Box Office
Worldwide 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 | Worldwide | Adjusted for inflation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Avengers | $1.52B | $2.18B |
| 2 | Skyfall | $1.11B | $1.59B |
| 3 | The Dark Knight Rises | $1.08B | $1.56B |
| 4 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | $1.02B | $1.46B |
| 5 | Ice Age: Continental Drift | $877.2M | $1.26B |
| 6 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 | $829.7M | $1.19B |
| 7 | The Amazing Spider-Man | $757.9M | $1.09B |
| 8 | Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted | $746.9M | $1.07B |
| 9 | The Hunger Games | $694.4M | $998.1M |
| 10 | Men in Black³ | $654.2M | $940.3M |
| 11 | Life of Pi | $609.0M | $875.4M |
| 12 | Ted | $549.4M | $789.6M |
| 13 | Brave | $539.0M | $774.7M |
| 14 | Wreck-It Ralph | $471.2M | $677.3M |
| 15 | Les Misérables | $442.3M | $635.7M |
| 16 | Django Unchained | $425.4M | $611.4M |
| 17 | Prometheus | $403.4M | $579.7M |
| 18 | Snow White and the Huntsman | $396.6M | $570.0M |
| 19 | Taken 2 | $376.1M | $540.6M |
| 20 | Hotel Transylvania | $358.4M | $515.1M |
| 21 | Titanic 2012 3D Release | $350.4M | $503.7M |
| 22 | The Lorax | $349.0M | $501.6M |
| 23 | Journey 2: The Mysterious Island | $335.3M | $481.9M |
| 24 | The Expendables 2 | $315.0M | $452.7M |
| 25 | Rise of the Guardians | $306.9M | $441.2M |
| 26 | Battleship | $303.0M | $435.5M |
| 27 | Wrath of the Titans | $302.0M | $434.0M |
| 28 | John Carter | $284.1M | $408.4M |
| 29 | The Bourne Legacy | $276.1M | $396.9M |
| 30 | Lincoln | $275.3M | $395.7M |
| 31 | We're the Millers | $270.0M | $388.1M |
| 32 | Dark Shadows | $245.5M | $352.9M |
| 33 | Resident Evil: Retribution | $240.2M | $345.2M |
| 34 | Silver Linings Playbook | $236.4M | $339.8M |
| 35 | American Reunion | $235.0M | $337.8M |
| 36 | Argo | $232.3M | $333.9M |
| 37 | Jack Reacher | $218.3M | $313.8M |
| 38 | Safe House | $208.1M | $299.1M |
| 39 | 21 Jump Street | $201.6M | $289.7M |
| 40 | Total Recall | $198.5M | $285.3M |
| 41 | The Impossible | $198.1M | $284.7M |
| 42 | Lost in Thailand | $197.8M | $284.2M |
| 43 | The Vow | $196.1M | $281.9M |
| 44 | Mirror Mirror | $183.0M | $263.1M |
| 45 | The Dictator | $179.4M | $257.8M |
| 46 | Looper | $176.5M | $253.7M |
| 47 | Chinese Zodiac | $170.5M | $245.1M |
| 48 | Magic Mike | $167.2M | $240.4M |
| 49 | Flight | $161.8M | $232.5M |
| 50 | Underworld: Awakening | $160.1M | $230.1M |
| 51 | This Means War | $156.5M | $224.9M |
| 52 | Paranormal Activity 4 | $142.8M | $205.3M |
| 53 | Step Up Revolution | $140.5M | $201.9M |
| 54 | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | $136.8M | $196.7M |
| 55 | The Wind Rises | $136.5M | $196.2M |
| 56 | Last Vegas | $134.4M | $193.2M |
| 57 | Zero Dark Thirty | $132.8M | $190.9M |
| 58 | Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance | $132.6M | $190.5M |
| 59 | Cloud Atlas | $130.5M | $187.5M |
| 60 | The Woman in Black | $129.0M | $185.4M |
| 61 | Chronicle | $126.6M | $182.0M |
| 62 | Walking with Dinosaurs 3D | $126.5M | $181.9M |
| 63 | The Pirates! Band of Misfits | $123.1M | $176.9M |
| 64 | Parental Guidance | $119.8M | $172.2M |
| 65 | Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter | $116.5M | $167.4M |
| 66 | Pitch Perfect | $115.4M | $165.8M |
| 67 | Hope Springs | $114.3M | $164.3M |
| 68 | ParaNorman | $107.1M | $154.0M |
| 69 | The Campaign | $104.9M | $150.8M |
| 70 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 2012 3D Release | $102.7M | $147.7M |
| 71 | Project X | $102.7M | $147.7M |
| 72 | The Devil Inside | $101.8M | $146.3M |
| 73 | The Lucky One | $99.4M | $142.8M |
| 74 | Contraband | $96.3M | $138.4M |
| 75 | Think Like a Man | $96.1M | $138.1M |
| 76 | Masquerade | $94.3M | $135.5M |
| 77 | Brave Hearts: Umizaru | $91.9M | $132.1M |
| 78 | This Is 40 | $88.2M | $126.8M |
| 79 | The Thieves | $87.1M | $125.2M |
| 80 | The Possession | $85.4M | $122.8M |
| 81 | What to Expect When You're Expecting | $84.4M | $121.3M |
| 82 | Savages | $83.0M | $119.2M |
| 83 | Sinister | $82.5M | $118.6M |
| 84 | Act of Valor | $82.5M | $118.6M |
| 85 | Frankenweenie | $81.5M | $117.1M |
| 86 | The Grey | $79.8M | $114.7M |
| 87 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days | $77.2M | $111.0M |
| 88 | Thermae Romae | $74.3M | $106.8M |
| 89 | One Piece Film Z | $74.2M | $106.7M |
| 90 | To Rome with Love | $73.2M | $105.3M |
| 91 | Here Comes the Boom | $73.1M | $105.1M |
| 92 | Bayside Shakedown the Final | $72.9M | $104.7M |
| 93 | The Cabin in the Woods | $69.9M | $100.5M |
| 94 | Finding Nemo 2012 3D Release | $69.3M | $99.6M |
| 95 | Anna Karenina | $68.9M | $99.1M |
| 96 | The Watch | $68.3M | $98.1M |
| 97 | Moonrise Kingdom | $68.3M | $98.1M |
| 98 | The Secret of the Gods | $67.5M | $97.1M |
| 99 | Madea's Witness Protection | $66.9M | $96.2M |
| 100 | Beauty and the Beast 2012 3D Release | $62.0M | $89.1M |
“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.