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

| December 23, 2012 @ 6:26 PM Last Updated: December 24, 2012 @ 7:23 AM
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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

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Disney and "Marvel’s The Avengers” opened the summer by shattering the mark for the biggest box-office opening ever, with a staggering $207 million May debut. It was the year’s top film domestically ($623 million) and worldwide ($1.5 billion) -- and there's a sequel in the works, with Joss Whedon back to direct.
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