TOP OF THE 2012 BOX OFFICE

• 1. The Avengers, $623,279,547. Superheroes came together to stop their nemesis, the Norse god Loki, from taking over the planet in the franchise flick with Robert Downey Jr. (as Iron Man), Chris Evans (as Captain America), Mark Ruffalo (as The Hulk), Chris Hemsworth (as Thor), Scarlett Johansson (as Black Widow), Jeremy Renner (as Hawkeye) and Samuel L. Jackson (as Nick Fury).
• 2. The Dark Knight Rises, $448,103,268. Christian Bale battled Bane in the blockbuster with Tom Hardy, Michael Caine, Anne Hathaway, Gary Oldman, Marion Cotillard, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Morgan Freeman.
• 3. The Hunger Games, $408,010,692. Jennifer Lawrence fought to the death in the first film in the hugely popular franchise.
• 4. The Amazing Spider-Man, $262,030,663. Andrew Garfield went web-slinging to search for clues about his long-lost parents, and tangle with The Lizard. It co-starredEmma Stone, Martin Sheen, Sally Field and Denis Leary.
• 5. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2, $258,392,715. Bella went vamp, and was forced to protect her child from rival vampires in the final franchise flick with Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Ashley Greene, Maggie Grace, Nikki Reed, Kellan Lutz and Dakota Fanning.
• 6. Skyfall, $249,433,656. Daniel Craig's 007 crisscrossed the globe to destroy a cyber threat to MI6 as M's past returns to haunt her. It co-starred Javier Bardem (as the villain Silva), Judi Dench (as M), Naomie Harris (as Moneypenny), Ben Whishaw (as Q),Ralph Fiennes, Bérénice Marlohe and Albert Finney.
• 7. Brave, $237,070,602. A young girl's deal with a witch unleashed chaos in her kingdom in the animated adventure with the voices of Craig Ferguson, Kelly Macdonald,Emma Thompson and John Ratzenberger.
• 8. Ted, $218,665,740. A childhood wish makes a man's teddy bear come to life in the comedy with Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Giovanni Ribisi and Joel McHale.
• 9. Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted, $216,391,482. The pack tramped across Europe with a circus in the animated tale with the voices of Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, Jada Pinkett Smith, David Schwimmer, Sacha Baron Cohen and Cedric the Entertainer.
• 10. Dr. Seuss' The Lorax, $214,030,500. A young boy enlisted a grumpy creature in his quest for the attention of a girl in the eco-cautionary tale with the voices of Zac Efron,Taylor Swift, Danny DeVito, Ed Helms, Betty White and Rob Riggle.

Source: TheNumbers.com (as of 12-06-2012)