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Top Grossing English Movies in 2012

Rank Title Genre(s) Domestic Worldwide
1 The Avengers

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi

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

Action

Adventure

Drama

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

Action

Adventure

Thriller

$304,360,277 $1,108,594,137
4 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Adventure

Fantasy

$303,030,651 $1,017,107,150
5 Ice Age: Continental Drift

Adventure

Comedy

Animation

$161,321,843 $877,244,782
6 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2

Adventure

Drama

Thriller

$292,324,737 $848,593,948
7 The Amazing Spider-Man

Action

Adventure

Thriller

$262,782,352 $758,707,722
8 Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted

Adventure

Comedy

Animation

$216,391,482 $746,921,274
9 The Hunger Games

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi

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

Action

Sci-Fi

Comedy

$179,020,854 $654,213,485
11 Life of Pi

Adventure

Drama

$124,987,023 $609,016,565
12 Ted

Fantasy

Comedy

$218,815,487 $549,368,315
13 Brave

Action

Adventure

Fantasy

$237,283,207 $538,983,207
14 Wreck-It Ralph

Adventure

Comedy

Animation

$189,422,889 $471,222,950
15 Les Miserables

Drama

Thriller

Romance

$149,260,140 $442,757,529
16 Django Unchained

Action

Adventure

Drama

$162,805,434 $426,076,293
17 Prometheus

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi

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

Action

Adventure

Drama

$155,332,381 $396,592,829
19 Taken 2

Action

Drama

Thriller

$139,854,287 $376,152,455
20 Hotel Transylvania

Comedy

Animation

Family

$148,313,048 $358,375,603
21 Journey 2: The Mysterious Island

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi

$103,887,748 $335,288,576
22 The Expendables 2

Action

Adventure

Thriller

$85,028,192 $314,975,955
23 Rise of the Guardians

Adventure

Fantasy

Animation

$103,412,758 $306,941,670
24 Battleship

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi

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

Action

Adventure

Fantasy

$83,670,083 $301,970,083
26 John Carter

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi

$73,078,100 $284,139,100
27 The Bourne Legacy

Action

Adventure

Mystery

$113,203,870 $276,144,750
28 Lincoln

Biography

Drama

History

$182,207,973 $275,293,450
29 Dark Shadows

Drama

Mystery

Thriller

$79,727,149 $245,527,149
30 Resident Evil: Retribution

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi

$42,345,531 $240,159,255
31 Silver Linings Playbook

Drama

Comedy

Romance

$132,092,958 $236,412,453
32 American Reunion

Comedy

Romance

$57,011,521 $234,989,584
33 The Girl

Drama

$102,515,793 $232,617,430
34 Argo

Drama

$136,025,503 $232,325,503
35 Jack Reacher

Action

Drama

Thriller

$80,070,736 $218,340,595
36 Safe House

Action

Mystery

Thriller

$126,373,434 $208,076,205
37 21 Jump Street

Action

Comedy

Crime

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

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi

$58,877,969 $198,467,607
39 The Impossible

Action

Drama

History

$19,019,882 $198,087,212
40 The Vow

Drama

Romance

$125,014,030 $196,114,570
41 The Dictator

Comedy

$59,650,222 $179,379,533
42 Looper

Action

Sci-Fi

Thriller

$66,486,205 $176,506,819
43 Magic Mike

Biography

Drama

Comedy

$113,781,613 $167,282,900
44 Underworld: Awakening

Action

Fantasy

Horror

$62,321,039 $160,112,671
45 This Means War

Action

Comedy

Romance

$54,760,791 $156,491,279
46 The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Drama

Comedy

$46,412,041 $150,501,815
47 Paranormal Activity 4

Horror

$53,885,000 $142,802,657
48 Step Up Revolution

Drama

Romance

Music

$35,074,677 $140,470,746
49 Zero Dark Thirty

Action

Drama

History

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

Action

Thriller

Fantasy

$51,774,002 $132,563,930

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