2012 Releases

2012 Australian Release Dates [ARCHIVE ONLY]

Welcome to our dynamic list of films scheduled for release in 2012, ordered by their Australian release date. Links to our reviews, news and trailers will be added as we post them, so keep checking back for date changes and new reviews!

Please note that some dates vary from state to state in Australia. Please check local listings for details.

Last updated: 26 August 2012 [ARCHIVE ONLY]

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Date	Name	Studio	Notes
	JANUARY
1 January	Alvin & the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked	Fox
5 January	Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows	Roadshow	Trailer \| Review
7 January (Sydney)	Thirst
12 January	The Muppets	Disney	Teaser \| Trailer \| Interview with Jason Segel \| Review
12 January	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo	Sony	Trailer \| Extended trailer \| Review
12 January	Hugo	Paramount	Trailer \| Review
12 January	The Descendants	Fox	Review
12 January	Arrietty (Subtitled and Dubbed)	Madman	Review
12 January	The Great Magician	Dream Movie	Trailer \| Review
19 January	The Darkest Hour	Fox	Trailer \| Review
19 January	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy	Universal	Review
19 January	Young Adult	Paramount	Videos \| Review
19 January	Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2D/3D)	Roadshow	Review
26 January	A Few Best Men	Icon	Trailer \| Review
26 January	Underworld: Awakening	Sony	Trailer \| Review
26 January	J. Edgar	Roadshow	Trailer \| Review
26 January	Weekend	Rialto	Review
26 January	All’s Well That Ends Well 2012	China Lion	Review
26 January	The Viral Factor	Dream Movie	Review
	FEBRUARY
2 February	The Artist	Roadshow	Trailer \| Review
2 February	Man on a Ledge	Hoyts	Review
2 February	Martha Marcy May Marlene	Fox	Review
2 February	Chronicle	Fox	Trailer \| Review
9 February	Any Questions for Ben?	Roadshow	Trailer \| Review
9 February	Safe House	Universal	Trailer \| Review
9 February	The Vow	Sony	Review
9 February	Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (3D)	Fox	Trailer \| Review
9 February	Shame	Transmission	Trailer \| Review
9 February	Romancing in Thin Air	Dream Movie	Trailer \| Review
14 February	This Means War	Fox	Review
16 February	The Grey	Icon	Review
16 February	One For the Money	Roadshow	Review
16 February	My Week With Marilyn (Limited)	Roadshow	Trailer \| Review
16 February	Buck	Madman	Review
23 February	Contraband	Universal	Review
23 February	Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close	Roadshow	Review
23 February	Gone	Hopscotch
23 February	Killer Elite	Disney	Trailer \| Review
23 February	Late Bloomers	Palace
23 February	Love	China Lion	Trailer \| Review
23 February (Melbourne Only)	Tyrannosaur	Madman	SFF Review
	March
1 March	A Separation	Hopscotch	SFF Review
1 March	A Little Bit of Heaven	Hoyts
1 March	The Devil Inside	Paramount	Trailer
1 March	Headhunters	Rialto	Review
1 March	Carnage	Sony	Review
1 March	Like Crazy	Paramount	Trailer \| Review
1 March	Project X	Roadshow
1 March	Sione’s 2: Unfinished Business	PInnacle	Trailer \| Review
8 March	John Carter	Disney	Teaser Trailer \| Review
8 March (Cinema Nova Melbourne Only)	50/50	Roadshow	Trailer
8 March	The Source	Madman
8 March	Coriolanus	Icon	Review
15 March	The Rum Diary	Fox	Trailer \| Review
15 March	21 Jump Street	Sony	Trailer \| Review
15 March	Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance	Roadshow	Trailer \| Review
15 March (Limited)	Haywire	Roadshow
15 March (Limited)	Kid with A Bike	Madman	MIFF Review
15 March	Margin Call	Becker Film Group	Review
22 March	The Hunger Games	Roadshow	Trailer \| Review
22 March	The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel	Fox
22 March	The Raid	Madman	Trailer \| Review
29 March	Wrath of the Titans (3D)	Roadshow	Trailer \| Review
29 March	Mirror Mirror	Roadshow	Trailer \| Review
29 March	Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax	Universal	Trailer \| Review
29 March	A Dangerous Method	Paramount/Transmission	Review
29 March	Le Havre	Sharmill Films	Review
	APRIL
5 April	American Reunion	Universal	Trailer \| Review
5 April	The Pirates! Band of Misfits	Sony	Trailer \| Review
5 April	This Must Be The Place	Hopscotch	Review
5 April	Titanic (3D)	Fox	Trailer \| Review
5 April	Goodbye, First Love	Palace	Review
5 April	Salmon Fishing in the Yemen	Roadshow	Review
5 April	Love in the Buff	Dream Movie	Trailer
12 April	The Deep Blue Sea	Transmission	Review
12 April	Battleship	Universal	Trailer
19 April	Streetdance 2 3D	Hoyts
19 April	The Lucky One	Roadshow
19 April	The Lady	Roadshow	Trailer
19 April	Footnote	Rialto	Review
19 April	Romantics Anonymous	Madman
25 April	The Avengers	Disney	Trailer \| Review
26 April	Café de Flore	Icon
26 April	Wish You Were Here	Hopscotch	Review
	MAY
3 May	Act of Valor	Roadshow
3 May	Beauty and the Beast 3D	Disney	Trailer \| Review
3 May	Delicacy	Transmission	Review
3 May	The Five Year Engagement	Universal	Trailer \| Review
3 May	King of Devil’s Island	Palace
3 May	The Sitter	Fox
3 May	W.E.	Roadshow
10 May	Dark Shadows (3D)	Roadshow	Trailer \| Review
10 May	Jiro Dreams of Sushi	Curious	MIFF2011 Review
10 May	Safe	Icon	Review
10 May	Iron Sky	Hoyts	Trailer
10 May	Trishna	Madman
16 May	The Dictator	Paramount	Trailer \| Review
17 May	Silent Souls	Icon
17 May	The Woman in Black	Roadshow	Trailer \| Review
24 May	Bel Ami	Hopscotch	Trailer \| Review
24 May	First Night	Paramount
24 May	Men in Black 3	Sony	Trailer \| Review
24 May	Empire of Silver	China Lion
24 May	Careless Love	Antidote Films
31 May	Declaration of War	Palace	Review
31 May	Get the Gringo	Icon	Review
31 May	Tomboy	Rialto
31 May	What to Expect When You’re Expecting	Roadshow	Review
	JUNE
7 June	Anton Chekov’s The Duel	Rialto	Review
7 June	Friends With Kids	Roadshow	Review
7 June	Prometheus	Fox	Trailer \| Review
7 June (Melbourne) 14 June	Double Trouble	China Lion	Review
14 June	Take This Waltz	Hopscotch	Review
14 June (Limited)	The Cabin in the Woods	Roadshow	Review
14 June	The Chef (Le Chef)	Icon	Review
14 June	That’s My Boy	Sony
14 June	Rock of Ages	Roadshow	Trailer \| Review
21 June	Snow White & the Huntsman	Universal	Trailer \| Review
21 June	Brave	Disney	Trailer \| Review
21 June	Elena	Palace	Review
21 June	Marley	Roadshow
21 June	A Royal Affair	Madman
21 June (QLD) 28 June (NSW, VIC, SA) 5 July (WA, ACT)	The Three Stooges	Fox
28 June	Where Do We Go Now?	Hopscotch	Review
28 June	Ice Age: Continental Drift	Fox	Trailer \| Review
28 June	Painted Skin: The Resurrection	China Lion	Trailer
28 June	Polisse	Curious	Review
	JULY
2 July	Katy Perry: Part of Me (3D)	Paramount	Trailer \| Review
4 July (July 2 in QLD & NT)	The Amazing Spider-man	Sony	Trailer \| Review
5 July	Ted	Universal	Trailer \| Review
12 July	Hysteria	Hopscotch	Trailer \| Review
12 July	The King Is Dead	PInnacle	Review
12 July	Not Suitable For Children	Icon	Trailer \| Review
12 July	You Instead	Hopscotch
19 July	The Dark Knight Rises	Roadshow	Trailer \| Review
19 July	The Door	Rialto	Review
26 July	And If We All Lived Together?	Madman	Review
26 July	Magic Mike	Roadshow	Trailer \| Review
26 July	In Darkness	Roadshow
26 July	LOL	Roadshow
26 July	Starry Starry Night	China Lion
	AUGUST
2 August	Beauty	Palace	Review
2 August	Cosmopolis	Icon	Trailer \| Review
2 August	Jo Nesbo’s Jackpot	Rialto
2 August	Step Up 4: Miami Heat (3D)	Universal
2 August	Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter	Fox	Trailer \| Review
9 August	The Campaign	Roadshow	Trailer \| Review
9 August	The Sapphires	Hopscotch	Trailer \| Review
14 August	Storm Surfers 3D	Madman
16 August	The Bourne Legacy	Universal	Trailer \| Review
16 August	Bernie	Madman	Review
16 August	My America	Rialto
16 August	Tortoise In Love	Rialto
23 August	Bully	Roadshow	Review
23 August	Hope Springs	Roadshow
23 August	Holy Motors	Icon	Review
23 August	Lan Kwai Fong 2	Dream Movie
23 August	Seeking A Friend For the End of the World	Roadshow
23 August	Total Recall	Sony	Trailer \| Review
30 August	The Bullet Vanishes	China Lion	Trailer \| Review
30 August	Chinese Take-Away (Un Cuento Chino)	Rialto	Review
30 August	Finding Nemo (3D)	Disney	Review
30 August	Love	Regency	Trailer \| Review
30 August	Moonrise Kingdom	Universal	Trailer \| Review
30 August	The Expendables 2	Roadshow	Trailer \| Review
	SEPTEMBER
6 September (Melbourne – Cinema Nova) 13 September (Sydney)	Damsels in Distress	Sony
6 September	Hit & Run	PInnacle	Review
6 September	Kath & Kimderella	Roadshow	Review
6 September	Killer Joe (Dendy Exclusive)	Roadshow	Review
6 September	Monsieur Lazhar	Palace	Review
6 September	Your Sister’s Sister	Madman	Review
13 September	Beasts of the Southern Wild	Icon	Review
13 September	Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted	Paramount	Trailer \| Review
13 September	The Watch	Fox	Trailer \| Review
13 September	Resident Evil: Retribution	Sony	Trailer
13 September	6 Plots	Rialto
20 September	Bait 3D	Paramount	Trailer
20 September	Hotel Transylvania (3D)	Sony
20 September	Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days	Fox
20 September	Last Will	Rialto
20 September	Lore	Transmission
20 September	Ruby Sparks	Fox
20 September	Secret of the Wings	Disney	Trailer
27 September	Looper	Roadshow	Trailer
27 September	Tai Chi Zero	Icon
27 September	On the Road	Icon	Trailer \| Review
	OCTOBER
4 October	I Wish	Rialto	Review
4 October	Mental	Universal
4 October	Searching for Sugar Man	Madman
4 October	Taken 2	Fox	Trailer
11 October	Killing Them Softly	Hoyts	Trailer
11 October	Lawless	Roadshow	Trailer
11 October	Shadow Dancer	Potential Films
11 October	The Wedding Party	Label	Trailer \| Review
11 October	The Words	Becker Film Group	Trailer
18 October	Arbitage	Madman
18 October	The Big Wedding	Roadshow
18 October	Paranormal Activity 4	Paramount	Trailer
18 October	Safety Not Guaranteed	Rialto	Trailer \| Review
18 October	Savages	Universal	Trailer
18 October	To Rome with Love	Hopscotch	Trailer
18 October	Wuthering Heights	Transmission	Trailer
25 October	Argo	Roadshow	Trailer
25 October	Dredd (3D)	Icon
25 October	Frankenweenie	Disney	Trailer
25 October	The Intouchables	Roadshow
25 October	The Apparition	Roadshow	Trailer
25 October	Sparkle	Sony
26 October	Tai Chi Hero	Icon
	NOVEMBER
1 November	End of Watch	Roadshow
1 November	The Expatriate	PInnacle
1 November	The Giants	Palace
1 November	Last Dance	Becker Film Group
8 November	360	Madman
8 November	Alex Cross	Hoyts	Trailer
8 November	House At the End of the Street	Roadshow
8 November	The Master	Roadshow	Trailer
8 November	Premium Rush	Sony
8 November	The Sessions	Fox	Trailer
15 November	The Angels’ Share	Vendetta Films	Review
15 November	Robot and Frank	Sony	Trailer
15 November	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2	Hoyts	Teaser
22 November	The Babymakers	PInnacle
22 November	Electrick Children	Rialto
22 November	Skyfall	Sony	Trailer
29 November	Red Dawn	Roadshow	Trailer
	DECEMBER
6 December	The Trouble With the Curve	Roadshow	Trailer
6 December	Fun Size	Paramount
6 December	Love Story	Sharmill Films
6 December	Pitch Perfect	Universal
13 December	Paris-Manhattan	Palace
13 December	Rise of the Guardians	Paramount	Trailer
20 December	The Guillotines 3D	Icon
26 December	Liberal Arts	Icon	Review
26 December	Les Miserables	Universal	Trailer
26 December	The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (3D)	Roadshow	Trailer
26 December	Wreck-It Ralph	Disney	Trailer
26 December	Parental Guidance	Fox
26 December	Sightseers	Rialto
26 December	Quartet	Paramount