Work Cited

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Purchasing DVDs

The movie industry also makes profit off of selling their movie as DVDs. Even though many DVD rental stores going bankrupt because of competitors like Netflix, and On Demand with Dish Satellite, but it is naïve to say that people do not still purchase DVDs or Blu-Rays. As you can see from the chart below when "The Hunger Games" came out on DVD and Blu-Ray it made $107,158,418 dollars in revenue on DVD sales alone. Billions of dollars are made on people purchasing DVD's every year. It is no secret that movie studios make a lot of profit off of DVD sales, especially if they release their films around christmas.

Rank	DVD Name	Units Sold	Sales Revenue	Release Date
1	The Hunger Games	6,098,342	$107,158,418	8/18/2012
2	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1	5,366,152	$97,200,158	2/11/2012
3	The Avengers	3,639,507	$65,814,327	9/25/2012
4	The Lorax	3,433,735	$61,215,769	8/7/2012
5	Puss in Boots	2,723,811	$44,894,316	2/24/2012
6	Alvin and the Chipmunks Chipwrecked	2,392,232	$39,430,743	3/27/2012
7	Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows	2,720,864	$39,316,437	6/12/2012
8	Hop	2,297,116	$37,863,108	3/23/2012
9	Game of Thrones: The Complete First Season	968,460	$33,135,314	3/6/2012
10	21 Jump Street	1,801,930	$31,196,280	6/26/2012
11	The Help	1,807,991	$29,806,267	12/6/2011
12	True Blood: The Complete Fourth Season	927,158	$29,232,211	5/29/2012
13	Madagascar 3: Europes's Most Wanted	1,650,000	$28,186,113	10/16/2012
14	The Muppets	1,628,454	$27,859,253	3/20/2012
15	Secret of the Wings	1,411,227	$25,922,438	10/23/2012
16	War Horse	1,351,509	$24,850,337	4/3/2012
17	Real Steel	1,436,305	$24,823,797	1/24/2012
18	Snow White and the Huntsman	1,356,673	$24,180,046	9/11/2012
19	Safe House	1,372,397	$23,279,522	6/5/2012
20	The Vow	1,357,156	$23,102,585	5/8/2012
21	Act of Valor	1,303,332	$22,895,451	6/5/2012
22	Mission Impossible - Ghost Protocol	1,560,685	$22,454,646	4/17/2012
23	Mirror Mirror	1,271,974	$21,946,366	6/26/2012
24	We Bought a Zoo	1,217,268	$20,566,731	4/3/2012
25	Journey 2 Mysterious Island	1,330,914	$20,199,886	6/5/2012
26	John Carter	1,125,163	$19,587,201	6/5/2012
27	Happy Feet Two	1,277,808	$19,445,638	3/13/2012
28	Downton Abbey: Season Two	950,128	$19,159,117	2/7/2012
29	Moneyball	1,100,888	$19,149,120	1/10/2012
30	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo	1,071,165	$19,123,251	3/20/2012
31	The Three Stooges	964,027	$18,869,472	7/17/2012
32	Immortals	1,067,260	$18,552,099	3/6/2012
33	The Big Bang Theory: The Complete Fifth Season	688,598	$18,530,872	9/11/2012
34	Wrath of the Titans	1,234,087	$18,318,963	6/26/2012
35	Hugo	1,072,429	$17,331,998	2/28/2012
36	American Reunion	981,752	$17,016,675	7/10/2012
37	Magic Mike	1,131,515	$16,927,464	10/23/2012
38	Star Wars Trilogy	93,090	$16,610,876	9/21/2004
39	Treasure Buddies	966,035	$16,604,687	1/31/2012
40	Courageous	927,288	$15,677,874	1/17/2012
41	Project X	1,012,223	$15,469,378	6/19/2012
42	Contraband	873,550	$15,037,423	4/24/2012
43	The Adventures of Tintin	939,177	$14,894,077	3/13/2012
44	Dexter: The Sixth Season	521,991	$14,764,713	8/14/2012
45	The Descendants	959,696	$14,735,847	3/13/2012
46	The Lion King	759,058	$14,680,914	3/3/1995
47	Underworld: Awakening	862,329	$14,607,505	5/12/2012
48	The Lucky One	963,163	$14,333,569	8/28/2012
49	Battleship	797,640	$14,262,588	8/28/2012
50	Tower Heist	795,173	$14,060,919	2/21/2012

Links Used:
http://www.the-numbers.com/dvd/charts/annual/r2012.php
http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/media_entertainment/economy-affecting-overall-consumer-spending-but-tv-related-spending-relatively-spared/
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2004-04-21-master-movies_x.htm
http://boygeniusreport.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/dvds.jpg?w=645&h=428


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Job Opportunities Continued and Filming at Different Locations

When a movie goes to a location, there are many people that are employed in that area to help out with the filmmaking process. This has the ability to improve the economy dramatically as the film industry is providing hundreds of unemployed people contracted employment. Filming on location also gives local business owners more profit. Because the cast and crew of film will be eating in their restaurants, staying in their hotels, using the gas stations etc. A recent example of this is when the film crew of "The Descendants",  filmed on location in Hawaii. The hotel that it was filmed in where actor George Clooney stayed is still pulling in many tourist today. People come to stay in the hotel suite where  George Clooney had filmed in."We're still feeling the effects of 'Jurassic Park,'" says Sue Kanoho the executive director of the Kauai Visitors Bureau. Even the the movie was released in 1993. As you can see filming on location can provide many job opportunities for local business owners, and bring in a ton of revenue off of tourism once the movie has been released.

Links Used:

http://www.hawaiibusiness.com/Hawaii-Business/June-2012/Filming-Movies-in-Hawaii-boosts-economic-impact-and-tourism/

http://voices.yahoo.com/how-movie-industry-affects-us-economics-1541413.html?cat=3

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The Job Opportunities

The Movie industry also opens up a plentiful amount of jobs when filming movies. There are at least a hundred actors and actresses in every movie, and it would be a very long list if I listed every job available when creating a possibly high grossing film. There is typically only two people that get the title of producer and director but there are many, many people that assist such positions. If you watch the credits at the end of a film you will be able to see just how many people have assisted in the making of that particular movie. Some of the employees do not even make the credit list. Directors and Actors make millions off of one film. Joss Whedon, director of "The Avengers", made $254 million in the year 2012. A large sum of that came from the movie "The Avengers". 

Links Used: 
http://www.therichest.org/entertainment/vanityfairtop-40-highest-paid-stars-in-hollywood/
http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/highest-paying-jobs-film-industry.htm
http://movieline.com/2012/05/07/avengers-joss-whedon-firefly-buffy-marvel/
http://news.doddleme.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/2012-05-01-avengers_joss_whedon.jpg

The Concession Stand

Most people probably believe that the bulk of theaters profit is made from ticket sales. When in reality the main profit of individual movie theaters comes from their concession stands. As I previously mentioned in my earlier post ticket sales are mainly credited to the movie studios not the individual theaters. This is why prices for concessions are usually more than the ticket itself. Without the pricey snacks, most movie theaters would not stay in business. This is why theaters like Cinemark charge $6.50 for a fifteen cent bag of popcorn. Almost eighty-five percent of movie theaters profit is made from the theaters concessions. Sadly this is the only way theaters can make substantial profit. 

Links Used:
http://www.cinemark.com/values-concession.aspx
http://business.time.com/2009/12/07/movie-theaters-make-85-profit-at-concession-stands/

Various Film Merchandise

When a popular movie is released there is usually a line of screaming fans behind it. Movie industry also make money from soliciting their movie through various merchandise that they sell. Sometimes film studios make more profit from selling film-related merchandise than they do from the actual film itself. Film related merchandise can be anything like posters, t-shirts, jewelry, action figures and on. Some examples of films that have made major profits off of their merchandise are "Harry Potter", "Star Wars", "Batman", "Toy Story", and "Lord of the Rings". Major studios have learned to use movie related products to not only generate revenue, but utilize the products to promote and solicit an upcoming film. Almost nearly forty percent of a films merchandise is sold before the movie is released. An example of an entertainment company that heavily uses merchandising is Disney. Licensed products represented nearly $66.5 billon in retail sales in 1990 and has grown to nearly $110 billion. It is estimated that $16 billion dollars of that is derived from the film industry.  

Links Used: 
http://www.filmreference.com/encyclopedia/Independent-Film-Road-Movies/Merchandising-HISTORICAL-BACKGROUND-AND-DEFINITIONS.html
http://www.marklitwak.com/articles/general/movie_merchandising.html
http://www.tolkiendepot.com/images/imageload.jpg

Ticket Revenue

It’s easy to say that one of the bigger impacts that the movie industry has on the economy is with Box Office sales. On an opening weekend, millions of dollars can be made on a single movie. Ticket sales average over 1 billion dollars in a year. The chart below shows the average total box office gross of 351 of the most popular, and highest grossing movies that came out this year. These ticket sales are mostly credited toward the movie studios not the individual movie theaters. Of course the percentage of ticket sales in movie theaters decreases each week the movie is in the theater. So for the theater owners to make any serious profit the movie has to pull in a sizeable amount of viewers for a couple of weeks. On opening night the studio will take in 70 - 80 percent of gross box office sales. But the percentatge shrinks to 35 percent by the fifth or sixth week. The longer the movie is able to stay in theaters the more profit the individual theater owners will make. As you can see quite a bit of money is made off of ticket sales for the movie industry. 

2012 WORLDWIDE GROSSES

Rank	Title (click to view)	Studio*  FilterADC ArcEnt BV CBS FD Focus Fox FoxS KVP LD LGF ORF P/DW Par. RAtt. Rela. RM SGem Sony SPC Sum. TriS Uni. WB WB (NL) Wein. ALL	Worldwide	Domestic / %		Overseas / %
1	Marvel's The Avengers	BV	$1,511.8	$623.4	41.2%	$888.4	58.8%
2	The Dark Knight Rises	WB	$1,081.0	$448.1	41.5%	$632.9	58.5%
3	Skyfall	Sony	$918.9	$262.3	28.5%	$656.6	71.5%
4	Ice Age: Continental Drift	Fox	$875.0	$161.0	18.4%	$714.0	81.6%
5	The Amazing Spider-Man	Sony	$752.2	$262.0	34.8%	$490.2	65.2%
6	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2	Sum.	$751.8	$269.4	35.8%	$482.4	64.2%
7	Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted	P/DW	$741.7	$216.4	29.2%	$525.3	70.8%
8	The Hunger Games	LGF	$686.5	$408.0	59.4%	$278.5	40.6%
9	MIB 3	Sony	$624.0	$179.0	28.7%	$445.0	71.3%
10	Brave	BV	$535.3	$237.2	44.3%	$298.1	55.7%
11	Ted	Uni.	$501.8	$218.7	43.6%	$283.1	56.4%
12	The Intouchables (U.S.-only)	Wein.	$417.0	$10.1	2.4%	$406.9	97.6%
13	Prometheus	Fox	$402.5	$126.5	31.4%	$276.0	68.6%
14	Snow White and the Huntsman	Uni.	$396.4	$155.1	39.1%	$241.3	60.9%
15	Taken 2	Fox	$361.5	$137.7	38.1%	$223.8	61.9%
16	Dr. Seuss' The Lorax	Uni.	$348.8	$214.0	61.4%	$134.8	38.6%
17	Titanic 3D	Par.	$343.6	$57.9	16.8%	$285.7	83.2%
18	Journey 2: The Mysterious Island	WB	$325.9	$103.9	31.9%	$222.0	68.1%
19	Battleship	Uni.	$302.8	$65.2	21.5%	$237.6	78.5%
20	Wrath of the Titans	WB	$302.0	$83.7	27.7%	$218.3	72.3%
21	Hotel Transylvania	Sony	$301.6	$143.8	47.7%	$157.8	52.3%
22	The Expendables 2	LGF	$300.4	$85.0	28.3%	$215.4	71.7%
23	John Carter	BV	$282.8	$73.1	25.8%	$209.7	74.2%
24	The Bourne Legacy	Uni.	$276.1	$113.2	41.0%	$162.9	59.0%
25	Dark Shadows	WB	$239.1	$79.7	33.3%	$159.4	66.7%
26	American Reunion	Uni.	$234.7	$56.8	24.2%	$178.0	75.8%
27	Resident Evil: Retribution	SGem	$221.8	$42.3	19.1%	$179.5	80.9%
28	Wreck-It Ralph	BV	$215.8	$164.7	76.3%	$51.1	23.7%
29	Safe House	Uni.	$207.9	$126.2	60.7%	$81.7	39.3%
30	21 Jump Street	Sony	$201.6	$138.4	68.7%	$63.1	31.3%
31	Total Recall (2012)	Sony	$198.5	$58.9	29.7%	$139.6	70.3%
32	The Vow	SGem	$196.1	$125.0	63.7%	$71.1	36.3%
33	The Dictator	Par.	$177.5	$59.7	33.6%	$117.9	66.4%
34	Life of Pi	Fox	$167.3	$61.6	36.8%	$105.7	63.2%
35	Looper	TriS	$166.2	$66.2	39.8%	$100.0	60.2%
36	Mirror Mirror	Rela.	$166.2	$64.9	39.1%	$101.2	60.9%
37	Magic Mike	WB	$165.6	$113.7	68.7%	$51.9	31.3%
38	Underworld Awakening	SGem	$160.1	$62.3	38.9%	$97.8	61.1%
39	Argo	WB	$159.3	$103.3	64.8%	$56.0	35.2%
40	This Means War	Fox	$156.5	$54.8	35.0%	$101.7	65.0%
41	Rise of the Guardians	P/DW	$152.8	$62.3	40.8%	$90.5	59.2%
42	The Secret World of Arrietty	BV	$145.6	$19.2	13.2%	$126.4	86.8%
43	Step Up Revolution	Sum.	$140.5	$35.1	25.0%	$105.4	75.0%
44	Paranormal Activity 4	Par.	$140.0	$53.7	38.4%	$86.2	61.6%
45	The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel	FoxS	$134.4	$46.4	34.5%	$88.0	65.5%
46	Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance	Sony	$132.6	$51.8	39.1%	$80.8	60.9%
47	The Woman in Black	CBS	$127.7	$54.3	42.5%	$73.4	57.5%
48	Chronicle (2012)	Fox	$126.6	$64.6	51.0%	$62.1	49.0%
49	The Pirates! Band of Misfits	Sony	$121.6	$31.1	25.5%	$90.6	74.5%
50	Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter	Fox	$116.0	$37.5	32.3%	$78.5	67.7%
51	Hope Springs	Sony	$107.3	$63.5	59.2%	$43.8	40.8%
52	Let the Bullets Fly	Vari.	$104.3	$63.0k	0.1%	$104.3	99.9%
53	The Campaign	WB	$103.4	$86.9	84.0%	$16.5	16.0%
54	Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (in 3D)	Fox	$102.7	$43.5	42.3%	$59.3	57.7%
55	The Devil Inside	Par.	$101.4	$53.3	52.5%	$48.1	47.5%
56	Project X	WB	$100.9	$54.7	54.2%	$46.2	45.8%
57	ParaNorman	Focus	$99.1	$55.9	56.4%	$43.2	43.6%
58	Contraband	Uni.	$96.3	$66.5	69.1%	$29.7	30.9%
59	Think Like a Man	SGem	$96.1	$91.5	95.3%	$4.5	4.7%
60	The Lucky One	WB	$92.5	$60.5	65.4%	$32.0	34.6%
61	Flight	Par.	$89.9	$86.5	96.2%	$3.4	3.8%
62	The Inbetweeners Movie	WHE	$88.0	$36.0k	0.0%	$88.0	100.0%
63	What to Expect When You're Expecting	LGF	$84.4	$41.2	48.8%	$43.2	51.2%
64	The Thieves	WGUSA	$83.5	$682k	0.8%	$82.8	99.2%
65	Savages (2012)	Uni.	$82.9	$47.3	57.1%	$35.6	42.9%
66	Act of Valor	Rela.	$81.3	$70.0	86.1%	$11.3	13.9%
67	The Grey	ORF	$77.3	$51.6	66.7%	$25.7	33.3%
68	The Possession	LGF	$76.7	$49.1	64.1%	$27.6	35.9%
69	Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days	Fox	$76.6	$49.0	64.0%	$27.6	36.0%
70	To Rome with Love	SPC	$73.2	$16.7	22.8%	$56.6	77.2%
71	Pitch Perfect	Uni.	$72.3	$63.5	87.8%	$8.8	12.2%
72	The Watch	Fox	$68.0	$35.4	52.0%	$32.6	48.0%
73	Masquerade (2012)	CJ	$67.7	$899k	1.3%	$66.8	98.7%
74	The Cabin in the Woods	LGF	$66.5	$42.1	63.3%	$24.4	36.7%
75	Frankenweenie	BV	$66.2	$34.4	51.9%	$31.8	48.1%
76	Tyler Perry's Madea's Witness Protection	LGF	$65.7	$65.7	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
77	Moonrise Kingdom	Focus	$65.1	$45.5	69.9%	$19.6	30.1%
78	Beauty and the Beast (3D)	BV	$62.0	$47.6	76.8%	$14.4	23.2%
79	Cloud Atlas	WB	$59.2	$26.5	44.7%	$32.7	55.3%
80	That's My Boy	Sony	$57.7	$36.9	64.0%	$20.8	36.0%
81	Rock of Ages	WB (NL)	$56.4	$38.5	68.3%	$17.8	31.7%
82	The Impossible	Sum.	$54.0	n/a	0.0%	$54.0	100.0%
83	Finding Nemo (3D)	BV	$53.8	$40.8	75.9%	$13.0	24.1%
84	Here Comes the Boom	Sony	$53.8	$42.6	79.0%	$11.3	21.0%
85	The Five-Year Engagement	Uni.	$53.8	$28.7	53.4%	$25.1	46.6%
86	The Three Stooges	Fox	$53.0	$44.3	83.6%	$8.7	16.4%
87	Lawless	Wein.	$52.9	$37.4	70.7%	$15.5	29.3%
88	Sinister	Sum.	$50.1	$47.8	95.4%	$2.3	4.6%
89	Little White Lies	MPI	$48.5	$206k	0.4%	$48.3	99.6%
90	Man on a Ledge	Sum.	$46.2	$18.6	40.3%	$27.6	59.7%
91	Silent Hill: Revelation 3D	ORF	$44.4	$17.5	39.4%	$26.9	60.6%
92	A Werewolf Boy	CJ	$41.5	$124k	0.3%	$41.3	99.7%
93	End of Watch	ORF	$40.9	$40.1	97.9%	$851k	2.1%
94	Safe (2012)	LGF	$40.3	$17.1	42.5%	$23.2	57.5%
95	Red Dawn (2012)	FD	$37.5	$37.5	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
96	Chernobyl Diaries	WB	$37.2	$18.1	48.8%	$19.0	51.2%
97	One For the Money	LGF	$36.9	$26.4	71.6%	$10.5	28.4%
98	House at the End of The Street	Rela.	$36.4	$31.6	86.9%	$4.8	13.1%
99	Trouble with the Curve	WB	$35.8	$35.8	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
100	Tyler Perry's Good Deeds	LGF	$35.0	$35.0	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
101	Salmon Fishing in the Yemen	CBS	$34.6	$9.0	26.2%	$25.5	73.8%
102	Fetih 1453: The Conquest of Constantinople	NeoC	$34.5	$35.7k	0.1%	$34.4	99.9%
103	Haywire	Rela.	$33.4	$18.9	56.8%	$14.4	43.2%
104	Katy Perry: Part of Me	Par.	$32.4	$25.3	78.1%	$7.1	21.9%
105	Joyful Noise	WB	$30.9	$30.9	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
106	Dredd	LGF	$30.9	$13.4	43.4%	$17.5	56.6%
107	Premium Rush	Sony	$30.5	$20.3	66.5%	$10.2	33.5%
108	Rowdy Rathore	UTV	$29.3	$777k	2.6%	$28.6	97.4%
109	Dragon (2012)	RTWC	$29.2	$11.1k	0.0%	$29.1	100.0%
110	Bol Bachchan	FIP	$28.8	$1.2	4.2%	$27.6	95.8%
111	Lockout	FD	$28.7	$14.3	49.9%	$14.4	50.1%
112	Killing Them Softly	Wein.	$27.8	$12.1	43.6%	$15.7	56.4%
113	The Perks of Being a Wallflower	Sum.	$26.1	$16.9	64.7%	$9.2	35.3%
114	The Raven	Rela.	$26.1	$16.0	61.4%	$10.1	38.6%
115	Alex Cross	Sum.	$25.6	$25.6	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
116	Big Miracle	Uni.	$24.7	$20.2	81.5%	$4.6	18.5%
117	Sparkle (2012)	TriS	$24.4	$24.4	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
118	Arbitrage	RAtt.	$22.2	$7.9	35.5%	$14.3	64.5%
119	Wanderlust	Uni.	$21.5	$17.3	80.6%	$4.2	19.4%
120	A Thousand Words	P/DW	$20.6	$18.5	89.7%	$2.1	10.3%
121	Silver Linings Playbook	Wein.	$20.4	$14.2	69.3%	$6.3	30.7%
122	Polisse	IFC	$20.3	$177k	0.9%	$20.2	99.1%
123	Solomon Kane	RTWC	$19.6	n/a	0.0%	$19.6	100.0%
124	Anna Karenina	Focus	$18.3	$6.8	36.9%	$11.6	63.1%
125	Gone	Sum.	$18.1	$11.7	64.5%	$6.4	35.5%
126	Norwegian Wood	RF	$17.6	$13.0k	0.1%	$17.6	99.9%
127	The Master	Wein.	$17.2	$15.9	92.3%	$1.3	7.7%
128	The Man with the Iron Fists	Uni.	$17.1	$15.5	90.6%	$1.6	9.4%
129	The Cold Light of Day	Sum.	$16.9	$3.8	22.3%	$13.1	77.7%
130	Rust and Bone	SPC	$16.8	$129k	0.8%	$16.7	99.2%
131	My Way (2012)	CJ	$16.5	$70.2k	0.4%	$16.5	99.6%
132	Tomorrow When the War Began	Free	$16.5	$4.9k	0.0%	$16.5	100.0%
133	We Have a Pope	IFC	$16.1	$487k	3.0%	$15.6	97.0%
134	Headhunters	Magn.	$15.7	$1.2	7.6%	$14.5	92.4%
135	Seven Psychopaths	CBS	$14.9	$14.9	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
136	Hit and Run	ORF	$14.5	$13.7	95.1%	$704k	4.9%
137	War of the Buttons (2012)	Wein.	$13.9	$47.8k	0.3%	$13.8	99.7%
138	Silent House	ORF	$13.1	$12.8	97.4%	$347k	2.6%
139	The Well-Digger's Daughter	KL	$12.6	$371k	2.9%	$12.2	97.1%
140	Klown	Drft.	$12.4	$68.8k	0.6%	$12.4	99.4%
141	People Like Us	BV	$12.4	$12.4	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
142	Seeking Justice	Anch.	$12.4	$412k	3.3%	$11.9	96.7%
143	To the Arctic (IMAX)	WB	$12.3	$10.1	82.2%	$2.2	17.8%
144	Friends with Kids	RAtt.	$12.2	$7.3	59.5%	$4.9	40.5%
145	The Words	CBS	$11.8	$11.5	97.0%	$355k	3.0%
146	This Must Be the Place	Wein.	$11.8	$137k	1.2%	$11.6	98.8%
147	Beasts of the Southern Wild	FoxS	$11.2	$11.2	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
148	Rec 3: Genesis	Magn.	$10.2	$9.6k	0.1%	$10.1	99.9%
149	Red Lights (2012)	MNE	$10.1	$52.6k	0.5%	$10.0	99.5%
150	Seeking a Friend for the End of the World	Focus	$9.6	$7.1	73.5%	$2.6	26.5%
151	The Apparition	WB	$9.6	$4.9	51.3%	$4.7	48.7%
152	For Greater Glory	ArcEnt	$9.6	$5.7	59.0%	$4.0	41.0%
153	Fun Size	Par.	$9.4	$9.4	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
154	Bernie	MNE	$9.2	$9.2	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
155	Boy (2012)	PalUni	$8.6	$256k	3.0%	$8.4	97.0%
156	Piranha 3DD	W/Dim.	$8.5	$377k	4.4%	$8.1	95.6%
157	Easy Money (2012)	Wein.	$8.4	$189k	2.3%	$8.2	97.7%
158	Space Dogs 3D	EpicPics	$8.3	$14.4k	0.2%	$8.3	99.8%
159	Bel Ami	Magn.	$8.3	$120k	1.5%	$8.2	98.5%
160	Iron Sky	EOne	$8.1	$122k	1.5%	$8.0	98.5%
161	Casa De Mi Padre	LGF	$8.0	$5.9	73.5%	$2.1	26.5%
162	Heroine	UTV	$8.0	$599k	7.4%	$7.4	92.6%
163	Hysteria	SPC	$8.0	$1.8	22.7%	$6.2	77.3%
164	All Together	KL	$7.2	$36.0k	0.5%	$7.2	99.5%
165	My Worst Nightmare	Strand	$7.1	$8.0k	0.1%	$7.1	99.9%
166	Monsieur Lazhar (U.S.-only)	MBox	$6.6	$2.0	30.5%	$4.6	69.5%
167	Bachelorette	RTWC	$6.5	$448k	6.9%	$6.1	93.1%
168	A Royal Affair	Magn.	$6.5	$459k	7.1%	$6.0	92.9%
169	Goon	Magn.	$6.5	$4.2	64.3%	$2.3	35.7%
170	Ruby Sparks	FoxS	$6.5	$2.5	39.2%	$3.9	60.8%
171	Playing for Keeps	FD	$6.2	$6.2	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
172	Cosmopolis	EOne	$6.1	$764k	12.6%	$5.3	87.4%
173	The Sessions	FoxS	$6.0	$5.0	83.4%	$988k	16.6%
174	On the Road	IFC	$5.9	n/a	0.0%	$5.9	100.0%
175	Declaration of War	IFC	$5.9	$46.2k	0.8%	$5.8	99.2%
176	Chasing Mavericks	Fox	$5.9	$5.9	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
177	Albert Nobbs	RAtt.	$5.6	$3.0	53.5%	$2.6	46.5%
178	In Darkness	SPC	$5.6	$1.0	18.7%	$4.5	81.3%
179	The Collection	LD	$5.5	$5.5	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
180	The Tall Man	Imag.	$5.2	n/a	0.0%	$5.2	100.0%
181	Jeff, Who Lives at Home	ParV	$4.4	$4.3	96.6%	$148k	3.4%
182	The Raid: Redemption	SPC	$4.1	$4.1	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
183	Safety Not Guaranteed	FD	$4.0	$4.0	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
184	Lula, Son of Brazil	NYer	$3.8	n/a	0.0%	$3.8	100.0%
185	Branded	RAtt.	$3.8	$354k	9.4%	$3.4	90.6%
186	The Rabbi's Cat	GK	$3.7	$4.3k	0.1%	$3.7	99.9%
187	Cirque Du Soleil: Worlds Away	Par.	$3.7	n/a	0.0%	$3.7	100.0%
188	Killer Joe	LD	$3.7	$2.0	54.2%	$1.7	45.8%
189	Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai	Trib.	$3.5	$75.7k	2.1%	$3.4	97.9%
190	The Lady	Cohen	$3.4	n/a	0.0%	$3.4	100.0%
191	Nitro Circus the Movie 3D	ArcEnt	$3.4	$3.4	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
192	Robot & Frank	Gold.	$3.3	$3.3	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
193	Raiders of the Lost Ark (IMAX)	Par.	$3.1	$3.1	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
194	Girl in Progress	LGF	$3.1	$2.6	83.5%	$516k	16.5%
195	Celeste and Jesse Forever	SPC	$3.1	$3.1	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
196	Jab Tak Hai Jaan	Yash	$3.0	$3.0	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
197	Intruders	MNE	$3.0	$69.1k	2.3%	$2.9	97.7%
198	Searching for Sugar Man	SPC	$2.9	$2.9	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
199	Barfi!	UTV	$2.8	$2.8	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
200	A Simple Life	CL	$2.8	$192k	6.8%	$2.6	93.2%
201	Simon and the Oaks	TFA	$2.6	$151k	5.8%	$2.4	94.2%
202	Jiro Dreams of Sushi	Magn.	$2.6	$2.6	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
203	Samsara	Osci.	$2.6	$2.6	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
204	Kid With a Bike	IFC	$2.4	$1.4	57.3%	$1.0	42.7%
205	The Queen of Versailles	Magn.	$2.4	$2.4	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
206	Talaash	Relbig.	$2.4	$2.4	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
207	Ek Tha Tiger	Yash	$2.3	$2.3	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
208	Chico & Rita	GK	$2.2	$351k	15.7%	$1.9	84.3%
209	Stolen (2012)	MNE	$2.1	$304k	14.4%	$1.8	85.6%
210	Footnote	SPC	$2.0	$2.0	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
211	The Imposter	IM	$2.0	$898k	44.9%	$1.1	55.1%
212	Agneepath	Eros	$2.0	$2.0	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
213	The Day I Saw Your Heart	FM	$2.0	$3.5k	0.2%	$2.0	99.8%
214	English Vinglish	Eros	$1.9	$1.9	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
215	Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie	Elev.	$1.8	$62.3k	3.4%	$1.8	96.6%
216	Housefull 2	Eros	$1.8	$1.8	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
217	The Cup (2012)	Myr.	$1.8	n/a	0.0%	$1.8	100.0%
218	Amour	SPC	$1.7	n/a	0.0%	$1.7	100.0%
219	Tales of the Night	GK	$1.7	$11.0k	0.6%	$1.7	99.4%
220	360	Magn.	$1.7	$100k	6.0%	$1.6	94.0%
221	Beloved (2012)	IFC	$1.7	$124k	7.5%	$1.5	92.5%
222	2 Days in New York	Magn.	$1.7	$633k	38.3%	$1.0	61.7%
223	Your Sister's Sister	IFC	$1.6	$1.6	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
224	Hermano	MBox	$1.6	$29.9k	1.9%	$1.6	98.1%
225	Soldiers of Fortune	RAtt.	$1.6	$38.9k	2.5%	$1.5	97.5%
226	I Wish	Magn.	$1.5	$146k	9.4%	$1.4	90.6%
227	The Salt of Life	Zeit.	$1.5	$317k	21.3%	$1.2	78.7%
228	Chicken with Plums	SPC	$1.4	$254k	17.8%	$1.2	82.2%
229	Marley	Magn.	$1.4	$1.4	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
230	Unforgivable	Strand	$1.3	$154k	11.8%	$1.2	88.2%
231	A Little Bit of Heaven	MNE	$1.3	$15.4k	1.2%	$1.3	98.8%
232	For a Good Time, Call...	Focus	$1.3	$1.3	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
233	Take This Waltz	Magn.	$1.2	$1.2	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
234	Cocktail (2012)	Eros	$1.2	$1.2	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
235	Once Upon a Time in Anatolia	CGld	$1.2	$152k	13.0%	$1.0	87.0%
236	Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu	UTV	$1.2	$1.2	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
237	The Deep Blue Sea	MBox	$1.1	$1.1	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
238	Coriolanus	Wein.	$1.1	$757k	70.6%	$315k	29.4%
239	Damsels in Distress	SPC	$1.0	$1.0	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
240	Rampart	MNE	$973k	$973k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
241	Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel	Gold.	$928k	$928k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
242	Elles	KL	$911k	$158k	17.3%	$754k	82.7%
243	W.E.	Wein.	$868k	$583k	67.2%	$285k	32.8%
244	Breathing	KL	$807k	$3.9k	0.5%	$803k	99.5%
245	Darling Companion	SPC	$794k	$794k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
246	Teri Meri Kahaani	Eros	$781k	$781k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
247	Son of Sardaar	Eros	$714k	$714k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
248	Agent Vinod	Eros	$698k	$698k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
249	The Paperboy	MNE	$693k	$693k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
250	Student of the Year	Eros	$670k	$670k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
251	Free Men	FM	$618k	$53.8k	8.7%	$564k	91.3%
252	Undefeated (2012)	Wein.	$562k	$562k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
253	Vicky Donor	Eros	$549k	$549k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
254	Peace, Love and Misunderstanding	IFC	$543k	$543k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
255	Being Flynn	Focus	$540k	$540k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
256	Where Do We Go Now?	SPC	$532k	$532k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
257	Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry	IFC	$489k	$489k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
258	Ferrari Ki Sawaari	Eros	$434k	$434k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
259	Dark Tide	WHE	$432k	n/a	0.0%	$432k	100.0%
260	Apartment 143	Magn.	$426k	$0.4k	0.1%	$426k	99.9%
261	Sound of My Voice	FoxS	$408k	$408k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
262	Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning	Magn.	$369k	$4.9k	1.3%	$364k	98.7%
263	The Oranges	ATO	$366k	$366k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
264	Holy Motors	IM	$333k	$333k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
265	Liberal Arts	IFC	$319k	$319k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
266	The Flowers of War	WHE	$311k	$311k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
267	Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap	IM	$288k	$288k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
268	Bully (2012)	Wein.	$279k	$279k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
269	Love in the Buff	CL	$256k	$256k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
270	Lola Versus	FoxS	$253k	$253k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
271	Keep the Lights On	MBox	$242k	$242k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
272	Trishna	IFC	$240k	$240k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
273	Elena	Zeit.	$233k	$233k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
274	Tezz	Eros	$230k	$230k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
275	The Viral Factor	CL	$220k	$220k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
276	Back to 1942	CL	$212k	$212k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
277	Tai Chi Zero	Vari.	$212k	$212k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
278	17 Girls	Strand	$202k	$15.1k	7.5%	$186k	92.5%
279	Tim & Eric's Billion Dollar Movie	Magn.	$201k	$201k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
280	Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya	UTV	$178k	$178k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
281	The Hunter (2012)	Magn.	$177k	$177k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
282	Butter	RTWC	$176k	$105k	59.8%	$70.7k	40.2%
283	The House I Live In	Abr.	$172k	$172k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
284	Kill List	IFC	$172k	$29.1k	16.9%	$143k	83.1%
285	Flying Swords of Dragon Gate	IM	$170k	$170k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
286	Joker	UTV	$169k	$169k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
287	Dark Horse	BM&DH	$166k	$166k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
288	Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi	Eros	$156k	$156k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
289	Chakravyuh	Eros	$152k	$152k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
290	Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana	UTV	$144k	$144k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
291	Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale	WGUSA	$136k	$136k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
292	Toys in the Attic	Hann.	$126k	$64.9k	51.3%	$61.6k	48.7%
293	Turn Me On, Dammit!	NYer	$126k	$126k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
294	The Loneliest Planet	IFC	$123k	$123k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
295	Forgiveness of Blood	IFC	$123k	$123k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
296	God Bless America	Magn.	$123k	$123k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
297	Bullet Vanishes	CL	$118k	$118k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
298	The Woman in the Fifth	ATO	$114k	$114k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
299	The Magic of Belle Isle	Magn.	$102k	$102k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
300	Oslo, August 31st	Strand	$101k	$101k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
301	Wuthering Heights (2012)	Osci.	$101k	$101k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
302	Mugamoodi	UTV	$101k	$101k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
303	V/H/S	Magn.	$100k	$100k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
304	Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present	MBox	$86.6k	$86.6k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
305	The Eye of the Storm	SEG	$83.6k	$83.6k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
306	The Innkeepers	Magn.	$78.4k	$78.4k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
307	The Island President	Gold.	$76.4k	$76.4k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
308	This is Not a Film	PalT	$75.5k	$75.5k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
309	5 Broken Cameras	KL	$74.6k	$74.6k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
310	Detachment	Trib.	$72.7k	$72.7k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
311	The Green Wave	RF	$70.1k	n/a	0.0%	$70.1k	100.0%
312	Attenberg	Strand	$70.0k	$24.0k	34.4%	$45.9k	65.6%
313	Goodbye First Love	IFC	$64.9k	$64.9k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
314	Girlfriend Boyfriend - GF BF	CL	$64.4k	$64.4k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
315	Vulgaria	CL	$59.1k	$59.1k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
316	Wagner & Me	FRun	$59.0k	$17.9k	30.4%	$41.0k	69.6%
317	The Turin Horse	CGld	$56.1k	$56.1k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
318	Jodi Breakers	Yash	$52.6k	$52.6k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
319	Painted Skin: The Resurrection	WGUSA	$50.4k	$50.4k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
320	All's Well, End's Well (2012)	CL	$47.9k	$47.9k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
321	Double Trouble	CL	$44.8k	$44.8k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
322	The Fairy	KL	$38.4k	$38.4k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
323	Hit So Hard	Vari.	$34.0k	$34.0k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
324	North Sea Texas	Strand	$32.9k	$16.3k	49.3%	$16.7k	50.7%
325	Kalakalappu@Masala Cafe	UTV	$30.9k	$30.9k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
326	The Bay	RAtt.	$30.7k	$30.7k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
327	You've Been Trumped	ICir	$29.3k	$29.3k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
328	Here (2012)	Strand	$26.7k	$26.7k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
329	Bonsai	Strand	$21.3k	$21.3k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
330	Lay the Favorite	RTWC	$21.0k	$21.0k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
331	The Day	Anch.	$21.0k	$21.0k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
332	Lovely Molly	Imag.	$18.5k	$18.5k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
333	Juan of the Dead	Outs	$18.0k	$18.0k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
334	4:44: Last Day on Earth	IFC	$17.8k	$17.8k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
335	Little Birds	MNE	$17.7k	$17.7k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
336	Return (2012)	Da.	$16.1k	$16.1k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
337	Patience (After Sebald)	CGld	$15.9k	$15.9k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
338	Alps	KL	$15.1k	$15.1k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
339	Reuniting the Rubins	Mont.	$13.6k	$13.6k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
340	Cirkus Columbia	Strand	$13.0k	$3.5k	26.6%	$9.5k	73.4%
341	Grassroots	Gold.	$12.4k	$12.4k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
342	Husbands in Goa	UTV	$10.1k	$10.1k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
343	Starry Starry Night	CL	$10.0k	$10.0k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
344	Corpo Celeste	FM	$8.9k	$8.9k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
345	Dreams of a Life	Strand	$8.4k	$8.4k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
346	Sleepless Night	Trib.	$3.4k	$3.4k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
347	ATM	IFC	$3.0k	$3.0k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
348	Perfect Sense	IFC	$3.0k	$3.0k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
349	The Decoy Bride	IFC	$0.8k	$0.8k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
350	Cheerful Weather for the Wedding	IFC	$0.7k	$0.7k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%
351	Death of a Superhero	Trib.	$0.6k	$0.6k	100.0%	n/a	0.0%

* Studio is the domestic distributor. Movies must be released in the US for the year specified to qualify for this chart.

Links Used:
http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=worldwide&yr=2012&p=.htm
http://money.cnn.com/2002/03/08/smbusiness/q_movies/
http://freebies2deals.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/freebies2dealsmovietickets1.jpg