Box Office History for Digital Animation Movies

Ticket Sales and Market Share by Year

Top-Grossing Movies 1995-2013, Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation

Rank	Movie	Release Date	Genre	MPAA Rating	Total Gross	Inflation-Adjusted Gross
1	Shrek 2	May 19, 2004	Adventure	PG	$441,226,247	$554,550,157
2	Finding Nemo	May 30, 2003	Adventure	G	$380,529,370	$444,501,881
3	Toy Story 3	Jun 18, 2010	Adventure	G	$415,004,880	$415,004,880
4	Toy Story 2	Nov 19, 1999	Adventure	G	$245,852,179	$378,490,504
5	Shrek	May 18, 2001	Adventure	PG	$267,655,011	$373,105,018
6	Shrek the Third	May 17, 2007	Adventure	PG	$322,719,944	$368,137,719
7	Monsters, Inc.	Nov 2, 2001	Adventure	G	$289,423,425	$356,080,915
8	Toy Story	Nov 22, 1995	Adventure	G	$191,780,865	$346,422,411
9	The Incredibles	Nov 5, 2004	Adventure	PG	$261,441,092	$331,776,930
10	Up	May 29, 2009	Adventure	PG	$293,004,164	$308,240,382
11	Cars	Jun 9, 2006	Comedy	G	$244,082,982	$293,981,124
12	A Bug's Life	Nov 20, 1998	Adventure	G	$162,798,565	$270,460,458
13	Despicable Me	Jul 9, 2010	Comedy	PG	$251,513,985	$251,513,985
14	WALL-E	Jun 27, 2008	Adventure	G	$223,808,164	$245,939,553
15	Ice Age	Mar 15, 2002	Adventure	PG	$176,387,405	$239,534,703
16	Shrek Forever After	May 21, 2010	Adventure	PG	$238,736,787	$238,736,788
17	Madagascar	May 27, 2005	Adventure	PG	$193,595,521	$237,766,657
18	Happy Feet	Nov 17, 2006	Adventure	PG	$198,000,317	$237,370,508
19	Brave	Jun 22, 2012	Adventure	PG	$237,282,182	$237,282,182
20	Ratatouille	Jun 29, 2007	Comedy	G	$206,445,654	$236,752,358
21	Kung Fu Panda	Jun 6, 2008	Adventure	PG	$215,434,591	$236,738,014
22	Ice Age: The Meltdown	Mar 31, 2006	Adventure	PG	$195,330,621	$235,291,390
23	The Polar Express	Nov 10, 2004	Adventure	G	$194,949,659	$229,808,913
24	How to Train Your Dragon	Mar 26, 2010	Comedy	PG	$217,581,231	$217,581,231
25	Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted	Jun 8, 2012	Adventure	PG	$216,391,482	$216,391,482
Complete List

Year by Year Market Share

Year	Movies in Release	Market Share	Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross	Top-Grossing Movie	Gross that Year
1995	1	2.83%	$150,004,917	34,483,889	$273,112,401	Toy Story	$150,004,917
1996	1	0.74%	$41,648,011	9,422,627	$74,627,206	Toy Story	$41,648,011
1998	2	3.33%	$225,634,361	48,109,672	$381,028,602	A Bug's Life	$136,420,000
1999	3	3.24%	$236,573,643	46,569,615	$368,831,351	Toy Story 2	$208,768,773
2000	4	2.68%	$200,827,416	37,259,260	$295,093,339	Dinosaur	$137,748,063
2001	5	7.25%	$589,078,643	104,077,499	$824,293,792	Shrek	$267,652,016
2002	5	2.72%	$250,018,413	43,032,430	$340,816,846	Ice Age	$176,387,405
2003	3	3.64%	$340,198,342	56,417,635	$446,827,669	Finding Nemo	$339,714,367
2004	5	9.36%	$852,273,419	137,242,096	$1,086,957,400	Shrek 2	$436,471,036
2005	9	6.57%	$587,000,543	91,575,748	$725,279,924	Madagascar	$193,166,575
2006	18	14.01%	$1,296,277,632	197,904,983	$1,567,407,465	Cars	$244,052,771
2007	17	12.25%	$1,179,145,791	171,387,469	$1,357,388,754	Shrek the Third	$321,012,359
2008	18	10.50%	$1,044,712,472	145,503,131	$1,152,384,798	WALL-E	$223,806,889
2009	17	10.23%	$1,089,830,286	145,310,704	$1,150,860,776	Up	$293,004,164
2010	15	14.50%	$1,519,639,748	192,603,263	$1,525,417,843	Toy Story 3	$415,004,880
2011	17	10.76%	$1,097,857,144	138,443,525	$1,096,472,718	Cars 2	$191,450,875
2012	15	12.27%	$1,314,002,235	167,762,995	$1,328,682,920	Brave	$237,236,938
2013	9	8.03%	$297,167,947	37,427,191	$296,423,353	The Croods	$177,804,100

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