Box Office Performance for Digital Animation Movies in 2012

Rank	Movie	Release Date	Genre	MPAA Rating	2012 Gross	Tickets Sold
1	Brave	6/22/2012	Adventure	PG	$237,236,938	30,298,459
2	Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted	6/8/2012	Adventure	PG	$216,391,482	27,636,204
3	Doctor Seuss' The Lorax	3/2/2012	Adventure	PG	$214,030,500	27,334,674
4	Wreck-It Ralph	11/2/2012	Adventure	PG	$175,655,000	22,433,588
5	Ice Age: Continental Drift	7/13/2012	Adventure	PG	$161,130,056	20,578,551
6	Hotel Transylvania	9/28/2012	Comedy	PG	$143,923,820	18,381,075
7	Rise of the Guardians	11/21/2012	Adventure	PG	$90,230,000	11,523,627
8	Finding Nemo	9/14/2012	Adventure	G	$40,767,633	5,206,594
9	The Adventures of Tintin	12/21/2011	Adventure	PG	$26,191,381	3,302,822
10	Puss in Boots	10/28/2011	Adventure	PG	$3,522,177	444,159
11	Happy Feet Two	11/18/2011	Adventure	PG	$3,040,600	383,430
12	Monsters, Inc.	12/19/2012	Adventure	G	$1,484,981	189,652
13	Arthur Christmas	11/23/2011	Adventure	PG	$389,306	49,093
14	A Liar's Autobiography - The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman	11/2/2012	Comedy	R	$5,102	651
15	Terkel i knibe	3/26/2010	Adventure	Not Rated	$3,259	416
Total Gross of All Movies					$1,314,002,235
Total Tickets Sold						167,762,995

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.