Daily Domestic Box Office Friday, March 2, 2012
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Daily Change |
Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (new) | Dr. Seuss' The Lorax | $17,526,300 | 3,729 | $4,700 | $17,526,300 | 1 | ||
| 2 | (new) | Project X | $8,125,879 | 3,055 | $2,660 | $8,125,879 | 1 | ||
| 3 | (1) | Act of Valor | $3,808,742 | +142% | -58% | 3,053 | $1,248 | $35,348,088 | 8 |
| 4 | (2) | Safe House | $1,927,515 | +143% | -39% | 2,553 | $755 | $102,892,005 | 22 |
| 5 | (4) | The Vow | $1,849,986 | +181% | -43% | 2,826 | $655 | $107,462,335 | 22 |
| 6 | (3) | Tyler Perry's Good Deeds | $1,834,761 | +169% | -65% | 2,132 | $861 | $20,579,393 | 8 |
| 7 | (5) | This Means War | $1,678,176 | +187% | -39% | 2,342 | $717 | $37,516,815 | 15 |
| 8 | (8) | Journey 2: The Mysterious Island | $1,369,423 | +188% | -57% | 3,060 | $448 | $80,055,922 | 22 |
| 9 | (6) | Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance | $1,117,224 | +116% | -52% | 2,487 | $449 | $41,297,963 | 15 |
| 10 | (7) | Wanderlust | $1,111,110 | +127% | -49% | 2,002 | $555 | $9,751,925 | 8 |
| 11 | (10) | Gone | $943,750 | +250% | -43% | 2,186 | $432 | $6,891,727 | 8 |
| 12 | (9) | The Artist | $938,801 | +188% | 1,756 | $535 | $34,127,219 | 99 | |
| - | (11) | Chronicle | $523,609 | +128% | -51% | 1,054 | $497 | $59,438,875 | 29 |
| - | (14) | The Woman in Black | $345,072 | +106% | -60% | 812 | $425 | $51,431,987 | 29 |
| - | (16) | The Descendants | $322,272 | +111% | -41% | 694 | $464 | $79,422,998 | 108 |
| - | (15) | Hugo | $283,826 | +81% | -26% | 406 | $699 | $70,350,403 | 101 |
| - | (13) | Star Wars: The Phantom Menace 3D | $219,543 | +23% | -71% | 731 | $300 | $472,426,171 | 4,672 |
| - | (18) | Big Miracle | $82,570 | +88% | -50% | 359 | $230 | $19,143,150 | 29 |
| - | (-) | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $74,864 | +53% | 256 | $292 | $101,857,400 | 73 | |
| - | (17) | The Grey | $73,012 | -4% | -67% | 308 | $237 | $50,546,562 | 36 |
| - | (26) | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $72,027 | +292% | -12% | 314 | $229 | $130,531,256 | 78 |
| - | (20) | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $71,429 | +118% | -31% | 266 | $269 | $186,085,222 | 78 |
| - | (21) | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $62,734 | +109% | -30% | 126 | $498 | $23,464,960 | 85 |
| - | (30) | We Bought a Zoo | $61,786 | +255% | -22% | 266 | $232 | $74,224,739 | 71 |
| - | (28) | Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close | $60,393 | +231% | -15% | 303 | $199 | $31,350,760 | 69 |
| - | (19) | Red Tails | $54,418 | +53% | -58% | 249 | $219 | $48,887,239 | 43 |
| - | (23) | Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol | $44,058 | +96% | -36% | 107 | $412 | $207,905,518 | 78 |
| - | (24) | The Adventures of Tintin | $41,572 | +117% | -38% | 215 | $193 | $77,022,414 | 73 |
| - | (29) | Contraband | $32,560 | +83% | -35% | 197 | $165 | $66,274,005 | 50 |
| - | (27) | Joyful Noise | $31,347 | +72% | -38% | 202 | $155 | $30,684,660 | 50 |
| - | (25) | Born to be Wild 3D | $27,757 | +45% | -31% | 40 | $694 | $16,724,611 | 330 |
| - | (22) | Underworld: Awakening | $19,033 | -26% | -72% | 79 | $241 | $62,267,802 | 43 |
| - | (31) | One for the Money | $16,088 | +9% | -59% | 117 | $138 | $26,017,246 | 36 |
| - | (32) | Albert Nobbs | $14,597 | +15% | -58% | 68 | $215 | $2,673,745 | 73 |
| - | (new) | Being Flynn | $12,677 | 4 | $3,169 | $12,677 | 1 | ||
| - | (-) | Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya | $8,125 | -69% | 26 | $313 | $130,940 | 8 | |
| - | (37) | Happy Feet Two | $7,994 | +118% | -25% | 85 | $94 | $63,956,713 | 106 |
| - | (35) | Shame | $7,446 | +48% | -42% | 22 | $338 | $3,834,270 | 92 |
| - | (new) | Paan Singh Tomar | $4,101 | 10 | $410 | $4,101 | 1 | ||
| - | (40) | The Sitter | $3,766 | +105% | -34% | 21 | $179 | $30,517,122 | 85 |
| - | (36) | Haywire | $2,866 | -32% | -80% | 32 | $90 | $18,845,927 | 43 |
| - | (38) | Pariah | $2,536 | +7% | -26% | 13 | $195 | $722,097 | 66 |
| - | (-) | Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu | $2,078 | -82% | 10 | $208 | $1,141,803 | 22 | |
| - | (41) | In The Land of Blood and Honey | $1,772 | +161% | +112% | 8 | $222 | $296,803 | 71 |
| - | (42) | The Devil Inside | $1,482 | +172% | -37% | 17 | $87 | $53,198,033 | 57 |
| Reporting movies: 45 | $44,821,077 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr. Seuss' The Lorax | $17,526,300 | 3,729 | $17,526,300 |
| 2 | Project X | $8,125,879 | 3,055 | $8,125,879 |
| 3 | Act of Valor | $3,808,742 | 3,053 | $35,348,088 |
| 4 | Safe House | $1,927,515 | 2,553 | $102,892,005 |
| 5 | The Vow | $1,849,986 | 2,826 | $107,462,335 |
| 6 | Tyler Perry's Good Deeds | $1,834,761 | 2,132 | $20,579,393 |
| 7 | This Means War | $1,678,176 | 2,342 | $37,516,815 |
| 8 | Journey 2: The Mysterious Island | $1,369,423 | 3,060 | $80,055,922 |
| 9 | Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance | $1,117,224 | 2,487 | $41,297,963 |
| 10 | Wanderlust | $1,111,110 | 2,002 | $9,751,925 |
| 11 | Gone | $943,750 | 2,186 | $6,891,727 |
| 12 | The Artist | $938,801 | 1,756 | $34,127,219 |
| - | Chronicle | $523,609 | 1,054 | $59,438,875 |
| - | The Woman in Black | $345,072 | 812 | $51,431,987 |
| - | The Descendants | $322,272 | 694 | $79,422,998 |
| - | Hugo | $283,826 | 406 | $70,350,403 |
| - | Star Wars: The Phantom Menace 3D | $219,543 | 731 | $472,426,171 |
| - | Big Miracle | $82,570 | 359 | $19,143,150 |
| - | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $74,864 | 256 | $101,857,400 |
| - | The Grey | $73,012 | 308 | $50,546,562 |
| - | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $72,027 | 314 | $130,531,256 |
| - | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $71,429 | 266 | $186,085,222 |
| - | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $62,734 | 126 | $23,464,960 |
| - | We Bought a Zoo | $61,786 | 266 | $74,224,739 |
| - | Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close | $60,393 | 303 | $31,350,760 |
| - | Red Tails | $54,418 | 249 | $48,887,239 |
| - | Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol | $44,058 | 107 | $207,905,518 |
| - | The Adventures of Tintin | $41,572 | 215 | $77,022,414 |
| - | Contraband | $32,560 | 197 | $66,274,005 |
| - | Joyful Noise | $31,347 | 202 | $30,684,660 |
| - | Born to be Wild 3D | $27,757 | 40 | $16,724,611 |
| - | Underworld: Awakening | $19,033 | 79 | $62,267,802 |
| - | One for the Money | $16,088 | 117 | $26,017,246 |
| - | Albert Nobbs | $14,597 | 68 | $2,673,745 |
| - | Being Flynn | $12,677 | 4 | $12,677 |
| - | Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya | $8,125 | 26 | $130,940 |
| - | Happy Feet Two | $7,994 | 85 | $63,956,713 |
| - | Shame | $7,446 | 22 | $3,834,270 |
| - | Paan Singh Tomar | $4,101 | 10 | $4,101 |
| - | The Sitter | $3,766 | 21 | $30,517,122 |
| - | Haywire | $2,866 | 32 | $18,845,927 |
| - | Pariah | $2,536 | 13 | $722,097 |
| - | Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu | $2,078 | 10 | $1,141,803 |
| - | In The Land of Blood and Honey | $1,772 | 8 | $296,803 |
| - | The Devil Inside | $1,482 | 17 | $53,198,033 |
| Reporting: 45 | $44,821,077 | total | ||