191,450,875	24,142,607	$190,485,169
4	Rise of the Planet of the Apes	Adventure	PG-13	$176,760,185	22,290,061	$175,868,581
5	Kung Fu Panda 2	Adventure	PG	$165,249,063	20,838,469	$164,415,520
6	Puss in Boots	Adventure	PG	$145,738,327	18,378,099	$145,003,201
7	Rio	Adventure	PG	$143,619,809	18,110,947	$142,895,372
8	The Smurfs	Adventure	PG	$142,614,158	17,984,131	$141,894,794
9	Rango	Adventure	PG	$123,477,607	15,570,947	$122,854,772
10	The Lion King	Adventure	G	$109,946,967	13,864,687	$109,392,380
11	Mr. Poppers's Penguins	Adventure	PG	$68,224,452	8,603,336	$67,880,321
12	Happy Feet Two	Adventure	PG	$60,965,866	7,688,003	$60,658,344
13	I am Number Four	Adventure	PG-13	$55,100,437	6,948,353	$54,822,505
14	The Adventures of Tintin	Adventure	PG	$51,400,450	6,481,772	$51,141,181
15	Hugo	Adventure		$50,313,495	6,344,703	$50,059,707
16	Arthur Christmas	Adventure	PG	$46,073,163	5,809,983	$45,840,766
17	Tron: Legacy	Adventure	PG	$40,757,919	5,139,712	$40,552,328
18	Spy Kids: All the Time in the World	Adventure	PG	$38,536,376	4,859,568	$38,341,992
19	Yogi Bear 3D	Adventure	PG	$34,490,675	4,349,392	$34,316,703
20	Tangled	Adventure	PG	$32,999,950	4,161,406	$32,833,493
21	Winnie the Pooh	Adventure	G	$26,692,846	3,366,059	$26,558,206
22	Sanctum	Adventure	R	$23,209,310	2,926,773	$23,092,239
23	Mars Needs Moms	Adventure	PG	$21,392,758	2,697,700	$21,284,853
24	The Three Musketeers 3D	Adventure	PG-13	$20,374,484	2,569,292	$20,271,714
25	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader	Adventure	PG	$17,460,553	2,201,835	$17,372,478
26	Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer	Adventure	PG	$15,013,650	1,893,272	$14,937,916
27	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I	Adventure	PG-13	$12,450,090	1,569,999	$12,387,292
28	Hoodwinked 2: Hood vs. Evil	Adventure	PG	$10,143,779	1,279,165	$10,092,612
29	Megamind	Adventure	PG	$4,223,825	532,639	$4,202,522
30	The Way Back	Adventure	PG-13	$2,719,296	342,912	$2,705,576
31	L'illusionniste	Adventure	PG	$2,107,998	265,826	$2,097,367
32	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Adventure	PG-13	$818,580	103,226	$814,453
33	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Adventure	PG-13	$768,580	96,921	$764,707
34	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	Adventure	PG-13	$764,607	96,420	$760,754
35	The Polar Express	Adventure	G	$711,168	89,681	$707,583
36	Arthur et la vengeance de Maltazard	Adventure	PG	$347,136	43,775	$345,385
37	Blackthorn	Adventure	R	$186,660	23,538	$185,715
38	Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole 3D	Adventure	PG	$125,490	15,825	$124,859
39	Sama Wozu	Adventure	PG-13	$62,559	7,889	$62,244
40	Alabama Moon	Adventure	PG	$47,009	5,928	$46,772
41	Mia et le Migou	Adventure	PG	$16,975	2,141	$16,892
42	OKA!	Adventure		$14,083	1,776	$14,013
43	The Trouble with Terkel	Adventure		$6,584	830	$6,549
44	Miss Minoes	Adventure	PG	$5,947	750	$5,918
45	Zokkomon	Adventure	PG	$2,815	355	$2,801
Total Gross of All Movies				$2,459,461,650
Total Tickets Sold					310,146,490
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,447,055,806

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2011. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2011. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2010 will most likely earn money in 2010 and 2011. 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.