Box Office Performance for Historical Fiction Movies in 2012

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2012 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The Vow	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$123,473,456	15,570,423	$122,850,637
2	Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows	Action	PG-13	$49,920,450	6,295,139	$49,668,647
3	Red Tails	Action	PG-13	$49,703,342	6,267,761	$49,452,634
4	The Artist	Drama	PG-13	$38,502,028	4,855,237	$38,307,820
5	Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close	Drama	PG-13	$31,495,464	3,971,685	$31,336,595
6	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy	Thriller/Suspense	R	$19,869,207	2,505,575	$19,768,987
7	My Week with Marilyn	Drama	R	$5,661,684	713,958	$5,633,129
8	Agneepath	Action		$1,973,574	248,874	$1,963,616
9	Rampart	Drama	R	$856,670	108,029	$852,349
10	Coriolanus	Drama	R	$599,645	75,617	$596,618
11	Jin l�ng sh� san chai	Drama	R	$289,945	36,563	$288,482
12	In The Land of Blood and Honey	Drama	R	$250,521	31,592	$249,261
13	The Help	Drama	PG-13	$206,041	25,982	$204,998
14	Chico & Rita	Multiple Genres		$197,785	24,941	$196,784
15	Boy	Drama		$115,443	14,558	$114,863
16	Rang zidan fei	Comedy		$56,673	7,147	$56,390
17	Young Goethe in Love	Drama		$51,938	6,550	$51,680
18	The Mill and the Cross	Drama		$47,314	5,966	$47,072
19	Noruwei no mori	Drama		$23,622	2,979	$23,504
20	Mozart's Sister	Drama		$23,389	2,949	$23,268
21	Les hommes libres	Drama		$22,578	2,847	$22,463
22	Kung Fu Joe	Comedy		$14,752	1,860	$14,675
23	Blackthorn	Adventure	R	$13,898	1,753	$13,831
24	Prince of the Himalayas	Drama		$6,295	794	$6,265
25	Cirkus Columbia	Drama		$3,163	399	$3,148
26	Amigo	Drama	R	$3,015	380	$2,998
Total Gross of All Movies				$323,381,892
Total Tickets Sold					40,779,558
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$321,750,713

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.