Box Office Performance for Universal Movies in 2012

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2012 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Doctor Suess' The Lorax	Adventure	PG	$189,332,445	23,875,466	$188,377,427
2	Safe House	Thriller/Suspense	R	$123,881,780	15,621,914	$123,256,901
3	Contraband	Action	R	$66,528,000	8,389,407	$66,192,421
4	Big Miracle	Drama	PG	$20,113,965	2,536,439	$20,012,504
5	Wanderlust	Comedy	R	$17,255,675	2,175,999	$17,168,632
6	Tower Heist	Comedy	PG-13	$1,244,345	156,916	$1,238,067
Total Gross of All Movies				$418,356,210
Total Tickets Sold					52,756,141
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$416,245,952

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.