The following tables list films that are in production or have completed production and will be released at some point in 2012. Most notably, Paramount Pictures and Universal Pictures will be celebrating their 100th anniversaries. Dr. No, the first film in the James Bond series (the second highest-grossing film series), will celebrate its 50th anniversary in a year that will see the release of the 23rd film in the series, Skyfall. Beauty and the Beast, Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, Titanic, and Finding Nemo are four box office-hit films that will all be re-released in 3-D.
The top ten films of 2012, by worldwide gross in US dollars, as well as the US, Canada, UK, and Australia grosses, are as follows:
₪ - Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release
W - Wide release in the United States
L - Limited release in the United States
R - Re-release in the United States
| Opening |
Title |
Studio |
Cast and crew |
Genre |
Medium |
Ref. |
J
A
N
U
A
R
Y |
6 |
W |
The Devil Inside |
Paramount Pictures |
William Brent Bell (director/screenplay); Matthew Peterman (screenplay); Fernanda Andrade, Isabella Rossi, Simon Quarterman, Evan Helmuth, Ionut Grama, Suzan Crowley, Bonnie Morgan, Brian Johnson, Preston James Hillier, D.T. Carney |
Horror |
Live action |
[3]
|
| 13 |
W |
Contraband |
Universal Pictures |
Baltasar Kormakur (director); Aaron Guzikowski (screenplay); Mark Wahlberg, Kate Beckinsale, Ben Foster, Giovanni Ribisi, Caleb Landry Jones, Lukas Haas, Diego Luna, J.K. Simmons |
Action |
Live action |
[4]
|
| Joyful Noise |
Warner Bros. |
Todd Graff (director/screenplay); Queen Latifah, Dolly Parton, Keke Palmer, Jeremy Jordan, Courtney B. Vance, Kris Kristofferson |
Comedy, Musical |
Live action |
[5]
|
| R |
Beauty and the Beast 3D |
Walt Disney Pictures / Walt Disney Animation Studios |
Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise (directors); Linda Woolverton (screenplay); Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson, Richard White, Jerry Orbach, David Ogden Stiers, Angela Lansbury, Bradley Pierce, Rex Everhart, Jesse Corti, Hal Smith, Jo Anne Worley |
Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance |
Animation |
[6]
|
| 20 |
W |
Haywire |
Relativity Media |
Steven Soderbergh (director); Lem Dobbs (screenplay); Gina Carano, Ewan McGregor, Antonio Banderas, Channing Tatum, Michael Fassbender, Bill Paxton, Michael Douglas, Michael Angarano |
Action |
Live action |
[7]
|
| Red Tails |
20th Century Fox / Lucasfilm |
Anthony Hemingway (director); John Ridley (screenplay); Cuba Gooding Jr., Terrance Howard, Bryan Cranston, Nate Parker, David Oyelowo, Tristan Wilds, Cliff Smith, Kevin Phillips, Rick Otto, Lee Tergesen, Andre Royo, Ne-Yo, Elijah Kelley, Marcus T. Paulk, Leslie Odom Jr., Michael B. Jordan, Jazmine Sullivan, Edwina Finley, Daniela Ruah, Stacie Davis, Gerald McRaney |
Action, War |
Live action |
[8]
|
| Underworld: Awakening |
Screen Gems |
Mans Marlind, Bjorn Stein (directors); Len Wiseman, John Hlavin, Allison Burnett, J. Michael Straczynski (screenplay); Kate Beckinsale, India Eisley, Michael Ealy, Stephen Rea, Theo James, Charles Dance |
Action, Horror |
Live action |
[9]
|
| L |
Coriolanus |
The Weinstein Company |
Ralph Fiennes (director); John Logan (screenplay); Ralph Fiennes, Gerard Butler, Vanessa Redgrave, Brian Cox, Jessica Chastain, James Nesbitt |
Thriller |
Live action |
[10]
|
| Miss Bala |
20th Century Fox |
Gerardo Naranjo (director/screenplay); Mauricio Katz (screenplay); Stephanie Sigman, Irene Azuela, Miguel Couturier, Gabriel Heads, Noe Hernandez, James Russo, Jose Yenque |
Action, Drama |
Live action |
[11]
|
| 27 |
W |
The Grey |
Open Road Films |
Joe Carnahan (director/screenplay); Ian MacKenzie Jeffers (screenplay); Liam Neeson, Frank Grillo, Dermot Mulroney, Dallas Roberts, Joe Anderson, James Badge Dale, Nonso Anozie |
Action |
Live action |
[12]
|
| Man on a Ledge |
Summit Entertainment |
Asger Leth (director); Pablo Fenjves, Erich Hoeber, Jon Hoeber (screenplay); Sam Worthington, Elizabeth Banks, Jamie Bell, Anthony Mackie, Ed Harris, Edward Burns, Titus Welliver, Génesis Rodríguez, Kyra Sedgwick |
Crime |
Live action |
[13]
|
| One for the Money |
Lionsgate |
Julie Anne Robinson (director); Karen Ray, Stacy Sherman, Liz Brixius (screenplay); Katherine Heigl, Jason O'Mara, Daniel Sunjata, John Leguizamo, Debbie Reynolds, Debra Monk |
Action, Comedy |
Live action |
[14]
|
F
E
B
R
U
A
R
Y |
3 |
W |
Big Miracle |
Universal Pictures |
Ken Kwapis (director); Jack Amiel, Michael Begler (screenplay); John Krasinski, Drew Barrymore, Kristen Bell, Tim Blake Nelson, Dermot Mulroney, Ted Danson |
Drama, Adventure, Family |
Live action |
[15]
|
| Chronicle |
20th Century Fox |
Josh Trank (director/screenplay); Max Landis (screenplay); Dane DeHaan, Michael B. Jordan, Alex Russell, Michael Kelly |
Action, Sci-Fi |
Live action |
[16]
|
| The Woman in Black |
CBS Films |
James Watkins (director); Jane Goldman (screenplay); Daniel Radcliffe, Ciarán Hinds, Janet McTeer, Liz White, Alisa Khazanova, Tim McMullan, Roger Allam, Daniel Cerqueira, Shaun Dooley, Mary Stockley, Cathy Sara, David Burke, Victor McGuire, Lucy May Barker |
Horror |
Live action |
[17]
|
| L |
W.E. |
The Weinstein Company |
Madonna (director/screenplay); Alex Keshishian (screenplay); Abbie Cornish, Oscar Isaac, James D'Arcy, Andrea Riseborough, Natalie Dormer, Richard Coyle, James Fox, Laurence Fox |
Drama, Romance |
Live action |
[18]
|
| 10 |
W |
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island |
Warner Bros. / New Line Cinema / Walden Media |
Brad Peyton (director); Mark Gunn, Brian Gunn (screenplay); Dwayne Johnson, Michael Caine, Josh Hutcherson, Vanessa Hudgens, Luis Guzman, Kristen Davis |
Adventure, Family |
Live action |
[19]
|
| Safe House |
Universal Pictures |
Daniel Espinosa (director); David Guggenheim (screenplay); Denzel Washington, Ryan Reynolds, Sam Shepard, Robert Patrick, Liam Cunningham, Brendon Gleeson, Vera Farmiga, Fares Fares, Nora Arnezeder, Joel Kinnaman, Rubén Blades |
Action |
Live action |
[20]
|
| The Vow |
Screen Gems |
Michael Sucsy (director); Abby Kohn, Marc Silverstein, Jason Katims (screenplay); Rachel McAdams, Channing Tatum, Scott Speedman, Jessica Lange, Sam Neill |
Drama, Romance |
Live action |
[21]
|
| R |
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace 3D |
20th Century Fox / Lucasfilm |
George Lucas (director/screenplay); Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Jake Lloyd, Ahmed Best, Pernilla August, Ian McDiarmid, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Frank Oz, Ray Park |
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi |
Live action |
[22]
|
| 17 |
W |
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance |
Columbia Pictures / Marvel Knights |
Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor (directors); Scott Dimple, Seth Hoffman, David Goyer (screenplay); Nicolas Cage, Idris Elba, Fergus Riordan, Ciarán Hinds, Violante Placido, Johnny Whitworth |
Action, Adventure |
Live action |
[23]
|
| The Secret World of Arrietty |
Walt Disney Pictures / Studio Ghibli |
Gary Rydstrom (director); Karey Kirkpatrick (screenplay); Will Arnett, Amy Poehler, Carol Burnett, Bridgit Mendler, David Henrie, Moises Arias |
Adventure, Fantasy, Family |
Animation |
[24]
|
| This Means War |
20th Century Fox |
McG (director); Timothy Dowling, Simon Kinberg (screenplay); Tom Hardy, Chris Pine, Reese Witherspoon, Chelsea Handler, Til Schweiger, Abigail Spencer |
Action, Adventure, Comedy |
Live action |
[25]
|
| L |
Undefeated |
The Weinstein Company |
Dan Lindsay, T.J. Martin (directors) |
Documentary |
Live action |
[26]
|
| 24 |
W |
Act of Valor |
Relativity Media |
"Mouse" McCoy, Scott Waugh (directors); Kurt Johnstad (screenplay); Active Duty Navy SEALs, Roselyn Sánchez, Alex Veadov, Jason Cottle, Nester Serrano |
Action |
Live action |
[27]
|
| Gone |
Summit Entertainment |
Heitor Dhalia (director); Allison Burnett (screenplay); Amanda Seyfried, Jennifer Carpenter, Sebastian Stan, Wes Bentley, Michael Pare |
Thriller |
Live action |
[28]
|
| Good Deeds |
Lionsgate |
Tyler Perry (director/screenplay); Tyler Perry, Thandie Newton, Rebecca Romijn, Brian J. White, Jamie Kennedy, Eddie Cibrian, Jordenn Thompson, Beverly Johnson, Phylicia Rashad, Gabrielle Union |
Romance, Drama, Comedy |
Live action |
[29]
|
| Wanderlust |
Universal Pictures |
David Wain (director/screenplay); Ken Marino (screenplay); Paul Rudd, Jennifer Aniston, Malin Akerman, Justin Theroux, Ken Marino, Lauren Ambrose, Joe Lo Truglio, Kerri Kenney-Silver, Kathryn Hahn, Alan Alda |
Comedy |
Live action |
[30]
|
M
A
R
C
H |
2 |
W |
Dr. Seuss' The Lorax |
Universal Pictures / Illumination Entertainment |
Chris Renaud, Kyle Balda (directors) Cinco Paul, Ken Daurio (screenplay); Danny DeVito, Zac Efron, Taylor Swift, Ed Helms, Rob Riggle, Betty White, Jenny Slate |
Adventure, Fantasy, Family |
Animation |
[31]
|
| Project X |
Warner Bros. |
Nima Nourizadeh (director); Matt Drake, Michael Bacall (screenplay); Miles Teller, Oliver Cooper, Jonathan Daniel Brown, Kirby Bliss Blanton, Thomas Mann, Alexis Knapp |
Comedy |
Live action |
[32]
|
| L |
Being Flynn |
Focus Features |
Paul Weitz (director/screenplay); Robert De Niro, Paul Dano, Olivia Thirlby, Lili Taylor, Wes Studi, Julianne Moore |
Comedy, Drama |
Live action |
[33]
|
| 9 |
W |
A Thousand Words |
Paramount Pictures / DreamWorks Pictures |
Brian Robbins (director); Steven Koren (screenplay); Eddie Murphy, Clark Duke, Kerry Washington, Justina Machado |
Comedy |
Live action |
[34]
|
| John Carter |
Walt Disney Pictures |
Andrew Stanton (director/screenplay); Mark Andrews, Michael Chabon (screenplay); Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Samantha Morton, Mark Strong, Willem Dafoe, Ciarán Hinds, Thomas Haden Church, Dominic West, James Purefoy, Daryl Sabara, Polly Walker, Bryan Cranston |
Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure |
Live action |
[35]
|
| Salmon Fishing in the Yemen |
CBS Films / Lionsgate |
Lasse Hallström (director); Simon Beaufoy (screenplay); Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt, Kristin Scott Thomas, Amr Waked |
Comedy, Drama |
Live action |
[36]
|
| Silent House |
Open Road Films |
Chris Kentis (director); Laura Lau (director/screenplay); Elizabeth Olsen, Adam Trese, Eric Sheffer Stevens, Julia Taylor Ross, Haley Murphy, Adam Barnett |
Horror, Thriller |
Live action |
[37]
|
| 16 |
W |
21 Jump Street |
Columbia Pictures / MGM |
Phil Lord, Chris Miller (directors/screenplay); Michael Bacall (screenplay); Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Ice Cube, Brie Larson, Rob Riggle, DeRay Davis, Dave Franco, Jake Johnson, Johnny Simmons, Johnny Pemberton, Dakota Johnson, Ellie Kemper, Johnny Depp |
Action, Comedy |
Live action |
[38]
|
| L |
Jeff Who Lives at Home |
Paramount Vantage |
Mark Duplass, Jay Duplass (directors/screenplay); Jason Segel, Ed Helms, Judy Greer, Susan Sarandon, Evan Ross |
Comedy |
Live action |
[39]
|
| Casa de mi Padre |
Pantelion Films |
Matt Piedmont (director); Will Ferrell, Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna, Nick Offerman, Génesis Rodríguez, Efren Ramirez, Adrian Martinez, Pedro Armendáriz Jr. |
Action, Comedy |
Live action |
[40]
|
| 23 |
W |
The Hunger Games |
Lionsgate |
Gary Ross (director/screenplay); Suzanne Collins, Billy Ray (screenplay); Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Wes Bentley, Elizabeth Banks, Amandla Stenberg, Stanley Tucci, Woody Harrelson, Lenny Kravitz, Toby Jones, Donald Sutherland, Alexander Ludwig, Isabelle Fuhrman |
Action, Sci-Fi |
Live action |
[41]
|
| L |
October Baby |
American Family Studios / Samuel Goldwyn Films / Provident Films |
Andrew Erwin, Jon Erwin (directors); Rachel Hendrix, Jason Burkey, Jasmine Guy, John Schneider |
Drama |
Live action |
[42]
|
| The Raid: Redemption |
Sony Pictures Classics |
Gareth Evans (director/screenplay); Iko Uwais, Ray Sahetapy, Joe Taslim, Donny Alamsyah, Yayan Ruhian |
Action |
Live action |
[43]
|
| 30 |
W |
Mirror Mirror |
Relativity Media |
Tarsem Singh (director); Jason Keller, Melisa Wallack (screenplay); Lily Collins, Julia Roberts, Armie Hammer, Nathan Lane, Robert Emms, Mare Winningham, Michael Lerner, Mark Povinelli, Jordan Prentice, Danny Woodburn, Sebastian Saraceno, Ronald Lee Clark, Martin Klebba, Joey Gnoffo, Sean Bean |
Comedy |
Live action |
[44]
|
| Wrath of the Titans |
Warner Bros. |
Jonathan Liebesman (director); Dan Mazeau, David Leslie Johnson (screenplay); Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Edgar Ramirez, Rosamund Pike, Danny Huston, Bill Nighy, Toby Kebbell |
Action, Adventure, Fantasy |
Live action |
[45]
|
| L |
Bully |
The Weinstein Company |
Lee Hirsch (director); |
Documentary |
Live action |
[46]
|
| The Deep Blue Sea |
Music Box Films |
Terence Davies (director/screenplay); Rachel Weisz, Tom Hiddleston, Simon Russell Beale, Ann Mitchell, Harry Hadden-Paton, Sarah Kants, Jolyon Coy |
Drama, Romance |
Live action |
[47]
|
‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release
| Opening |
Title |
Studio |
Cast and crew |
Genre |
Medium |
Ref. |
A
P
R
I
L |
4 |
Titanic 3D |
Paramount Pictures / 20th Century Fox |
James Cameron (director/screenplay); Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, Francis Fisher, Gloria Stuart, Bill Paxton, Bernard Hill, David Warner, Victor Garber, Jonathan Hyde, Eric Braeden, Bernard Fox, Suzy Amis |
Adventure, Drama |
Live action |
[48]
|
| 6 |
American Reunion |
Universal Pictures |
Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg (directors/screenplay); Alyson Hannigan, Seann William Scott, Tara Reid, Jason Biggs, Eugene Levy, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Chris Klein, Mena Suvari, Jennifer Coolidge, Natasha Lyonne, Eddie Kaye Thomas |
Comedy |
Live action |
[49]
|
| The Cold Light of Day |
Summit Entertainment |
Mabrouk El Mechri (director); John Petro, Scott Wiper (screenplay); Henry Cavill, Bruce Willis, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Echegui |
Action |
Live action |
[50]
|
| Damsels in Distress |
Sony Pictures Classics |
Whit Stillman (director/screenplay); Greta Gerwig, Adam Brody, Analeigh Tipton, Megalyn Echikunwoke, Carrie MacLemore, Hugo Becker, Billy Magnussen, Ryan Metcalf, Jermaine Crawford, Aubrey Plaza |
Comedy |
Live action |
[51]
|
| 13 |
The Three Stooges |
20th Century Fox |
Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly (directors/screenplay); Mike Cerrone (screenplay); Chris Diamantopoulos, Will Sasso, Sean Hayes, Jane Lynch, Larry David, Stephen Collins, Sofía Vergara, Jennifer Hudson |
Comedy |
Live action |
[52]
|
| The Cabin in the Woods |
Lionsgate |
Drew Goddard (director/screenplay); Joss Whedon (screenplay); Richard Jenkins, Bradley Whitford, Jesse Williams, Chris Hemsworth, Kristen Connolly, Anna Hutchison, Fran Kranz |
Horror |
Live action |
[53]
|
| Movie 43 |
Relativity Media |
Patrik Forsberg (director/screenplay); Elizabeth Banks, Steven Brill, Steve Carr, James Duffy, Griffin Dunne, Peter Farrelly, James Gunn, Bob Odenkirk, Brett Ratner (directors); Steve Baker, Rocky Russo, Jeremy Sosenko (screenplay); Johnny Knoxville, Gerald Butler, Anna Faris, Seann William Scott, Hugh Jackman, Richard Gere, Uma Thurman, Emma Stone, Naomi Watts, Kate Bosworth, Kate Winslet, Liev Schreiber, Elizabeth Banks, Justin Long, Kristen Bell, Patrick Warburton, Josh Duhamel, Jason Sudeikis, Chloe Grace Moretz, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Jack McBrayer, Kieran Culkin, Chris Pratt, Leslie Bibb, Jimmy Bennett, Tony Shalhoub, Aasif Mandvi, Bobby Cannavale |
Comedy |
Live action |
[54]
|
| 20 |
Chimpanzee |
Disneynature |
Alastair Fothergill, Mark Linfield (directors) |
Nature documentary |
Live action |
[55]
|
| Darling Companion |
Sony Pictures Classics |
Lawrence Kasdan (director/screenplay); Meg Kasdan (screenplay); Kevin Kline, Diane Keaton, Richard Jenkins, Elisabeth Moss, Mark Duplass, Dianne Wiest, Sam Shepard |
Drama |
Live action |
[56] |
| The Lucky One |
Warner Bros. |
Scott Hicks (director); Will Fetters (screenplay); Zac Efron, Taylor Schilling, Blythe Danner |
Drama |
Live action |
[57]
|
| Lockout |
FilmDistrict / Open Road Films |
James Mather, Stephen St.Leger (director/screenplay); Guy Pearce, Maggie Grace, Peter Stormare, Lennie James, Vincent Regan, Tim Plester, Anne-Solenne Hatte, Yan Dron, Patrick Cauderlier, Milorad Kapor, Bojan Peric, Mark Tankersley |
Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller |
Live action |
[58]
|
| Think Like a Man |
Screen Gems |
Tim Story (director); Keith Merryman, David A. Newman (screenplay); Kevin Hart, Michael Ealy, Taraji P. Henson, Jerry Ferrara, Meagan Good, Regina Hall, Terrence J, Jenifer Lewis, Romany Malco, Gary Owen, Gabrielle Union |
Comedy, Romance |
Live action |
[59]
|
| To The Arctic 3D |
Warner Bros. |
Greg MacGillivray (director); Meryl Streep |
Documentary |
Live action |
[60]
|
| 27 |
Bernie |
Millennium Entertainment |
Richard Linklater (director/screenplay); Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine, Matthew McConaughey, Rip Torn |
Comedy |
Live action |
[61]
|
| The Five-Year Engagement |
Universal Pictures |
Nicholas Stoller (director/screenplay); Jason Segel (screenplay); Jason Segel, Emily Blunt, Chris Pratt, Alison Brie, Rhys Ifans |
Comedy |
Live action |
[62]
|
| The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists |
Columbia Pictures / Sony Pictures Animation / Aardman Animations |
Peter Lord (director); Gideon Defoe (screenplay); Hugh Grant, Martin Freeman, David Tennant, Imelda Staunton, Jeremy Piven |
Family |
Animation |
[63]
|
| The Raven |
Relativity Media |
James McTeigue (director); Ben Livingston, Hannah Shakespeare (screenplay); John Cusack, Alice Eve, Luke Evans, Brendan Gleeson, Oliver Jackson-Cohen |
Thriller |
Live action |
[64]
|
| Safe |
Lionsgate |
Boaz Yakin (director/screenplay); Jason Statham, Catherine Chan, Chris Sarandon, Anson Mount, Robert John Burke |
Action |
Live action |
[65]
|
M
A
Y |
4 |
The Avengers |
Walt Disney Pictures / Marvel Studios |
Joss Whedon (director/screenplay); Chris Evans, Robert Downey, Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Mark Ruffalo, Tom Hiddleston, Stellan Skarsgård |
Action, Adventure |
Live action |
[66]
|
| The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel |
Fox Searchlight Pictures |
John Madden (director); Ol Parker (screenplay); Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Dev Patel, Tom Wilkinson, Maggie Smith, Penelope Wilton, Ronald Pickup, Celia Imrie |
Comedy, Drama |
Live action |
[67]
|
| LOL |
Lionsgate |
Lisa Azuelos-Alessandrin (director/screenplay); Karim Ainouz (screenplay); Miley Cyrus, Demi Moore, Ashley Greene, Adam Sevani, Douglas Booth, George Finn, Ashley Hinshaw, Lina Esco, Tanz Watson, Thomas Jane, Jay Hernandez, Marlo Thomas, Austin Nichols, Gina Gershon, Fisher Stevens, Nora Dunn |
Comedy, Drama |
Live action |
[68]
|
| 11 |
Dark Shadows |
Warner Bros. |
Tim Burton (director); Seth Grahame-Smith (screenplay); Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Helena Bonham Carter, Eva Green, Jackie Earle Haley, Bella Heathcote, Chloe Grace Moretz, Jonny Lee Miller, Gulliver McGrath |
Horror, Thriller |
Live action |
[69]
|
| The Dictator |
Paramount Pictures |
Larry Charles (director); Sacha Baron Cohen, Alec Berg, Jeff Schaffer, David Mandel (screenplay); Sacha Baron Cohen, Ben Kingsley, Anna Faris, Megan Fox, John C. Reilly, J.B. Smoove |
Comedy |
Live action |
[70]
|
| Where Do We Go Now? |
Sony Pictures Classics |
Nadine Labaki (director/screenplay); Nadine Labaki, Leyla Fouad, Claude Msawbaa, Antoinette El-Noufarily |
Drama |
Live action |
[71]
|
| 18 |
Battleship |
Universal Pictures |
Peter Berg (director); Jon Hoeber, Erich Hoeber (screenplay); Alexander Skarsgård, Taylor Kitsch, Brooklyn Decker, Rihanna, Liam Neeson, Asano Tadanobu |
Action, Adventure |
Live action |
[72]
|
| What to Expect When You're Expecting |
Lionsgate |
Kirk Jones (director); Heather Hach, Shauna Cross (screenplay); Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Lopez, Brooklyn Decker, Elizabeth Banks, Anna Kendrick, Chace Crawford, Matthew Morrison, Dennis Quaid, Chris Rock, Rodrigo Santoro, Ben Falcone, Joe Manganiello, Thomas Lennon Cheryl Cole |
Comedy, Romance |
Live action |
[73]
|
| 25 |
Chernobyl Diaries |
Warner Bros. Pictures |
Brad Parker (director); Oren Peli, Carey Van Dyke, Steve Van Dyke (screenplay); Jonathan Sadowski, Devin Kelley, Jesse McCartney, Olivia Taylor Dudley, Nathan Phillips, Ingrid Bolso Berdal, Dmitri Diatchenko |
Horror, Thriller |
Live action |
[74]
|
| Men in Black 3 |
Columbia Pictures / Amblin Entertainment |
Barry Sonnenfeld (director); Etan Cohen (screenplay); Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Emma Thompson, Josh Brolin, Nicole Scherzinger, Jemaine Clement, Alice Eve, Michael Stuhlbarg |
Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi |
Live action |
[75]
|
| Moonrise Kingdom |
Focus Features |
Wes Anderson (director/screenplay); Roman Coppola (screenplay); Jared Gilman, Kara Hayward, Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Frances McDormand, Jason Schwartzman, Tilda Swinton, Harvey Keitel |
Drama |
Live action |
[76]
|
J
U
N
E |
1 |
Snow White & the Huntsman |
Universal Pictures |
Rupert Sanders (director); Evan Daugherty, Evan Spiliotopoulos, Hossein Amini, John Lee Hancock, Jez Butterworth (screenplay); Kristen Stewart, Charlize Theron, Sam Claflin, Chris Hemsworth, Ian McShane, Bob Hoskins, Eddie Izzard, Toby Jones, Eddie Marsan, Stephen Graham, Ray Winstone, Lily Cole, Sam Spruell, Liberty Ross, Noah Huntley, Nick Frost |
Action, Adventure |
Live action |
[77]
|
| 8 |
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted |
Paramount Pictures / DreamWorks Animation |
Eric Darnell, Conrad Vernon (directors); Noah Baumbach (screenplay); Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Frances McDormand, Sacha Baron Cohen, Cedric the Entertainer, Andy Richter, Bryan Cranston, Jessica Chastain, Martin Short |
Comedy, Family |
Animation |
[78]
|
| Prometheus |
20th Century Fox |
Ridley Scott (director); Damon Lindelof, John Spaihts (screenplay); Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Guy Pearce, Charlize Theron, Idris Elba, Logan Marshall-Green |
Action, Horror, Sci-Fi |
Live action |
[79]
|
| Safety Not Guaranteed |
FilmDistrict |
Colin Trevorrow (director/screenplay); Derek Connolly (screenplay); Aubrey Plaza, Mark Duplass, Jake Johnson, Kristen Bell, Jenica Bergere, Jeff Garlin, Karan Soni, Lynn Shelton, Mary Lynn Rajskub |
Comedy |
Live action |
[80]
|
| 15 |
Rock of Ages |
Warner Bros. / New Line Cinema |
Adam Shankman (director); Justin Theroux, Allan Loeb, Chris D'Arienzo (screenplay); Tom Cruise, Mary J. Blige, Julianne Hough, Alec Baldwin, Paul Giamatti, Russell Brand, Diego Boneta, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Bryan Cranston, Malin Akerman |
Rock Musical |
Live action |
[81]
|
| That's My Boy |
Columbia Pictures |
Sean Anders (director); David H. Caspe (screenplay); Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Leighton Meester, Eva Amurri, Susan Sarandon, James Caan, Milo Ventimiglia, Will Forte, Colin Quinn, Todd Bridges, Vanilla Ice, Ian Ziering |
Comedy |
Live action |
[82]
|
| 22 |
Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter |
20th Century Fox |
Timur Bekmambetov (director); Seth Grahame-Smith (screenplay); Benjamin Walker, Dominic Cooper, Anthony Mackie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Alan Tudyk, Jimmi Simpson, Robin McLeavy, Rufus Sewell |
Action, Horror, Supernatural Thriller |
Live action |
[83]
|
| Brave |
Walt Disney Pictures / Pixar Animation Studios |
Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman (directors); Brenda Chapman, Irene Mecchi (screenplay); Kelly Macdonald, Julie Walters, Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson, Kevin McKidd, Craig Ferguson, Robbie Coltrane, John Ratzenberger |
Adventure, Fantasy |
Animation |
[84]
|
| Seeking a Friend for the End of the World |
Focus Features |
Lorene Scafaria (director/screenplay); Steve Carell, Keira Knightley, Connie Britton, Adam Brody, Roger Aaron Brown, Tonita Castro, Rob Corddry, Melinda Dillon, Rob Huebel, Gillian Jacobs, Derek Luke, Melanie Lynskey, T.J. Miller, Mark Moses, Patton Oswalt, William Petersen, Lindsay Sloane, Bob Stephenson |
Comedy |
Live action |
[85]
|
| Nero Fiddled |
Sony Pictures Classics |
Woody Allen (director/screenplay); Alec Baldwin, Roberto Benigni, Penelope Cruz, Jesse Eisenberg, Greta Gerwig, Ellen Page |
Comedy, Drama |
Live action |
[86]
|
| 29 |
G.I. Joe: Retaliation |
Paramount Pictures / MGM |
Jon Chu (director); Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick (screenplay); Channing Tatum, Ray Park, Dwayne Johnson, Lee Byung-hun, Bruce Willis, Elodie Yung, RZA, D.J. Cotrona, Adrianne Palicki, Ray Stevenson, Joseph Mazzello, Walton Goggins, DeRay Davis |
Action, Adventure |
Live action |
[87]
|
| Magic Mike |
Warner Bros. |
Steven Soderbergh (director); Reid Carolin (screenplay); Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer, Matthew McConaughey, Matt Bomer, Riley Keough, Cody Horn, Joe Manganiello, Olivia Munn, Adam Rodriguez |
Comedy |
Live action |
[88]
|
‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release
| Opening |
Title |
Studio |
Cast and crew |
Genre |
Medium |
Ref. |
J
U
L
Y |
3 |
The Amazing Spider-Man |
Columbia Pictures / Marvel Studios |
Marc Webb (director); James Vanderbilt (screenplay); Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, Martin Sheen, Sally Field, Denis Leary, Irrfan Khan, Campbell Scott |
Action, Adventure |
Live action |
[89]
|
| 6 |
Savages |
Universal Pictures |
Oliver Stone (director/screenplay); Don Winslow, Shane Salerno (screenplay); Taylor Kitsch, Aaron Johnson, Blake Lively, Salma Hayek, Benicio del Toro, John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Emile Hirsch, Demian Bichir |
Crime, Thriller |
Live action |
[90]
|
| 13 |
Ice Age: Continental Drift |
20th Century Fox / Blue Sky Studios |
Steve Martino, Mike Thurmeier (directors); Michael Berg, Jason Fuchs, Mike Reiss (screenplay); Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Queen Latifah, Seann William Scott, Josh Peck, Peter Dinklage, Jennifer Lopez, Wanda Sykes, Aziz Ansari, Keke Palmer, Drake, Heather Morris, Joy Behar, Nicki Minaj, Josh Gad, Alan Tudyk, Nick Frost, Kunal Nayyar, Alain Chabat |
Adventure, Comedy, Family |
Animation |
[91]
|
| Ted |
Universal Pictures |
Seth MacFarlane (director/screenplay); Alec Sulkin, Wellesley Wild (screenplay); Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Seth MacFarlane, Giovanni Ribisi, Joel McHale, Patrick Warburton, Jessica Stroup, Laura Vandervoort |
Comedy |
Live action |
[92]
|
| 20 |
The Dark Knight Rises |
Warner Bros. |
Christopher Nolan (director/screenplay); Jonathan Nolan (screenplay); Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Juno Temple, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, Josh Pence, Daniel Sunjata, Nestor Carbonell, Marion Cotillard, Matthew Modine, Tom Conti, Joey King, Brett Cullen, Chris Ellis, Josh Stewart, Christopher Judge, Adam Rodriguez, Rob Brown |
Action, Adventure |
Live action |
[93]
|
| 27 |
The Marriage Counselor |
Lionsgate |
Tyler Perry (director/screenplay); Jurnee Smollett, Lance Gross, Robbie Jones, Vanessa Williams, Kim Kardashian, Brandy Norwood, Ella Joyce, Jerry Stiller |
Comedy, Drama, Romance |
Live action |
[94]
|
| Neighborhood Watch |
20th Century Fox |
Akiva Schaffer (director); Jared Stern, Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg (screenplay); Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Rosemarie DeWitt, Jonah Hill, Richard Ayoade, Will Forte, Billy Crudup |
Comedy, Sci-Fi |
Live action |
[95]
|
| Step Up 4 |
Summit Entertainment |
Scott Speer (director); Jenny Mayer (screenplay); Kathryn McCormick, Ryan Guzman, Stephen Boss |
Musical |
Live action |
[96]
|
A
U
G
U
S
T |
3 |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days |
20th Century Fox |
David Bowers (director); Zachary Gordon, Robert Capron, Rachael Harris, Devon Bostick, Steve Zahn |
Comedy, Family |
Live action |
[97]
|
| The Bourne Legacy |
Universal Pictures |
Tony Gilroy (director/screenplay) Dan Gilroy (screenplay); Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz, Edward Norton, Oscar Isaac, Joan Allen, Albert Finney, Stacy Keach, Scott Glenn |
Action |
Live action |
[98]
|
| Total Recall |
Columbia Pictures |
Len Wiseman (director); Kurt Wimmer, Mark Bomback (screenplay); Colin Farrell, Jessica Biel, Bryan Cranston, Kate Beckinsale, Bill Nighy, John Cho |
Action |
Live action |
[99]
|
| 10 |
The Campaign |
Warner Bros. |
Jay Roach (director); Chris Henchy, Shawn Harwell (screenplay); Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis, Jason Sudeikis, Sarah Baker, Katherine LaNasa, Dylan McDermott |
Comedy |
Live action |
[100]
|
| Great Hope Springs |
Columbia Pictures |
David Frankel (director); Vanessa Taylor (screenplay); Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones, Steve Carell |
Comedy, Drama |
Live action |
[101]
|
| Sparkle |
TriStar Pictures |
Salim Akil (director); Mara Brock Akil (screenplay); Jordin Sparks, Whitney Houston, Derek Luke, Mike Epps, Carmen Ejogo, Tika Sumpter, Omari Hardwick, Cee Lo Green |
|
Live action |
[102]
|
| 15 |
The Odd Life of Timothy Green |
Walt Disney Pictures |
Peter Hedges (director/screenplay); Jennifer Garner, Joel Edgerton, C.J. Adams, Ron Livingston, Dianne Wiest, Odeya Rush, Rosemarie DeWitt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, M. Emmet Walsh, Lois Smith, Common |
Comedy, Drama |
Live action |
[103]
|
| 17 |
ParaNorman |
Universal Pictures |
Chris Butler (director/screenplay); Sam Fell (director); Casey Affleck, Tempestt Bledsoe, Jeff Garlin, John Goodman, Bernard Hill, Anna Kendrick, Leslie Mann, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Tucker Albrizzi, Alex Borstein, Jodelle Ferland, Elaine Stritch, Kodi Smit-McPhee |
Comedy, Thriller, Adventure |
Animation |
[104]
|
| The Expendables 2 |
Lionsgate |
Simon West (director), David Agosto, Ken Kaufman (screenplay); Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Randy Couture, Terry Crews, Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Chuck Norris, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Liam Hemsworth |
Action |
Live action |
[105]
|
| 24 |
The Apparition |
Warner Bros. |
Todd Lincoln (director/screenplay); Carl Ellsworth (screenplay); Ashley Greene, Sebastian Stan, Tom Felton, Julianna Guill, Luke Pasqualino, Suzanne Ford |
Horror, Supernatural Thriller |
Live action |
[106]
|
| Outrun |
Open Road Films |
Dax Shepard, David Palmer (directors/screenplay); Kristen Bell, Bradley Cooper, Tom Arnold, Beau Bridges, Kristin Chenoweth, David Koechner, Michael Rosenbaum, Joy Bryant, Ryan Hansen |
Action, Comedy, Romance |
Live action |
[107]
|
| Premium Rush |
Columbia Pictures |
David Koepp (director/screenplay); John Kamps (screenplay); Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Shannon, Dania Ramirez, Jamie Chung |
Action |
Live action |
[108]
|
| 31 |
7500 |
CBS Films |
Takashi Shimizu (director); Craig Rosenberg (screenplay); Leslie Bibb, Ryan Kwanten, Amy Smart, Jamie Chung, Christian Serratos, Scout Taylor-Compton, Johnathan Schaech |
Horror, Thriller |
Live action |
[109]
|
| The Possession |
Lionsgate |
Ole Bornedal (director); Juliet Snowden, Stiles White (screenplay); Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Kyra Sedgwick |
Horror |
Live action |
[110]
|
| The Wettest County |
The Weinstein Company |
John Hillcoat (director); Nick Cave (screenplay); Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, Jason Clarke, Guy Pearce, Gary Oldman, Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain |
Crime |
Live action |
[111]
|
S
E
P
T
E
M
B
E
R |
14 |
Argo |
Warner Bros. |
Ben Affleck (director); Chris Terrio (screenplay); Ben Affleck, Alan Arkin, Bryan Cranston, John Goodman, Kerry Bishe, Kyle Chandler, Rory Cochrane, Christopher Denham, Tate Donovan, Clea DuVall, Victor Garber, Zeljko Ivanek, Richard Kind, Scoot McNairy, Chris Messina, Michael Parks, Taylor Schilling |
Political, Thriller |
Live action |
[112]
|
| Finding Nemo 3D |
Walt Disney Pictures / Pixar Animation Studios |
Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich (directors); Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson, David Reynolds (screenplay); Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Alexander Gould |
Family |
Animation |
[113]
|
| Resident Evil: Retribution |
Screen Gems |
Paul W. S. Anderson (director/screenplay); Milla Jovovich, Sienna Guillory, Colin Salmon, Boris Kodjoe, Michelle Rodriguez, Shawn Roberts, Johann Urb, Kevin Durand, Li Bingbing |
Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi |
Live action |
[114]
|
| 21 |
Cogan's Trade |
The Weinstein Company |
Andrew Dominik (director/screenplay); Brad Pitt, James Gandolfini, Sam Rockwell, Richard Jenkins, Ray Liotta, Vincent Curatola, Bella Heathcote, Sam Shepard, Scoot McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn, Linara Washington |
Crime |
Live action |
[115]
|
| Dredd |
Lionsgate |
Pete Travis (director); Alex Garland (screenplay); Karl Urban, Olivia Thirlby, Lena Headey |
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi |
Live action |
[116]
|
| House at the End of the Street |
Relativity Media |
Mark Tonderai (director); David Loucka (screenplay); Jennifer Lawrence, Elizabeth Shue, Max Thieriot |
Horror, Thriller |
Live action |
[117]
|
| 28 |
Hotel Transylvania |
Columbia Pictures / Sony Pictures Animation |
Genndy Tartakovsky (director); Don Rhymer (screenplay); Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, David Koechner, Kevin James, Fran Drescher, David Spade, Steve Buscemi, Molly Shannon, Cee Lo Green |
Comedy, Family |
Animation |
[118]
|
| Looper |
TriStar Pictures / FilmDistrict |
Rian Johnson (director/screenplay); Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt, Paul Dano, Xu Qing, Noah Segan, Jeff Daniels, Piper Perabo |
Action, Crime, Sci-Fi |
Live action |
[119]
|
| Trouble with the Curve |
Warner Bros. |
Robert Lorenz (director); Randy Brown (screenplay); Clint Eastwood, Amy Adams, Matthew Lillard, Justin Timberlake, John Goodman |
Drama |
Live action |
[120]
|
| Won't Back Down |
20th Century Fox |
Daniel Barnz (director/screenplay); Brin Hill (screenplay); Viola Davis, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Holly Hunter, Ving Rhames, Rosie Perez |
Drama |
Live action |
[121]
|
‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release
| Opening |
Title |
Studio |
Cast and crew |
Genre |
Medium |
Ref. |
O
C
T
O
B
E
R |
5 |
Butter |
The Weinstein Company |
Jim Field Smith (director); Jason Micallef (screenplay); Jennifer Garner, Hugh Jackman, Alicia Silverstone, Ty Burrell, Yara Shahidi, Ashley Greene, Olivia Wilde |
Comedy |
Live action |
[122]
|
| Frankenweenie |
Walt Disney Pictures |
Tim Burton (director); John August (screenplay); Winona Ryder, Martin Landau, Martin Short, Catherine O'Hara, Charlie Tahan, Atticus Shaffer, Robert Capron, Conchata Ferrell |
Comedy, Horror |
Animation |
[123]
|
| Sinister |
Summit Entertainment |
Scott Derrickson (director/screenplay); C. Robert Cargill AKA Carlyle from Spill.com (screenplay); Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio, James Ransone, Fred Dalton Thompson, Nicholas King, Clare Foley, Victoria Leigh, Juliet Rylance, Michael Hall D'Addario |
Crime, Horror |
Live action |
[124]
|
| Taken 2 |
20th Century Fox |
Olivier Megaton (director); Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen (screenplay); Liam Neeson, Famke Janssen, Maggie Grace, Rade Sherbedgia, Luke Grimes |
Action |
Live action |
[125]
|
| 12 |
The Gangster Squad |
Warner Bros. |
Ruben Fleischer (director); Will Beall (screenplay); Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Robert Patrick, Michael Pena, Giovanni Ribisi, Anthony Mackie, Nick Nolte |
Crime |
Live action |
[126]
|
| Here Comes the Boom |
Columbia Pictures |
Frank Coraci (director); Allan Loeb, Kevin James (screenplay); Kevin James, Salma Hayek, Henry Winkler |
Action, Comedy |
Live action |
[127]
|
| Parker |
FilmDistrict |
Taylor Hackford (director); John McLaughlin (screenplay); Jason Statham, Jennifer Lopez, Clifton Collins Jr., Wendell Pierce, Michael Chiklis |
Crime |
Live action |
[128]
|
| 19 |
The Big Wedding |
Lionsgate |
Justin Zackham (director/screenplay); Amanda Seyfried, Robert De Niro, Katherine Heigl, Robin Williams, Topher Grace, Susan Sarandon, Ben Barnes, Diane Keaton |
Comedy, Romance |
Live action |
[129]
|
| Paranormal Activity 4 |
Paramount Pictures |
Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman (directors); Oren Peli (writer); Katie Featherston |
Supernatural Horror |
Live action |
[130]
|
| Untitled David Chase Film |
Paramount Vantage |
David Chase (director/screenplay); Brad Garrett, James Gandolfini, Bella Heathcote, Christopher MacDonald, Molly Price, Lisa Lampanelli, John Magaro, Jack Huston, Will Brill |
Drama, Musical |
Live action |
[131]
|
| 26 |
Alex Cross |
Summit Entertainment |
Rob Cohen (director); James Patterson, Kerry Williamson, Marc Moss (screenplay); Tyler Perry, Matthew Fox, Rachel Nichols, Edward Burns, Jean Reno |
Crime |
Live action |
[132]
|
| Fun Size |
Paramount Pictures |
Josh Schwartz (director); Max Werner (screenplay); Victoria Justice, Thomas Mann, Thomas McDonell, Thomas Middleditch, Chelsea Handler |
Comedy |
Live action |
[133]
|
| Halloween 3D |
Dimension Films |
Patrick Lussier (director/screenplay) |
Horror, Suspense, Thriller |
Live action |
[134]
|
| Of Men and Mavericks |
20th Century Fox |
Curtis Hanson (director); Gerard Butler, Jonny Weston, Leven Rambin |
Biography, Drama, Sports |
Live action |
[135]
|
N
O
V
E
M
B
E
R |
2 |
The Guilt Trip |
Paramount Pictures |
Anne Fletcher (director); Dan Fogelman (screenplay); Barbra Streisand, Seth Rogen, Adam Scott, Colin Hanks |
Comedy |
Live action |
[136]
|
| Red Dawn |
FilmDistrict / Open Road Films |
Dan Bradley (director); Carl Ellsworth, Jeremy Passmore, Vincent Newman, Tony Gilroy (screenplay); Chris Hemsworth, Josh Peck, Josh Hutcherson, Adrianne Palicki, Isabel Lucas, Connor Cruise, Jeffrey Dean Morgan |
Action, War |
Live action |
[137]
|
| Wreck-It Ralph |
Walt Disney Pictures / Walt Disney Animation Studios |
Rich Moore (director); John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman, Jack McBrayer, Jane Lynch |
|
Animation |
[138]
|
| 9 |
Skyfall |
Columbia Pictures / MGM |
Sam Mendes (director); Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, John Logan (screenplay); Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Javier Bardem, Bérénice Marlohe, Albert Finney, Ben Whishaw, Helen McCrory, Ola Rapace |
Action, Adventure |
Live action |
[139]
|
| 16 |
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 |
Summit Entertainment |
Bill Condon (director); Melissa Rosenberg (screenplay); Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Peter Facinelli, Ashley Greene, Kellan Lutz, Jackson Rathbone, Elizabeth Reaser, Nikki Reed, Billy Burke, Rami Malek, Maggie Grace, Mackenzie Foy, Tracey Higgins, Judi Shekoni, Omar Metwally, Andrea Gabriel, Angela Sarafyan, Marlane Barnes, Lisa Howard, Patrick Brennan, Noel Fisher, Guri Weinberg, Lee Pace, Toni Trucks, Bill Tangradi, Erik Odom, Valorie Curry, Joe Anderson, Olga Fonda, Janelle Froehlich, Masami Kosaka, Sebastio Lemos, Amadou Ly, Ty Olsson, Wendell Pierce, Carolina Virguez |
Romance, Thriller |
Live action |
[140]
|
| 21 |
47 Ronin |
Universal Pictures |
Carl Eric Rinsch (director); Chris Morgan (screenplay); Keanu Reeves, Hiroyuki Sanada, Kou Shibasaki, Tadanobu Asano, Rinko Kikuchi, Jin Akanishi |
Action, Adventure, Fantasy |
Live action |
[141]
|
| Gravity |
Warner Bros. |
Alfonso Cuaron (director/screenplay); Jonas Cuaron (screenplay); Sandra Bullock, George Clooney |
Sci-Fi |
Live action |
[142]
|
| Parental Guidance |
20th Century Fox |
Andy Fickman (director); Joe Syracuse, Lisa Addario, Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel (screenplay); Billy Crystal, Bette Midler, Marisa Tomei, Bailee Madison |
Comedy |
Live action |
[143]
|
| Rise of the Guardians |
Paramount Pictures / DreamWorks Animation |
Peter Ramsey, William Joyce (directors); David Lindsay-Abaire (screenplay); Chris Pine, Isla Fisher, Hugh Jackman, Alec Baldwin, Jude Law, Dakota Goyo |
Adventure, Fantasy |
Animation |
[144]
|
| The Silver Linings Playbook |
The Weinstein Company |
David O. Russell (director/screenplay); Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Julia Stiles, Chris Tucker, Jacki Weaver, Shea Whigham |
Comedy |
Live action |
[145]
|
D
E
C
E
M
B
E
R |
7 |
Hyde Park on Hudson |
Focus Features |
Roger Mitchell (director); Richard Nelson (screenplay); Bill Murray, Laura Linney, Olivia Williams, Samuel West, Olivia Colman, Elizabeth Wilson, Elizabeth Marvel, Eleanor Bron |
Biography, Drama |
Live action |
[146]
|
| Les Misérables |
Universal Pictures |
Tom Hooper (director); William Nicholson, Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schonberg (screenplay); Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Eddie Redmayne, Amanda Seyfried, Helena Bonham Carter, Aaron Tveit, Samantha Barks |
Epic Musical |
Live action |
[147]
|
| 14 |
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey |
Warner Bros. / New Line Cinema / MGM |
Peter Jackson (director/screenplay); Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Guillermo del Toro (screenplay); Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Graham McTavish, Ken Stott, Aidan Turner, Dean O'Gorman, Mark Hadlow, Jed Brophy, Adam Brown, John Callen, Peter Hambleton, William Kircher, James Nesbitt, Stephen Hunter, Benedict Cumberbatch, Andy Serkis, Hugo Weaving, Barry Humphries, Mikael Persbrandt, Lee Pace, Stephen Fry, Luke Evans, Cate Blanchett, Christopher Lee, Sylvester McCoy, Elijah Wood, Ian Holm, Orlando Bloom, Evangeline Lilly, Ryan Gage, Mike Mizrahi, Jeffrey Thomas, Conan Stevens, Bret McKenzie, Billy Connolly |
Adventure, Fantasy |
Live action |
[148]
|
| 19 |
Untitled Kathryn Bigelow Osama bin Laden Film |
Columbia Pictures |
Kathryn Bigelow (director); Mark Boal (screenplay); Joel Edgerton, Jessica Chastain, Edgar Ramirez, Mark Strong, Kyle Chandler, Nash Edgerton, Jennifer Ehle, Harold Perrineau |
Action |
Live action |
[149]
|
| 21 |
Cirque du Soleil Worlds Away |
Paramount Pictures |
Andrew Adamson (director/screenplay) |
Adventure, Family |
Live action |
[150]
|
| Hunter Killer |
Relativity Media |
Antoine Fuqua (director); Arne Schmidt (screenplay); Gerard Butler |
Action |
Live action |
[151]
|
| Life of Pi |
20th Century Fox |
Ang Lee (director); David Magee (screenplay); Tobey Maguire, Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Adil Hussain, Gérard Depardieu |
Drama, Adventure |
Live action |
[152]
|
| This Is Forty |
Universal Pictures |
Judd Apatow (director/screenplay); Leslie Mann, Paul Rudd, Megan Fox, Albert Brooks, Ryan Lee, Melissa McCarthy, Robert Smigel, Annie Mumolo |
Comedy |
Live action |
[153]
|
| World War Z |
Paramount Pictures |
Marc Forster (director); Matthew Michael Carnahan (screenplay); Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, James Badge Dale, Daniella Kertesz, Matthew Fox |
Action, Horror, Thriller |
Live action |
[154]
|
| 25 |
Django Unchained |
The Weinstein Company |
Quentin Tarantino (director/screenplay); Leonardo DiCaprio, Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Samuel L. Jackson, Dennis Christopher, Gerald McRaney, Kurt Russell, Sacha Baron Cohen, Laura Cayouette, M.C. Gainey, Don Johnson, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Kerry Washington, Anthony LaPaglia, RZA, Tom Wopat, James Remar, James Russo, Todd Allen |
Action, Western |
Live action |
[155]
|
| Playing the Field |
FilmDistrict |
Gabriele Muccino (director); Robbie Fox (screenplay); Gerard Butler, Uma Thurman, Jessica Biel, Dennis Quaid, Noah Lomax, James Tupper |
Comedy, Drama, Sports |
Live action |
[156]
|
| The Great Gatsby |
Warner Bros. |
Baz Luhrmann (director/screenplay); Craig Pearce (screenplay); Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Joel Edgerton, Carey Mulligan, Isla Fisher, Jason Clarke, Elizabeth Debicki, Amitabh Bachchan, Callan McAuliffe |
Drama |
Live action |
[157]
|