Biggest Worldwide Grossers of 2012
2012 was a massive year for the film industry as far as box office collections go. Listed below are the the top 10 films that smashed box office records – some were expected and some were pleasant surprises.
1. ‘Ek Tha Tiger’
Producer: Aditya Chopra
Director: Kabir Khan
*ing: Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif
Worldwide box office earnings: $55.87 million
2. ‘Dabangg 2’
Producer:��Arbaaz Khan
Director:��Arbaaz Khan
*ing:��Salman Khan, Sonakshi Sinha
Worldwide box office earnings: $40 million (expected)
3. ‘Rowdy Rathore’
Producer:��Sanjay Leela Bhansali & Ronnie Screwvala
Director:��Prabhu Deva
*ing:��Akshay Kumar, Sonakshi Sinha
Worldwide box office earnings: $36.58 million
4. ‘Jab Tak Hai Jaan’
Producer:��Aditya Chopra
Director:��Yash Chopra
*ing:��Shah Rukh Khan, Katrina Kaif, Anushka Sharma
Worldwide box office earnings: $35.3 million
5. ‘Agneepath’
Producer:��Karan Johar
Director:��Karan Malhotra
*ing:��Hrithik Roshan, Sanjay Dutt, Rishi Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra
Worldwide box office earnings: $35.13 million
6. ‘Housefull 2’
Producer:��Sajid Nadiadwala
Director:��Sajid Khan
*ing: Akshay Kumar, John Abraham, Asin, Jacqueline Fernandez, Rishi Kapoor
Worldwide box office earnings: $32.76 million
7. ‘Barfi!’
Producer:��UTV
Director:��Anurag Basu
*ing:��Ranbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Ileana D’Cruz
Worldwide box office earnings: $25.54 million
8. ‘Bol Bachchan’
Producer:��Ajay Devgn
Director:��Rohit Shetty
*ing:��Ajay Devgn, Abhishek Bachchan, Asin, Prachi Desai
Box office earnings: $22.2 million
9. ‘Son of Sardaar’
Producer: Ajay Devgn
Director:��Ashwini Dhir
*ing:��Ajay Devgn, Sanjay Dutt, Juhi Chawla, Sonakshi Sinha
Worldwide box office earnings: $22.01 million
10. ‘Talaash’
Producer:��Aamir Khan, Ritesh Sidhwani & Farhan Akhtar
Director:��Reema Kagti
*ing:��Aamir Khan, Rani Mukerji, Kareena Kapoor
Worldwide box office earnings: $18.1 million
Here’s hoping Bollywood continues to shine in 2013… Bring on the crores!