It’s January 1, 2013, which means that 2012 is now officially in the rear-view mirror. Quality-wise, it was a stellar year in film, and with over a month to go before the Oscars there’s still an exciting air of unpredictability surrounding the awards contenders. 2012 wasn’t so shabby box office-wise either, and we thought today would be a nice time to take a look back at the year’s highest grossing films, lowest grossing films, and everything in between. This year saw a few comedy surprises, the highest grossing Steven Spielberg drama in a long time, a couple of superhero megahits, and the glorious disaster that was Oogieloves. Hit the jump to take a look at 2012’s Box Office in Review.
Though there was some formidable competition this fall, nothing came close to touching the highest grossing film of the year: The Avengers. Marvel’s superhero team-up closed out 2012 with $623.3 million domestically following its record-breaking opening weekend gross of $207.4 million. The film now stands as the highest grossing Marvel film of all time, shattering Iron Man’s $318.4 million domestic total.
Coming in a distant second was Christopher Nolan’s trilogy closer The Dark Knight Rises with a $448.1 million total domestic gross. Though nearly half a billion dollars is nothing to scoff at, the film failed to match The Dark Knight’s $534.8 million domestic total. Rounding out the top three is the highest grossing non-sequel on the list, The Hunger Games. The adaptation of the wildly popular book series netted $408 million domestically, ...
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