Language Breakdown for 2012
The table below lists a language breakdown of information about movies released in 2012. The Share is a percentage based on total worldwide box office of the movies using the specified language relative to the combined worldwide box office of all movies in the listed year. Please note that movies that use different languages count for the share of each language, and the language information in our database is incomplete. These factors will typically cause the share percentages in a specific year not to add up to 100%. Click on the language name for a list of all the films using that language. Click on the movie name to see information on the individual film.
Note: Since we are still actively researching languages, we consider this chart to be in beta mode. While we make every effort to collect all available data, there are inevitably omissions and errors. Please help us by sending corrections to corrections@the-numbers.com.
Language | Number of Movies | Total Worldwide Box Office | Share | Top-Grossing Movie |
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English | 921 | $28,165,698,805 | 88.757% | The Avengers |
French | 91 | $1,460,420,331 | 4.602% | Les Intouchables |
Mandarin | 42 | $1,342,151,151 | 4.229% | Ren zai jiong tu zhi tai jiong |
Japanese | 46 | $1,043,461,529 | 3.288% | Jin líng shí san chai |
Spanish | 64 | $654,216,955 | 2.062% | Safe House |
German | 28 | $552,166,194 | 1.740% | Django Unchained |
Hindi | 37 | $498,886,143 | 1.572% | Ek Tha Tiger |
Korean | 23 | $495,618,389 | 1.562% | Gwanghae, Wangyidoen namja |
Arabic | 16 | $307,883,656 | 0.970% | The Dictator |
Apache | 2 | $282,829,290 | 0.891% | John Carter |
Farsi | 3 | $227,330,466 | 0.716% | Argo |
Afrikaans | 2 | $207,884,401 | 0.655% | Safe House |
Cantonese | 10 | $188,155,073 | 0.593% | Dodookdeul |
Italian | 21 | $155,870,151 | 0.491% | To Rome with Love |
Russian | 16 | $99,531,288 | 0.314% | Three Heroes on Distant Shores |
Shanghainese | 2 | $98,241,720 | 0.310% | Jin líng shí san chai |
Danish | 7 | $59,715,381 | 0.188% | Hodejegerne |
Norwegian | 11 | $54,026,148 | 0.170% | Kon-Tiki |
Hebrew | 14 | $50,052,311 | 0.158% | La vérité si je mens! 3 |
Turkish | 2 | $32,540,389 | 0.103% | Fetih 1453 |
Bahasa | 1 | $25,414,221 | 0.080% | 逆战 (Jik zin) |
Polish | 5 | $19,713,307 | 0.062% | In Darkness |
Swedish | 8 | $19,093,373 | 0.060% | Snabba Cash |
Tamil | 6 | $17,417,346 | 0.055% | English Vinglish |
Ukrainian | 1 | $16,692,775 | 0.053% | In Darkness |
Yiddish | 2 | $16,692,775 | 0.053% | In Darkness |
Punjabi | 2 | $14,683,763 | 0.046% | Khiladi 786 |
Pashtu | 2 | $14,158,526 | 0.045% | Agent Vinod |
Serbian | 2 | $10,370,814 | 0.033% | Snabba Cash |
Indonesian | 1 | $9,297,407 | 0.029% | Serbuan maut |
Bosnian | 2 | $8,767,607 | 0.028% | Venuto al mondo |
Dutch | 8 | $5,654,220 | 0.018% | De Heineken ontvoering |
Portuguese | 8 | $4,900,457 | 0.015% | Xingu |
Flemish | 1 | $3,985,226 | 0.013% | The Broken Circle Breakdown |
Tagalog | 4 | $2,646,653 | 0.008% | In the Name of Love |
Silent | 2 | $2,497,399 | 0.008% | Blancanieves |
Burmese | 1 | $2,202,291 | 0.007% | The Lady |
Tupi | 1 | $2,145,834 | 0.007% | Xingu |
Urdu | 1 | $1,702,415 | 0.005% | 2012 Oscar Shorts |
Thai | 6 | $1,588,456 | 0.005% | Antapal |
Marwari | 1 | $1,148,956 | 0.004% | Trishna |
Malayalam | 1 | $836,670 | 0.003% | Husbands in Goa |
Romanian | 1 | $786,409 | 0.002% | Dupa dealuri |
Icelandic | 1 | $686,545 | 0.002% | Svartur a leik |
Bengali | 1 | $630,541 | 0.002% | Whores’ Glory |
Persian | 2 | $612,529 | 0.002% | Darbareye Elly |
Greek | 2 | $363,705 | 0.001% | Alpeis |
Lithuanian | 1 | $314,444 | 0.001% | The Other Dream Team |
Albanian | 2 | $284,623 | 0.001% | The Forgiveness of Blood |
Filipino | 2 | $278,460 | 0.001% | Transit |
Georgian | 1 | $244,720 | 0.001% | The Loneliest Planet |
Montenegrin | 1 | $158,411 | 0.000% | L'homme qui voulait vivre sa vie |
Dhivehi | 1 | $86,331 | 0.000% | The Island President |
Inupiaq | 1 | $70,526 | 0.000% | On the Ice |
Zulu | 2 | $56,000 | 0.000% | A Million Colours |
Hopi | 1 | $51,190 | 0.000% | More Than Frybread |
Navajo | 1 | $51,190 | 0.000% | More Than Frybread |
O’odham | 1 | $51,190 | 0.000% | More Than Frybread |
Slovak | 2 | $35,875 | 0.000% | Evil |
Armenian | 1 | $26,464 | 0.000% | Here |
Latin | 1 | |||
Romany | 1 | |||
Sango | 1 | |||
Telugu | 2 | |||
Vietnamese | 1 |