List of 2012 box office number-one films in the United States
This is a list of films which placed number one at the weekend box office for the year 2012.[1]
Number-one films[]
# | Weekend end date | Film | Gross | Notes | Ref |
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1 | January 8, 2012 | The Devil Inside | $33,732,515 | [2] | |
2 | January 15, 2012 | Contraband | $24,349,815 | [3][4] | |
3 | January 22, 2012 | Underworld: Awakening | $25,306,725 | [5] | |
4 | January 29, 2012 | The Grey | $19,665,101 | [6] | |
5 | February 5, 2012 | Chronicle | $22,004,098 | [7] | |
6 | February 12, 2012 | The Vow | $41,202,458 | The Vow broke Hitch's record ($7.5 million) for the highest mid-week Valentine's Day gross with $11.6 million. | [8] |
7 | February 19, 2012 | Safe House | $23,641,575 | Safe House reached #1 in its second weekend of release. | [9][10] |
8 | February 26, 2012 | Act of Valor | $24,476,632 | [11] | |
9 | March 4, 2012 | The Lorax | $70,217,070 | [12] | |
10 | March 11, 2012 | $38,846,020 | [13] | ||
11 | March 18, 2012 | 21 Jump Street | $36,302,612 | [14] | |
12 | March 25, 2012 | The Hunger Games | $152,535,747 | The Hunger Games broke Alice in Wonderland's records ($116.1 million) for the highest weekend debut in March, for a non-sequel, and for a spring release. It also broke The Twilight Saga: New Moon's record ($142.8 million) for highest weekend debut for a film featuring a female protagonist. | [15] |
13 | April 1, 2012 | $58,551,063 | [16] | ||
14 | April 8, 2012 | $33,111,557 | [17][18] | ||
15 | April 15, 2012 | $21,096,824 | The Hunger Games became the first film since Avatar to hold the top spot at the box office for four weekends straight. | [19] | |
16 | April 22, 2012 | Think Like a Man | $33,636,303 | [20] | |
17 | April 29, 2012 | $17,604,141 | [21] | ||
18 | May 6, 2012 | The Avengers | $207,438,708 | The Avengers broke Spider-Man 3's record ($151.1 million) for the highest weekend debut in May. It also broke The Dark Knight's record ($158.4 million) for the highest weekend debut for a superhero film as well as Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2's records ($169.2 million) for the highest weekend debut in the summer, for a 3D film, and of all-time. It also became the first film to gross $200 million in one weekend. The Avengers had the highest weekend debut of 2012. | [22] |
19 | May 13, 2012 | $103,052,274 | The Avengers broke Avatar's record ($75.6 million) for the highest second weekend gross of all-time, and also became the first film to gross $100 million in its second weekend of release. | [23] | |
20 | May 20, 2012 | $55,644,102 | The Avengers broke The Dark Knight's record (27 days) for the fastest film to reach $450 million domestically. | [24] | |
21 | May 27, 2012 | Men in Black 3 | $54,592,779 | [25][26] | |
22 | June 3, 2012 | Snow White & the Huntsman | $56,217,700 | [27] | |
23 | June 10, 2012 | Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted | $60,316,738 | [28] | |
24 | June 17, 2012 | $34,055,474 | [29] | ||
25 | June 24, 2012 | Brave | $66,323,594 | [30] | |
26 | July 1, 2012 | Ted | $54,415,205 | Ted broke The Hangover's record ($45 million) for the highest weekend debut for an original R-rated comedy. | [31] |
27 | July 8, 2012 | The Amazing Spider-Man | $62,004,688 | The Amazing Spider-Man's $35 million Tuesday gross broke Transformers' record ($27.8 million) for the highest Tuesday gross of all time. | [32] |
28 | July 15, 2012 | Ice Age: Continental Drift | $46,629,259 | [33] | |
29 | July 22, 2012 | The Dark Knight Rises | $160,887,295 | The Dark Knight Rises's $2.3 million midnight gross in IMAX broke Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2's record ($2 million) for the highest midnight gross in IMAX. It also broke The Dark Knight's record ($158.4 million) for the highest weekend debut for a non-3D film. | [34] |
30 | July 29, 2012 | $62,101,451 | [35] | ||
31 | August 5, 2012 | $35,737,330 | [36] | ||
32 | August 12, 2012 | The Bourne Legacy | $38,142,825 | [37] | |
33 | August 19, 2012 | The Expendables 2 | $28,591,370 | [38] | |
34 | August 26, 2012 | $13,423,579 | [39] | ||
35 | September 2, 2012 | The Possession | $17,732,480 | [40][41] | |
36 | September 9, 2012 | $9,317,472 | [42] | ||
37 | September 16, 2012 | Resident Evil: Retribution | $21,052,227 | [43] | |
38 | September 23, 2012 | End of Watch | $13,152,683 | Initial estimates had End of Watch tied with House at the End of the Street. | [44] |
39 | September 30, 2012 | Hotel Transylvania | $42,522,194 | Hotel Transylvania broke Sweet Home Alabama's record ($35.6 million) for the highest weekend debut in September. | [45] |
40 | October 7, 2012 | Taken 2 | $49,514,769 | [46][47] | |
41 | October 14, 2012 | $21,873,127 | [48] | ||
42 | October 21, 2012 | Paranormal Activity 4 | $29,003,866 | [49] | |
43 | October 28, 2012 | Argo | $12,085,059 | Argo reached #1 in its third weekend of release. | [50] |
44 | November 4, 2012 | Wreck-It Ralph | $49,038,712 | Wreck-It Ralph broke Tangled's record ($48.8 million) for the highest weekend debut for a Walt Disney Animation Studios film. | [51] |
45 | November 11, 2012 | Skyfall | $88,364,714 | Skyfall broke Austin Powers in Goldmember's record ($73 million) for the highest weekend debut for a spy film. | [52] |
46 | November 18, 2012 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 | $141,067,634 | [53] | |
47 | November 25, 2012 | $43,641,448 | [54] | ||
48 | December 2, 2012 | $17,416,362 | [55] | ||
49 | December 9, 2012 | Skyfall | $10,780,201 | Skyfall reclaimed the #1 spot in its fifth weekend of release, and it also became the first film since How to Train Your Dragon (2010) to take the top spot in its fifth weekend. | [56] |
50 | December 16, 2012 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | $84,617,303 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey broke I Am Legend's record ($77.2 million) for the highest weekend debut in December. | [57] |
51 | December 23, 2012 | $36,888,365 | [58][59] | ||
52 | December 30, 2012 | $31,926,068 | [60][61] |
Highest-grossing films[]
Calendar Gross[]
Highest-grossing films of 2012 by Calendar Gross[62]
Rank | Title | Studio(s) | Actor(s) | Director(s) | Gross |
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1. | The Avengers | Walt Disney Studios | Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Tom Hiddleston, Clark Gregg, Cobie Smulders, Stellan Skarsgård and Samuel L. Jackson | Joss Whedon | $619,257,177 |
2. | The Dark Knight Rises | Warner Bros. Pictures | Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy, Marion Cotillard, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Morgan Freeman | Christopher Nolan | $448,139,099 |
3. | The Hunger Games | Lionsgate | Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Lenny Kravitz, Stanley Tucci and Donald Sutherland | Gary Ross | $408,010,692 |
4. | Skyfall | Columbia Pictures | Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Ben Whishaw, Bérénice Lim Marlohe, Albert Finney and Judi Dench | Sam Mendes | $288,704,271 |
5. | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 | Summit Entertainment | Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Billy Burke, Peter Facinelli, Elizabeth Reaser, Kellan Lutz, Nikki Reed, Jackson Rathbone, Ashley Greene, Michael Sheen and Dakota Fanning | Bill Condon | $286,422,893 |
6. | The Amazing Spider-Man | Columbia Pictures | Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, Denis Leary, Campbell Scott, Irrfan Khan, Martin Sheen and Sally Field | Marc Webb | $261,569,291 |
7. | Brave | Walt Disney Studios | voices of Kelly Macdonald, Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson, Julie Walters, Robbie Coltrane, Kevin McKidd and Craig Ferguson | Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman | $236,686,287 |
8. | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Warner Bros. Pictures | Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, James Nesbitt, Ken Stott, Cate Blanchett, Ian Holm, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Elijah Wood and Andy Serkis | Peter Jackson | $228,546,604 |
9. | Ted | Universal Pictures | Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Seth MacFarlane, Joel McHale and Giovanni Ribisi | Seth MacFarlane | $218,815,487 |
10. | Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted | Paramount Pictures | voices of Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Sacha Baron Cohen, Cedric the Entertainer, Andy Richter, Tom McGrath, Jessica Chastain, Bryan Cranston, Martin Short and Frances McDormand | Eric Darnell, Conrad Vernon, and Tom McGrath | $216,391,482 |
In-Year Release[]
Rank | Title | Distributor | Domestic gross |
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1. | The Avengers | Disney | $623,357,910 |
2. | The Dark Knight Rises | Warner Bros. | $448,139,099 |
3. | The Hunger Games | Lionsgate | $408,010,692 |
4. | Skyfall | Sony | $304,360,277 |
5. | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Warner Bros. | $303,003,568 |
6. | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 | Summit | $292,324,737 |
7. | The Amazing Spider-Man | Sony | $262,030,663 |
8. | Brave | Disney | $237,283,207 |
9. | Ted | Universal | $218,815,487 |
10. | Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted | Paramount | $216,391,482 |
G | Beauty and the Beast (3-D Re-issue) |
PG | Brave |
PG-13 | The Avengers |
R | Ted |
See also[]
- List of American films — American films by year
- List of box office number-one films
References[]
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