2012 was the 3rd year of 2010's
Theatrical releases[]
Feature films[]
- January 13 - Joyful Noise
- February 10 - Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
- March 2 - Project X
- March 30 - Wrath of the Titans
- April 20 - The Lucky One
- May 11 - Dark Shadows
- May 25 - Chernobyl Diaries
- June 15 - Rock of Ages
- June 29 - Magic Mike
- July 20 - The Dark Knight Rises
- August 10 - The Campaign
- August 24 - The Apparition
- September 21 - Trouble with the Curve
- October 12 - Argo
- October 26 - Cloud Atlas
- December 14 - The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Television[]
- May 25 - Femme Fatales aired its season two premiere on Cinemax.
- August 10 - Femme Fatales aired its series finale on Cinemax.
- October 10 - Arrow premiered on The CW.
Soundtracks[]
Album releases[]
- May 29 - Femme Fatales soundtrack.
Theme park happenings[]
- July 7 - Lex Luthor: Drop of Doom opens at Six Flags Magic Mountain.
Comics[]
Reprint collections[]
Magazines[]
Books[]
Video games[]
Home video releases[]
DVD and Blu-ray releases[]
- January 3 - Contagion
- February 7 - A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas
- February 21 - J. Edgar
- March 6 - Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy?
- March 13 - Happy Feet Two
- March 27
- Casablanca: 70th Anniversary
- Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
- The Lion of Judah
- April 17 - Born to Be Wild
- May 1
- June 5 - Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
- June 12 - Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
- June 19 - Project X
- June 26 - Wrath of the Titans
- August 28 - The Lucky One
- October 2 - Dark Shadows
- October 9
- October 16 - Chernobyl Diaries
- October 23 - Magic Mike
- October 30 - The Campaign
- November 13 - The Shining
- November 27 - The Apparition
- December 4 - The Dark Knight Rises
- December 18 - Trouble with the Curve
DVD only releases[]
People[]
Deaths[]
- January 14 - Star Wirth
- January 24 - James Farentino
- January 26 - Ian Abercrombie
- February 12 - David Kelly
- February 16 - Dick Anthony Williams
- February 29 - Davy Jones
- March 3 - Leonardo Cimino
- May 29 - Dick Beals
- June 2 - Kathryn Joosten
- June 8 - Frank Cady
- June 16 - Susan Tyrell
- July 3 - Andy Griffith
- July 4 - Eric Sykes
- July 8 - Ernest Borgnine
- July 13 - Ginny Tyler
- July 16 - Frank Andrina
- July 20 - Simon Ward
- July 22 - Fern Persons
- July 24
- July 26 - Lupe Ontiveros
- July 29 - John Finnegan
- July 31 - Gore Vidal
- August 8 - Christopher Whittingham
- August 14
- August 16 - William Windom
- August 20 - Phyllis Diller
- August 23 - Jerry Nelson
- August 24 - Steve Franken
- September 3 - Michael Clarke Duncan
- September 16 - John Ingle
- September 20 - Michael Rye
- October 10 - Alex Karras
- October 14 - John Clive
- October 28 - Merry Anders
- November 5 - Olympe Bradna
- November 8 - Lucille Bliss
- November 9 - Pat Renella
- November 23 - Larry Hagman
- December 7 - Rusty Mills
- December 24 - Charles Durning
- December 27 - Harry Carey Jr.
Character debuts[]
- February 4 - Inspector 13, Clockwork
- February 12 - Flame Princess
- March 3 - Jury Rigg
- March 23 - Retaliator
- March 24 - Dagon
- August 1 - Feedback, Bloxx, Malware, Rook Blonko, Khyber, Liam, Fistina, Bubblehead
- September 29 - Gravattack, Fistrick
- October 20 - Crashhopper
- November 3 - Ester
- November 10 - Ball Weevil, Dr. Psychobos
- November 24 - Walkatrout, Pesky Dust, Mole-Stache, The Worst, Kickin Hawk
- December 14 - Thorin Oakenshield, Bombur, Balin, Golin, Dwalin, Bofur Bifur, Oin, Gloin, Fili, Kili Nori, Dori. Ori Azog Great Goblin and Smaug
Events[]
Business[]
References[]
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