Domestic Box Office For May 16, 2012
Data as of Dec 22, 1:55 PST
Key:New This Day
| TD | YD | Release | Daily | %± YD | %± LW | Theaters | Avg | To Date | Days | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | The Avengers | $6,339,757 | -25.2% | -53.4% | 4,349 | $1,457 | $395,813,047 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 2 | - | The Dictator | $4,175,274 | - | - | 3,003 | $1,390 | $4,175,274 | 1 | Paramount Pictures |
| 3 | 2 | Dark Shadows | $1,841,116 | -29.5% | - | 3,755 | $490 | $36,449,053 | 6 | Warner Bros. |
| 4 | 3 | Think Like a Man | $380,482 | -26.2% | -31.5% | 2,052 | $185 | $82,810,061 | 27 | Screen Gems |
| 5 | 4 | The Hunger Games | $376,509 | -19% | -18.4% | 2,531 | $148 | $388,246,795 | 55 | Lionsgate |
| 6 | 7 | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | $321,998 | -7.3% | +272.9% | 178 | $1,808 | $4,693,068 | 13 | - |
| 7 | 6 | The Lucky One | $311,464 | -27.8% | -31.9% | 2,839 | $109 | $54,847,007 | 27 | Warner Bros. |
| 8 | 5 | The Five-Year Engagement | $285,480 | -38.3% | -46.1% | 2,569 | $111 | $25,718,135 | 20 | Universal Pictures |
| 9 | 8 | The Pirates! Band of Misfits | $205,009 | -18.9% | -32.4% | 3,079 | $66 | $23,702,952 | 20 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 10 | 10 | Chimpanzee | $136,187 | -25.4% | -33.3% | 1,400 | $97 | $26,179,160 | 27 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 11 | 11 | The Raven | $125,848 | -27% | -56.4% | 1,888 | $66 | $15,181,722 | 20 | Relativity Media |
| 12 | 9 | Safe | $107,369 | -49.4% | -61.2% | 1,690 | $63 | $16,197,183 | 20 | Lionsgate |
| 13 | 12 | The Cabin in the Woods | $84,206 | -34.6% | -55.3% | 1,029 | $81 | $40,086,468 | 34 | Lionsgate |
| 14 | 13 | Girl in Progress | $62,300 | -26.7% | - | 322 | $193 | $1,623,855 | 6 | Lionsgate |
| 15 | 17 | To the Arctic 3D | $56,191 | +21.2% | +22.2% | 49 | $1,146 | $1,556,865 | 27 | Warner Bros. |
| 16 | 15 | The Three Stooges | $53,417 | -24.1% | -46.1% | 1,027 | $52 | $41,339,177 | 34 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 17 | 14 | 21 Jump Street | $46,637 | -41% | -55.1% | 589 | $79 | $135,307,732 | 62 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 18 | 18 | Bully 2012 Re-release | $39,428 | -11.6% | -16.2% | 263 | $149 | $2,702,652 | 34 | The Weinstein Company |
| 19 | 19 | Mirror Mirror | $37,738 | -13.4% | -32.8% | 607 | $62 | $61,110,426 | 48 | Relativity Media |
| 20 | 16 | American Reunion | $36,210 | -42.1% | -50.2% | 521 | $69 | $56,190,580 | 41 | Universal Pictures |
| 21 | 20 | The Lorax | $34,920 | -4.3% | +22.8% | 455 | $76 | $209,699,750 | 76 | Universal Pictures |
| 22 | 27 | Born to Be Wild | $25,800 | +52.5% | -2.5% | 34 | $758 | $18,840,995 | 405 | Warner Bros. |
| 23 | 21 | Salmon Fishing in the Yemen | $19,836 | -17.1% | -41.2% | 200 | $99 | $8,607,802 | 69 | CBS Films |
| 24 | 22 | The Artist | $19,651 | -9.8% | +704.1% | 751 | $26 | $44,501,657 | 174 | The Weinstein Company |
| 25 | 24 | Journey 2: The Mysterious Island | $17,517 | -11% | +5% | 260 | $67 | $102,634,390 | 97 | Warner Bros. |
| 26 | 23 | Titanic 2012 3D Release | $15,463 | -25.5% | -59.8% | 157 | $98 | $57,668,360 | 43 | Paramount Pictures |
| 27 | 25 | Lockout | $15,129 | -18.8% | -9.5% | 255 | $59 | $14,187,252 | 34 | FilmDistrict |
| 28 | 26 | Wrath of the Titans | $10,932 | -40.2% | -70.7% | 265 | $41 | $82,033,640 | 48 | Warner Bros. |
| 29 | 29 | Safe House | $7,495 | -15.2% | -33.6% | 136 | $55 | $126,173,470 | 97 | Universal Pictures |
| 30 | 33 | This Means War | $6,468 | -1.3% | -27% | 132 | $49 | $54,605,487 | 90 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 31 | 28 | Sound of My Voice | $6,356 | -29.1% | -20.2% | 46 | $138 | $212,008 | 20 | - |
| 32 | 31 | Jeff, Who Lives at Home | $6,186 | -9.1% | +65.6% | 117 | $52 | $4,263,337 | 62 | Paramount Vantage |
| 33 | 32 | A Thousand Words | $6,067 | -10.1% | -10.6% | 124 | $48 | $18,311,706 | 69 | DreamWorks |
| 34 | 30 | The Road | $5,503 | -30.5% | - | 50 | $110 | $77,632 | 6 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 35 | 34 | Act of Valor | $4,938 | -18% | -46.8% | 118 | $41 | $69,920,216 | 83 | Relativity Media |
| 36 | 36 | Casa de mi Padre | $3,436 | -5.2% | -16.3% | 56 | $61 | $5,906,027 | 62 | Lionsgate |
| 37 | 35 | Good Deeds | $3,384 | -26.8% | -41.7% | 110 | $30 | $35,022,068 | 83 | Lionsgate |
| 38 | 37 | Chronicle | $2,845 | -4.8% | -23.6% | 51 | $55 | $64,520,241 | 104 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 39 | 38 | Grand Illusion | $2,536 | -9.5% | - | 1 | $2,536 | $15,177 | 6 | Rialto Pictures |
| 40 | 40 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $2,317 | +0.1% | -24.4% | 67 | $34 | $133,068,785 | 153 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 41 | 39 | Friends with Kids | $2,063 | -16.8% | +2.1% | 10 | $206 | $7,213,050 | 69 | Roadside Attractions |
| 42 | 42 | Project X | $1,823 | -7% | -46.7% | 40 | $45 | $54,730,096 | 76 | Warner Bros. |
| 43 | 41 | Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day | $1,689 | -19.6% | -22.6% | 23 | $73 | $1,187,471 | 34 | Codeblack Entertainment |
| 44 | 45 | Coriolanus | $1,171 | +3% | -37.3% | 11 | $106 | $743,338 | 118 | The Weinstein Company |
| 45 | 43 | Kalakalappu | $1,049 | -38.5% | - | 10 | $104 | $20,766 | 6 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 46 | 46 | We Bought a Zoo | $664 | -6.7% | -34.1% | 28 | $23 | $75,623,891 | 146 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 47 | 44 | Undefeated | $540 | -57.5% | -77.4% | 13 | $41 | $543,775 | 90 | The Weinstein Company |
| 48 | 47 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 2012 3D Release | $473 | -14.6% | -35.1% | 12 | $39 | $43,455,093 | 97 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 49 | 50 | My Way | $260 | +0.8% | -78.4% | 7 | $37 | $64,872 | 27 | CJ Entertainment |
| 50 | 49 | Tonight You're Mine | $249 | -11.1% | - | 2 | $124 | $2,926 | 6 | Roadside Attractions |
| 51 | 52 | Red Tails | $241 | +89.8% | -56.7% | 9 | $26 | $49,867,414 | 118 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 52 | 51 | Touchback | $184 | -3.2% | -62.4% | 6 | $30 | $203,493 | 34 | Anchor Bay Films |
| 53 | - | The Graduate 45th Anniversary Reunion | $119 | - | -31.2% | 1 | $119 | $23,974 | 36 | Rialto Pictures |
| 54 | 53 | Albert Nobbs | $88 | +1,157.1% | +1,157.1% | 2 | $44 | $3,014,676 | 111 | Roadside Attractions |
| 55 | 48 | Jesus Henry Christ | $83 | -77.1% | -56.3% | 2 | $41 | $16,050 | 27 | Entertainment One |
