2012 Movies

Mark Ruffalo(The Hulk) and Robert Downey, Jr.(Iron Man) in The Avengers
Mark Ruffalo(The Hulk) and Robert Downey, Jr.(Iron Man) in The Avengers

Want to know the best 2012 Movies?  How about the worst 2012 Movies?  Curious about 2012 Movies did at the box office or which 2012 Movies picked up the most Oscar® nominations and Oscar® wins? Need to know which 2012 Movies movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.

So what will you find on this page? …You get lots of great stats on 2012 movies. There will be many tables of information in this page.  In the following table you can sort the movies any way you want.  Want to know the Top Domestic Box Office Hit of 2012?  Sort by the 4th column and you will see The Avengers in first place.  Want to know the Top Worldwide Box Office Hit of 2012? Sort the movies by the 5th column and you will see The Avengers in first place and Skyfall in 2nd place.  Want to know which movies got the best and worst reviews of the year?  Sort column 6 and you will see Moonrise Kingdom (Finding Nemo 3D does not count) at the top and The Devil Inside at the bottom.  Sort column 7 to see which movies got the most Oscar® nominations and wins.  In other words there are lots of ways to look at all of these 2012 movies.

This was the 2nd year that I have been keeping track of the major movie releases.  In 2011, The Help ended up as the highest rated movie of the year.  In 2013, Gravity ended up as the highest rated movie of the year.  In 2014 American Sniper ended up being the top movie of the year.  So to find out the top movie of 2012…you have to check out the massive following table.  Using the sort buttons and search button make it very easy to navigate the table.  Also realize that a movie maxes out the points in the box office category when it reaches $200 million.

Bryan Cranston and Ben Affleck in Argo...won the Best Picture Oscar and is our movie of the year too!
Bryan Cranston and Ben Affleck in Argo…won the Best Picture Oscar and is our movie of the year too!

2012 Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table

The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.

  • Sort 2012 Movies by the star or stars of the 2012 Movies listed in table
  • Sort 2012 Movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses (in millions)
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  • Sort by how 2012 Movies were received by critics and audiences.  60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
  • Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each 2012 Movies received.
  • Sort 2012 Movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
Bruce Willis in Looper....my favorite movie of 2012
Bruce Willis in Looper….my favorite movie of 2012

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54 thoughts on “2012 Movies”

  1. The Dark Knight Rises was great I liked the dark aspect of the film and the way Nolan decided to end it. As someone who read the books, I felt that the Hunger Games was good, but could have used a director like Nolan. I think they took a family friendly approach to the movie rather then staying true to the darker nature of the book. I have yet to see Moonrise Kingdom, but am looking forward to it. The story looks unique and visually appealing. Add to that a star studded cast and how can it not live up to my expectations.

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    1. Hey Film Fanatic603. Interesting thoughts on The Dark Knight and Hunger Games….I image Nolan would make the Hunger Games much much darker. I wonder which direction Nolan will go in now….but I am sure it will be an interesting movie. As for Moonrise Kingdom….it is a very quirky movie….but I loved it…..easily the best of Wes Anderson movie….and Bruce Willis and Bill Murray are outstanding….it is fun seeming the two actors acting together. Thanks for stopping by.

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  2. I had to laugh when I saw your list of worst reviewed movies of the year. There are great movies and there are also the dudds 🙂 Your movie page just reminded me I want to see Avengers! I am unsure whether I will go see Dark Knight, seeing mixed reviews.

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    1. Hey ChristyWrites….glad my 5 worst reviewed movies part of my hub got some laughs. I highly recommend The Avengers….I would say the best two movies of the year are The Avengers and Moonrise Kingdom….two movies that are drastically different from each other…but I really liked both. I think the best way to describe the Dark Knight Rises…a good movie but not a fun movie to watch. Thanks for stopping by.

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  3. Great page! Love the fact that all the movies are listed right here, I don’t have to go searching for, what to watch, any more 🙂

    So, I am wondering what is your formula for ranking the movies? Is there a hub about it, or is it a secret? LOL….. I see that you ranked ParaNorman, for example… not that I liked the movie, way down, and the critics ranked it #5 !

    Enjoyed it, thanks for the info. Voting up and awesome…. Not that you need it :))

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    1. Hey LaThing…nope it is not a secret…I have attached the Movie Card for ParaNorman…it is right above the comments.

      My scoring system is based on the following %s.

      Critic/Audience rating = 33%

      Box Office Gross = 33%

      Opening Weekend Rank = 3%

      Top 5 and Top 10 weeks = 8%

      Awards and Nominations = 22%

      So for ParaNorman

      It got a Critic/Rating of 82% = 26.99 points

      Current Box Office is 40.32 million = 6.58 points

      It opened in 3rd place at the box office = 1 point

      It has been in the Top 5/Top 10 for 3 weeks = 3.13 points

      Awards get announced in December and January so it could, though unlikely, pick up another 22 points.

      Other rules…once a movie crosses 200 million at the box office…it maxes out the category…..so a movie like The Avengers only gets 33 points no matter how much its box office run goes over 200 million….typically about 10 movies a year max out the points.

      The critic/audience rating comes from places like RottenTomatoes, IMDB, Metacritic, Fandango, Yahoo, Roger Ebert and Leonard Maltin….put them all together and get the average.

      I hope you can read the attached score card…it is small print…..but it lists the amount of points earned in one column and the amount of points in could have earned in another column.

      Hope that helps explain….I think it works pretty well….it has been adjusted numerous times but I currently like this formula.

      Thanks for asking….it has been many moons since somebody asked.

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  4. Hi Cogerson,

    know what’s funny? You notice the number and sometimes there are remakes of remakes, like Spiderman?

    I know lots of people complain about remakes, but people still spend the money and watch them. Now imagine, if people stop going to see them, then they wouldn’t be made.

    I was kind of please though, about the Karate Kid with Jackie Chan, it had a pleasant story, that the whole family can watch and I love the original.

    What people don’t understand, why Jackie did the film. He wanted to pay homage to Pat Morita and like any actor, if they were to play something along the lines of Redford, Pacino, DeNiro and others, they would do.

    So in his own way, Jackie wanted to do in his own way, pay homage to Pat.

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    1. Hey Shelly …you make good points about remakes….and Hollywood is always offering up new ones all the time…..this summer gave us Total Recall….which cost a future to produce but flopped at the box office…a few summers ago Jackie Chan gave us the new Karate Kid and it was a monster hit….I am surprised they have not made a sequel yet. Interesting about Jackie and Pat Morita….thanks for the visit and the comment they are both greatly appreciated.

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  5. Eastwood’s new movie fell at the starting post Bruce? That whole talking to a chair fiasco put people off? What do you think?

    The new Judge Dredd movie has fizzled at the box office, ironic if it doesn’t gross as much as Stallone’s much slated 1995 version.

    Looking forward to seeing lovely Milla’s latest slo-mo 3D acrobatics zombie slaying movie on Blu-ray next year

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    1. Hey Steve…I am betting when the final numbers come out today….Clint will have the number one spot….as I think End of Watch and House Somewhere On A Street will drop below 13 million and Trouble With The Curve will get close to 13 million. But it is still a disappointing opening for possibly his last movie….he is 82.

      So was the reason for the soft opening….his Obama chair speech or the fact that is core audience is already dead or can not get to movies….I am a huge Clint fan but going to the movie was not even an option.

      Dredd3D got really good reviews….so I was surprised it did so poorly….but rest assured Milla will be making many more Resident Evil movies…..as it is very popular overseas were it makes a ton of money….thanks for the return visit to one of my most popular pages…it is closing in on 5K.

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