Box Office Performance for First Run Features Movies in 2012

Rank	Movie	Genre	2012 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The Pruitt-Igoe Myth	Documentary	$39,547	4,987	$39,347
2	Eames: The Architect and the Painter	Documentary	$13,275	1,674	$13,208
3	How Much Does Your Building Weigh Mr. Foster?	Drama	$13,013	1,641	$12,947
4	The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby	Documentary	$12,454	1,570	$12,387
5	Man on a Mission	Documentary	$8,688	1,096	$8,647
6	Garbo: El espía	Documentary	$6,330	798	$6,296
7	Windfall	Documentary	$5,097	643	$5,073
8	Art is...The Permanent Revolution	Documentary	$3,982	502	$3,961
9	Jane's Journey	Documentary	$3,507	442	$3,487
10	Pianomania	Documentary	$2,524	318	$2,509
11	American Teacher	Documentary	$2,004	253	$1,996
12	The Beat Hotel	Documentary	$1,458	184	$1,452
Total Gross of All Movies			$111,879
Total Tickets Sold				14,108
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices					$111,312

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.