Language Breakdown for 2012

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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.

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LanguageNumber
of
Movies		Total
Worldwide
Box Office		ShareTop-Grossing Movie
English  919  $28,165,408,908  88.751% The Avengers
French  91  $1,460,420,331  4.602% Les Intouchables
Mandarin  43  $1,344,256,230  4.236% Ren zai jiong tu zhi tai jiong
Japanese  45  $1,043,461,529  3.288% Jin líng shí san chai
Spanish  65  $654,216,955  2.061% 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  5  $17,361,668  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
Lithuanian  1  $314,444  0.001% The Other Dream Team
Greek  2  $286,318  0.001% Alpeis
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