Last Update - 18th March 2013
It should be noted that this list incorporates only films that opened in 2012 (carryover from 2011 is excluded) and will include all grosses for all 2012 releases post the end of 2012.
The following is the final results for 2012 (top 50 only):
- 1 film passed 50m
- 4 films passed 40m
- 6 films passed 30m
- 13 films passed 20m (a record # of films)
- 37 films surpassed 10m
- 5 films opened above 10m (The biggest opening was The Dark Knight Rises with 15.1m)
- Paranormal Activity 4 took honours for the film that held the worst (ie. had the lowest multiplier from it's opening weekend (2.2). Very close behind though was the final Twilight Film (Breaking Dawn Part 2) which managed a horrible 2.3 multiplier from it's strong 12.5m opening weekend.
- Alvin and Chipmunks Chipwrecked easily won the strongest multiplier but this is misnomer as it's first weekend only had 1 day of play as it opened on a sunday (1st January 2012). It had a rediculous 15.6 multiplier from it's opening of 1.3m. However the next film with the best multiplier was an animated film - Hotel Transelvania with 9.2. Once again this is tricky as many animated films are platform releases across the country. In fact removing family oriented films which tended to have high multipliers we are left with the Descendants which managed to reach 15m from a low 2.3m opening weekend (6.6 multiplier).
- The average return multiplier from opening weekend for the top 10 was 4.1.
- The widest opening belonged to final Twilight film which opened on 655 screens. Both the Dark Knight Rises (628) and The Avengers (621) also managed counts above 600.
- The highest average in the top 10 belonged to the Dark Knight Rises which incidentally was the biggest opening of the year. It should be noted this average was only topped by Taken 2 which pulled over 31k average on 246 screens when it opened. Sadly Taken 2's multiplier did not live up to it's impressive opening (2.5).
- The highest PG / G rated film in the top 50 belonged to Ice Age 4 which finished in 8th place with over 27m.
- The highest MA15+ rated film belonged to Ted which fouled up 5th spot with a very lucrative 34.5m.
| POS | Wks | Movie | Rating | OW | Scns | Total | Open |
| 1 | 11 | The Avengers | M | $13.29 m | 621 | $53.29 m | 26-Apr |
| 2 | 12 | Skyfall | M | $12.30 m | 580 | $49.01 m | 22-Nov |
| 3 | 13 | The Dark Knight Rises | M | $15.10 m | 628 | $43.38 m | 19-Jul |
| 4 | 8 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | M | $12.00 m | 560 | $42.92 m | 26-Dec |
| 5 | 9 | Ted | MA15+ | $8.75 m | 365 | $34.48 m | 05-Jul |
| 6 | 11 | The Hunger Games | M | $9.05 m | 471 | $31.18 m | 22-Mar |
| 7 | 8 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 | M | $12.49 m | 655 | $28.53 m | 15-Nov |
| 8 | 11 | Ice Age 4: Continental Drift | PG | $4.90 m | 490 | $27.63 m | 28-Jun |
| 9 | 10 | Les Miserables | M | $5.00 m | 350 | $26.36 m | 26-Dec |
| 10 | 14 | Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted | PG | $3.96 m | 525 | $24.24 m | 13-Sep |
| 11 | 10 | Wreck it Ralph | PG | $4.60 m | 483 | $23.30 m | 26-Dec |
| 12 | 14 | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | PG | $3.40 m | 258 | $21.42 m | 22-Mar |
| 13 | 7 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | M | $6.44 m | 386 | $20.08 m | 05-Jan |
| 14 | 8 | Snow White and the Huntsman | M | $6.19 m | 379 | $19.88 m | 21-Jun |
| 15 | 8 | Taken 2 | M | $7.65 m | 246 | $19.37 m | 04-Oct |
| 16 | 6 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | G | $1.23 m | 265 | $19.21 m | 01-Jan |
| 17 | 7 | Prometheus | MA15+ | $6.78 m | 467 | $18.23 m | 07-Jun |
| 18 | 8 | Men in Black 3 | M | $5.00 m | 592 | $17.55 m | 24-May |
| 19 | 7 | The Amazing Spider-man | M | $5.45 m | 581 | $17.42 m | 04-Jul |
| 20 | 12 | Brave | PG | $2.51 m | 425 | $16.67 m | 21-Jun |
| 21 | 11 | Dr. Seuss' The Lorax | G | $2.12 m | 507 | $15.99 m | 30-Mar |
| 22 | 10 | The Descendants | M | $2.29 m | 189 | $15.24 m | 12-Jan |
| 23 | 8 | 21 Jump Street | MA15+ | $4.07 m | 300 | $14.97 m | 15-Mar |
| 24 | 7 | American Pie: Reunion | MA15+ | $4.80 m | 330 | $14.94 m | 05-Apr |
| 25 | 12 | The Sapphires | PG | $2.34 m | 279 | $14.47 m | 09-Aug |
| 26 | 7 | Rise of the Guardians | PG | $2.51 m | 520 | $13.93 m | 13-Dec |
| 27 | 6 | The Dictator | MA15+ | $5.09 m | 346 | $13.67 m | 16-May |
| 28 | 8 | The Bourne Legacy | M | $4.20 m | 435 | $12.63 m | 16-Aug |
| 29 | 7 | Magic Mike | MA15+ | $3.82 m | 332 | $12.57 m | 26-Jul |
| 30 | 8 | Pitch Perfect | M | $2.60 m | 290 | $12.56 m | 06-Dec |
| 31 | 20 | Argo | M | $1.95 m | 351 | $12.48 m | 25-Oct |
| 32 | 11 | Hotel Transylvania | PG | $1.31 m | 454 | $12.07 m | 20-Sep |
| 33 | 8 | Looper | MA15+ | $2.92 m | 276 | $11.82 m | 27-Sep |
| 34 | 7 | The Vow | PG | $2.81 m | 209 | $11.33 m | 09-Feb |
| 35 | 6 | Parental Guidance | PG | $2.10 m | 240 | $11.10 m | 26-Dec |
| 36 | 6 | Dark Shadows | M | $3.73 m | 369 | $10.73 m | 10-May |
| 37 | 11 | Hugo | PG | $1.70 m | 396 | $10.54 m | 12-Jan |
| 38 | 5 | The Muppets | G | $2.30 m | 300 | $9.92 m | 12-Jan |
| 39 | 6 | Battleship | M | $3.94 m | 369 | $9.90 m | 12-Apr |
| 40 | 9 | Quartet | M | $1.20 m | 118 | $8.73 m | 26-Dec |
| 41 | 6 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | MA15+ | $2.34 m | 252 | $8.68 m | 12-Jan |
| 42 | 7 | Safe House | M | $2.72 m | 234 | $8.67 m | 09-Feb |
| 43 | 6 | The Expendables 2 | MA15+ | $2.96 m | 276 | $8.40 m | 30-Aug |
| 44 | 6 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid - Dog Days | PG | $0.98 m | 236 | $8.26 m | 20-Sep |
| 45 | 6 | This Means War | M | $1.96 m | 242 | $8.12 m | 16-Feb |
| 46 | 5 | What to expect when your expecting | M | $2.43 m | 305 | $8.05 m | 31-May |
| 47 | 6 | Chronicle | M | $2.92 m | 192 | $7.70 m | 02-Feb |
| 48 | 5 | Paranormal Activity 4 | M | $3.56 m | 321 | $7.69 m | 18-Oct |
| 49 | 6 | Titanic 3D | M | $1.73 m | 169 | $7.36 m | 05-Apr |
| 50 | 4 | John Carter | M | $3.09 m | 246 | $7.18 m | 08-Mar |
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