Domestic Box Office For 2012

RankRelease GrossTheatersTotal GrossRelease DateDistributor
292Bless Me, Ultima$449,231263$1,561,962Feb 22Arenas Entertainment
339Promised Land$226,3601,676$7,597,898Dec 28Focus Features
37Les Misérables$72,967,2402,927$148,809,770Dec 25Universal Pictures
39Django Unchained$68,605,6113,012$162,805,434Dec 25The Weinstein Company
98Parental Guidance$33,993,3503,368$77,267,296Dec 25Twentieth Century Fox
552West of Memphis$21,84040$310,154Dec 25Sony Pictures Classics
70Jack Reacher$47,550,6423,352$80,070,736Dec 21Paramount Pictures
87This Is 40$38,951,9602,931$67,544,505Dec 21Universal Pictures
152Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away$8,090,841840$12,512,862Dec 21Paramount Pictures
207Dabangg 2$2,164,063166$2,519,190Dec 21Eros Worldwide
286The Impossible$528,803886$19,019,882Dec 21Lionsgate Films
353Barbara$194,91723$1,013,902Dec 21Adopt Films
409Not Fade Away$112,324565$610,792Dec 21Paramount Vantage
442On the Road$69,885107$744,296Dec 21IFC Films
623Django$13,44310$25,916Dec 21Rialto Pictures
115The Guilt Trip$22,770,9212,431$37,134,215Dec 19Paramount Pictures
119Monsters, Inc.
2012 3D Release
$20,013,9802,618$34,043,006Dec 19Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
227Zero Dark Thirty$1,442,7322,946$95,720,716Dec 19Sony Pictures Releasing
337Amour$228,167333$6,739,492Dec 19Sony Pictures Classics
8The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey$228,546,6044,100$303,003,568Dec 14Warner Bros.
412Any Day Now$110,46819$201,395Dec 14Music Box Films
715Save the Date$5,7192$5,719Dec 14IFC Films
786Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet$1,0942$1,294Dec 12Kino Lorber
139Playing for Keeps$12,717,9172,840$13,103,272Dec 7FilmDistrict
214Hyde Park on Hudson$1,889,897246$6,376,145Dec 7Focus Features
299Khiladi 786$379,466115$379,466Dec 7Eros Worldwide
456Deadfall$61,50217$66,351Dec 7Magnolia Pictures
477The Fitzgerald Family Christmas$48,70521$50,292Dec 7Tribeca Films
528Wagner & Me
2012 Re-release
$29,1874$37,745Dec 7First Run
556Waiting for Lightning$21,57711$21,577Dec 7The Samuel Goldwyn Company
559Lay the Favorite$20,99861$20,998Dec 7RADiUS-TWC
634Lost Angels: Skid Row Is My Home$12,0251$12,025Dec 7Cinema Libre Studio
690The Rabbi's Cat$6,9806$23,392Dec 7GKIDS
697In Our Nature$6,5431$6,543Dec 7Cinedigm Entertainment Group
709Tchoupitoulas$6,0116$19,375Dec 7Oscilloscope
714The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez$5,8292$10,782Dec 7Indican Pictures
737Only the Young$4,0382$15,312Dec 7Oscilloscope
739Yangsi$3,8691$4,008Dec 7Kino Lorber
762Cheerful Weather for the Wedding$2,6512$2,651Dec 7IFC Films
134Killing Them Softly$14,836,6302,424$15,026,056Nov 30The Weinstein Company
157The Collection$6,842,0581,403$6,842,058Nov 30LD Entertainment
193Talaash: The Answer Lies Within$2,853,901172$2,871,956Nov 30Reliance Big Pictures
308A Werewolf Boy$330,77820$342,922Nov 30CJ Entertainment
316Back to 1942$309,10520$312,954Nov 30China Lion Film Distribution
381Made In Mexico$151,13326$151,133Nov 30Lionsgate Films
610Silent Night$14,56711$14,567Nov 30Anchor Bay Films
629California Solo$12,9522$15,433Nov 30Strand Releasing
639Dragon
2012 Re-release
$11,13714$11,137Nov 30RADiUS-TWC
691Love, Marilyn$6,9501$6,950Nov 30Submarine Deluxe
717Young & Wild$5,5142$5,514Nov 30IFC Films
718Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning$5,4603$5,460Nov 30Magnolia Pictures
474Beware of Mr. Baker$52,55915$116,476Nov 28-
169Hitchcock$5,091,207561$6,008,677Nov 23-
273Rust and Bone$603,931168$2,062,027Nov 23Sony Pictures Classics
335The Central Park Five$230,80922$325,653Nov 23IFC Films
799Gottfried Helnwein and the Dreaming Child$6011$601Nov 23First Run
29Rise of the Guardians$91,337,6593,672$103,412,758Nov 21DreamWorks
32Life of Pi$85,639,8162,946$124,987,023Nov 21Twentieth Century Fox
79Red Dawn$43,468,0522,781$44,806,783Nov 21FilmDistrict
269The Polar Express
2012 IMAX Release
$667,34217$669,289Nov 21Warner Bros.
5The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2$286,422,8934,070$292,324,737Nov 16Lionsgate Films
108Silver Linings Playbook$28,458,9862,809$132,092,958Nov 16The Weinstein Company
144Anna Karenina$10,825,005422$12,816,367Nov 16Focus Features
638The Law in These Parts$11,2271$13,683Nov 16The Cinema Guild
686Price Check$7,4132$7,413Nov 16IFC Films
687The Man in the White Suit$7,4041$8,718Nov 16Rialto Pictures
692Hitler's Children$6,9233$28,663Nov 16Film Movement
747A Man Vanishes
2012 Re-release
$3,4912$6,201Nov 15Icarus Films
190Jab Tak Hai Jaan$3,047,539164$3,047,539Nov 13Yash Raj Films
259Son of Sardaar$771,789109$771,789Nov 13Eros Worldwide
4Skyfall$290,904,2713,526$304,360,277Nov 9Sony Pictures Releasing
19Lincoln$134,189,0972,293$182,207,973Nov 9Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
257Chasing Ice$780,06353$1,328,467Nov 9Submarine Deluxe
271A Royal Affair$627,49856$1,546,761Nov 9Magnolia Pictures
407Burn
2012 Re-release
$113,1294$113,173Nov 9Area 23a
432Starlet$78,89410$88,212Nov 9Music Box Films
467Dangerous Liaisons$54,0006$54,000Nov 9Well Go USA Entertainment
493The Comedy$40,8394$41,113Nov 9Tribeca Films
57128 Hotel Rooms$18,8695$18,869Nov 9Oscilloscope
628Citadel$12,9957$13,377Nov 9Cinedigm Entertainment Group
656In Another Country$9,7326$25,079Nov 9Kino Lorber
696Nothing But a Man$6,5732$13,063Nov 9-
796Nature Calls$6462$646Nov 9Magnolia Pictures
13Wreck-It Ralph$175,990,0193,752$189,422,889Nov 2Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
27Flight$91,978,5512,638$93,772,375Nov 2Paramount Pictures
132The Man with the Iron Fists$15,634,0901,872$15,634,090Nov 2Universal Pictures
231A Late Quartet$1,280,965100$1,562,548Nov 2Entertainment One
386This Must Be the Place$143,97915$143,979Nov 2The Weinstein Company
387Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana$143,50760$143,507Nov 2UTV Motion Pictures
449The Details$63,59573$63,595Nov 2RADiUS-TWC
520The Bay$30,66823$30,668Nov 2Roadside Attractions
523Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters$30,0043$60,064Nov 2Zeitgeist Films
545North Sea Texas
2012 Re-release
$24,0003$28,307Nov 2Strand Releasing
720A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman$5,1024$5,102Nov 2Brainstorm Media
750Vamps$3,3611$3,361Nov 2Anchor Bay Films
785Jack & Diane$1,1422$1,142Nov 2Magnolia Pictures
109Cloud Atlas$26,785,6732,023$27,108,272Oct 26Warner Bros.
125Silent Hill: Revelation$17,529,1572,933$17,529,157Oct 26Open Road Films (II)
149Fun Size$9,409,5383,016$9,409,538Oct 26Paramount Pictures
162Chasing Mavericks$5,944,8702,030$6,002,756Oct 26Twentieth Century Fox
237The Other Son$1,163,79953$1,285,918Oct 26Cohen Media Group
396The Loneliest Planet$129,57913$129,579Oct 26IFC Films
514District of Corruption$31,9543$31,954Oct 26Rocky Mountain Pictures
541Orchestra of Exiles$24,7105$34,577Oct 26First Run
568In Over My Head$19,4821$19,482Oct 26-
576Marcelino Pan y Vino
2012 Re-release
$18,1931$18,193Oct 26Gigapix Releasing
591Long Shot: The Kevin Laue Story$16,0111$16,011Oct 26Dutchmen Films
707The Last Fall$6,1001$6,100Oct 26-
743Bad Blood$3,73110$3,731Oct 26Gravity Arch
806The Ghastly Love of Johnny X$1172$2,436Oct 26Strand Releasing
380Chakravyuh$151,77879$151,778Oct 24Eros Worldwide
59Paranormal Activity 4$53,886,9943,412$53,885,000Oct 19Paramount Pictures
111Alex Cross$25,869,4882,541$25,888,412Oct 19Lionsgate Films
165The Sessions$5,529,310516$6,002,451Oct 19-
268Student of the Year$670,086106$670,086Oct 19Eros Worldwide
291The Flat$456,41327$471,842Oct 19IFC Films
343Tai Chi Zero$212,09431$212,094Oct 19Variance Films
352Brooklyn Castle$195,20313$219,407Oct 19-
395Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 1: Beginnings$129,7985$180,440Oct 19Eleven Arts
430Hating Breitbart$81,4328$81,432Oct 19Rocky Mountain Pictures
500All Together$38,67410$43,180Oct 19Kino Lorber
539Nobody Walks$25,3427$25,342Oct 19Magnolia Pictures
547The First Time$22,83619$22,836Oct 19The Samuel Goldwyn Company
645My Worst Nightmare$10,7054$21,952Oct 19Strand Releasing
660When the Iron Bird Flies: Tibetan Buddhism Arrives in the West$9,4151$13,598Oct 19-
782Bestiaire$1,4282$1,428Oct 19-
287Holy Motors$514,56629$641,100Oct 17-
25Argo$108,720,9203,247$136,025,503Oct 12Warner Bros.
68Sinister$48,061,5562,542$48,086,903Oct 12Lionsgate Films
77Here Comes the Boom$43,599,6563,014$45,290,318Oct 12Sony Pictures Releasing
133Seven Psychopaths$15,024,0491,480$15,024,049Oct 12CBS Films
183Atlas Shrugged II: The Strike$3,336,0531,012$3,336,053Oct 12Atlas Distribution Company
267The Thieves$685,83922$685,839Oct 12Well Go USA Entertainment
301Smashed$374,48450$376,597Oct 12Sony Pictures Classics
333Middle of Nowhere$237,25625$236,806Oct 12-
371The Big Picture
2012 Re-release
$158,4118$158,411Oct 12MPI Media Group
382Simon & the Oaks$150,66417$150,664Oct 12The Film Arcade
480War of the Buttons$47,77135$47,771Oct 12The Weinstein Company
532Least Among Saints$28,0268$28,026Oct 12Brainstorm Media
609Tristana$14,5862$14,586Oct 12Cohen Media Group
613Gayby$14,0621$14,062Oct 12The Film Collaborative
644Special Forces$10,7595$10,759Oct 12Entertainment One
682Photographic Memory$7,8222$7,822Oct 12First Run
772Split: A Deeper Divide$2,0001$2,000Oct 12Feature Presentations Releasing
17Taken 2$138,936,3793,706$139,854,287Oct 5Twentieth Century Fox
97Frankenweenie$34,713,3823,005$35,291,068Oct 5Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
215English Vinglish$1,862,08688$1,862,086Oct 5Eros Worldwide
266The Paperboy$693,28676$693,286Oct 5Millennium Entertainment
303The Oranges$366,377110$366,377Oct 5ATO Pictures
357The House I Live In$180,55912$210,752Oct 5Abramorama
415Butter$105,01890$105,018Oct 5RADiUS-TWC
419Wuthering Heights$100,91512$100,915Oct 5Oscilloscope
420V/H/S$100,34519$100,345Oct 5Magnolia Pictures
422Sister$98,48414$154,659Oct 5Adopt Films
428Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare$86,16812$126,238Oct 5Roadside Attractions
476Wake in Fright
2012 Re-release
$50,39412$50,394Oct 5Drafthouse Films
492Fat Kid Rules the World$41,0001$41,000Oct 5Outsider Pictures
574The Revisionaries$18,5095$22,664Oct 5Kino Lorber
605Trade of Innocents$15,0913$15,091Oct 5Monterey Media
663Decoding Deepak$9,1003$9,100Oct 5-
658Now, Forager$9,5364$11,146Oct 3Argot Pictures
685Bel Borba Aqui$7,4262$7,426Oct 3-
587The Prophet's Son$16,9831$16,983Sep 29-
16Hotel Transylvania$145,321,6903,375$148,313,048Sep 28Sony Pictures Releasing
41Looper$66,475,0422,993$66,486,205Sep 28TriStar Pictures
46Pitch Perfect$64,427,3682,787$65,001,093Sep 28Universal Pictures
166Won't Back Down$5,310,5542,517$5,310,554Sep 28Twentieth Century Fox
341Thaandavam$218,76745$213,476Sep 28UTV Motion Pictures
392The Other Dream Team$135,23114$135,228Sep 28The Film Arcade
460Vulgaria$59,05916$59,059Sep 28China Lion Film Distribution
572The Iran Job$18,7032$23,115Sep 28Film Movement
724Bringing Up Bobby$4,9754$4,975Sep 28Monterey Media
783Headshot$1,3731$1,373Sep 28Kino Lorber
364The Waiting Room$175,7658$244,951Sep 26International Film Circuit
642Tales of the Night$10,9751$10,975Sep 26GKIDS
85End of Watch$40,766,7342,780$41,003,371Sep 21Open Road Films (II)
93Trouble with the Curve$35,763,1373,212$35,763,137Sep 21Warner Bros.
101House at the End of the Street$31,611,9163,083$31,611,916Sep 21Relativity Media
127The Perks of Being a Wallflower$17,328,057745$17,742,948Sep 21Lionsgate Films
137Dredd$13,414,7142,557$13,414,714Sep 21Lionsgate Films
245Unconditional$1,005,800312$1,005,800Sep 21-
247Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel$953,39827$1,017,579Sep 21The Samuel Goldwyn Company
248Masquerade$907,93815$922,921Sep 21CJ Entertainment
274Heroine$598,668114$598,668Sep 21UTV Motion Pictures
329My Uncle Rafael$243,61614$243,616Sep 21Rocky Mountain Pictures
393How to Survive a Plague$132,05515$132,055Sep 21IFC Films
457Backwards$61,4659$61,465Sep 21Dada Films
471Occupy Unmasked$52,7684$52,768Sep 21Magnolia Pictures
546Hellbound?$22,8875$22,887Sep 21Area 23a
60317 Girls$15,12310$15,123Sep 21Strand Releasing
615Head Games$14,0565$14,056Sep 21Variance Films
651Husbands in Goa$10,1357$10,135Sep 21UTV Motion Pictures
664Money Fight$9,0041$9,004Sep 21Pro-Motion Pictures
666Three Stars$8,9421$8,942Sep 21First Run
684Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best$7,4663$7,466Sep 21Oscilloscope
758About Cherry$3,0033$3,003Sep 21IFC Films
567Radio Unnameable$19,7432$24,090Sep 19Kino Lorber
81Resident Evil: Retribution$42,345,5313,016$42,345,531Sep 14Screen Gems
84Finding Nemo
2012 3D Release
$41,040,3082,904$41,128,283Sep 14Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
131The Master$15,959,567864$16,377,274Sep 14The Weinstein Company