Box Office Performance for Live Action 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	Safe House	Thriller/Suspense	R	$123,881,780	15,621,914	$123,256,901
3	The Vow	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$123,473,456	15,570,423	$122,850,637
4	Journey 2: The Mysterious Island	Adventure	PG	$98,455,595	12,415,586	$97,958,974
5	21 Jump Street	Comedy	R	$92,882,690	11,712,823	$92,414,173
6	Beauty and the Beast	Musical	G	$81,366,971	10,260,652	$80,956,544
7	Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol	Action	PG-13	$68,053,033	8,581,719	$67,709,763
8	Act of Valor	Action	R	$67,745,400	8,542,926	$67,403,686
9	Contraband	Action	R	$66,528,000	8,389,407	$66,192,421
10	John Carter	Adventure	PG-13	$66,233,839	8,352,313	$65,899,750
11	Chronicle	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$63,759,168	8,040,248	$63,437,557
12	Underworld: Awakening	Action	R	$62,321,039	7,858,895	$62,006,682
13	The Woman in Black	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$53,946,989	6,802,899	$53,674,873
14	Project X	Comedy	R	$53,354,012	6,728,123	$53,084,890
15	The Devil Inside	Horror	R	$53,261,944	6,716,512	$52,993,280
16	This Means War	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$53,076,934	6,693,182	$52,809,206
17	Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance	Action	PG-13	$50,753,664	6,400,210	$50,497,657
18	Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows	Action	PG-13	$49,920,450	6,295,139	$49,668,647
19	Red Tails	Action	PG-13	$49,703,342	6,267,761	$49,452,634
20	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo	Thriller/Suspense	R	$42,564,840	5,367,571	$42,350,135
21	The Descendants	Drama	R	$42,120,913	5,311,591	$41,908,453
22	The Artist	Drama	PG-13	$38,502,028	4,855,237	$38,307,820
23	War Horse	Drama	PG-13	$35,692,121	4,500,898	$35,512,085
24	Tyler Perry's Good Deeds	Drama	PG-13	$34,401,737	4,338,176	$34,228,209
25	Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close	Drama	PG-13	$31,495,464	3,971,685	$31,336,595
26	Joyful Noise	Musical	PG-13	$30,932,113	3,900,645	$30,776,089
27	We Bought a Zoo	Drama	PG	$30,788,523	3,882,538	$30,633,225
28	The Iron Lady	Drama	PG-13	$29,194,318	3,681,503	$29,047,059
29	One for the Money	Comedy	PG-13	$26,370,448	3,325,403	$26,237,430
30	Big Miracle	Drama	PG	$20,113,965	2,536,439	$20,012,504
31	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy	Thriller/Suspense	R	$19,869,207	2,505,575	$19,768,987
32	Haywire	Thriller/Suspense	R	$18,942,396	2,388,701	$18,846,851
33	Man on a Ledge	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$18,620,000	2,348,045	$18,526,075
34	Mirror Mirror	Adventure	PG	$18,132,085	2,286,518	$18,040,627
35	Wanderlust	Comedy	R	$17,255,675	2,175,999	$17,168,632
36	A Thousand Words	Comedy	PG-13	$16,508,068	2,081,724	$16,424,802
37	Silent House	Horror	R	$12,372,049	1,560,158	$12,309,647
38	Gone	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$11,586,816	1,461,137	$11,528,371
39	New Year's Eve	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$7,286,815	918,892	$7,250,058
40	The Darkest Hour	Action	PG-13	$7,227,860	911,458	$7,191,404
41	Jodaeiye Nader az Simin	Drama	PG-13	$6,386,254	805,328	$6,354,038
42	Friends with Kids	Romantic Comedy	R	$6,324,949	797,598	$6,293,048
43	My Week with Marilyn	Drama	R	$5,661,684	713,958	$5,633,129
44	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1	Drama	PG-13	$5,161,657	650,903	$5,135,625
45	The Muppets	Comedy	PG	$5,064,849	638,695	$5,039,304
46	Casa de mi Padre	Comedy	R	$5,011,055	631,911	$4,985,778
47	A Dangerous Method	Drama	R	$4,096,850	516,627	$4,076,187
48	Goon	Comedy	R	$4,049,110	510,607	$4,028,689
49	The Sitter	Comedy	R	$3,726,236	469,891	$3,707,440
50	Young Adult	Comedy	R	$3,642,319	459,309	$3,623,948
51	Salmon Fishing in the Yemen	Drama	PG-13	$3,169,622	399,700	$3,153,633
52	Pina	Documentary	PG	$3,143,454	396,400	$3,127,596
53	Jeff, Who Lives at Home	Comedy	R	$2,692,030	339,474	$2,678,450
54	Born to be Wild 3D	Documentary	G	$2,480,498	312,799	$2,467,984
55	Jack and Jill	Comedy	PG	$2,408,120	303,672	$2,395,972
56	Carnage	Drama	R	$2,192,036	276,423	$2,180,977
57	October Baby	Drama	PG-13	$2,170,799	273,745	$2,159,848
58	Shame	Drama	NC-17	$2,002,644	252,540	$1,992,541
59	Agneepath	Action		$1,973,574	248,874	$1,963,616
60	Hubble 3D	Documentary	G	$1,653,777	208,547	$1,645,436
61	We need to Talk About Kevin	Drama		$1,423,380	179,493	$1,416,200
62	Tower Heist	Comedy	PG-13	$1,244,345	156,916	$1,238,067
63	Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu	Romantic Comedy		$1,155,545	145,718	$1,149,715
64	Real Steel	Action	PG-13	$970,068	122,329	$965,176
65	W ciemno?ci	Drama	R	$862,265	108,735	$857,919
66	Rampart	Drama	R	$856,670	108,029	$852,349
67	Immortals	Action	R	$804,585	101,461	$800,527
68	Under the Sea 3D	Documentary	G	$768,327	96,889	$764,454
69	Thin Ice	Black Comedy	R	$691,846	87,244	$688,355
70	Pariah	Drama	R	$667,797	84,211	$664,425
71	Jiro Dreams of Sushi	Documentary	PG	$665,827	83,963	$662,468
72	J. Edgar	Drama	R	$655,199	82,623	$651,895
73	He'arat Shulayim	Drama	PG	$605,506	76,356	$602,449
74	Coriolanus	Drama	R	$599,645	75,617	$596,618
75	Moneyball	Drama	PG-13	$589,433	74,330	$586,464
76	Serbuan maut	Action	R	$582,442	73,448	$579,505
77	Melancholia	Thriller/Suspense	R	$513,342	64,734	$510,751
78	Space Station	Documentary	Not Rated	$491,855	62,025	$489,377
79	W.E.	Drama	R	$490,791	61,890	$488,312
80	Being Flynn	Comedy		$480,025	60,533	$477,605
81	In Time	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$477,517	60,217	$475,112
82	Midnight in Paris	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$438,930	55,351	$436,719
83	Courageous	Drama	PG-13	$433,861	54,711	$431,670
84	Undefeated	Documentary	PG-13	$424,282	53,503	$422,139
85	Seeking Justice	Action	R	$410,819	51,806	$408,749
86	Don 2	Action		$385,754	48,645	$383,809
87	Le gamin au v�lo	Drama	PG-13	$349,113	44,024	$347,349
88	The Deep Blue Sea	Drama	R	$338,016	42,625	$336,311
89	Jin l�ng sh� san chai	Drama	R	$289,945	36,563	$288,482
90	Dolphin Tale	Drama	PG	$270,810	34,150	$269,444
91	In The Land of Blood and Honey	Drama	R	$250,521	31,592	$249,261
92	Le Havre	Drama		$248,815	31,376	$247,557
93	The Way	Drama	PG-13	$243,242	30,674	$242,018
94	Drive	Action	R	$220,498	27,806	$219,389
95	The Help	Drama	PG-13	$206,041	25,982	$204,998
96	Vettai	Action		$202,581	25,546	$201,558
97	Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie	Comedy	R	$188,339	23,750	$187,388
98	Lost Woods	Horror		$180,117	22,713	$179,206
99	Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya	Romantic Comedy		$177,743	22,414	$176,846
100	Gianni e le donne	Comedy		$147,929	18,654	$147,180
101	La piel que habito	Drama	R	$143,085	18,044	$142,367
102	Rundskop	Drama	R	$142,616	17,984	$141,894
103	Crazy Horse	Documentary		$140,810	17,757	$140,103
104	A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas	Comedy	R	$132,486	16,707	$131,818
105	Footloose	Musical	PG-13	$132,230	16,675	$131,566
106	Bully	Documentary	R	$116,472	14,688	$115,888
107	Boy	Drama		$115,443	14,558	$114,863
108	The Forgiveness of Blood	Drama		$113,518	14,315	$112,945
109	The Ides of March	Drama	R	$111,746	14,092	$111,186
110	Margin Call	Drama	R	$99,399	12,535	$98,901
111	The Innkeepers	Horror	R	$78,396	9,886	$78,001
112	Gerhard Richter Painting	Documentary		$71,896	9,066	$71,531
113	Martha Marcy May Marlene	Thriller/Suspense	R	$67,595	8,524	$67,254
114	Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey	Documentary	PG	$65,351	8,241	$65,021
115	Take Shelter	Drama	R	$57,751	7,283	$57,463
116	Rang zidan fei	Comedy		$56,673	7,147	$56,390
117	On the Ice	Thriller/Suspense	R	$55,634	7,016	$55,356
118	Jodi Breakers	Romantic Comedy		$52,618	6,635	$52,350
119	Young Goethe in Love	Drama		$51,938	6,550	$51,680
120	The Mill and the Cross	Drama		$47,314	5,966	$47,072
121	Deep In The Heart	Drama	PG-13	$46,400	5,851	$46,164
122	La guerre est d�clar�e	Drama		$46,225	5,829	$45,991
123	An Inconsistent Truth	Documentary	PG	$46,161	5,821	$45,928
124	Detachment	Drama		$45,252	5,706	$45,020
125	Deep Sea 3-D	Documentary	G	$45,141	5,692	$44,910
126	Sing Your Song	Documentary		$42,589	5,371	$42,377
127	El Bulli: Cooking in Progress	Documentary		$41,054	5,177	$40,847
128	Intruders	Horror	R	$40,746	5,138	$40,539
129	Paan Singh Tomar	Action		$40,311	5,083	$40,105
130	The Pruitt-Igoe Myth	Documentary		$39,547	4,987	$39,347
131	My Reincarnation	Documentary		$38,819	4,895	$38,622
132	In Film Nist	Documentary		$37,706	4,755	$37,517
133	Tomboy	Drama		$33,675	4,247	$33,509
134	Addiction Incorporated	Documentary	PG-13	$33,532	4,228	$33,359
135	La conqu�te	Drama		$33,344	4,205	$33,177
136	Romeo Onze	Drama		$30,672	3,868	$30,519
137	Kill List	Horror		$29,063	3,665	$28,917
138	Miss Bala	Drama	R	$24,670	3,111	$24,546
139	Death of the Virgin	Horror		$24,418	3,079	$24,293
140	Musical Chairs	Drama	PG-13	$23,766	2,997	$23,646
141	The Guard	Comedy	R	$23,630	2,980	$23,512
142	Noruwei no mori	Drama		$23,622	2,979	$23,504
143	Mozart's Sister	Drama		$23,389	2,949	$23,268
144	Like Crazy	Drama	PG-13	$23,291	2,937	$23,173
145	Sound of Noise	Comedy	R	$23,158	2,920	$23,039
146	Les hommes libres	Drama		$22,578	2,847	$22,463
147	Paranormal Activity 3	Horror	R	$20,979	2,646	$20,877
148	Carol Channing: Larger Than Life	Documentary	PG	$20,370	2,569	$20,269
149	Pr�sum� coupable	Drama		$19,750	2,491	$19,654
150	The Island President	Documentary	PG	$17,903	2,258	$17,816
151	Better Than Something: Jay Reatard	Documentary		$17,401	2,194	$17,311
152	Ranchero	Drama		$17,324	2,185	$17,240
153	The Divide	Thriller/Suspense	R	$16,700	2,106	$16,616
154	Return	Drama		$16,124	2,033	$16,040
155	4:44 Last Day on Earth	Drama		$15,738	1,985	$15,662
156	The Whale	Documentary	G	$15,515	1,956	$15,433
157	Crazy Wisdom	Documentary		$15,163	1,912	$15,086
158	Kung Fu Joe	Comedy		$14,752	1,860	$14,675
159	Tropa de Elite 2: O Inimigo Agora � Outro	Action		$14,616	1,843	$14,541
160	Michael	Drama		$14,306	1,804	$14,234
161	Autoreiji	Drama	R	$14,305	1,804	$14,234
162	Blackthorn	Adventure	R	$13,898	1,753	$13,831
163	Les Neiges du Kilimanjaro	Drama		$13,729	1,731	$13,658
164	Eames: The Architect and the Painter	Documentary		$13,275	1,674	$13,208
165	How Much Does Your Building Weigh Mr. Foster?	Drama		$13,013	1,641	$12,947
166	Sophomore	Comedy		$13,000	1,639	$12,932
167	The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby	Documentary		$12,454	1,570	$12,387
168	Khodorkovsky	Documentary		$11,059	1,395	$11,007
169	Paul Goodman Changed My Life	Documentary		$11,036	1,392	$10,983
170	Payback	Documentary		$10,841	1,367	$10,786
171	Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston	Documentary		$10,357	1,306	$10,304
172	F� meg p�, for faen	Comedy		$10,145	1,279	$10,091
173	Attenberg	Drama		$9,839	1,241	$9,791
174	Beneath the Darkness	Thriller/Suspense	R	$9,600	1,211	$9,555
175	Around June	Drama		$9,102	1,148	$9,058
176	Santa Mesa	Drama		$9,062	1,143	$9,018
177	Man on a Mission	Documentary		$8,688	1,096	$8,647
178	The Understudy	Black Comedy		$8,669	1,093	$8,624
179	The Snowtown Murders	Thriller/Suspense		$8,452	1,066	$8,411
180	Cook County	Drama		$8,250	1,040	$8,206
181	The Trouble With Bliss	Comedy	PG-13	$7,834	988	$7,795
182	Roadie	Drama		$7,825	987	$7,787
183	Last Days Here	Documentary		$7,643	964	$7,606
184	Reuniting the Rubins	Comedy	PG	$7,022	885	$6,983
185	La fee	Comedy		$6,973	879	$6,935
186	Domaine	Drama		$6,914	872	$6,880
187	Charlotte Rampling: The Look	Documentary		$6,817	860	$6,785
188	Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow	Documentary		$6,762	853	$6,730
189	Tyrannosaur	Drama		$6,353	801	$6,320
190	Garbo: El esp�a	Documentary		$6,330	798	$6,296
191	Inni	Concert/Performance		$6,297	794	$6,265
192	Prince of the Himalayas	Drama		$6,295	794	$6,265
193	Autobiografia lui Nicolae Ceausescu	Documentary		$5,333	673	$5,310
194	Windfall	Documentary		$5,097	643	$5,073
195	Tomorrow When the War Began	Action	R	$4,936	622	$4,908
196	Brake	Thriller/Suspense		$4,876	615	$4,852
197	Hell and Back Again	Documentary		$4,743	598	$4,718
198	Buzzkill	Comedy		$4,599	580	$4,576
199	Newlyweds	Comedy		$4,584	578	$4,560
200	OKA!	Adventure		$4,281	540	$4,261
201	Miss Minoes	Adventure	PG	$4,242	535	$4,221
202	Kongen av Bast�y	Drama		$4,162	525	$4,142
203	Granito: How to Nail a Dictator	Documentary		$3,988	503	$3,969
204	Art is...The Permanent Revolution	Documentary		$3,982	502	$3,961
205	Putin's Kiss	Documentary		$3,964	500	$3,945
206	Rid of Me	Black Comedy		$3,725	470	$3,708
207	Jane's Journey	Documentary		$3,507	442	$3,487
208	Cirkus Columbia	Drama		$3,163	399	$3,148
209	Amigo	Drama	R	$3,015	380	$2,998
210	Pianomania	Documentary		$2,524	318	$2,509
211	The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch	Action		$2,333	294	$2,320
212	Serge Gainsbourg vie heroique	Drama		$2,240	282	$2,225
213	American Teacher	Documentary		$2,004	253	$1,996
214	Perfect Sense	Drama		$1,567	198	$1,562
215	The Beat Hotel	Documentary		$1,458	184	$1,452
216	I Kissed a Vampire	Musical	PG	$1,380	174	$1,373
217	Schastye moe	Drama		$841	106	$836
218	The Decoy Bride	Comedy		$759	96	$757
219	Into the Abyss	Documentary	PG-13	$540	68	$537
220	Angels Crest	Drama	R	$425	54	$426
221	Playback	Horror	R	$264	33	$260
Total Gross of All Movies				$2,134,557,673
Total Tickets Sold					269,174,995
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,123,790,711

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.