Box Office Performance for Science Fiction 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	John Carter	Adventure	PG-13	$66,233,839	8,352,313	$65,899,750
3	Chronicle	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$63,759,168	8,040,248	$63,437,557
4	Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace	Adventure	PG	$43,294,438	5,459,576	$43,076,055
5	The Darkest Hour	Action	PG-13	$7,227,860	911,458	$7,191,404
6	Real Steel	Action	PG-13	$970,068	122,329	$965,176
7	Melancholia	Thriller/Suspense	R	$513,342	64,734	$510,751
8	In Time	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$477,517	60,217	$475,112
9	Lost Woods	Horror		$180,117	22,713	$179,206
10	The Divide	Thriller/Suspense	R	$16,700	2,106	$16,616
11	4:44 Last Day on Earth	Drama		$15,738	1,985	$15,662
12	Perfect Sense	Drama		$1,567	198	$1,562
Total Gross of All Movies				$431,174,255
Total Tickets Sold					54,372,543
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$428,999,364

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.