Box Office Performance for Hand Animation Movies in 2012

Rank	Movie	Release Date	Genre	MPAA Rating	2012 Gross	Tickets Sold
1	Beauty and the Beast	1/13/2012	Musical	G	$81,619,237	10,423,912
2	The Secret World of Arietty	2/17/2012	Adventure	G	$19,192,510	2,451,150
3	Une vie de chat	2/24/2012	Adventure	PG	$287,709	36,744
4	Hagane no renkinjutsushi: Mirosu no seinaru hoshi	1/20/2012	Adventure	Not Rated	$178,000	22,733
5	The Lion King	9/16/2011	Adventure	G	$7,284	919
6	Le chat du rabbin	12/7/2012	Adventure	Not Rated	$4,301	549
Total Gross of All Movies					$101,289,041
Total Tickets Sold						12,936,007

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.