We ranked all 19 Pixar movies by their inflation-adjusted net profit to determine which film has been the most financially successful over time. With the release of its 19th film, “Coco,” in November, Pixar continued a streak of box-office domination that began with the release of its first film, “Toy Story,” in 1995.
Though each Pixar film released has made the studio a substantial net profit, not every movie has lived up to the immense success of some of the company’s true blockbusters.
Using Box Office Mojo’s and The Numbers’ sales and production statistics for each film, Business Insider has ranked all 19 Pixar movies so far by their inflation-adjusted net profit.
Adjusting all global box-office receipts and budgets for inflation using the US inflation calculator, we subtracted budgets from worldwide box-office grosses to determine which Pixar film has been the most financially successful over time. (This doesn’t take into account marketing and other costs, however, so true net profits are actually smaller.)
Read on to see which Pixar film came out on top:
19. “The Good Dinosaur” (2015) – Adjusted net profit: $150.6 million
Adjusted gross: $345.7 million Unadjusted gross: $332.2 million Adjusted budget: $195.1 million Unadjusted budget: $187.5 million
18. “Cars 3” (2017) – Adjusted net profit: $208.7 million
Adjusted gross: $383.7 million Unadjusted gross: $383.7 million Adjusted budget: $175 million Unadjusted budget: $175 million
17. “A Bug’s Life” (1998) – Adjusted net profit: $368.1 million
Adjusted gross: $549.7 million Unadjusted gross: $363.2 million Adjusted budget: $181.5 million Unadjusted budget: $120 million
16. “Brave” (2012) – Adjusted net profit: $381.8 million
Adjusted gross: $580.6 million Unadjusted gross: $540.4 million Adjusted budget: $198.7 million Unadjusted budget: $185 million
15. “Cars 2” (2011) – Adjusted net profit: $397 million
Adjusted gross: $616.4 million Unadjusted gross: $562.1 million Adjusted budget: $219.3 million Unadjusted budget: $200 million
14. “WALL-E” (2008) – Adjusted net profit: $404.7 million
Adjusted gross: $610.9 million Unadjusted gross: $533.2 million Adjusted budget: $206.2 million Unadjusted budget: $180 million
13. “Coco” (2017) – Adjusted net profit: $414 million
Adjusted gross: $589 million Unadjusted gross: $589 million Adjusted budget: $175 million Unadjusted budget: $175 million
12. “Cars” (2006) – Adjusted net profit: $418.7 million
Adjusted gross: $565.5 million Unadjusted gross: $462 million Adjusted budget: $146.8 million Unadjusted budget: $120 million
11. “Toy Story” (1995) – Adjusted net profit: $556 million
Adjusted gross: $604.6 million Unadjusted gross: $373.5 million Adjusted budget: $48.5 million Unadjusted budget: $30 million
10. “Ratatouille” (2007) – Adjusted net profit: $559.9 million
Adjusted gross: $738.4 million Unadjusted gross: $620.7 million Adjusted budget: $178.4 million Unadjusted budget: $150 million
9. “Monsters University” (2013) – Adjusted net profit: $576.2 million
Adjusted gross: $788 million Unadjusted gross: $744.2 million Adjusted budget: $211.7 million Unadjusted budget: $200 million
8. “Toy Story 2” (1999) – Adjusted net profit: $603.1 million
Adjusted gross: $736.4 million Unadjusted gross: $497.3 million Adjusted budget: $133.2 million Unadjusted budget: $90 million
7. “UP” (2009) – Adjusted net profit: $643.9 million
Adjusted gross: $845.1 million Unadjusted gross: $735 million Adjusted budget: $201.2 million Unadjusted budget: $175 million
6. “Monsters Inc.” (2001) – Adjusted net profit: $644.4 million
Adjusted gross: $804.7 million Unadjusted gross: $577.4 million Adjusted budget: $160.2 million Unadjusted budget: $115 million
5. “The Incredibles” (2004) – Adjusted net profit: $706.4 million
Adjusted gross: $826.6 million Unadjusted gross: $633 million Adjusted budget: $120.1 million Unadjusted budget: $92 million
4. “Inside Out” (2015) – Adjusted net profit: $710.4 million
Adjusted gross: $892.5 million Unadjusted gross: $857.6 million Adjusted budget: $182.1 million Unadjusted budget: $175 million
3. “Finding Dory” – Adjusted net profit: $851.5 million
Adjusted gross: $1.057 billion Unadjusted gross: $1.028 billion Adjusted budget: $205.5 million Unadjusted budget: $200 million
2. “Toy Story 3” (2010) – Adjusted net profit: $980.7 million
Adjusted gross: $1.206 billion Unadjusted gross: $1.066 billion Adjusted budget: $226.2 million Unadjusted budget: $200 million
1. “Finding Nemo” (2003) – Adjusted net profit: $1.134 billion
Adjusted gross: $1.260 billion Unadjusted gross: $940.
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