As of July 2022[update], Mat Kilau: Kebangkitan Pahlawan directed and written by Syamsul Yusof is currently the highest-grossing local film (and overall) of all time in Malaysia.
^ Transformers: Dark of the Moon grossed RM34,661,020 but due to the exchange rates, United International Pictures claimed that the film banked in a total of RM37,252,441.
^^ Note 2: Avengers: Age of Ultron grossed RM17,876,018 on its opening weekend from Thursday to Sunday.
[24] In 2012, The Avengers became the second film after Transformers: Dark of the Moon to earn more than $10 million (USD) in Malaysia's Box Office.
[31] However, The Avengers still scored the biggest Friday's single opening day gross of the year.
Both are still unable to top Transformers: Dark of the Moon with advance ticketing sales and more addition of midnight shows.
Both CZ12 and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey continued their strength from last year holiday weekend to dominate the box office for several weeks consecutively.
Heading into January, CZ12 broke record by becoming the second-highest-grossing Chinese film in Malaysia, earning RM20,278,439.
On 26 April, Iron Man 3 broke the highest opening day record previously held by The Avengers.
[40] On 4 July, Despicable Me 2 broke the highest opening weekend record for an animated film[41] which was previously held by Kung Fu Panda 2.
The minion comedy opened to RM5,596,983 even after a strong RM1,098,734 limited sneak previews from its previous weekend, which was higher than Kung Fu Panda 2's RM5,025,339 back in 2011.
Meanwhile, directed by Malaysian director James Wan, The Conjuring is the highest-grossing horror film ever in Malaysia with RM11,800,000[42] until it was later surpassed by its own spin-off Annabelle in 2014.
However, with inflation and IMAX boost, Iron Man 3 could be considered scoring the best opening weekend since it had already grossed RM 13.8 million in just 3 days.
Meanwhile, in terms of US dollar, Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters grossed less than Oz: The Great and Powerful.
The robots adventure broke all of its predecessors' opening records, earning RM21,421,683 on its first weekend of release.
Furious 7 surprised local box office by its outstanding performance, breaking all of the records held by Transformers and The Avengers franchise.