The Top 10 Disney Princesses at the Box Office
U.S. and Canadian Ticket Sales: $1.3B
Release Year: 1937
One of the princess film classics, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was the first full-length animated feature from Disney Studios and remains a favorite across generations. Total ticket sales include three reissues of the movie during the 1980s and 1990s, worth $234 million. (All figures here are adjusted for inflation.)
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U.S. and Canadian Ticket Sales: $976M
Release Year: 1950
The success of Cinderella after its initial release helped Walt Disney Productions reverse fortunes after several embarrassing box office disasters. Total domestic ticket sales also include two reissues of the movie in 1981 and in 1987, together worth $143 million
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U.S. and Canadian Ticket Sales: $399M
Release Year: 2013
Frozen is the 53rd animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classic series. It won two Academy Awards, for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song.
U.S. and Canadian Ticket Sales: $365M
Release Year: 1992
Aladdin is about impossible love. Aladdin, a good-hearted street thief, and Jasmine, the princess of Agrabah, love each other, but she’s only allowed to marry a prince. The pair end up getting engaged after the rule is finally changed.
U.S. and Canadian Ticket Sales: $334M
Release Year: 1991
Beauty and the Beast is about why looks don’t matter. Belle falls in love with a monster and at the end, as she tells him she loves him, the Beast is transformed into a handsome prince. Total ticket sales for this animated romantic fantasy include revenue from an IMAX release in 2002 and a 3D version of the movie released in 2012, together worth $81 million.
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U.S. and Canadian Ticket Sales: $324M
Release Year: 1959
Sleeping Beauty is another favorite classic princess film. It is also a famous classic ballet from 1890 with music composed by Tchaikovsky. . Total ticket sales include a 1986 reissue of the movie that brought $32 million.
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U.S. and Canadian Ticket Sales: $237M
Release Year: 2012
In Brave, a Scottish princess called Merida defies age-old customs and brings chaos to her kingdom. The film won an Academy Award for Best Animated Film.
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U.S. and Canadian Ticket Sales: $219M
Release Year: 1995
Pocahontas was the first Disney movie to be loosely based on a historical character. The movie is about the arrival of settlers in America and how the Native American girl falls in love with Englishman John Smith.
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U.S. and Canadian Ticket Sales: $218M
Release Year: 2010
Tangled tells the story of the lost princess with magical long blond hair who can’t wait to escape her secluded tower. Rumor has it this was one of the most expensive animated films ever made.
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U.S. and Canadian Ticket Sales: $200M
Release year: 1989
Also based on a fairy tale, The Little Mermaid is about Ariel, a mermaid who wants to enter the human world. The movie won two Academy Awards for Best Original Score and Best Song.
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