Box Office
International 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 | International | Adjusted for inflation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Avengers | $895.5M | $1.28B |
| 2 | Skyfall | $804.2M | $1.15B |
| 3 | Ice Age: Continental Drift | $715.9M | $1.03B |
| 4 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | $714.0M | $1.02B |
| 5 | The Dark Knight Rises | $636.8M | $912.0M |
| 6 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 | $537.4M | $769.7M |
| 7 | Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted | $530.5M | $759.8M |
| 8 | The Amazing Spider-Man | $495.9M | $710.2M |
| 9 | Life of Pi | $484.0M | $693.2M |
| 10 | Men in Black 3 | $475.2M | $680.6M |
| 11 | Ted | $330.6M | $473.4M |
| 12 | Brave | $301.7M | $432.1M |
| 13 | Les Misérables | $293.5M | $420.3M |
| 14 | Titanic 2012 3D Release | $292.6M | $419.0M |
| 15 | The Hunger Games | $286.4M | $410.2M |
| 16 | Wreck-It Ralph | $281.8M | $403.6M |
| 17 | Prometheus | $276.9M | $396.5M |
| 18 | Django Unchained | $262.6M | $376.0M |
| 19 | Snow White and the Huntsman | $241.3M | $345.5M |
| 20 | Battleship | $237.6M | $340.3M |
| 21 | Taken 2 | $236.3M | $338.4M |
| 22 | Journey 2: The Mysterious Island | $231.4M | $331.4M |
| 23 | The Expendables 2 | $229.9M | $329.3M |
| 24 | Wrath of the Titans | $218.3M | $312.6M |
| 25 | John Carter | $211.1M | $302.3M |
| 26 | Hotel Transylvania | $210.1M | $300.8M |
| 27 | Rise of the Guardians | $203.5M | $291.5M |
| 28 | Resident Evil: Retribution | $197.8M | $283.3M |
| 29 | Lost in Thailand | $197.7M | $283.1M |
| 30 | The Impossible | $179.1M | $256.5M |
| 31 | American Reunion | $178.0M | $254.9M |
| 32 | Dark Shadows | $165.8M | $237.5M |
| 33 | The Bourne Legacy | $162.9M | $233.4M |
| 34 | Total Recall | $139.6M | $199.9M |
| 35 | Jack Reacher | $138.3M | $198.0M |
| 36 | The Lorax | $134.8M | $193.1M |
| 37 | The Wind Rises | $131.3M | $188.0M |
| 38 | The Dictator | $119.7M | $171.5M |
| 39 | We're the Millers | $119.6M | $171.3M |
| 40 | Mirror Mirror | $118.1M | $169.1M |
| 41 | Looper | $110.0M | $157.6M |
| 42 | Step Up: Revolution | $105.4M | $150.9M |
| 43 | Silver Linings Playbook | $104.3M | $149.4M |
| 44 | Cloud Atlas | $103.4M | $148.1M |
| 45 | This Means War | $101.7M | $145.7M |
| 46 | Underworld: Awakening | $97.8M | $140.1M |
| 47 | Argo | $96.3M | $137.9M |
| 48 | Masquerade | $93.3M | $133.7M |
| 49 | Lincoln | $93.1M | $133.3M |
| 50 | The Pirates! Band of Misfits | $92.0M | $131.8M |
| 51 | Walking with Dinosaurs 3D | $90.5M | $129.6M |
| 52 | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | $90.4M | $129.5M |
| 53 | Paranormal Activity 4 | $88.9M | $127.3M |
| 54 | The Thieves | $86.4M | $123.8M |
| 55 | Safe House | $81.7M | $117.0M |
| 56 | Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance | $80.8M | $115.7M |
| 57 | Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter | $79.0M | $113.1M |
| 58 | The Woman in Black | $74.6M | $106.9M |
| 59 | The Vow | $71.1M | $101.8M |
| 60 | Last Vegas | $70.5M | $101.0M |
| 61 | Flight | $68.0M | $97.4M |
| 62 | 21 Jump Street | $63.1M | $90.4M |
| 63 | Chronicle | $62.1M | $88.9M |
| 64 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 2012 3D Release | $59.3M | $84.9M |
| 65 | To Rome with Love | $56.6M | $81.0M |
| 66 | Anna Karenina | $56.1M | $80.4M |
| 67 | Magic Mike | $53.5M | $76.6M |
| 68 | ParaNorman | $51.1M | $73.2M |
| 69 | Hope Springs | $50.7M | $72.7M |
| 70 | Pitch Perfect | $50.3M | $72.1M |
| 71 | The Devil Inside | $48.5M | $69.5M |
| 72 | Project X | $48.0M | $68.7M |
| 73 | Frankenweenie | $46.2M | $66.2M |
| 74 | What to Expect When You're Expecting | $43.2M | $61.9M |
| 75 | Parental Guidance | $42.5M | $60.9M |
| 76 | The Lucky One | $38.9M | $55.7M |
| 77 | Zero Dark Thirty | $37.1M | $53.1M |
| 78 | The Possession | $36.3M | $52.0M |
| 79 | Savages | $35.6M | $51.0M |
| 80 | Sinister | $34.4M | $49.3M |
| 81 | The Watch | $32.9M | $47.1M |
| 82 | Contraband | $29.7M | $42.6M |
| 83 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days | $28.2M | $40.4M |
| 84 | The Grey | $28.2M | $40.4M |
| 85 | Finding Nemo 2012 3D Release | $28.2M | $40.4M |
| 86 | The Cabin in the Woods | $27.9M | $39.9M |
| 87 | Here Comes the Boom | $27.8M | $39.8M |
| 88 | Moonrise Kingdom | $22.8M | $32.6M |
| 89 | This Is 40 | $20.7M | $29.6M |
| 90 | The Campaign | $18.0M | $25.8M |
| 91 | Beauty and the Beast 2012 3D Release | $14.4M | $20.6M |
| 92 | Act of Valor | $12.5M | $17.9M |
| 93 | Think Like a Man | $4.5M | $6.5M |
| 94 | Madea's Witness Protection | $1.2M | $1.8M |
| 95 | Chinese Zodiac | $0 | $0 |
| 96 | Brave Hearts: Umizaru | $0 | $0 |
| 97 | Roman Bath | $0 | $0 |
| 98 | One Piece Film: Z | $0 | $0 |
| 99 | Bayside Shakedown the Final | $0 | $0 |
| 100 | The Secret of the Gods | $0 | $0 |
“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.