Domestic 2012 Weekend 35
August 31-September 2, 2012
Key:New This WeekEstimated
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | The Possession | $17,732,480 | - | 2,816 | - | $6,297 | $17,732,480 | 1 | Lionsgate |
| 2 | - | Lawless | $10,001,982 | - | 2,888 | - | $3,463 | $12,144,429 | 1 | The Weinstein Company |
| 3 | 1 | The Expendables 2 | $9,030,381 | -32.7% | 3,334 | -21 | $2,708 | $66,389,286 | 3 | Lionsgate |
| 4 | 2 | The Bourne Legacy | $7,232,610 | -22.5% | 3,131 | -523 | $2,310 | $96,231,050 | 4 | Universal Pictures |
| 5 | 3 | ParaNorman | $6,572,820 | -23.9% | 3,085 | -370 | $2,130 | $38,052,006 | 3 | Focus Features |
| 6 | 6 | The Odd Life of Timothy Green | $6,276,654 | -11.9% | 2,635 | +37 | $2,382 | $36,154,012 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 7 | 5 | The Dark Knight Rises | $6,116,335 | -15.3% | 2,187 | -419 | $2,796 | $431,430,285 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 8 | 4 | The Campaign | $5,710,234 | -23.6% | 2,941 | -361 | $1,941 | $73,284,898 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 9 | 7 | 2016: Obama's America | $5,103,000 | -18.2% | 1,747 | +656 | $2,921 | $18,203,000 | 8 | Rocky Mountain Pictures |
| 10 | 9 | Hope Springs | $4,697,097 | -18% | 2,441 | +39 | $1,924 | $52,053,604 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 11 | 8 | Premium Rush | $3,971,312 | -34.1% | 2,255 | - | $1,761 | $12,326,509 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 12 | 10 | Hit and Run | $2,586,456 | -42.9% | 2,870 | - | $901 | $10,055,846 | 2 | Open Road Films (II) |
| 13 | 40 | The Avengers | $1,910,701 | +1,556.7% | 1,705 | +1,582 | $1,120 | $619,760,594 | 18 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 14 | 11 | Sparkle | $1,779,776 | -55.3% | 1,257 | -987 | $1,415 | $21,706,621 | 3 | TriStar Pictures |
| 15 | 19 | Brave | $1,427,002 | +176.1% | 1,708 | +1,256 | $835 | $231,801,179 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 16 | 13 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days | $1,418,738 | -36.8% | 1,204 | -761 | $1,178 | $45,186,326 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 17 | 15 | Ice Age: Continental Drift | $1,302,841 | -25.6% | 1,036 | -514 | $1,257 | $155,635,442 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 18 | 21 | The Amazing Spider-Man | $924,776 | +88% | 501 | +83 | $1,845 | $259,524,833 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 19 | 14 | Total Recall | $868,526 | -50.7% | 756 | -820 | $1,148 | $56,738,151 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 20 | 16 | Ted | $810,645 | -14.4% | 561 | -222 | $1,445 | $215,975,550 | 10 | Universal Pictures |
| 21 | 26 | Celeste & Jesse Forever | $718,090 | +148.6% | 586 | +471 | $1,225 | $1,873,922 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 22 | 27 | Robot & Frank | $692,318 | +143.7% | 144 | +98 | $4,807 | $1,140,563 | 3 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 23 | 12 | The Apparition | $632,262 | -77.7% | 810 | - | $780 | $4,251,121 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| 24 | 17 | Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted | $630,209 | +4% | 505 | +131 | $1,247 | $214,539,658 | 13 | DreamWorks |
| 25 | 22 | Beasts of the Southern Wild | $528,167 | +14% | 267 | +55 | $1,978 | $9,618,106 | 10 | - |
| 26 | - | The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure | $443,901 | - | 2,160 | - | $205 | $669,489 | 1 | Kenn Viselman Presents |
| 27 | 25 | The Intouchables | $379,826 | +8.1% | 172 | -22 | $2,208 | $8,030,300 | 15 | The Weinstein Company |
| 28 | 24 | Moonrise Kingdom | $342,370 | -14.8% | 197 | -135 | $1,737 | $44,205,438 | 15 | Focus Features |
| 29 | 49 | Sleepwalk with Me | $322,677 | +369% | 29 | +28 | $11,126 | $411,893 | 2 | IFC Films |
| 30 | 20 | Step Up Revolution | $288,586 | -41.6% | 236 | -192 | $1,222 | $34,170,908 | 6 | Lionsgate |
| 31 | 31 | Killer Joe | $247,000 | +24.1% | 74 | +14 | $3,337 | $1,450,000 | 6 | LD Entertainment |
| 32 | 29 | The Watch | $228,206 | -1% | 195 | -55 | $1,170 | $33,762,406 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 33 | 28 | Men in Black³ | $188,572 | -21.3% | 186 | -46 | $1,013 | $178,792,770 | 15 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 34 | 50 | Madea's Witness Protection | $183,785 | +205.8% | 179 | +73 | $1,026 | $65,254,183 | 10 | Lionsgate |
| 35 | 33 | The Queen of Versailles | $163,772 | -14.3% | 87 | +2 | $1,882 | $1,800,820 | 7 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 36 | 37 | To the Arctic 3D | $158,089 | +16.5% | 52 | - | $3,040 | $8,231,655 | 20 | Warner Bros. |
| 37 | 30 | Magic Mike | $158,066 | -30.8% | 268 | -87 | $589 | $113,390,930 | 10 | Warner Bros. |
| 38 | 32 | To Rome with Love | $146,330 | -24.8% | 94 | -127 | $1,556 | $16,124,016 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 39 | - | For a Good Time, Call... | $143,935 | - | 23 | - | $6,258 | $143,935 | 1 | Focus Features |
| 40 | 38 | Searching for Sugar Man | $140,674 | +16.1% | 32 | +3 | $4,396 | $693,975 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 41 | 47 | Samsara | $106,648 | +39.9% | 9 | +7 | $11,849 | $224,351 | 2 | Oscilloscope |
| 42 | - | Joker | $105,366 | - | 74 | - | $1,423 | $105,366 | 1 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 43 | 35 | Snow White and the Huntsman | $104,390 | -32.8% | 143 | -51 | $730 | $155,081,785 | 14 | Universal Pictures |
| 44 | 43 | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | $99,368 | +7.1% | 105 | -7 | $946 | $45,927,364 | 18 | - |
| 45 | - | Flying Swords of Dragon Gate | $95,452 | - | 15 | - | $6,363 | $95,452 | 1 | - |
| 46 | 42 | Two Days in New York | $90,968 | -4.7% | 42 | +2 | $2,165 | $417,844 | 4 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 47 | 34 | Ruby Sparks | $89,597 | -45.2% | 78 | -57 | $1,148 | $2,269,687 | 6 | - |
| 48 | 36 | Cosmopolis | $89,049 | -42.4% | 65 | +2 | $1,369 | $606,137 | 3 | Entertainment One |
| 49 | 46 | Farewell, My Queen | $59,108 | -26% | 36 | -28 | $1,641 | $1,185,905 | 8 | Cohen Media Group |
| 50 | 41 | The Hunger Games | $58,343 | -49.2% | 145 | -44 | $402 | $407,981,652 | 24 | Lionsgate |
| 51 | - | Mugamoodi | $55,501 | - | 21 | - | $2,642 | $55,501 | 1 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 52 | 57 | Compliance | $54,141 | +21% | 19 | +9 | $2,849 | $165,599 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 53 | 45 | Red Hook Summer | $52,859 | -33.9% | 41 | +12 | $1,289 | $245,106 | 4 | Variance Films |
| 54 | 55 | Born to Be Wild | $48,871 | +3.5% | 33 | - | $1,480 | $20,766,515 | 74 | Warner Bros. |
| 55 | 61 | Savages | $46,335 | +80% | 82 | -35 | $565 | $47,294,840 | 9 | Universal Pictures |
| 56 | 52 | Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter | $46,052 | -12.6% | 49 | -26 | $939 | $37,465,452 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 57 | 51 | Prometheus | $45,847 | -21% | 55 | -36 | $833 | $126,376,360 | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 58 | - | The Bullet Vanishes | $43,444 | - | 14 | - | $3,103 | $43,444 | 1 | China Lion Film Distribution |
| 59 | 62 | Little White Lies | $43,035 | +67.8% | 12 | +9 | $3,586 | $80,340 | 2 | MPI Media Group |
| 60 | 59 | Hubble | $42,735 | +24% | 14 | +2 | $3,052 | $34,003,716 | 129 | Warner Bros. |
| 61 | 54 | Safety Not Guaranteed | $39,693 | -17% | 48 | -6 | $826 | $3,820,083 | 13 | FilmDistrict |
| 62 | 53 | Air Racers | $32,192 | -38.5% | 10 | - | $3,219 | $1,278,929 | 22 | 3D Entertainment |
| 63 | 56 | Bernie | $26,302 | -41.7% | 26 | -26 | $1,011 | $9,158,562 | 19 | Millennium Entertainment |
| 64 | 67 | The Well-Digger's Daughter | $24,448 | +31.9% | 14 | +4 | $1,746 | $243,165 | 7 | Kino Lorber |
| 65 | 63 | Under the Sea 3D | $23,569 | -8% | 7 | +1 | $3,367 | $30,887,018 | 186 | Warner Bros. |
| 66 | 58 | Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry | $17,257 | -50.3% | 18 | -19 | $958 | $422,272 | 6 | IFC Films |
| 67 | 64 | Sea Rex 3D: Journey to a Prehistoric World | $16,293 | -33.1% | 10 | - | $1,629 | $6,069,994 | 119 | 3D Entertainment |
| 68 | 48 | Nitro Circus: The Movie | $15,154 | -79.8% | 31 | -99 | $488 | $3,340,843 | 4 | Arc Entertainment |
| 69 | 70 | Space Station 3D | $14,612 | +2.4% | 1 | - | $14,612 | $86,314,886 | 542 | IMAX |
| 70 | 68 | Beloved | $14,221 | -7.8% | 6 | -1 | $2,370 | $77,299 | 3 | IFC Films |
| 71 | - | The Ambassador | $13,046 | - | 4 | - | $3,261 | $14,827 | 1 | Drafthouse Films |
| 72 | 78 | Chicken with Plums | $11,216 | +71.8% | 3 | +1 | $3,738 | $100,092 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 73 | 106 | Oslo, August 31st | $10,621 | +1,096.1% | 7 | +6 | $1,517 | $88,343 | 15 | Strand Releasing |
| 74 | - | The Day | $10,121 | - | 12 | - | $843 | $12,845 | 1 | Anchor Bay Films |
| 75 | 71 | Neighboring Sounds | $9,500 | -25% | 2 | - | $4,750 | $29,295 | 2 | The Cinema Guild |
| 76 | 65 | The Awakening | $8,822 | -55.9% | 13 | -18 | $678 | $169,679 | 3 | Cohen Media Group |
| 77 | 69 | Deep Sea | $7,335 | -49.8% | 2 | - | $3,667 | $44,954,859 | 340 | Warner Bros. |
| 78 | 74 | Take This Waltz | $6,341 | -27.5% | 9 | -8 | $704 | $1,206,559 | 10 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 79 | 80 | Neil Young Journeys | $6,031 | +5.2% | 11 | -2 | $548 | $186,135 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 80 | 84 | A Cat in Paris | $5,636 | +10% | 3 | -3 | $1,878 | $300,872 | 14 | GKIDS |
| 81 | 82 | Teddy Bear | $4,680 | -13.1% | 1 | -1 | $4,680 | $14,618 | 2 | Film Movement |
| 82 | - | Little Birds | $4,574 | - | 1 | - | $4,574 | $6,914 | 1 | Millennium Entertainment |
| 83 | 77 | 360 | $4,458 | -40.1% | 3 | -9 | $1,486 | $85,279 | 5 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 84 | 85 | Iron Sky | $3,477 | -25.7% | 2 | - | $1,738 | $68,854 | 6 | Entertainment One |
| 85 | 98 | Monsieur Lazhar | $3,201 | +74.6% | 2 | -1 | $1,600 | $1,999,882 | 21 | Music Box Films |
| 86 | 117 | General Education | $3,192 | +1,031.9% | 3 | +2 | $1,064 | $4,016 | 2 | - |
| 87 | 110 | Union Square | $3,191 | +321% | 2 | - | $1,595 | $44,830 | 8 | Dada Films |
| 88 | - | The Good Doctor | $3,180 | - | 2 | - | $1,590 | $3,180 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 89 | 90 | Unforgivable | $2,592 | -26.9% | 1 | -1 | $2,592 | $121,438 | 10 | Strand Releasing |
| 90 | 108 | Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present | $2,574 | +210.1% | 1 | -2 | $2,574 | $78,840 | 12 | Music Box Films |
| 91 | 76 | Somewhere Between | $2,512 | -67.8% | 1 | - | $2,512 | $15,084 | 2 | Long Shot Factory |
| 92 | 75 | Easy Money | $2,375 | -71.8% | 2 | -3 | $1,187 | $187,076 | 8 | The Weinstein Company |
| 93 | 101 | Free Men | $1,923 | +21.2% | 1 | - | $1,923 | $53,135 | 25 | Film Movement |
| 94 | 79 | Painted Skin: The Resurrection | $1,861 | -71% | 1 | -3 | $1,861 | $37,938 | 3 | Well Go USA Entertainment |
| 95 | 104 | Elena | $1,740 | +35.3% | 2 | +1 | $870 | $212,200 | 16 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 96 | 86 | Kumaré | $1,678 | -63.8% | 3 | -3 | $559 | $105,286 | 11 | Kino Lorber |
| 97 | 102 | Klown 2012 Re-release | $1,630 | +6.7% | 2 | -1 | $815 | $65,549 | 6 | Drafthouse Films |
| 98 | 96 | The Magic of Belle Isle | $1,516 | -35.7% | 2 | -5 | $758 | $100,649 | 9 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 99 | 83 | Hysteria | $1,450 | -72.3% | 4 | -4 | $362 | $1,774,477 | 16 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 100 | 95 | Where Do We Go Now? | $1,410 | -42.7% | 2 | -4 | $705 | $530,617 | 17 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 101 | 66 | Brother 2012 Re-release | $1,318 | -93% | 8 | -41 | $164 | $28,323 | 2 | Music Box Films |
| 102 | 109 | You've Been Trumped | $1,182 | +48.7% | 3 | -2 | $394 | $15,280 | 5 | International Film Circuit |
| 103 | - | Breathing | $949 | - | 1 | - | $949 | $949 | 1 | Kino Lorber |
| 104 | 105 | Turn Me On, Dammit! | $684 | -26.9% | 1 | - | $684 | $122,967 | 23 | New Yorker Films |
| 105 | 112 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $590 | -13% | 1 | - | $590 | $53,323,581 | 724 | IMAX |
| 106 | - | The Day He Arrives | $108 | - | 1 | - | $108 | $11,819 | 20 | The Cinema Guild |
