2012 Box Office: Blockbusters, Bombs and Best of the Rest

With history's best opening ever — and the worst — 2012 was a roller-coaster year at the box office … at least it was never dull

Paul W. Anderson’s Scientology-inspired tale “The Master” marked the big-screen return of Joaquin Phoenix after a two-year absence. The Weinstein Company drama, which co-starred Phillip Seymour Hoffman as a charismatic smooth-talker, posted the year’s best limited opening in September with an eye-popping $147,252 average on five screens. It never gained wide box-office traction however, and has a domestic total of $16 million.

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