Weekend Domestic Box Office March 9, 2012
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Dr. Seuss' The Lorax | $38,846,020 | -45% | 3,746 | $10,370 | $121,724,850 | 10 | |
| 2 | (new) | John Carter | $30,180,188 | 3,749 | $8,050 | $30,180,188 | 3 | ||
| 3 | (2) | Project X | $11,142,103 | -47% | 3,055 | $3,647 | $39,717,098 | 10 | |
| 4 | (3) | Act of Valor | $6,991,877 | -48% | 2,951 | $2,369 | $56,092,474 | 17 | |
| 5 | (new) | Silent House | $6,660,234 | 2,124 | $3,136 | $6,661,234 | 3 | ||
| 6 | (new) | A Thousand Words | $6,176,280 | 1,890 | $3,268 | $6,176,280 | 3 | ||
| 7 | (4) | Safe House | $4,801,510 | -35% | 2,144 | $2,240 | $115,605,325 | 31 | |
| 8 | (7) | The Vow | $3,842,485 | -36% | 2,478 | $1,551 | $117,456,231 | 31 | |
| 9 | (8) | This Means War | $3,756,060 | -32% | 1,949 | $1,927 | $46,895,410 | 24 | |
| 10 | (6) | Journey 2: The Mysterious Island | $3,611,388 | -45% | 2,525 | $1,430 | $90,641,999 | 31 | |
| 11 | (5) | Tyler Perry's Good Deeds | $2,904,004 | -59% | 1,516 | $1,916 | $30,446,453 | 17 | |
| 12 | (11) | The Artist | $2,079,910 | -43% | 1,505 | $1,382 | $40,234,933 | 108 | |
| 13 | (new) | Friends with Kids | $2,019,083 | 369 | $5,472 | $2,019,083 | 3 | ||
| 14 | (9) | Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance | $1,965,123 | -58% | 1,804 | $1,089 | $48,065,270 | 24 | |
| 15 | (10) | Wanderlust | $1,653,645 | -57% | 1,220 | $1,355 | $15,517,765 | 17 | |
| 16 | (13) | Chronicle | $904,569 | -53% | 595 | $1,520 | $62,267,441 | 38 | |
| 17 | (12) | Gone | $895,788 | -70% | 1,144 | $783 | $10,727,070 | 17 | |
| 18 | (19) | A Separation | $728,376 | -23% | 281 | $2,592 | $4,780,208 | 73 | |
| 19 | (15) | The Descendants | $676,862 | -48% | 517 | $1,309 | $81,454,624 | 117 | |
| 20 | (16) | Hugo | $623,315 | -49% | 313 | $1,991 | $72,269,119 | 110 | |
| 21 | (20) | The Iron Lady | $567,974 | -33% | 447 | $1,271 | $27,931,791 | 73 | |
| 22 | (17) | The Woman in Black | $491,037 | -57% | 433 | $1,134 | $53,031,283 | 38 | |
| 23 | (14) | The Secret World of Arrietty | $417,697 | -72% | 501 | $834 | $17,572,965 | 24 | |
| 24 | (18) | Star Wars: The Phantom Menace 3D | $341,581 | -69% | 258 | $1,324 | $473,934,049 | 4,681 | |
| 25 | (32) | Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol | $310,788 | +97% | 229 | $1,357 | $208,394,554 | 87 | |
| 26 | (22) | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $287,184 | -17% | 287 | $1,001 | $131,187,525 | 87 | |
| 27 | (new) | Salmon Fishing in the Yemen | $225,894 | 18 | $12,550 | $225,894 | 3 | ||
| 28 | (28) | We Bought a Zoo | $188,221 | -23% | 228 | $826 | $74,669,877 | 80 | |
| 29 | (24) | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $173,213 | -40% | 211 | $821 | $102,363,771 | 82 | |
| 30 | (25) | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $172,494 | -34% | 109 | $1,583 | $23,922,144 | 94 | |
| 31 | (27) | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $158,193 | -39% | 208 | $761 | $186,523,366 | 87 | |
| 32 | (34) | We Need to Talk About Kevin | $156,799 | +18% | 60 | $2,613 | $1,035,665 | 94 | |
| 33 | (23) | Big Miracle | $153,660 | -49% | 238 | $646 | $19,594,765 | 38 | |
| 34 | (31) | The Adventures of Tintin | $140,931 | -24% | 153 | $921 | $77,384,667 | 82 | |
| 35 | (26) | The Grey | $123,740 | -52% | 151 | $819 | $50,960,041 | 45 | |
| 36 | (40) | Born to be Wild 3D | $121,877 | +27% | 40 | $3,047 | $17,007,780 | 339 | |
| 37 | (33) | Pina | $120,652 | -24% | 50 | $2,413 | $3,030,121 | 80 | |
| 38 | (30) | Red Tails | $115,201 | -40% | 178 | $647 | $49,343,188 | 52 | |
| 39 | (29) | Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close | $114,978 | -49% | 202 | $569 | $31,711,093 | 78 | |
| 40 | (39) | In Darkness | $114,588 | +7% | 50 | $2,292 | $573,876 | 31 | |
| 41 | (35) | My Week with Marilyn | $80,673 | -38% | 120 | $672 | $14,486,303 | 110 | |
| 42 | (36) | Contraband | $78,540 | -35% | 119 | $660 | $66,489,425 | 59 | |
| 43 | (37) | Rampart | $74,900 | -37% | 58 | $1,291 | $663,355 | 31 | |
| 44 | (-) | War Horse | $68,360 | 86 | $795 | $79,349,578 | 78 | ||
| 45 | (42) | Thin Ice | $64,128 | -23% | 43 | $1,491 | $556,478 | 24 | |
| 46 | (38) | Joyful Noise | $58,552 | -49% | 103 | $568 | $30,867,706 | 59 | |
| 47 | (43) | Undefeated | $57,578 | -30% | 13 | $4,429 | $254,388 | 24 | |
| 48 | (50) | Lost Woods | $55,902 | -4% | 11 | $5,082 | $135,317 | 10 | |
| 49 | (47) | A Dangerous Method | $52,325 | -23% | 54 | $969 | $5,533,578 | 110 | |
| 50 | (56) | Coriolanus | $49,823 | +34% | 19 | $2,622 | $474,790 | 52 | |
| 51 | (51) | Sea Rex 3D | $48,301 | +0% | 12 | $4,025 | $4,960,609 | 654 | |
| 52 | (55) | Hubble 3D | $47,619 | +12% | 19 | $2,506 | $31,360,573 | 724 | |
| 53 | (new) | Footnote | $47,528 | 2 | $23,764 | $47,528 | 3 | ||
| 54 | (52) | Being Flynn | $44,571 | +1% | 12 | $3,714 | $102,986 | 10 | |
| 55 | (new) | Jiro Dreams of Sushi | $42,035 | 2 | $21,018 | $42,035 | 3 | ||
| 56 | (44) | The Muppets | $41,574 | -48% | 84 | $495 | $88,542,491 | 110 | |
| 57 | (77) | Haywire | $41,369 | +318% | 82 | $505 | $18,898,179 | 52 | |
| 58 | (48) | Albert Nobbs | $38,356 | -41% | 45 | $852 | $2,791,368 | 82 | |
| 59 | (62) | The Salt of Life | $36,001 | +88% | 10 | $3,600 | $63,057 | 10 | |
| 60 | (53) | W.E. | $35,569 | -18% | 24 | $1,482 | $384,962 | 38 | |
| 61 | (49) | One for the Money | $35,240 | -41% | 64 | $551 | $26,119,768 | 45 | |
| 62 | (59) | Under the Sea 3D | $34,529 | +22% | 10 | $3,453 | $30,751,810 | 1,123 | |
| 63 | (41) | Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie | $30,808 | -65% | 33 | $934 | $143,080 | 10 | |
| 64 | (58) | Shame | $22,263 | -25% | 20 | $1,113 | $3,896,101 | 101 | |
| 65 | (64) | The Forgiveness of Blood | $22,061 | +24% | 12 | $1,838 | $81,378 | 17 | |
| 66 | (73) | Pariah | $22,004 | +104% | 19 | $1,158 | $758,099 | 75 | |
| 67 | (45) | 2012 Oscar Shorts | $21,638 | -72% | 18 | $1,202 | $1,673,123 | 31 | |
| 68 | (66) | Space Station | $21,502 | +21% | 3 | $7,167 | $85,123,414 | 3,615 | |
| 69 | (-) | Chico and Rita | $20,529 | 12 | $1,711 | $197,785 | 31 | ||
| 70 | (60) | Boy | $17,506 | -18% | 4 | $4,377 | $44,049 | 10 | |
| 71 | (63) | Carnage | $16,858 | -12% | 19 | $887 | $2,516,277 | 87 | |
| 72 | (72) | Let the Bullets Fly | $11,709 | +4% | 10 | $1,171 | $29,203 | 10 | |
| 73 | (-) | $10,741 | +46% | 2 | $5,371 | $10,741 | 23,859 | ||
| 74 | (74) | The Women on the 6th Floor | $9,121 | -14% | 6 | $1,520 | $646,671 | 283 | |
| 75 | (new) | $9,055 | +23% | 4 | $2,264 | $9,055 | 3 | ||
| 76 | (70) | This Is Not a Film | $7,638 | -39% | 2 | $3,819 | $30,451 | 12 | |
| 77 | (61) | Paan Singh Tomar | $7,588 | -63% | 5 | $1,518 | $33,913 | 10 | |
| 78 | (69) | The Sitter | $6,956 | -49% | 12 | $580 | $30,538,669 | 94 | |
| 79 | (78) | $6,878 | -6% | 4 | $1,720 | $33,111 | 17 | ||
| 80 | (81) | Deep Sea 3-D | $6,564 | +31% | 3 | $2,188 | $44,521,171 | 2,201 | |
| 81 | (57) | Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya | $6,150 | -81% | 10 | $615 | $171,776 | 17 | |
| 82 | (new) | Sound of Noise | $5,877 | 3 | $1,959 | $5,877 | 3 | ||
| 83 | (67) | Beauty and the Beast 3D | $5,038 | -66% | 7 | $720 | $203,249,253 | 7,425 | |
| 84 | (83) | Le Havre | $4,964 | +19% | 4 | $1,241 | $595,018 | 143 | |
| 85 | (-) | The Conquest | $4,420 | 4 | $1,105 | $73,882 | 122 | ||
| 86 | (92) | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $4,401 | +115% | 1 | $4,401 | $53,257,595 | 4,889 | |
| 87 | (79) | Midnight in Paris | $4,124 | -41% | 4 | $1,031 | $56,809,853 | 297 | |
| 88 | (new) | Attenberg | $3,998 | 1 | $3,998 | $3,998 | 3 | ||
| 89 | (75) | Better Than Something: Jay Reatard | $3,750 | -64% | 2 | $1,875 | $14,239 | 10 | |
| 90 | (68) | The Flowers of War | $3,670 | -74% | 4 | $918 | $279,656 | 52 | |
| 91 | (99) | Addiction Incorporated | $2,964 | +170% | 5 | $593 | $32,918 | 89 | |
| 92 | (-) | My Reincarnation | $2,903 | 2 | $1,452 | $89,289 | 136 | ||
| 93 | (88) | Last Days Here | $2,569 | -4% | 1 | $2,569 | $6,695 | 10 | |
| 94 | (-) | Declaration of War | $2,550 | 8 | $319 | $46,225 | 45 | ||
| 95 | (110) | The Pruitt-Igoe Myth | $2,472 | +1,653% | 1 | $2,472 | $34,954 | 52 | |
| 96 | (-) | Tomboy | $2,350 | 4 | $588 | $127,850 | 115 | ||
| 97 | (-) | The Devil Inside | $2,239 | 10 | $224 | $53,206,760 | 66 | ||
| 98 | (86) | Norwegian Wood | $2,142 | -27% | 1 | $2,142 | $16,684 | 66 | |
| 99 | (95) | On the Ice | $2,105 | +58% | 2 | $1,053 | $44,283 | 24 | |
| 100 | (98) | The Snowtown Murders | $1,996 | +57% | 2 | $998 | $3,878 | 10 | |
| 101 | (-) | Young Goethe in Love | $1,754 | 2 | $877 | $150,823 | 129 | ||
| 102 | (76) | Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu | $1,544 | -85% | 4 | $386 | $1,153,360 | 31 | |
| 103 | (-) | Cirkus Columbia | $651 | 1 | $651 | $3,163 | 24 | ||
| 104 | (93) | The Skin I Live In | $560 | -60% | 5 | $112 | $3,182,566 | 150 | |
| 105 | (-) | Return | $544 | 1 | $544 | $13,547 | 31 | ||
| 106 | (new) | The Decoy Bride | $542 | 1 | $542 | $542 | 3 | ||
| 107 | (102) | Take Shelter | $458 | -47% | 1 | $458 | $1,728,953 | 164 | |
| 108 | (-) | The Bride Wore Black | $382 | 1 | $382 | $28,223 | 15,966 | ||
| 109 | (100) | Tyrannosaur | $337 | -65% | 2 | $169 | $22,088 | 115 | |
| 110 | (96) | The Way | $237 | -82% | 1 | $237 | $4,430,650 | 157 | |
| 111 | (-) | Amigo | $234 | 1 | $234 | $183,490 | 206 | ||
| 112 | (103) | The Whale | $161 | -80% | 1 | $161 | $76,171 | 185 | |
| 113 | (-) | Michael | $114 | 1 | $114 | $14,306 | 26 | ||
| 114 | (-) | Galapagos | $21 | 1 | $21 | $18,082,055 | 4,518 | ||
| Reporting movies: 114 | $136,438,635 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr. Seuss' The Lorax | $38,846,020 | 3,746 | $121,724,850 |
| 2 | John Carter | $30,180,188 | 3,749 | $30,180,188 |
| 3 | Project X | $11,142,103 | 3,055 | $39,717,098 |
| 4 | Act of Valor | $6,991,877 | 2,951 | $56,092,474 |
| 5 | Silent House | $6,660,234 | 2,124 | $6,661,234 |
| 6 | A Thousand Words | $6,176,280 | 1,890 | $6,176,280 |
| 7 | Safe House | $4,801,510 | 2,144 | $115,605,325 |
| 8 | The Vow | $3,842,485 | 2,478 | $117,456,231 |
| 9 | This Means War | $3,756,060 | 1,949 | $46,895,410 |
| 10 | Journey 2: The Mysterious Island | $3,611,388 | 2,525 | $90,641,999 |
| 11 | Tyler Perry's Good Deeds | $2,904,004 | 1,516 | $30,446,453 |
| 12 | The Artist | $2,079,910 | 1,505 | $40,234,933 |
| 13 | Friends with Kids | $2,019,083 | 369 | $2,019,083 |
| 14 | Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance | $1,965,123 | 1,804 | $48,065,270 |
| 15 | Wanderlust | $1,653,645 | 1,220 | $15,517,765 |
| 16 | Chronicle | $904,569 | 595 | $62,267,441 |
| 17 | Gone | $895,788 | 1,144 | $10,727,070 |
| 18 | A Separation | $728,376 | 281 | $4,780,208 |
| 19 | The Descendants | $676,862 | 517 | $81,454,624 |
| 20 | Hugo | $623,315 | 313 | $72,269,119 |
| 21 | The Iron Lady | $567,974 | 447 | $27,931,791 |
| 22 | The Woman in Black | $491,037 | 433 | $53,031,283 |
| 23 | The Secret World of Arrietty | $417,697 | 501 | $17,572,965 |
| 24 | Star Wars: The Phantom Menace 3D | $341,581 | 258 | $473,934,049 |
| 25 | Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol | $310,788 | 229 | $208,394,554 |
| 26 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $287,184 | 287 | $131,187,525 |
| 27 | Salmon Fishing in the Yemen | $225,894 | 18 | $225,894 |
| 28 | We Bought a Zoo | $188,221 | 228 | $74,669,877 |
| 29 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $173,213 | 211 | $102,363,771 |
| 30 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $172,494 | 109 | $23,922,144 |
| 31 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $158,193 | 208 | $186,523,366 |
| 32 | We Need to Talk About Kevin | $156,799 | 60 | $1,035,665 |
| 33 | Big Miracle | $153,660 | 238 | $19,594,765 |
| 34 | The Adventures of Tintin | $140,931 | 153 | $77,384,667 |
| 35 | The Grey | $123,740 | 151 | $50,960,041 |
| 36 | Born to be Wild 3D | $121,877 | 40 | $17,007,780 |
| 37 | Pina | $120,652 | 50 | $3,030,121 |
| 38 | Red Tails | $115,201 | 178 | $49,343,188 |
| 39 | Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close | $114,978 | 202 | $31,711,093 |
| 40 | In Darkness | $114,588 | 50 | $573,876 |
| 41 | My Week with Marilyn | $80,673 | 120 | $14,486,303 |
| 42 | Contraband | $78,540 | 119 | $66,489,425 |
| 43 | Rampart | $74,900 | 58 | $663,355 |
| 44 | War Horse | $68,360 | 86 | $79,349,578 |
| 45 | Thin Ice | $64,128 | 43 | $556,478 |
| 46 | Joyful Noise | $58,552 | 103 | $30,867,706 |
| 47 | Undefeated | $57,578 | 13 | $254,388 |
| 48 | Lost Woods | $55,902 | 11 | $135,317 |
| 49 | A Dangerous Method | $52,325 | 54 | $5,533,578 |
| 50 | Coriolanus | $49,823 | 19 | $474,790 |
| 51 | Sea Rex 3D | $48,301 | 12 | $4,960,609 |
| 52 | Hubble 3D | $47,619 | 19 | $31,360,573 |
| 53 | Footnote | $47,528 | 2 | $47,528 |
| 54 | Being Flynn | $44,571 | 12 | $102,986 |
| 55 | Jiro Dreams of Sushi | $42,035 | 2 | $42,035 |
| 56 | The Muppets | $41,574 | 84 | $88,542,491 |
| 57 | Haywire | $41,369 | 82 | $18,898,179 |
| 58 | Albert Nobbs | $38,356 | 45 | $2,791,368 |
| 59 | The Salt of Life | $36,001 | 10 | $63,057 |
| 60 | W.E. | $35,569 | 24 | $384,962 |
| 61 | One for the Money | $35,240 | 64 | $26,119,768 |
| 62 | Under the Sea 3D | $34,529 | 10 | $30,751,810 |
| 63 | Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie | $30,808 | 33 | $143,080 |
| 64 | Shame | $22,263 | 20 | $3,896,101 |
| 65 | The Forgiveness of Blood | $22,061 | 12 | $81,378 |
| 66 | Pariah | $22,004 | 19 | $758,099 |
| 67 | 2012 Oscar Shorts | $21,638 | 18 | $1,673,123 |
| 68 | Space Station | $21,502 | 3 | $85,123,414 |
| 69 | Chico and Rita | $20,529 | 12 | $197,785 |
| 70 | Boy | $17,506 | 4 | $44,049 |
| 71 | Carnage | $16,858 | 19 | $2,516,277 |
| 72 | Let the Bullets Fly | $11,709 | 10 | $29,203 |
| 73 | $10,741 | 2 | $10,741 | |
| 74 | The Women on the 6th Floor | $9,121 | 6 | $646,671 |
| 75 | $9,055 | 4 | $9,055 | |
| 76 | This Is Not a Film | $7,638 | 2 | $30,451 |
| 77 | Paan Singh Tomar | $7,588 | 5 | $33,913 |
| 78 | The Sitter | $6,956 | 12 | $30,538,669 |
| 79 | $6,878 | 4 | $33,111 | |
| 80 | Deep Sea 3-D | $6,564 | 3 | $44,521,171 |
| 81 | Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya | $6,150 | 10 | $171,776 |
| 82 | Sound of Noise | $5,877 | 3 | $5,877 |
| 83 | Beauty and the Beast 3D | $5,038 | 7 | $203,249,253 |
| 84 | Le Havre | $4,964 | 4 | $595,018 |
| 85 | The Conquest | $4,420 | 4 | $73,882 |
| 86 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $4,401 | 1 | $53,257,595 |
| 87 | Midnight in Paris | $4,124 | 4 | $56,809,853 |
| 88 | Attenberg | $3,998 | 1 | $3,998 |
| 89 | Better Than Something: Jay Reatard | $3,750 | 2 | $14,239 |
| 90 | The Flowers of War | $3,670 | 4 | $279,656 |
| 91 | Addiction Incorporated | $2,964 | 5 | $32,918 |
| 92 | My Reincarnation | $2,903 | 2 | $89,289 |
| 93 | Last Days Here | $2,569 | 1 | $6,695 |
| 94 | Declaration of War | $2,550 | 8 | $46,225 |
| 95 | The Pruitt-Igoe Myth | $2,472 | 1 | $34,954 |
| 96 | Tomboy | $2,350 | 4 | $127,850 |
| 97 | The Devil Inside | $2,239 | 10 | $53,206,760 |
| 98 | Norwegian Wood | $2,142 | 1 | $16,684 |
| 99 | On the Ice | $2,105 | 2 | $44,283 |
| 100 | The Snowtown Murders | $1,996 | 2 | $3,878 |
| 101 | Young Goethe in Love | $1,754 | 2 | $150,823 |
| 102 | Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu | $1,544 | 4 | $1,153,360 |
| 103 | Cirkus Columbia | $651 | 1 | $3,163 |
| 104 | The Skin I Live In | $560 | 5 | $3,182,566 |
| 105 | Return | $544 | 1 | $13,547 |
| 106 | The Decoy Bride | $542 | 1 | $542 |
| 107 | Take Shelter | $458 | 1 | $1,728,953 |
| 108 | The Bride Wore Black | $382 | 1 | $28,223 |
| 109 | Tyrannosaur | $337 | 2 | $22,088 |
| 110 | The Way | $237 | 1 | $4,430,650 |
| 111 | Amigo | $234 | 1 | $183,490 |
| 112 | The Whale | $161 | 1 | $76,171 |
| 113 | Michael | $114 | 1 | $14,306 |
| 114 | Galapagos | $21 | 1 | $18,082,055 |
| Reporting: 114 | $136,438,635 | total | ||