Domestic 2012 Week 35
August 31-September 6, 2012
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | The Possession | $23,849,110 | - | 2,816 | - | $8,469 | $23,849,110 | 1 | Lionsgate |
| 2 | 16 | Lawless | $15,375,972 | +617.7% | 2,888 | +323 | $5,324 | $17,518,419 | 2 | The Weinstein Company |
| 3 | 1 | The Expendables 2 | $13,308,234 | -28.2% | 3,334 | -21 | $3,991 | $70,667,139 | 3 | Lionsgate |
| 4 | 2 | The Bourne Legacy | $10,661,055 | -16.8% | 3,131 | -359 | $3,405 | $99,659,495 | 4 | Universal Pictures |
| 5 | 3 | ParaNorman | $9,778,275 | -17.5% | 3,085 | -370 | $3,169 | $41,257,461 | 3 | Focus Features |
| 6 | 13 | 2016: Obama's America | $9,639,265 | +221.5% | 1,747 | +656 | $5,517 | $22,806,295 | 8 | Rocky Mountain Pictures |
| 7 | 6 | The Odd Life of Timothy Green | $9,479,692 | -4.5% | 2,635 | +37 | $3,597 | $39,357,050 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 8 | 5 | The Dark Knight Rises | $9,250,343 | -10% | 2,187 | -419 | $4,229 | $434,564,293 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 9 | 4 | The Campaign | $8,368,768 | -20.1% | 2,941 | - | $2,845 | $75,943,432 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 10 | 8 | Hope Springs | $7,362,932 | -11% | 2,441 | +39 | $3,016 | $54,719,439 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 11 | 7 | Premium Rush | $6,076,493 | -27.3% | 2,255 | - | $2,694 | $14,431,690 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 12 | 9 | Hit and Run | $3,957,214 | -37% | 2,870 | - | $1,378 | $11,426,604 | 3 | Open Road Films (II) |
| 13 | 43 | The Avengers | $2,778,553 | +1,586.2% | 1,705 | +1,582 | $1,629 | $620,628,446 | 18 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 14 | 10 | Sparkle | $2,667,232 | -49.2% | 1,257 | -763 | $2,121 | $22,594,077 | 3 | TriStar Pictures |
| 15 | 19 | Brave | $2,303,215 | +187.2% | 1,708 | +1,256 | $1,348 | $232,677,392 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 16 | 12 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days | $2,157,021 | -31.1% | 1,204 | -343 | $1,791 | $45,924,609 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 17 | 14 | Ice Age: Continental Drift | $2,006,843 | -22.3% | 1,036 | -175 | $1,937 | $156,339,444 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 18 | 20 | The Amazing Spider-Man | $1,405,304 | +90.9% | 501 | +133 | $2,804 | $260,005,361 | 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 19 | 15 | Total Recall | $1,290,506 | -47.5% | 756 | -570 | $1,707 | $57,160,131 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 20 | 17 | Ted | $1,144,425 | -15.2% | 561 | -118 | $2,039 | $216,309,330 | 10 | Universal Pictures |
| 21 | 29 | Celeste & Jesse Forever | $1,102,642 | +165.5% | 586 | +471 | $1,881 | $2,258,474 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 22 | 30 | Robot & Frank | $1,060,184 | +167.1% | 144 | +98 | $7,362 | $1,508,429 | 3 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 23 | 18 | Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted | $949,733 | +15% | 505 | +131 | $1,880 | $214,859,182 | 13 | DreamWorks |
| 24 | 11 | The Apparition | $946,662 | -73.8% | 810 | - | $1,168 | $4,565,521 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| 25 | 21 | Beasts of the Southern Wild | $823,200 | +18.7% | 267 | +35 | $3,083 | $9,913,139 | 11 | - |
| 26 | 38 | The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure | $759,608 | +236.7% | 2,160 | - | $351 | $985,196 | 2 | Kenn Viselman Presents |
| 27 | 26 | The Intouchables | $616,153 | +13.8% | 172 | -22 | $3,582 | $8,266,627 | 15 | The Weinstein Company |
| 28 | 23 | Moonrise Kingdom | $547,150 | -7.8% | 197 | -135 | $2,777 | $44,410,218 | 15 | Focus Features |
| 29 | 54 | Sleepwalk with Me | $446,732 | +400.7% | 29 | +28 | $15,404 | $535,948 | 2 | IFC Films |
| 30 | 22 | Step Up Revolution | $411,142 | -38.9% | 236 | -192 | $1,742 | $34,293,464 | 6 | Lionsgate |
| 31 | 27 | Killer Joe | $332,967 | -28.3% | 74 | +14 | $4,499 | $1,535,499 | 6 | LD Entertainment |
| 32 | 33 | The Watch | $315,602 | +5.4% | 195 | -55 | $1,618 | $33,849,802 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 33 | 32 | Men in Black³ | $287,941 | -12.3% | 186 | -46 | $1,548 | $178,892,139 | 15 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 34 | 35 | The Queen of Versailles | $269,557 | -7% | 87 | +2 | $3,098 | $1,906,605 | 7 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 35 | 56 | Madea's Witness Protection | $269,071 | +254.7% | 179 | +73 | $1,503 | $65,339,469 | 10 | Lionsgate |
| 36 | 31 | Magic Mike | $252,954 | -32.5% | 268 | -87 | $943 | $113,485,818 | 10 | Warner Bros. |
| 37 | 36 | To the Arctic 3D | $242,781 | -4.2% | 52 | - | $4,668 | $8,316,347 | 20 | Warner Bros. |
| 38 | - | For a Good Time, Call... | $234,019 | - | 23 | - | $10,174 | $234,019 | 1 | Focus Features |
| 39 | 34 | To Rome with Love | $231,838 | -20.7% | 94 | -127 | $2,466 | $16,209,524 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 40 | 41 | Searching for Sugar Man | $224,840 | +25.4% | 32 | +3 | $7,026 | $778,141 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 41 | 42 | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | $172,685 | +3.4% | 105 | -1 | $1,644 | $46,000,681 | 18 | - |
| 42 | 47 | Samsara | $170,045 | +44.5% | 9 | +7 | $18,893 | $287,748 | 2 | Oscilloscope |
| 43 | 40 | Snow White and the Huntsman | $159,360 | -26% | 143 | -51 | $1,114 | $155,136,755 | 14 | Universal Pictures |
| 44 | - | Flying Swords of Dragon Gate | $156,812 | - | 15 | - | $10,454 | $156,812 | 1 | - |
| 45 | - | Joker | $145,345 | - | 74 | - | $1,964 | $145,345 | 1 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 46 | 39 | Cosmopolis | $142,297 | -36.3% | 65 | +2 | $2,189 | $659,385 | 3 | Entertainment One |
| 47 | 46 | Two Days in New York | $142,223 | +2.9% | 42 | +1 | $3,386 | $469,099 | 4 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 48 | 37 | Ruby Sparks | $138,094 | -42% | 78 | -41 | $1,770 | $2,318,184 | 7 | - |
| 49 | 49 | The Imposter | $114,501 | +1% | 31 | +7 | $3,693 | $532,969 | 8 | - |
| 50 | 48 | Farewell, My Queen | $87,483 | -25.3% | 36 | -28 | $2,430 | $1,214,344 | 8 | Cohen Media Group |
| 51 | 45 | The Hunger Games | $87,383 | -43.3% | 145 | -44 | $602 | $408,010,692 | 24 | Lionsgate |
| 52 | 61 | Compliance | $85,605 | +25.7% | 19 | +8 | $4,505 | $197,063 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 53 | 51 | Red Hook Summer | $80,374 | -22.3% | 41 | +12 | $1,960 | $272,621 | 4 | Variance Films |
| 54 | - | Mugamoodi | $75,884 | - | 21 | - | $3,613 | $75,884 | 1 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 55 | 59 | Savages | $74,595 | +3.7% | 82 | -35 | $909 | $47,323,100 | 9 | Universal Pictures |
| 56 | 55 | Born to Be Wild | $74,249 | -16.6% | 33 | - | $2,249 | $20,791,893 | 74 | Warner Bros. |
| 57 | 60 | Hubble | $72,453 | +1.5% | 14 | +2 | $5,175 | $34,033,434 | 129 | Warner Bros. |
| 58 | 53 | Prometheus | $70,170 | -22.7% | 55 | -36 | $1,275 | $126,400,683 | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 59 | - | The Bullet Vanishes | $68,736 | - | 14 | - | $4,909 | $68,736 | 1 | China Lion Film Distribution |
| 60 | 69 | Little White Lies | $67,408 | +80.7% | 12 | +9 | $5,617 | $104,644 | 2 | MPI Media Group |
| 61 | 58 | Safety Not Guaranteed | $61,119 | -16.8% | 48 | -6 | $1,273 | $3,841,509 | 13 | FilmDistrict |
| 62 | 52 | Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough | $61,057 | -33.2% | 18 | - | $3,392 | $3,712,799 | 48 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 63 | 57 | Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter | $60,874 | -18.8% | 49 | -26 | $1,242 | $37,480,274 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 64 | 62 | Air Racers | $41,321 | -36.7% | 10 | - | $4,132 | $1,288,058 | 22 | 3D Entertainment |
| 65 | 63 | Bernie | $40,518 | -32.2% | 26 | -26 | $1,558 | $9,173,891 | 19 | Millennium Entertainment |
| 66 | 73 | The Well-Digger's Daughter | $38,590 | +55% | 14 | +3 | $2,756 | $257,307 | 7 | Kino Lorber |
| 67 | 65 | Under the Sea 3D | $34,114 | -36.8% | 7 | +1 | $4,873 | $30,897,563 | 186 | Warner Bros. |
| 68 | 68 | Bill W. | $30,295 | -21.1% | 15 | - | $2,019 | $520,615 | 16 | Page 124 Productions |
| 69 | 64 | Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry | $29,513 | -47.1% | 18 | -19 | $1,639 | $434,528 | 6 | IFC Films |
| 70 | 66 | Sea Rex 3D: Journey to a Prehistoric World | $28,614 | -36.9% | 10 | - | $2,861 | $6,082,315 | 119 | 3D Entertainment |
| 71 | 70 | Space Station 3D | $27,762 | -14.8% | 1 | - | $27,762 | $86,328,036 | 542 | IMAX |
| 72 | 50 | Nitro Circus: The Movie | $25,323 | -75.7% | 31 | -50 | $816 | $3,351,012 | 5 | Arc Entertainment |
| 73 | 74 | Beloved | $23,113 | +0.2% | 6 | -1 | $3,852 | $86,191 | 3 | IFC Films |
| 74 | 98 | Side by Side | $21,283 | +487.9% | 4 | +2 | $5,320 | $33,788 | 3 | Tribeca Films |
| 75 | 109 | The Ambassador | $18,741 | +952.3% | 4 | +3 | $4,685 | $20,522 | 2 | Drafthouse Films |
| 76 | 112 | Oslo, August 31st | $17,874 | +1,118.4% | 7 | +6 | $2,553 | $95,596 | 15 | Strand Releasing |
| 77 | 83 | Chicken with Plums | $17,205 | +73.6% | 3 | +1 | $5,735 | $106,081 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 78 | 104 | The Day | $16,497 | +505.6% | 12 | - | $1,374 | $19,222 | 2 | Anchor Bay Films |
| 79 | 76 | Neighboring Sounds | $14,894 | -24.8% | 2 | - | $7,447 | $34,689 | 2 | The Cinema Guild |
| 80 | 71 | The Awakening | $12,159 | -56.8% | 13 | -18 | $935 | $173,018 | 3 | Cohen Media Group |
| 81 | 124 | Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai | $12,045 | +1,390.7% | 4 | +2 | $3,011 | $64,428 | 7 | Tribeca Films |
| 82 | 77 | Iron Sky | $11,844 | -31% | 2 | - | $5,922 | $77,221 | 7 | Entertainment One |
| 83 | 75 | Deep Sea | $11,606 | -48.7% | 2 | - | $5,803 | $44,959,130 | 340 | Warner Bros. |
| 84 | 89 | A Cat in Paris | $10,581 | +57.2% | 3 | -3 | $3,527 | $305,817 | 14 | GKIDS |
| 85 | 82 | 360 | $9,908 | -11.1% | 3 | -9 | $3,302 | $90,729 | 5 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 86 | 85 | Neil Young Journeys | $9,350 | +1.3% | 11 | -2 | $850 | $189,454 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 87 | 78 | Take This Waltz | $9,109 | -37.1% | 9 | -8 | $1,012 | $1,209,327 | 10 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 88 | 106 | Little Birds | $7,939 | +239.3% | 1 | - | $7,939 | $10,279 | 2 | Millennium Entertainment |
| 89 | 86 | Teddy Bear | $6,062 | -29.2% | 1 | -1 | $6,062 | $16,000 | 3 | Film Movement |
| 90 | 123 | General Education | $5,654 | +586.2% | 4 | +2 | $1,413 | $6,478 | 2 | - |
| 91 | 102 | Monsieur Lazhar | $5,402 | +71.5% | 3 | - | $1,800 | $2,002,083 | 21 | Music Box Films |
| 92 | - | The Good Doctor | $5,206 | - | 2 | - | $2,603 | $5,206 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 93 | 84 | Painted Skin: The Resurrection | $4,914 | -47.1% | 1 | -3 | $4,914 | $40,991 | 3 | Well Go USA Entertainment |
| 94 | 80 | Somewhere Between | $4,283 | -65.9% | 1 | - | $4,283 | $16,855 | 2 | Long Shot Factory |
| 95 | 92 | Unforgivable | $4,104 | -18.6% | 1 | -1 | $4,104 | $122,950 | 10 | Strand Releasing |
| 96 | 115 | Elena | $4,030 | +213.4% | 3 | +2 | $1,343 | $214,490 | 17 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 97 | 79 | Easy Money | $3,566 | -72.4% | 2 | -3 | $1,783 | $188,267 | 9 | The Weinstein Company |
| 98 | 99 | The Magic of Belle Isle | $3,255 | -8.5% | 2 | -5 | $1,627 | $102,388 | 9 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 99 | 118 | Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present | $3,104 | +224% | 1 | -2 | $3,104 | $79,370 | 13 | Music Box Films |
| 100 | 96 | Klown 2012 Re-release | $3,097 | -25.8% | 3 | - | $1,032 | $67,016 | 6 | Drafthouse Films |
| 101 | 87 | Kumaré | $3,085 | -58.6% | 3 | -3 | $1,028 | $106,693 | 12 | Kino Lorber |
| 102 | - | Hit So Hard | $2,804 | - | 1 | - | $2,804 | $34,025 | 21 | Variance Films |
| 103 | 72 | Brother 2012 Re-release | $1,971 | -92.7% | 8 | -41 | $246 | $28,976 | 2 | Music Box Films |
| 104 | - | Girl Model | $1,966 | - | 1 | - | $1,966 | $1,966 | 1 | First Run |
| 105 | 94 | Where Do We Go Now? | $1,950 | -54.1% | 2 | -4 | $975 | $531,157 | 17 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 106 | 103 | You've Been Trumped | $1,846 | -34.4% | 3 | -2 | $615 | $15,944 | 5 | International Film Circuit |
| 107 | - | Breathing | $1,814 | - | 1 | - | $1,814 | $1,814 | 1 | Kino Lorber |
| 108 | - | For Ellen | $1,182 | - | 1 | - | $1,182 | $1,182 | 1 | Tribeca Films |
| 109 | 120 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $1,138 | +22.5% | 1 | - | $1,138 | $53,324,129 | 724 | IMAX |
| 110 | 88 | Hysteria | $1,084 | -85% | 4 | -4 | $271 | $1,775,111 | 16 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 111 | 116 | Turn Me On, Dammit! | $1,060 | -9.3% | 1 | - | $1,060 | $123,343 | 23 | New Yorker Films |
| 112 | - | Pickin' & Grinnin' | $610 | - | - | - | - | $610 | - | House Lights Media |
| 113 | 111 | Alps | $561 | -67% | 1 | -1 | $561 | $8,593 | 8 | Kino Lorber |
| 114 | 128 | This Is Not a Film | $481 | +30.7% | 1 | - | $481 | $70,495 | 28 | Palisades Tartan |
| 115 | 97 | Death by China | $344 | -90.6% | 1 | - | $344 | $11,306 | 3 | Area 23a |
| 116 | 101 | The Invisible War | $177 | -94.6% | 1 | -3 | $177 | $57,796 | 11 | Cinedigm Entertainment Group |
| 117 | - | The Day He Arrives | $108 | - | 1 | - | $108 | $11,819 | 20 | The Cinema Guild |
