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Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Box Office Performance for Warner Bros. in 2012

RankMovieRelease
Date
GenreMPAA
Rating
2012 GrossTickets Sold
1 The Dark Knight Rises 7/20/2012 Action PG-13 $448,139,099 57,233,601
2 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 12/14/2012 Adventure PG-13 $222,703,000 28,442,273
3 Magic Mike 6/29/2012 Comedy R $113,721,571 14,523,827
4 Argo 10/12/2012 Thriller/Suspense R $108,534,000 13,861,302
5 Journey 2: The Mysterious Island 2/10/2012 Adventure PG $103,860,290 13,264,404
6 The Campaign 8/10/2012 Comedy R $86,907,746 11,099,328
7 Wrath of the Titans 3/30/2012 Adventure PG-13 $83,670,083 10,685,834
8 Dark Shadows 5/11/2012 Black Comedy PG-13 $79,727,149 10,182,266
9 The Lucky One 4/20/2012 Drama PG-13 $60,457,138 7,721,218
10 Project X 3/2/2012 Comedy R $54,731,865 6,990,021
11 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows 12/16/2011 Action PG-13 $49,938,199 6,377,803
12 Rock of Ages 6/15/2012 Musical R $38,518,613 4,919,363
13 Trouble with the Curve 9/21/2012 Drama PG-13 $35,763,137 4,567,450
14 Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 12/25/2011 Drama PG-13 $31,495,464 3,971,685
15 Joyful Noise 1/13/2012 Musical PG-13 $30,932,113 3,900,645
16 Cloud Atlas 10/26/2012 Drama R $26,682,072 3,407,672
17 Chernobyl Diaries 5/25/2012 Horror R $18,119,640 2,314,130
18 To the Arctic 3D 4/20/2012 Documentary G $10,261,053 1,310,479
19 New Year's Eve 12/9/2011 Romantic Comedy PG-13 $7,286,815 918,892
20 Born to be Wild 3D 4/8/2011 Documentary G $6,349,810 810,959
21 Hubble 3D 3/19/2010 Documentary G $5,396,448 689,201
22 The Apparition 8/24/2012 Horror PG-13 $4,936,819 630,500
23 Happy Feet 2 11/18/2011 Adventure PG $3,040,600 383,430
24 Under the Sea 3D 2/13/2009 Documentary G $2,256,829 288,228
25 Deep Sea 3-D 3/3/2006 Documentary G $706,225 90,194
26 J. Edgar 11/9/2011 Drama R $655,199 82,623
27 Dolphin Tale 9/23/2011 Drama PG $270,810 34,150
28 A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas 11/4/2011 Comedy R $132,486 16,707
Total Gross of All Movies$1,635,194,273
Total Tickets Sold208,718,185

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2012. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2012. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2010 will most likely earn money in 2010 and 2011. Click on the individual movie to see its total gross over all the years in which it played.

Each box office year ends on the first Sunday of the following year. The next year starts the following day (Monday). For example, the "2004 box office year" ended on Sunday, January 2, 2005.

Inflation-adjusted figures are based ticket sale estimates, and may not be precise due to rounding errors.