Box Office Performance for Kids Fiction 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	Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked	Comedy	G	$34,501,863	4,350,802	$34,327,828
3	The Muppets	Comedy	PG	$5,064,849	638,695	$5,039,304
4	Puss in Boots	Adventure	PG	$3,522,177	444,159	$3,504,415
5	Happy Feet Two	Adventure	PG	$3,040,600	383,430	$3,025,263
6	Arthur Christmas	Adventure	PG	$389,306	49,093	$387,344
7	The Lion King	Adventure	G	$7,284	919	$7,251
8	Miss Minoes	Adventure	PG	$4,242	535	$4,221
Total Gross of All Movies				$235,862,766
Total Tickets Sold					29,743,099
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$234,673,051

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.