Domestic 2012 Weekend 31
August 3-5, 2012
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | The Dark Knight Rises | $35,737,330 | -42.5% | 4,242 | -162 | $8,424 | $353,935,094 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 2 | - | Total Recall | $25,577,758 | - | 3,601 | - | $7,102 | $25,577,758 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 3 | - | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days | $14,623,599 | - | 3,391 | - | $4,312 | $14,623,599 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 4 | 2 | Ice Age: Continental Drift | $8,609,040 | -35.5% | 3,542 | -327 | $2,430 | $132,071,899 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 5 | 3 | The Watch | $6,527,915 | -48.8% | 3,168 | - | $2,060 | $25,541,118 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 6 | 4 | Step Up Revolution | $5,927,462 | -49.5% | 2,606 | +39 | $2,274 | $23,724,611 | 2 | Lionsgate |
| 7 | 5 | Ted | $5,644,680 | -23.2% | 2,767 | -362 | $2,040 | $203,579,915 | 6 | Universal Pictures |
| 8 | 6 | The Amazing Spider-Man | $4,400,315 | -34.3% | 2,425 | -735 | $1,814 | $250,740,648 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 9 | 7 | Brave | $2,986,214 | -30.6% | 2,110 | -441 | $1,415 | $223,420,254 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 10 | 8 | Magic Mike | $1,414,372 | -46% | 1,202 | -873 | $1,176 | $110,928,677 | 6 | Warner Bros. |
| 11 | 10 | Moonrise Kingdom | $1,240,083 | -13.6% | 687 | -166 | $1,805 | $40,779,127 | 11 | Focus Features |
| 12 | 13 | Beasts of the Southern Wild | $1,154,768 | +24.7% | 318 | +110 | $3,631 | $5,883,560 | 6 | - |
| 13 | 9 | Savages | $978,635 | -46.8% | 704 | -710 | $1,390 | $46,078,645 | 5 | Universal Pictures |
| 14 | 12 | To Rome with Love | $824,223 | -17.6% | 382 | -110 | $2,157 | $14,304,640 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 15 | 11 | Madea's Witness Protection | $731,828 | -44.1% | 737 | -374 | $992 | $64,142,253 | 6 | Lionsgate |
| 16 | 24 | Men in Black³ | $654,529 | +255.8% | 326 | +139 | $2,007 | $176,626,907 | 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 17 | 14 | Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted | $587,512 | -34.8% | 504 | -304 | $1,165 | $210,852,342 | 9 | DreamWorks |
| 18 | 17 | The Intouchables | $566,130 | +9.4% | 194 | - | $2,918 | $5,662,458 | 11 | The Weinstein Company |
| 19 | 16 | The Hunger Games | $429,366 | -17.3% | 291 | -19 | $1,475 | $406,697,224 | 20 | Lionsgate |
| 20 | 18 | The Avengers | $417,065 | -18.7% | 300 | -73 | $1,390 | $616,768,487 | 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 21 | 28 | Ruby Sparks | $395,913 | +181.1% | 64 | +51 | $6,186 | $638,683 | 2 | - |
| 22 | 19 | Snow White and the Huntsman | $316,710 | -19.6% | 309 | -46 | $1,024 | $153,829,955 | 10 | Universal Pictures |
| 23 | 20 | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | $310,484 | -7.4% | 230 | -46 | $1,349 | $45,014,055 | 14 | - |
| 24 | 29 | The Queen of Versailles | $270,377 | +98.4% | 68 | +45 | $3,976 | $557,266 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 25 | 23 | To the Arctic 3D | $205,666 | +7.9% | 52 | - | $3,955 | $6,855,601 | 16 | Warner Bros. |
| 26 | 15 | Katy Perry: Part of Me | $202,023 | -63.3% | 277 | -329 | $729 | $24,789,097 | 5 | Paramount Pictures |
| 27 | 31 | Farewell, My Queen | $187,222 | +41.5% | 56 | +23 | $3,343 | $624,176 | 4 | Cohen Media Group |
| 28 | 22 | Prometheus | $167,824 | -17.7% | 198 | -31 | $847 | $125,826,942 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 29 | 45 | Killer Joe | $163,000 | +330.1% | 14 | +11 | $11,642 | $220,000 | 2 | LD Entertainment |
| 30 | 25 | Safety Not Guaranteed | $160,998 | -4.7% | 121 | -28 | $1,330 | $3,464,551 | 9 | FilmDistrict |
| 31 | 30 | Bernie | $130,709 | -3.3% | 97 | -2 | $1,347 | $8,799,909 | 15 | Millennium Entertainment |
| 32 | 32 | People Like Us | $127,768 | +13.1% | 197 | +32 | $648 | $12,242,607 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 33 | 27 | Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter | $126,848 | -19.7% | 165 | -32 | $768 | $37,014,075 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 34 | 21 | Dark Shadows | $108,838 | -62.1% | 132 | -90 | $824 | $79,628,024 | 13 | Warner Bros. |
| 35 | - | Celeste & Jesse Forever | $107,785 | - | 4 | - | $26,946 | $107,785 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 36 | 43 | Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry | $72,917 | +77.4% | 26 | +21 | $2,804 | $138,387 | 2 | IFC Films |
| 37 | 26 | Rock of Ages | $68,229 | -57.5% | 145 | -157 | $470 | $38,452,333 | 8 | Warner Bros. |
| 38 | 35 | The Pirates! Band of Misfits | $66,732 | -18.4% | 112 | -39 | $595 | $31,051,126 | 15 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 39 | 37 | Born to Be Wild | $63,459 | +3.9% | 33 | - | $1,923 | $20,339,951 | 70 | Warner Bros. |
| 40 | 34 | Take This Waltz | $55,007 | -34.5% | 51 | -13 | $1,078 | $1,083,883 | 6 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 41 | 40 | Hubble | $42,250 | -18.4% | 10 | -1 | $4,225 | $33,617,685 | 125 | Warner Bros. |
| 42 | 48 | Searching for Sugar Man | $38,743 | +41.1% | 7 | +4 | $5,534 | $82,093 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 43 | 41 | Your Sister's Sister | $37,592 | -24.9% | 52 | -12 | $722 | $1,504,469 | 8 | IFC Films |
| 44 | - | Space Station 3D | $35,848 | - | 2 | - | $17,924 | $86,121,172 | 538 | IMAX |
| 45 | 63 | The Imposter | $35,671 | +193.6% | 8 | +6 | $4,458 | $104,659 | 4 | - |
| 46 | 44 | 2016: Obama's America | $34,133 | -13.5% | 10 | +4 | $3,413 | $192,756 | 4 | Rocky Mountain Pictures |
| 47 | 47 | The Well-Digger's Daughter | $32,893 | +5.1% | 13 | +2 | $2,530 | $100,479 | 3 | Kino Lorber |
| 48 | 49 | Under the Sea 3D | $29,886 | +17.1% | 7 | - | $4,269 | $30,627,629 | 182 | Warner Bros. |
| 49 | - | Girlfriend Boyfriend | $29,016 | - | 16 | - | $1,813 | $29,016 | 1 | China Lion Film Distribution |
| 50 | 42 | The Three Stooges | $27,495 | -37.9% | 32 | -7 | $859 | $44,297,663 | 17 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 51 | - | Soldiers of Fortune | $24,978 | - | 50 | - | $499 | $24,978 | 1 | Roadside Attractions |
| 52 | 39 | Trishna | $24,056 | -54.6% | 23 | -14 | $1,045 | $209,530 | 4 | IFC Films |
| 53 | 52 | Easy Money | $21,550 | -1.6% | 6 | +1 | $3,591 | $114,234 | 4 | The Weinstein Company |
| 54 | 38 | Cocktail | $21,288 | -64.5% | 96 | - | $221 | $1,218,695 | 4 | Eros Worldwide |
| 55 | 56 | Deep Sea | $18,012 | +1.1% | 2 | - | $9,006 | $44,851,348 | 336 | Warner Bros. |
| 56 | 62 | Runaway Slave | $17,476 | +26.6% | 6 | +2 | $2,912 | $47,813 | 5 | Rocky Mountain Pictures |
| 57 | 46 | Outlaws | $15,635 | -57.5% | 34 | -55 | $459 | $5,653,991 | 10 | Arc Entertainment |
| 58 | 70 | Monsieur Lazhar | $14,714 | +93.7% | 10 | +3 | $1,471 | $1,967,825 | 17 | Music Box Films |
| 59 | 91 | Red Lights | $14,613 | +965.1% | 18 | +17 | $811 | $35,593 | 4 | Millennium Entertainment |
| 60 | 55 | Neil Young Journeys | $13,537 | -26% | 14 | -2 | $966 | $136,071 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 61 | - | 360 | $12,186 | - | 2 | - | $6,093 | $12,186 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 62 | 53 | Klown 2012 Re-release | $11,769 | -40.2% | 16 | +13 | $735 | $40,378 | 2 | Drafthouse Films |
| 63 | 54 | Sea Rex 3D: Journey to a Prehistoric World | $11,246 | -38.6% | 10 | - | $1,124 | $5,885,302 | 115 | 3D Entertainment |
| 64 | 66 | A Cat in Paris | $10,959 | +12.6% | 13 | +1 | $843 | $264,906 | 10 | GKIDS |
| 65 | 79 | Kumaré | $10,722 | +283.9% | 9 | +7 | $1,191 | $78,235 | 7 | Kino Lorber |
| 66 | 64 | Headhunters | $9,269 | -11.8% | 10 | -1 | $926 | $1,187,264 | 15 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 67 | 51 | Shut Up and Play the Hits | $8,092 | -65.4% | 6 | -9 | $1,348 | $493,354 | 3 | Oscilloscope |
| 68 | 57 | Dark Horse | $7,839 | -51.4% | 9 | -1 | $871 | $141,773 | 9 | Brainstorm Media |
| 69 | 74 | Elena | $7,829 | +70.6% | 5 | - | $1,565 | $196,541 | 12 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 70 | 65 | The Magic of Belle Isle | $7,498 | -25.8% | 7 | -3 | $1,071 | $78,393 | 5 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 71 | 61 | Chimpanzee | $7,233 | -48.4% | 27 | -13 | $267 | $28,965,459 | 16 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 72 | 59 | Mirror Mirror | $6,734 | -54.8% | 39 | -17 | $172 | $64,890,595 | 19 | Relativity Media |
| 73 | 69 | Hysteria | $6,482 | -24.8% | 15 | -4 | $432 | $1,737,722 | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 74 | 80 | Darling Companion | $5,701 | +139.3% | 7 | - | $814 | $787,720 | 16 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 75 | - | The Babymakers | $5,215 | - | 11 | - | $474 | $5,215 | 1 | Millennium Entertainment |
| 76 | - | Mosquita y Mari | $5,070 | - | 1 | - | $5,070 | $5,070 | 1 | The Film Collaborative |
| 77 | 67 | Where Do We Go Now? | $4,932 | -47.5% | 12 | +4 | $411 | $518,222 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 78 | 72 | I Wish | $4,527 | -32.9% | 6 | +2 | $754 | $141,654 | 13 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 79 | - | You've Been Trumped | $4,497 | - | 1 | - | $4,497 | $4,497 | 1 | International Film Circuit |
| 80 | 58 | Sacrifice | $4,293 | -71.8% | 3 | -8 | $1,431 | $27,899 | 2 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 81 | 78 | Jiro Dreams of Sushi | $4,258 | +46.6% | 6 | +2 | $709 | $2,541,858 | 22 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 82 | 99 | The Graduate 45th Anniversary Reunion | $4,046 | +830.1% | 1 | - | $4,046 | $38,496 | 17 | Rialto Pictures |
| 83 | 101 | Nobody Else But You | $3,733 | +972.7% | 2 | +1 | $1,866 | $28,850 | 13 | First Run |
| 84 | 73 | The Deep Blue Sea | $3,138 | -37.8% | 2 | - | $1,569 | $1,123,561 | 20 | Music Box Films |
| 85 | - | Dreams of a Life | $3,085 | - | 1 | - | $3,085 | $3,085 | 1 | Strand Releasing |
| 86 | 77 | Marley | $2,929 | -4.1% | 4 | +1 | $732 | $1,408,102 | 16 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 87 | 84 | Planet of Snail | $2,127 | +5.8% | 1 | - | $2,127 | $6,585 | 2 | The Cinema Guild |
| 88 | 88 | Oslo, August 31st | $1,984 | +18.2% | 2 | -1 | $992 | $71,437 | 11 | Strand Releasing |
| 89 | 97 | Bonsai | $1,905 | +291.2% | 3 | +2 | $635 | $20,040 | 13 | Strand Releasing |
| 90 | - | Iron Sky | $1,599 | - | 2 | - | $799 | $8,119 | 2 | Entertainment One |
| 91 | - | Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film | $1,350 | - | 1 | - | $1,350 | $1,350 | 1 | Kino Lorber |
| 92 | - | The Devil, Probably | $1,173 | - | 1 | - | $1,173 | $23,506 | 30 | The Film Desk |
| 93 | 105 | The Invisible War | $1,154 | +477% | 3 | +2 | $384 | $50,853 | 7 | Cinedigm Entertainment Group |
| 94 | - | Nostalgia for the Light | $1,132 | - | 1 | - | $1,132 | $158,146 | 82 | Icarus Films |
| 95 | 75 | Union Square | $1,000 | -70.3% | 2 | -1 | $500 | $34,703 | 4 | Dada Films |
| 96 | 95 | Turn Me On, Dammit! | $990 | +29.2% | 2 | - | $495 | $119,822 | 19 | New Yorker Films |
| 97 | - | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $949 | - | 1 | - | $949 | $53,316,383 | 720 | IMAX |
| 98 | 96 | 5 Broken Cameras | $892 | +22.5% | 2 | +1 | $446 | $63,100 | 10 | Kino Lorber |
| 99 | 92 | Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present | $890 | -34.9% | 2 | -1 | $445 | $67,475 | 8 | Music Box Films |
| 100 | - | Gerhard Richter Painting | $863 | - | 1 | - | $863 | $238,354 | 21 | Kino Lorber |
| 101 | - | Lost Bohemia | $751 | - | 2 | - | $375 | $20,518 | 64 | Long Shot Factory |
| 102 | - | Surviving Progress | $679 | - | 1 | - | $679 | $52,285 | 18 | First Run |
| 103 | - | Whores' Glory | $603 | - | 1 | - | $603 | $30,615 | 15 | Kino Lorber |
| 104 | 81 | Crazy Wisdom: The Life & Times of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche | $579 | -75.4% | 1 | -1 | $579 | $86,202 | 37 | - |
| 105 | 98 | OC87: The Obsessive Compulsive, Major Depression, Bipolar, Asperger's Movie | $530 | +12.3% | 1 | - | $530 | $38,213 | 11 | - |
| 106 | - | Sushi: The Global Catch | $516 | - | 1 | - | $516 | $516 | 1 | - |
| 107 | - | Patience | $312 | - | 1 | - | $312 | $15,783 | 13 | The Cinema Guild |
| 108 | 103 | The Color Wheel | $310 | -4.3% | 1 | - | $310 | $17,002 | 12 | Cinema Conservancy |
| 109 | 82 | Pink Ribbons, Inc. | $299 | -86% | 1 | -2 | $299 | $24,784 | 10 | First Run |
| 110 | 60 | Damsels in Distress | $268 | -98.1% | 2 | -15 | $134 | $1,006,113 | 18 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 111 | - | How to Grow a Band | $120 | - | 1 | - | $120 | $13,703 | 17 | International Film Circuit |
| 112 | 93 | Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story | $45 | -96.7% | 1 | -1 | $45 | $112,679 | 14 | International Film Circuit |
| 113 | - | Galapagos | $21 | - | 1 | - | $21 | $18,092,841 | 667 | IMAX |
