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Box Office Performance for Walt Disney in 2012

RankMovieRelease
Date
GenreMPAA
Rating
2012 GrossTickets Sold
1 Marvel's The Avengers 5/4/2012 Adventure PG-13 $623,279,547 79,601,474
2 Brave 6/22/2012 Adventure PG $237,236,938 30,298,459
3 Wreck-It Ralph 11/2/2012 Adventure PG $175,655,000 22,433,588
4 Lincoln 11/16/2012 Drama PG-13 $132,039,000 16,863,218
5 Beauty and the Beast 3D 1/13/2012 Musical G $81,619,237 10,423,912
6 John Carter 3/9/2012 Adventure PG-13 $73,058,679 9,330,610
7 The Odd Life of Timothy Green 8/15/2012 Drama PG $51,778,216 6,612,798
8 Finding Nemo 3D 9/14/2012 Adventure G $40,767,633 5,206,594
9 War Horse 12/25/2011 Drama PG-13 $35,793,573 4,571,337
10 Frankenweenie 10/5/2012 Comedy PG $34,485,378 4,404,262
11 Chimpanzee 4/20/2012 Documentary G $28,965,459 3,699,292
12 The Secret World of Arrietty 2/17/2012 Adventure G $19,192,510 2,451,150
13 People Like Us 6/29/2012 Drama PG-13 $12,431,792 1,587,712
14 The Muppets 11/23/2011 Comedy PG $5,064,849 638,695
15 Monsters, Inc. 3D 12/19/2012 Adventure G $1,484,981 189,652
16 Real Steel 10/7/2011 Action PG-13 $970,068 122,329
17 The Help 8/10/2011 Drama PG-13 $206,041 25,982
18 The Lion King 3D 9/16/2011 Adventure G $7,284 919
Total Gross of All Movies$1,554,036,185
Total Tickets Sold198,461,983

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 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.