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Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Box Office Performance for 20th Century Fox in 2012

RankMovieRelease
Date
GenreMPAA
Rating
2012 GrossTickets Sold
1 Ice Age: Continental Drift 7/13/2012 Adventure PG $161,130,056 20,578,551
2 Taken 2 10/5/2012 Thriller/Suspense PG-13 $138,897,494 17,739,143
3 Prometheus 6/8/2012 Horror R $126,477,084 16,152,884
4 Life of Pi 11/21/2012 Drama PG $84,650,453 10,811,041
5 Chronicle 2/3/2012 Thriller/Suspense PG-13 $64,575,175 8,247,148
6 This Means War 2/17/2012 Romantic Comedy PG-13 $54,760,791 6,993,715
7 Red Tails 1/20/2012 Action PG-13 $49,876,377 6,369,907
8 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days 8/3/2012 Comedy PG $49,008,662 6,259,088
9 The Three Stooges 4/13/2012 Comedy PG $44,338,224 5,662,608
10 Star Wars: The Phantom Menace 3D 2/10/2012 Adventure PG $43,479,233 5,552,903
11 Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter 6/22/2012 Horror R $37,519,139 4,791,716
12 Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked 12/16/2011 Comedy G $35,259,275 4,503,100
13 The Watch 7/27/2012 Comedy R $34,353,000 4,387,356
14 We Bought a Zoo 11/26/2011 Drama PG $31,133,551 3,976,187
15 Parental Guidance 12/25/2012 Comedy PG $29,342,745 3,747,477
16 Chasing Mavericks 10/26/2012 Drama PG $5,940,992 758,747
17 Won't Back Down 9/28/2012 Drama PG $5,310,554 678,231
18 The Sitter 12/9/2011 Comedy R $3,726,236 469,891
19 In Time 10/28/2011 Thriller/Suspense PG-13 $477,517 60,217
Total Gross of All Movies$1,000,256,558
Total Tickets Sold127,739,910

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 2010 will most likely earn money in 2010 and 2011. 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.