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Top Grossing Action Movies in 2012

Rank Title Language Domestic Worldwide
1 The Avengers
English

EN

$623,357,910 $1,520,538,536
2 The Dark Knight Rises
English

EN

$448,149,584 $1,114,976,407
3 Skyfall
English

EN

$304,360,277 $1,108,594,137
4 The Amazing Spider-Man
English

EN

$262,782,352 $758,725,893
5 The Hunger Games
English

EN

$408,010,692 $695,220,619
6 Men in Black III
English

EN

$179,020,854 $654,213,485
7 Brave
English

EN

$237,283,207 $538,983,207
8 Django Unchained
English

EN

$162,805,434 $426,076,293
9 Prometheus
English

EN

$126,477,084 $403,354,469
10 Snow White and the Huntsman
English

EN

$155,332,381 $396,592,829
11 Taken 2
English

EN

$139,854,287 $376,152,455
12 Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
English

EN

$103,887,748 $335,288,576
13 The Expendables 2
English

EN

$85,028,192 $314,975,955
14 Battleship
English

EN

$65,422,625 $303,025,485
15 Wrath of the Titans
English

EN

$83,670,083 $301,970,083
16 John Carter
English

EN

$73,078,100 $284,139,100
17 The Bourne Legacy
English

EN

$113,203,870 $276,144,750
18 Resident Evil: Retribution
English

EN

$42,345,531 $240,159,255
19 Jack Reacher
English

EN

$80,070,736 $218,340,595
20 Safe House
English

EN

$126,373,434 $208,076,205
21 21 Jump Street
english

EN

$138,447,667 $201,585,556
22 Total Recall (2012)
English

EN

$58,877,969 $198,467,607
23 Total Recall
English

EN

$58,877,969 $198,467,607
24 The Impossible
English

EN

$19,019,882 $198,087,212
25 Looper
English

EN

$66,486,205 $176,506,819
26 Chinese Zodiac
Chinese

CN

- $171,339,013
27 Underworld: Awakening
English

EN

$62,321,039 $160,112,671
28 This Means War
English

EN

$54,760,791 $156,491,279
29 Zero Dark Thirty
English

EN

$95,720,716 $132,820,716
30 Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
English

EN

$51,774,002 $132,563,930
31 Chronicle
English

EN

$64,575,175 $126,636,097
32 Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
English

EN

$37,519,139 $116,471,580
33 Brave Hearts: Umizaru
Japanese

JP

- $91,884,352
34 The Thieves
Korean

KR

$685,839 $87,129,910
35 Act of Valor
English

EN

$70,012,847 $82,499,399
36 The Grey
English

EN

$51,580,236 $79,781,695
37 Here Comes the Boom
English

EN

$45,290,318 $73,100,172
38 Bayside Shakedown the Final: The New Hope
Japanese

JP

- $72,867,395
39 Red Dawn
English

EN

$44,806,783 $50,950,296
40 Red Tails
English

EN

$49,876,377 $50,365,498
41 Detective Conan: The Eleventh Striker
Japanese

JP

- $44,369,456
42 Safe
English

EN

$17,142,080 $41,564,670
43 Dredd
English

EN

$13,414,714 $41,037,742
44 One for the Money
English

EN

$26,414,527 $38,084,162
45 Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
Japanese

JP

$32,445 $37,687,024
46 Conquest 1453
Turkish

TR

$35,730 $35,797,045
47 Kamen Rider × Super Sentai: Super Hero Wars
Japanese

JP

- $34,796,316
48 Alex Cross
English

EN

$25,888,412 $34,618,867
49 Haywire
English

EN

$18,942,396 $34,513,760
50 Bait
English

EN

- $33,492,566

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