Weekend Domestic Box Office October 5, 2012
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (new) | Taken 2 | $49,514,769 | 3,661 | $13,525 | $49,514,769 | 3 | ||
| 2 | (1) | Hotel Transylvania | $27,053,395 | -36% | 3,352 | $8,071 | $76,711,927 | 10 | |
| 3 | (6) | Pitch Perfect | $14,846,830 | +188% | 2,770 | $5,360 | $21,693,038 | 10 | |
| 4 | (2) | Looper | $12,116,001 | -42% | 2,993 | $4,048 | $40,216,652 | 10 | |
| 5 | (new) | Frankenweenie | $11,412,213 | 3,005 | $3,798 | $11,412,213 | 3 | ||
| 6 | (3) | End of Watch | $4,004,071 | -49% | 2,370 | $1,689 | $32,850,017 | 17 | |
| 7 | (4) | Trouble with the Curve | $3,829,153 | -47% | 3,003 | $1,275 | $29,668,976 | 17 | |
| 8 | (5) | House at the End of the Street | $3,756,023 | -47% | 2,720 | $1,381 | $27,589,167 | 17 | |
| 9 | (9) | The Master | $1,861,703 | -31% | 864 | $2,155 | $12,337,032 | 24 | |
| 10 | (7) | Finding Nemo 3D | $1,624,536 | -60% | 1,746 | $930 | $378,753,094 | 3,419 | |
| 11 | (13) | The Perks of Being a Wallflower | $1,566,526 | +42% | 221 | $7,088 | $3,348,865 | 17 | |
| 12 | (8) | Resident Evil: Retribution | $1,158,066 | -61% | 1,361 | $851 | $41,008,796 | 24 | |
| 13 | (10) | Won't Back Down | $1,016,157 | -61% | 2,517 | $404 | $4,483,670 | 10 | |
| 14 | (-) | English Vinglish | $745,414 | 88 | $8,471 | $745,414 | 10 | ||
| 15 | (16) | The Dark Knight Rises | $674,436 | -15% | 575 | $1,173 | $445,369,641 | 80 | |
| 16 | (11) | Dredd | $645,241 | -73% | 831 | $776 | $12,695,655 | 17 | |
| 17 | (14) | Arbitrage | $644,011 | -26% | 244 | $2,639 | $6,056,267 | 24 | |
| 18 | (12) | The Possession | $623,500 | -54% | 821 | $759 | $48,391,383 | 38 | |
| 19 | (17) | The Bourne Legacy | $344,630 | -56% | 482 | $715 | $112,275,305 | 59 | |
| 20 | (15) | Lawless | $326,661 | -62% | 611 | $535 | $37,001,460 | 40 | |
| 21 | (24) | Ice Age: Continental Drift | $300,232 | -22% | 300 | $1,001 | $159,473,262 | 87 | |
| 22 | (19) | The Odd Life of Timothy Green | $270,781 | -58% | 534 | $507 | $50,199,920 | 54 | |
| 23 | (18) | ParaNorman | $235,671 | -70% | 342 | $689 | $54,354,286 | 52 | |
| 24 | (22) | Hope Springs | $213,355 | -50% | 439 | $486 | $63,327,309 | 61 | |
| 25 | (new) | The Oranges | $198,461 | 110 | $1,804 | $198,461 | 3 | ||
| 26 | (29) | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days | $177,072 | -7% | 257 | $689 | $48,252,596 | 66 | |
| 27 | (21) | The Campaign | $175,836 | -64% | 303 | $580 | $86,265,371 | 59 | |
| 28 | (23) | 2016: Obama’s America | $173,495 | -58% | 249 | $697 | $33,349,941 | 87 | |
| 29 | (20) | The Expendables 2 | $167,624 | -68% | 313 | $536 | $84,370,358 | 52 | |
| 30 | (25) | Barfi | $163,237 | -49% | 110 | $1,484 | $2,692,161 | 24 | |
| 31 | (37) | Brave | $160,074 | +15% | 122 | $1,312 | $233,928,698 | 108 | |
| 32 | (30) | Ted | $146,795 | -16% | 187 | $785 | $218,344,095 | 101 | |
| 33 | (34) | Samsara | $126,684 | -16% | 52 | $2,436 | $1,604,125 | 45 | |
| 34 | (27) | The Amazing Spider-Man | $123,472 | -44% | 145 | $852 | $261,939,214 | 97 | |
| 35 | (38) | The Intouchables | $106,046 | -22% | 84 | $1,262 | $12,639,139 | 136 | |
| 36 | (46) | To the Arctic 3D | $103,025 | +14% | 52 | $1,981 | $8,965,559 | 171 | |
| 37 | (new) | The Paperboy | $102,706 | 11 | $9,337 | $102,706 | 3 | ||
| 38 | (35) | Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted | $101,462 | -32% | 155 | $655 | $216,233,754 | 122 | |
| 39 | (33) | Sleepwalk With Me | $94,186 | -38% | 95 | $991 | $2,031,455 | 45 | |
| 40 | (44) | Searching for Sugar Man | $86,563 | -9% | 38 | $2,278 | $1,435,234 | 73 | |
| 41 | (45) | Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel | $85,039 | -6% | 18 | $4,724 | $330,670 | 17 | |
| 42 | (31) | Total Recall | $83,735 | -48% | 167 | $501 | $58,877,969 | 66 | |
| 43 | (new) | Butter | $70,931 | 90 | $788 | $70,931 | 3 | ||
| 44 | (42) | Robot and Frank | $64,616 | -35% | 70 | $923 | $3,167,700 | 52 | |
| 45 | (49) | Moonrise Kingdom | $54,896 | -17% | 92 | $597 | $45,382,157 | 136 | |
| 46 | (39) | Premium Rush | $51,354 | -61% | 77 | $667 | $20,013,322 | 45 | |
| 47 | (48) | Beasts of the Southern Wild | $41,115 | -41% | 51 | $806 | $11,101,498 | 103 | |
| 48 | (32) | Last Ounce of Courage | $39,061 | -75% | 93 | $420 | $3,310,439 | 24 | |
| 49 | (40) | Thaandavam | $37,953 | -69% | 21 | $1,807 | $183,661 | 10 | |
| 50 | (new) | V/H/S | $36,402 | 16 | $2,275 | $36,402 | 3 | ||
| 51 | (63) | Born to be Wild 3D | $34,640 | +29% | 33 | $1,050 | $20,980,946 | 549 | |
| 52 | (52) | Liberal Arts | $31,649 | -36% | 29 | $1,091 | $210,816 | 24 | |
| 53 | (new) | Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare | $30,953 | 12 | $2,579 | $30,953 | 3 | ||
| 54 | (61) | The Watch | $29,604 | -10% | 32 | $925 | $34,331,905 | 73 | |
| 55 | (62) | Detropia | $29,265 | +7% | 11 | $2,660 | $218,378 | 31 | |
| 56 | (57) | The Queen of Versailles | $23,898 | -36% | 31 | $771 | $2,333,805 | 80 | |
| 57 | (58) | To Rome with Love | $21,864 | -39% | 15 | $1,458 | $16,626,251 | 108 | |
| 58 | (53) | My Uncle Rafael | $19,384 | -57% | 3 | $6,461 | $210,156 | 17 | |
| 59 | (56) | The Apparition | $16,626 | -56% | 38 | $438 | $4,930,798 | 45 | |
| 60 | (new) | The House I Live In | $16,453 | 2 | $8,227 | $16,453 | 3 | ||
| 61 | (76) | Chicken with Plums | $14,065 | +85% | 24 | $586 | $199,981 | 52 | |
| 62 | (51) | For a Good Time, Call | $13,273 | -75% | 43 | $309 | $1,243,961 | 38 | |
| 63 | (66) | The Other Dream Team | $12,991 | -34% | 7 | $1,856 | $37,221 | 10 | |
| 64 | (69) | How to Survive a Plague | $12,019 | -26% | 7 | $1,717 | $77,578 | 17 | |
| 65 | (54) | Hit & Run | $11,027 | -73% | 51 | $216 | $13,746,550 | 47 | |
| 66 | (65) | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | $10,639 | -59% | 18 | $591 | $46,343,534 | 157 | |
| 67 | (47) | Heroine | $10,297 | -86% | 18 | $572 | $593,344 | 17 | |
| 68 | (79) | Deep Sea 3-D | $9,244 | +29% | 4 | $2,311 | $45,006,717 | 2,411 | |
| 69 | (new) | Decoding Deepak | $9,050 | 3 | $3,017 | $9,050 | 3 | ||
| 70 | (new) | Wuthering Heights | $8,956 | 1 | $8,956 | $8,956 | 3 | ||
| 71 | (70) | Safety Not Guaranteed | $7,552 | -40% | 24 | $315 | $3,993,911 | 122 | |
| 72 | (72) | Keep the Lights On | $6,641 | -29% | 3 | $2,214 | $183,777 | 31 | |
| 73 | (80) | The Well-Digger's Daughter | $6,191 | -13% | 6 | $1,032 | $329,148 | 110 | |
| 74 | (78) | 2 Days in New York | $6,178 | -17% | 14 | $441 | $610,543 | 59 | |
| 75 | (67) | Celeste and Jesse Forever | $5,388 | -71% | 15 | $359 | $3,068,932 | 66 | |
| 76 | (55) | 10 Years | $5,236 | -87% | 21 | $249 | $201,146 | 24 | |
| 77 | (71) | Ruby Sparks | $4,723 | -50% | 10 | $472 | $2,509,477 | 75 | |
| 78 | (86) | Hellbound? | $4,159 | -4% | 5 | $832 | $16,733 | 17 | |
| 79 | (68) | Backwards | $3,645 | -79% | 1 | $3,645 | $61,465 | 17 | |
| 80 | (96) | Neil Young Journeys | $3,644 | +91% | 5 | $729 | $213,612 | 101 | |
| 81 | (93) | Death by China | $3,136 | +9% | 2 | $1,568 | $29,993 | 52 | |
| 82 | (91) | Head Games | $2,705 | -17% | 5 | $541 | $8,696 | 17 | |
| 83 | (new) | The Revisionaries | $2,608 | 1 | $2,608 | $2,608 | 3 | ||
| 84 | (83) | Somewhere Between | $2,420 | -58% | 2 | $1,210 | $53,836 | 45 | |
| 85 | (82) | Compliance | $2,169 | -65% | 7 | $310 | $307,672 | 52 | |
| 86 | (-) | Monsieur Lazhar | $1,966 | 2 | $983 | $3,371,334 | 178 | ||
| 87 | (100) | La Grande Illusion | $1,940 | +22% | 2 | $970 | $406,483 | 27,055 | |
| 88 | (new) | Bel Borba Aqui | $1,869 | 1 | $1,869 | $2,507 | 5 | ||
| 89 | (74) | Toys in the Attic | $1,839 | -77% | 4 | $460 | $63,015 | 31 | |
| 90 | (107) | 5 Broken Cameras | $1,639 | +463% | 1 | $1,639 | $72,455 | 131 | |
| 91 | (97) | Nitro Circus: The Movie 3D | $1,530 | -11% | 6 | $255 | $3,376,905 | 61 | |
| 92 | (-) | Bachelorette | $1,375 | 5 | $275 | $446,770 | 31 | ||
| 93 | (98) | Unforgivable | $1,274 | -24% | 1 | $1,274 | $147,675 | 101 | |
| 94 | (-) | Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present | $1,127 | 2 | $564 | $86,217 | 117 | ||
| 95 | (89) | Red Hook Summer | $949 | -74% | 3 | $316 | $333,199 | 59 | |
| 96 | (81) | The Waiting Room | $780 | -89% | 4 | $195 | $17,857 | 17 | |
| 97 | (87) | The Eye of the Storm | $733 | -82% | 1 | $733 | $74,575 | 31 | |
| 98 | (new) | Trade of Innocents | $588 | 1 | $588 | $588 | 3 | ||
| 99 | (88) | Radio Unnameable | $96 | -97% | 1 | $96 | $18,356 | 19 | |
| 100 | (90) | 17 Girls | $81 | -98% | 1 | $81 | $12,446 | 17 | |
| 101 | (-) | Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film | $57 | 1 | $57 | $1,757 | 66 | ||
| Reporting movies: 101 | $142,005,350 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taken 2 | $49,514,769 | 3,661 | $49,514,769 |
| 2 | Hotel Transylvania | $27,053,395 | 3,352 | $76,711,927 |
| 3 | Pitch Perfect | $14,846,830 | 2,770 | $21,693,038 |
| 4 | Looper | $12,116,001 | 2,993 | $40,216,652 |
| 5 | Frankenweenie | $11,412,213 | 3,005 | $11,412,213 |
| 6 | End of Watch | $4,004,071 | 2,370 | $32,850,017 |
| 7 | Trouble with the Curve | $3,829,153 | 3,003 | $29,668,976 |
| 8 | House at the End of the Street | $3,756,023 | 2,720 | $27,589,167 |
| 9 | The Master | $1,861,703 | 864 | $12,337,032 |
| 10 | Finding Nemo 3D | $1,624,536 | 1,746 | $378,753,094 |
| 11 | The Perks of Being a Wallflower | $1,566,526 | 221 | $3,348,865 |
| 12 | Resident Evil: Retribution | $1,158,066 | 1,361 | $41,008,796 |
| 13 | Won't Back Down | $1,016,157 | 2,517 | $4,483,670 |
| 14 | English Vinglish | $745,414 | 88 | $745,414 |
| 15 | The Dark Knight Rises | $674,436 | 575 | $445,369,641 |
| 16 | Dredd | $645,241 | 831 | $12,695,655 |
| 17 | Arbitrage | $644,011 | 244 | $6,056,267 |
| 18 | The Possession | $623,500 | 821 | $48,391,383 |
| 19 | The Bourne Legacy | $344,630 | 482 | $112,275,305 |
| 20 | Lawless | $326,661 | 611 | $37,001,460 |
| 21 | Ice Age: Continental Drift | $300,232 | 300 | $159,473,262 |
| 22 | The Odd Life of Timothy Green | $270,781 | 534 | $50,199,920 |
| 23 | ParaNorman | $235,671 | 342 | $54,354,286 |
| 24 | Hope Springs | $213,355 | 439 | $63,327,309 |
| 25 | The Oranges | $198,461 | 110 | $198,461 |
| 26 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days | $177,072 | 257 | $48,252,596 |
| 27 | The Campaign | $175,836 | 303 | $86,265,371 |
| 28 | 2016: Obama’s America | $173,495 | 249 | $33,349,941 |
| 29 | The Expendables 2 | $167,624 | 313 | $84,370,358 |
| 30 | Barfi | $163,237 | 110 | $2,692,161 |
| 31 | Brave | $160,074 | 122 | $233,928,698 |
| 32 | Ted | $146,795 | 187 | $218,344,095 |
| 33 | Samsara | $126,684 | 52 | $1,604,125 |
| 34 | The Amazing Spider-Man | $123,472 | 145 | $261,939,214 |
| 35 | The Intouchables | $106,046 | 84 | $12,639,139 |
| 36 | To the Arctic 3D | $103,025 | 52 | $8,965,559 |
| 37 | The Paperboy | $102,706 | 11 | $102,706 |
| 38 | Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted | $101,462 | 155 | $216,233,754 |
| 39 | Sleepwalk With Me | $94,186 | 95 | $2,031,455 |
| 40 | Searching for Sugar Man | $86,563 | 38 | $1,435,234 |
| 41 | Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel | $85,039 | 18 | $330,670 |
| 42 | Total Recall | $83,735 | 167 | $58,877,969 |
| 43 | Butter | $70,931 | 90 | $70,931 |
| 44 | Robot and Frank | $64,616 | 70 | $3,167,700 |
| 45 | Moonrise Kingdom | $54,896 | 92 | $45,382,157 |
| 46 | Premium Rush | $51,354 | 77 | $20,013,322 |
| 47 | Beasts of the Southern Wild | $41,115 | 51 | $11,101,498 |
| 48 | Last Ounce of Courage | $39,061 | 93 | $3,310,439 |
| 49 | Thaandavam | $37,953 | 21 | $183,661 |
| 50 | V/H/S | $36,402 | 16 | $36,402 |
| 51 | Born to be Wild 3D | $34,640 | 33 | $20,980,946 |
| 52 | Liberal Arts | $31,649 | 29 | $210,816 |
| 53 | Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare | $30,953 | 12 | $30,953 |
| 54 | The Watch | $29,604 | 32 | $34,331,905 |
| 55 | Detropia | $29,265 | 11 | $218,378 |
| 56 | The Queen of Versailles | $23,898 | 31 | $2,333,805 |
| 57 | To Rome with Love | $21,864 | 15 | $16,626,251 |
| 58 | My Uncle Rafael | $19,384 | 3 | $210,156 |
| 59 | The Apparition | $16,626 | 38 | $4,930,798 |
| 60 | The House I Live In | $16,453 | 2 | $16,453 |
| 61 | Chicken with Plums | $14,065 | 24 | $199,981 |
| 62 | For a Good Time, Call | $13,273 | 43 | $1,243,961 |
| 63 | The Other Dream Team | $12,991 | 7 | $37,221 |
| 64 | How to Survive a Plague | $12,019 | 7 | $77,578 |
| 65 | Hit & Run | $11,027 | 51 | $13,746,550 |
| 66 | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | $10,639 | 18 | $46,343,534 |
| 67 | Heroine | $10,297 | 18 | $593,344 |
| 68 | Deep Sea 3-D | $9,244 | 4 | $45,006,717 |
| 69 | Decoding Deepak | $9,050 | 3 | $9,050 |
| 70 | Wuthering Heights | $8,956 | 1 | $8,956 |
| 71 | Safety Not Guaranteed | $7,552 | 24 | $3,993,911 |
| 72 | Keep the Lights On | $6,641 | 3 | $183,777 |
| 73 | The Well-Digger's Daughter | $6,191 | 6 | $329,148 |
| 74 | 2 Days in New York | $6,178 | 14 | $610,543 |
| 75 | Celeste and Jesse Forever | $5,388 | 15 | $3,068,932 |
| 76 | 10 Years | $5,236 | 21 | $201,146 |
| 77 | Ruby Sparks | $4,723 | 10 | $2,509,477 |
| 78 | Hellbound? | $4,159 | 5 | $16,733 |
| 79 | Backwards | $3,645 | 1 | $61,465 |
| 80 | Neil Young Journeys | $3,644 | 5 | $213,612 |
| 81 | Death by China | $3,136 | 2 | $29,993 |
| 82 | Head Games | $2,705 | 5 | $8,696 |
| 83 | The Revisionaries | $2,608 | 1 | $2,608 |
| 84 | Somewhere Between | $2,420 | 2 | $53,836 |
| 85 | Compliance | $2,169 | 7 | $307,672 |
| 86 | Monsieur Lazhar | $1,966 | 2 | $3,371,334 |
| 87 | La Grande Illusion | $1,940 | 2 | $406,483 |
| 88 | Bel Borba Aqui | $1,869 | 1 | $2,507 |
| 89 | Toys in the Attic | $1,839 | 4 | $63,015 |
| 90 | 5 Broken Cameras | $1,639 | 1 | $72,455 |
| 91 | Nitro Circus: The Movie 3D | $1,530 | 6 | $3,376,905 |
| 92 | Bachelorette | $1,375 | 5 | $446,770 |
| 93 | Unforgivable | $1,274 | 1 | $147,675 |
| 94 | Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present | $1,127 | 2 | $86,217 |
| 95 | Red Hook Summer | $949 | 3 | $333,199 |
| 96 | The Waiting Room | $780 | 4 | $17,857 |
| 97 | The Eye of the Storm | $733 | 1 | $74,575 |
| 98 | Trade of Innocents | $588 | 1 | $588 |
| 99 | Radio Unnameable | $96 | 1 | $18,356 |
| 100 | 17 Girls | $81 | 1 | $12,446 |
| 101 | Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film | $57 | 1 | $1,757 |
| Reporting: 101 | $142,005,350 | total | ||