2012 (MMXII) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2012th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 12th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 3rd year of the 2010s decade.

Theatrical releases

Feature films

• January 20 - Underworld: Awakening
• February 3 - The Woman in Black
• February 10
  • In Darkness
  • The Vow
• February 17 - Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
• March 9
  • Footnote
  • Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
• March 16 - 21 Jump Street
• March 23 - The Raid: Redemption
• April 6 - Damsels in Distress
• April 13 - Lockout
• April 20
  • Darling Companion
  • Think Like a Man
• April 27 - The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
• May 11 - Where Do We Go Now?
• May 25 - Men in Black 3
• June 8 - Safety Not Guaranteed
• June 15 - That's My Boy
• June 22 - To Rome with Love
• June 29 - Neil Young Journeys
• July 3 - The Amazing Spider-Man
• July 27 - Searching for Sugar Man
• August 3
  • Celeste and Jesse Forever
  • Total Recall
• August 8 - Hope Springs
• August 17
  • Chicken with Plums
  • Robot & Frank
  • Sparkle
• August 24 - Premium Rush
• September 7 The Words
• September 14 - Resident Evil: Retribution
• September 28
  • Hotel Transylvania
  • Looper
• October 12
  • Here Comes the Boom
  • Seven Psychopaths
  • Smashed
• November 9 - Skyfall
• November 21 - Red Dawn
• November 23 - Rust and Bone
• December 7 - Playing for Keeps
• December 19
  • Amour
  • Zero Dark Thirty
• December 25
  • Django Unchained
  • West of Memphis

Television

Video games

• June 26 - The Amazing Spider-Man

Home video releases

• January 3
  • Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
  • The Guard
• January 10
  • Higher Ground
  • Moneyball
• January 17
  • Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
  • Courageous
  • The Ides of March
• January 24 - Restless
• January 31 - Drive
• February 7 - Anonymous
• February 14
  • The Rum Diary
  • Take Shelter
• March 6
  • Jack and Jill
  • The Skin I Live In
• March 20
  • Carnage
  • The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
• March 27
  • A Dangerous Method
  • In the Land of Blood and Honey
• May 8
  • Underworld: Awakening
  • The Vow
• May 22 - The Woman in Black
• June 12
  • In Darkness
  • Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
• June 26 - 21 Jump Street
• July 17
  • Lockout
  • Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
• July 24 - Footnote
• August 14 - The Raid: Redemption
• August 21 - A Separation
• August 28
  • Darling Companion
  • The Pirates! Band of Misfits
  • Starship Troopers: Invasion
  • Think Like a Man
• September 11
  • Six Bullets
  • Where Do We Go Now?
• September 18 - Hysteria
• September 25 - Damsels in Distress
• October 16
  • Neil Young Journeys
  • That's My Boy
• October 30 - Safety Not Guaranteed
• November 6
  • Arthur Christmas
  • The Swan Princess Christmas
• November 9 - The Amazing Spider-Man
• November 30
  • Men in Black 3
  • Sparkle
• December 4 - Hope Springs
• December 18 - Total Recall
• December 21
  • Resident Evil Five Film Collection
  • Resident Evil: Retribution
• December 24 - The Words
• December 31 - Looper

Character debuts

• September 28 - Count Dracula, Mavis Dracula, Jonathan Loughran

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