Domestic 2012 Weekend 20
May 18-20, 2012
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | The Avengers | $55,644,102 | -46% | 4,249 | -100 | $13,095 | $457,665,517 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 2 | - | Battleship | $25,534,825 | - | 3,690 | - | $6,920 | $25,534,825 | 1 | Universal Pictures |
| 3 | - | The Dictator | $17,435,092 | - | 3,008 | - | $5,796 | $24,476,173 | 1 | Paramount Pictures |
| 4 | 2 | Dark Shadows | $12,583,338 | -57.6% | 3,755 | - | $3,351 | $50,721,759 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| 5 | - | What to Expect When You're Expecting | $10,547,068 | - | 3,021 | - | $3,491 | $10,547,068 | 1 | Lionsgate |
| 6 | 8 | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | $3,230,584 | +20.9% | 354 | +176 | $9,125 | $8,228,025 | 3 | - |
| 7 | 4 | The Hunger Games | $2,950,331 | -34.5% | 2,064 | -467 | $1,429 | $391,581,441 | 9 | Lionsgate |
| 8 | 3 | Think Like a Man | $2,650,549 | -54.4% | 1,722 | -330 | $1,539 | $85,838,460 | 5 | Screen Gems |
| 9 | 5 | The Lucky One | $1,778,453 | -56.7% | 2,005 | -834 | $887 | $56,934,628 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 10 | 7 | The Pirates! Band of Misfits | $1,578,632 | -49.8% | 1,840 | -1,239 | $857 | $25,490,136 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 11 | 6 | The Five-Year Engagement | $1,110,375 | -66.5% | 1,175 | -1,394 | $945 | $27,103,010 | 4 | Universal Pictures |
| 12 | 9 | Chimpanzee | $667,528 | -62% | 895 | -664 | $745 | $27,008,515 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 13 | 21 | Bernie | $491,436 | +124% | 95 | +59 | $5,173 | $1,124,572 | 4 | Millennium Entertainment |
| 14 | 22 | Wrath of the Titans | $476,327 | +121.6% | 360 | +95 | $1,323 | $82,520,290 | 8 | Warner Bros. |
| 15 | 11 | Girl in Progress | $459,357 | -66.8% | 322 | - | $1,426 | $2,137,371 | 2 | Lionsgate |
| 16 | 19 | The Lorax | $458,595 | +6.1% | 379 | -76 | $1,210 | $210,191,325 | 12 | Universal Pictures |
| 17 | 13 | The Three Stooges | $436,495 | -59.5% | 594 | -822 | $734 | $41,830,632 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 18 | 17 | Mirror Mirror | $403,814 | -32.7% | 407 | -200 | $992 | $61,551,236 | 8 | Relativity Media |
| 19 | 14 | The Cabin in the Woods | $381,566 | -60.7% | 448 | -581 | $851 | $40,551,639 | 6 | Lionsgate |
| 20 | 15 | John Carter | $368,994 | -51.8% | 349 | +119 | $1,057 | $72,157,379 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 21 | 16 | 21 Jump Street | $342,953 | -46.8% | 261 | -328 | $1,313 | $135,700,233 | 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 22 | 10 | Safe | $294,177 | -79.7% | 503 | -1,187 | $584 | $16,589,950 | 4 | Lionsgate |
| 23 | 18 | American Reunion | $263,905 | -39% | 290 | -231 | $910 | $56,494,955 | 7 | Universal Pictures |
| 24 | - | Crooked Arrows | $257,364 | - | 55 | - | $4,679 | $257,364 | 1 | - |
| 25 | 12 | The Raven | $236,650 | -82.8% | 432 | -1,456 | $547 | $15,545,786 | 4 | Relativity Media |
| 26 | 23 | To the Arctic 3D | $213,789 | +2.3% | 49 | - | $4,363 | $1,838,924 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 27 | 20 | Journey 2: The Mysterious Island | $207,181 | -12.3% | 245 | -15 | $845 | $102,859,615 | 15 | Warner Bros. |
| 28 | 25 | Salmon Fishing in the Yemen | $94,801 | -49.8% | 134 | -66 | $707 | $8,721,038 | 11 | CBS Films |
| 29 | 31 | First Position | $93,188 | +5% | 41 | +17 | $2,272 | $294,020 | 3 | IFC Films |
| 30 | 29 | Monsieur Lazhar | $91,710 | -28% | 67 | -10 | $1,368 | $1,287,356 | 6 | Music Box Films |
| 31 | 28 | Bully 2012 Re-release | $90,153 | -33.1% | 204 | -59 | $441 | $2,840,927 | 6 | The Weinstein Company |
| 32 | 30 | Headhunters | $90,055 | +1.1% | 39 | +15 | $2,309 | $392,153 | 4 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 33 | 26 | Lockout | $88,102 | -51.1% | 191 | -64 | $461 | $14,291,570 | 6 | FilmDistrict |
| 34 | 33 | Marley | $73,433 | -10.5% | 55 | -13 | $1,335 | $1,035,405 | 5 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 35 | 39 | Born to Be Wild | $60,419 | -1.1% | 34 | - | $1,777 | $18,920,164 | 59 | Warner Bros. |
| 36 | 38 | Darling Companion | $58,831 | -10.1% | 60 | -4 | $980 | $419,641 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 37 | 37 | This Means War | $58,562 | -13.2% | 90 | -42 | $650 | $54,670,704 | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 38 | 34 | A Thousand Words | $56,901 | -27.4% | 110 | -14 | $517 | $18,374,527 | 11 | DreamWorks |
| 39 | 48 | Act of Valor | $52,955 | +26% | 96 | -22 | $551 | $69,978,440 | 13 | Relativity Media |
| 40 | 27 | Titanic 2012 3D Release | $50,583 | -68% | 70 | -87 | $722 | $57,736,235 | 7 | Paramount Pictures |
| 41 | 45 | Hubble | $50,006 | +1.6% | 20 | +1 | $2,500 | $32,366,845 | 114 | Warner Bros. |
| 42 | 35 | Jiro Dreams of Sushi | $36,565 | -48.6% | 41 | -13 | $891 | $2,194,128 | 11 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 43 | - | Hysteria | $35,656 | - | 5 | - | $7,131 | $35,656 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 44 | 60 | Under the Sea 3D | $31,992 | +27.8% | 18 | +4 | $1,777 | $30,022,862 | 171 | Warner Bros. |
| 45 | 36 | Footnote | $31,840 | -53.4% | 52 | -39 | $612 | $1,851,573 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 46 | 41 | Sound of My Voice | $30,911 | -45.9% | 37 | -9 | $835 | $249,727 | 4 | - |
| 47 | 57 | The Secret World of Arrietty | $29,705 | +6.8% | 60 | -28 | $495 | $19,140,974 | 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 48 | 55 | Deadtime | $27,552 | -8.9% | 16 | -2 | $1,722 | $77,448 | 2 | Nocturnal Features |
| 49 | 24 | The Artist | $26,842 | -85.8% | 103 | -648 | $260 | $44,549,451 | 26 | The Weinstein Company |
| 50 | 68 | Where Do We Go Now? | $23,621 | +53.6% | 12 | +9 | $1,968 | $47,779 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 51 | 96 | Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story | $22,806 | +585.9% | 19 | +17 | $1,200 | $38,771 | 3 | International Film Circuit |
| 52 | 52 | We Have a Pope | $22,332 | -33% | 20 | -6 | $1,116 | $383,163 | 7 | IFC Films |
| 53 | 51 | The Kid with a Bike | $22,158 | -35.2% | 34 | -26 | $651 | $1,318,351 | 10 | IFC Films |
| 54 | 54 | The Deep Blue Sea | $21,070 | -30.4% | 39 | -4 | $540 | $1,038,746 | 9 | Music Box Films |
| 55 | 40 | Damsels in Distress | $20,740 | -65.4% | 38 | -74 | $545 | $800,110 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 56 | 61 | Chronicle | $20,054 | -18.9% | 39 | -12 | $514 | $64,543,213 | 16 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 57 | 79 | Grand Illusion | $18,784 | +149.6% | 3 | +2 | $6,261 | $36,257 | 2 | Rialto Pictures |
| 58 | - | Mansome | $18,395 | - | 20 | - | $919 | $18,395 | 1 | Paladin |
| 59 | 59 | Sea Rex 3D: Journey to a Prehistoric World | $16,922 | -35.5% | 12 | - | $1,410 | $5,524,750 | 104 | 3D Entertainment |
| 60 | - | Polisse | $16,568 | - | 3 | - | $5,522 | $16,568 | 1 | IFC Films |
| 61 | - | Space Dogs | $14,408 | - | 5 | - | $2,881 | $14,408 | 1 | - |
| 62 | 64 | Space Station 3D | $13,525 | -28.5% | 7 | +2 | $1,932 | $85,535,803 | 527 | IMAX |
| 63 | 58 | God Bless America | $13,464 | -50.7% | 15 | +1 | $897 | $55,659 | 2 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 64 | - | Lovely Molly | $12,555 | - | 5 | - | $2,511 | $12,555 | 1 | Image Entertainment |
| 65 | 50 | Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day | $12,439 | -63.7% | 17 | -6 | $731 | $1,201,562 | 6 | Codeblack Entertainment |
| 66 | 63 | October Baby 2012 Re-release | $11,623 | -42.2% | 36 | -15 | $322 | $5,122,421 | 9 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 67 | 53 | The Perfect Family | $11,092 | -63.8% | 12 | -13 | $924 | $78,065 | 3 | Variance Films |
| 68 | 69 | Friends with Kids | $10,955 | -18.2% | 25 | -11 | $438 | $7,226,510 | 11 | Roadside Attractions |
| 69 | 62 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $10,439 | -49% | 40 | -27 | $260 | $133,082,212 | 23 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 70 | 66 | The Raid: Redemption | $10,336 | -38.6% | 15 | -1 | $689 | $4,063,866 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 71 | 65 | Kalakalappu | $9,583 | -44% | 8 | -2 | $1,197 | $30,949 | 2 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 72 | - | Elena | $9,035 | - | 1 | - | $9,035 | $13,240 | 1 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 73 | 76 | Elles | $7,865 | -15.2% | 6 | -6 | $1,310 | $104,210 | 4 | Kino Lorber |
| 74 | 71 | A Separation | $7,846 | -32.1% | 17 | -7 | $461 | $7,063,236 | 21 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 75 | - | Virginia | $6,915 | - | 5 | - | $1,383 | $6,915 | 1 | Entertainment One |
| 76 | 80 | Red Tails | $6,634 | - | 3 | -6 | $2,211 | $49,868,808 | 18 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 77 | 42 | The Road | $6,124 | -89.2% | 10 | -40 | $612 | $88,871 | 2 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 78 | - | American Animal | $5,928 | - | 1 | - | $5,928 | $5,928 | 1 | Screen Media Films |
| 79 | 81 | Coriolanus | $5,116 | -10.4% | 8 | -3 | $639 | $749,641 | 18 | The Weinstein Company |
| 80 | 74 | Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale I | $5,109 | -48.2% | 6 | -3 | $851 | $131,102 | 4 | Well Go USA Entertainment |
| 81 | - | Beyond the Black Rainbow | $4,957 | - | 2 | - | $2,478 | $4,957 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 82 | 75 | Boy | $4,835 | -48.1% | 5 | -1 | $967 | $242,008 | 12 | - |
| 83 | 83 | Otter 501 | $4,681 | -14% | 4 | +1 | $1,170 | $12,911 | 2 | Paladin |
| 84 | 89 | Undefeated | $4,098 | -14.2% | 9 | -4 | $455 | $548,470 | 14 | The Weinstein Company |
| 85 | - | The Color Wheel | $3,884 | - | 2 | - | $1,942 | $3,884 | 1 | - |
| 86 | 85 | Deep Sea | $3,615 | -31.8% | 1 | - | $3,615 | $44,605,805 | 325 | Warner Bros. |
| 87 | 82 | Gerhard Richter Painting | $3,284 | -40.5% | 3 | - | $1,094 | $176,137 | 10 | Kino Lorber |
| 88 | 87 | This Binary Universe | $2,912 | -42.1% | 1 | -1 | $2,912 | $13,452 | 3 | Indican Pictures |
| 89 | - | Here | $2,785 | - | 1 | - | $2,785 | $23,223 | 6 | Strand Releasing |
| 90 | 72 | I Wish | $2,763 | -74.7% | 3 | -2 | $921 | $19,708 | 2 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 91 | 106 | Bonsai | $2,639 | +15.1% | 2 | +1 | $1,319 | $6,761 | 2 | Strand Releasing |
| 92 | 84 | We Need to Talk About Kevin | $2,576 | -51.4% | 19 | +9 | $135 | $1,738,692 | 24 | Oscilloscope |
| 93 | 105 | Surviving Progress | $2,256 | -4.3% | 2 | -1 | $1,128 | $31,158 | 7 | First Run |
| 94 | 67 | Last Call at the Oasis | $2,142 | -86.8% | 3 | -3 | $714 | $40,846 | 3 | ATO Pictures |
| 95 | 111 | My Way | $2,133 | +4.9% | 4 | -3 | $533 | $67,330 | 5 | CJ Entertainment |
| 96 | 103 | Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview | $2,121 | -18.4% | 11 | -2 | $192 | $94,654 | 27 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 97 | - | Never Stand Still | $1,951 | - | 1 | - | $1,951 | $1,951 | 1 | First Run |
| 98 | 95 | Turn Me On, Dammit! | $1,911 | -43.2% | 2 | -2 | $955 | $66,133 | 8 | New Yorker Films |
| 99 | 88 | Blue Like Jazz | $1,828 | -62.4% | 7 | -4 | $261 | $592,589 | 6 | Roadside Attractions |
| 100 | - | The Samaritan | $1,744 | - | 3 | - | $581 | $1,744 | 1 | IFC Films |
| 101 | - | Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog 2012 Re-release | $1,678 | - | 2 | - | $839 | $1,678 | 1 | Music Box Films |
| 102 | 110 | The Island President | $1,664 | -19% | 4 | -1 | $416 | $75,233 | 8 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 103 | - | Attenberg | $1,646 | - | 1 | - | $1,646 | $20,441 | 11 | Strand Releasing |
| 104 | 115 | Grandmaster | $1,619 | +14.7% | 2 | - | $809 | $17,077 | 3 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 105 | 91 | A Simple Life | $1,586 | -61.3% | 2 | -1 | $793 | $189,519 | 6 | China Lion Film Distribution |
| 106 | 113 | The Hunter | $1,537 | -19.5% | 3 | -2 | $512 | $168,216 | 7 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 107 | - | This Is Not a Film | $1,388 | - | 1 | - | $1,388 | $62,630 | 12 | Palisades Tartan |
| 108 | 120 | Take Me Home | $1,290 | +58.3% | 2 | +1 | $645 | $12,028 | 11 | Monterey Media |
| 109 | 97 | The Salt of Life | $1,226 | -60.5% | 2 | -4 | $613 | $295,718 | 12 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 110 | 116 | Thin Ice | $1,176 | -6.3% | 3 | -1 | $392 | $789,752 | 14 | ATO Pictures |
| 111 | - | Losing Control | $1,154 | - | 1 | - | $1,154 | $22,081 | 9 | House Lights Media |
| 112 | - | The Extraordinary Voyage | $1,137 | - | 1 | - | $1,137 | $45,353 | 15 | Flicker Alley |
| 113 | - | Payback | $917 | - | 3 | +2 | $305 | $10,463 | 4 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 114 | - | The Graduate 45th Anniversary Reunion | $873 | - | 2 | - | $436 | $24,981 | 6 | Rialto Pictures |
| 115 | - | Hit So Hard | $859 | - | 3 | - | $286 | $25,376 | 6 | Variance Films |
| 116 | 73 | Goon | $807 | -92.3% | 4 | -7 | $201 | $4,164,527 | 13 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 117 | - | Michael | $737 | - | 2 | - | $368 | $15,151 | 14 | Strand Releasing |
| 118 | - | A Grin Without A Cat | $696 | - | 1 | - | $696 | $38,975 | 525 | Icarus Films |
| 119 | 92 | Nobody Else But You | $611 | -83.7% | 1 | -1 | $611 | $6,273 | 2 | First Run |
| 120 | 119 | The Fairy | $498 | -41.1% | 2 | - | $249 | $23,784 | 13 | Kino Lorber |
| 121 | 117 | Jesus Henry Christ | $485 | -58.5% | 1 | -1 | $485 | $16,657 | 5 | Entertainment One |
| 122 | - | The Bride Wore Black | $448 | - | 1 | - | $448 | $32,293 | 29 | The Film Desk |
| 123 | 130 | Lost Bohemia | $429 | +138.3% | 1 | - | $429 | $14,056 | 53 | Long Shot Factory |
| 124 | 94 | Touchback | $427 | -87.9% | 3 | -3 | $142 | $204,068 | 6 | Anchor Bay Films |
| 125 | 131 | Keyhole | $417 | +204.4% | 4 | +2 | $104 | $16,382 | 7 | Monterey Media |
| 126 | 127 | Terkel in Trouble 2010 Re-release | $350 | -12.5% | 1 | - | $350 | $38,126 | 84 | Indican Pictures |
| 127 | 90 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 2012 3D Release | $293 | -93.4% | 1 | -11 | $293 | $43,455,916 | 15 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 128 | 128 | How to Grow a Band | $275 | +24.4% | 2 | +1 | $137 | $9,778 | 6 | International Film Circuit |
| 129 | 118 | Monumental: In Search of America's National Treasure | $215 | -74.9% | 1 | -1 | $215 | $177,729 | 8 | ArtAffects Entertainment |
| 130 | - | Sing Your Song | $140 | - | 1 | - | $140 | $46,429 | 19 | S2BN Films |
| 131 | 132 | Galapagos | $21 | -40% | 2 | +1 | $10 | $18,085,419 | 656 | IMAX |
