Domestic Box Office For Oct 20, 2012
Data as of Nov 21, 2:03 PST
| TD | YD | Release | Daily | %± YD | %± LW | Theaters | Avg | To Date | Days | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Paranormal Activity 4 | $9,420,228 | -37.7% | - | 3,412 | $2,760 | $24,530,334 | 2 | Paramount Pictures |
| 2 | 2 | Argo | $7,478,006 | +47.6% | -13.6% | 3,247 | $2,303 | $39,110,610 | 9 | Warner Bros. |
| 3 | 3 | Taken 2 | $6,048,892 | +41.2% | -37.8% | 3,489 | $1,733 | $102,905,255 | 16 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 4 | 5 | Hotel Transylvania | $5,868,885 | +62.3% | -25.2% | 3,014 | $1,947 | $115,005,498 | 23 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 5 | 4 | Alex Cross | $4,836,706 | +20% | - | 2,539 | $1,904 | $8,866,730 | 2 | Lionsgate |
| 6 | 6 | Sinister | $3,816,637 | +27.6% | -44.3% | 2,542 | $1,501 | $29,729,026 | 9 | Lionsgate |
| 7 | 7 | Here Comes the Boom | $3,784,746 | +46.5% | -26.7% | 3,014 | $1,255 | $21,093,221 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 8 | 8 | Pitch Perfect | $2,965,925 | +29.7% | -26.9% | 2,660 | $1,115 | $44,013,868 | 23 | Universal Pictures |
| 9 | 10 | Frankenweenie | $1,902,477 | +63.8% | -38.5% | 2,362 | $805 | $26,973,599 | 16 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 10 | 9 | Looper | $1,867,926 | +45.3% | -31.9% | 2,223 | $840 | $56,793,965 | 23 | TriStar Pictures |
| 11 | 11 | Seven Psychopaths | $1,464,627 | +46.2% | -17.1% | 1,480 | $989 | $8,354,672 | 9 | CBS Films |
| 12 | 12 | The Perks of Being a Wallflower | $936,287 | +31.4% | +1.1% | 745 | $1,256 | $8,619,241 | 30 | Lionsgate |
| 13 | 13 | End of Watch | $356,208 | +49% | -50.1% | 744 | $478 | $37,664,036 | 30 | Open Road Films (II) |
| 14 | 14 | Trouble with the Curve | $330,609 | +39.8% | -53.2% | 925 | $357 | $33,922,398 | 30 | Warner Bros. |
| 15 | 15 | Atlas Shrugged II: The Strike | $250,187 | +27.3% | -60.7% | 945 | $264 | $2,692,818 | 9 | Atlas Distribution Company |
| 16 | 17 | The Master | $240,241 | +59.3% | -36.3% | 412 | $583 | $14,608,620 | 37 | The Weinstein Company |
| 17 | 16 | House at the End of the Street | $231,775 | +44.5% | -63.4% | 746 | $310 | $30,706,748 | 30 | Relativity Media |
| 18 | 18 | The Dark Knight Rises | $160,362 | +51.5% | -30.5% | 345 | $464 | $446,670,784 | 93 | Warner Bros. |
| 19 | 19 | Arbitrage | $142,719 | +90.5% | -15.5% | 169 | $844 | $6,991,750 | 37 | Roadside Attractions |
| 20 | 21 | Ice Age: Continental Drift | $85,857 | +73.7% | -15.7% | 222 | $386 | $160,015,493 | 100 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 21 | 20 | The Bourne Legacy | $75,400 | +38.3% | +2.6% | 232 | $325 | $112,771,585 | 72 | Universal Pictures |
| 22 | 26 | ParaNorman | $48,622 | +80.5% | +0.9% | 168 | $289 | $54,635,340 | 65 | Focus Features |
| 23 | 22 | The Sessions | $48,321 | +40.9% | - | 4 | $12,080 | $82,605 | 2 | - |
| 24 | 25 | Resident Evil: Retribution | $46,921 | +64.2% | -54.3% | 158 | $296 | $41,928,517 | 37 | Screen Gems |
| 25 | 27 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days | $45,801 | +70.6% | -17.1% | 149 | $307 | $48,544,601 | 79 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 26 | 24 | Dredd | $44,692 | +48.8% | -6.2% | 160 | $279 | $13,293,889 | 30 | Lionsgate |
| 27 | 28 | Lawless | $37,148 | +42.1% | +40.5% | 184 | $201 | $37,241,295 | 53 | The Weinstein Company |
| 28 | 23 | To the Arctic 3D | $32,992 | +8.3% | +1.7% | 52 | $634 | $9,246,575 | 184 | Warner Bros. |
| 29 | 29 | Ted | $31,610 | +45.1% | -26.1% | 109 | $290 | $218,612,330 | 114 | Universal Pictures |
| 30 | 31 | The Possession | $29,347 | +59.6% | -62.2% | 133 | $220 | $48,823,059 | 51 | Lionsgate |
| 31 | 30 | Hope Springs | $27,455 | +38.9% | -28.5% | 131 | $209 | $63,521,187 | 74 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 32 | 32 | Premium Rush | $23,583 | +52% | -41.6% | 119 | $198 | $20,262,014 | 58 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 33 | 33 | The Intouchables | $20,904 | +63.4% | -12.8% | 60 | $348 | $9,824,918 | 149 | The Weinstein Company |
| 34 | 34 | The Expendables 2 | $20,835 | +63.5% | -28.4% | 92 | $226 | $84,561,781 | 65 | Lionsgate |
| 35 | 35 | Won't Back Down | $19,630 | +54.1% | -66.2% | 168 | $116 | $5,216,247 | 23 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 36 | 36 | The Campaign | $14,903 | +31.6% | -28.1% | 74 | $201 | $86,429,456 | 72 | Warner Bros. |
| 37 | 37 | Born to Be Wild | $11,994 | +9.1% | +23.1% | 30 | $399 | $21,081,069 | 562 | Warner Bros. |
| 38 | 40 | Simon & the Oaks | $10,279 | +66.2% | +159.6% | 7 | $1,468 | $30,736 | 9 | The Film Arcade |
| 39 | 39 | Moonrise Kingdom | $8,250 | +30.3% | -49.1% | 29 | $284 | $45,484,382 | 149 | Focus Features |
| 40 | 38 | The Other Dream Team | $8,041 | +9.1% | -19.9% | 13 | $618 | $95,160 | 23 | The Film Arcade |
| 41 | 42 | War of the Buttons | $7,905 | +66.4% | +281.3% | 35 | $225 | $19,682 | 9 | The Weinstein Company |
| 42 | 41 | Beasts of the Southern Wild | $7,706 | +44.5% | -26.5% | 28 | $275 | $11,182,276 | 116 | - |
| 43 | 43 | Barfi! | $5,079 | +131% | -69.2% | 10 | $507 | $2,796,340 | 37 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 44 | 45 | Ruby Sparks | $3,531 | +108.1% | -45.3% | 15 | $235 | $2,533,829 | 88 | - |
| 45 | 46 | Thaandavam | $2,139 | +159.3% | -50.4% | 2 | $1,069 | $211,131 | 23 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 46 | 44 | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | $1,846 | +0.8% | -46% | 10 | $184 | $46,373,489 | 170 | - |
| 47 | 47 | Gayby | $800 | +19.8% | -46.7% | 1 | $800 | $7,770 | 9 | The Film Collaborative |
| 48 | - | Husbands in Goa | $400 | - | -30.4% | 2 | $200 | $8,985 | 30 | UTV Motion Pictures |
