Domestic Box Office For 2012

Limited releases are those released in fewer than 600 theaters.

Key:Estimated

RankRelease GrossMax ThOpening% of Total Open ThOpenCloseDistributor
1Zero Dark Thirty$95,720,7162,946$417,1500.4%5Dec 19Mar 31Sony Pictures Releasing
2The Impossible$19,019,882886$143,8180.8%15Dec 21Apr 18Lionsgate
3To the Arctic 3D$14,560,83852$270,2281.9%50Apr 20-Warner Bros.
4Anna Karenina$12,816,367422$320,6902.5%16Nov 16Feb 28Focus Features
5Beasts of the Southern Wild$12,795,746318$169,7021.3%4Jun 27Mar 21Fox Searchlight Pictures
6The Intouchables$10,198,820194$103,5071%4May 25Jan 17The Weinstein Company
7Bernie$9,206,470332$85,8050.9%3Apr 27Sep 20Millennium Entertainment
8Salmon Fishing in the Yemen$9,047,981524$225,8942.5%18Mar 9Jun 7CBS Films
9Arbitrage$7,919,574256$2,002,16525.3%197Sep 14Jan 17Roadside Attractions
10Promised Land$7,597,8981,676$173,9152.3%25Dec 28Jan 24Focus Features
11Amour$6,739,492333$68,2661%3Dec 19May 16Sony Pictures Classics
12Hyde Park on Hudson$6,376,145246$81,3621.3%4Dec 7Mar 28Focus Features
13Hitchcock$6,008,677561$287,7154.8%17Nov 23Mar 14Fox Searchlight Pictures
14The Sessions$6,002,451516$113,4671.9%4Oct 19Mar 14Fox Searchlight Pictures
15Casa de mi Padre$5,909,483475$2,287,23938.7%382Mar 16May 17Lionsgate
16October Baby
2012 Re-release
$5,157,886390$1,718,000-390Mar 23Jun 14The Samuel Goldwyn Company
17Jeff, Who Lives at Home$4,269,426513$855,70920%254Mar 16May 17Paramount Vantage
18Goon$4,168,528242$1,232,86029.6%241Feb 24May 31Magnolia Pictures
19Safety Not Guaranteed$4,010,957182$97,7622.4%9Jun 8Oct 18FilmDistrict
20Bully
2012 Re-release
$3,863,446263$535,43313.9%158Apr 13Jun 21The Weinstein Company
21Searching for Sugar Man$3,696,196157$27,4590.7%3Jul 27Aug 22Sony Pictures Classics
22Robot & Frank$3,325,038209$35,5391.1%2Aug 17Jan 21The Samuel Goldwyn Company
23Raiders of the Lost Ark
2012 IMAX Release
$3,125,613322$1,673,73153.5%267Sep 7Oct 4Paramount Pictures
24Celeste & Jesse Forever$3,094,813586$107,7853.5%4Aug 3Dec 13Sony Pictures Classics
25Jab Tak Hai Jaan$3,047,539164$1,283,58542.1%161Nov 13Nov 25Yash Raj Films
26Albert Nobbs$3,014,696245$696,08823.1%245Jan 27May 17Roadside Attractions
27Talaash: The Answer Lies Within$2,871,956172$1,638,70657.1%172Nov 30Jan 10Reliance Big Pictures
28Barfi!$2,804,874132$1,061,71337.9%132Sep 14Oct 28UTV Motion Pictures
29Samsara$2,672,41370$76,2222.9%2Aug 24Apr 25Oscilloscope
30Girl in Progress$2,609,412322$1,384,07853%322May 11Jun 21Lionsgate
31Jiro Dreams of Sushi$2,552,47880$42,0351.6%2Mar 9Aug 23Magnolia Pictures
32Ruby Sparks$2,540,106261$140,8225.5%13Jul 25Oct 25Fox Searchlight Pictures
33Dabangg 2$2,519,190166$1,019,21340.5%166Dec 21Jan 24Eros Worldwide
34The Queen of Versailles$2,401,99989$51,3262.1%3Jul 20Nov 22Magnolia Pictures
35Ek Tha Tiger$2,347,774120$1,139,34048.5%120Aug 15Aug 26Yash Raj Films
36Sleepwalk with Me$2,266,067135$68,8013%1Aug 24Nov 22IFC Films
37Rust and Bone$2,062,027168$27,1541.3%2Nov 23Apr 4Sony Pictures Classics
38Monsieur Lazhar$2,009,51786$112,1905.6%19Apr 13Oct 11Music Box Films
39Footnote$2,007,758101$47,5282.4%2Mar 9Jul 12Sony Pictures Classics
40Killer Joe$1,987,76275$37,9001.9%3Jul 27Oct 14LD Entertainment
41Agneepath$1,986,748132$1,140,46457.4%132Jan 26Feb 23Eros Worldwide
42English Vinglish$1,862,08688$745,41440%88Oct 5Nov 25Eros Worldwide
43Crooked Arrows$1,832,541327$257,36414%55May 18Jul 19Branded Pictures Entertainment
44Hysteria$1,804,139218$35,6562%5May 18Sep 27Sony Pictures Classics
45Housefull 2$1,791,780121$847,13247.3%121Apr 6May 17Eros Worldwide
46The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2012: Live Action$1,702,415146$412,30424.2%120Feb 10Mar 29Shorts International
47Your Sister's Sister$1,636,190101$109,2216.7%13Jun 15Aug 26IFC Films
48Singin' in the Rain
2012 Re-release
$1,608,925561---Jul 12Aug 26Warner Bros.
49Farewell, My Queen$1,597,99864$72,1004.5%4Jul 13Oct 18Cohen Media Group
50A Late Quartet$1,562,548100$75,2794.8%9Nov 2Mar 14Entertainment One
51A Royal Affair$1,546,76156$38,2122.5%7Nov 9May 2Magnolia Pictures
52The Kid with a Bike$1,470,00086$45,9333.1%3Mar 16Jun 14IFC Films
53Marley$1,413,48073$262,00418.5%42Apr 20Aug 16Magnolia Pictures
54Chasing Ice$1,328,46753---Nov 9May 2Submarine Deluxe
55Air Racers$1,309,98710---Apr 6Sep 93D Entertainment
56The Other Son$1,285,91853$125,6919.8%41Oct 26Feb 10Cohen Media Group
57For a Good Time, Call...$1,251,749107$143,93511.5%23Aug 31Oct 11Focus Features
58Take This Waltz$1,239,69264$137,01911.1%30Jun 29Sep 27Magnolia Pictures
59Cocktail$1,227,78996$647,95652.8%96Jul 13Aug 9Eros Worldwide
60Bol Bachchan$1,216,25898$561,99646.2%98Jul 6Jul 29FIP
61Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day$1,213,128106$641,54252.9%102Apr 13May 31Codeblack Entertainment
62Headhunters$1,200,01060$43,0133.6%4Apr 27Aug 16Magnolia Pictures
63Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu$1,155,545111$637,10055.1%111Feb 10Mar 22UTV Motion Pictures
64Casablanca
2011 Re-release
$1,155,330507---Mar 21Apr 26Warner Bros.
65The Deep Blue Sea$1,126,52561$123,84111%31Mar 23Aug 30Music Box Films
66In Darkness$1,041,45552$27,4132.6%3Feb 10May 17Sony Pictures Classics
67Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel$1,017,57927$63,7006.3%3Sep 21Feb 21The Samuel Goldwyn Company
68First Position$1,014,07158$48,0244.7%5May 4Jun 28IFC Films
69Barbara$1,013,90223$63,4106.3%15Dec 21Jul 11Adopt Films
70Damsels in Distress$1,008,455205$58,5895.8%4Apr 6Aug 23Sony Pictures Classics
71Unconditional$1,005,800312$525,19252.2%312Sep 21Oct 7Veracity Moving Pictures
72Burn$996,10314---Jul 24--
73Rampart$972,512106$60,4466.2%5Feb 10May 10Millennium Entertainment
74Masquerade$922,92115---Sep 21Apr 18CJ Entertainment
75The Imposter$898,31731$22,3792.5%1Jul 13Dec 2Indomina Releasing
76Bill W.$809,59031---May 18-Page 124 Productions
77Darling Companion$793,81564$39,9625%4Apr 20Aug 23Sony Pictures Classics
78Thin Ice$790,42153$183,52723.2%53Feb 17May 24ATO Pictures
79Teri Meri Kahaani$781,19694$405,92652%94Jun 22Jul 15Eros Worldwide
80Rowdy Rathore$777,373120$381,78449.1%120Jun 1Jul 5UTV Motion Pictures
81Son of Sardaar$771,789109$341,55244.3%109Nov 13Dec 13Eros Worldwide
82Cosmopolis$763,55665$70,3399.2%3Aug 17Oct 4Entertainment One
83Coriolanus$757,19521$61,1368.1%9Jan 20May 31The Weinstein Company
84On the Road$744,296107$39,5505.3%4Dec 21May 2IFC Films
85Agent Vinod$698,210122$427,04361.2%122Mar 23Apr 15Eros Worldwide
86The Paperboy$693,28676$102,70614.8%11Oct 5Nov 22Millennium Entertainment
87The Thieves$685,83922$136,99320%11Oct 12Dec 20Well Go USA Entertainment
88Student of the Year$670,086106$326,50848.7%106Oct 19Nov 11Eros Worldwide
89The Polar Express
2012 IMAX Release
$669,28917$73,51411%15Nov 21Jan 3Warner Bros.
90Holy Motors$641,10029$18,8662.9%2Oct 17Jan 27Indomina Releasing
91Two Days in New York$633,21042$23,9423.8%2Aug 10Nov 15Magnolia Pictures
92Not Fade Away$610,792565$19,1823.1%3Dec 21Jan 24Paramount Vantage
93Heroine$598,668114$389,90165.1%114Sep 21Oct 11UTV Motion Pictures
94Blue Like Jazz$595,018136$261,19043.9%136Apr 13Jun 7Roadside Attractions
95Peace, Love & Misunderstanding$590,70076$105,96017.9%31Jun 8Jul 12IFC Films
96Thunderstruck$587,211250---Aug 24Aug 30Warner Bros.
97W.E.$583,45524$47,0748.1%4Feb 3May 10The Weinstein Company
98Undefeated$562,21821$33,1655.9%5Feb 17Jun 7The Weinstein Company
99Vicky Donor$549,00150$169,20930.8%50Apr 20May 17Eros Worldwide
100We Have a Pope$548,11527$31,3685.7%3Apr 6Jun 14IFC Films
101Being Flynn$540,15288$43,9908.1%4Mar 2Apr 12Focus Features
102Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry$534,10037$41,1047.7%5Jul 27Sep 27IFC Films
103Where Do We Go Now?$531,99737$15,3822.9%3May 11Sep 13Sony Pictures Classics
104Shut Up and Play the Hits$510,334161---Jul 18Aug 16Oscilloscope
105The Flat$471,84227$19,9164.2%3Oct 19Jan 10IFC Films
106Bachelorette$447,95460$181,49440.5%47Sep 7Oct 11RADiUS-TWC
107Ferrari Ki Sawaari$434,10799$240,79255.5%99Jun 15-Eros Worldwide
108Seeking Justice$411,746231$249,91260.7%231Mar 16Apr 5Anchor Bay Films
109Sound of My Voice$408,01548$36,1348.9%5Apr 27Jun 28Fox Searchlight Pictures
110Detropia$390,02424$17,4144.5%1Sep 7Feb 28Loki Films
111The Well-Digger's Daughter$386,36816$10,2732.7%3Jul 20-Kino Lorber
112Khiladi 786$379,466115$228,96760.3%115Dec 7-Eros Worldwide
113Smashed$376,59750$26,9437.2%4Oct 12Jan 10Sony Pictures Classics
114Piranha 3DD$376,51286$182,23748.4%86Jun 1Jun 21Dimension Films
115The Oranges$366,377110$198,46154.2%110Oct 5Nov 1ATO Pictures
116The Lady$355,39119---Apr 13-Cohen Media Group
117Branded$353,513307$240,58968.1%307Sep 7Oct 4Roadside Attractions
118Chico & Rita$350,52423$20,6545.9%1Feb 10Apr 12GKIDS
119A Werewolf Boy$342,92220---Nov 30Jan 10CJ Entertainment
120Red Hook Summer$338,80341$40,07011.8%4Aug 10Nov 22Variance Films
121Liberal Arts$327,34531$27,4358.4%4Sep 14Nov 22IFC Films
122The Central Park Five$325,65322$30,5709.4%3Nov 23Jan 31IFC Films
123Compliance$319,28521$16,4275.1%1Aug 17Nov 1Magnolia Pictures
124The Salt of Life$317,40519$19,1766%2Mar 2Aug 23Zeitgeist Films
125Back to 1942$312,95420$105,70233.8%20Nov 30Jan 10China Lion Film Distribution
126The Flowers of War$311,43430$48,44815.6%30Jan 20Apr 26Wrekin Hill Entertainment
127West of Memphis$310,15440$13,3604.3%5Dec 25Apr 25Sony Pictures Classics
128A Cat in Paris$309,97318$34,55411.1%6Jun 1Sep 13GKIDS
129Love$309,20015$83,17826.9%7Feb 17Apr 12China Lion Film Distribution
130Stolen$304,318141$183,12560.2%141Sep 14Sep 27Millennium Entertainment
131Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap$288,000157$150,33752.2%157Jun 15Jul 5Indomina Releasing
132Bully$279,2026$116,47241.7%5Mar 30Apr 12The Weinstein Company
133Love in the Buff$256,45114$91,23335.6%10Mar 30May 10China Lion Film Distribution
134Boy$256,21118$21,2448.3%2Mar 2-Unison Films
135Chicken with Plums$253,87424$11,3014.5%2Aug 17-Sony Pictures Classics
136Lola Versus$252,60352$31,81512.6%4Jun 8Jul 12Fox Searchlight Pictures
137Keep the Lights On$246,11210$55,57422.6%5Sep 7Dec 27Music Box Films
138The Waiting Room$244,9518$7,0862.9%4Sep 26May 16International Film Circuit
139My Uncle Rafael$243,61614$109,74745%14Sep 21Nov 11Rocky Mountain Pictures
140Gerhard Richter Painting$242,6469$13,5375.6%1Mar 14Aug 9Kino Lorber
141Trishna$240,38138$29,14012.1%3Jul 13Aug 26IFC Films
142Middle of Nowhere$236,80625$67,90928.7%6Oct 12Dec 13-
143Elena$233,38013$9,0353.9%1May 16Oct 25Zeitgeist Films
144Tezz$229,93197$148,13364.4%97Apr 27May 17Eros Worldwide
145The Viral Factor$220,49622$63,23528.7%22Jan 20Mar 29China Lion Film Distribution
146Brooklyn Castle$219,40713$18,7618.6%2Oct 19Mar 7Producers Distribution Agency (PDA)
147Neil Young Journeys$215,02623$12,0255.6%3Jun 29Oct 18Sony Pictures Classics
148Thaandavam$213,47645$129,04460.4%45Sep 28Oct 25UTV Motion Pictures
149Tai Chi Zero$212,09431$85,09440.1%31Oct 19Nov 29Variance Films
150Polisse$211,44021$16,5687.8%3May 18Jun 21IFC Films
151Somewhere Between$210,9756$7,7993.7%1Aug 24Jan 31Long Shot Factory
152The House I Live In$210,75212$16,4537.8%2Oct 5Feb 14Abramorama
153The Awakening$209,69670$95,93345.7%70Aug 17-Cohen Media Group
154Little White Lies$206,08814$25,65412.4%3Aug 24Nov 1MPI Media Group
155Easy Money$205,7417$24,68412%2Jul 11Sep 13The Weinstein Company
156Vettai$204,37334$87,92143%34Jan 13Feb 23UTV Motion Pictures
157Touchback$204,23269$66,99832.8%50Apr 13May 23Anchor Bay Films
15810 Years$203,37363$22,70711.2%3Sep 14Oct 11Anchor Bay Films
159Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie$201,43633$87,47543.4%24Mar 2-Magnolia Pictures
160Any Day Now$201,39519$40,48920.1%16Dec 14Apr 4Music Box Films
161A Simple Life$191,82613$43,37222.6%9Apr 13Oct 4China Lion Film Distribution
162Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 1: Beginnings$180,4405$62,34034.5%5Oct 19Apr 25Eleven Arts
163Lost Woods$180,11713$58,24032.3%13Mar 2Mar 15Nocturnal Features
164Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos$177,80242$119,30067.1%42Jan 20Mar 8Eleven Arts
165Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya$177,74349$94,58353.2%49Feb 24Mar 22UTV Motion Pictures
166Monumental: In Search of America's National Treasure$177,72927$28,34015.9%6Mar 30May 20ArtAffects Entertainment
167The Hunter$176,66917$19,03210.8%4Apr 6-Magnolia Pictures
168Grand Illusion$174,0654$7,5264.3%1May 11Dec 20Rialto Pictures
169Battlefield America$172,000188$113,88266.2%188Jun 1Jun 14Cinedigm Entertainment Group
170Flying Swords of Dragon Gate$170,27615$95,45256.1%15Aug 31-Indomina Releasing
171Joker$169,18174$105,36662.3%74Aug 31Sep 20UTV Motion Pictures
172Dark Horse$166,22810$13,5518.2%1Jun 8Aug 26Brainstorm Media
173The Big Picture
2012 Re-release
$158,4118$13,7608.7%2Oct 12Dec 20MPI Media Group
174Crazy Horse$157,78214$7,9635%1Jan 18May 3Zipporah Films
175Elles$157,50813$24,28615.4%6Apr 27Sep 13Kino Lorber
176Deadtime$156,07218$30,24019.4%18May 11May 28Nocturnal Features
177Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi$155,75854$119,74376.9%54Aug 24Aug 30Eros Worldwide
178Sister$154,65914$15,40110%3Oct 5-Adopt Films
179Unforgivable$154,1896$27,85718.1%5Jun 29Nov 1Strand Releasing
180Once Upon a Time in Anatolia$152,4086$10,9527.2%1Jan 4-The Cinema Guild
181Bullhead$151,84034$32,26721.3%7Feb 17May 3Drafthouse Films
182Chakravyuh$151,77879$97,89664.5%79Oct 24Nov 15Eros Worldwide
183Made In Mexico$151,13326$76,12350.4%12Nov 30Dec 20Lionsgate
184Simon & the Oaks$150,66417$9,9646.6%1Oct 12Nov 22The Film Arcade
185Deadly Renovations$146,14613$42,58829.1%13Jun 8Jun 28Nocturnal Features
186I Wish$145,80812$10,9197.5%5May 11Aug 23Magnolia Pictures
187From Beneath$144,12318$47,62833%18Aug 10Aug 23Nocturnal Features
188This Must Be the Place$143,97915$7,7545.4%2Nov 2Dec 20The Weinstein Company
189Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana$143,50760$95,36466.5%60Nov 2Nov 15UTV Motion Pictures
190High School$139,034200$82,83259.6%200Jun 1Jun 14Anchor Bay Films
191Beloved$137,5157$25,82518.8%5Aug 17Sep 20IFC Films
192Slaughter Creek$136,81516$49,39236.1%16Sep 14Sep 27Nocturnal Features
193Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale I$136,16613$57,18342%12Apr 27-Well Go USA Entertainment
194The Other Dream Team$135,22814$19,82114.7%2Sep 28Nov 15The Film Arcade
195Kumaré$132,1609$9,6017.3%1Jun 20-Kino Lorber
196How to Survive a Plague$132,05515$28,25021.4%4Sep 21Nov 15IFC Films
197The Loneliest Planet$129,57913$15,68912.1%2Oct 26Dec 20IFC Films
198The Forgiveness of Blood$126,70012$26,72421.1%3Feb 24Apr 19IFC Films
199Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare$126,23812$30,95324.5%12Oct 5Mar 28Roadside Attractions
200Turn Me On, Dammit!$126,0855$10,1458%2Mar 30-New Yorker Films