Domestic 2012 Weekend 34
August 24-26, 2012
Key:New This WeekEstimated
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | The Expendables 2 | $13,423,579 | -53.1% | 3,355 | +39 | $4,001 | $52,237,523 | 2 | Lionsgate |
| 2 | 2 | The Bourne Legacy | $9,336,005 | -45.3% | 3,654 | -99 | $2,555 | $85,522,220 | 3 | Universal Pictures |
| 3 | 3 | ParaNorman | $8,639,288 | -38.7% | 3,455 | +26 | $2,500 | $28,261,577 | 2 | Focus Features |
| 4 | 4 | The Campaign | $7,472,397 | -43.1% | 3,302 | +47 | $2,262 | $64,575,569 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 5 | 6 | The Dark Knight Rises | $7,222,317 | -34.4% | 2,606 | -551 | $2,771 | $422,255,218 | 6 | Warner Bros. |
| 6 | 7 | The Odd Life of Timothy Green | $7,122,552 | -34.2% | 2,598 | - | $2,741 | $27,077,042 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 7 | 13 | 2016: Obama's America | $6,238,000 | +401.2% | 1,091 | +922 | $5,717 | $9,075,000 | 7 | Rocky Mountain Pictures |
| 8 | - | Premium Rush | $6,030,164 | - | 2,255 | - | $2,674 | $6,030,164 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 9 | 8 | Hope Springs | $5,725,107 | -37.2% | 2,402 | +41 | $2,383 | $44,806,571 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 10 | - | Hit and Run | $4,526,222 | - | 2,870 | - | $1,577 | $5,719,256 | 1 | Open Road Films (II) |
| 11 | 5 | Sparkle | $3,983,822 | -65.8% | 2,244 | - | $1,775 | $18,656,896 | 2 | TriStar Pictures |
| 12 | - | The Apparition | $2,841,488 | - | 810 | - | $3,508 | $2,841,488 | 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 13 | 9 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days | $2,245,917 | -41.4% | 1,965 | -772 | $1,142 | $42,883,517 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 14 | 10 | Total Recall | $1,760,436 | -49.3% | 1,576 | -858 | $1,117 | $55,173,773 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 15 | 11 | Ice Age: Continental Drift | $1,751,301 | -41.7% | 1,550 | -724 | $1,129 | $153,500,076 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 16 | 12 | Ted | $947,430 | -38.6% | 783 | -386 | $1,210 | $214,762,805 | 9 | Universal Pictures |
| 17 | 18 | Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted | $605,801 | -14.4% | 374 | -32 | $1,619 | $213,689,062 | 12 | DreamWorks |
| 18 | - | Singin' in the Rain 2012 Re-release | $587,211 | - | 561 | - | $1,046 | $1,608,925 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 19 | 16 | Brave | $516,772 | -36.7% | 452 | -189 | $1,143 | $230,089,038 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 20 | 15 | Step Up Revolution | $493,908 | -52.5% | 428 | -477 | $1,153 | $33,703,321 | 5 | Lionsgate |
| 21 | 17 | The Amazing Spider-Man | $491,890 | -35.2% | 418 | -180 | $1,176 | $258,355,827 | 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 22 | 19 | Beasts of the Southern Wild | $463,125 | -17.8% | 212 | -24 | $2,184 | $8,859,718 | 9 | - |
| 23 | 14 | Ek Tha Tiger | $434,516 | -61.9% | 119 | -1 | $3,651 | $2,347,774 | 2 | Yash Raj Films |
| 24 | 20 | Moonrise Kingdom | $401,929 | -20.2% | 332 | +50 | $1,210 | $43,671,697 | 14 | Focus Features |
| 25 | 22 | The Intouchables | $351,378 | -4.2% | 194 | - | $1,811 | $7,460,242 | 14 | The Weinstein Company |
| 26 | 26 | Celeste & Jesse Forever | $288,901 | +17% | 115 | +48 | $2,512 | $1,029,497 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 27 | 54 | Robot & Frank | $284,105 | +699.4% | 46 | +44 | $6,176 | $335,414 | 2 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 28 | 24 | Men in Black³ | $239,554 | -21.1% | 232 | -26 | $1,032 | $178,515,577 | 14 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 29 | 21 | The Watch | $230,558 | -54.1% | 250 | -263 | $922 | $33,465,235 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 30 | 31 | Magic Mike | $228,442 | +14.6% | 355 | +100 | $643 | $113,086,544 | 9 | Warner Bros. |
| 31 | 33 | Killer Joe | $199,000 | +32.7% | 60 | +18 | $3,316 | $937,000 | 5 | LD Entertainment |
| 32 | 27 | To Rome with Love | $194,542 | -20.4% | 221 | +61 | $880 | $15,879,766 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 33 | 29 | The Queen of Versailles | $191,192 | -8.3% | 85 | +8 | $2,249 | $1,538,385 | 6 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 34 | 25 | Ruby Sparks | $163,534 | -45.7% | 135 | -83 | $1,211 | $2,105,380 | 5 | - |
| 35 | 28 | Snow White and the Huntsman | $155,255 | -25.6% | 194 | -50 | $800 | $154,917,255 | 13 | Universal Pictures |
| 36 | 45 | Cosmopolis | $154,529 | +119.7% | 63 | +60 | $2,452 | $448,349 | 2 | Entertainment One |
| 37 | 32 | To the Arctic 3D | $135,729 | -14.4% | 52 | - | $2,610 | $7,955,834 | 19 | Warner Bros. |
| 38 | 37 | Searching for Sugar Man | $121,211 | +14% | 29 | +2 | $4,179 | $495,153 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 39 | - | Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi | $119,743 | - | 54 | - | $2,217 | $119,743 | 1 | Eros Worldwide |
| 40 | 34 | The Avengers | $115,335 | -22.6% | 123 | -19 | $937 | $617,800,446 | 17 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 41 | 30 | The Hunger Games | $114,851 | -44% | 189 | -41 | $607 | $407,884,011 | 23 | Lionsgate |
| 42 | 39 | Two Days in New York | $95,442 | -4.9% | 40 | +20 | $2,386 | $284,116 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 43 | 36 | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | $92,812 | -14.3% | 112 | -16 | $828 | $45,753,836 | 17 | - |
| 44 | 42 | The Imposter | $80,391 | -3.9% | 24 | +5 | $3,349 | $385,509 | 7 | - |
| 45 | 60 | Red Hook Summer | $79,944 | +243.4% | 29 | +20 | $2,756 | $168,685 | 3 | Variance Films |
| 46 | 40 | Farewell, My Queen | $79,856 | -17% | 64 | +4 | $1,247 | $1,089,539 | 7 | Cohen Media Group |
| 47 | - | Samsara | $76,222 | - | 2 | - | $38,111 | $76,222 | 1 | Oscilloscope |
| 48 | 23 | Nitro Circus: The Movie | $75,038 | -76% | 130 | -294 | $577 | $3,296,628 | 3 | Arc Entertainment |
| 49 | - | Sleepwalk with Me | $68,801 | - | 1 | - | $68,801 | $68,801 | 1 | IFC Films |
| 50 | 35 | Madea's Witness Protection | $60,096 | -46.7% | 106 | -93 | $566 | $65,054,638 | 9 | Lionsgate |
| 51 | 43 | Prometheus | $58,041 | -23.6% | 91 | -10 | $637 | $126,297,836 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 52 | 44 | Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter | $52,719 | -28.1% | 75 | -30 | $702 | $37,397,117 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 53 | 48 | Air Racers | $52,349 | -14.5% | 10 | - | $5,234 | $1,233,826 | 21 | 3D Entertainment |
| 54 | 52 | Safety Not Guaranteed | $47,809 | +16.6% | 54 | - | $885 | $3,754,737 | 12 | FilmDistrict |
| 55 | 51 | Born to Be Wild | $47,208 | +1.1% | 33 | - | $1,430 | $20,675,874 | 73 | Warner Bros. |
| 56 | 47 | Bernie | $45,125 | -27.5% | 52 | -19 | $867 | $9,117,662 | 18 | Millennium Entertainment |
| 57 | 66 | Compliance | $44,749 | +172.4% | 10 | +9 | $4,474 | $88,095 | 2 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 58 | 49 | Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry | $34,695 | -29.3% | 37 | +6 | $937 | $383,886 | 5 | IFC Films |
| 59 | 50 | Hubble | $34,473 | -29.4% | 12 | -1 | $2,872 | $33,924,067 | 128 | Warner Bros. |
| 60 | 46 | Katy Perry: Part of Me | $28,239 | -54.9% | 66 | -74 | $427 | $25,309,910 | 8 | Paramount Pictures |
| 61 | 38 | Savages | $25,740 | -75.4% | 117 | -37 | $220 | $47,202,295 | 8 | Universal Pictures |
| 62 | - | Little White Lies | $25,654 | - | 3 | - | $8,551 | $25,654 | 1 | MPI Media Group |
| 63 | 56 | Under the Sea 3D | $25,631 | -13% | 6 | -1 | $4,271 | $30,835,077 | 185 | Warner Bros. |
| 64 | 58 | Sea Rex 3D: Journey to a Prehistoric World | $24,340 | -3.6% | 10 | - | $2,434 | $6,032,672 | 118 | 3D Entertainment |
| 65 | 41 | The Awakening | $20,000 | -79.2% | 31 | -39 | $645 | $152,700 | 2 | Cohen Media Group |
| 66 | - | Brother 2012 Re-release | $18,835 | - | 49 | - | $384 | $18,835 | 1 | Music Box Films |
| 67 | 55 | The Well-Digger's Daughter | $18,538 | -38.3% | 10 | -4 | $1,853 | $212,355 | 6 | Kino Lorber |
| 68 | 57 | Beloved | $15,417 | -40.3% | 7 | +2 | $2,202 | $55,434 | 2 | IFC Films |
| 69 | 63 | Deep Sea | $14,610 | -17.1% | 2 | - | $7,305 | $44,939,497 | 339 | Warner Bros. |
| 70 | 59 | Space Station 3D | $14,268 | -42.9% | 1 | -1 | $14,268 | $86,281,942 | 541 | IMAX |
| 71 | - | Neighboring Sounds | $12,666 | - | 2 | - | $6,333 | $12,666 | 1 | The Cinema Guild |
| 72 | 64 | Your Sister's Sister | $11,237 | -35.8% | 15 | -11 | $749 | $1,597,486 | 11 | IFC Films |
| 73 | 65 | People Like Us | $9,263 | -46.5% | 23 | -31 | $402 | $12,431,792 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 74 | 61 | Take This Waltz | $8,743 | -52.4% | 17 | -7 | $514 | $1,194,474 | 9 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 75 | 67 | Easy Money | $8,435 | -36.1% | 5 | - | $1,687 | $180,207 | 7 | The Weinstein Company |
| 76 | - | Somewhere Between | $7,799 | - | 1 | - | $7,799 | $7,799 | 1 | Long Shot Factory |
| 77 | 70 | 360 | $7,445 | -18% | 12 | +4 | $620 | $77,122 | 4 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 78 | 68 | Chicken with Plums | $6,527 | -42.2% | 2 | - | $3,263 | $85,495 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 79 | 62 | Painted Skin: The Resurrection | $6,424 | -63.9% | 4 | -2 | $1,606 | $33,212 | 2 | Well Go USA Entertainment |
| 80 | 69 | Neil Young Journeys | $5,732 | -46.9% | 13 | -10 | $440 | $176,605 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 81 | - | Total Recall 2012 Re-release | $5,511 | - | 1 | - | $5,511 | $18,081 | 3 | Rialto Pictures |
| 82 | - | Teddy Bear | $5,388 | - | 2 | - | $2,694 | $6,761 | 1 | Film Movement |
| 83 | 71 | Hysteria | $5,230 | -39.6% | 8 | -6 | $653 | $1,771,007 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 84 | 79 | A Cat in Paris | $5,124 | +59.7% | 6 | -1 | $854 | $293,629 | 13 | GKIDS |
| 85 | 92 | Iron Sky | $4,682 | +191.7% | 2 | -2 | $2,341 | $52,900 | 5 | Entertainment One |
| 86 | 78 | Kumaré | $4,635 | +14.1% | 6 | +3 | $772 | $100,798 | 10 | Kino Lorber |
| 87 | 73 | Dark Horse | $3,973 | -32.8% | 5 | -1 | $794 | $166,228 | 12 | Brainstorm Media |
| 88 | 107 | Nobody Else But You | $3,846 | +3,864.9% | 2 | +1 | $1,923 | $38,168 | 16 | First Run |
| 89 | - | Wild Horse, Wild Ride | $3,610 | - | 1 | - | $3,610 | $3,610 | 1 | Screen Media Films |
| 90 | 87 | Unforgivable | $3,547 | +58.6% | 2 | - | $1,773 | $117,353 | 9 | Strand Releasing |
| 91 | 74 | Death by China | $3,286 | -42.4% | 1 | - | $3,286 | $10,572 | 2 | Area 23a |
| 92 | 75 | Trishna | $3,208 | -41.5% | 11 | - | $291 | $240,381 | 7 | IFC Films |
| 93 | - | The Day I Saw Your Heart 2012 Re-release | $2,810 | - | 1 | - | $2,810 | $2,810 | 1 | Film Movement |
| 94 | 77 | Meet the Fokkens | $2,682 | -41.4% | 1 | - | $2,682 | $25,324 | 3 | Kino Lorber |
| 95 | 84 | Where Do We Go Now? | $2,460 | +0.7% | 6 | +1 | $410 | $527,423 | 16 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 96 | 85 | The Magic of Belle Isle | $2,356 | -1.9% | 7 | +3 | $336 | $97,931 | 8 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 97 | 104 | The Invisible War | $2,097 | +457.7% | 4 | +3 | $524 | $56,417 | 10 | Cinedigm Entertainment Group |
| 98 | 81 | Monsieur Lazhar | $1,833 | -39.1% | 3 | -3 | $611 | $1,995,365 | 20 | Music Box Films |
| 99 | - | Ballplayer: Pelotero | $1,777 | - | 2 | - | $888 | $43,337 | 7 | Strand Releasing |
| 100 | 94 | Supercapitalist | $1,657 | +49.3% | 1 | - | $1,657 | $15,919 | 3 | Truly Indie |
| 101 | - | Free Men | $1,587 | - | 1 | - | $1,587 | $50,507 | 24 | Film Movement |
| 102 | 82 | Klown 2012 Re-release | $1,528 | -42.6% | 3 | -2 | $509 | $61,274 | 5 | Drafthouse Films |
| 103 | - | Celine and Julie Go Boating | $1,417 | - | 1 | - | $1,417 | $30,831 | 17 | New Yorker Films |
| 104 | 86 | Elena | $1,286 | -44.2% | 1 | -1 | $1,286 | $210,460 | 15 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 105 | 100 | Turn Me On, Dammit! | $936 | +28.7% | 1 | - | $936 | $122,050 | 22 | New Yorker Films |
| 106 | 83 | Oslo, August 31st | $888 | -66.4% | 1 | -1 | $888 | $77,143 | 14 | Strand Releasing |
| 107 | - | The Green Ray 2011 Re-release | $853 | - | 1 | - | $853 | $42,040 | 64 | The Film Desk |
| 108 | 103 | Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present | $830 | +116.1% | 3 | +2 | $276 | $76,138 | 11 | Music Box Films |
| 109 | 98 | You've Been Trumped | $795 | -12.3% | 5 | +3 | $159 | $12,079 | 4 | International Film Circuit |
| 110 | 80 | Union Square | $758 | -75.3% | 2 | - | $379 | $41,385 | 7 | Dada Films |
| 111 | 89 | Grand Illusion | $722 | -60% | 1 | - | $722 | $145,775 | 16 | Rialto Pictures |
| 112 | 97 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $678 | -26.3% | 1 | - | $678 | $53,322,740 | 723 | IMAX |
| 113 | - | We Won't Grow Old Together | $564 | - | 1 | - | $564 | $8,558 | 12 | The Film Desk |
| 114 | 95 | 5 Broken Cameras | $361 | -66.5% | 1 | - | $361 | $66,773 | 13 | Kino Lorber |
| 115 | - | OC87: The Obsessive Compulsive, Major Depression, Bipolar, Asperger's Movie | $339 | - | 1 | - | $339 | $40,667 | 14 | - |
| 116 | - | Alps | $312 | - | 1 | - | $312 | $6,645 | 7 | Kino Lorber |
| 117 | - | General Education | $282 | - | 1 | - | $282 | $282 | 1 | - |
| 118 | 108 | The Color Wheel | $238 | +155.9% | 1 | - | $238 | $17,333 | 15 | Cinema Conservancy |
| 119 | - | Pink Ribbons, Inc. | $165 | - | 2 | - | $82 | $25,677 | 13 | First Run |
