Box Office Performance for Contemporary Fiction Movies in 2012

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2012 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Safe House	Thriller/Suspense	R	$123,881,780	15,621,914	$123,256,901
2	21 Jump Street	Comedy	R	$92,882,690	11,712,823	$92,414,173
3	Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol	Action	PG-13	$68,053,033	8,581,719	$67,709,763
4	Act of Valor	Action	R	$67,745,400	8,542,926	$67,403,686
5	Contraband	Action	R	$66,528,000	8,389,407	$66,192,421
6	Project X	Comedy	R	$53,354,012	6,728,123	$53,084,890
7	This Means War	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$53,076,934	6,693,182	$52,809,206
8	The Grey	Thriller/Suspense	R	$51,475,172	6,491,194	$51,215,521
9	Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance	Action	PG-13	$50,753,664	6,400,210	$50,497,657
10	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo	Thriller/Suspense	R	$42,564,840	5,367,571	$42,350,135
11	The Descendants	Drama	R	$42,120,913	5,311,591	$41,908,453
12	War Horse	Drama	PG-13	$35,692,121	4,500,898	$35,512,085
13	Tyler Perry's Good Deeds	Drama	PG-13	$34,401,737	4,338,176	$34,228,209
14	Joyful Noise	Musical	PG-13	$30,932,113	3,900,645	$30,776,089
15	One for the Money	Comedy	PG-13	$26,370,448	3,325,403	$26,237,430
16	The Adventures of Tintin	Adventure	PG	$26,191,381	3,302,822	$26,059,266
17	Haywire	Thriller/Suspense	R	$18,942,396	2,388,701	$18,846,851
18	Man on a Ledge	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$18,620,000	2,348,045	$18,526,075
19	Wanderlust	Comedy	R	$17,255,675	2,175,999	$17,168,632
20	A Thousand Words	Comedy	PG-13	$16,508,068	2,081,724	$16,424,802
21	Gone	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$11,586,816	1,461,137	$11,528,371
22	New Year's Eve	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$7,286,815	918,892	$7,250,058
23	Jodaeiye Nader az Simin	Drama	PG-13	$6,386,254	805,328	$6,354,038
24	Friends with Kids	Romantic Comedy	R	$6,324,949	797,598	$6,293,048
25	Casa de mi Padre	Comedy	R	$5,011,055	631,911	$4,985,778
26	Goon	Comedy	R	$4,049,110	510,607	$4,028,689
27	The Sitter	Comedy	R	$3,726,236	469,891	$3,707,440
28	Young Adult	Comedy	R	$3,642,319	459,309	$3,623,948
29	Salmon Fishing in the Yemen	Drama	PG-13	$3,169,622	399,700	$3,153,633
30	Jeff, Who Lives at Home	Comedy	R	$2,692,030	339,474	$2,678,450
31	Jack and Jill	Comedy	PG	$2,408,120	303,672	$2,395,972
32	Carnage	Drama	R	$2,192,036	276,423	$2,180,977
33	October Baby	Drama	PG-13	$2,170,799	273,745	$2,159,848
34	Shame	Drama	NC-17	$2,002,644	252,540	$1,992,541
35	We need to Talk About Kevin	Drama		$1,423,380	179,493	$1,416,200
36	Tower Heist	Comedy	PG-13	$1,244,345	156,916	$1,238,067
37	Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu	Romantic Comedy		$1,155,545	145,718	$1,149,715
38	Thin Ice	Black Comedy	R	$691,846	87,244	$688,355
39	Pariah	Drama	R	$667,797	84,211	$664,425
40	He'arat Shulayim	Drama	PG	$605,506	76,356	$602,449
41	Serbuan maut	Action	R	$582,442	73,448	$579,505
42	Being Flynn	Comedy		$480,025	60,533	$477,605
43	Courageous	Drama	PG-13	$433,861	54,711	$431,670
44	Seeking Justice	Action	R	$410,819	51,806	$408,749
45	Don 2	Action		$385,754	48,645	$383,809
46	Le gamin au v�lo	Drama	PG-13	$349,113	44,024	$347,349
47	The Deep Blue Sea	Drama	R	$338,016	42,625	$336,311
48	Le Havre	Drama		$248,815	31,376	$247,557
49	The Way	Drama	PG-13	$243,242	30,674	$242,018
50	Drive	Action	R	$220,498	27,806	$219,389
51	Vettai	Action		$202,581	25,546	$201,558
52	Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie	Comedy	R	$188,339	23,750	$187,388
53	Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya	Romantic Comedy		$177,743	22,414	$176,846
54	Gianni e le donne	Comedy		$147,929	18,654	$147,180
55	La piel que habito	Drama	R	$143,085	18,044	$142,367
56	Rundskop	Drama	R	$142,616	17,984	$141,894
57	Footloose	Musical	PG-13	$132,230	16,675	$131,566
58	The Forgiveness of Blood	Drama		$113,518	14,315	$112,945
59	The Ides of March	Drama	R	$111,746	14,092	$111,186
60	Margin Call	Drama	R	$99,399	12,535	$98,901
61	Martha Marcy May Marlene	Thriller/Suspense	R	$67,595	8,524	$67,254
62	On the Ice	Thriller/Suspense	R	$55,634	7,016	$55,356
63	Jodi Breakers	Romantic Comedy		$52,618	6,635	$52,350
64	Deep In The Heart	Drama	PG-13	$46,400	5,851	$46,164
65	La guerre est d�clar�e	Drama		$46,225	5,829	$45,991
66	Detachment	Drama		$45,252	5,706	$45,020
67	Intruders	Horror	R	$40,746	5,138	$40,539
68	Une vie de chat	Adventure		$39,460	4,976	$39,261
69	Tomboy	Drama		$33,675	4,247	$33,509
70	Romeo Onze	Drama		$30,672	3,868	$30,519
71	Kill List	Horror		$29,063	3,665	$28,917
72	Miss Bala	Drama	R	$24,670	3,111	$24,546
73	Musical Chairs	Drama	PG-13	$23,766	2,997	$23,646
74	The Guard	Comedy	R	$23,630	2,980	$23,512
75	Like Crazy	Drama	PG-13	$23,291	2,937	$23,173
76	Sound of Noise	Comedy	R	$23,158	2,920	$23,039
77	Pr�sum� coupable	Drama		$19,750	2,491	$19,654
78	Ranchero	Drama		$17,324	2,185	$17,240
79	Return	Drama		$16,124	2,033	$16,040
80	Tropa de Elite 2: O Inimigo Agora � Outro	Action		$14,616	1,843	$14,541
81	Michael	Drama		$14,306	1,804	$14,234
82	Autoreiji	Drama	R	$14,305	1,804	$14,234
83	Les Neiges du Kilimanjaro	Drama		$13,729	1,731	$13,658
84	Sophomore	Comedy		$13,000	1,639	$12,932
85	F� meg p�, for faen	Comedy		$10,145	1,279	$10,091
86	Attenberg	Drama		$9,839	1,241	$9,791
87	Beneath the Darkness	Thriller/Suspense	R	$9,600	1,211	$9,555
88	Around June	Drama		$9,102	1,148	$9,058
89	Santa Mesa	Drama		$9,062	1,143	$9,018
90	The Understudy	Black Comedy		$8,669	1,093	$8,624
91	Cook County	Drama		$8,250	1,040	$8,206
92	The Trouble With Bliss	Comedy	PG-13	$7,834	988	$7,795
93	Roadie	Drama		$7,825	987	$7,787
94	Reuniting the Rubins	Comedy	PG	$7,022	885	$6,983
95	Domaine	Drama		$6,914	872	$6,880
96	Tyrannosaur	Drama		$6,353	801	$6,320
97	Tomorrow When the War Began	Action	R	$4,936	622	$4,908
98	Brake	Thriller/Suspense		$4,876	615	$4,852
99	Buzzkill	Comedy		$4,599	580	$4,576
100	Newlyweds	Comedy		$4,584	578	$4,560
101	Rid of Me	Black Comedy		$3,725	470	$3,708
102	The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch	Action		$2,333	294	$2,320
103	Schastye moe	Drama		$841	106	$836
104	The Decoy Bride	Comedy		$759	96	$757
105	Angels Crest	Drama	R	$425	54	$426
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,011,796,074
Total Tickets Sold					127,590,928
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,006,692,422

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.