“The Hunger Games” may have hauled in over $400 mil at the box office, but it wasn’t even close to No. 1.
Highest-grossing movies of 2012. Moviegoers accounted for over $10.5 billion in total domestic ticket sales this year. From vampires to hobbits to comic book heroes, here’s a rundown of the top twenty movies at the box office in 2012. (Source: Box Office Mojo, as of December 27.)
1 Marvel’s The Avengers $623,357,910
2 The Dark Knight Rises $448,139,099
3 The Hunger Games $408,010,692
4 Skyfall $289,600,000
5 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 $286,039,065
6 The Amazing Spider-Man $262,030,663
7 Brave $237,259,580
8 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey $221,743,000
9 Ted $218,665,740
10 Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted $216,391,482
11 Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax $214,030,500
12 MIB 3 $179,020,854
13 Wreck-It Ralph $175,505,332
14 Ice Age: Continental Drift $161,130,056
15 Snow White and the Huntsman $155,136,755
16 Hotel Transylvania $143,923,820
17 Taken 2 $138,897,494
18 21 Jump Street $138,447,667
19 Lincoln $131,867,159
20 Prometheus $126,477,084
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