Box Office Performance for PG-13 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
The Vow
Romantic Comedy
PG-13
$123,473,456
15,570,423
$122,850,637
3
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
Action
PG-13
$68,053,033
8,581,719
$67,709,763
4
John Carter
Adventure
PG-13
$66,233,839
8,352,313
$65,899,750
5
Chronicle
Thriller/Suspense
PG-13
$63,759,168
8,040,248
$63,437,557
6
The Woman in Black
Thriller/Suspense
PG-13
$53,946,989
6,802,899
$53,674,873
7
This Means War
Romantic Comedy
PG-13
$53,076,934
6,693,182
$52,809,206
8
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
Action
PG-13
$50,753,664
6,400,210
$50,497,657
9
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Action
PG-13
$49,920,450
6,295,139
$49,668,647
10
Red Tails
Action
PG-13
$49,703,342
6,267,761
$49,452,634
11
The Artist
Drama
PG-13
$38,502,028
4,855,237
$38,307,820
12
War Horse
Drama
PG-13
$35,692,121
4,500,898
$35,512,085
13
Tyler Perry's Good Deeds
Drama
PG-13
$34,401,737
4,338,176
$34,228,209
14
Wrath of the Titans
Adventure
PG-13
$33,457,188
4,219,065
$33,288,423
15
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Drama
PG-13
$31,495,464
3,971,685
$31,336,595
16
Joyful Noise
Musical
PG-13
$30,932,113
3,900,645
$30,776,089
17
The Iron Lady
Drama
PG-13
$29,194,318
3,681,503
$29,047,059
18
One for the Money
Comedy
PG-13
$26,370,448
3,325,403
$26,237,430
19
Man on a Ledge
Thriller/Suspense
PG-13
$18,620,000
2,348,045
$18,526,075
20
A Thousand Words
Comedy
PG-13
$16,508,068
2,081,724
$16,424,802
21
Gone
Thriller/Suspense
PG-13
$11,586,816
1,461,137
$11,528,371
22
New Year's Eve
Romantic Comedy
PG-13
$7,286,815
918,892
$7,250,058
23
The Darkest Hour
Action
PG-13
$7,227,860
911,458
$7,191,404
24
Jodaeiye Nader az Simin
Drama
PG-13
$6,386,254
805,328
$6,354,038
25
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1
Drama
PG-13
$5,161,657
650,903
$5,135,625
26
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Drama
PG-13
$3,169,622
399,700
$3,153,633
27
October Baby
Drama
PG-13
$2,170,799
273,745
$2,159,848
28
Tower Heist
Comedy
PG-13
$1,244,345
156,916
$1,238,067
29
Real Steel
Action
PG-13
$970,068
122,329
$965,176
30
Moneyball
Drama
PG-13
$589,433
74,330
$586,464
31
In Time
Thriller/Suspense
PG-13
$477,517
60,217
$475,112
32
Midnight in Paris
Romantic Comedy
PG-13
$438,930
55,351
$436,719
33
Courageous
Drama
PG-13
$433,861
54,711
$431,670
34
Undefeated
Documentary
PG-13
$424,282
53,503
$422,139
35
Le gamin au vélo
Drama
PG-13
$349,113
44,024
$347,349
36
The Way
Drama
PG-13
$243,242
30,674
$242,018
37
The Help
Drama
PG-13
$206,041
25,982
$204,998
38
Footloose
Musical
PG-13
$132,230
16,675
$131,566
39
Deep In The Heart
Drama
PG-13
$46,400
5,851
$46,164
40
Addiction Incorporated
Documentary
PG-13
$33,532
4,228
$33,359
41
Musical Chairs
Drama
PG-13
$23,766
2,997
$23,646
42
Like Crazy
Drama
PG-13
$23,291
2,937
$23,173
43
The Trouble With Bliss
Comedy
PG-13
$7,834
988
$7,795
44
Into the Abyss
Documentary
PG-13
$540
68
$537
Total Gross of All Movies $1,171,212,509
Total Tickets Sold 147,693,885
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices $1,165,304,753
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.