New Upcoming Movies 2012. This Year in Movies - Superheroes and sequels had a major and on-going presence on the big screen in 2012.
The Marvel superhero team, The Avengers, introduced themselves to audiences worldwide in early May and ruled the global box office with $1.5 billion. Christian Bale reprised his role as Batman/Bruce Wayne in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises, the third installment in the renewed DC Comics franchise and took in over $1 billion at the box office. Only a decade after shattering opening weekend box office records, Sony rebooted the Spider-Man franchise with Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker and grossed more than $752M. Audiences across the world loved the 23rd James Bond adventure, Skyfall ($980 million), making it one of the most popular (and successful) Bond films ever.
The box office of take of the Middle Earth adventure The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is still growing and will likely end up in at least the $800M range. Highest Grossing Movies. All Time Box Office Records. List of highest-grossing films. Gone with the Wind held the record of highest-grossing film for 25 years, and, adjusted for inflation, has earned more than any other film. Highest-grossing films The two highest-grossing films have both been directed and written by James Cameron.