Box Office Performance for Drama Movies in 2012

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2012 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The Descendants	Drama	R	$42,120,913	5,311,591	$41,908,453
2	The Artist	Drama	PG-13	$38,502,028	4,855,237	$38,307,820
3	War Horse	Drama	PG-13	$35,692,121	4,500,898	$35,512,085
4	Tyler Perry's Good Deeds	Drama	PG-13	$34,401,737	4,338,176	$34,228,209
5	Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close	Drama	PG-13	$31,495,464	3,971,685	$31,336,595
6	We Bought a Zoo	Drama	PG	$30,788,523	3,882,538	$30,633,225
7	The Iron Lady	Drama	PG-13	$29,194,318	3,681,503	$29,047,059
8	Big Miracle	Drama	PG	$20,113,965	2,536,439	$20,012,504
9	Jodaeiye Nader az Simin	Drama	PG-13	$6,386,254	805,328	$6,354,038
10	My Week with Marilyn	Drama	R	$5,661,684	713,958	$5,633,129
11	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1	Drama	PG-13	$5,161,657	650,903	$5,135,625
12	A Dangerous Method	Drama	R	$4,096,850	516,627	$4,076,187
13	Salmon Fishing in the Yemen	Drama	PG-13	$3,169,622	399,700	$3,153,633
14	Carnage	Drama	R	$2,192,036	276,423	$2,180,977
15	October Baby	Drama	PG-13	$2,170,799	273,745	$2,159,848
16	Shame	Drama	NC-17	$2,002,644	252,540	$1,992,541
17	We need to Talk About Kevin	Drama		$1,423,380	179,493	$1,416,200
18	W ciemno?ci	Drama	R	$862,265	108,735	$857,919
19	Rampart	Drama	R	$856,670	108,029	$852,349
20	Pariah	Drama	R	$667,797	84,211	$664,425
21	J. Edgar	Drama	R	$655,199	82,623	$651,895
22	He'arat Shulayim	Drama	PG	$605,506	76,356	$602,449
23	Coriolanus	Drama	R	$599,645	75,617	$596,618
24	Moneyball	Drama	PG-13	$589,433	74,330	$586,464
25	W.E.	Drama	R	$490,791	61,890	$488,312
26	Courageous	Drama	PG-13	$433,861	54,711	$431,670
27	Le gamin au v�lo	Drama	PG-13	$349,113	44,024	$347,349
28	The Deep Blue Sea	Drama	R	$338,016	42,625	$336,311
29	Jin l�ng sh� san chai	Drama	R	$289,945	36,563	$288,482
30	Dolphin Tale	Drama	PG	$270,810	34,150	$269,444
31	In The Land of Blood and Honey	Drama	R	$250,521	31,592	$249,261
32	Le Havre	Drama		$248,815	31,376	$247,557
33	The Way	Drama	PG-13	$243,242	30,674	$242,018
34	The Help	Drama	PG-13	$206,041	25,982	$204,998
35	La piel que habito	Drama	R	$143,085	18,044	$142,367
36	Rundskop	Drama	R	$142,616	17,984	$141,894
37	Boy	Drama		$115,443	14,558	$114,863
38	The Forgiveness of Blood	Drama		$113,518	14,315	$112,945
39	The Ides of March	Drama	R	$111,746	14,092	$111,186
40	Margin Call	Drama	R	$99,399	12,535	$98,901
41	Take Shelter	Drama	R	$57,751	7,283	$57,463
42	Young Goethe in Love	Drama		$51,938	6,550	$51,680
43	The Mill and the Cross	Drama		$47,314	5,966	$47,072
44	Deep In The Heart	Drama	PG-13	$46,400	5,851	$46,164
45	La guerre est d�clar�e	Drama		$46,225	5,829	$45,991
46	Detachment	Drama		$45,252	5,706	$45,020
47	Tomboy	Drama		$33,675	4,247	$33,509
48	La conqu�te	Drama		$33,344	4,205	$33,177
49	Romeo Onze	Drama		$30,672	3,868	$30,519
50	Miss Bala	Drama	R	$24,670	3,111	$24,546
51	Musical Chairs	Drama	PG-13	$23,766	2,997	$23,646
52	Noruwei no mori	Drama		$23,622	2,979	$23,504
53	Mozart's Sister	Drama		$23,389	2,949	$23,268
54	Like Crazy	Drama	PG-13	$23,291	2,937	$23,173
55	Les hommes libres	Drama		$22,578	2,847	$22,463
56	Pr�sum� coupable	Drama		$19,750	2,491	$19,654
57	Ranchero	Drama		$17,324	2,185	$17,240
58	Return	Drama		$16,124	2,033	$16,040
59	4:44 Last Day on Earth	Drama		$15,738	1,985	$15,662
60	Michael	Drama		$14,306	1,804	$14,234
61	Autoreiji	Drama	R	$14,305	1,804	$14,234
62	Les Neiges du Kilimanjaro	Drama		$13,729	1,731	$13,658
63	How Much Does Your Building Weigh Mr. Foster?	Drama		$13,013	1,641	$12,947
64	The Long Day Closes	Drama		$12,362	1,559	$12,301
65	Attenberg	Drama		$9,839	1,241	$9,791
66	Around June	Drama		$9,102	1,148	$9,058
67	Santa Mesa	Drama		$9,062	1,143	$9,018
68	Cook County	Drama		$8,250	1,040	$8,206
69	Roadie	Drama		$7,825	987	$7,787
70	Domaine	Drama		$6,914	872	$6,880
71	Tyrannosaur	Drama		$6,353	801	$6,320
72	Prince of the Himalayas	Drama		$6,295	794	$6,265
73	Kongen av Bast�y	Drama		$4,162	525	$4,142
74	Cirkus Columbia	Drama		$3,163	399	$3,148
75	Amigo	Drama	R	$3,015	380	$2,998
76	Serge Gainsbourg vie heroique	Drama		$2,240	282	$2,225
77	Perfect Sense	Drama		$1,567	198	$1,562
78	Schastye moe	Drama		$841	106	$836
79	Angels Crest	Drama	R	$425	54	$426
Total Gross of All Movies				$304,007,063
Total Tickets Sold					38,336,328
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$302,473,628

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.