Box Office Performance for Adventure Movies in 2012

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2012 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Doctor Suess' The Lorax	Adventure	PG	$189,332,445	23,875,466	$188,377,427
2	Journey 2: The Mysterious Island	Adventure	PG	$98,455,595	12,415,586	$97,958,974
3	John Carter	Adventure	PG-13	$66,233,839	8,352,313	$65,899,750
4	Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace	Adventure	PG	$43,294,438	5,459,576	$43,076,055
5	Wrath of the Titans	Adventure	PG-13	$33,457,188	4,219,065	$33,288,423
6	The Adventures of Tintin	Adventure	PG	$26,191,381	3,302,822	$26,059,266
7	Hugo	Adventure		$23,374,769	2,947,638	$23,256,864
8	The Secret World of Arietty	Adventure	G	$18,450,512	2,326,672	$18,357,442
9	Mirror Mirror	Adventure	PG	$18,132,085	2,286,518	$18,040,627
10	Puss in Boots	Adventure	PG	$3,522,177	444,159	$3,504,415
11	Happy Feet Two	Adventure	PG	$3,040,600	383,430	$3,025,263
12	Arthur Christmas	Adventure	PG	$389,306	49,093	$387,344
13	Une vie de chat	Adventure		$39,460	4,976	$39,261
14	Blackthorn	Adventure	R	$13,898	1,753	$13,831
15	The Lion King	Adventure	G	$7,284	919	$7,251
16	OKA!	Adventure		$4,281	540	$4,261
17	Miss Minoes	Adventure	PG	$4,242	535	$4,221
Total Gross of All Movies				$523,943,500
Total Tickets Sold					66,071,061
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$521,300,671

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2012. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2012. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2011 will most likely earn money in 2011 and 2012. 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.