Domestic 2012 Week 42
October 19-25, 2012
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | Paranormal Activity 4 | $33,957,365 | - | 3,412 | - | $9,952 | $33,957,365 | 1 | Paramount Pictures |
| 2 | 2 | Argo | $21,858,799 | -17.7% | 3,247 | +15 | $6,731 | $48,425,288 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| 3 | 1 | Taken 2 | $16,817,376 | -40.6% | 3,489 | -217 | $4,820 | $109,388,845 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 4 | 4 | Hotel Transylvania | $15,415,386 | -25.3% | 3,014 | -361 | $5,114 | $120,936,341 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 5 | - | Alex Cross | $14,318,691 | - | 2,539 | - | $5,639 | $14,318,691 | 1 | Lionsgate |
| 6 | 3 | Sinister | $11,524,787 | -49.7% | 2,542 | +15 | $4,533 | $34,444,955 | 2 | Lionsgate |
| 7 | 5 | Here Comes the Boom | $10,386,144 | -29.5% | 3,014 | - | $3,445 | $25,110,472 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 8 | 6 | Pitch Perfect | $8,591,885 | -28.5% | 2,660 | -127 | $3,230 | $47,352,233 | 4 | Universal Pictures |
| 9 | 8 | Looper | $5,773,174 | -32.1% | 2,223 | -382 | $2,597 | $59,413,306 | 4 | TriStar Pictures |
| 10 | 7 | Frankenweenie | $5,432,986 | -38.9% | 2,362 | -643 | $2,300 | $29,342,407 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 11 | 9 | Seven Psychopaths | $4,573,516 | -22.3% | 1,480 | - | $3,090 | $10,461,508 | 2 | CBS Films |
| 12 | 10 | The Perks of Being a Wallflower | $2,837,054 | -5% | 745 | +19 | $3,808 | $9,807,679 | 5 | Lionsgate |
| 13 | 11 | End of Watch | $1,164,749 | -51.4% | 744 | -807 | $1,565 | $38,233,511 | 5 | Open Road Films (II) |
| 14 | 13 | Trouble with the Curve | $1,000,356 | -53.2% | 925 | -887 | $1,081 | $34,355,574 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 15 | 12 | Atlas Shrugged II: The Strike | $867,983 | -61.4% | 945 | -67 | $918 | $3,114,053 | 2 | Atlas Distribution Company |
| 16 | 15 | The Master | $732,846 | -34.6% | 412 | -270 | $1,778 | $14,950,382 | 6 | The Weinstein Company |
| 17 | 14 | House at the End of the Street | $566,193 | -65.2% | 746 | -1,120 | $758 | $30,880,757 | 5 | Relativity Media |
| 18 | 17 | Brave | $540,530 | -14.1% | 277 | +1 | $1,951 | $235,163,662 | 18 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 19 | 16 | The Dark Knight Rises | $489,940 | -31.6% | 345 | -120 | $1,420 | $446,894,498 | 14 | Warner Bros. |
| 20 | - | Student of the Year | $417,706 | - | 106 | - | $3,940 | $417,706 | 1 | Eros Worldwide |
| 21 | 20 | Arbitrage | $399,137 | -14% | 169 | -25 | $2,361 | $7,173,263 | 6 | Roadside Attractions |
| 22 | 23 | Searching for Sugar Man | $283,810 | +2.7% | 137 | -20 | $2,071 | $2,054,912 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 23 | 22 | Ice Age: Continental Drift | $234,787 | -19.3% | 222 | -15 | $1,057 | $160,114,985 | 15 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 24 | 25 | The Bourne Legacy | $228,440 | +4.1% | 232 | -13 | $984 | $112,870,105 | 11 | Universal Pictures |
| 25 | 30 | Samsara | $226,801 | +33.4% | 70 | +19 | $3,240 | $2,084,473 | 9 | Oscilloscope |
| 26 | 18 | English Vinglish | $219,082 | -58.1% | 88 | - | $2,489 | $1,709,252 | 3 | Eros Worldwide |
| 27 | 26 | The Thieves | $219,076 | +5.3% | 19 | +8 | $11,530 | $427,047 | 2 | Well Go USA Entertainment |
| 28 | 19 | Finding Nemo 2012 3D Release | $197,692 | -61.2% | 183 | -297 | $1,080 | $40,434,837 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 29 | 35 | The Paperboy | $166,471 | +17.4% | 74 | +25 | $2,249 | $449,025 | 3 | Millennium Entertainment |
| 30 | 31 | Dredd | $160,853 | -5.1% | 160 | +5 | $1,005 | $13,380,022 | 5 | Lionsgate |
| 31 | - | The Sessions | $159,643 | - | 4 | - | $39,910 | $159,643 | 1 | - |
| 32 | 21 | Resident Evil: Retribution | $144,608 | -57.6% | 158 | -191 | $915 | $41,997,631 | 6 | Screen Gems |
| 33 | 33 | To the Arctic 3D | $143,943 | -3.2% | 52 | - | $2,768 | $9,327,070 | 27 | Warner Bros. |
| 34 | 28 | The Odd Life of Timothy Green | $137,403 | -28.6% | 194 | -85 | $708 | $50,654,939 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 35 | 42 | Lawless | $131,092 | +60.7% | 184 | -103 | $712 | $37,309,099 | 9 | The Weinstein Company |
| 36 | 36 | ParaNorman | $129,750 | -6.8% | 168 | -8 | $772 | $54,689,530 | 10 | Focus Features |
| 37 | 43 | Masquerade | $123,617 | +62.3% | 13 | +2 | $9,509 | $566,733 | 5 | CJ Entertainment |
| 38 | 40 | Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel | $122,720 | +35.3% | 27 | +10 | $4,545 | $596,478 | 5 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 39 | 32 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days | $122,129 | -20.4% | 149 | -27 | $819 | $48,594,075 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 40 | - | Tai Chi Zero | $117,589 | - | 31 | - | $3,793 | $117,589 | 1 | Variance Films |
| 41 | - | Bless Me, Ultima | $112,380 | - | - | - | - | $203,178 | - | Arenas Entertainment |
| 42 | 34 | Ted | $106,805 | -25.2% | 109 | -36 | $979 | $218,665,740 | 17 | Universal Pictures |
| 43 | - | Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 1: Beginnings | $79,295 | - | 5 | - | $15,859 | $79,295 | 1 | Eleven Arts |
| 44 | 44 | Hubble | $75,529 | +0.8% | 15 | - | $5,035 | $34,484,329 | 136 | Warner Bros. |
| 45 | 27 | The Possession | $71,136 | -65.2% | 133 | -236 | $534 | $48,846,465 | 8 | Lionsgate |
| 46 | 41 | The Intouchables | $70,486 | -14.3% | 60 | +1 | $1,174 | $9,861,706 | 22 | The Weinstein Company |
| 47 | 105 | The Waiting Room | $68,440 | +2,446.1% | 4 | +2 | $17,110 | $69,690 | 5 | International Film Circuit |
| 48 | 56 | Smashed | $66,863 | +73% | 20 | +16 | $3,343 | $105,513 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 49 | 24 | Won't Back Down | $66,000 | -70.5% | 168 | -345 | $392 | $5,249,881 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 50 | 39 | The Expendables 2 | $64,256 | -30.3% | 92 | -54 | $698 | $84,592,458 | 10 | Lionsgate |
| 51 | 45 | Middle of Nowhere | $63,940 | -12.6% | 21 | +15 | $3,044 | $136,801 | 2 | - |
| 52 | 37 | Hope Springs | $62,049 | -50.9% | 131 | -84 | $473 | $63,536,011 | 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 53 | 51 | Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough | $56,939 | +11.4% | 18 | - | $3,163 | $4,117,047 | 55 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 54 | 49 | Born to Be Wild | $55,624 | -0.3% | 30 | - | $1,854 | $21,113,708 | 81 | Warner Bros. |
| 55 | 29 | Premium Rush | $52,529 | -72.6% | 119 | -44 | $441 | $20,275,446 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 56 | 47 | The Campaign | $48,047 | -25.7% | 74 | -27 | $649 | $86,451,277 | 11 | Warner Bros. |
| 57 | 55 | Burn | $43,460 | +5.6% | 2 | -2 | $21,730 | $219,138 | 14 | - |
| 58 | - | Hating Breitbart | $43,072 | - | 4 | - | $10,768 | $43,072 | 1 | Rocky Mountain Pictures |
| 59 | 59 | Space Station 3D | $40,268 | +16.1% | 1 | - | $40,268 | $86,497,351 | 549 | IMAX |
| 60 | 62 | Detropia | $36,940 | +54.3% | 24 | +13 | $1,539 | $298,129 | 7 | Loki Films |
| 61 | - | The Flat | $34,146 | - | 3 | - | $11,382 | $34,146 | 1 | IFC Films |
| 62 | 83 | Holy Motors | $32,098 | +264.2% | 2 | - | $16,049 | $40,912 | 2 | - |
| 63 | 75 | Simon & the Oaks | $31,821 | +123% | 7 | +6 | $4,545 | $46,093 | 2 | The Film Arcade |
| 64 | 46 | Sleepwalk with Me | $28,878 | -59.7% | 45 | -13 | $641 | $2,192,702 | 9 | IFC Films |
| 65 | 71 | Somewhere Between | $28,778 | +83.9% | 6 | +4 | $4,796 | $99,426 | 9 | Long Shot Factory |
| 66 | 50 | Moonrise Kingdom | $28,517 | -47.3% | 29 | -27 | $983 | $45,498,318 | 22 | Focus Features |
| 67 | 57 | The Other Dream Team | $28,266 | -24% | 13 | +1 | $2,174 | $108,012 | 4 | The Film Arcade |
| 68 | 91 | War of the Buttons | $26,236 | +273.4% | 35 | +30 | $749 | $33,262 | 2 | The Weinstein Company |
| 69 | 54 | Beasts of the Southern Wild | $25,714 | -39.1% | 28 | -8 | $918 | $11,194,951 | 18 | - |
| 70 | 58 | The House I Live In | $24,645 | -32.9% | 4 | -4 | $6,161 | $85,608 | 3 | Abramorama |
| 71 | 73 | Wuthering Heights | $24,141 | +62.5% | 11 | +7 | $2,194 | $52,117 | 3 | Oscilloscope |
| 72 | - | Brooklyn Castle | $23,872 | - | 2 | - | $11,936 | $24,872 | 1 | - |
| 73 | - | The First Time | $22,836 | - | 19 | - | $1,201 | $22,836 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 74 | 48 | The Oranges | $22,796 | -64.4% | 15 | -41 | $1,519 | $361,983 | 3 | ATO Pictures |
| 75 | 63 | The Big Picture 2012 Re-release | $22,786 | +7.8% | 6 | +4 | $3,797 | $43,892 | 2 | MPI Media Group |
| 76 | 61 | Robot & Frank | $21,939 | -13.2% | 35 | +1 | $626 | $3,247,765 | 10 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 77 | 89 | Sister | $20,990 | +165% | 8 | +6 | $2,623 | $52,696 | 3 | Adopt Films |
| 78 | 60 | Liberal Arts | $17,136 | -33.1% | 18 | -7 | $952 | $266,227 | 6 | IFC Films |
| 79 | 68 | Deep Sea | $16,672 | -1.1% | 3 | +1 | $5,557 | $45,043,951 | 347 | Warner Bros. |
| 80 | 70 | How to Survive a Plague | $16,123 | -0.3% | 15 | +6 | $1,074 | $115,511 | 5 | IFC Films |
| 81 | - | All Together | $15,935 | - | 10 | - | $1,593 | $15,935 | 1 | Kino Lorber |
| 82 | 53 | Barfi! | $15,584 | -66.9% | 10 | -24 | $1,558 | $2,804,646 | 6 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 83 | 74 | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | $15,302 | +4.8% | 10 | +1 | $1,530 | $46,385,113 | 25 | - |
| 84 | - | Chakravyuh | $13,456 | - | 79 | - | $170 | $13,456 | 1 | Eros Worldwide |
| 85 | 64 | To Rome with Love | $13,421 | -33.2% | 32 | +8 | $419 | $16,672,433 | 18 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 86 | 72 | The Queen of Versailles | $11,899 | -21.2% | 13 | -4 | $915 | $2,375,898 | 14 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 87 | 69 | Ruby Sparks | $11,505 | -30.1% | 15 | - | $767 | $2,540,106 | 14 | - |
| 88 | 102 | Wake in Fright 2012 Re-release | $11,262 | +268.8% | 7 | +3 | $1,608 | $27,755 | 3 | Drafthouse Films |
| 89 | 96 | The Well-Digger's Daughter | $10,466 | +104.2% | 9 | +6 | $1,162 | $336,379 | 14 | Kino Lorber |
| 90 | - | Nobody Walks | $10,160 | - | 2 | - | $5,080 | $10,160 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 91 | 77 | Keep the Lights On | $10,108 | -18.3% | 10 | +4 | $1,010 | $210,567 | 7 | Music Box Films |
| 92 | 65 | Bill W. | $9,797 | -50.1% | 10 | - | $979 | $699,120 | 23 | Page 124 Productions |
| 93 | 86 | Under the Sea 3D | $8,730 | +3.2% | 5 | - | $1,746 | $30,972,258 | 193 | Warner Bros. |
| 94 | 66 | V/H/S | $7,713 | -56.9% | 16 | -2 | $482 | $78,397 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 95 | 104 | Two Days in New York | $7,467 | +158.7% | 5 | - | $1,493 | $623,315 | 11 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 96 | - | The Eye of the Storm | $7,017 | - | 2 | - | $3,508 | $81,703 | 7 | - |
| 97 | 67 | Least Among Saints | $6,547 | -61.6% | 8 | +5 | $818 | $23,607 | 2 | Brainstorm Media |
| 98 | 93 | Chicken with Plums | $5,780 | -9.1% | 10 | -1 | $578 | $220,690 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 99 | 81 | Thaandavam | $5,309 | -48.8% | 2 | -1 | $2,654 | $213,476 | 4 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 100 | 110 | Hello I Must Be Going | $5,038 | +205.3% | 4 | - | $1,259 | $96,118 | 7 | Oscilloscope |
| 101 | - | When the Iron Bird Flies: Tibetan Buddhism Arrives in the West | $4,689 | - | 1 | - | $4,689 | $4,689 | 1 | - |
| 102 | 90 | Little White Lies | $4,403 | -38.8% | 5 | - | $880 | $205,505 | 9 | MPI Media Group |
| 103 | 107 | Compliance | $4,176 | +94.8% | 11 | +6 | $379 | $316,700 | 10 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 104 | 85 | Celeste & Jesse Forever | $3,756 | -55.8% | 15 | - | $250 | $3,083,617 | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 105 | 94 | Gayby | $3,098 | -50.8% | 1 | - | $3,098 | $9,400 | 2 | The Film Collaborative |
| 106 | - | Side by Side | $3,058 | - | 8 | - | $382 | $51,862 | 10 | Tribeca Films |
| 107 | 88 | The Iran Job | $3,032 | -61.9% | 1 | - | $3,032 | $17,298 | 4 | Film Movement |
| 108 | 112 | Hellbound? | $2,452 | +57.8% | 3 | +2 | $817 | $22,887 | 5 | Area 23a |
| 109 | 111 | Red Hook Summer | $2,166 | +33.9% | 3 | - | $722 | $337,413 | 11 | Variance Films |
| 110 | 92 | Entre les Bras | $1,912 | -71.5% | 1 | -4 | $1,912 | $36,810 | 6 | The Cinema Guild |
| 111 | 106 | Unforgivable | $1,806 | -28.5% | 2 | - | $903 | $152,733 | 17 | Strand Releasing |
| 112 | - | My Worst Nightmare | $1,783 | - | 1 | - | $1,783 | $1,783 | 1 | Strand Releasing |
| 113 | 98 | Photographic Memory | $1,639 | -61.4% | 1 | -1 | $1,639 | $5,889 | 2 | First Run |
| 114 | - | For Ellen | $1,542 | - | 3 | - | $514 | $12,184 | 8 | Tribeca Films |
| 115 | 123 | Bringing Up Bobby | $1,326 | +176.8% | 4 | +2 | $331 | $3,078 | 4 | Monterey Media |
| 116 | 126 | The Invisible War | $1,310 | +218.7% | 3 | +2 | $436 | $62,649 | 18 | Cinedigm Entertainment Group |
| 117 | 101 | Elena | $1,310 | -61% | 1 | - | $1,310 | $233,380 | 24 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 118 | - | Bestiaire | $1,078 | - | 1 | - | $1,078 | $1,078 | 1 | - |
| 119 | 131 | This Is Not a Film | $1,057 | +408.2% | 2 | +1 | $528 | $74,493 | 35 | Palisades Tartan |
| 120 | 116 | Husbands in Goa | $950 | -5.9% | 2 | - | $475 | $9,535 | 5 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 121 | 103 | Bel Borba Aqui | $896 | -69.1% | 2 | +1 | $448 | $7,426 | 4 | - |
| 122 | 132 | You've Been Trumped | $844 | +534.6% | 3 | - | $281 | $20,404 | 12 | International Film Circuit |
| 123 | - | We Won't Grow Old Together | $723 | - | 1 | - | $723 | $11,040 | 20 | The Film Desk |
| 124 | 113 | Head Games | $594 | -53.8% | 1 | -1 | $594 | $12,487 | 5 | Variance Films |
| 125 | 118 | 5 Broken Cameras | $556 | -41.5% | 1 | -1 | $556 | $73,961 | 22 | Kino Lorber |
| 126 | 79 | Trade of Innocents | $531 | -95.1% | 1 | -2 | $531 | $12,354 | 3 | Monterey Media |
| 127 | 124 | Galapagos | $468 | +1.1% | 1 | - | $468 | $18,097,300 | 678 | IMAX |
| 128 | 129 | Alps | $440 | +75.3% | 1 | - | $440 | $13,527 | 15 | Kino Lorber |
| 129 | 114 | Girl Model | $386 | -64.3% | 1 | - | $386 | $20,735 | 8 | First Run |
| 130 | - | Kumaré | $352 | - | 1 | - | $352 | $125,065 | 19 | Kino Lorber |
| 131 | 125 | Sushi: The Global Catch | $298 | -31.5% | 1 | - | $298 | $4,055 | 12 | - |
| 132 | - | Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai | $179 | - | 1 | - | $179 | $74,716 | 14 | Tribeca Films |
| 133 | - | The Color Wheel | $172 | - | 1 | - | $172 | $17,924 | 23 | - |
| 134 | 134 | Radio Unnameable | $100 | +47.1% | 1 | - | $100 | $18,457 | 6 | Kino Lorber |
