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

Red-tressed Princess Merida and Disney hit the box-office bulls-eye with “Brave.” In May it opened to $66 million and became the 13th consecutive Pixar film to debut at No. 1. It has gone on to make $535 million and, with some help from Katniss Everdeen of “The Hunger Games,” spark a flurry of interest in archery among young girls.

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