Box Office Performance for Action Movies in 2012

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2012 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol	Action	PG-13	$68,053,033	8,581,719	$67,709,763
2	Act of Valor	Action	R	$67,745,400	8,542,926	$67,403,686
3	Contraband	Action	R	$66,528,000	8,389,407	$66,192,421
4	Underworld: Awakening	Action	R	$62,321,039	7,858,895	$62,006,682
5	Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance	Action	PG-13	$50,753,664	6,400,210	$50,497,657
6	Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows	Action	PG-13	$49,920,450	6,295,139	$49,668,647
7	Red Tails	Action	PG-13	$49,703,342	6,267,761	$49,452,634
8	The Darkest Hour	Action	PG-13	$7,227,860	911,458	$7,191,404
9	Agneepath	Action		$1,973,574	248,874	$1,963,616
10	Real Steel	Action	PG-13	$970,068	122,329	$965,176
11	Immortals	Action	R	$804,585	101,461	$800,527
12	Serbuan maut	Action	R	$582,442	73,448	$579,505
13	Seeking Justice	Action	R	$410,819	51,806	$408,749
14	Don 2	Action		$385,754	48,645	$383,809
15	Drive	Action	R	$220,498	27,806	$219,389
16	Vettai	Action		$202,581	25,546	$201,558
17	Paan Singh Tomar	Action		$40,311	5,083	$40,105
18	Tropa de Elite 2: O Inimigo Agora � Outro	Action		$14,616	1,843	$14,541
19	Tomorrow When the War Began	Action	R	$4,936	622	$4,908
20	The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch	Action		$2,333	294	$2,320
Total Gross of All Movies				$427,865,305
Total Tickets Sold					53,955,272
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$425,707,096

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2012. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2012. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2011 will most likely earn money in 2011 and 2012. Click on the individual movie to see its total gross over all the years in which it played.

Each box office year ends on the first Sunday of the following year. The next year starts the following day (Monday). For example, the "2004 box office year" ended on Sunday, January 2, 2005.

Inflation-adjusted figures are based ticket sale estimates, and may not be precise due to rounding errors.