Every movie fan has a must see list.  We are always looking ahead at the following year’s big releases.   Some even plan their holidays around movies that may or not get released on July 20, 2012…

My first instinct for this post was to create a top 10 list of my own and include any and all trailers that have been released thus far.  My list would have included films like The Dark Knight Rises, The Avengers, The Hobbit, Django Unchained, Skyfall and more.  But then I realized that my list is very similar to about 2.2 million other lists online.

Since I agree with 97% of them, I decided to avoid redundancy.  Instead I’ve selected 10 of these lists from around the web and created a point system.  It’s simple enough to understand.  Each of the posts rank the top upcoming movies of 2012.  Movies receive 1 point for a 10th place ranking, 2 points for 9th and so on with 1st place receiving 10 points.

The battle for 2012 biggest movie begins… Right after I list my sources:

• Russ Fischer’s 10 Most Anticipated Films of 2012 (/FILM)
• My 10 Most Anticipated Films of 2012 (GeekTyrant)
• The Weekend Warrior’s Anticipated Movies of 2012 (Comingsoon.net)
• Germain’s 10 Most Anticipated Films of 2012 (/FILM)
• The Top 25 Must-See Movies of 2012 (Den of Geek)
• The Top 10 Most Anticipated Films of 2012 (Screencrave)
• Most Anticipated Movies of 2012 (We Got This Covered)
• The 30 Most Anticipated Movies of 2012 (COED Magazine)
• Top 10 Movies To Watch in 2012 (Fast Top 10 user JCrew)
• Top 10 Most Anticipated Movies of 2012 (Listal user Sackdaddy)

I picked the lists that resembled my ‘list’ and they had to be ranked 10-1.  On to the results:

THE COMPLETE LIST

1. The Dark Knight Rises (77 points)

2. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (62 points)

3. The Avengers (59 points)

4. Prometheus (48 points)

5. The Hunger Games (40 points)

6. The Amazing Spider-Man (33 points)

7. Django Unchained (30 points)

8. Snow White & The Huntsman (16 points)

9. World War Z (16 points)

10. Looper (12 points)

11. Gravity (12 points)

12. Brave (12 points)

13. Skyfall (11 points)

14. The Expendables 2 (8 points)

15. The Master (8 points)

16. Cloud Atlas (8 points)

17. John Carter (8 points)

18. Only God Forgives (7 points)

19. The Cabin in the Woods (7 points)

20. Seven Psychopaths (7 points)

21. The Dictator (6 points)

22. The Pirates: In An Adventure With Scientists (6 points)

23. The Bourne Legacy (6 points)

24. The Great Gatsby (5 points)

25. Ted (5 points)

26. Argo (5 points)

27. Battleship (5 points)

28. Men In Black 3 (4 points)

29. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (4 points)

30. Wreck-It Ralph (4 points)

31. Moonrise Kingdom (3 points)

32. Wettest County (3 points)

33. Titanic 3D (3 points)

34. Gangster Squad (2 points)

35. This Is Forty (2 points)

36. GI Joe: Retaliation (2 points)

37. Total Recall (1 points)

38. Les Miserables (1 points)

MOVIES THAT APPEARED ON THE MOST LISTS

• The Dark Knight Rises (10)
• The Avengers (9)
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (8)
• The Hunger Games (7)
• Django Unchained (7)
• The Amazing Spider-Man (6)
• Prometheus (6)

MOVIES WITH 1ST PLACE VOTES

• The Dark Knight Rises (4)
• Prometheus (3)
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (1)
• The Hunger Games (1)
• Looper (1)

WHAT MOVIES ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO IN 2012?