Domestic Box Office For Aug 21, 2012
Data as of Nov 22, 1:55 PST
| TD | YD | Release | Daily | %± YD | %± LW | Theaters | Avg | To Date | Days | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | The Expendables 2 | $3,230,645 | +15.7% | - | 3,316 | $974 | $34,614,144 | 5 | Lionsgate |
| 2 | 2 | The Bourne Legacy | $2,007,855 | +17.6% | -53.8% | 3,753 | $535 | $73,333,935 | 12 | Universal Pictures |
| 3 | 4 | ParaNorman | $1,747,374 | +20% | - | 3,429 | $509 | $17,290,292 | 5 | Focus Features |
| 4 | 3 | The Campaign | $1,709,465 | +11.6% | -50.3% | 3,255 | $525 | $54,676,877 | 12 | Warner Bros. |
| 5 | 6 | The Odd Life of Timothy Green | $1,511,030 | +18.4% | - | 2,598 | $581 | $17,888,502 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 6 | 5 | The Dark Knight Rises | $1,503,295 | +9.4% | -43.8% | 3,157 | $476 | $412,665,020 | 33 | Warner Bros. |
| 7 | 7 | Hope Springs | $1,227,397 | +34.1% | -41.3% | 2,361 | $519 | $37,206,111 | 14 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 8 | 8 | Sparkle | $946,826 | +8.2% | - | 2,244 | $421 | $13,464,980 | 5 | TriStar Pictures |
| 9 | 9 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days | $605,095 | +17.8% | -59.8% | 2,737 | $221 | $39,865,899 | 19 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 10 | 10 | Total Recall | $508,740 | +24.3% | -61.1% | 2,434 | $209 | $52,673,205 | 19 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 11 | 11 | Ice Age: Continental Drift | $497,114 | +27.6% | -56.1% | 2,274 | $218 | $151,078,650 | 40 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 12 | 12 | Ted | $216,265 | +8.8% | -56.5% | 1,169 | $185 | $213,479,400 | 54 | Universal Pictures |
| 13 | 13 | 2016: Obama's America | $189,666 | -1.4% | +222% | 169 | $1,122 | $2,410,087 | 40 | Rocky Mountain Pictures |
| 14 | 15 | Step Up Revolution | $145,261 | +37.1% | -70.5% | 905 | $160 | $33,027,798 | 26 | Lionsgate |
| 15 | 16 | The Amazing Spider-Man | $134,175 | +30.3% | -66.3% | 598 | $224 | $257,672,448 | 50 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 16 | 14 | Brave | $128,725 | +11.8% | -61.8% | 641 | $200 | $229,365,193 | 61 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 17 | 17 | Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted | $124,109 | +31.3% | +26% | 406 | $305 | $212,903,360 | 75 | DreamWorks |
| 18 | 18 | Moonrise Kingdom | $75,526 | +4.8% | -24.9% | 282 | $267 | $43,113,789 | 89 | Focus Features |
| 19 | 19 | Beasts of the Southern Wild | $74,147 | +9.4% | -27.4% | 236 | $314 | $8,252,899 | 56 | - |
| 20 | 21 | The Intouchables | $58,577 | +27% | -5.1% | 194 | $301 | $7,003,428 | 89 | The Weinstein Company |
| 21 | 20 | The Watch | $56,493 | +13.9% | -84.7% | 513 | $110 | $33,168,675 | 26 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 22 | 24 | Ruby Sparks | $43,718 | +26.1% | -42.7% | 218 | $200 | $1,874,972 | 28 | - |
| 23 | 22 | Nitro Circus: The Movie | $43,335 | -3.7% | -73.3% | 424 | $102 | $3,166,284 | 14 | Arc Entertainment |
| 24 | 25 | Magic Mike | $42,088 | +28.2% | -49.9% | 255 | $165 | $112,795,095 | 54 | Warner Bros. |
| 25 | 23 | To the Arctic 3D | $41,513 | +0.7% | -28.6% | 52 | $798 | $7,739,028 | 124 | Warner Bros. |
| 26 | 26 | Snow White and the Huntsman | $26,840 | +10% | -34.5% | 244 | $110 | $154,711,905 | 82 | Universal Pictures |
| 27 | 27 | The Hunger Games | $21,632 | +4.6% | -57.8% | 230 | $94 | $407,730,517 | 152 | Lionsgate |
| 28 | 29 | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | $19,360 | +34.5% | -36.8% | 128 | $151 | $45,626,083 | 110 | - |
| 29 | 28 | Savages | $16,995 | +10.4% | -63.1% | 154 | $110 | $47,090,325 | 47 | Universal Pictures |
| 30 | 30 | Born to Be Wild | $12,520 | +7.5% | -27.4% | 33 | $379 | $20,604,634 | 502 | Warner Bros. |
| 31 | 32 | Prometheus | $12,036 | +19.9% | -39% | 101 | $119 | $126,217,416 | 75 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 32 | 34 | Madea's Witness Protection | $11,647 | +32.4% | -60.9% | 199 | $58 | $64,978,872 | 54 | Lionsgate |
| 33 | 31 | Katy Perry: Part of Me | $10,982 | +5.5% | -65% | 140 | $78 | $25,262,383 | 48 | Paramount Pictures |
| 34 | 33 | Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter | $9,803 | +8.9% | -35.4% | 105 | $93 | $37,325,916 | 61 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 35 | 36 | Cosmopolis | $6,922 | -7.3% | - | 3 | $2,307 | $281,300 | 5 | Entertainment One |
| 36 | 37 | Bernie | $6,850 | +13.5% | -42% | 71 | $96 | $9,059,822 | 117 | Millennium Entertainment |
| 37 | 38 | Safety Not Guaranteed | $5,958 | +35.7% | -30.3% | 54 | $110 | $3,693,940 | 75 | FilmDistrict |
| 38 | 39 | Iron Sky | $5,440 | +178.7% | +2,718.7% | 4 | $1,360 | $40,031 | 28 | Entertainment One |
| 39 | 40 | Easy Money | $1,588 | +10% | -36.5% | 5 | $317 | $168,818 | 42 | The Weinstein Company |
| 40 | 42 | A Cat in Paris | $885 | +70.2% | -24.1% | 7 | $126 | $286,608 | 82 | GKIDS |
| 41 | 41 | Max and the Junkmen | $820 | -12.3% | -70.5% | 1 | $820 | $26,875 | 12 | Rialto Pictures |
| 42 | 43 | The Graduate 45th Anniversary Reunion | $40 | +53.8% | -61.2% | 1 | $40 | $43,251 | 133 | Rialto Pictures |
