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Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Box Office Performance for Live Action Movies in 2012

RankMovieGenreMPAA2012 GrossTickets SoldInflation-
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 vélo Drama PG-13 $349,113 44,024 $347,349
88 The Deep Blue Sea Drama R $338,016 42,625 $336,311
89 Jin líng shí 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 déclarée 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 conquête 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 Présumé 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 É 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 Få meg på, 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 espía 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 Bastøy 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 Sold269,174,995
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.