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Top Grossing Animation Movies in 2012

Rank Title Language Domestic Worldwide
1 Ice Age: Continental Drift
English

EN

$161,321,843 $877,244,782
2 Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
English

EN

$216,391,482 $746,921,274
3 Brave
English

EN

$237,283,207 $538,983,207
4 Wreck-It Ralph
English

EN

$189,422,889 $471,222,950
5 Hotel Transylvania
English

EN

$148,426,305 $358,488,860
6 The Lorax
English

EN

$214,494,550 $349,305,397
7 Rise of the Guardians
English

EN

$103,412,758 $306,941,670
8 The Secret World of Arrietty
Japanese

JP

$58,236,838 $188,133,322
9 The Pirates! Band of Misfits
English

EN

$31,051,126 $123,069,765
10 ParaNorman
English

EN

$56,003,051 $107,139,399
11 Frankenweenie
English

EN

$35,291,068 $85,613,658
12 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Class Clown
English

EN

$49,008,662 $77,229,695
13 It's Such a Beautiful Day
English

EN

- $60,756,040
14 Tad, the Lost Explorer
Spanish

ES

- $49,492,210
15 A Turtle’s Tale 2: Sammy’s Escape from Paradise
English

EN

- $49,261,830
16 Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles – Animal Adventure
Japanese

JP

- $46,180,706
17 Detective Conan: The Eleventh Striker
Japanese

JP

- $44,369,456
18 Three Heroes on Distant Shores
Russian

RU

- $33,674,759
19 A Cat in Paris
French

FR

- $26,710,392
20 Head Over Heels
English

EN

- $25,402,893
21 Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf 4
Chinese

CN

- $21,847,806
22 The Snow Queen
Russian

RU

- $13,567,781
23 I Love Wolffy
Chinese

CN

- $11,730,000
24 Gladiators of Rome
Italian

IT

$8,201 $10,079,201
25 Kirikou and the Men and Women
French

FR

- $9,442,904
26 The Reef 2: High Tide
English

EN

- $8,829,781
27 Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos
Japanese

JP

$177,802 $7,621,364
28 McDull: The Pork of Music
Chinese

CN

- $7,436,362
29 The Mystical Laws
Japanese

JP

- $7,415,910
30 Ivan the Incredible
Danish

DK

- $6,907,409
31 Blue Exorcist: The Movie
Japanese

JP

$21,796 $5,994,921
32 Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha: The Movie 2nd A’s
Japanese

JP

- $4,950,633
33 The Rabbi's Cat
French

FR

$23,392 $4,208,573
34 Raven the Little Rascal
German

DE

- $3,788,022
35 Primates of the Caribbean
Danish

DK

- $3,744,694
36 Delhi Safari
Hindi

IN

- $3,495,597
37 The Life of Budori Gusuko
Japanese

JP

- $3,013,544
38 Pinocchio
Italian

IT

- $2,787,008
39 Resident Evil: Damnation
Japanese

JP

- $2,325,035
40 Wings
English

EN

- $2,250,147
41 Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I – The Egg of the King
Japanese

JP

- $2,152,610
42 Library War: The Wings Of Revolution
Japanese

JP

- $2,091,309
43 Strike Witches the Movie
Japanese

JP

- $1,997,136
44 Fairytale Tree: The Movie
Dutch

NL

- $1,768,177
45 Tales of the Night
French

FR

$10,975 $1,762,194
46 The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2012: Animation
English

EN

$1,702,415 $1,702,415
47 A Mouse’s Tale
Spanish

ES

- $1,581,003
48 Adventure Planet
Thai

TH

- $1,553,168
49 Possessions
Japanese

JP

- $1,417,706
50 Fairy Tail: Phoenix Priestess
Japanese

JP

- $911,467

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