Domestic Box Office For Sep 1, 2012
Data as of Dec 22, 1:55 PST
Key:Estimated
| TD | YD | Release | Daily | %± YD | %± LW | Theaters | Avg | To Date | Days | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | The Possession | $6,327,200 | +4.1% | - | 2,816 | $2,246 | $12,405,860 | 2 | Lionsgate |
| 2 | 2 | Lawless | $3,480,550 | +25.8% | - | 2,888 | $1,205 | $8,389,268 | 4 | The Weinstein Company |
| 3 | 3 | The Expendables 2 | $3,342,273 | +51.2% | -40.3% | 3,334 | $1,002 | $62,911,334 | 16 | Lionsgate |
| 4 | 4 | The Bourne Legacy | $2,661,350 | +49.1% | -35.5% | 3,131 | $850 | $93,444,460 | 23 | Universal Pictures |
| 5 | 6 | ParaNorman | $2,536,556 | +76% | -31.5% | 3,085 | $822 | $35,456,626 | 16 | Focus Features |
| 6 | 8 | The Odd Life of Timothy Green | $2,426,595 | +72.5% | -21.1% | 2,635 | $920 | $33,710,793 | 18 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 7 | 7 | The Dark Knight Rises | $2,247,575 | +58.8% | -28.5% | 2,187 | $1,027 | $428,977,017 | 44 | Warner Bros. |
| 8 | 9 | The Campaign | $2,030,691 | +46.1% | -37.5% | 2,941 | $690 | $70,995,309 | 23 | Warner Bros. |
| 9 | 5 | 2016: Obama's America | $1,953,000 | +18.4% | -16.7% | 1,747 | $1,117 | $16,770,000 | 51 | Rocky Mountain Pictures |
| 10 | 10 | Hope Springs | $1,774,839 | +51% | -29.8% | 2,441 | $727 | $50,306,984 | 25 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 11 | 11 | Premium Rush | $1,449,228 | +42.7% | -40.4% | 2,255 | $642 | $10,820,298 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 12 | 12 | Hit and Run | $925,013 | +39.8% | -50.3% | 2,870 | $322 | $9,055,843 | 11 | Open Road Films (II) |
| 13 | 13 | Sparkle | $718,600 | +59% | -59.5% | 1,257 | $571 | $21,097,377 | 16 | TriStar Pictures |
| 14 | 14 | The Avengers | $688,184 | +79.6% | - | 1,705 | $403 | $618,921,193 | 121 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 15 | 16 | Brave | $550,530 | +98.9% | +144.9% | 1,708 | $322 | $231,201,543 | 72 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 16 | 15 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days | $548,132 | +83.1% | -44.4% | 1,204 | $455 | $44,615,153 | 30 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 17 | 17 | Ice Age: Continental Drift | $506,352 | +84.5% | -33.4% | 1,036 | $488 | $155,113,560 | 51 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 18 | 19 | The Amazing Spider-Man | $351,342 | +63.1% | +65.3% | 501 | $701 | $259,166,795 | 61 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 19 | 18 | Total Recall | $319,620 | +47.5% | -58.6% | 756 | $422 | $56,405,973 | 30 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 20 | 20 | Ted | $288,915 | +47.1% | -32.3% | 561 | $515 | $215,650,170 | 65 | Universal Pictures |
| 21 | 22 | Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted | $249,908 | +87.6% | -4.5% | 505 | $494 | $214,292,546 | 86 | DreamWorks |
| 22 | 21 | The Apparition | $233,034 | +31.5% | -78.2% | 810 | $287 | $4,029,144 | 9 | Warner Bros. |
| 23 | 24 | Beasts of the Southern Wild | $201,208 | +61.8% | +1.6% | 267 | $753 | $9,415,500 | 67 | - |
| 24 | 23 | The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure | $166,146 | +33.2% | - | 2,160 | $76 | $516,494 | 4 | Kenn Viselman Presents |
| 25 | 25 | The Intouchables | $152,592 | +88.8% | -8.8% | 172 | $887 | $7,883,885 | 100 | The Weinstein Company |
| 26 | 26 | Moonrise Kingdom | $126,721 | +57.8% | -28.6% | 197 | $643 | $44,070,114 | 100 | Focus Features |
| 27 | 27 | Step Up Revolution | $118,475 | +77.4% | -46% | 236 | $502 | $34,067,596 | 37 | Lionsgate |
| 28 | 28 | The Watch | $85,456 | +66.6% | -21.1% | 195 | $438 | $33,670,962 | 37 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 29 | 32 | Men in Black³ | $74,295 | +83% | -29.8% | 186 | $399 | $178,719,084 | 100 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 30 | 31 | Madea's Witness Protection | $73,953 | +74.4% | +149.3% | 179 | $413 | $65,186,764 | 65 | Lionsgate |
| 31 | 33 | To the Arctic 3D | $56,850 | +63.1% | +1.6% | 52 | $1,093 | $8,165,267 | 135 | Warner Bros. |
| 32 | 29 | Magic Mike | $56,729 | +25.7% | -39.1% | 268 | $211 | $113,334,706 | 65 | Warner Bros. |
| 33 | 30 | For a Good Time, Call... | $48,641 | +11.4% | - | 23 | $2,114 | $92,311 | 2 | Focus Features |
| 34 | 35 | Snow White and the Huntsman | $42,185 | +68.6% | -40.4% | 143 | $295 | $155,044,605 | 93 | Universal Pictures |
| 35 | 37 | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | $39,592 | +68.1% | -0.7% | 105 | $377 | $45,891,144 | 121 | - |
| 36 | 34 | Joker | $36,920 | +26.7% | - | 74 | $498 | $66,061 | 2 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 37 | 38 | Ruby Sparks | $35,398 | +63.1% | -52.8% | 78 | $453 | $2,237,192 | 39 | - |
| 38 | 36 | Cosmopolis | $32,255 | +31.1% | -45.8% | 65 | $496 | $573,947 | 16 | Entertainment One |
| 39 | 41 | The Hunger Games | $24,977 | +89.8% | -50.6% | 145 | $172 | $407,961,444 | 163 | Lionsgate |
| 40 | 46 | Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter | $18,640 | +151.5% | -17.5% | 49 | $380 | $37,445,453 | 72 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 41 | 39 | Mugamoodi | $18,274 | +0.6% | - | 21 | $870 | $36,440 | 2 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 42 | 42 | Prometheus | $17,752 | +47.6% | -29.9% | 55 | $322 | $126,360,291 | 86 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 43 | 40 | Born to Be Wild | $17,432 | +30.3% | -1.8% | 33 | $528 | $20,748,455 | 513 | Warner Bros. |
| 44 | 44 | Little White Lies | $17,017 | +58.6% | +51.1% | 12 | $1,418 | $65,049 | 9 | MPI Media Group |
| 45 | 43 | Savages | $16,400 | +48.1% | -50.8% | 82 | $200 | $47,275,980 | 58 | Universal Pictures |
| 46 | 45 | Safety Not Guaranteed | $14,797 | +74.4% | -32.3% | 48 | $308 | $3,803,673 | 86 | FilmDistrict |
| 47 | 47 | Bernie | $10,996 | +87.7% | -45.8% | 26 | $422 | $9,149,113 | 128 | Millennium Entertainment |
| 48 | 48 | Nitro Circus: The Movie | $6,156 | +65.8% | -81.2% | 31 | $198 | $3,335,558 | 25 | Arc Entertainment |
| 49 | 49 | The Day | $4,566 | +77% | - | 12 | $380 | $9,870 | 4 | Anchor Bay Films |
| 50 | 52 | A Cat in Paris | $2,406 | +139.6% | +38.5% | 3 | $802 | $298,646 | 93 | GKIDS |
| 51 | 50 | General Education | $1,082 | -26% | +1,287.2% | 3 | $360 | $3,368 | 9 | - |
| 52 | 51 | Iron Sky | $914 | -23.8% | -39.5% | 2 | $457 | $67,490 | 39 | Entertainment One |
| 53 | 53 | Easy Money | $868 | +36.3% | -79% | 2 | $434 | $186,206 | 53 | The Weinstein Company |
