Box Office Performance for Thriller/Suspense Movies in 2012
| Rank | Movie | Release
Date | Theatrical
Distributor | MPAA
Rating | 2012 Gross | Tickets Sold |
|---|
| 1 |
The Hunger Games |
3/23/2012 |
Lionsgate |
PG-13 |
$408,010,692 |
52,108,645 |
| 2 |
Taken 2 |
10/5/2012 |
20th Century Fox |
PG-13 |
$138,897,494 |
17,739,143 |
| 3 |
Safe House |
2/10/2012 |
Universal |
R |
$126,181,630 |
16,115,150 |
| 4 |
The Bourne Legacy |
8/10/2012 |
Universal |
PG-13 |
$113,203,870 |
14,457,710 |
| 5 |
Argo |
10/12/2012 |
Warner Bros. |
R |
$108,534,000 |
13,861,302 |
| 6 |
Chronicle |
2/3/2012 |
20th Century Fox |
PG-13 |
$64,575,175 |
8,247,148 |
| 7 |
Titanic |
4/4/2012 |
Paramount Pictures |
PG-13 |
$57,885,250 |
7,392,752 |
| 8 |
The Woman in Black |
2/3/2012 |
CBS Films |
PG-13 |
$54,333,290 |
6,939,117 |
| 9 |
The Grey |
1/27/2012 |
Open Road |
R |
$51,580,136 |
6,587,501 |
| 10 |
Sinister |
10/12/2012 |
Summit Entertainment |
R |
$48,056,940 |
6,137,540 |
| 11 |
Savages |
7/6/2012 |
Universal |
R |
$47,323,100 |
6,043,818 |
| 12 |
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo |
12/20/2011 |
Sony Pictures |
R |
$42,564,840 |
5,367,571 |
| 13 |
The Cabin in the Woods |
4/13/2012 |
Lionsgate |
R |
$42,073,277 |
5,373,343 |
| 14 |
End of Watch |
9/21/2012 |
Open Road |
R |
$40,754,646 |
5,204,935 |
| 15 |
Alex Cross |
10/19/2012 |
Summit Entertainment |
PG-13 |
$25,863,915 |
3,303,181 |
| 16 |
Premium Rush |
8/24/2012 |
Sony Pictures |
PG-13 |
$20,275,446 |
2,589,456 |
| 17 |
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy |
1/6/2012 |
Focus Features |
R |
$19,869,207 |
2,505,575 |
| 18 |
Haywire |
1/20/2012 |
Relativity |
R |
$18,942,396 |
2,388,701 |
| 19 |
Man on a Ledge |
1/27/2012 |
Summit Entertainment |
PG-13 |
$18,620,000 |
2,348,045 |
| 20 |
The Raven |
4/27/2012 |
Relativity |
R |
$16,008,272 |
2,044,479 |
| 21 |
Killing Them Softly |
11/30/2012 |
Weinstein Co. |
R |
$14,736,331 |
1,882,034 |
| 22 |
Lockout |
4/13/2012 |
Open Road |
PG-13 |
$14,326,865 |
1,829,740 |
| 23 |
Gone |
2/24/2012 |
Summit Entertainment |
PG-13 |
$11,682,205 |
1,491,980 |
| 24 |
Arbitrage |
9/14/2012 |
Roadside Attractions |
R |
$7,902,573 |
1,009,268 |
| 25 |
The Cold Light of Day |
9/7/2012 |
Summit Entertainment |
PG-13 |
$3,763,583 |
480,661 |
| 26 |
Omerta |
7/11/2012 |
Alliance Films |
Not Rated |
$2,462,588 |
314,506 |
| 27 |
Ek Tha Tiger |
8/15/2012 |
Yash Raj Films |
Not Rated |
$2,347,774 |
299,843 |
| 28 |
Hodejegeme |
4/27/2012 |
Magnolia Pictures |
R |
$1,200,010 |
153,257 |
| 29 |
Cosmopolis |
8/17/2012 |
Entertainment One |
R |
$743,636 |
94,972 |
| 30 |
The Paperboy |
10/5/2012 |
Millenium Entertainment |
R |
$675,813 |
86,310 |
| 31 |
Melancholia |
11/11/2011 |
Magnolia Pictures |
R |
$513,342 |
64,734 |
| 32 |
In Time |
10/28/2011 |
20th Century Fox |
PG-13 |
$477,517 |
60,217 |
| 33 |
Sound of My Voice |
4/27/2012 |
Fox Searchlight |
R |
$408,015 |
52,109 |
| 34 |
Branded |
9/7/2012 |
Roadside Attractions |
R |
$353,513 |
45,148 |
| 35 |
Snabba Cash |
7/11/2012 |
Weinstein Co. |
R |
$188,870 |
24,121 |
| 36 |
The Woman in the Fifth |
6/15/2012 |
ATO Pictures |
R |
$107,921 |
13,783 |
| 37 |
360 |
8/3/2012 |
Magnolia Pictures |
R |
$100,343 |
12,815 |
| 38 |
On the Ice |
2/17/2012 |
PMK*BNC |
R |
$70,526 |
9,007 |
| 39 |
Martha Marcy May Marlene |
10/21/2011 |
Fox Searchlight |
R |
$67,595 |
8,524 |
| 40 |
Deadfall |
12/7/2012 |
Magnolia Pictures |
Not Rated |
$61,968 |
7,914 |
| 41 |
Red Lights |
7/13/2012 |
Millenium Entertainment |
R |
$49,521 |
6,324 |
| 42 |
Keyhole |
4/6/2012 |
Monterey Media |
R |
$22,393 |
2,859 |
| 43 |
The Day |
8/29/2012 |
Anchor Bay Entertainment |
R |
$20,984 |
2,679 |
| 44 |
The Divide |
1/13/2012 |
Anchor Bay Entertainment |
R |
$16,700 |
2,106 |
| 45 |
Trade of Innocents |
10/5/2012 |
Monterey Media |
PG-13 |
$15,091 |
1,927 |
| 46 |
Beneath the Darkness |
1/6/2012 |
Image Entertainment |
R |
$9,600 |
1,211 |
| 47 |
Pusher |
10/26/2012 |
Radius |
R |
$5,040 |
643 |
| 48 |
Brake |
3/23/2012 |
IFC Films |
R |
$4,876 |
615 |
| 49 |
ATM |
4/6/2012 |
IFC Films |
R |
$3,010 |
384 |
| 50 |
The Samaritan |
5/18/2012 |
IFC Films |
R |
$2,521 |
321 |
| 51 |
Le Moine |
3/8/2013 |
ATO Pictures |
R |
$1,820 |
232 |
| Total Gross of All Movies | $1,525,896,120 |
| Total Tickets Sold | 194,715,356 |
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.
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