#1 of 88 #1 movie of May 2012
2012 · Action, Adventure
$1.5B worldwide · 39% of the chart's total
$623.4M US & Canada · 41% $897.2M elsewhere · 59%
Box office · May 2012
May 2012 Box Office: The Highest-Grossing May Releases, Page 2
The Avengers (2012) is the highest-grossing movie released in May 2012, with $1.5B worldwide, ahead of Men in Black III (2012) at $654.2M and The Intouchables (2012) at $426.6M. 88 films released in May 2012 report a worldwide gross, $3.9B in all, 30% of it from the US & Canada. 1 film crossed $1 billion and 7 crossed $100 million. That is up 190% on April 2012, whose releases took $1.3B. By genre, Action leads with $2.5B across 9 releases.
- May 2012 releases with a gross
- 88
- combined worldwide
- $3.9B
- films crossed $100M
- 7
- vs April 2012
- +190%
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Every Release of May 2012, Ranked by Worldwide Gross
Ranks 51 to 88 of 88. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in May 2012.
- 51
May 8, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $219.9K - 52
May 18, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $197.6K - 53
May 4, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $166K - 54
May 17, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $153.5K - 55
May 1, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $151.1K - 56
May 11, 2012 US and Canada: $43K Rest of the world: $107.1K Worldwide: $150.2K - 57
May 1, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $147.9K - 58
May 25, 2012 US and Canada: $110K Rest of the world: $36.5K Worldwide: $146.5K - 59
May 22, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $134.9K - 60
May 11, 2012 US and Canada: $6.3K Rest of the world: $126.5K Worldwide: $132.8K - 61
May 11, 2012 US and Canada: $105.7K Rest of the world: $21.8K Worldwide: $127.5K - 62
May 3, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $117.8K - 63
May 18, 2012 US and Canada: $112.7K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $112.7K - 64
May 4, 2012 US and Canada: $110.3K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $110.3K - 65
May 4, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $98.2K - 66
May 11, 2012 US and Canada: $21.3K Rest of the world: $27.9K Worldwide: $49.1K - 67
May 11, 2012 US and Canada: $15.9K Rest of the world: $30.5K Worldwide: $46.4K - 68
May 16, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $43.8K - 69
May 4, 2012 US and Canada: $42.4K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $42.4K - 70
May 11, 2012 US and Canada: $30.9K Rest of the world: $10.7K Worldwide: $41.6K - 71
May 4, 2012 US and Canada: $607 Rest of the world: $41K Worldwide: $41.6K - 72
May 11, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $39.2K - 73
May 18, 2012 US and Canada: $36.3K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $36.3K - 74
May 18, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $27.4K - 75
May 23, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $23.1K - 76
May 3, 2012 US and Canada: $17.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $17.1K - 77
May 18, 2012 US and Canada: $2.5K Rest of the world: $12.7K Worldwide: $15.2K - 78
May 18, 2012 US and Canada: $14.3K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $14.3K - 79
May 19, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $12K - 80
May 24, 2012 US and Canada: $10K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $10K - 81
May 11, 2012 US and Canada: $8.6K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $8.6K - 82
May 17, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $6.2K - 83
May 18, 2012 US and Canada: $5.9K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $5.9K - 84
May 2, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5.2K - 85
May 20, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3K - 86
May 18, 2012 US and Canada: $2.5K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $2.5K - 87
May 3, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $963 - 88
May 4, 2012 US and Canada: $525 Rest of the world: Worldwide: $525
Archive
Box Office in 2012, Month by Month
The months of 2012 with their totals: November leads with $4.6B, led by Skyfall (2012).
- January $971M #1 Underworld: Awakening (2012)
- February $1.6B #1 Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012)
- March $2.7B #1 The Hunger Games (2012)
- April $1.3B #1 American Reunion (2012)
- May $3.9B #1 The Avengers (2012)
- June $3.5B #1 Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012)
- July $3.4B #1 The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
- August $1.9B #1 The Expendables 2 (2012)
- September $1.8B #1 Hotel Transylvania (2012)
- October $1.7B #1 Taken 2 (2012)
- November $4.6B #1 Skyfall (2012)
- December $3.3B #1 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)