Toy Story 3 Makes a Billion
Screenshot from Disney's Toy Story 3 (2010)
The entertainment industry is abuzz over the big news to come out of the box office this past weekend. Disney/Pixar’s Toy Story 3 officially crossed the $1 billion mark in ticket sales, making it the first animated film to ever reach that milestone… assuming, of course, that you don’t adjust for inflation.
Time News Feed decided to put a little perspective on this achievement by using stats from Box Office Mojo and the CPI Inflation Calculator to determine a list of films that have grossed $1 billion or more when adjusted for inflation.
Films That Have Grossed A Billion Dollars If We Take Inflation Into Account
1. Gone with the Wind
2. Star Wars
3. Avatar
4. The Sound of Music
5. Titanic
6. Jaws
7. The Exorcist
8. E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
9. The Empire Strikes Back
10. Jurassic Park
11. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
12. Return of the Jedi
13. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
14. The Phantom Menace
15. The Lion King
16. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
17. Independence Day
18. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
19. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
20. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
21. The Ten Commandments
22. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
23. Alice in Wonderland
24. Toy Story 3
25. Finding Nemo
26. The Dark KnightRead more: http://newsfeed.time.com/2010/08/30/toy-story-3-made-a-billion-dollars-how-many-other-films-have/#ixzz0yOM8pNFT
So it was actually Disney/Pixar’s Finding Nemo in 2003 which was the first animated film to gross $1 billion in today’s dollars. That’s discounting, of course, films like Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs which was in theatres so long ago, there’s no accurate information available for how much it grossed internationally.
Of course, my question is, how do some of Disney’s other mega hits rank when compared to Toy Story 3, as adjusted for inflation?
Disney and Disney/Pixar Box Office Business (in 2010 Dollars)
For films with multiple theatrical releases, the numbers are for the first release only. Data collected using Box Office Mojo and CPI Inflation Calculator.
Film Domestic Gross Foreign Gross Toy Story 3 (2010)* $405,931,112 $606,400,000 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) $1,008,252,474 Pinocchio (1940) $606,951,500 Fantasia (1941) $635,494,650 Dumbo (1941) Unknown Bambi (1942) $40,124,723.93 Cinderella (1950) Unknown Alice in Wonderland (1951) Unknown Peter Pan (1953) $332,809,877 Lady and the Tramp (1955) $295,771,269 Sleeping Beauty (1959) $273,298,927 101 Dalmatians (1961) $102,078,729 The Jungle Book (1967) $481,328,132 The Rescuers (1977) $104,328,696 The Fox and the Hound (1981) $95,694,597 Oliver & Company (1988) $98,186,137 The Little Mermaid (1989) $148,310,532 $175,463,691 Beauty and the Beast (1991) $233,478,837 $329,737,636 Aladdin (1992) $337,738,693 $445,500,739 The Lion King (1994) $460,229,107 $669,773,335 Pocahontas (1995) $202,532,466 $292,541,007 Toy Story (1995) $274,368,035 $243,420,587 Hercules (1997) $134,626,344 $208,638,564 Mulan (1998) $161,328,480 $245,697,060 Toy Story 2 (1999) $321,719,564 $312,966,175 Monster’s Inc (2001) $314,981,271 $331,747,680 Lilo and Stitch (2002) $176,680,208 $154,328,294 Finding Nemo (2003) $402,508,707 $625,808,869 The Incredibles (2004) $301,731,254 $427,021,112 Wall-E (2008) $226,623,139 $301,245,538 The Princess and the Frog (2009) $106,091,464 $165,276,491 Up (2009) $297,748,784 $445,436,601
*And counting!