2012 Releases

2012 Australian Release Dates

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.

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See also: 2011 Releases

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
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	First Night	Paramount
1 March	Headhunters	Rialto
1 March	Carnage	Sony
1 March	Like Crazy	Paramount	Trailer
1 March	Project X	Roadshow
1 March	Sione's 2: Unfinished Business	PInnacle	Trailer
8 March	John Carter	Disney	Teaser Trailer
8 March	50/50	Roadshow	Trailer
8 March	The Source	Madman
8 March	Coriolanus	Icon
15 March	The Rum Diary	Fox	Trailer
15 March	21 Jump Street	Sony	Trailer
15 March	Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance	Roadshow	Trailer
15 March (Limited)	Kid with A Bike	Madman	MIFF Review
22 March	The Hunger Games	Roadshow	Trailer
22 March	The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel	Fox
22 March	The Raid	Madman	Trailer
29 March	Wrath of the Titans (3D)	Roadshow	Trailer
29 March	Mirror Mirror	Roadshow	Trailer
29 March	Dr. Seuss' The Lorax	Universal	Trailer
29 March	A Dangerous Method	Paramount/Transmission
	APRIL
5 April	American Reunion	Universal	Trailer
5 April	The Pirates! Band of Misfits	Sony	Trailer
5 April	Footnote	Rialto
5 April	This Must Be The Place	Hopscotch
5 April	Titanic (3D)	Fox
5 April	Goodbye, First Love	Palace
5 April	The Deep Blue Sea	Transmission
5 April	Salmon Fishing in the Yemen	Roadshow
12 April	The Three Stooges	Fox
18 April	Battleship	Universal	Trailer
19 April	Streetdance 2 3D	Hoyts
19 April	The Lucky One	Roadshow
19 April	The Lady	Roadshow	Trailer
19 April	Romantics Anonymous	Madman
25 April	Wanderlust	Universal
25 April	The Avengers	Disney	Trailer
26 April	Café de Flore	Icon
26 April	Friends with Kids	Roadshow
26 April	Joyful Noise	Roadshow
26 April	Wish You Were Here	Hopscotch
	MAY
3 May	Act of Valor	Roadshow
3 May	Beauty and the Beast 3D	Disney	Trailer \| Review
3 May	Big Miracle	Universal
3 May	Robosapien: Rebooted (3D)	Hoyts
3 May	The Sitter	Fox
3 May	W.E.	Roadshow
10 May	Dark Shadows (3D)	Roadshow
17 May	Lockout	Roadshow
10 May	Bait	Paramount
17 May	The Five Year Engagement	Universal
17 May	Safe	Icon
17 May	Silent Souls	Icon
24 May	Men in Black 3	Sony	Trailer

31 May	Tomboy	Rialto
31 May	What to Expect When You're Expecting	Roadshow
	JUNE
7 June	This Is 40	Universal
7 June	The Dictator	Paramount	Trailer
7 June	Prometheus	Fox	Trailer
14 June	That’s My Boy	Sony
14 June	Rock of Ages	Roadshow	Trailer
21 June	Snow White & the Huntsman	Universal	Trailer
21 June	Brave	Disney	Trailer
21 June	Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter	Fox	Trailer
28 June	Ice Age: Continental Drift	Fox
	JULY
	The Amazing Spider-man	Sony	Teaser Trailer
12 July	Ted	Universal
19 July	The Dark Knight Rises	Roadshow	Teaser Trailer \| Trailer
26 July	Magic Mike	Roadshow
	AUGUST
2 August	Step Up 4Ever (3D)	Universal
2 August	G.I. Joe: Retaliation	Paramount	Trailer
9 August	Rivals	Roadshow
9 August	Warm Bodies	Icon
16 August	The Bourne Legacy	Universal	Trailer
23 August	Total Recall	Sony
23 August	The Expendables 2	Roadshow	Trailer
30 August	Sinister	Icon
30 August	Great Hope Springs	Roadshow
	SEPTEMBER
6 September	Wettest County in the World	Roadshow
13 September	Finding Nemo (3D)	Disney
13 September	Premium Rush	Sony
13 September	Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted	Paramount	Trailer
13 September	Neighborhood Watch	Fox
20 September	Hotel Transylvania (3D)	Sony
20 September	Paranorman	Universal	Trailer
20 September	Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days	Fox
27 September	Savages	Universal
27 September	Argo	Roadshow
	OCTOBER
4 October	Taken 2	Fox
11 October	Resident Evil: Retribution	Sony	Teaser
11 October	The Trouble With the Curve	Roadshow
18 October	Looper	Roadshow
25 October	Apparition	Roadshow
25 October	The Big Wedding	Roadshow
	NOVEMBER
1 November	Gangster Squad	Roadshow
8 November	House at the End of the Street	Roadshow
15 November	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2	Hoyts
22 November	Skyfall	Sony
29 November	The 47 Ronin	Universal
29 November	Frankenweenie	Disney
29 November	Gravity (3D)	Roadshow
29 November	The Silver Linings Playbook	Roadshow
	DECEMBER
6 December	Here Comes the Boom	Sony
20 December	Life of Pi (3D)	Fox
26 December	The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (3D)	Roadshow	Trailer
26 December	Les Miserables	Universal
26 December	Rise of the Guardians	Paramount