Box Office Performance for Original Screenplay Movies in 2012

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2012 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Safe House	Thriller/Suspense	R	$123,881,780	15,621,914	$123,256,901
2	Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol	Action	PG-13	$68,053,033	8,581,719	$67,709,763
3	Act of Valor	Action	R	$67,745,400	8,542,926	$67,403,686
4	Chronicle	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$63,759,168	8,040,248	$63,437,557
5	Underworld: Awakening	Action	R	$62,321,039	7,858,895	$62,006,682
6	Project X	Comedy	R	$53,354,012	6,728,123	$53,084,890
7	The Devil Inside	Horror	R	$53,261,944	6,716,512	$52,993,280
8	This Means War	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$53,076,934	6,693,182	$52,809,206
9	The Grey	Thriller/Suspense	R	$51,475,172	6,491,194	$51,215,521
10	Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance	Action	PG-13	$50,753,664	6,400,210	$50,497,657
11	Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace	Adventure	PG	$43,294,438	5,459,576	$43,076,055
12	The Artist	Drama	PG-13	$38,502,028	4,855,237	$38,307,820
13	Tyler Perry's Good Deeds	Drama	PG-13	$34,401,737	4,338,176	$34,228,209
14	Joyful Noise	Musical	PG-13	$30,932,113	3,900,645	$30,776,089
15	Haywire	Thriller/Suspense	R	$18,942,396	2,388,701	$18,846,851
16	Man on a Ledge	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$18,620,000	2,348,045	$18,526,075
17	Wanderlust	Comedy	R	$17,255,675	2,175,999	$17,168,632
18	A Thousand Words	Comedy	PG-13	$16,508,068	2,081,724	$16,424,802
19	Gone	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$11,586,816	1,461,137	$11,528,371
20	New Year's Eve	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$7,286,815	918,892	$7,250,058
21	The Darkest Hour	Action	PG-13	$7,227,860	911,458	$7,191,404
22	Jodaeiye Nader az Simin	Drama	PG-13	$6,386,254	805,328	$6,354,038
23	Friends with Kids	Romantic Comedy	R	$6,324,949	797,598	$6,293,048
24	Casa de mi Padre	Comedy	R	$5,011,055	631,911	$4,985,778
25	The Sitter	Comedy	R	$3,726,236	469,891	$3,707,440
26	Young Adult	Comedy	R	$3,642,319	459,309	$3,623,948
27	Happy Feet Two	Adventure	PG	$3,040,600	383,430	$3,025,263
28	Jeff, Who Lives at Home	Comedy	R	$2,692,030	339,474	$2,678,450
29	Jack and Jill	Comedy	PG	$2,408,120	303,672	$2,395,972
30	October Baby	Drama	PG-13	$2,170,799	273,745	$2,159,848
31	Shame	Drama	NC-17	$2,002,644	252,540	$1,992,541
32	Tower Heist	Comedy	PG-13	$1,244,345	156,916	$1,238,067
33	Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu	Romantic Comedy		$1,155,545	145,718	$1,149,715
34	Thin Ice	Black Comedy	R	$691,846	87,244	$688,355
35	Pariah	Drama	R	$667,797	84,211	$664,425
36	He'arat Shulayim	Drama	PG	$605,506	76,356	$602,449
37	Serbuan maut	Action	R	$582,442	73,448	$579,505
38	Melancholia	Thriller/Suspense	R	$513,342	64,734	$510,751
39	Being Flynn	Comedy		$480,025	60,533	$477,605
40	In Time	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$477,517	60,217	$475,112
41	Midnight in Paris	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$438,930	55,351	$436,719
42	Courageous	Drama	PG-13	$433,861	54,711	$431,670
43	Seeking Justice	Action	R	$410,819	51,806	$408,749
44	Arthur Christmas	Adventure	PG	$389,306	49,093	$387,344
45	Don 2	Action		$385,754	48,645	$383,809
46	Le gamin au v�lo	Drama	PG-13	$349,113	44,024	$347,349
47	Jin l�ng sh� san chai	Drama	R	$289,945	36,563	$288,482
48	In The Land of Blood and Honey	Drama	R	$250,521	31,592	$249,261
49	Le Havre	Drama		$248,815	31,376	$247,557
50	Vettai	Action		$202,581	25,546	$201,558
51	Chico & Rita	Multiple Genres		$197,785	24,941	$196,784
52	Lost Woods	Horror		$180,117	22,713	$179,206
53	Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya	Romantic Comedy		$177,743	22,414	$176,846
54	Gianni e le donne	Comedy		$147,929	18,654	$147,180
55	Rundskop	Drama	R	$142,616	17,984	$141,894
56	A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas	Comedy	R	$132,486	16,707	$131,818
57	Boy	Drama		$115,443	14,558	$114,863
58	The Forgiveness of Blood	Drama		$113,518	14,315	$112,945
59	Margin Call	Drama	R	$99,399	12,535	$98,901
60	The Innkeepers	Horror	R	$78,396	9,886	$78,001
61	Martha Marcy May Marlene	Thriller/Suspense	R	$67,595	8,524	$67,254
62	Take Shelter	Drama	R	$57,751	7,283	$57,463
63	Rang zidan fei	Comedy		$56,673	7,147	$56,390
64	On the Ice	Thriller/Suspense	R	$55,634	7,016	$55,356
65	Jodi Breakers	Romantic Comedy		$52,618	6,635	$52,350
66	Young Goethe in Love	Drama		$51,938	6,550	$51,680
67	Deep In The Heart	Drama	PG-13	$46,400	5,851	$46,164
68	Detachment	Drama		$45,252	5,706	$45,020
69	Intruders	Horror	R	$40,746	5,138	$40,539
70	Une vie de chat	Adventure		$39,460	4,976	$39,261
71	Tomboy	Drama		$33,675	4,247	$33,509
72	Romeo Onze	Drama		$30,672	3,868	$30,519
73	Kill List	Horror		$29,063	3,665	$28,917
74	Miss Bala	Drama	R	$24,670	3,111	$24,546
75	Death of the Virgin	Horror		$24,418	3,079	$24,293
76	Musical Chairs	Drama	PG-13	$23,766	2,997	$23,646
77	The Guard	Comedy	R	$23,630	2,980	$23,512
78	Mozart's Sister	Drama		$23,389	2,949	$23,268
79	Like Crazy	Drama	PG-13	$23,291	2,937	$23,173
80	Les hommes libres	Drama		$22,578	2,847	$22,463
81	Paranormal Activity 3	Horror	R	$20,979	2,646	$20,877
82	Ranchero	Drama		$17,324	2,185	$17,240
83	The Divide	Thriller/Suspense	R	$16,700	2,106	$16,616
84	Return	Drama		$16,124	2,033	$16,040
85	4:44 Last Day on Earth	Drama		$15,738	1,985	$15,662
86	Kung Fu Joe	Comedy		$14,752	1,860	$14,675
87	Tropa de Elite 2: O Inimigo Agora � Outro	Action		$14,616	1,843	$14,541
88	Michael	Drama		$14,306	1,804	$14,234
89	Autoreiji	Drama	R	$14,305	1,804	$14,234
90	Blackthorn	Adventure	R	$13,898	1,753	$13,831
91	Les Neiges du Kilimanjaro	Drama		$13,729	1,731	$13,658
92	Sophomore	Comedy		$13,000	1,639	$12,932
93	Attenberg	Drama		$9,839	1,241	$9,791
94	Beneath the Darkness	Thriller/Suspense	R	$9,600	1,211	$9,555
95	Around June	Drama		$9,102	1,148	$9,058
96	Santa Mesa	Drama		$9,062	1,143	$9,018
97	The Understudy	Black Comedy		$8,669	1,093	$8,624
98	Cook County	Drama		$8,250	1,040	$8,206
99	Roadie	Drama		$7,825	987	$7,787
100	The Lion King	Adventure	G	$7,284	919	$7,251
101	Reuniting the Rubins	Comedy	PG	$7,022	885	$6,983
102	La fee	Comedy		$6,973	879	$6,935
103	Domaine	Drama		$6,914	872	$6,880
104	Tyrannosaur	Drama		$6,353	801	$6,320
105	Brake	Thriller/Suspense		$4,876	615	$4,852
106	Buzzkill	Comedy		$4,599	580	$4,576
107	Newlyweds	Comedy		$4,584	578	$4,560
108	Miss Minoes	Adventure	PG	$4,242	535	$4,221
109	Rid of Me	Black Comedy		$3,725	470	$3,708
110	American Teacher	Documentary		$2,004	253	$1,996
111	Perfect Sense	Drama		$1,567	198	$1,562
112	Schastye moe	Drama		$841	106	$836
113	The Decoy Bride	Comedy		$759	96	$757
114	Playback	Horror	R	$264	33	$260
Total Gross of All Movies				$941,931,584
Total Tickets Sold					118,780,780
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$937,180,354

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.