29 Mandarin films of 2012 ranked by box office. #1: Chinese Zodiac ($171.3 million).
| # | Film | Lead | Director | Budget | Box office | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chinese Zodiac | Jackie Chan | $26 million | $171.3 million | 6.59x | |
| 2 | Guns and Roses | Ning Hao | $153 million | |||
| 3 | The Silent War | Zhaohui Mai | $38.5 million | |||
| 4 | Love | Doze Niu | TWD 300 million | $29.3 million | ||
| 5 | Tai Chi 0 | Stephen Fung | $12 million | $25 million | 2.08x | |
| 6 | Drug War | Johnnie To | $24.7 million | |||
| 7 | Dangerous Liaisons | Hur Jin-ho | CN¥150 million | $13 million | ||
| 8 | Bi xian | Ahn Byeong-ki | $9.9 million | |||
| 9 | Holy Motors | Leos Carax | €3.9 million | $4.2 million | ||
| 10 | BiXian Panic | David Kuan | $4 million | |||
| 11 | Love in the Buff | Pang Ho-cheung | $3.6 million | |||
| 12 | We Not Naughty | Jack Neo | SGD 1 million | $2.2 million | ||
| 13 | Touch of the Light | Chang Jung-Chi | $1.4 million | |||
| 14 | Greedy Ghost | SGD 1 million | $585,000 | |||
| 15 | Girlfriend, Boyfriend | Yang Ya-che | $64,414 | |||
| 16 | Zombie 108 | Joe Chien | $49,219 | |||
| 17 | China Heavyweight | Yung Chang | $10,481 | |||
| 18 | The Guillotines | Andrew Lau | $15 million | $5,290 | ||
| Painted Skin: The Resurrection | Wuershan | CN¥150 million | ¥726 million | |||
| Back to 1942 | Feng Xiaogang | CN¥250 million | ¥364 million | |||
| Mission Incredible: Adventures on the Dragon's Trail | William Kan | CN¥40 million | CN¥167.6 million | 4.19x | ||
| Double Xposure | Li Yu | ¥45 million | ¥108.7 million | 2.42x | ||
| Cold War | Sunny Luk | HK$42.8 million | ||||
| Seer 2 | CN¥31.2 million | |||||
| Yugo & Lala | ¥24 million | |||||
| The Unfortunate Car | ¥20 million | |||||
| The Grow | CN¥11 million | |||||
| When a Wolf Falls in Love with a Sheep | Chi-jan Hou | TWD 10 million | ||||
| Ripples of Desire | Zero Chou | TWD 150 million | TWD 3.8 million | 0.03x |
Figures are shown in the currency they were reported in (Wikipedia, Wikidata or TMDB); no conversion.