Domestic Box Office For 2012

RankRelease GrossMax ThOpening% of Total Open ThOpenCloseDistributor
662The Loving Story$7001$44864%1Jun 8Jun 14Icarus Films
649The Night Watchman$2,2192$37817%2Jul 6Nov 1Icarus Films
500The Color Wheel$19,0013$3,88420.4%2May 18Sep 25-
561Dragon
2012 Re-release
$11,13714$11,137100%14Nov 30Dec 2RADiUS-TWC
226Meerkats$777,5958---May 26Nov 7National Geographic Entertainment
462Hitler's Children$28,6633$2,93910.3%1Nov 16Sep 29Film Movement
546When the Iron Bird Flies: Tibetan Buddhism Arrives in the West$13,5981---Oct 19Aug 22-
161Searching for Sugar Man$3,696,196157$27,4590.7%3Jul 27Aug 22Sony Pictures Classics
27Life of Pi$124,987,0232,946$22,451,51418%2,927Nov 21Jul 25Twentieth Century Fox
479The Iran Job$23,1152$4,29518.6%1Sep 28Jul 18Film Movement
215Barbara$1,013,90223$63,4106.3%15Dec 21Jul 11Adopt Films
467The Devil, Probably$26,8162$1,6886.3%1Jan 13Jul 4The Film Desk
398Neighboring Sounds$60,2553$12,66621%2Aug 24Jun 13The Cinema Guild
23Silver Linings Playbook$132,092,9582,809$443,0030.3%16Nov 16Jun 6The Weinstein Company
483The Long Day Closes$22,7652$1,4076.2%1Mar 5Jun 6The Film Desk
647The Ghastly Love of Johnny X$2,4362$863.5%1Oct 26May 30Strand Releasing
40Parental Guidance$77,267,2963,368$14,554,05318.8%3,367Dec 25May 23Twentieth Century Fox
427All Together$43,18010$12,88729.8%10Oct 19May 19Kino Lorber
286The Waiting Room$244,9518$7,0862.9%4Sep 26May 16International Film Circuit
145Amour$6,739,492333$68,2661%3Dec 19May 16Sony Pictures Classics
15Django Unchained$162,805,4343,012$30,122,88818.5%3,010Dec 25May 16The Weinstein Company
377Harvest of Empire$79,6272---Sep 28May 16Onyx Films
231On the Road$744,296107$39,5505.3%4Dec 21May 2IFC Films
199Chasing Ice$1,328,46753---Nov 9May 2Submarine Deluxe
12Wreck-It Ralph$189,422,8893,752$49,038,71225.9%3,752Nov 2May 2Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
194A Royal Affair$1,546,76156$38,2122.5%7Nov 9May 2Magnolia Pictures
94Monsters, Inc.
2012 3D Release
$34,043,0062,618$4,774,68614%2,618Dec 19May 2Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
172Samsara$2,672,41370$76,2222.9%2Aug 24Apr 25Oscilloscope
13Lincoln$182,207,9732,293$944,3080.5%11Nov 9Apr 25Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
275West of Memphis$310,15440$13,3604.3%5Dec 25Apr 25Sony Pictures Classics
543The Day He Arrives$13,7462$3,31124.1%1Apr 20Apr 25The Cinema Guild
310Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 1: Beginnings$180,4405$62,34034.5%5Oct 19Apr 25Eleven Arts
404The Turin Horse$56,3913$9,14516.2%1Feb 10Apr 25The Cinema Guild
5The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey$303,003,5684,100$84,617,30327.9%4,045Dec 14Apr 25Warner Bros.
22Argo$136,025,5033,247$19,458,10914.3%3,232Oct 12Apr 24Warner Bros.
631Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film$3,8041$1,35035.5%1Aug 3Apr 18Kino Lorber
447Orchestra of Exiles$34,5775$6,71919.4%1Oct 26Apr 18First Run
220Masquerade$922,92115---Sep 21Apr 18CJ Entertainment
109The Impossible$19,019,882886$143,8180.8%15Dec 21Apr 18Lionsgate Films
31Rise of the Guardians$103,412,7583,672$23,773,46523%3,653Nov 21Apr 11DreamWorks
18Les Misérables$148,809,7702,927$27,281,73518.3%2,814Dec 25Apr 4Universal Pictures
180Rust and Bone$2,062,027168$27,1541.3%2Nov 23Apr 4Sony Pictures Classics
308Any Day Now$201,39519$40,48920.1%16Dec 14Apr 4Music Box Films
32Zero Dark Thirty$95,720,7162,946$417,1500.4%5Dec 19Mar 31Sony Pictures Releasing
347Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare$126,23812$30,95324.5%12Oct 5Mar 28Roadside Attractions
146Hyde Park on Hudson$6,376,145246$81,3621.3%4Dec 7Mar 28Focus Features
38Jack Reacher$80,070,7363,352$15,210,15619%3,352Dec 21Mar 21Paramount Pictures
130Beasts of the Southern Wild$12,795,746318$169,7021.3%4Jun 27Mar 21-
119The Master$16,377,274864$736,3114.5%5Sep 14Mar 14The Weinstein Company
193A Late Quartet$1,562,548100$75,2794.8%9Nov 2Mar 14Entertainment One
541Planet of Snail$13,9572$2,01114.4%1Jul 25Mar 14The Cinema Guild
147Hitchcock$6,008,677561$287,7154.8%17Nov 23Mar 14-
399Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters$60,0643$1,4922.5%1Nov 2Mar 14Zeitgeist Films
149The Sessions$6,002,451516$113,4671.9%4Oct 19Mar 14-
354Beware of Mr. Baker$116,47615$12,19510.5%1Nov 28Mar 14-
473In Another Country$25,0796$3,20712.8%1Nov 9Mar 14Kino Lorber
4Skyfall$304,360,2773,526$88,364,71429%3,505Nov 9Mar 10Sony Pictures Releasing
294Brooklyn Castle$219,40713$18,7618.6%2Oct 19Mar 7-
420Entre les Bras$47,4396$5,64311.9%2Sep 14Mar 7The Cinema Guild
87The Guilt Trip$37,134,2152,431$5,290,62914.2%2,431Dec 19Mar 7Paramount Pictures
6The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2$292,324,7374,070$141,067,63448.3%4,070Nov 16Mar 7Lionsgate Films
485The Revisionaries$22,6645$2,60811.5%1Oct 5Feb 28Kino Lorber
258Detropia$390,02424$17,4144.5%1Sep 7Feb 28Loki Films
129Anna Karenina$12,816,367422$320,6902.5%16Nov 16Feb 28Focus Features
91Frankenweenie$35,291,0683,005$11,412,21332.3%3,005Oct 5Feb 28Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
43This Is 40$67,544,5052,931$11,579,17517.1%2,912Dec 21Feb 28Universal Pictures
19Hotel Transylvania$148,313,0483,375$42,522,19428.7%3,349Sep 28Feb 28Sony Pictures Releasing
527Only the Young$15,3122$1,4469.4%1Dec 7Feb 28Oscilloscope
626Breathing$4,6302$94920.5%1Aug 31Feb 28Kino Lorber
213Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel$1,017,57927$63,7006.3%3Sep 21Feb 21The Samuel Goldwyn Company
463North Sea Texas
2012 Re-release
$28,3073$4,48715.9%3Nov 2Feb 21Strand Releasing
373Starlet$88,21210$15,66217.8%6Nov 9Feb 21Music Box Films
20Taken 2$139,854,2873,706$49,514,76935.4%3,661Oct 5Feb 21Twentieth Century Fox
122Killing Them Softly$15,026,0562,424$6,812,90045.3%2,424Nov 30Feb 21The Weinstein Company
76Red Dawn$44,806,7832,781$14,276,66831.9%2,724Nov 21Feb 21FilmDistrict
128Playing for Keeps$13,103,2722,840$5,750,28843.9%2,837Dec 7Feb 21FilmDistrict
75Here Comes the Boom$45,290,3183,014$11,816,59626.1%3,014Oct 12Feb 18Sony Pictures Releasing
300The House I Live In$210,75212$16,4537.8%2Oct 5Feb 14Abramorama
466Port of Shadows$27,3892$6,61824.2%1Sep 14Feb 14Rialto Pictures
48Pitch Perfect$65,001,0932,787$5,149,4337.9%335Sep 28Feb 14Universal Pictures
132Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away$12,512,862840$2,162,99317.3%840Dec 21Feb 14Paramount Pictures
33Flight$93,772,3752,638$24,900,56626.6%1,884Nov 2Feb 14Paramount Pictures
201The Other Son$1,285,91853$125,6919.8%41Oct 26Feb 10Cohen Media Group
114The Perks of Being a Wallflower$17,742,948745$228,3591.3%4Sep 21Feb 7Lionsgate Films
614Sushi: The Global Catch$5,7571$5169%1Aug 3Feb 7-
16Ice Age: Continental Drift$161,321,8433,886$46,629,25928.9%3,881Jul 13Feb 7Twentieth Century Fox
270The Central Park Five$325,65322$30,5709.4%3Nov 23Jan 31IFC Films
584The Man in the White Suit$8,7181$3,87444.4%1Nov 16Jan 31Rialto Pictures
299Somewhere Between$210,9756$7,7993.7%1Aug 24Jan 31Long Shot Factory
237Holy Motors$641,10029$18,8662.9%2Oct 17Jan 27-
499Tchoupitoulas$19,3756$2,37912.3%1Dec 7Jan 24Oscilloscope
391Deadfall$66,35117$19,39129.2%11Dec 7Jan 24Magnolia Pictures
239Not Fade Away$610,792565$19,1823.1%3Dec 21Jan 24Paramount Vantage
101Cloud Atlas$27,108,2722,023$9,612,24735.5%2,008Oct 26Jan 24Warner Bros.
478The Rabbi's Cat$23,3926$4,30118.4%1Dec 7Jan 24GKIDS
176Dabangg 2$2,519,190166$1,019,21340.5%166Dec 21Jan 24Eros Worldwide
525California Solo$15,4332$3,41222.1%1Nov 30Jan 24Strand Releasing
141Promised Land$7,597,8981,676$173,9152.3%25Dec 28Jan 24Focus Features
165Robot & Frank$3,325,038209$35,5391.1%2Aug 17Jan 21The Samuel Goldwyn Company
379This Is Not a Film$77,0165$12,60816.4%5Feb 29Jan 17Palisades Tartan
549Citadel$13,3777$5,71542.7%1Nov 9Jan 17Cinedigm Entertainment Group
83End of Watch$41,003,3712,780$13,152,68332.1%2,730Sep 21Jan 17Open Road Films (II)
82Finding Nemo
2012 3D Release
$41,128,2832,904$16,687,77340.6%2,904Sep 14Jan 17Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
8Brave$237,283,2074,164$66,323,59428%4,164Jun 22Jan 17Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
140Arbitrage$7,919,574256$2,002,16525.3%197Sep 14Jan 17Roadside Attractions
136The Intouchables$10,198,820194$103,5071%4May 25Jan 17The Weinstein Company
64The Odd Life of Timothy Green$51,854,8752,717$10,822,90320.9%2,598Aug 15Jan 17Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
148Chasing Mavericks$6,002,7562,030$2,268,27437.8%2,002Oct 26Jan 13Twentieth Century Fox
267A Werewolf Boy$342,92220---Nov 30Jan 10CJ Entertainment
273Back to 1942$312,95420$105,70233.8%20Nov 30Jan 10China Lion Film Distribution
261Smashed$376,59750$26,9437.2%4Oct 12Jan 10Sony Pictures Classics
560Now, Forager$11,1464$1,53913.8%1Oct 3Jan 10Argot Pictures
170Talaash: The Answer Lies Within$2,871,956172$1,638,70657.1%172Nov 30Jan 10Reliance Big Pictures
253The Flat$471,84227$19,9164.2%3Oct 19Jan 10IFC Films
658Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet$1,2942$31924.7%2Dec 12Jan 10Kino Lorber
62Paranormal Activity 4$53,885,0003,412$29,003,86653.8%3,412Oct 19Jan 3Paramount Pictures
58ParaNorman$56,003,0513,455$14,087,05025.2%3,429Aug 17Jan 3Focus Features
416The Fitzgerald Family Christmas$50,29221$13,80027.4%4Dec 7Jan 3Tribeca Films
103Alex Cross$25,888,4122,541$11,396,76844%2,539Oct 19Jan 3Lionsgate Films
431The Comedy$41,1134$6,00014.6%1Nov 9Jan 3Tribeca Films
236The Polar Express
2012 IMAX Release
$669,28917$73,51411%15Nov 21Jan 3Warner Bros.
70Sinister$48,086,9032,542$18,007,63437.4%2,527Oct 12Jan 3Lionsgate Films
45Looper$66,486,2052,993$20,801,55231.3%2,992Sep 28Jan 1TriStar Pictures
144The Collection$6,842,0581,403$3,104,26945.4%1,403Nov 30Dec 30LD Entertainment
415Wake in Fright
2012 Re-release
$50,39412$6,76113.4%1Oct 5Dec 27Drafthouse Films
285Keep the Lights On$246,11210$55,57422.6%5Sep 7Dec 27Music Box Films
356Burn
2012 Re-release
$113,1734$1,9701.7%1Nov 9Dec 23Area 23a
123Seven Psychopaths$15,024,0491,480$4,174,91527.8%1,480Oct 12Dec 20CBS Films
121The Man with the Iron Fists$15,634,0901,872$7,910,98050.6%1,868Nov 2Dec 20Universal Pictures
234The Thieves$685,83922$136,99320%11Oct 12Dec 20Well Go USA Entertainment
331Made In Mexico$151,13326$76,12350.4%12Nov 30Dec 20Lionsgate Films
644Cheerful Weather for the Wedding$2,6512$72727.4%1Dec 7Dec 20IFC Films
96House at the End of the Street$31,611,9163,083$12,287,23438.9%3,083Sep 21Dec 20Relativity Media
345The Loneliest Planet$129,57913$15,68912.1%2Oct 26Dec 20IFC Films
618Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning$5,4603$3,18158.3%3Nov 30Dec 20Magnolia Pictures
615Save the Date$5,7192$3,75565.7%2Dec 14Dec 20IFC Films
316Grand Illusion$174,0654$7,5264.3%1May 11Dec 20Rialto Pictures
321The Big Picture
2012 Re-release
$158,4118$13,7608.7%2Oct 12Dec 20MPI Media Group
336This Must Be the Place$143,97915$7,7545.4%2Nov 2Dec 20The Weinstein Company
603In Our Nature$6,5431$4,37866.9%1Dec 7Dec 20Cinedigm Entertainment Group
69Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days$49,008,6623,401$14,623,59929.8%3,391Aug 3Dec 20Twentieth Century Fox
115Silent Hill: Revelation$17,529,1572,933$8,023,03645.8%2,933Oct 26Dec 16Open Road Films (II)
493Lay the Favorite$20,99861$20,998100%61Dec 7Dec 13RADiUS-TWC
50228 Hotel Rooms$18,8695$1,8699.9%1Nov 9Dec 13Oscilloscope
490Waiting for Lightning$21,57711$19,53790.5%11Dec 7Dec 13The Samuel Goldwyn Company
290Middle of Nowhere$236,80625$67,90928.7%6Oct 12Dec 13-
228Son of Sardaar$771,789109$341,55244.3%109Nov 13Dec 13Eros Worldwide
89Trouble with the Curve$35,763,1373,212$12,162,04034%3,212Sep 21Dec 13Warner Bros.
167Celeste & Jesse Forever$3,094,813586$107,7853.5%4Aug 3Dec 13Sony Pictures Classics
601Love, Marilyn$6,9501$4,00057.6%1Nov 30Dec 13Submarine Deluxe
2The Dark Knight Rises$448,139,0994,404$160,887,29535.9%4,404Jul 20Dec 13Warner Bros.
137Fun Size$9,409,5383,016$4,101,01743.6%3,014Oct 26Dec 13Paramount Pictures
492Girl Model$21,1545$4,89823.2%1Sep 5Dec 6First Run
617Young & Wild$5,5142$3,79868.9%2Nov 30Dec 6IFC Films
367Wuthering Heights$100,91512$8,9568.9%1Oct 5Dec 6Oscilloscope
407Dangerous Liaisons$54,0006$18,02733.4%6Nov 9Dec 6Well Go USA Entertainment
534Silent Night$14,56711$9,78067.1%11Nov 30Dec 6Anchor Bay Films
221The Imposter$898,31731$22,3792.5%1Jul 13Dec 2-
297Tai Chi Zero$212,09431$85,09440.1%31Oct 19Nov 29Variance Films
86Lawless$37,400,1273,138$10,001,98226.7%2,888Aug 29Nov 29The Weinstein Company
533Tristana$14,5862$4,75432.6%1Oct 12Nov 29Cohen Media Group
163Atlas Shrugged II: The Strike$3,336,0531,012$1,751,57252.5%1,012Oct 12Nov 29Atlas Distribution Company
598Price Check$7,4132$2,78337.5%1Nov 16Nov 29IFC Films
185English Vinglish$1,862,08688$745,41440%88Oct 5Nov 25Eros Worldwide
168Jab Tak Hai Jaan$3,047,539164$1,283,58542.1%161Nov 13Nov 25Yash Raj Films
268Red Hook Summer$338,80341$40,07011.8%4Aug 10Nov 22Variance Films
362Hello I Must Be Going$106,70915$23,90422.4%2Sep 7Nov 22Oscilloscope
540Head Games$14,0565$1,1528.2%2Sep 21Nov 22Variance Films
332Simon & the Oaks$150,66417$9,9646.6%1Oct 12Nov 22The Film Arcade
179Sleepwalk with Me$2,266,067135$68,8013%1Aug 24Nov 22IFC Films
177The Queen of Versailles$2,401,99989$51,3262.1%3Jul 20Nov 22Magnolia Pictures
269Liberal Arts$327,34531$27,4358.4%4Sep 14Nov 22IFC Films
471Nobody Walks$25,3427$7,26928.7%2Oct 19Nov 22Magnolia Pictures
233The Paperboy$693,28676$102,70614.8%11Oct 5Nov 22Millennium Entertainment
152Won't Back Down$5,310,5542,517$2,603,37049%2,515Sep 28Nov 22Twentieth Century Fox
36The Expendables 2$85,028,1923,355$28,591,37033.6%3,316Aug 17Nov 22Lionsgate Films
35The Campaign$86,907,7463,302$26,588,46030.6%3,205Aug 10Nov 22Warner Bros.
68The Possession$49,130,1542,860$17,732,48036.1%2,816Aug 31Nov 22Lionsgate Films
460You've Been Trumped$29,2735$4,49715.4%1Aug 3Nov 22International Film Circuit
594Photographic Memory$7,8222$3,00638.4%2Oct 12Nov 22First Run
238Two Days in New York$633,21042$23,9423.8%2Aug 10Nov 15Magnolia Pictures
663Nature Calls$6462$38259.1%2Nov 9Nov 15Magnolia Pictures
118To Rome with Love$16,685,867806$361,3592.2%5Jun 22Nov 15Sony Pictures Classics
342The Other Dream Team$135,22814$19,82114.7%2Sep 28Nov 15The Film Arcade
330Chakravyuh$151,77879$97,89664.5%79Oct 24Nov 15Eros Worldwide
538Gayby$14,0621$4,79234.1%1Oct 12Nov 15The Film Collaborative
368V/H/S$100,34519$36,40236.3%16Oct 5Nov 15Magnolia Pictures
402Side by Side$58,8259$6,95611.8%1Aug 17Nov 15Tribeca Films
344How to Survive a Plague$132,05515$28,25021.4%4Sep 21Nov 15IFC Films
437Death by China$38,4923$5,70114.8%1Aug 17Nov 15Area 23a
456The Bay$30,66823$19,74764.4%23Nov 2Nov 15Roadside Attractions
337Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana$143,50760$95,36466.5%60Nov 2Nov 15UTV Motion Pictures
637Vamps$3,3611$54816.3%1Nov 2Nov 15Anchor Bay Films
394The Details$63,59573$18,52829.1%14Nov 2Nov 11RADiUS-TWC
287My Uncle Rafael$243,61614$109,74745%14Sep 21Nov 11Rocky Mountain Pictures
79Resident Evil: Retribution$42,345,5313,016$21,052,22749.7%3,012Sep 14Nov 11Screen Gems
235Student of the Year$670,086106$326,50848.7%106Oct 19Nov 11Eros Worldwide
375The Eye of the Storm$83,5669$25,78530.9%7Sep 7Nov 8-
29The Bourne Legacy$113,203,8703,753$38,142,82533.7%3,745Aug 10Nov 8Universal Pictures
418War of the Buttons$47,77135$4,7379.9%5Oct 12Nov 8The Weinstein Company