Box Office
Domestic box office · 2012
The top-grossing releases of the year. Switch between worldwide, domestic, and international — every figure shown both as reported and adjusted for inflation, so films from any era are directly comparable.
| # | Title | Domestic | Adjusted for inflation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Avengers | $623.4M | $892.8M |
| 2 | The Dark Knight Rises | $448.1M | $641.8M |
| 3 | The Hunger Games | $408.0M | $584.3M |
| 4 | Skyfall | $304.4M | $435.9M |
| 5 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | $303.0M | $434.0M |
| 6 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 | $292.3M | $418.7M |
| 7 | The Amazing Spider-Man | $262.0M | $375.3M |
| 8 | Brave | $237.3M | $339.8M |
| 9 | Ted | $218.8M | $313.4M |
| 10 | Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted | $216.4M | $309.9M |
| 11 | The Lorax | $214.2M | $306.7M |
| 12 | Wreck-It Ralph | $189.4M | $271.3M |
| 13 | Lincoln | $182.2M | $261.0M |
| 14 | Men in Black 3 | $179.0M | $256.4M |
| 15 | Chinese Zodiac | $170.5M | $244.2M |
| 16 | Django Unchained | $162.8M | $233.2M |
| 17 | Ice Age: Continental Drift | $161.3M | $231.0M |
| 18 | Snow White and the Huntsman | $155.3M | $222.5M |
| 19 | We're the Millers | $150.4M | $215.4M |
| 20 | Les Misérables | $148.8M | $213.1M |
| 21 | Hotel Transylvania | $148.3M | $212.4M |
| 22 | Taken 2 | $139.9M | $200.3M |
| 23 | 21 Jump Street | $138.4M | $198.3M |
| 24 | Argo | $136.0M | $194.8M |
| 25 | Silver Linings Playbook | $132.1M | $189.2M |
| 26 | Prometheus | $126.5M | $181.1M |
| 27 | Safe House | $126.4M | $181.0M |
| 28 | The Vow | $125.0M | $179.0M |
| 29 | Life of Pi | $125.0M | $179.0M |
| 30 | Magic Mike | $113.7M | $162.9M |
| 31 | The Bourne Legacy | $113.2M | $162.1M |
| 32 | Journey 2: The Mysterious Island | $103.9M | $148.7M |
| 33 | Rise of the Guardians | $103.4M | $148.1M |
| 34 | Zero Dark Thirty | $95.7M | $137.1M |
| 35 | Flight | $93.8M | $134.3M |
| 36 | Brave Hearts: Umizaru | $91.9M | $131.6M |
| 37 | Think Like a Man | $91.5M | $131.1M |
| 38 | The Campaign | $86.9M | $124.5M |
| 39 | The Expendables 2 | $85.0M | $121.8M |
| 40 | Wrath of the Titans | $83.7M | $119.8M |
| 41 | Jack Reacher | $80.1M | $114.7M |
| 42 | Dark Shadows | $79.7M | $114.2M |
| 43 | Parental Guidance | $77.3M | $110.7M |
| 44 | Roman Bath | $74.3M | $106.4M |
| 45 | One Piece Film: Z | $74.2M | $106.3M |
| 46 | John Carter | $73.1M | $104.7M |
| 47 | Bayside Shakedown the Final | $72.9M | $104.4M |
| 48 | Act of Valor | $70.0M | $100.3M |
| 49 | This Is 40 | $67.5M | $96.7M |
| 50 | The Secret of the Gods | $67.5M | $96.7M |
| 51 | Contraband | $66.5M | $95.3M |
| 52 | Looper | $66.5M | $95.2M |
| 53 | Madea's Witness Protection | $65.7M | $94.0M |
| 54 | Battleship | $65.4M | $93.7M |
| 55 | Pitch Perfect | $65.0M | $93.1M |
| 56 | Mirror Mirror | $64.9M | $93.0M |
| 57 | Chronicle | $64.6M | $92.5M |
| 58 | Last Vegas | $63.9M | $91.5M |
| 59 | Hope Springs | $63.5M | $91.0M |
| 60 | Underworld: Awakening | $62.3M | $89.3M |
| 61 | The Lucky One | $60.5M | $86.6M |
| 62 | The Dictator | $59.7M | $85.4M |
| 63 | Total Recall | $58.9M | $84.3M |
| 64 | Titanic 2012 3D Release | $57.9M | $82.9M |
| 65 | American Reunion | $57.0M | $81.7M |
| 66 | ParaNorman | $56.0M | $80.2M |
| 67 | This Means War | $54.8M | $78.4M |
| 68 | Project X | $54.7M | $78.4M |
| 69 | The Woman in Black | $54.3M | $77.8M |
| 70 | Paranormal Activity 4 | $53.9M | $77.2M |
| 71 | The Devil Inside | $53.3M | $76.3M |
| 72 | Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance | $51.8M | $74.1M |
| 73 | The Grey | $51.6M | $73.9M |
| 74 | The Possession | $49.1M | $70.4M |
| 75 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days | $49.0M | $70.2M |
| 76 | Sinister | $48.1M | $68.9M |
| 77 | Beauty and the Beast 2012 3D Release | $47.6M | $68.2M |
| 78 | Savages | $47.4M | $67.9M |
| 79 | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | $46.4M | $66.5M |
| 80 | Moonrise Kingdom | $45.5M | $65.2M |
| 81 | Here Comes the Boom | $45.3M | $64.9M |
| 82 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 2012 3D Release | $43.5M | $62.2M |
| 83 | Resident Evil: Retribution | $42.3M | $60.6M |
| 84 | The Cabin in the Woods | $42.1M | $60.3M |
| 85 | What to Expect When You're Expecting | $41.2M | $58.9M |
| 86 | Finding Nemo 2012 3D Release | $41.1M | $58.9M |
| 87 | Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter | $37.5M | $53.7M |
| 88 | Walking with Dinosaurs 3D | $36.1M | $51.7M |
| 89 | The Watch | $35.4M | $50.6M |
| 90 | Frankenweenie | $35.3M | $50.5M |
| 91 | Step Up: Revolution | $35.1M | $50.2M |
| 92 | The Pirates! Band of Misfits | $31.1M | $44.5M |
| 93 | Cloud Atlas | $27.1M | $38.8M |
| 94 | The Impossible | $19.0M | $27.2M |
| 95 | To Rome with Love | $16.7M | $23.9M |
| 96 | Anna Karenina | $12.8M | $18.4M |
| 97 | The Wind Rises | $5.2M | $7.5M |
| 98 | Masquerade | $923K | $1.3M |
| 99 | The Thieves | $686K | $982K |
| 100 | Lost in Thailand | $57K | $82K |
“Adjusted for inflation” restates each gross in today’s dollars using US CPI-U annual averages. Domestic and international views are re-ranked from the year’s top releases; some early years report domestic-only figures.