Weekend Domestic Box Office March 2, 2012
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (new) | Dr. Seuss' The Lorax | $70,217,070 | 3,729 | $18,830 | $70,217,070 | 3 | ||
| 2 | (new) | Project X | $21,051,363 | 3,055 | $6,891 | $21,051,363 | 3 | ||
| 3 | (1) | Act of Valor | $13,572,578 | -45% | 3,053 | $4,446 | $45,111,924 | 10 | |
| 4 | (4) | Safe House | $7,390,935 | -32% | 2,553 | $2,895 | $108,355,425 | 24 | |
| 5 | (2) | Tyler Perry's Good Deeds | $7,047,061 | -55% | 2,132 | $3,305 | $25,791,693 | 10 | |
| 6 | (3) | Journey 2: The Mysterious Island | $6,547,374 | -51% | 3,060 | $2,140 | $85,233,873 | 24 | |
| 7 | (5) | The Vow | $6,011,147 | -39% | 2,826 | $2,127 | $111,623,496 | 24 | |
| 8 | (7) | This Means War | $5,561,323 | -34% | 2,342 | $2,375 | $41,399,962 | 17 | |
| 9 | (6) | Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance | $4,645,637 | -48% | 2,487 | $1,868 | $44,826,376 | 17 | |
| 10 | (8) | Wanderlust | $3,843,840 | -41% | 2,002 | $1,920 | $12,484,655 | 10 | |
| 11 | (13) | The Artist | $3,625,571 | +25% | 1,756 | $2,065 | $36,813,989 | 101 | |
| 12 | (9) | Gone | $3,001,862 | -37% | 2,186 | $1,373 | $8,949,839 | 10 | |
| 13 | (11) | Chronicle | $1,931,431 | -48% | 1,054 | $1,832 | $60,846,697 | 31 | |
| 14 | (10) | The Secret World of Arrietty | $1,484,644 | -66% | 1,431 | $1,037 | $16,753,024 | 17 | |
| 15 | (15) | The Descendants | $1,291,817 | -39% | 694 | $1,861 | $80,392,543 | 110 | |
| 16 | (16) | Hugo | $1,233,618 | -18% | 406 | $3,038 | $71,300,195 | 103 | |
| 17 | (14) | The Woman in Black | $1,154,475 | -58% | 812 | $1,422 | $52,241,390 | 31 | |
| 18 | (12) | Star Wars: The Phantom Menace 3D | $1,100,446 | -65% | 731 | $1,505 | $473,307,074 | 4,674 | |
| 19 | (23) | A Separation | $952,051 | +160% | 243 | $3,918 | $3,677,464 | 66 | |
| 20 | (19) | The Iron Lady | $850,909 | +22% | 511 | $1,665 | $27,006,913 | 66 | |
| 21 | (17) | Goon | $750,000 | -41% | 262 | $2,863 | $2,669,000 | 10 | |
| 22 | (22) | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $345,052 | -8% | 314 | $1,099 | $130,804,281 | 80 | |
| 23 | (20) | Big Miracle | $301,560 | -55% | 359 | $840 | $19,362,140 | 31 | |
| 24 | (35) | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $286,352 | +61% | 256 | $1,119 | $102,068,888 | 75 | |
| 25 | (25) | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $263,189 | -23% | 126 | $2,089 | $23,665,415 | 87 | |
| 26 | (18) | The Grey | $258,960 | -68% | 308 | $841 | $50,735,510 | 38 | |
| 27 | (24) | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $257,558 | -26% | 266 | $968 | $186,271,351 | 80 | |
| 28 | (27) | We Bought a Zoo | $243,829 | -14% | 266 | $917 | $74,406,782 | 73 | |
| 29 | (30) | Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close | $226,037 | -12% | 303 | $746 | $31,516,404 | 71 | |
| 30 | (21) | Red Tails | $190,895 | -56% | 249 | $767 | $49,023,716 | 45 | |
| 31 | (28) | The Adventures of Tintin | $186,315 | -32% | 215 | $867 | $77,167,157 | 75 | |
| 32 | (32) | Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol | $158,153 | -33% | 107 | $1,478 | $208,019,613 | 80 | |
| 33 | (33) | Pina | $157,961 | -18% | 64 | $2,468 | $2,825,932 | 73 | |
| 34 | (61) | We Need to Talk About Kevin | $132,595 | +253% | 40 | $3,315 | $818,315 | 87 | |
| 35 | (26) | My Week with Marilyn | $130,847 | -57% | 120 | $1,090 | $14,340,551 | 103 | |
| 36 | (37) | Contraband | $120,620 | -30% | 148 | $815 | $66,362,065 | 52 | |
| 37 | (44) | Rampart | $119,387 | +21% | 52 | $2,296 | $539,848 | 24 | |
| 38 | (34) | Joyful Noise | $115,826 | -37% | 202 | $573 | $30,769,139 | 52 | |
| 39 | (47) | In Darkness | $106,843 | +20% | 35 | $3,053 | $421,056 | 24 | |
| 40 | (42) | Born to be Wild 3D | $96,153 | -18% | 40 | $2,404 | $16,793,007 | 332 | |
| 41 | (new) | Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie | $87,475 | 24 | $3,645 | $87,475 | 3 | ||
| 42 | (49) | Thin Ice | $83,621 | +5% | 41 | $2,040 | $459,316 | 17 | |
| 43 | (68) | Undefeated | $82,230 | +326% | 13 | $6,325 | $164,058 | 17 | |
| 44 | (39) | The Muppets | $79,202 | -46% | 138 | $574 | $88,479,901 | 103 | |
| 45 | (29) | 2012 Oscar Shorts | $76,964 | -72% | 59 | $1,304 | $1,625,101 | 24 | |
| 46 | (31) | Underworld: Awakening | $72,270 | -70% | 79 | $915 | $62,321,039 | 45 | |
| 47 | (46) | A Dangerous Method | $67,772 | -27% | 53 | $1,279 | $5,457,215 | 103 | |
| 48 | (41) | Albert Nobbs | $65,200 | -49% | 68 | $959 | $2,724,348 | 75 | |
| 49 | (40) | One for the Money | $59,596 | -57% | 117 | $509 | $26,060,754 | 38 | |
| 50 | (new) | Lost Woods | $58,240 | 13 | $4,480 | $58,240 | 3 | ||
| 51 | (64) | Sea Rex 3D | $48,293 | +87% | 12 | $4,024 | $4,891,030 | 647 | |
| 52 | (new) | Being Flynn | $43,990 | 4 | $10,998 | $43,990 | 3 | ||
| 53 | (62) | W.E. | $43,623 | +58% | 19 | $2,296 | $327,508 | 31 | |
| 54 | (54) | Happy Feet Two | $43,609 | -16% | 85 | $513 | $63,992,328 | 108 | |
| 55 | (57) | Hubble 3D | $42,581 | +4% | 21 | $2,028 | $31,262,695 | 717 | |
| 56 | (66) | Coriolanus | $37,162 | +69% | 14 | $2,654 | $410,266 | 45 | |
| 57 | (45) | Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya | $32,432 | -66% | 26 | $1,247 | $155,247 | 10 | |
| 58 | (55) | Shame | $29,692 | -31% | 22 | $1,350 | $3,856,516 | 94 | |
| 59 | (59) | Under the Sea 3D | $28,342 | -29% | 14 | $2,024 | $30,698,041 | 1,116 | |
| 60 | (new) | Boy | $21,244 | 2 | $10,622 | $21,244 | 3 | ||
| 61 | (new) | Paan Singh Tomar | $20,568 | 10 | $2,057 | $20,568 | 3 | ||
| 62 | (new) | The Salt of Life | $19,176 | 2 | $9,588 | $19,176 | 3 | ||
| 63 | (69) | Carnage | $19,106 | +3% | 19 | $1,006 | $2,491,960 | 80 | |
| 64 | (63) | The Forgiveness of Blood | $17,816 | -33% | 6 | $2,969 | $53,167 | 10 | |
| 65 | (56) | Bullhead | $17,775 | -57% | 17 | $1,046 | $118,081 | 17 | |
| 66 | (71) | Space Station | $17,745 | +8% | 4 | $4,436 | $85,074,683 | 3,608 | |
| 67 | (51) | Beauty and the Beast 3D | $14,953 | -73% | 24 | $623 | $205,981,015 | 7,418 | |
| 68 | (70) | The Flowers of War | $13,985 | -16% | 6 | $2,331 | $267,150 | 45 | |
| 69 | (67) | The Sitter | $13,654 | -32% | 21 | $650 | $30,527,010 | 87 | |
| 70 | (new) | This Is Not a Film | $12,608 | 5 | $2,522 | $12,608 | 5 | ||
| 71 | (74) | Crazy Horse | $12,560 | +21% | 10 | $1,256 | $90,796 | 47 | |
| 72 | (new) | Let the Bullets Fly | $11,287 | 5 | $2,257 | $11,287 | 3 | ||
| 73 | (72) | Pariah | $10,801 | -15% | 13 | $831 | $730,362 | 68 | |
| 74 | (76) | The Women on the 6th Floor | $10,576 | +41% | 6 | $1,763 | $631,932 | 276 | |
| 75 | (new) | Better Than Something: Jay Reatard | $10,489 | 4 | $2,622 | $10,489 | 3 | ||
| 76 | (60) | Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu | $10,405 | -74% | 10 | $1,041 | $1,150,130 | 24 | |
| 77 | (58) | Haywire | $9,890 | -75% | 32 | $309 | $18,852,951 | 45 | |
| 78 | (-) | $7,346 | +8,248% | 5 | $1,469 | $12,624 | 10 | ||
| 79 | (38) | Midnight in Paris | $7,044 | -96% | 11 | $640 | $56,802,123 | 290 | |
| 80 | (82) | In The Land of Blood and Honey | $6,274 | +66% | 8 | $784 | $301,305 | 73 | |
| 81 | (73) | Deep Sea 3-D | $5,001 | -54% | 2 | $2,501 | $44,512,774 | 2,194 | |
| 82 | (-) | Kill List | $4,711 | 10 | $471 | $26,297 | 31 | ||
| 83 | (-) | Le Havre | $4,171 | 6 | $695 | $589,510 | 136 | ||
| 84 | (79) | Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness | $3,223 | -40% | 2 | $1,612 | $874,944 | 241 | |
| 85 | (-) | Ranchero | $2,960 | 2 | $1,480 | $6,786 | 234 | ||
| 86 | (-) | Norwegian Wood | $2,937 | 1 | $2,937 | $13,595 | 59 | ||
| 87 | (new) | Art is....The Permanent Revolution | $2,718 | 1 | $2,718 | $2,718 | 3 | ||
| 88 | (new) | Last Days Here | $2,671 | 1 | $2,671 | $2,671 | 3 | ||
| 89 | (65) | The Help | $2,645 | -88% | 5 | $529 | $169,705,587 | 208 | |
| 90 | (-) | Crazy Wisdom | $2,569 | 1 | $2,569 | $58,034 | 101 | ||
| 91 | (-) | The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu | $2,124 | 1 | $2,124 | $31,396 | 178 | ||
| 92 | (86) | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $2,050 | -7% | 1 | $2,050 | $53,252,667 | 4,882 | |
| 93 | (77) | The Skin I Live In | $1,410 | -80% | 3 | $470 | $3,180,826 | 143 | |
| 94 | (-) | Charlotte Rampling: The Look | $1,340 | 1 | $1,340 | $18,920 | 122 | ||
| 95 | (75) | On the Ice | $1,336 | -84% | 1 | $1,336 | $41,804 | 17 | |
| 96 | (97) | The Way | $1,314 | +6% | 2 | $657 | $4,429,933 | 150 | |
| 97 | (new) | Falling Away | $1,284 | 2 | $642 | $1,284 | 3 | ||
| 98 | (new) | The Snowtown Murders | $1,273 | 1 | $1,273 | $1,273 | 3 | ||
| 99 | (-) | Addiction Incorporated | $1,096 | 2 | $548 | $29,208 | 82 | ||
| 100 | (-) | Tyrannosaur | $952 | 2 | $476 | $21,062 | 108 | ||
| 101 | (-) | Elite Squad: The Enemy Within | $941 | 2 | $471 | $100,119 | 115 | ||
| 102 | (92) | Take Shelter | $860 | -52% | 3 | $287 | $1,728,114 | 157 | |
| 103 | (94) | The Whale | $786 | -47% | 1 | $786 | $72,742 | 178 | |
| 104 | (-) | Le diable probablement | $635 | 1 | $635 | $6,059 | 52 | ||
| 105 | (103) | Windfall | $571 | +957% | 1 | $571 | $3,100 | 31 | |
| 106 | (91) | Kung Fu Joe | $412 | -78% | 1 | $412 | $11,594 | 24 | |
| 107 | (-) | Sing Your Song | $400 | 1 | $400 | $33,275 | 52 | ||
| 108 | (98) | Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos | $266 | -73% | 1 | $266 | $177,802 | 45 | |
| 109 | (-) | Putin's Kiss | $150 | 1 | $150 | $2,944 | 17 | ||
| 110 | (-) | The Pruitt-Igoe Myth | $141 | 1 | $141 | $32,482 | 45 | ||
| 111 | (-) | Eames: The Architect and the Painter | $66 | 1 | $66 | $147,591 | 108 | ||
| Reporting movies: 111 | $168,383,893 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr. Seuss' The Lorax | $70,217,070 | 3,729 | $70,217,070 |
| 2 | Project X | $21,051,363 | 3,055 | $21,051,363 |
| 3 | Act of Valor | $13,572,578 | 3,053 | $45,111,924 |
| 4 | Safe House | $7,390,935 | 2,553 | $108,355,425 |
| 5 | Tyler Perry's Good Deeds | $7,047,061 | 2,132 | $25,791,693 |
| 6 | Journey 2: The Mysterious Island | $6,547,374 | 3,060 | $85,233,873 |
| 7 | The Vow | $6,011,147 | 2,826 | $111,623,496 |
| 8 | This Means War | $5,561,323 | 2,342 | $41,399,962 |
| 9 | Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance | $4,645,637 | 2,487 | $44,826,376 |
| 10 | Wanderlust | $3,843,840 | 2,002 | $12,484,655 |
| 11 | The Artist | $3,625,571 | 1,756 | $36,813,989 |
| 12 | Gone | $3,001,862 | 2,186 | $8,949,839 |
| 13 | Chronicle | $1,931,431 | 1,054 | $60,846,697 |
| 14 | The Secret World of Arrietty | $1,484,644 | 1,431 | $16,753,024 |
| 15 | The Descendants | $1,291,817 | 694 | $80,392,543 |
| 16 | Hugo | $1,233,618 | 406 | $71,300,195 |
| 17 | The Woman in Black | $1,154,475 | 812 | $52,241,390 |
| 18 | Star Wars: The Phantom Menace 3D | $1,100,446 | 731 | $473,307,074 |
| 19 | A Separation | $952,051 | 243 | $3,677,464 |
| 20 | The Iron Lady | $850,909 | 511 | $27,006,913 |
| 21 | Goon | $750,000 | 262 | $2,669,000 |
| 22 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $345,052 | 314 | $130,804,281 |
| 23 | Big Miracle | $301,560 | 359 | $19,362,140 |
| 24 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $286,352 | 256 | $102,068,888 |
| 25 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $263,189 | 126 | $23,665,415 |
| 26 | The Grey | $258,960 | 308 | $50,735,510 |
| 27 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $257,558 | 266 | $186,271,351 |
| 28 | We Bought a Zoo | $243,829 | 266 | $74,406,782 |
| 29 | Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close | $226,037 | 303 | $31,516,404 |
| 30 | Red Tails | $190,895 | 249 | $49,023,716 |
| 31 | The Adventures of Tintin | $186,315 | 215 | $77,167,157 |
| 32 | Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol | $158,153 | 107 | $208,019,613 |
| 33 | Pina | $157,961 | 64 | $2,825,932 |
| 34 | We Need to Talk About Kevin | $132,595 | 40 | $818,315 |
| 35 | My Week with Marilyn | $130,847 | 120 | $14,340,551 |
| 36 | Contraband | $120,620 | 148 | $66,362,065 |
| 37 | Rampart | $119,387 | 52 | $539,848 |
| 38 | Joyful Noise | $115,826 | 202 | $30,769,139 |
| 39 | In Darkness | $106,843 | 35 | $421,056 |
| 40 | Born to be Wild 3D | $96,153 | 40 | $16,793,007 |
| 41 | Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie | $87,475 | 24 | $87,475 |
| 42 | Thin Ice | $83,621 | 41 | $459,316 |
| 43 | Undefeated | $82,230 | 13 | $164,058 |
| 44 | The Muppets | $79,202 | 138 | $88,479,901 |
| 45 | 2012 Oscar Shorts | $76,964 | 59 | $1,625,101 |
| 46 | Underworld: Awakening | $72,270 | 79 | $62,321,039 |
| 47 | A Dangerous Method | $67,772 | 53 | $5,457,215 |
| 48 | Albert Nobbs | $65,200 | 68 | $2,724,348 |
| 49 | One for the Money | $59,596 | 117 | $26,060,754 |
| 50 | Lost Woods | $58,240 | 13 | $58,240 |
| 51 | Sea Rex 3D | $48,293 | 12 | $4,891,030 |
| 52 | Being Flynn | $43,990 | 4 | $43,990 |
| 53 | W.E. | $43,623 | 19 | $327,508 |
| 54 | Happy Feet Two | $43,609 | 85 | $63,992,328 |
| 55 | Hubble 3D | $42,581 | 21 | $31,262,695 |
| 56 | Coriolanus | $37,162 | 14 | $410,266 |
| 57 | Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya | $32,432 | 26 | $155,247 |
| 58 | Shame | $29,692 | 22 | $3,856,516 |
| 59 | Under the Sea 3D | $28,342 | 14 | $30,698,041 |
| 60 | Boy | $21,244 | 2 | $21,244 |
| 61 | Paan Singh Tomar | $20,568 | 10 | $20,568 |
| 62 | The Salt of Life | $19,176 | 2 | $19,176 |
| 63 | Carnage | $19,106 | 19 | $2,491,960 |
| 64 | The Forgiveness of Blood | $17,816 | 6 | $53,167 |
| 65 | Bullhead | $17,775 | 17 | $118,081 |
| 66 | Space Station | $17,745 | 4 | $85,074,683 |
| 67 | Beauty and the Beast 3D | $14,953 | 24 | $205,981,015 |
| 68 | The Flowers of War | $13,985 | 6 | $267,150 |
| 69 | The Sitter | $13,654 | 21 | $30,527,010 |
| 70 | This Is Not a Film | $12,608 | 5 | $12,608 |
| 71 | Crazy Horse | $12,560 | 10 | $90,796 |
| 72 | Let the Bullets Fly | $11,287 | 5 | $11,287 |
| 73 | Pariah | $10,801 | 13 | $730,362 |
| 74 | The Women on the 6th Floor | $10,576 | 6 | $631,932 |
| 75 | Better Than Something: Jay Reatard | $10,489 | 4 | $10,489 |
| 76 | Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu | $10,405 | 10 | $1,150,130 |
| 77 | Haywire | $9,890 | 32 | $18,852,951 |
| 78 | $7,346 | 5 | $12,624 | |
| 79 | Midnight in Paris | $7,044 | 11 | $56,802,123 |
| 80 | In The Land of Blood and Honey | $6,274 | 8 | $301,305 |
| 81 | Deep Sea 3-D | $5,001 | 2 | $44,512,774 |
| 82 | Kill List | $4,711 | 10 | $26,297 |
| 83 | Le Havre | $4,171 | 6 | $589,510 |
| 84 | Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness | $3,223 | 2 | $874,944 |
| 85 | Ranchero | $2,960 | 2 | $6,786 |
| 86 | Norwegian Wood | $2,937 | 1 | $13,595 |
| 87 | Art is....The Permanent Revolution | $2,718 | 1 | $2,718 |
| 88 | Last Days Here | $2,671 | 1 | $2,671 |
| 89 | The Help | $2,645 | 5 | $169,705,587 |
| 90 | Crazy Wisdom | $2,569 | 1 | $58,034 |
| 91 | The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu | $2,124 | 1 | $31,396 |
| 92 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $2,050 | 1 | $53,252,667 |
| 93 | The Skin I Live In | $1,410 | 3 | $3,180,826 |
| 94 | Charlotte Rampling: The Look | $1,340 | 1 | $18,920 |
| 95 | On the Ice | $1,336 | 1 | $41,804 |
| 96 | The Way | $1,314 | 2 | $4,429,933 |
| 97 | Falling Away | $1,284 | 2 | $1,284 |
| 98 | The Snowtown Murders | $1,273 | 1 | $1,273 |
| 99 | Addiction Incorporated | $1,096 | 2 | $29,208 |
| 100 | Tyrannosaur | $952 | 2 | $21,062 |
| 101 | Elite Squad: The Enemy Within | $941 | 2 | $100,119 |
| 102 | Take Shelter | $860 | 3 | $1,728,114 |
| 103 | The Whale | $786 | 1 | $72,742 |
| 104 | Le diable probablement | $635 | 1 | $6,059 |
| 105 | Windfall | $571 | 1 | $3,100 |
| 106 | Kung Fu Joe | $412 | 1 | $11,594 |
| 107 | Sing Your Song | $400 | 1 | $33,275 |
| 108 | Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos | $266 | 1 | $177,802 |
| 109 | Putin's Kiss | $150 | 1 | $2,944 |
| 110 | The Pruitt-Igoe Myth | $141 | 1 | $32,482 |
| 111 | Eames: The Architect and the Painter | $66 | 1 | $147,591 |
| Reporting: 111 | $168,383,893 | total | ||