Interesting comparing 2011's top films to 2012's. Higher domestic BO, but lower foreign across the board.
Is 2012 the first year to have 2 films (much less 3) break 400 M domestic? Before you light your torches and storm the castle, remember, 2 of the films did it without 3D, and the one that did have 3-D did it by such a large margin that it's hard to hold 3-D against it.
Posted this earlier...
This year is just one of 12 to feature three films sell more than
50 million tickets domestically. That would put the films over $400 million in revenue
when adjusting for inflation. Below are the adjusted dollar figures, followed by what they earned in the year of release. There were more years where two strong films crossed over 50 million but getting the hat trick is very rare.
1984, 2003, 2004 were the only years where it was close to having four films cross that mark. Looking at what the LOTR films sold, 2012 should be the first year where four films sold over 50 million tickets when The Hobbit comes out. 2012 just happens to have the perfect storm having TDKR and The Hobbit followed by two surprises in The Avengers and The Hunger Games.
2015
The Avengers 2
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2
2014
The Hobbit: There and Back Again
Transformers 4 ??
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
2013
Iron Man 3 ??
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
2012
Marvel's The Avengers $620,266,000
The Dark Knight Rises $433,246,000
The Hunger Games $407,997,300
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey TBD
2004
Shrek 2 $569,828,400 $441,226,247
Spider-Man 2 $482,473,200 $373,585,825
The Passion of the Christ $478,832,800 $370,782,930
Meet the Fockers $354,267,600 $279,261,160
2003
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King $494,350,400 $377,845,905
Finding Nemo $451,826,500 $339,714,978
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl $406,204,200 $305,413,918
The Matrix Reloaded $374,501,400 $281,576,461
1997
Titanic $1,087,949,000 $658,672,302
Men in Black $438,025,700 $250,690,539
The Lost World: Jurassic Park $400,277,800 $229,086,679
1984
Ghostbusters $567,259,500 $238,632,124
Beverly Hills Cop $538,543,100 $234,760,478
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom $429,333,200 $179,870,271
Gremlins $364,767,000 $153,083,102
1978
Grease $617,293,000 $188,755,690
National Lampoon's Animal House $480,319,900 $141,600,000
Superman $460,012,200 $134,218,018
1977
Star Wars $1,428,519,200 $460,998,007
Smokey and the Bandit $455,800,100 $126,737,428 1977
Close Encounters of the Third Kind $445,715,900 $132,088,635
1975
Jaws $1,027,192,100 $260,000,000
The Rocky Horror Picture Show $441,656,800 $112,892,319
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest $430,556,600 $108,981,275
1973
The Exorcist $887,005,300 $232,906,145
The Sting Uni. $714,925,700 $156,000,000
American Graffiti $527,028,600 $115,000,000
1970
Love Story $561,385,100 $106,397,186
Airport $530,212,500 $100,489,151
M.A.S.H. $430,547,400 $81,600,000
1965
The Sound of Music $1,142,171,300 $158,671,368
Doctor Zhivago $995,566,400 $111,721,910
Thunderball $599,896,000 $63,595,658
1964
Mary Poppins $627,018,200 $102,272,727
Goldfinger $531,726,000 $51,081,062
My Fair Lady $481,200,000 $72,000,000
