Domestic 2012 Week 21
May 25-31, 2012
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | Men in Black³ | $83,003,553 | - | 4,248 | - | $19,539 | $83,003,553 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 2 | 1 | The Avengers | $55,779,192 | -25.3% | 3,918 | -331 | $14,236 | $532,463,980 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 3 | 2 | Battleship | $16,807,505 | -49.8% | 3,702 | +12 | $4,540 | $50,312,850 | 2 | Universal Pictures |
| 4 | 3 | The Dictator | $14,262,256 | -42.5% | 3,014 | +6 | $4,732 | $46,110,360 | 3 | Paramount Pictures |
| 5 | 4 | Dark Shadows | $11,490,945 | -33.7% | 3,404 | -351 | $3,375 | $66,973,841 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 6 | - | Chernobyl Diaries | $11,371,114 | - | 2,433 | - | $4,673 | $11,371,114 | 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 7 | 5 | What to Expect When You're Expecting | $11,272,111 | -25% | 3,021 | - | $3,731 | $26,293,359 | 2 | Lionsgate |
| 8 | 6 | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | $10,693,109 | +105.4% | 1,233 | +879 | $8,672 | $20,896,605 | 4 | - |
| 9 | 7 | The Hunger Games | $3,764,963 | -14% | 1,421 | -643 | $2,649 | $396,773,748 | 10 | Lionsgate |
| 10 | 8 | Think Like a Man | $2,169,828 | -41.1% | 786 | -936 | $2,760 | $89,041,769 | 6 | Screen Gems |
| 11 | 10 | The Pirates! Band of Misfits | $1,725,478 | -24.7% | 884 | -956 | $1,951 | $27,929,782 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 12 | 12 | Bernie | $1,361,594 | +89.5% | 194 | +99 | $7,018 | $2,713,400 | 5 | Millennium Entertainment |
| 13 | 23 | Chimpanzee | $1,212,782 | +200.9% | 368 | -527 | $3,295 | $27,956,824 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 14 | 19 | 21 Jump Street | $962,605 | +98.3% | 364 | +103 | $2,644 | $136,805,332 | 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 15 | 9 | The Lucky One | $933,085 | -63.5% | 615 | -1,390 | $1,517 | $58,645,918 | 6 | Warner Bros. |
| 16 | - | Moonrise Kingdom | $860,212 | - | 4 | - | $215,053 | $860,212 | 1 | Focus Features |
| 17 | 18 | Mirror Mirror | $824,882 | +44.5% | 422 | +15 | $1,954 | $62,543,139 | 9 | Relativity Media |
| 18 | 14 | The Lorax | $781,890 | +23.9% | 390 | +11 | $2,004 | $211,145,660 | 13 | Universal Pictures |
| 19 | 17 | The Three Stooges | $496,077 | -15.5% | 325 | -269 | $1,526 | $42,477,431 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 20 | 20 | To the Arctic 3D | $489,031 | +7.3% | 50 | +1 | $9,780 | $2,570,030 | 6 | Warner Bros. |
| 21 | 11 | The Five-Year Engagement | $449,470 | -73% | 274 | -901 | $1,640 | $28,104,755 | 5 | Universal Pictures |
| 22 | 13 | Wrath of the Titans | $370,376 | -43.1% | 255 | -105 | $1,452 | $83,065,752 | 9 | Warner Bros. |
| 23 | 22 | John Carter | $362,262 | -17.1% | 175 | -174 | $2,070 | $72,587,881 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 24 | 16 | The Cabin in the Woods | $293,694 | -50.1% | 203 | -245 | $1,446 | $41,052,415 | 7 | Lionsgate |
| 25 | 27 | Journey 2: The Mysterious Island | $285,936 | +1.7% | 175 | -70 | $1,633 | $103,219,429 | 16 | Warner Bros. |
| 26 | 32 | First Position | $254,712 | +78.6% | 56 | +15 | $4,548 | $598,169 | 4 | IFC Films |
| 27 | 46 | Hysteria | $227,891 | +308.4% | 32 | +27 | $7,121 | $283,697 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 28 | 26 | Crooked Arrows | $203,459 | -36.3% | 67 | +12 | $3,036 | $522,912 | 2 | - |
| 29 | 15 | Girl in Progress | $201,179 | -66.5% | 143 | -179 | $1,406 | $2,479,452 | 3 | Lionsgate |
| 30 | 31 | Headhunters | $198,684 | +38.2% | 45 | +6 | $4,415 | $644,508 | 5 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 31 | 29 | Salmon Fishing in the Yemen | $195,388 | +26.4% | 87 | -47 | $2,245 | $8,976,224 | 12 | CBS Films |
| 32 | 33 | Monsieur Lazhar | $181,237 | +28.6% | 69 | -2 | $2,626 | $1,517,843 | 7 | Music Box Films |
| 33 | 25 | American Reunion | $166,730 | -53.8% | 165 | -125 | $1,010 | $56,758,835 | 8 | Universal Pictures |
| 34 | - | The Intouchables | $166,612 | - | 4 | - | $41,653 | $166,612 | 1 | The Weinstein Company |
| 35 | 30 | Born to Be Wild | $151,098 | -2.1% | 34 | - | $4,444 | $19,165,215 | 60 | Warner Bros. |
| 36 | 34 | Marley | $125,308 | -4.1% | 53 | -2 | $2,364 | $1,217,896 | 6 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 37 | 36 | Hubble | $122,598 | +2.5% | 18 | -2 | $6,811 | $32,559,058 | 115 | Warner Bros. |
| 38 | 28 | Bully 2012 Re-release | $112,503 | -49.9% | 104 | -100 | $1,081 | $3,087,774 | 7 | The Weinstein Company |
| 39 | 37 | Darling Companion | $105,360 | +13.3% | 61 | +1 | $1,727 | $559,195 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 40 | 52 | Where Do We Go Now? | $103,148 | +163.7% | 25 | +13 | $4,125 | $166,415 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 41 | 21 | Safe | $99,759 | -77.4% | 112 | -391 | $890 | $16,836,712 | 5 | Lionsgate |
| 42 | 24 | The Raven | $96,449 | -73.7% | 111 | -321 | $868 | $15,771,939 | 5 | Relativity Media |
| 43 | - | Cowgirls 'n Angels | $91,269 | - | 50 | - | $1,825 | $91,269 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 44 | 45 | Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough | $88,259 | +54.7% | 18 | - | $4,903 | $1,910,523 | 34 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 45 | 42 | Jiro Dreams of Sushi | $79,817 | +18.2% | 35 | -6 | $2,280 | $2,304,885 | 12 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 46 | 63 | Polisse | $74,460 | +162.5% | 14 | +11 | $5,318 | $102,829 | 2 | IFC Films |
| 47 | 43 | Under the Sea 3D | $61,317 | -4.9% | 20 | +2 | $3,065 | $30,116,682 | 172 | Warner Bros. |
| 48 | 48 | Sound of My Voice | $60,410 | +11.6% | 42 | +5 | $1,438 | $333,350 | 5 | - |
| 49 | 38 | Titanic 2012 3D Release | $57,760 | -29.5% | 42 | -28 | $1,375 | $57,825,351 | 9 | Paramount Pictures |
| 50 | 40 | A Thousand Words | $52,009 | -35.4% | 59 | -51 | $881 | $18,450,127 | 12 | DreamWorks |
| 51 | 47 | Bill W. | $47,323 | -14.9% | 12 | +1 | $3,943 | $102,959 | 2 | Page 124 Productions |
| 52 | 55 | We Have a Pope | $46,740 | +26.2% | 22 | +2 | $2,124 | $444,604 | 8 | IFC Films |
| 53 | 54 | Space Station 3D | $46,601 | +22.8% | 3 | -4 | $15,533 | $85,606,835 | 528 | IMAX |
| 54 | 39 | This Means War | $41,968 | -47.9% | 44 | -46 | $953 | $54,734,738 | 15 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 55 | 59 | Sea Rex 3D: Journey to a Prehistoric World | $34,543 | +7.4% | 12 | - | $2,878 | $5,574,524 | 105 | 3D Entertainment |
| 56 | 49 | Footnote | $31,402 | -36.1% | 31 | -21 | $1,012 | $1,900,259 | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 57 | 50 | The Secret World of Arrietty | $28,912 | -33.4% | 26 | -34 | $1,112 | $19,183,567 | 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 58 | 57 | Grand Illusion | $25,306 | -26.8% | 3 | - | $8,435 | $77,371 | 3 | Rialto Pictures |
| 59 | 56 | The Kid with a Bike | $25,028 | -28.6% | 20 | -14 | $1,251 | $1,356,251 | 11 | IFC Films |
| 60 | 72 | Elena | $22,923 | +53.3% | 2 | +1 | $11,461 | $42,078 | 3 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 61 | 51 | The Artist | $21,542 | -47.6% | 20 | -83 | $1,077 | $44,585,292 | 27 | The Weinstein Company |
| 62 | 74 | Elles | $19,134 | +50% | 8 | +2 | $2,391 | $128,234 | 5 | Kino Lorber |
| 63 | 58 | Damsels in Distress | $18,422 | -44.7% | 11 | -27 | $1,674 | $831,122 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 64 | 90 | I Wish | $17,499 | +283.3% | 5 | +2 | $3,499 | $39,009 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 65 | 62 | Chronicle | $16,733 | -41.5% | 20 | -19 | $836 | $64,568,512 | 17 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 66 | - | Oslo, August 31st | $16,600 | - | 2 | - | $8,300 | $16,600 | 1 | Strand Releasing |
| 67 | 53 | Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story | $16,525 | -57.6% | 9 | -10 | $1,836 | $71,444 | 4 | International Film Circuit |
| 68 | 61 | The Deep Blue Sea | $16,222 | -47.2% | 21 | -20 | $772 | $1,064,650 | 10 | Music Box Films |
| 69 | 64 | God Bless America | $16,042 | -32.9% | 15 | - | $1,069 | $82,137 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 70 | 65 | The Raid: Redemption | $13,931 | -27.2% | 12 | -3 | $1,160 | $4,086,607 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 71 | 73 | A Separation | $13,250 | -8.1% | 10 | -7 | $1,325 | $7,083,064 | 22 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 72 | 89 | Once Upon a Time in Anatolia | $12,131 | +141.2% | 2 | - | $6,065 | $137,354 | 22 | The Cinema Guild |
| 73 | 70 | The Perfect Family | $11,846 | -30.2% | 6 | -6 | $1,974 | $95,793 | 4 | Variance Films |
| 74 | 68 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $11,828 | -31.7% | 22 | -18 | $537 | $133,100,916 | 24 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 75 | 41 | Act of Valor | $11,803 | -82.8% | 39 | -57 | $302 | $70,006,080 | 14 | Relativity Media |
| 76 | 66 | October Baby 2012 Re-release | $10,581 | -42.8% | 16 | -20 | $661 | $5,139,889 | 10 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 77 | 69 | Friends with Kids | $10,111 | -41.2% | 9 | -16 | $1,123 | $7,242,870 | 12 | Roadside Attractions |
| 78 | - | OC87: The Obsessive Compulsive, Major Depression, Bipolar, Asperger's Movie | $9,745 | - | 1 | - | $9,745 | $9,745 | 1 | - |
| 79 | 111 | The Salt of Life | $8,207 | +319.8% | 4 | +2 | $2,051 | $304,654 | 13 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 80 | - | Arjun: The Warrior Prince | $8,165 | - | 10 | - | $816 | $8,165 | 1 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 81 | 75 | Deep Sea | $7,728 | -25.8% | 1 | - | $7,728 | $44,620,339 | 326 | Warner Bros. |
| 82 | 84 | Undefeated | $7,292 | +6.6% | 6 | -3 | $1,215 | $558,506 | 15 | The Weinstein Company |
| 83 | 87 | Boy | $7,254 | +22.7% | 6 | +1 | $1,209 | $250,339 | 13 | - |
| 84 | 67 | Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day | $6,445 | -63.3% | 17 | - | $379 | $1,213,128 | 7 | Codeblack Entertainment |
| 85 | - | Whores' Glory | $6,325 | - | 2 | - | $3,162 | $17,855 | 5 | Kino Lorber |
| 86 | 96 | Turn Me On, Dammit! | $5,676 | +59% | 2 | - | $2,838 | $73,468 | 9 | New Yorker Films |
| 87 | 81 | Beyond the Black Rainbow | $5,310 | -40% | 2 | - | $2,655 | $14,162 | 2 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 88 | 60 | Mansome | $5,287 | -82.9% | 5 | -15 | $1,057 | $36,280 | 2 | Paladin |
| 89 | 80 | Gerhard Richter Painting | $4,941 | -46.5% | 4 | -1 | $1,235 | $187,038 | 12 | Kino Lorber |
| 90 | 85 | Otter 501 | $4,774 | -30.1% | 3 | -1 | $1,591 | $19,836 | 3 | Paladin |
| 91 | 91 | Surviving Progress | $3,907 | -10.1% | 2 | - | $1,953 | $37,157 | 8 | First Run |
| 92 | 83 | Red Tails | $3,635 | -52.8% | 7 | +4 | $519 | $49,873,516 | 19 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 93 | 116 | Goon | $3,617 | +203.7% | 5 | +1 | $723 | $4,168,528 | 14 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 94 | 131 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $3,615 | +736.8% | 1 | - | $3,615 | $34,114,514 | 349 | IMAX |
| 95 | 114 | Hit So Hard | $3,329 | +133.8% | 3 | - | $1,109 | $29,270 | 7 | Variance Films |
| 96 | 102 | Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog 2012 Re-release | $3,230 | +9% | 3 | +1 | $1,076 | $6,194 | 2 | Music Box Films |
| 97 | 99 | Bonsai | $3,214 | +0.7% | 2 | - | $1,607 | $10,528 | 3 | Strand Releasing |
| 98 | 117 | Keyhole | $3,180 | +168.8% | 7 | +2 | $454 | $20,328 | 8 | Monterey Media |
| 99 | - | Hämnden 2012 Re-release | $3,165 | - | 1 | - | $3,165 | $3,165 | 1 | Music Box Films |
| 100 | - | Tonight You're Mine | $3,103 | - | 3 | - | $1,034 | $6,255 | 3 | Roadside Attractions |
| 101 | - | The Understudy | $2,925 | - | 1 | - | $2,925 | $13,122 | 11 | Indican Pictures |
| 102 | 76 | Coriolanus | $2,893 | -70.4% | 4 | -4 | $723 | $757,195 | 19 | The Weinstein Company |
| 103 | - | Around June | $2,477 | - | 1 | - | $2,477 | $12,578 | 14 | Indican Pictures |
| 104 | 82 | Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale I | $2,408 | -69% | 3 | -3 | $802 | $136,166 | 5 | Well Go USA Entertainment |
| 105 | - | The Women on the 6th Floor | $2,272 | - | 2 | - | $1,136 | $711,943 | 34 | Strand Releasing |
| 106 | 79 | Virginia | $2,215 | -76.8% | 2 | -3 | $1,107 | $11,768 | 2 | Entertainment One |
| 107 | - | 5 Broken Cameras | $2,214 | - | 1 | - | $2,214 | $2,214 | 1 | Kino Lorber |
| 108 | 121 | Jesus Henry Christ | $2,182 | +127.3% | 2 | +1 | $1,091 | $19,314 | 6 | Entertainment One |
| 109 | 110 | Take Me Home | $2,168 | +5.4% | 3 | +1 | $722 | $14,963 | 12 | Monterey Media |
| 110 | - | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $2,149 | - | 1 | - | $2,149 | $53,292,695 | 710 | IMAX |
| 111 | 106 | Galapagos | $2,062 | -24.6% | 6 | +4 | $343 | $18,090,196 | 657 | IMAX |
| 112 | 71 | Lovely Molly | $1,909 | -88.5% | 2 | -3 | $954 | $18,464 | 2 | Image Entertainment |
| 113 | 93 | Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview | $1,908 | -50.5% | 7 | -4 | $272 | $98,292 | 29 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 114 | 101 | My Way | $1,727 | -42.5% | 3 | -1 | $575 | $69,926 | 6 | CJ Entertainment |
| 115 | - | Small, Beautifully Moving Parts | $1,627 | - | 1 | - | $1,627 | $5,557 | 3 | Long Shot Factory |
| 116 | 88 | The Color Wheel | $1,576 | -73.2% | 2 | - | $788 | $7,466 | 2 | - |
| 117 | 97 | Never Stand Still | $1,512 | -55.3% | 1 | - | $1,512 | $4,892 | 2 | First Run |
| 118 | 105 | The Hunter | $1,501 | -46.2% | 3 | - | $500 | $170,969 | 8 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 119 | - | Hide Away | $1,314 | - | 1 | - | $1,314 | $1,314 | 1 | - |
| 120 | 95 | This Binary Universe | $1,237 | -65.6% | 1 | - | $1,237 | $15,375 | 4 | Indican Pictures |
| 121 | 108 | A Simple Life | $1,049 | -57.6% | 1 | -1 | $1,049 | $191,456 | 7 | China Lion Film Distribution |
| 122 | 133 | Terkel in Trouble 2010 Re-release | $892 | +154.9% | 1 | - | $892 | $39,018 | 85 | Indican Pictures |
| 123 | 98 | Blue Like Jazz | $762 | -76.3% | 3 | -4 | $254 | $594,736 | 7 | Roadside Attractions |
| 124 | 126 | The Long Day Closes | $607 | +2.4% | 1 | -1 | $607 | $19,806 | 13 | The Film Desk |
| 125 | 109 | Payback | $500 | -77.8% | 1 | -2 | $500 | $12,298 | 6 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 126 | 125 | The Fairy | $423 | -29.4% | 1 | -1 | $423 | $24,308 | 14 | Kino Lorber |
| 127 | 119 | Nobody Else But You | $405 | -59.8% | 1 | - | $405 | $7,074 | 3 | First Run |
| 128 | 129 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 2012 3D Release | $250 | -50.9% | 1 | - | $250 | $43,456,382 | 16 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 129 | 123 | Lost Bohemia | $245 | -64.8% | 1 | - | $245 | $14,567 | 54 | Long Shot Factory |
| 130 | 120 | Crazy Wisdom: The Life & Times of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche | $157 | -84% | 1 | - | $157 | $67,199 | 27 | - |
