List of 2012 box office number-one films in the United States

This is a list of films which placed number one at the weekend box office for the year 2012.

Number-one films

#	Date	Film	Gross	Notes
1	January 8, 2012	The Devil Inside	$33,732,515	The Devil Inside broke The Blair Witch Project's record ($29.2 million) for the highest weekend debut for an original R-rated horror film.
2	January 15, 2012	Contraband	$24,349,815
3	January 22, 2012	Underworld: Awakening	$25,306,725
4	January 29, 2012	The Grey	$19,665,101
5	February 5, 2012	Chronicle	$22,004,098
6	February 12, 2012	The Vow	$41,202,458	The Vow broke Hitch's record ($7.5 million) for the highest mid-week Valentine’s Day gross with $11.6 million.
7	February 19, 2012	Safe House	$23,641,575	Safe House reached #1 in its second weekend of release.
8	February 26, 2012	Act of Valor	$24,476,632
9	March 4, 2012	The Lorax	$70,217,070
10	March 11, 2012		$38,846,020
11	March 18, 2012	21 Jump Street	$36,302,612
12	March 25, 2012	The Hunger Games	$152,535,747	The Hunger Games broke Alice in Wonderland's records ($116.1 million) for the highest weekend debut in March, for a non-sequel, and for a spring release. It also broke The Twilight Saga: New Moon's record ($142.8 million) for highest weekend debut for a film featuring a female protagonist.
13	April 1, 2012		$58,551,063
14	April 8, 2012		$33,111,557
15	April 15, 2012		$21,096,824	The Hunger Games became the first film since Avatar to hold the top spot at the box office for four weekends straight.
16	April 22, 2012	Think Like a Man	$33,636,303
17	April 29, 2012		$17,604,141
18	May 6, 2012	The Avengers	$207,438,708	The Avengers broke Spider-Man 3's record ($151.1 million) for the highest weekend debut in May. It also broke The Dark Knight's record ($158.4 million) for the highest weekend debut for a superhero film as well as Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2's records ($169.2 million) for the highest weekend debut in the summer, for a 3D film, a PG-13 rated film, and of all-time. It also became the first film to gross $200 million in one weekend. The Avengers had the highest weekend debut of 2012.
19	May 13, 2012		$103,052,274	The Avengers broke Avatar's record ($75.6 million) for the highest second weekend gross of all-time, and also became the first film to gross $100 million in its second weekend of release.
20	May 20, 2012		$55,644,102	The Avengers broke The Dark Knight's record (27 days) for the fastest film to reach $450 million domestically.
21	May 27, 2012	Men in Black 3	$54,592,779
22	June 3, 2012	Snow White & the Huntsman	$56,217,700
23	June 10, 2012	Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted	$60,316,738
24	June 17, 2012		$34,055,474
25	June 24, 2012	Brave	$66,323,594
26	July 1, 2012	Ted	$54,415,205	Ted broke The Hangover's record ($44.9 million) for the highest weekend debut for an original R-rated comedy.
27	July 8, 2012	The Amazing Spider-Man	$62,004,688	The Amazing Spider-Man's $35 million Tuesday gross broke Transformers' record ($27.8 million) for the highest Tuesday gross of all time.
28	July 15, 2012	Ice Age: Continental Drift	$46,629,259
29	July 22, 2012	The Dark Knight Rises	$160,887,295	The Dark Knight Rises's $2.3 million midnight gross in IMAX broke Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2's record ($2 million) for the highest midnight gross in IMAX. It also broke The Dark Knight's record ($158.4 million) for the highest weekend debut for a non-3D film.
30	July 29, 2012		$62,101,451
31	August 5, 2012		$35,737,330
32	August 12, 2012	The Bourne Legacy	$38,142,825
33	August 19, 2012	The Expendables 2	$28,591,370
34	August 26, 2012		$13,423,579
35	September 2, 2012	The Possession	$17,732,480
36	September 9, 2012		$9,317,472
37	September 16, 2012	Resident Evil: Retribution	$21,052,227
38	September 23, 2012	End of Watch	$13,152,683	Initial estimates had End of Watch tied with House at the End of the Street.
39	September 30, 2012	Hotel Transylvania	$42,522,194	Hotel Transylvania broke Sweet Home Alabama's record ($35.6 million) for the highest weekend debut in September.
40	October 7, 2012	Taken 2	$49,514,769
41	October 14, 2012		$21,873,127
42	October 21, 2012	Paranormal Activity 4	$29,003,866
43	October 28, 2012	Argo	$12,085,059	Argo reached #1 in its third weekend of release.
44	November 4, 2012	Wreck-It Ralph	$49,038,712
45	November 11, 2012	Skyfall	$88,364,714	Skyfall broke Austin Powers in Goldmember's record ($73 million) for the highest weekend debut for a spy film.
46	November 18, 2012	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2	$141,067,634
47	November 25, 2012		$43,641,448
48	December 2, 2012		$17,416,362
49	December 9, 2012	Skyfall	$10,780,201	Skyfall reclaimed the #1 spot in its fifth weekend of release, and it also became the first film since How to Train Your Dragon to take the top spot in its fifth weekend.
50	December 16, 2012	The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey	$84,617,303	The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey broke I Am Legend's record ($77.2 million) for the highest weekend debut in December.
51	December 23, 2012		$36,888,365
52	December 30, 2012		$31,926,068

Highest-grossing films

Calendar Gross

Highest-grossing films of 2012 by Calendar Gross[1]

Rank	Title	Studio(s)	Actor(s)	Director(s)	Gross
1.	The Avengers	Walt Disney Studios	Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Tom Hiddleston, Clark Gregg, Cobie Smulders, Stellan Skarsgård and Samuel L. Jackson	Joss Whedon	$619,257,177
2.	The Dark Knight Rises	Warner Bros. Pictures	Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy, Marion Cotillard, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Morgan Freeman	Christopher Nolan	$448,139,099
3.	The Hunger Games	Lionsgate	Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Lenny Kravitz, Stanley Tucci and Donald Sutherland	Gary Ross	$408,010,692
4.	Skyfall	Sony Pictures	Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Ben Whishaw, Bérénice Lim Marlohe, Albert Finney and Judi Dench	Sam Mendes	$288,704,271
5.	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2	Summit Entertainment	Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Billy Burke, Peter Facinelli, Elizabeth Reaser, Kellan Lutz, Nikki Reed, Jackson Rathbone, Ashley Greene, Michael Sheen and Dakota Fanning	Bill Condon	$286,422,893
6.	The Amazing Spider-Man	Sony Pictures	Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, Denis Leary, Campbell Scott and Irrfan Khan	Marc Webb	$261,569,291
7.	Brave	Walt Disney Studios	voices of Kelly Macdonald, Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson, Julie Walters, Robbie Coltrane, Kevin McKidd and Craig Ferguson	Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman	$236,686,287
8.	The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey	Warner Bros. Pictures	Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, James Nesbitt, Ken Stott, Cate Blanchett, Ian Holm, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Elijah Wood and Andy Serkis	Peter Jackson	$228,546,604
9.	Ted	Universal Pictures	Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Seth MacFarlane, Joel McHale and Giovanni Ribisi	Seth MacFarlane	$218,815,487
10.	Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted	Paramount Pictures	voices of Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Sacha Baron Cohen, Cedric the Entertainer, Andy Richter, Tom McGrath, Jessica Chastain, Bryan Cranston, Martin Short and Frances McDormand	Eric Darnell and Conrad Vernon	$216,391,482

In-Year Release

Highest-grossing films of 2012 by In-year release[2]

Rank	Title	Distributor	Domestic gross
1.	The Avengers	Disney	$623,357,910
2.	The Dark Knight Rises	Warner Bros.	$448,139,099
3.	The Hunger Games	Lionsgate	$408,010,692
4.	Skyfall	Sony	$304,360,277
5.	The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey	Warner Bros.	$303,003,568
6.	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2	Summit	$292,324,737
7.	The Amazing Spider-Man	Sony	$262,030,663
8.	Brave	Disney	$237,283,207
9.	Ted	Universal	$218,815,487
10.	Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted	Paramount	$216,391,482

Highest-grossing films by MPAA rating of 2012[3]

G	Beauty and the Beast (3-D Re-issue)
PG	Brave
PG-13	The Avengers
R	Ted

References

1. "Domestic Box Office For 2012". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
2. "Domestic Box Office For 2012 (In-year release)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
3. "2012 Yearly Box Office for G Rated Movies". Retrieved 4 January 2017.

• "Weekend Box Office Index, 2012". Box Office Mojo.

See also

• List of American films — American films by year
• List of box office number-one films

Preceded by 2011

2012

Succeeded by 2013