Domestic Box Office For May 18, 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 | $15,236,046 | +145.4% | -47.9% | 4,249 | $3,585 | $417,257,461 | 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 2 | - | Battleship | $8,782,225 | - | - | 3,690 | $2,380 | $8,782,225 | 1 | Universal Pictures |
| 3 | 2 | The Dictator | $5,727,753 | +99.9% | - | 3,008 | $1,904 | $12,768,834 | 3 | Paramount Pictures |
| 4 | - | What to Expect When You're Expecting | $3,848,774 | - | - | 3,021 | $1,274 | $3,848,774 | 1 | Lionsgate |
| 5 | 3 | Dark Shadows | $3,820,203 | +126.1% | -60.5% | 3,755 | $1,017 | $41,958,624 | 8 | Warner Bros. |
| 6 | 7 | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | $872,968 | +186.8% | +29.9% | 354 | $2,466 | $5,870,409 | 15 | - |
| 7 | 4 | The Hunger Games | $824,397 | +114.5% | -30.6% | 2,064 | $399 | $389,455,507 | 57 | Lionsgate |
| 8 | 5 | Think Like a Man | $807,145 | +113.6% | -48.6% | 1,722 | $468 | $83,995,056 | 29 | Screen Gems |
| 9 | 6 | The Lucky One | $598,030 | +93.4% | -54% | 2,005 | $298 | $55,754,205 | 29 | Warner Bros. |
| 10 | 9 | The Pirates! Band of Misfits | $352,992 | +69.3% | -52.3% | 1,840 | $191 | $24,264,496 | 22 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 11 | 8 | The Five-Year Engagement | $334,875 | +22% | -65.2% | 1,175 | $285 | $26,327,510 | 22 | Universal Pictures |
| 12 | 10 | Chimpanzee | $182,447 | +12.7% | -52.8% | 895 | $203 | $26,523,434 | 29 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 13 | 28 | Wrath of the Titans | $132,069 | +1,179.4% | +82.6% | 360 | $366 | $82,176,032 | 50 | Warner Bros. |
| 14 | 16 | Girl in Progress | $123,273 | +127.6% | -69.8% | 322 | $382 | $1,801,287 | 8 | Lionsgate |
| 15 | - | Crooked Arrows | $119,559 | - | - | 55 | $2,173 | $119,559 | 1 | - |
| 16 | 15 | The Three Stooges | $119,152 | +116.8% | -56% | 594 | $200 | $41,513,289 | 36 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 17 | 21 | The Lorax | $117,495 | +256.3% | +9.9% | 379 | $310 | $209,850,225 | 78 | Universal Pictures |
| 18 | 13 | The Cabin in the Woods | $114,250 | +36.7% | -62.3% | 448 | $255 | $40,284,323 | 36 | Lionsgate |
| 19 | 17 | 21 Jump Street | $101,417 | +104.7% | -51.4% | 261 | $388 | $135,458,697 | 64 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 20 | 20 | Mirror Mirror | $98,921 | +167.4% | -27.1% | 407 | $243 | $61,246,343 | 50 | Relativity Media |
| 21 | 14 | To the Arctic 3D | $84,097 | +23.2% | +13.9% | 49 | $1,716 | $1,709,232 | 29 | Warner Bros. |
| 22 | 19 | American Reunion | $78,300 | +93.5% | -46.3% | 290 | $270 | $56,309,350 | 43 | Universal Pictures |
| 23 | 12 | Safe | $75,561 | -23.4% | -80.5% | 503 | $150 | $16,371,334 | 22 | Lionsgate |
| 24 | 11 | The Raven | $72,716 | -42.9% | -82.2% | 432 | $168 | $15,381,852 | 22 | Relativity Media |
| 25 | 25 | Journey 2: The Mysterious Island | $53,059 | +194.1% | +1.6% | 245 | $216 | $102,705,493 | 99 | Warner Bros. |
| 26 | 18 | Bully 2012 Re-release | $42,643 | -11.4% | -33.6% | 204 | $209 | $2,793,417 | 36 | The Weinstein Company |
| 27 | 23 | Born to Be Wild | $28,003 | +49.3% | +5.7% | 34 | $823 | $18,887,748 | 407 | Warner Bros. |
| 28 | 27 | Lockout | $27,227 | +67.9% | -50.2% | 191 | $142 | $14,230,695 | 36 | FilmDistrict |
| 29 | 24 | Salmon Fishing in the Yemen | $25,870 | +40.3% | -45.2% | 134 | $193 | $8,652,107 | 71 | CBS Films |
| 30 | 31 | This Means War | $19,189 | +188.3% | -13.1% | 90 | $213 | $54,631,331 | 92 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 31 | 33 | A Thousand Words | $13,933 | +135.4% | -22.2% | 110 | $126 | $18,331,559 | 71 | DreamWorks |
| 32 | 26 | Titanic 2012 3D Release | $13,902 | -19.6% | -65.1% | 70 | $198 | $57,699,554 | 45 | Paramount Pictures |
| 33 | 34 | Act of Valor | $10,796 | +104.9% | -11.7% | 96 | $112 | $69,936,281 | 85 | Relativity Media |
| 34 | 30 | Sound of My Voice | $9,643 | +41.6% | -42.4% | 37 | $260 | $228,459 | 22 | - |
| 35 | - | Lovely Molly | $9,183 | - | - | 5 | $1,836 | $9,183 | 1 | Image Entertainment |
| 36 | 22 | The Artist | $7,136 | -65.9% | -82% | 103 | $69 | $44,529,745 | 176 | The Weinstein Company |
| 37 | 41 | Grand Illusion | $4,958 | +115.9% | +102.1% | 3 | $1,652 | $22,431 | 8 | Rialto Pictures |
| 38 | 39 | Chronicle | $4,876 | +67.1% | -16.7% | 39 | $125 | $64,528,035 | 106 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 39 | 43 | Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day | $3,432 | +107.7% | -40.3% | 17 | $201 | $1,192,555 | 36 | Codeblack Entertainment |
| 40 | 40 | Friends with Kids | $2,893 | +15.5% | -35.1% | 25 | $115 | $7,218,448 | 71 | Roadside Attractions |
| 41 | 46 | Kalakalappu | $2,419 | +303.2% | -43.9% | 8 | $302 | $23,785 | 8 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 42 | 38 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $2,153 | -27.9% | -42% | 40 | $53 | $133,073,926 | 155 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 43 | 35 | The Road | $1,651 | -67.7% | -90.4% | 10 | $165 | $84,398 | 8 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 44 | 44 | Coriolanus | $1,378 | +16.1% | -15.8% | 9 | $153 | $745,903 | 120 | The Weinstein Company |
| 45 | 47 | Undefeated | $1,137 | +90.5% | -24% | 9 | $126 | $545,509 | 92 | The Weinstein Company |
| 46 | - | A Grin Without A Cat | $696 | - | - | 1 | $696 | $38,975 | 3,671 | Icarus Films |
| 47 | 50 | My Way | $650 | +100% | -0.6% | 4 | $162 | $65,847 | 29 | CJ Entertainment |
| 48 | - | Blue Like Jazz | $577 | - | -52.2% | 7 | $82 | $591,338 | 36 | Roadside Attractions |
| 49 | - | Grandmaster | $373 | - | +69.5% | 2 | $186 | $15,831 | 15 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 50 | 49 | Red Tails | $231 | -33.4% | -91.8% | 3 | $77 | $49,867,992 | 120 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 51 | 53 | The Graduate 45th Anniversary Reunion | $206 | +53.7% | - | 2 | $103 | $24,314 | 38 | Rialto Pictures |
| 52 | 54 | Jesus Henry Christ | $158 | +29.5% | -56.6% | 1 | $158 | $16,330 | 29 | Entertainment One |
| 53 | 52 | Touchback | $127 | -14.2% | -83.8% | 3 | $42 | $203,768 | 36 | Anchor Bay Films |
| 54 | 48 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 2012 3D Release | $15 | -97.2% | -98.6% | 1 | $15 | $43,455,638 | 99 | Twentieth Century Fox |
