Box Office Performance for PG 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	Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace	Adventure	PG	$43,294,438	5,459,576	$43,076,055
4	We Bought a Zoo	Drama	PG	$30,788,523	3,882,538	$30,633,225
5	The Adventures of Tintin	Adventure	PG	$26,191,381	3,302,822	$26,059,266
6	Big Miracle	Drama	PG	$20,113,965	2,536,439	$20,012,504
7	Mirror Mirror	Adventure	PG	$18,132,085	2,286,518	$18,040,627
8	The Muppets	Comedy	PG	$5,064,849	638,695	$5,039,304
9	Puss in Boots	Adventure	PG	$3,522,177	444,159	$3,504,415
10	Pina	Documentary	PG	$3,143,454	396,400	$3,127,596
11	Happy Feet Two	Adventure	PG	$3,040,600	383,430	$3,025,263
12	Jack and Jill	Comedy	PG	$2,408,120	303,672	$2,395,972
13	Jiro Dreams of Sushi	Documentary	PG	$665,827	83,963	$662,468
14	He'arat Shulayim	Drama	PG	$605,506	76,356	$602,449
15	Arthur Christmas	Adventure	PG	$389,306	49,093	$387,344
16	Dolphin Tale	Drama	PG	$270,810	34,150	$269,444
17	Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey	Documentary	PG	$65,351	8,241	$65,021
18	An Inconsistent Truth	Documentary	PG	$46,161	5,821	$45,928
19	Carol Channing: Larger Than Life	Documentary	PG	$20,370	2,569	$20,269
20	The Island President	Documentary	PG	$17,903	2,258	$17,816
21	Reuniting the Rubins	Comedy	PG	$7,022	885	$6,983
22	Miss Minoes	Adventure	PG	$4,242	535	$4,221
23	I Kissed a Vampire	Musical	PG	$1,380	174	$1,373
Total Gross of All Movies				$445,581,510
Total Tickets Sold					56,189,346
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$443,333,940

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.