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Top Grossing Action Movies in 2012

Rank Title Language Domestic Worldwide
1 The Avengers
English

UK

$623,357,910 $1,520,538,536
2 The Dark Knight Rises
English

UK

$448,149,584 $1,114,975,066
3 Skyfall
English

UK

$304,360,277 $1,108,594,137
4 The Amazing Spider-Man
English

UK

$262,782,352 $758,707,722
5 The Hunger Games
English

UK

$408,010,692 $695,220,619
6 Men in Black III
English

UK

$179,020,854 $654,213,485
7 Brave
English

UK

$237,283,207 $538,983,207
8 Django Unchained
English

UK

$162,805,434 $426,076,293
9 Prometheus
English

UK

$126,477,084 $403,354,469
10 Snow White and the Huntsman
English

UK

$155,332,381 $396,592,829
11 Taken 2
English

UK

$139,854,287 $376,152,455
12 Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
English

UK

$103,887,748 $335,288,576
13 The Expendables 2
English

UK

$85,028,192 $314,975,955
14 Battleship
English

UK

$65,422,625 $303,025,485
15 Wrath of the Titans
English

UK

$83,670,083 $301,970,083
16 John Carter
English

UK

$73,078,100 $284,139,100
17 The Bourne Legacy
English

UK

$113,203,870 $276,144,750
18 Resident Evil: Retribution
English

UK

$42,345,531 $240,159,255
19 Jack Reacher
English

UK

$80,070,736 $218,340,595
20 Safe House
English

UK

$126,373,434 $208,076,205
21 21 Jump Street
english

UK

$138,447,667 $201,585,556
22 Total Recall (2012)
English

UK

$58,877,969 $198,467,607
23 The Impossible
English

UK

$19,019,882 $198,087,212
24 Looper
English

UK

$66,486,205 $176,506,819
25 Underworld: Awakening
English

UK

$62,321,039 $160,112,671
26 This Means War
English

UK

$54,760,791 $156,491,279
27 Zero Dark Thirty
English

UK

$95,720,716 $132,820,716
28 Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
English

UK

$51,774,002 $132,563,930
29 Chronicle
English

UK

$64,575,175 $126,636,097
30 Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
English

UK

$37,519,139 $116,471,580
31 The Thieves
Korean

KR

$685,839 $87,129,910
32 Act of Valor
English

UK

$70,012,847 $82,499,399
33 The Grey
English

UK

$51,580,236 $79,781,695
34 Here Comes the Boom
English

UK

$45,290,318 $73,100,172
35 Red Dawn
English

UK

$44,806,783 $50,950,296
36 Red Tails
English

UK

$49,876,377 $50,365,498
37 Safe
English

UK

$17,142,080 $41,564,670
38 Dredd
English

UK

$13,414,714 $41,037,742
39 One for the Money
English

UK

$26,414,527 $38,084,162
40 Alex Cross
English

UK

$25,888,412 $34,618,867
41 Haywire
English

UK

$18,942,396 $34,513,760
42 Lockout
English

UK

$14,326,864 $32,948,113
43 Premium Rush
English

UK

$20,275,446 $31,083,599
44 Rowdy Rathore
Hindi

IN

$777,373 $29,342,463
45 Dragon
Russian

RU

$11,137 $29,282,887
46 The Man with the Iron Fists
English

UK

$15,634,090 $20,546,518
47 Headhunters
Norwegian

NO

$1,200,010 $19,387,088
48 Stolen
Japanese

JP

$304,318 $17,415,418
49 The Cold Light of Day
English

UK

$3,763,583 $16,863,583
50 Hit and Run
Korean

KR

$13,749,300 $16,816,647

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