Domestic 2012 Week 20
May 18-24, 2012
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | The Avengers | $74,663,373 | -43.4% | 4,249 | -100 | $17,571 | $476,684,788 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 2 | - | Battleship | $33,505,345 | - | 3,690 | - | $9,080 | $33,505,345 | 1 | Universal Pictures |
| 3 | 4 | The Dictator | $24,807,023 | +252.3% | 3,008 | +5 | $8,247 | $31,848,104 | 2 | Paramount Pictures |
| 4 | 2 | Dark Shadows | $17,344,475 | -54.5% | 3,755 | - | $4,619 | $55,482,896 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| 5 | - | What to Expect When You're Expecting | $15,021,248 | - | 3,021 | - | $4,972 | $15,021,248 | 1 | Lionsgate |
| 6 | 9 | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | $5,206,055 | +32.6% | 354 | +176 | $14,706 | $10,203,496 | 3 | - |
| 7 | 5 | The Hunger Games | $4,377,675 | -28.6% | 2,064 | -467 | $2,120 | $393,008,785 | 9 | Lionsgate |
| 8 | 3 | Think Like a Man | $3,684,030 | -51.3% | 1,722 | -330 | $2,139 | $86,871,941 | 5 | Screen Gems |
| 9 | 6 | The Lucky One | $2,556,658 | -53.3% | 2,005 | -834 | $1,275 | $57,712,833 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 10 | 8 | The Pirates! Band of Misfits | $2,292,800 | -42.8% | 1,840 | -1,239 | $1,246 | $26,204,304 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 11 | 7 | The Five-Year Engagement | $1,662,650 | -64.5% | 1,175 | -1,394 | $1,415 | $27,655,285 | 4 | Universal Pictures |
| 12 | 22 | Bernie | $718,670 | +129.9% | 95 | +59 | $7,564 | $1,351,806 | 4 | Millennium Entertainment |
| 13 | 27 | Wrath of the Titans | $651,413 | +142.4% | 360 | +95 | $1,809 | $82,695,376 | 8 | Warner Bros. |
| 14 | 20 | The Lorax | $631,040 | +10.1% | 379 | -76 | $1,665 | $210,363,770 | 12 | Universal Pictures |
| 15 | 13 | Girl in Progress | $600,259 | -64.2% | 322 | - | $1,864 | $2,278,273 | 2 | Lionsgate |
| 16 | 14 | The Cabin in the Woods | $588,648 | -57.6% | 448 | -581 | $1,313 | $40,758,721 | 6 | Lionsgate |
| 17 | 15 | The Three Stooges | $587,217 | -55.5% | 594 | -822 | $988 | $41,981,354 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 18 | 18 | Mirror Mirror | $570,835 | -24.2% | 407 | -200 | $1,402 | $61,718,257 | 8 | Relativity Media |
| 19 | 16 | 21 Jump Street | $485,447 | -45.1% | 261 | -328 | $1,859 | $135,842,727 | 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 20 | 21 | To the Arctic 3D | $455,864 | +8.2% | 49 | - | $9,303 | $2,080,999 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 21 | 11 | Safe | $441,180 | -78.2% | 503 | -1,187 | $877 | $16,736,953 | 4 | Lionsgate |
| 22 | 17 | John Carter | $437,234 | -47.2% | 349 | - | $1,252 | $72,225,619 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 23 | 10 | Chimpanzee | $403,055 | -83.1% | 895 | -505 | $450 | $27,373,646 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 24 | 12 | The Raven | $366,354 | -81.3% | 432 | -1,456 | $848 | $15,675,490 | 4 | Relativity Media |
| 25 | 19 | American Reunion | $361,055 | -41.1% | 290 | -231 | $1,245 | $56,592,105 | 7 | Universal Pictures |
| 26 | - | Crooked Arrows | $319,453 | - | 55 | - | $5,808 | $319,453 | 1 | - |
| 27 | 23 | Journey 2: The Mysterious Island | $281,059 | -8.5% | 245 | -15 | $1,147 | $102,933,493 | 15 | Warner Bros. |
| 28 | 24 | Bully 2012 Re-release | $224,497 | -25.4% | 204 | -59 | $1,100 | $2,975,271 | 6 | The Weinstein Company |
| 29 | 25 | Salmon Fishing in the Yemen | $154,599 | -43.4% | 134 | -66 | $1,153 | $8,780,836 | 11 | CBS Films |
| 30 | 31 | Born to Be Wild | $154,372 | +13.4% | 34 | - | $4,540 | $19,014,117 | 59 | Warner Bros. |
| 31 | 33 | Headhunters | $143,726 | +11.5% | 39 | +15 | $3,685 | $445,824 | 4 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 32 | 32 | First Position | $142,625 | +8.2% | 41 | +17 | $3,478 | $343,457 | 3 | IFC Films |
| 33 | 30 | Monsieur Lazhar | $140,960 | -26.8% | 71 | -12 | $1,985 | $1,336,606 | 6 | Music Box Films |
| 34 | 34 | Marley | $130,616 | +4.2% | 55 | -13 | $2,374 | $1,092,588 | 5 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 35 | 28 | Lockout | $123,396 | -50% | 191 | -64 | $646 | $14,326,864 | 6 | FilmDistrict |
| 36 | 35 | Hubble | $119,621 | +1% | 20 | +1 | $5,981 | $32,436,460 | 114 | Warner Bros. |
| 37 | 40 | Darling Companion | $93,025 | -3.6% | 60 | -4 | $1,550 | $453,835 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 38 | 29 | Titanic 2012 3D Release | $81,939 | -64.2% | 70 | -87 | $1,170 | $57,767,591 | 8 | Paramount Pictures |
| 39 | 41 | This Means War | $80,628 | -13.1% | 90 | -42 | $895 | $54,692,770 | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 40 | 38 | A Thousand Words | $80,492 | -22% | 110 | -14 | $731 | $18,398,118 | 11 | DreamWorks |
| 41 | 47 | Act of Valor | $68,792 | +8.3% | 96 | -22 | $716 | $69,994,277 | 13 | Relativity Media |
| 42 | 37 | Jiro Dreams of Sushi | $67,505 | -39.7% | 41 | -13 | $1,646 | $2,225,068 | 11 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 43 | 48 | Under the Sea 3D | $64,495 | +1.5% | 18 | +4 | $3,583 | $30,055,365 | 171 | Warner Bros. |
| 44 | 54 | Deadtime | $58,856 | +18% | 16 | -2 | $3,678 | $108,752 | 2 | Nocturnal Features |
| 45 | 51 | Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough | $57,061 | +5.5% | 18 | - | $3,170 | $1,822,264 | 33 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 46 | - | Hysteria | $55,806 | - | 5 | - | $11,161 | $55,806 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 47 | - | Bill W. | $55,636 | - | 11 | - | $5,057 | $55,636 | 1 | Page 124 Productions |
| 48 | 43 | Sound of My Voice | $54,124 | -38.2% | 37 | -9 | $1,462 | $272,940 | 4 | - |
| 49 | 39 | Footnote | $49,124 | -49.2% | 52 | -39 | $944 | $1,868,847 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 50 | 63 | The Secret World of Arrietty | $43,386 | +16.9% | 60 | -28 | $723 | $19,154,655 | 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 51 | 26 | The Artist | $41,141 | -84.9% | 103 | -648 | $399 | $44,563,750 | 26 | The Weinstein Company |
| 52 | 68 | Where Do We Go Now? | $39,109 | +61.9% | 12 | +9 | $3,259 | $63,267 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 53 | 100 | Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story | $38,954 | +679.2% | 19 | +17 | $2,050 | $54,919 | 3 | International Film Circuit |
| 54 | 56 | Space Station 3D | $37,956 | -17.7% | 7 | +2 | $5,422 | $85,560,234 | 527 | IMAX |
| 55 | 55 | We Have a Pope | $37,033 | -25.7% | 20 | -6 | $1,851 | $397,864 | 7 | IFC Films |
| 56 | 52 | The Kid with a Bike | $35,030 | -33.6% | 34 | -26 | $1,030 | $1,331,223 | 10 | IFC Films |
| 57 | 74 | Grand Illusion | $34,592 | +98% | 3 | +2 | $11,530 | $52,065 | 2 | Rialto Pictures |
| 58 | 42 | Damsels in Distress | $33,330 | -62.6% | 38 | -74 | $877 | $812,700 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 59 | 62 | Sea Rex 3D: Journey to a Prehistoric World | $32,153 | -14.7% | 12 | - | $2,679 | $5,539,981 | 104 | 3D Entertainment |
| 60 | - | Mansome | $30,993 | - | 20 | - | $1,549 | $30,993 | 1 | Paladin |
| 61 | 58 | The Deep Blue Sea | $30,752 | -30.3% | 41 | -4 | $750 | $1,048,428 | 9 | Music Box Films |
| 62 | 64 | Chronicle | $28,620 | -20.8% | 39 | -12 | $733 | $64,551,779 | 16 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 63 | - | Polisse | $28,369 | - | 3 | - | $9,456 | $28,369 | 1 | IFC Films |
| 64 | 61 | God Bless America | $23,900 | -43.4% | 15 | +1 | $1,593 | $66,095 | 2 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 65 | 67 | The Raid: Redemption | $19,146 | -27.2% | 15 | -1 | $1,276 | $4,072,676 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 66 | 65 | October Baby 2012 Re-release | $18,490 | -41.7% | 36 | -15 | $513 | $5,129,288 | 9 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 67 | 60 | Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day | $17,560 | -58.7% | 17 | -6 | $1,032 | $1,206,683 | 6 | Codeblack Entertainment |
| 68 | 66 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $17,315 | -41.9% | 40 | -27 | $432 | $133,089,088 | 23 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 69 | 70 | Friends with Kids | $17,204 | -22.3% | 25 | +15 | $688 | $7,232,759 | 11 | Roadside Attractions |
| 70 | 57 | The Perfect Family | $16,974 | -61.7% | 12 | -13 | $1,414 | $83,947 | 3 | Variance Films |
| 71 | - | Lovely Molly | $16,555 | - | 5 | - | $3,311 | $16,555 | 1 | Image Entertainment |
| 72 | 103 | Elena | $14,950 | +255.5% | 1 | - | $14,950 | $19,155 | 2 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 73 | 73 | A Separation | $14,424 | -21.6% | 17 | -7 | $848 | $7,069,814 | 21 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 74 | 76 | Elles | $12,755 | -17.1% | 6 | -6 | $2,125 | $109,100 | 4 | Kino Lorber |
| 75 | 88 | Deep Sea | $10,421 | +43.7% | 1 | - | $10,421 | $44,612,611 | 325 | Warner Bros. |
| 76 | 82 | Coriolanus | $9,777 | -2.9% | 8 | -3 | $1,222 | $754,302 | 18 | The Weinstein Company |
| 77 | 44 | The Road | $9,729 | -88.2% | 10 | -40 | $972 | $92,476 | 2 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 78 | 71 | Kalakalappu | $9,583 | -55.1% | 8 | -2 | $1,197 | $30,949 | 2 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 79 | - | Virginia | $9,553 | - | 5 | - | $1,910 | $9,553 | 1 | Entertainment One |
| 80 | 79 | Gerhard Richter Painting | $9,244 | -20.5% | 5 | +2 | $1,848 | $182,097 | 11 | Kino Lorber |
| 81 | - | Beyond the Black Rainbow | $8,852 | - | 2 | - | $4,426 | $8,852 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 82 | 77 | Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale I | $7,765 | -44.4% | 6 | -4 | $1,294 | $133,758 | 4 | Well Go USA Entertainment |
| 83 | 118 | Red Tails | $7,707 | +251.3% | 3 | -6 | $2,569 | $49,869,881 | 18 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 84 | 86 | Undefeated | $6,842 | -12.6% | 9 | -4 | $760 | $551,214 | 14 | The Weinstein Company |
| 85 | 85 | Otter 501 | $6,832 | -17% | 4 | +1 | $1,708 | $15,062 | 2 | Paladin |
| 86 | - | Celine and Julie Go Boating | $6,556 | - | 1 | - | $6,556 | $20,096 | 3 | New Yorker Films |
| 87 | 78 | Boy | $5,912 | -49.2% | 5 | -1 | $1,182 | $243,085 | 12 | - |
| 88 | - | The Color Wheel | $5,890 | - | 2 | - | $2,945 | $5,890 | 1 | Cinema Conservancy |
| 89 | 94 | Once Upon a Time in Anatolia | $5,030 | -12.6% | 2 | +1 | $2,515 | $125,223 | 21 | The Cinema Guild |
| 90 | 75 | I Wish | $4,565 | -73.1% | 3 | -2 | $1,521 | $21,510 | 2 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 91 | 106 | Surviving Progress | $4,348 | +23.3% | 2 | -1 | $2,174 | $33,250 | 7 | First Run |
| 92 | - | Here | $4,336 | - | 1 | - | $4,336 | $24,774 | 6 | Strand Releasing |
| 93 | 92 | Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview | $3,851 | -37.7% | 11 | -2 | $350 | $96,384 | 28 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 94 | 69 | Last Call at the Oasis | $3,719 | -83.8% | 3 | -3 | $1,239 | $42,423 | 3 | ATO Pictures |
| 95 | 89 | This Binary Universe | $3,598 | -49% | 1 | -1 | $3,598 | $14,138 | 3 | Indican Pictures |
| 96 | 93 | Turn Me On, Dammit! | $3,570 | -41.9% | 2 | -2 | $1,785 | $67,792 | 8 | New Yorker Films |
| 97 | - | Never Stand Still | $3,380 | - | 1 | - | $3,380 | $3,380 | 1 | First Run |
| 98 | 90 | Blue Like Jazz | $3,213 | -53.6% | 7 | -4 | $459 | $593,974 | 6 | Roadside Attractions |
| 99 | 104 | Bonsai | $3,192 | -22.6% | 2 | +1 | $1,596 | $7,314 | 2 | Strand Releasing |
| 100 | - | This Is Not a Film | $3,050 | - | 2 | - | $1,525 | $64,292 | 13 | Palisades Tartan |
| 101 | 112 | My Way | $3,002 | -3.9% | 4 | -3 | $750 | $68,199 | 5 | CJ Entertainment |
| 102 | - | Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog 2012 Re-release | $2,964 | - | 2 | - | $1,482 | $2,964 | 1 | Music Box Films |
| 103 | - | Attenberg | $2,848 | - | 1 | - | $2,848 | $21,643 | 11 | Strand Releasing |
| 104 | 113 | The Island President | $2,829 | -8.8% | 4 | -1 | $707 | $76,398 | 9 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 105 | 110 | The Hunter | $2,789 | -11.6% | 3 | -2 | $929 | $169,468 | 7 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 106 | 125 | Galapagos | $2,736 | +90.8% | 2 | +1 | $1,368 | $18,088,134 | 656 | IMAX |
| 107 | - | The Samaritan | $2,521 | - | 3 | - | $840 | $2,521 | 1 | IFC Films |
| 108 | 97 | A Simple Life | $2,474 | -53.5% | 2 | -1 | $1,237 | $190,407 | 6 | China Lion Film Distribution |
| 109 | - | Payback | $2,252 | - | 3 | +2 | $750 | $11,798 | 5 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 110 | 124 | Take Me Home | $2,057 | +42.1% | 2 | +1 | $1,028 | $12,795 | 11 | Monterey Media |
| 111 | 98 | The Salt of Life | $1,955 | -61.6% | 2 | -4 | $977 | $296,447 | 12 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 112 | 119 | Thin Ice | $1,845 | -15.2% | 3 | -1 | $615 | $790,421 | 14 | ATO Pictures |
| 113 | 122 | Grandmaster | $1,619 | -13% | 2 | - | $809 | $17,077 | 3 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 114 | 117 | Hit So Hard | $1,424 | -46.5% | 3 | -1 | $474 | $25,941 | 6 | Variance Films |
| 115 | - | Michael | $1,301 | - | 2 | - | $650 | $15,715 | 15 | Strand Releasing |
| 116 | 81 | Goon | $1,191 | -89.1% | 4 | -7 | $297 | $4,164,911 | 13 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 117 | 136 | Keyhole | $1,183 | +172% | 5 | +1 | $236 | $17,148 | 7 | Monterey Media |
| 118 | - | The Extraordinary Voyage | $1,147 | - | 1 | - | $1,147 | $45,353 | 15 | Flicker Alley |
| 119 | 95 | Nobody Else But You | $1,007 | -82.2% | 1 | -1 | $1,007 | $6,669 | 2 | First Run |
| 120 | - | Crazy Wisdom: The Life & Times of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche | $981 | - | 1 | - | $981 | $67,042 | 26 | - |
| 121 | 121 | Jesus Henry Christ | $960 | -50.6% | 1 | -1 | $960 | $17,132 | 5 | Entertainment One |
| 122 | 138 | The Graduate 45th Anniversary Reunion | $873 | +245.1% | 2 | +1 | $436 | $24,981 | 7 | Rialto Pictures |
| 123 | 134 | Lost Bohemia | $696 | - | 1 | - | $696 | $14,323 | 53 | Long Shot Factory |
| 124 | - | A Grin Without A Cat | $696 | - | 1 | - | $696 | $38,975 | 526 | Icarus Films |
| 125 | 128 | The Fairy | $599 | -51.6% | 2 | - | $299 | $23,885 | 13 | Kino Lorber |
| 126 | 131 | The Long Day Closes | $593 | -33.4% | 2 | - | $296 | $19,199 | 12 | The Film Desk |
| 127 | 101 | Touchback | $591 | -86.7% | 3 | -3 | $197 | $204,232 | 6 | Anchor Bay Films |
| 128 | 140 | How to Grow a Band | $531 | +140.3% | 2 | +1 | $265 | $10,034 | 6 | International Film Circuit |
| 129 | 91 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 2012 3D Release | $509 | -92.1% | 1 | -11 | $509 | $43,456,132 | 15 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 130 | - | The Bride Wore Black | $448 | - | 1 | - | $448 | $32,293 | 29 | The Film Desk |
| 131 | - | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $432 | - | 1 | - | $432 | $34,110,899 | 348 | IMAX |
| 132 | - | Sing Your Song | $426 | - | 1 | - | $426 | $46,715 | 19 | S2BN Films |
| 133 | 137 | Terkel in Trouble 2010 Re-release | $350 | -12.5% | 1 | - | $350 | $38,126 | 84 | Indican Pictures |
