Box Office Performance for R Movies in 2012
Rank Movie Genre MPAA 2012 Gross Tickets Sold Inflation-
1
Safe House
Thriller/Suspense
R
$123,881,780
15,621,914
$123,256,901
2
21 Jump Street
Comedy
R
$92,882,690
11,712,823
$92,414,173
3
Act of Valor
Action
R
$67,745,400
8,542,926
$67,403,686
4
Contraband
Action
R
$66,528,000
8,389,407
$66,192,421
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
The Grey
Thriller/Suspense
R
$51,475,172
6,491,194
$51,215,521
9
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Thriller/Suspense
R
$42,564,840
5,367,571
$42,350,135
10
The Descendants
Drama
R
$42,120,913
5,311,591
$41,908,453
11
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Thriller/Suspense
R
$19,869,207
2,505,575
$19,768,987
12
Haywire
Thriller/Suspense
R
$18,942,396
2,388,701
$18,846,851
13
Wanderlust
Comedy
R
$17,255,675
2,175,999
$17,168,632
14
Silent House
Horror
R
$12,372,049
1,560,158
$12,309,647
15
Friends with Kids
Romantic Comedy
R
$6,324,949
797,598
$6,293,048
16
My Week with Marilyn
Drama
R
$5,661,684
713,958
$5,633,129
17
Casa de mi Padre
Comedy
R
$5,011,055
631,911
$4,985,778
18
A Dangerous Method
Drama
R
$4,096,850
516,627
$4,076,187
19
Goon
Comedy
R
$4,049,110
510,607
$4,028,689
20
The Sitter
Comedy
R
$3,726,236
469,891
$3,707,440
21
Young Adult
Comedy
R
$3,642,319
459,309
$3,623,948
22
Jeff, Who Lives at Home
Comedy
R
$2,692,030
339,474
$2,678,450
23
Carnage
Drama
R
$2,192,036
276,423
$2,180,977
24
W ciemno?ci
Drama
R
$862,265
108,735
$857,919
25
Rampart
Drama
R
$856,670
108,029
$852,349
26
Immortals
Action
R
$804,585
101,461
$800,527
27
Thin Ice
Black Comedy
R
$691,846
87,244
$688,355
28
Pariah
Drama
R
$667,797
84,211
$664,425
29
J. Edgar
Drama
R
$655,199
82,623
$651,895
30
Coriolanus
Drama
R
$599,645
75,617
$596,618
31
Serbuan maut
Action
R
$582,442
73,448
$579,505
32
Melancholia
Thriller/Suspense
R
$513,342
64,734
$510,751
33
W.E.
Drama
R
$490,791
61,890
$488,312
34
Seeking Justice
Action
R
$410,819
51,806
$408,749
35
The Deep Blue Sea
Drama
R
$338,016
42,625
$336,311
36
Jin líng shí san chai
Drama
R
$289,945
36,563
$288,482
37
In The Land of Blood and Honey
Drama
R
$250,521
31,592
$249,261
38
Drive
Action
R
$220,498
27,806
$219,389
39
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
Comedy
R
$188,339
23,750
$187,388
40
La piel que habito
Drama
R
$143,085
18,044
$142,367
41
Rundskop
Drama
R
$142,616
17,984
$141,894
42
A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas
Comedy
R
$132,486
16,707
$131,818
43
Bully
Documentary
R
$116,472
14,688
$115,888
44
The Ides of March
Drama
R
$111,746
14,092
$111,186
45
Margin Call
Drama
R
$99,399
12,535
$98,901
46
The Innkeepers
Horror
R
$78,396
9,886
$78,001
47
Martha Marcy May Marlene
Thriller/Suspense
R
$67,595
8,524
$67,254
48
Take Shelter
Drama
R
$57,751
7,283
$57,463
49
On the Ice
Thriller/Suspense
R
$55,634
7,016
$55,356
50
Intruders
Horror
R
$40,746
5,138
$40,539
51
Miss Bala
Drama
R
$24,670
3,111
$24,546
52
The Guard
Comedy
R
$23,630
2,980
$23,512
53
Sound of Noise
Comedy
R
$23,158
2,920
$23,039
54
Paranormal Activity 3
Horror
R
$20,979
2,646
$20,877
55
The Divide
Thriller/Suspense
R
$16,700
2,106
$16,616
56
Autoreiji
Drama
R
$14,305
1,804
$14,234
57
Blackthorn
Adventure
R
$13,898
1,753
$13,831
58
Beneath the Darkness
Thriller/Suspense
R
$9,600
1,211
$9,555
59
Tomorrow When the War Began
Action
R
$4,936
622
$4,908
60
Amigo
Drama
R
$3,015
380
$2,998
61
Angels Crest
Drama
R
$425
54
$426
62
Playback
Horror
R
$264
33
$260
Total Gross of All Movies $771,595,612 Total Tickets Sold 97,300,838 Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices $767,703,612
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.
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
