55 Hindi films of 2012 ranked by box office. #1: Ek Tha Tiger (₹334.4 crore).
| # | Film | Lead | Director | Budget | Box office | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ek Tha Tiger | Kabir Khan | ₹95 crore | ₹334.4 crore | 3.52x | |
| 2 | Dabangg 2 | Arbaaz Khan | ₹50 crore | ₹253.5 crore | 5.07x | |
| 3 | Jab Tak Hai Jaan | Yash Chopra | $9.4 million | ₹235.7 crore | ||
| 4 | Rowdy Rathore | Prabhu Deva | ₹60 crore | ₹203.4 crore | 3.39x | |
| 5 | Agneepath | Karan Malhotra | ₹58 crore | ₹193 crore | 3.33x | |
| 6 | Housefull 2 | Sajid Khan | ₹60 crore | ₹186 crore | 3.10x | |
| 7 | Barfi! | Anurag Basu | ₹35 crore | ₹175 crore | 5.00x | |
| 8 | Talaash: The Answer Lies Within | Reema Kagti | ₹71 crore | ₹174.2 crore | 2.45x | |
| 9 | Bol Bachchan | Rohit Shetty | ₹50 crore | ₹165 crore | 3.30x | |
| 10 | Son of Sardaar | Ashwni Dhir | ₹30 crore | ₹161.5 crore | 5.38x | |
| 11 | OMG – Oh My God! | Umesh Shukla | ₹20 crore | ₹149.9 crore | 7.50x | |
| 12 | Cocktail | Homi Adajania | ₹123 crore | |||
| 13 | Khiladi 786 | Ashish R. Mohan | ₹63 crore | ₹107 crore | 1.70x | |
| 14 | Kahaani | Sujoy Ghosh | ₹8 crore | ₹104 crore | 13.00x | |
| 15 | English Vinglish | English Vinglish | Gauri Shinde | ₹10 crore | ₹102 crore | 10.20x |
| 16 | Raaz 3: The Third Dimension | Vikram Bhatt | ₹25 crore | ₹101.1 crore | 4.04x | |
| 17 | Student of the Year | Karan Johar | ₹59 crore | ₹97 crore | 1.64x | |
| 18 | Agent Vinod | Sriram Raghavan | ₹60 crore | ₹73 crore | 1.22x | |
| 19 | Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu | Shakun Batra | ₹36 crore | ₹72.1 crore | 2.00x | |
| 20 | Jannat 2 | Kunal Deshmukh | ₹63.1 crore | |||
| 21 | Kyaa Super Kool Hain Hum | Sachin Yardi | ₹19 crore | ₹60.8 crore | 3.20x | |
| 22 | Teri Meri Kahaani | Kunal Kohli | ₹30 crore | ₹54 crore | 1.80x | |
| 23 | Jism 2 | Pooja Bhatt | ₹49 crore | |||
| 24 | Ferrari Ki Sawaari | Rajesh Mapuskar | ₹10 crore | ₹45.7 crore | 4.57x | |
| 25 | Players | Jayasurya Jayan | Gilles Lellouche | ₹55 crore | ₹45.5 crore | 0.83x |
| 26 | Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1 | Anurag Kashyap | ₹9.2 crore | ₹35.1 crore | 3.82x | |
| 27 | Shanghai | Dibakar Banerjee | ₹34.9 crore | |||
| 28 | Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya | Mandeep Kumar | ₹14 crore | ₹32.6 crore | 2.33x | |
| 29 | 1920: Evil Returns | Bhushan Patel | ₹9 crore | ₹30.4 crore | 3.38x | |
| 30 | Tezz | Priyadarshan | ₹52 crore | ₹26 crore | 0.50x | |
| 31 | Chakravyuh | Prakash Jha | ₹30 crore | ₹25.7 crore | 0.86x | |
| 32 | Joker | Shirish Kunder | ₹47 crore | ₹22.5 crore | 0.48x | |
| 33 | Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 2 | Anurag Kashyap | ₹9.2 crore | ₹22 crore | 2.40x | |
| 34 | Department | Ram Gopal Varma | ₹32 crore | ₹19.1 crore | 0.60x | |
| 35 | Hate Story | Vivek Agnihotri | ₹9 crore | ₹16.4 crore | 1.83x | |
| 36 | Gali Gali Chor Hai | Rumi Jaffery | ₹13 crore | ₹13.1 crore | 1.01x | |
| 37 | Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana | Sameer Sharma | ₹3 crore | ₹10.5 crore | 3.50x | |
| 38 | Filmistaan | Nitin Kakkar | ₹7.5 crore | ₹10 crore | 1.33x | |
| 39 | Aiyyaa | Sachin Kundalkar | $1.2 million | ₹9.6 crore | ||
| 40 | Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi | Bela Sehgal | ₹9.5 crore | |||
| 41 | Dangerous Ishhq | Vikram Bhatt | ₹26 crore | ₹8.7 crore | 0.33x | |
| 42 | Ekk Deewana Tha | Gautham Vasudev Menon | ₹14 crore | ₹8.6 crore | 0.61x | |
| 43 | Bhoot Returns | Ram Gopal Varma | ₹7.5 crore | ₹6.4 crore | 0.85x | |
| 44 | Chhota Bheem and the Curse of Damyaan | Rajiv Chilaka | ₹4.5 crore | ₹5.5 crore | 1.22x | |
| 45 | Rush | Louis-Do de Lencquesaing | ₹18 crore | ₹4.6 crore | 0.26x | |
| 46 | Shahid | Hansal Mehta | ₹65 lakh | ₹3.7 crore | 5.69x | |
| 47 | Kismat Love Paisa Dilli | Sanjay Khanduri | ₹16 crore | ₹3.3 crore | 0.20x | |
| 48 | Bittoo Boss | Supavitra Babul | ₹2 crore | |||
| 49 | Krishna Aur Kans | Vikram Veturi | ₹50 lakh | ₹98 lakh | 1.96x | |
| 50 | Bumboo | Jagdish Rajpurohit | ₹39 lakh | |||
| 51 | Life Ki Toh Lag Gayi | Rakesh Mehta | ₹32 lakh | |||
| 52 | Chittagong | Bedabrata Pain | ₹4.5 crore | ₹31 lakh | 0.07x | |
| Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1 | Anurag Kashyap | $1.4 million | $4.1 million | 2.93x | ||
| Delhi Safari | Nikhil Advani | $15 million | $3.5 million | 0.23x | ||
| Fatso! | Rajat Kapoor | ₹9 crore | $41,197 |
Figures are shown in the currency they were reported in (Wikipedia, Wikidata or TMDB); no conversion.