Box Office Performance for Action Movies in 2012
| Rank | Movie | Release
Date | Theatrical
Distributor | MPAA
Rating | 2012 Gross | Tickets Sold |
|---|
| 1 |
The Dark Knight Rises |
7/20/2012 |
Warner Bros. |
PG-13 |
$448,139,099 |
57,233,601 |
| 2 |
Skyfall |
11/8/2012 |
Sony Pictures |
PG-13 |
$289,600,000 |
36,985,951 |
| 3 |
The Expendables 2 |
8/17/2012 |
Lionsgate |
R |
$85,028,192 |
10,859,283 |
| 4 |
Act of Valor |
2/24/2012 |
Relativity |
R |
$70,012,847 |
8,941,615 |
| 5 |
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol |
12/16/2011 |
Paramount Pictures |
PG-13 |
$68,211,257 |
8,711,527 |
| 6 |
Contraband |
1/13/2012 |
Universal |
R |
$66,528,000 |
8,389,407 |
| 7 |
Looper |
9/28/2012 |
Sony Pictures |
R |
$66,362,517 |
8,475,417 |
| 8 |
Battleship |
5/18/2012 |
Universal |
PG-13 |
$65,233,400 |
8,331,213 |
| 9 |
Underworld: Awakening |
1/20/2012 |
Sony Pictures |
R |
$62,321,039 |
7,858,895 |
| 10 |
Total Recall |
8/3/2012 |
Sony Pictures |
PG-13 |
$58,877,969 |
7,519,536 |
| 11 |
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance |
2/17/2012 |
Sony Pictures |
PG-13 |
$51,774,002 |
6,612,260 |
| 12 |
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows |
12/16/2011 |
Warner Bros. |
PG-13 |
$49,938,199 |
6,377,803 |
| 13 |
Red Tails |
1/20/2012 |
20th Century Fox |
PG-13 |
$49,876,377 |
6,369,907 |
| 14 |
Red Dawn |
11/21/2012 |
Open Road |
PG-13 |
$43,002,516 |
5,492,019 |
| 15 |
Resident Evil: Retribution |
9/14/2012 |
Sony Pictures |
R |
$42,345,531 |
5,408,113 |
| 16 |
Safe |
4/27/2012 |
Lionsgate |
R |
$17,142,080 |
2,189,282 |
| 17 |
The Man with the Iron Fists |
11/2/2012 |
Universal |
R |
$15,634,090 |
1,996,690 |
| 18 |
Dredd |
9/21/2012 |
Lionsgate |
R |
$13,414,714 |
1,713,245 |
| 19 |
The Darkest Hour |
12/25/2011 |
Summit Entertainment |
PG-13 |
$7,227,860 |
911,458 |
| 20 |
For Greater Glory |
6/1/2012 |
ARC Entertainment |
R |
$5,669,081 |
724,020 |
| 21 |
Serbuan maut |
3/23/2012 |
Sony Pictures Classics |
R |
$4,105,123 |
524,281 |
| 22 |
Real Steel |
10/7/2011 |
Walt Disney |
PG-13 |
$970,068 |
122,329 |
| 23 |
Immortals |
11/11/2011 |
Relativity |
R |
$804,585 |
101,461 |
| 24 |
Dodookdeul |
10/12/2012 |
Well Go USA |
Not Rated |
$532,699 |
68,033 |
| 25 |
Seeking Justice |
3/16/2012 |
Anchor Bay Entertainment |
R |
$411,746 |
52,585 |
| 26 |
Stolen |
9/14/2012 |
Millenium Entertainment |
R |
$289,773 |
37,008 |
| 27 |
Drive |
9/16/2011 |
FilmDistrict |
R |
$220,498 |
27,806 |
| 28 |
Thaandavam |
9/28/2012 |
UTV Communications |
Not Rated |
$213,476 |
27,263 |
| 29 |
Tai Chi Zero |
10/19/2012 |
Variance Films |
PG-13 |
$212,094 |
27,087 |
| 30 |
Long men fei jia |
8/31/2012 |
Indomina Releasing |
R |
$170,276 |
21,746 |
| 31 |
Wu Xia |
11/30/2012 |
Weinstein Co. |
R |
$11,137 |
1,422 |
| 32 |
Forces spéciales |
10/12/2012 |
Entertainment One |
R |
$10,759 |
1,374 |
| 33 |
BRO' |
6/22/2012 |
|
R |
$9,329 |
1,191 |
| 34 |
Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning |
11/30/2012 |
Magnet Pictures |
R |
$5,460 |
697 |
| 35 |
Tomorrow When the War Began |
2/24/2012 |
Freestyle Releasing |
R |
$4,936 |
622 |
| Total Gross of All Movies | $1,584,310,729 |
| Total Tickets Sold | 202,116,147 |
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.
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Friday, May 24, 2013