Box Office Performance for Based on Book/Short Story Movies in 2012
Rank Movie Genre MPAA 2012 Gross Tickets Sold Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1
The Hunger Games
Thriller/Suspense
PG-13
$248,483,901
31,334,666
$247,230,515
2
Doctor Suess' The Lorax
Adventure
PG
$189,332,445
23,875,466
$188,377,427
3
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
Adventure
PG
$98,455,595
12,415,586
$97,958,974
4
Beauty and the Beast
Musical
G
$81,366,971
10,260,652
$80,956,544
5
John Carter
Adventure
PG-13
$66,233,839
8,352,313
$65,899,750
6
The Woman in Black
Thriller/Suspense
PG-13
$53,946,989
6,802,899
$53,674,873
7
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Action
PG-13
$49,920,450
6,295,139
$49,668,647
8
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Thriller/Suspense
R
$42,564,840
5,367,571
$42,350,135
9
The Descendants
Drama
R
$42,120,913
5,311,591
$41,908,453
10
War Horse
Drama
PG-13
$35,692,121
4,500,898
$35,512,085
11
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Drama
PG-13
$31,495,464
3,971,685
$31,336,595
12
One for the Money
Comedy
PG-13
$26,370,448
3,325,403
$26,237,430
13
Hugo
Adventure
$23,374,769
2,947,638
$23,256,864
14
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Thriller/Suspense
R
$19,869,207
2,505,575
$19,768,987
15
The Secret World of Arietty
Adventure
G
$18,450,512
2,326,672
$18,357,442
16
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1
Drama
PG-13
$5,161,657
650,903
$5,135,625
17
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Drama
PG-13
$3,169,622
399,700
$3,153,633
18
We need to Talk About Kevin
Drama
$1,423,380
179,493
$1,416,200
19
Real Steel
Action
PG-13
$970,068
122,329
$965,176
20
Drive
Action
R
$220,498
27,806
$219,389
21
The Help
Drama
PG-13
$206,041
25,982
$204,998
22
La piel que habito
Drama
R
$143,085
18,044
$142,367
23
Noruwei no mori
Drama
$23,622
2,979
$23,504
24
Få meg på, for faen
Comedy
$10,145
1,279
$10,091
25
The Trouble With Bliss
Comedy
PG-13
$7,834
988
$7,795
26
Tomorrow When the War Began
Action
R
$4,936
622
$4,908
27
Cirkus Columbia
Drama
$3,163
399
$3,148
28
Angels Crest
Drama
R
$425
54
$426
Total Gross of All Movies $1,039,022,940
Total Tickets Sold 131,024,332
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices $1,033,781,979
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.