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Tuesday, June 18, 2013
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Box Office Performance for Drama Movies in 2012
| Rank | Movie | Release
Date | Theatrical
Distributor | MPAA
Rating | 2012 Gross | Tickets Sold |
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| 1 |
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 |
11/16/2012 |
Lionsgate |
PG-13 |
$286,039,065 |
36,531,170 |
| 2 |
Lincoln |
11/16/2012 |
Walt Disney |
PG-13 |
$132,039,000 |
16,863,218 |
| 3 |
The Vow |
2/10/2012 |
Sony Pictures |
PG-13 |
$125,014,030 |
15,966,031 |
| 4 |
Flight |
11/2/2012 |
Paramount Pictures |
R |
$91,922,000 |
11,739,719 |
| 5 |
Life of Pi |
11/21/2012 |
20th Century Fox |
PG |
$84,650,453 |
10,811,041 |
| 6 |
The Lucky One |
4/20/2012 |
Warner Bros. |
PG-13 |
$60,457,138 |
7,721,218 |
| 7 |
The Odd Life of Timothy Green |
8/15/2012 |
Walt Disney |
PG |
$51,778,216 |
6,612,798 |
| 8 |
Moonrise Kingdom |
5/25/2012 |
Focus Features |
PG-13 |
$45,512,466 |
5,812,575 |
| 9 |
Jack Reacher |
12/21/2012 |
Paramount Pictures |
PG-13 |
$44,661,000 |
5,703,831 |
| 10 |
The Descendants |
12/9/2011 |
Fox Searchlight |
R |
$42,309,296 |
5,403,486 |
| 11 |
The Artist |
1/20/2012 |
Weinstein Co. |
PG-13 |
$39,622,751 |
5,060,376 |
| 12 |
Lawless |
8/29/2012 |
Weinstein Co. |
R |
$37,397,291 |
4,776,154 |
| 13 |
War Horse |
12/25/2011 |
Walt Disney |
PG-13 |
$35,793,573 |
4,571,337 |
| 14 |
Trouble with the Curve |
9/21/2012 |
Warner Bros. |
PG-13 |
$35,763,137 |
4,567,450 |
| 15 |
Step Up Revolution |
7/27/2012 |
Lionsgate |
PG-13 |
$35,074,677 |
4,479,524 |
| 16 |
Tyler Perry's Good Deeds |
2/24/2012 |
Lionsgate |
PG-13 |
$35,025,791 |
4,473,281 |
| 17 |
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close |
12/25/2011 |
Warner Bros. |
PG-13 |
$31,495,464 |
3,971,685 |
| 18 |
We Bought a Zoo |
11/26/2011 |
20th Century Fox |
PG |
$31,133,551 |
3,976,187 |
| 19 |
The Iron Lady |
1/13/2012 |
Weinstein Co. |
PG-13 |
$29,739,027 |
3,798,087 |
| 20 |
Silver Linings Playbook |
11/16/2012 |
Weinstein Co. |
R |
$27,360,722 |
3,494,345 |
| 21 |
Cloud Atlas |
10/26/2012 |
Warner Bros. |
R |
$26,682,072 |
3,407,672 |
| 22 |
Sparkle |
8/17/2012 |
Sony Pictures |
PG-13 |
$24,397,469 |
3,115,896 |
| 23 |
Big Miracle |
2/3/2012 |
Universal |
PG |
$20,157,300 |
2,574,367 |
| 24 |
The Perks of Being a Wallflower |
9/21/2012 |
Lionsgate |
PG-13 |
$17,311,829 |
2,210,961 |
| 25 |
The Master |
9/14/2012 |
Weinstein Co. |
R |
$15,933,452 |
2,034,923 |
| 26 |
People Like Us |
6/29/2012 |
Walt Disney |
PG-13 |
$12,431,792 |
1,587,712 |
| 27 |
The Words |
9/7/2012 |
CBS Films |
PG-13 |
$11,494,838 |
1,468,050 |
| 28 |
Beasts of the Southern Wild |
6/27/2012 |
Fox Searchlight |
PG-13 |
$11,249,128 |
1,436,670 |
| 29 |
Anna Karenina |
11/16/2012 |
Focus Features |
R |
$10,708,872 |
1,367,672 |
| 30 |
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen |
3/9/2012 |
CBS Films |
PG-13 |
$9,041,540 |
1,154,730 |
| 31 |
Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away |
12/21/2012 |
Paramount Pictures |
PG |
$7,407,000 |
945,977 |
| 32 |
Jodaeiye Nader az Simin |
12/30/2011 |
Sony Pictures Classics |
PG-13 |
$7,039,011 |
898,979 |
| 33 |
In Darkness |
2/10/2012 |
Sony Pictures Classics |
R |
$6,994,218 |
893,259 |
| 34 |
Chasing Mavericks |
10/26/2012 |
20th Century Fox |
PG |
$5,940,992 |
758,747 |
| 35 |
My Week with Marilyn |
11/23/2011 |
Weinstein Co. |
R |
$5,661,684 |
713,958 |
| 36 |
The Sessions |
10/19/2012 |
Fox Searchlight |
R |
$5,514,701 |
704,304 |
| 37 |
Won't Back Down |
9/28/2012 |
20th Century Fox |
PG |
$5,310,554 |
678,231 |
| 38 |
October Baby |
3/23/2012 |
Five & Two Pictures |
PG-13 |
$5,203,895 |
664,609 |
| 39 |
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 |
11/18/2011 |
Summit Entertainment |
PG-13 |
$5,161,657 |
650,903 |
| 40 |
Hitchcock |
11/23/2012 |
Fox Searchlight |
PG-13 |
$4,985,679 |
636,740 |
| 41 |
A Dangerous Method |
11/23/2011 |
Sony Pictures Classics |
R |
$4,125,326 |
526,861 |
| 42 |
Atlas Shrugged: Part II |
10/12/2012 |
Atlas Distribution |
PG-13 |
$3,336,053 |
426,060 |
| 43 |
Last Ounce of Courage |
9/14/2012 |
Rocky Mountain Pictures |
PG |
$3,310,439 |
422,789 |
| 44 |
Robot & Frank |
8/17/2012 |
Samuel Goldwyn Films |
PG-13 |
$3,298,428 |
421,255 |
| 45 |
Jab Tak Hai Jaan |
11/13/2012 |
Yash Raj Films |
Not Rated |
$3,047,539 |
389,213 |
| 46 |
Talaash |
11/30/2012 |
Reliance Big Pictures |
Not Rated |
$2,706,375 |
345,641 |
| 47 |
Girl in Progress |
5/11/2012 |
Pantelion Films |
R |
$2,609,412 |
333,258 |
| 48 |
Sleepwalk With Me |
8/24/2012 |
IFC Films |
PG-13 |
$2,266,066 |
289,408 |
| 49 |
Carnage |
12/16/2011 |
Sony Pictures Classics |
R |
$2,198,142 |
280,733 |
| 50 |
Shame |
12/2/2011 |
Fox Searchlight |
NC-17 |
$2,036,419 |
260,079 |
| 51 |
He'arat Shulayim |
3/9/2012 |
Sony Pictures Classics |
PG |
$2,007,451 |
256,379 |
| 52 |
English Vinglish |
9/28/2012 |
Eros Entertainment |
Not Rated |
$1,862,086 |
237,814 |
| 53 |
Crooked Arrows |
5/18/2012 |
Branded Entertainment |
PG-13 |
$1,832,541 |
234,040 |
| 54 |
Monsieur Lazhar |
4/13/2012 |
Music Box Films |
PG-13 |
$1,810,703 |
231,251 |
| 55 |
Hyde Park on Hudson |
12/7/2012 |
Focus Features |
R |
$1,730,761 |
221,042 |
| 56 |
We need to Talk About Kevin |
1/13/2012 |
Oscilloscope Pictures |
R |
$1,699,395 |
217,036 |
| 57 |
Your Sister's Sister |
6/15/2012 |
IFC Films |
R |
$1,597,486 |
204,021 |
| 58 |
Le gamin au vélo |
3/16/2012 |
IFC Films |
PG-13 |
$1,389,524 |
177,461 |
| 59 |
Zero Dark Thirty |
12/19/2012 |
Sony Pictures |
R |
$1,368,000 |
174,712 |
| 60 |
Les adieux à la reine |
7/13/2012 |
Cohen Media Group |
R |
$1,329,660 |
169,816 |
| 61 |
Woman Thou Art Loosed On the 7th Day |
4/13/2012 |
Codeblack Entertainment |
PG-13 |
$1,301,562 |
166,227 |
| 62 |
Take This Waltz |
6/29/2012 |
Magnolia Pictures |
R |
$1,239,692 |
158,325 |
| 63 |
A Late Quartet |
11/2/2012 |
Entertainment One |
R |
$1,165,521 |
148,853 |
| 64 |
Le fils de l'autre |
10/26/2012 |
Cohen Media Group |
PG-13 |
$1,160,006 |
148,148 |
| 65 |
The Deep Blue Sea |
3/23/2012 |
Music Box Films |
R |
$1,126,027 |
143,809 |
| 66 |
Rampart |
11/23/2011 |
Millennium Entertainment |
R |
$969,239 |
123,785 |
| 67 |
Coriolanus |
1/20/2012 |
Weinstein Co. |
R |
$749,641 |
95,739 |
| 68 |
Unconditional |
9/21/2012 |
Veracity Moving Pictures |
PG-13 |
$741,381 |
94,684 |
| 69 |
Pariah |
12/28/2011 |
Focus Features |
R |
$667,797 |
84,211 |
| 70 |
J. Edgar |
11/9/2011 |
Warner Bros. |
R |
$655,199 |
82,623 |
| 71 |
En kongelig affære |
11/9/2012 |
Magnolia Pictures |
R |
$624,512 |
79,758 |
| 72 |
De rouille et d'os |
11/23/2012 |
Sony Pictures Classics |
R |
$594,457 |
75,920 |
| 73 |
Moneyball |
9/23/2011 |
Sony Pictures |
PG-13 |
$589,433 |
74,330 |
| 74 |
Midnight's Children |
11/2/2012 |
Mongrel Media |
Not Rated |
$585,629 |
74,792 |
| 75 |
W.E. |
12/9/2011 |
Weinstein Co. |
R |
$582,075 |
74,339 |
| 76 |
Et maintenant, on va où? |
5/11/2012 |
Sony Pictures Classics |
PG-13 |
$531,813 |
67,919 |
| 77 |
Holy Motors |
10/17/2012 |
Indomina Releasing |
Not Rated |
$511,231 |
65,291 |
| 78 |
The Impossible |
12/21/2012 |
Lionsgate |
PG-13 |
$482,923 |
61,675 |
| 79 |
Courageous |
9/30/2011 |
Sony Pictures |
PG-13 |
$433,861 |
54,711 |
| 80 |
Smashed |
10/12/2012 |
Sony Pictures Classics |
R |
$372,537 |
47,578 |
| 81 |
Bully |
7/13/2001 |
Lionsgate |
R |
$371,732 |
47,475 |
| 82 |
Red Hook Summer |
8/10/2012 |
Variance/40 Acres & a Mule Filmworks |
R |
$338,803 |
43,269 |
| 83 |
Compliance |
8/17/2012 |
Magnolia Pictures |
R |
$319,285 |
40,777 |
| 84 |
Jin líng shí san chai |
1/20/2012 |
Wrekin Hill Entertainment |
R |
$311,434 |
39,774 |
| 85 |
Neuk-dae-so-nyeon |
11/30/2012 |
CJ Entertainment |
Not Rated |
$295,400 |
37,726 |
| 86 |
Dolphin Tale |
9/23/2011 |
Warner Bros. |
PG |
$270,810 |
34,150 |
| 87 |
Poulet aux prunes |
8/17/2012 |
Sony Pictures Classics |
PG-13 |
$253,705 |
32,401 |
| 88 |
In The Land of Blood and Honey |
12/23/2011 |
FilmDistrict |
R |
$250,521 |
31,592 |
| 89 |
The Way |
10/7/2011 |
Producers Distribution Agency |
PG-13 |
$243,242 |
30,674 |
| 90 |
Trishna |
7/13/2012 |
IFC Films |
R |
$240,381 |
30,700 |
| 91 |
Amour |
12/19/2012 |
Sony Pictures Classics |
PG-13 |
$217,791 |
27,814 |
| 92 |
Yi jiu si er |
11/30/2012 |
China Lion Film Distribution |
Not Rated |
$212,475 |
27,136 |
| 93 |
The Help |
8/10/2011 |
Walt Disney |
PG-13 |
$206,041 |
25,982 |
| 94 |
Touchback |
4/13/2012 |
Anchor Bay Entertainment |
PG-13 |
$204,157 |
26,073 |
| 95 |
10 Years |
9/14/2012 |
Anchor Bay Entertainment |
PG-13 |
$203,654 |
26,009 |
| 96 |
Middle of Nowhere |
10/12/2012 |
AFFRM |
R |
$192,724 |
24,613 |
| 97 |
Promised Land |
12/28/2012 |
Focus Features |
R |
$190,150 |
24,284 |
| 98 |
The Hunter |
4/6/2012 |
Magnolia Pictures |
R |
$176,669 |
22,563 |
| 99 |
Rebelle |
3/1/2013 |
TriBeca Films |
Not Rated |
$168,028 |
21,459 |
| 100 |
L'homme qui voulait vivre sa vie |
10/12/2012 |
MPI Media Group |
Not Rated |
$158,411 |
20,231 |
| 101 |
Elles |
4/27/2012 |
Kino Lorber |
NC-17 |
$157,427 |
20,105 |
| 102 |
Simon och ekarna |
10/12/2012 |
Film Arcade |
Not Rated |
$150,109 |
19,171 |
| 103 |
Kiseki |
5/11/2012 |
Magnolia Pictures |
PG |
$145,808 |
18,621 |
| 104 |
La piel que habito |
10/14/2011 |
Sony Pictures Classics |
R |
$143,085 |
18,044 |
| 105 |
Rundskop |
2/17/2012 |
Drafthouse Films |
R |
$142,616 |
17,984 |
| 106 |
The Lady |
4/11/2012 |
Cohen Media Group |
R |
$135,985 |
17,367 |
| 107 |
The Loneliest Planet |
10/26/2012 |
IFC Films |
Not Rated |
$129,579 |
16,549 |
| 108 |
Bel Ami |
6/8/2012 |
Magnolia Pictures |
R |
$120,462 |
15,384 |
| 109 |
Cowgirls 'n Angels |
5/25/2012 |
Samuel Goldwyn Films |
PG |
$119,782 |
15,297 |
| 110 |
The Ides of March |
10/7/2011 |
Sony Pictures |
R |
$111,746 |
14,092 |
| 111 |
Any Day Now |
12/14/2012 |
Music Box Films |
R |
$109,830 |
14,026 |
| 112 |
Hello I Must Be Going |
9/7/2012 |
Oscilloscope Pictures |
R |
$106,709 |
13,628 |
| 113 |
Inch'Allah |
9/28/2012 |
Entertainment One |
R |
$104,087 |
13,293 |
| 114 |
Margin Call |
10/21/2011 |
Roadside Attractions |
R |
$99,399 |
12,535 |
| 115 |
Not Fade Away |
12/21/2012 |
Paramount Vantage |
R |
$97,000 |
12,388 |
| 116 |
Hardflip |
6/1/2012 |
Rocky Mountain Pictures |
PG-13 |
$96,734 |
12,354 |
| 117 |
Albert Nobbs |
12/21/2011 |
Roadside Attractions |
R |
$80,599 |
10,293 |
| 118 |
Starlet |
11/9/2012 |
Music Box Films |
Not Rated |
$78,816 |
10,065 |
| 119 |
Mai wei |
4/20/2012 |
PMK*BNC |
R |
$70,177 |
8,962 |
| 120 |
On the Road |
12/21/2012 |
IFC Films |
R |
$69,885 |
8,925 |
| 121 |
Take Shelter |
9/30/2011 |
Sony Pictures Classics |
R |
$57,751 |
7,283 |
| 122 |
Beyond the Black Rainbow |
5/18/2012 |
Mongrel Media |
R |
$56,491 |
7,214 |
| 123 |
A Beautiful Soul |
5/4/2012 |
Tyscot Manhaddon |
PG-13 |
$54,008 |
6,897 |
| 124 |
Deep In The Heart |
2/17/2012 |
ARC Entertainment |
PG-13 |
$46,400 |
5,851 |
| 125 |
Miss Bala |
1/20/2012 |
Mongrel Media |
R |
$40,540 |
5,177 |
| 126 |
The Fitzgerald Family Christmas |
12/7/2012 |
TriBeca Films |
Not Rated |
$35,567 |
4,542 |
| 127 |
Musical Chairs |
3/23/2012 |
Paladin |
PG-13 |
$31,478 |
4,020 |
| 128 |
Hide Away |
5/25/2012 |
Joule Films |
PG-13 |
$30,655 |
3,915 |
| 129 |
Kaerlighed Pa Film |
1/9/2009 |
Koch Lorber Films |
Not Rated |
$29,630 |
3,784 |
| 130 |
Least Among Saints |
10/12/2012 |
Brainstorm Media |
R |
$28,026 |
3,579 |
| 131 |
Mighty Fine |
5/25/2012 |
Adopt Films |
R |
$27,900 |
3,563 |
| 132 |
Nobody Walks |
10/19/2012 |
Magnolia Pictures |
R |
$25,342 |
3,236 |
| 133 |
Like Crazy |
10/28/2011 |
Paramount Pictures |
PG-13 |
$23,291 |
2,937 |
| 134 |
28 Hotel Rooms |
11/9/2012 |
Oscilloscope Pictures |
Not Rated |
$18,869 |
2,409 |
| 135 |
4:44 Last Day on Earth |
3/23/2012 |
IFC Films |
R |
$17,801 |
2,273 |
| 136 |
Dangerous Liaisons |
11/9/2012 |
Well Go USA |
Not Rated |
$17,000 |
2,171 |
| 137 |
Little Birds |
8/29/2012 |
Millennium Entertainment |
R |
$16,590 |
2,118 |
| 138 |
Alpeis |
7/13/2012 |
Kino Lorber |
Not Rated |
$15,404 |
1,967 |
| 139 |
30 Beats |
7/20/2012 |
Roadside Attractions |
R |
$14,686 |
1,875 |
| 140 |
Tristana |
9/21/1970 |
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PG-13 |
$14,586 |
1,862 |
| 141 |
Autoreiji |
12/2/2011 |
Magnolia Pictures |
R |
$14,305 |
1,804 |
| 142 |
Jesus Henry Christ |
4/20/2012 |
Entertainment One |
PG-13 |
$13,714 |
1,751 |
| 143 |
California Solo |
11/30/2012 |
Strand |
Not Rated |
$12,464 |
1,591 |
| 144 |
Cartas a Elena |
6/8/2012 |
Freestyle Releasing |
PG |
$8,511 |
1,086 |
| 145 |
In Our Nature |
12/7/2012 |
Cinedigm |
Not Rated |
$6,543 |
835 |
| 146 |
The Last Ride |
6/22/2012 |
Category One |
PG-13 |
$5,887 |
751 |
| 147 |
Joven y alocada |
11/30/2012 |
IFC Films |
Not Rated |
$5,514 |
704 |
| 148 |
The Good Doctor |
8/31/2012 |
Magnolia Pictures |
PG-13 |
$5,206 |
664 |
| 149 |
Bringing Up Bobby |
9/28/2012 |
Monterey Media |
PG-13 |
$4,975 |
635 |
| 150 |
Amigo |
8/19/2011 |
Variance Films |
R |
$4,123 |
526 |
| 151 |
Free Radicals |
8/3/2004 |
Kino International |
Not Rated |
$2,954 |
377 |
| 152 |
Perfect Sense |
2/10/2012 |
IFC Films |
R |
$1,567 |
198 |
| 153 |
A Green Story |
11/16/2012 |
Indican Pictures |
Not Rated |
$1,395 |
178 |
| 154 |
Jack and Diane |
11/2/2012 |
Magnolia Pictures |
R |
$1,142 |
145 |
| 155 |
Meeting Evil |
5/4/2012 |
Magnet Pictures |
R |
$525 |
67 |
| 156 |
Angels Crest |
12/30/2011 |
Magnolia Pictures |
R |
$425 |
54 |
| Total Gross of All Movies | $1,589,849,186 |
| Total Tickets Sold | 202,971,283 |
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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