Yearly box office · films released in
2012
| # | Film | Studio | Total gross | Opening |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marvel's The Avengers | BV | $623,357,910 | $207,438,708 |
| 2 | The Dark Knight Rises | WB | $448,139,099 | $160,887,295 |
| 3 | The Hunger Games | LGF | $408,010,692 | $152,535,747 |
| 4 | Skyfall | Sony | $304,360,277 | $88,364,714 |
| 5 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | WB (NL) | $303,003,568 | $84,617,303 |
| 6 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 | LG/S | $292,324,737 | $141,067,634 |
| 7 | The Amazing Spider-Man | Sony | $262,030,663 | $62,004,688 |
| 8 | Brave | BV | $237,283,207 | $66,323,594 |
| 9 | Ted | Uni. | $218,815,487 | $54,415,205 |
| 10 | Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted | P/DW | $216,391,482 | $60,316,738 |
| 11 | Dr. Seuss' The Lorax | Uni. | $214,030,500 | $70,217,070 |
| 12 | Wreck-It Ralph | BV | $189,422,889 | $49,038,712 |
| 13 | Lincoln | BV | $182,207,973 | $944,308 |
| 14 | MIB 3 | Sony | $179,020,854 | $54,592,779 |
| 15 | Django Unchained | Wein. | $162,805,434 | $30,122,888 |
| 16 | Ice Age: Continental Drift | Fox | $161,321,843 | $46,629,259 |
| 17 | Snow White and the Huntsman | Uni. | $155,332,381 | $56,217,700 |
| 18 | Les Miserables (2012) | Uni. | $148,809,770 | $27,281,735 |
| 19 | Hotel Transylvania | Sony | $148,313,048 | $42,522,194 |
| 20 | Taken 2 | Fox | $139,854,287 | $49,514,769 |
| 21 | 21 Jump Street | Sony | $138,447,667 | $36,302,612 |
| 22 | Argo | WB | $136,025,503 | $19,458,109 |
| 23 | Silver Linings Playbook | Wein. | $132,092,958 | $443,003 |
| 24 | Prometheus | Fox | $126,477,084 | $51,050,101 |
| 25 | Safe House | Uni. | $126,373,434 | $40,172,720 |
| 26 | The Vow | SGem | $125,014,030 | $41,202,458 |
| 27 | Life of Pi | Fox | $124,987,023 | $22,451,514 |
| 28 | Magic Mike | WB | $113,721,571 | $39,127,170 |
| 29 | The Bourne Legacy | Uni. | $113,203,870 | $38,142,825 |
| 30 | Journey 2: The Mysterious Island | WB (NL) | $103,860,290 | $27,335,363 |
| 31 | Rise of the Guardians | P/DW | $103,412,758 | $23,773,465 |
| 32 | Zero Dark Thirty | Sony | $95,720,716 | $417,150 |
| 33 | Flight | Par. | $93,772,375 | $24,900,566 |
| 34 | Think Like a Man | SGem | $91,547,205 | $33,636,303 |
| 35 | The Campaign | WB | $86,907,746 | $26,588,460 |
| 36 | The Expendables 2 | LGF | $85,028,192 | $28,591,370 |
| 37 | Wrath of the Titans | WB | $83,670,083 | $33,457,188 |
| 38 | Jack Reacher | Par. | $80,070,736 | $15,210,156 |
| 39 | Dark Shadows | WB | $79,727,149 | $29,685,274 |
| 40 | Parental Guidance | Fox | $77,267,296 | $14,554,053 |
| 41 | John Carter | BV | $73,078,100 | $30,180,188 |
| 42 | Act of Valor | Rela. | $70,012,847 | $24,476,632 |
| 43 | This Is 40 | Uni. | $67,544,505 | $11,579,175 |
| 44 | Contraband | Uni. | $66,528,000 | $24,349,815 |
| 45 | Looper | TriS | $66,486,205 | $20,801,552 |
| 46 | Tyler Perry's Madea's Witness Protection | LGF | $65,653,242 | $25,390,575 |
| 47 | Battleship | Uni. | $65,422,625 | $25,534,825 |
| 48 | Pitch Perfect | Uni. | $65,001,093 | $5,149,433 |
| 49 | Mirror Mirror | Rela. | $64,935,167 | $18,132,085 |
| 50 | Chronicle (2012) | Fox | $64,575,175 | $22,004,098 |
669 films in all.
Figures as published by Box Office Mojo, read from the Internet Archive's copies of the site. About the sources.