Worldwide Box Office
Weekend of May. 18, 2012 -May. 20, 2012
The top-12 domestic weekend box office estimates listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, May 20, 2012 are below.
- Marvel’s The Avengers / $55,057,000
- Battleship / $25,350,300
- Dictator, The / $17,415,000
- Dark Shadows / $12,770,000
- What to Expect When You’re Expecting / $10,500,000
- Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The / $3,250,000
- Hunger Games, The / $3,000,000
- Think Like A Man / $2,700,000
- Lucky One, The / $1,765,000
- Pirates! Band of Misfits, The / $1,450,000
- Five-Year Engagement, The / $1,075,125
- Chimpanzee / $702,000
Full details regarding the U.S. and Canada box office results are listed in the table below.
U.S. and Canada Box Office
Weekend of May. 18, 2012 -May. 20, 2012 | All-Time U.S. and Canada Box Office
| This Wk | Last Wk | Title | Distributor | Weekend Gross | Cumulative Gross | Wks Out | # of Theaters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 1 | 1 | Marvel’s The Avengers | Walt Disney Studios Distribution & Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $55,644,100 | $457,666,000 | 3 | 4249 |
| 2 | Battleship | Universal Pictures | $25,534,800 | $25,534,800 | 1 | 3690 | |
| 3 | The Dictator | Paramount Pictures | $17,435,100 | $24,476,200 | 1 | 3008 | |
| 4 | 2 | Dark Shadows | Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution | $12,583,300 | $50,721,800 | 2 | 3755 |
| 5 | What To Expect When You’re Expecting | Lionsgate | $10,547,100 | $10,547,100 | 1 | 3021 | |
| 6 | 8 | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | Fox Searchlight Pictures | $3,230,580 | $8,228,020 | 3 | 354 |
| 7 | 4 | The Hunger Games | Lionsgate | $2,950,330 | $391,581,000 | 9 | 2064 |
| 8 | 3 | Think Like A Man | Screen Gems | $2,650,550 | $85,838,500 | 5 | 1722 |
| 9 | 5 | The Lucky One | Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution | $1,778,450 | $56,934,600 | 5 | 2005 |
| 10 | 7 | The Pirates! Band of Misfits | Sony Pictures Entertainment & Sony Pictures Releasing & Sony Pictures Animation | $1,578,630 | $25,490,100 | 4 | 1840 |
| 11 | 6 | The Five-Year Engagement | Universal Pictures | $1,110,380 | $27,103,000 | 4 | 1175 |
| 12 | 9 | Chimpanzee | Disneynature & Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $667,528 | $27,008,500 | 5 | 895 |
| 13 | 21 | Bernie | Millennium Entertainment | $491,436 | $1,124,570 | 4 | 95 |
| 14 | 22 | Wrath of the Titans | Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution | $476,327 | $82,520,300 | 8 | 360 |
| 15 | 11 | Girl In Progress | Lionsgate & Pantelion Films | $459,357 | $2,137,370 | 2 | 322 |
| 16 | 19 | Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax | Universal Pictures | $458,595 | $210,191,000 | 12 | 379 |
| 17 | 13 | The Three Stooges | 20th Century Fox & 20th Century Fox Distribution & Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM) | $436,495 | $41,830,600 | 6 | 594 |
| 18 | 17 | Mirror Mirror | Relativity Media & Relativity Media Distribution Group | $403,814 | $61,551,200 | 8 | 407 |
| 19 | 14 | The Cabin in the Woods | Lionsgate | $381,566 | $40,551,600 | 6 | 448 |
| 20 | 15 | John Carter | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $368,994 | $72,157,400 | 11 | 114 |
| 21 | 16 | 21 Jump Street | Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group & Sony Pictures Releasing & Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM) | $342,953 | $135,700,000 | 10 | 261 |
| 22 | 10 | Safe | Lionsgate | $294,177 | $16,590,000 | 4 | 503 |
| 23 | 18 | American Reunion | Universal Pictures | $263,905 | $56,495,000 | 7 | 290 |
| 24 | Crooked Arrows | Freestyle Releasing | $251,043 | $251,043 | 1 | 55 | |
| 25 | 12 | The Raven | Relativity Media Distribution Group | $236,650 | $15,545,800 | 4 | 432 |
| 26 | 23 | To The Arctic 3D | Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution & IMAX Corporation & MacGillivray Freeman Films | $217,321 | $1,835,170 | 5 | 49 |
| 27 | 20 | Journey 2: The Mysterious Island 3D | Warner Bros. Pictures & Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution | $207,181 | $102,860,000 | 15 | 245 |
| 28 | 25 | Salmon Fishing in the Yemen | CBS Films | $94,801 | $8,721,040 | 11 | 134 |
| 29 | 31 | First Position | Sundance Selects | $93,188 | $294,020 | 1 | 41 |
| 30 | 29 | Monsieur Lazhar | Music Box Films | $91,710 | $1,287,360 | 6 | 67 |
| 31 | 28 | Bully | The Weinstein Company | $90,153 | $3,120,130 | 8 | 204 |
| 32 | 30 | Headhunters | Magnolia Pictures | $90,055 | $392,153 | 4 | 39 |
| 33 | 26 | Lockout | FilmDistrict & Open Road Films | $88,102 | $14,291,600 | 6 | 191 |
| 34 | 33 | Marley | Magnolia Pictures | $73,433 | $1,035,400 | 5 | 55 |
| 35 | 39 | Born to be Wild | Warner Bros. Pictures & IMAX Corporation | $60,419 | $18,920,200 | 21 | 34 |
| 36 | 37 | Darling Companion | Sony Pictures Classics | $58,831 | $419,641 | 5 | 60 |
| 37 | 36 | This Means War | 20th Century Fox Distribution | $58,562 | $54,670,700 | 14 | 90 |
| 38 | 34 | A Thousand Words | Paramount Pictures | $56,901 | $18,374,500 | 11 | 110 |
| 39 | 46 | Act of Valor | Relativity Media Distribution Group | $52,955 | $69,978,400 | 13 | 96 |
| 40 | 27 | Titanic | Paramount Pictures | $50,583 | $57,736,200 | 7 | 70 |
| 41 | 35 | Jiro Dreams of Sushi | Magnolia Pictures | $36,565 | $2,194,130 | 11 | 41 |
| 42 | Hysteria | Sony Pictures Classics | $35,656 | $35,656 | 1 | 5 | |
| 43 | 38 | Footnote | Sony Pictures Classics | $31,840 | $1,851,570 | 11 | 52 |
| 44 | 41 | Sound of My Voice | Fox Searchlight Pictures | $30,911 | $249,727 | 4 | 37 |
| 45 | 55 | The Secret World of Arrietty | Walt Disney Studios Distribution | $29,705 | $19,141,000 | 14 | 60 |
| 46 | 53 | Deadtime | $27,552 | $77,448 | 2 | 16 | |
| 47 | 24 | The Artist | The Weinstein Company | $26,842 | $44,459,500 | 21 | 103 |
| 48 | 64 | Where Do We Go Now? | Sony Pictures Classics | $23,621 | $47,779 | 2 | 12 |
| 49 | 84 | Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story | International Film Circuit | $22,806 | $38,771 | 3 | 19 |
| 50 | 50 | We Have a Pope | Sundance Selects | $22,332 | $383,163 | 1 | 20 |
| 51 | 49 | The Kid with a Bike | Sundance Selects | $22,158 | $1,318,350 | 1 | 34 |
| 52 | 52 | The Deep Blue Sea | Music Box Films | $21,070 | $1,038,750 | 9 | 39 |
| 53 | 40 | Damsels In Distress | $20,740 | $800,110 | 7 | 38 | |
| 54 | Mansome | $18,395 | $18,395 | 1 | 20 | ||
| 55 | Polisse | Sundance Selects | $16,568 | $16,568 | 1 | 3 | |
| 56 | 56 | God Bless America | Magnet Releasing | $13,464 | $55,659 | 2 | 15 |
| 57 | 48 | Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the Seventh Day | CodeBlack Entertainment & Codeblack Entertainment & AMC Entertainment | $12,439 | $1,301,560 | 6 | 17 |
| 58 | 60 | October Baby | Samuel Goldwyn Films & Provident Films | $11,623 | $5,321,860 | 9 | 36 |
| 59 | 51 | The Perfect Family | Variance Films | $11,092 | $78,065 | 3 | 12 |
| 60 | 65 | Friends With Kids | Roadside Attractions | $10,648 | $7,226,200 | 11 | 25 |
| 61 | 62 | The Raid: Redemption | Sony Pictures Classics | $10,336 | $4,063,870 | 9 | 15 |
| 62 | 61 | Kalakalappu@Masala Cafe | $9,583 | $30,949 | 1 | 8 | |
| 63 | Elena | Zeitgeist Films | $9,035 | $13,240 | 1 | 1 | |
| 64 | 72 | Elles | Kino Lorber | $7,865 | $104,048 | 4 | 6 |
| 65 | 68 | A Separation | Sony Pictures Classics | $7,846 | $7,063,240 | 21 | 17 |
| 66 | 76 | Coriolanus | The Weinstein Company | $5,116 | $749,641 | 18 | 8 |
| 67 | Beyond The Black Rainbow | Magnet Releasing | $4,957 | $4,957 | 1 | 2 | |
| 68 | 71 | Boy | Paladin | $4,835 | $242,008 | 4 | 5 |
| 69 | 78 | Otter 501 | Paladin | $4,681 | $12,911 | 2 | 4 |
| 70 | 80 | Undefeated | The Weinstein Company | $4,098 | $548,470 | 14 | 9 |
| 71 | Virginia | EONE | $3,915 | $6,915 | 1 | 5 | |
| 72 | The Color Wheel | Cinema Conservancy | $3,884 | $3,884 | 1 | 2 | |
| 73 | 77 | Gerhard Richter Painting | Kino Lorber | $3,284 | $176,071 | 4 | 3 |
| 74 | Here | Strand Releasing | $2,785 | $23,223 | 1 | 1 | |
| 75 | 69 | I Wish | Magnolia Pictures | $2,763 | $19,708 | 2 | 3 |
| 76 | 92 | Bons ái | Strand Releasing | $2,639 | $6,761 | 2 | 2 |
| 77 | 91 | Surviving Progress | First Run Features | $2,256 | $31,158 | 7 | 2 |
| 78 | 63 | Last Call at the Oasis | ATO Pictures | $2,142 | $40,846 | 3 | 3 |
| 79 | 96 | My Way | PMK*BNC & CJ Entertainment | $2,133 | $67,330 | 2 | 4 |
| 80 | 90 | Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview | John Gau Productions & Magnolia Pictures | $2,121 | $94,654 | 2 | 11 |
| 81 | Never Stand Still: Dancing At Jacob’s Pillow | First Run Features | $1,951 | $1,951 | 1 | 1 | |
| 82 | 79 | Blue Like Jazz | Roadside Attractions | $1,828 | $592,589 | 6 | 7 |
| 83 | The Samaritan | IFC Films | $1,744 | $1,744 | 1 | 3 | |
| 84 | Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog | $1,678 | $1,678 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 85 | 95 | The Island President | Samuel Goldwyn Films | $1,664 | $75,233 | 8 | 4 |
| 86 | Attenberg | Strand Releasing | $1,646 | $20,441 | 1 | 1 | |
| 87 | 99 | The Grandmasters | $1,619 | $17,077 | 3 | 2 | |
| 88 | 98 | The Hunter | Olive Films | $1,537 | $168,216 | 7 | 3 |
| 89 | This Is Not A Film | Palisades Tartan | $1,388 | $62,630 | 1 | 1 | |
| 91 | 85 | The Salt of Life | Zeitgeist Films | $1,226 | $295,718 | 12 | 2 |
| 92 | 100 | Thin Ice | ATO Pictures | $1,176 | $789,752 | 14 | 3 |
| 93 | A Trip to the Moon | $1,147 | $45,353 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 94 | 75 | Red Tails | 20th Century Fox & 20th Century Fox Distribution | $1,047 | $49,868,800 | 18 | 3 |
| 95 | Payback | Zeitgeist Films | $917 | $10,463 | 1 | 3 | |
| 96 | The Graduate | Strand Releasing | $873 | $24,981 | 1 | 2 | |
| 97 | Hit So Hard | Variance Films & Well Go USA | $859 | $25,376 | 1 | 3 | |
| 98 | 70 | Goon | Magnet Releasing | $807 | $4,164,530 | 8 | 4 |
| 99 | Michael | Strand Releasing | $737 | $15,151 | 1 | 2 | |
| 100 | 83 | Nobody Else but You | First Run Features | $611 | $6,273 | 2 | 1 |
| 101 | 101 | The Fairy | Kino Lorber | $498 | $23,784 | 4 | 2 |
| 102 | Lost Bohemia | Impact Partners & This Is That | $429 | $13,627 | 1 | 1 | |
| 103 | 88 | Touchback | Anchor Bay Entertainment | $427 | $204,068 | 6 | 3 |
| 104 | 109 | Keyhole | Monterey Media | $417 | $15,724 | 3 | 3 |
| 105 | 81 | Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace | Lucasfilm, Ltd. & 20th Century Fox | $293 | $43,455,900 | 15 | 1 |
| 106 | 107 | How To Grow A Band | International Film Circuit | $275 | $9,778 | 2 | 2 |