Box Office Performance for Black Comedy Movies in 2012

Rank	Movie	Release Date	Theatrical Distributor	MPAA Rating	2012 Gross	Tickets Sold
1	Dark Shadows	5/11/2012	Warner Bros.	PG-13	$79,727,149	10,182,266
2	Bernie	4/27/2012	Millenium Entertainment	PG-13	$9,203,192	1,175,375
3	Killer Joe	7/27/2012	LD Distribution	R	$1,291,645	164,961
4	Damsels in Distress	4/6/2012	Sony Pictures Classics	PG-13	$1,007,535	128,676
5	Thin Ice	2/17/2012	ATO Pictures	R	$789,752	100,862
6	This Must Be the Place	11/2/2012	Weinstein Co.	R	$142,242	18,166
7	God Bless America	5/11/2012	Magnet Pictures	R	$122,550	15,651
8	The Details	11/2/2012	Weinstein Co.	R	$63,595	8,121
9	Klovn: The Movie	7/27/2012	Drafthouse Films	R	$28,000	3,575
Total Gross of All Movies					$92,375,660
Total Tickets Sold						11,797,653

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.