21 Malayalam films of 2012 ranked by box office. #1: Run Baby Run (₹29 crore).
| # | Film | Lead | Director | Budget | Box office | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Run Baby Run | Joshiy | ₹29 crore | |||
| 2 | Mayamohini | Jose Thomas | ₹22 crore | |||
| 3 | Ordinary | Sugeeth | ₹3.3 crore | ₹20 crore | 6.06x | |
| 4 | Thattathin Marayathu | Vineeth Sreenivasan | ₹3 crore | ₹18.9 crore | 6.30x | |
| 5 | Ustad Hotel | Anwar Rasheed | ₹15 crore | |||
| 6 | Diamond Necklace | Lal Jose | ₹3.5 crore | ₹12.6 crore | 3.59x | |
| 7 | Thappana | Johny Antony | ₹7.5 crore | |||
| 8 | Da Thadiya | Aashiq Abu | ₹5 crore | |||
| 9 | Spanish Masala | Lal Jose | ₹14 crore | ₹4.6 crore | 0.33x | |
| 10 | Chapters | Sunil Ibrahim | ₹1.3 crore | ₹42 lakh | 0.32x | |
| 11 | Mullassery Madhavan Kutty Nemom P. O. | Kumar Nanda | ₹38 lakh | |||
| 12 | Cinema Company | Mamas Ramachandran | ₹28 lakh | |||
| 13 | Last Bench | Jiju Asokan | ₹25 lakh | |||
| Ayalum Njanum Thammil | Lal Jose | $3.5 million | ||||
| Bachelor Party | Amal Neerad | $1.9 million | $2 million | 1.03x | ||
| Husbands in Goa | Saji Surendran | $500,000 | $1.6 million | 3.10x | ||
| Mallu Singh | Vyshakh | $1.3 million | $1.5 million | 1.18x | ||
| 22 Female Kottayam | Aashiq Abu | $400,000 | $500,000 | 1.25x | ||
| Friday | Lijin Jose | $310,000 | $160,000 | 0.52x | ||
| Puthiya Theerangal | Sathyan Anthikad | $150,000 | ||||
| Grandmaster | B. Unnikrishnan | $120,000 | $130,000 | 1.08x |
Figures are shown in the currency they were reported in (Wikipedia, Wikidata or TMDB); no conversion.