Disney Animated Box Office - Adjusted 2016

[Animaniac93-98]

For those curious, I've complied a list of 50 Disney and Pixar animated features ranked by Box Office gross adjusted into 2016 dollars (based on the rise in average ticket pice). These numbers are domestic only, excluding re-issues and do not show attendence, but it's interesting to look at none the less. Moana is still in release, but it's not likely to change its position on the chart.


The Lion King: $645 million

Finding Nemo: $487 million

Finding Dory: $485 million

Aladdin: $453 million

Toy Story 3: $451 million

Frozen: $424 million

Toy Story 2: $413 million

Monsters Inc: $390 million

Toy Story: $379 million

Inside Out: $373 million

The Incredibles: $363 million

Zootopia: $342 million

Up: $339 million

Cars: $322 million

Beauty and the Beast: $302 million

A Bug’s Life: $295 million

Tarzan: $291 million

Monster’s University: $287 million

Pocahontas: $281 million

Wall-E: $269 million

Ratatouille: $259 million

Brave: $259 million

Moana: $241 million*

Big Hero 6: $232 million

Mulan: $222 million

Dinosaur: $221 million

Tangled: $217 million

Lilo and Stitch: $217 million

Cars 2: $207 million

Wreck-It-Ralph: $203 million

The Hunchback of Notre Dame: $195 million

Hercules: $186 million

Chicken Little: $182 million

The Little Mermaid: $177 million

The Emperor’s New Groove: $139 million

Bolt: $136 million

The Fox and the Hound: $124 million

The Good Dinosaur: $122 million

Meet the Robinsons: $122 million

Brother Bear: $122 million

The Princess and the Frog: $117 million

Oliver and Company: $113 million

The Nightmare Before Christmas: $104 million

Fantasia 2000: $96 million

Home on the Range: $69 million

The Great Mouse Detective: $59 million

The Rescuers Down Under: $57 million

Treasure Planet: $56 million

The Black Cauldron: $51 million

Winnie the Pooh: $29 million

 

[Animaniac93-98]

Also, if you're wondering where it would fit on this list, Who Framed Rogger Rabbit? would rank in between Up and Cars.

 

[DisneyFan 2000]

Great list, thanks! Some interesting numbers - especially Chicken Little being higher up than The Little Mermaid. Yeesh

 

[Animaniac93-98]

Great list, thanks! Some interesting numbers - especially Chicken Little being higher up than The Little Mermaid. Yeesh

That can partially be explained with 3D tickets. More people probably saw Little Mermaid in 1989 than Chicken Little in 2005.

 

[Animaniac93-98]

Here's a list of Disney theatrical re-issues from the 1980s to the early 1990s, again adjusted into 2016 figures. Note the placement of some of the titles and how much Snow White benefited from it's 50th Anniversary campagin in 1987. I don't have numbers for Robin Hood, Alice in Wonderland or Dumbo, unfortunately.


101 Dalmatians (1991 reissue): $124 million

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1987 re-issue): $103 million

The Jungle Book (1990 re-issue): $91 million

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1993 re-issue): $86 million

Lady and the Tramp (1980 re-issue): $83 million

Bambi (1988 re-issue): $82 million

Cinderella (1981 re-issue): $82 million

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1983 re-issue): $82 million

101 Dalmatians (1985 re-issue): $77 million

Cinderella (1987 re-issue): $74 million

Lady and the Tramp (1986 re-issue): $69 million

Bambi (1982 re-issue): $67 million

Pinocchio (1984 re-issue): $64 million

Peter Pan (1989) re-issue): $64 million

Song of the South (1980 re-issue): $63 million

The Jungle Book (1984 re-issue): $60 million

The Aristocats (1980 re-issue): $57 million

The Rescuers (1983 re-issue): $55 million

Fantasia (1990 re-issue): $51 million

The Fox and the Hound (1988 re-issue): $49 million

Peter Pan (1982 re-issue): $48 million

The Rescuers (1989 re-issue): $46 million

Song of the South (1986 re-issue): $41 million

Pinocchio (1992 re-issue): $39 million

The Aristocats (1987 re-issue): $38 million

Sleeping Beauty (1986 re-issue): $35 million

The Sword in the Stone (1983 re-issue): $32 million