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	F� meg p�, 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.