Weekend Domestic Box Office March 16, 2012
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (new) | 21 Jump Street | $36,302,612 | 3,121 | $11,632 | $36,302,612 | 3 | ||
| 2 | (1) | Dr. Seuss' The Lorax | $22,764,760 | -41% | 3,769 | $6,040 | $158,387,775 | 17 | |
| 3 | (2) | John Carter | $13,569,795 | -55% | 3,749 | $3,620 | $53,227,248 | 10 | |
| 4 | (3) | Project X | $4,044,159 | -64% | 2,922 | $1,384 | $48,170,005 | 17 | |
| 5 | (4) | Act of Valor | $3,733,697 | -47% | 2,765 | $1,350 | $62,454,066 | 24 | |
| 6 | (6) | A Thousand Words | $3,632,932 | -41% | 1,895 | $1,917 | $11,985,753 | 10 | |
| 7 | (7) | Safe House | $2,716,795 | -43% | 1,920 | $1,415 | $120,209,890 | 38 | |
| 8 | (10) | Journey 2: The Mysterious Island | $2,388,320 | -34% | 1,935 | $1,234 | $94,994,006 | 38 | |
| 9 | (new) | Casa de mi Padre | $2,287,239 | 382 | $5,988 | $2,287,239 | 3 | ||
| 10 | (9) | This Means War | $2,141,760 | -43% | 1,660 | $1,290 | $50,541,542 | 31 | |
| 11 | (5) | Silent House | $2,113,800 | -68% | 2,124 | $995 | $10,605,544 | 10 | |
| 12 | (8) | The Vow | $2,094,103 | -46% | 2,175 | $963 | $121,157,358 | 38 | |
| 13 | (13) | Friends with Kids | $1,454,561 | -28% | 640 | $2,273 | $4,184,543 | 10 | |
| 14 | (11) | Tyler Perry's Good Deeds | $1,374,996 | -53% | 1,016 | $1,353 | $32,731,329 | 24 | |
| 15 | (12) | The Artist | $1,042,955 | -50% | 1,155 | $903 | $42,108,374 | 115 | |
| 16 | (14) | Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance | $859,884 | -56% | 1,024 | $840 | $49,742,276 | 31 | |
| 17 | (new) | Jeff Who Lives at Home | $855,709 | 254 | $3,369 | $855,709 | 3 | ||
| 18 | (15) | Wanderlust | $520,025 | -69% | 698 | $745 | $16,744,125 | 24 | |
| 19 | (16) | Chronicle | $489,090 | -46% | 432 | $1,132 | $63,159,051 | 45 | |
| 20 | (20) | Hugo | $487,073 | -22% | 383 | $1,272 | $72,993,753 | 117 | |
| 21 | (18) | A Separation | $470,880 | -35% | 282 | $1,670 | $5,562,570 | 80 | |
| 22 | (27) | Salmon Fishing in the Yemen | $460,536 | +104% | 62 | $7,428 | $768,936 | 10 | |
| 23 | (21) | The Iron Lady | $426,486 | -25% | 456 | $935 | $28,615,757 | 80 | |
| 24 | (19) | The Descendants | $291,231 | -57% | 347 | $839 | $81,996,042 | 124 | |
| 25 | (26) | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $276,449 | -4% | 286 | $967 | $131,648,401 | 94 | |
| 26 | (17) | Gone | $267,573 | -70% | 476 | $562 | $11,359,667 | 24 | |
| 27 | (new) | Seeking Justice | $249,912 | 231 | $1,082 | $249,912 | 3 | ||
| 28 | (22) | The Woman in Black | $241,607 | -51% | 305 | $792 | $53,473,766 | 45 | |
| 29 | (25) | Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol | $237,494 | -24% | 229 | $1,037 | $208,782,805 | 94 | |
| 30 | (35) | The Grey | $152,780 | +23% | 219 | $698 | $51,170,062 | 52 | |
| 31 | (54) | Being Flynn | $146,542 | +229% | 88 | $1,665 | $266,528 | 17 | |
| 32 | (24) | Star Wars: The Phantom Menace 3D | $144,472 | -58% | 156 | $926 | $474,203,008 | 4,688 | |
| 33 | (28) | We Bought a Zoo | $141,965 | -25% | 188 | $755 | $74,908,771 | 87 | |
| 34 | (33) | Big Miracle | $130,975 | -15% | 236 | $555 | $19,792,425 | 45 | |
| 35 | (36) | Born to be Wild 3D | $129,593 | +6% | 40 | $3,240 | $17,261,183 | 346 | |
| 36 | (44) | War Horse | $129,478 | +89% | 200 | $647 | $79,504,534 | 85 | |
| 37 | (30) | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $102,372 | -41% | 86 | $1,190 | $24,104,113 | 101 | |
| 38 | (32) | We Need to Talk About Kevin | $100,109 | -36% | 65 | $1,540 | $1,202,296 | 101 | |
| 39 | (38) | Red Tails | $91,716 | -20% | 152 | $603 | $49,480,765 | 59 | |
| 40 | (55) | Jiro Dreams of Sushi | $91,214 | +117% | 6 | $15,202 | $156,354 | 10 | |
| 41 | (37) | Pina | $85,701 | -29% | 55 | $1,558 | $3,173,981 | 87 | |
| 42 | (31) | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $85,691 | -46% | 125 | $686 | $186,677,304 | 94 | |
| 43 | (34) | The Adventures of Tintin | $80,274 | -43% | 123 | $653 | $77,564,037 | 89 | |
| 44 | (43) | Rampart | $74,286 | -1% | 106 | $701 | $771,661 | 38 | |
| 45 | (40) | In Darkness | $73,447 | -36% | 52 | $1,412 | $702,319 | 38 | |
| 46 | (29) | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $71,967 | -58% | 108 | $666 | $102,515,793 | 89 | |
| 47 | (53) | Footnote | $67,087 | +41% | 6 | $11,181 | $138,824 | 10 | |
| 48 | (61) | One for the Money | $63,190 | +79% | 112 | $564 | $26,196,059 | 52 | |
| 49 | (47) | Undefeated | $52,829 | -8% | 21 | $2,516 | $330,888 | 31 | |
| 50 | (52) | Hubble 3D | $52,712 | +11% | 18 | $2,928 | $31,486,088 | 731 | |
| 51 | (51) | Sea Rex 3D | $48,249 | 0% | 12 | $4,021 | $5,033,939 | 661 | |
| 52 | (new) | Kid With A Bike | $45,933 | 3 | $15,311 | $45,933 | 3 | ||
| 53 | (39) | Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close | $41,568 | -64% | 105 | $396 | $31,798,903 | 85 | |
| 54 | (62) | Under the Sea 3D | $40,725 | +18% | 12 | $3,394 | $30,866,299 | 1,130 | |
| 55 | (97) | The Devil Inside | $38,519 | +1,620% | 77 | $500 | $53,246,056 | 73 | |
| 56 | (49) | A Dangerous Method | $37,684 | -28% | 59 | $639 | $5,601,752 | 117 | |
| 57 | (50) | Coriolanus | $33,805 | -32% | 21 | $1,610 | $531,283 | 59 | |
| 58 | (45) | Thin Ice | $32,843 | -49% | 41 | $801 | $612,308 | 31 | |
| 59 | (58) | Albert Nobbs | $31,945 | -17% | 48 | $666 | $2,846,288 | 89 | |
| 60 | (46) | Joyful Noise | $29,777 | -49% | 65 | $458 | $30,920,167 | 66 | |
| 61 | (60) | W.E. | $26,704 | -25% | 20 | $1,335 | $428,967 | 45 | |
| 62 | (41) | My Week with Marilyn | $26,506 | -67% | 50 | $530 | $14,554,944 | 117 | |
| 63 | (59) | The Salt of Life | $24,283 | -33% | 13 | $1,868 | $101,601 | 17 | |
| 64 | (56) | The Muppets | $21,928 | -47% | 52 | $422 | $88,586,976 | 117 | |
| 65 | (70) | Boy | $21,070 | +20% | 7 | $3,010 | $72,184 | 17 | |
| 66 | (64) | Shame | $15,103 | -32% | 18 | $839 | $3,924,105 | 108 | |
| 67 | (57) | Haywire | $14,263 | -66% | 69 | $207 | $18,934,858 | 59 | |
| 68 | (68) | Space Station | $14,224 | -34% | 4 | $3,556 | $85,176,561 | 3,622 | |
| 69 | (new) | Gerhard Richter Painting | $13,537 | 1 | $13,537 | $20,371 | 5 | ||
| 70 | (63) | Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie | $11,408 | -63% | 26 | $439 | $168,165 | 17 | |
| 71 | (new) | Payback | $10,841 | 3 | $3,614 | $10,841 | 3 | ||
| 72 | (new) | Detachment | $10,739 | 2 | $5,370 | $10,739 | 3 | ||
| 73 | (-) | Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey | $8,378 | 2 | $4,189 | $298,058 | 150 | ||
| 74 | (86) | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $8,221 | +87% | 1 | $8,221 | $53,277,664 | 4,896 | |
| 75 | (67) | 2012 Oscar Shorts | $7,254 | -66% | 10 | $725 | $1,690,050 | 38 | |
| 76 | (65) | The Forgiveness of Blood | $6,928 | -69% | 9 | $770 | $96,784 | 24 | |
| 77 | (72) | Let the Bullets Fly | $6,720 | -43% | 6 | $1,120 | $39,890 | 17 | |
| 78 | (73) | Children of Paradise | $6,286 | 1 | $6,286 | $20,822 | 23,866 | ||
| 79 | (71) | Carnage | $5,712 | -66% | 13 | $439 | $2,525,380 | 94 | |
| 80 | (74) | The Women on the 6th Floor | $5,542 | -39% | 4 | $1,386 | $656,661 | 290 | |
| 81 | (-) | Sing Your Song | $5,127 | 2 | $2,564 | $39,201 | 66 | ||
| 82 | (75) | $4,556 | -58% | 4 | $1,139 | $21,059 | 10 | ||
| 82 | (75) | $4,556 | -34% | 4 | $1,139 | $21,059 | 10 | ||
| 82 | (75) | $4,556 | -50% | 4 | $1,139 | $21,059 | 10 | ||
| 83 | (77) | Paan Singh Tomar | $4,130 | -46% | 5 | $826 | $39,567 | 17 | |
| 84 | (new) | Around June | $3,060 | 2 | $1,530 | $3,060 | 3 | ||
| 85 | (83) | Beauty and the Beast 3D | $2,898 | -42% | 5 | $580 | $206,001,197 | 7,432 | |
| 86 | (-) | Miss Bala | $2,620 | 1 | $2,620 | $24,670 | 59 | ||
| 87 | (new) | The Understudy | $2,296 | 2 | $1,148 | $2,296 | 3 | ||
| 88 | (84) | Le Havre | $2,279 | -54% | 4 | $570 | $600,554 | 150 | |
| 89 | (-) | Ranchero | $2,240 | 1 | $2,240 | $19,365 | 248 | ||
| 90 | (-) | Death of the Virgin | $2,146 | 1 | $2,146 | $24,418 | 38 | ||
| 91 | (87) | Midnight in Paris | $1,821 | -56% | 3 | $607 | $56,816,662 | 304 | |
| 92 | (79) | $1,628 | -85% | 4 | $407 | $38,128 | 24 | ||
| 92 | (79) | $1,628 | -76% | 4 | $407 | $38,128 | 24 | ||
| 92 | (79) | $1,628 | -82% | 4 | $407 | $38,128 | 24 | ||
| 93 | (100) | The Snowtown Murders | $1,548 | -22% | 3 | $516 | $8,012 | 17 | |
| 94 | (91) | Addiction Incorporated | $1,376 | -54% | 4 | $344 | $36,597 | 96 | |
| 95 | (81) | Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya | $1,304 | -79% | 3 | $435 | $177,472 | 24 | |
| 96 | (88) | Attenberg | $1,161 | -71% | 1 | $1,161 | $7,762 | 10 | |
| 97 | (98) | Norwegian Wood | $1,085 | -49% | 1 | $1,085 | $19,310 | 73 | |
| 98 | (82) | Sound of Noise | $1,001 | -83% | 1 | $1,001 | $11,675 | 10 | |
| 99 | (105) | Return | $977 | +80% | 2 | $489 | $15,615 | 38 | |
| 100 | (80) | Deep Sea 3-D | $792 | -88% | 1 | $792 | $44,524,854 | 2,208 | |
| 101 | (90) | The Flowers of War | $752 | -80% | 2 | $376 | $283,212 | 59 | |
| 102 | (99) | On the Ice | $743 | -65% | 2 | $372 | $45,790 | 31 | |
| 103 | (new) | Reuniting the Rubins | $734 | 2 | $367 | $734 | 3 | ||
| 104 | (95) | The Pruitt-Igoe Myth | $715 | -71% | 1 | $715 | $38,795 | 59 | |
| 105 | (104) | The Skin I Live In | $632 | +13% | 1 | $632 | $3,184,088 | 157 | |
| 106 | (-) | Falling Away | $468 | 1 | $468 | $6,866 | 17 | ||
| 107 | (-) | Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle | $437 | 1 | $437 | $19,454 | 243 | ||
| 108 | (96) | Tomboy | $289 | -88% | 3 | $96 | $129,007 | 122 | |
| 109 | (-) | Domain | $265 | 1 | $265 | $6,914 | 66 | ||
| 110 | (new) | Playback | $252 | 1 | $252 | $252 | 3 | ||
| 111 | (-) | Kung Fu Joe | $250 | 1 | $250 | $12,516 | 38 | ||
| 112 | (114) | Galapagos | $14 | -33% | 1 | $14 | $18,082,069 | 4,525 | |
| Reporting movies: 116 | $110,573,492 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 21 Jump Street | $36,302,612 | 3,121 | $36,302,612 |
| 2 | Dr. Seuss' The Lorax | $22,764,760 | 3,769 | $158,387,775 |
| 3 | John Carter | $13,569,795 | 3,749 | $53,227,248 |
| 4 | Project X | $4,044,159 | 2,922 | $48,170,005 |
| 5 | Act of Valor | $3,733,697 | 2,765 | $62,454,066 |
| 6 | A Thousand Words | $3,632,932 | 1,895 | $11,985,753 |
| 7 | Safe House | $2,716,795 | 1,920 | $120,209,890 |
| 8 | Journey 2: The Mysterious Island | $2,388,320 | 1,935 | $94,994,006 |
| 9 | Casa de mi Padre | $2,287,239 | 382 | $2,287,239 |
| 10 | This Means War | $2,141,760 | 1,660 | $50,541,542 |
| 11 | Silent House | $2,113,800 | 2,124 | $10,605,544 |
| 12 | The Vow | $2,094,103 | 2,175 | $121,157,358 |
| 13 | Friends with Kids | $1,454,561 | 640 | $4,184,543 |
| 14 | Tyler Perry's Good Deeds | $1,374,996 | 1,016 | $32,731,329 |
| 15 | The Artist | $1,042,955 | 1,155 | $42,108,374 |
| 16 | Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance | $859,884 | 1,024 | $49,742,276 |
| 17 | Jeff Who Lives at Home | $855,709 | 254 | $855,709 |
| 18 | Wanderlust | $520,025 | 698 | $16,744,125 |
| 19 | Chronicle | $489,090 | 432 | $63,159,051 |
| 20 | Hugo | $487,073 | 383 | $72,993,753 |
| 21 | A Separation | $470,880 | 282 | $5,562,570 |
| 22 | Salmon Fishing in the Yemen | $460,536 | 62 | $768,936 |
| 23 | The Iron Lady | $426,486 | 456 | $28,615,757 |
| 24 | The Descendants | $291,231 | 347 | $81,996,042 |
| 25 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $276,449 | 286 | $131,648,401 |
| 26 | Gone | $267,573 | 476 | $11,359,667 |
| 27 | Seeking Justice | $249,912 | 231 | $249,912 |
| 28 | The Woman in Black | $241,607 | 305 | $53,473,766 |
| 29 | Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol | $237,494 | 229 | $208,782,805 |
| 30 | The Grey | $152,780 | 219 | $51,170,062 |
| 31 | Being Flynn | $146,542 | 88 | $266,528 |
| 32 | Star Wars: The Phantom Menace 3D | $144,472 | 156 | $474,203,008 |
| 33 | We Bought a Zoo | $141,965 | 188 | $74,908,771 |
| 34 | Big Miracle | $130,975 | 236 | $19,792,425 |
| 35 | Born to be Wild 3D | $129,593 | 40 | $17,261,183 |
| 36 | War Horse | $129,478 | 200 | $79,504,534 |
| 37 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $102,372 | 86 | $24,104,113 |
| 38 | We Need to Talk About Kevin | $100,109 | 65 | $1,202,296 |
| 39 | Red Tails | $91,716 | 152 | $49,480,765 |
| 40 | Jiro Dreams of Sushi | $91,214 | 6 | $156,354 |
| 41 | Pina | $85,701 | 55 | $3,173,981 |
| 42 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $85,691 | 125 | $186,677,304 |
| 43 | The Adventures of Tintin | $80,274 | 123 | $77,564,037 |
| 44 | Rampart | $74,286 | 106 | $771,661 |
| 45 | In Darkness | $73,447 | 52 | $702,319 |
| 46 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $71,967 | 108 | $102,515,793 |
| 47 | Footnote | $67,087 | 6 | $138,824 |
| 48 | One for the Money | $63,190 | 112 | $26,196,059 |
| 49 | Undefeated | $52,829 | 21 | $330,888 |
| 50 | Hubble 3D | $52,712 | 18 | $31,486,088 |
| 51 | Sea Rex 3D | $48,249 | 12 | $5,033,939 |
| 52 | Kid With A Bike | $45,933 | 3 | $45,933 |
| 53 | Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close | $41,568 | 105 | $31,798,903 |
| 54 | Under the Sea 3D | $40,725 | 12 | $30,866,299 |
| 55 | The Devil Inside | $38,519 | 77 | $53,246,056 |
| 56 | A Dangerous Method | $37,684 | 59 | $5,601,752 |
| 57 | Coriolanus | $33,805 | 21 | $531,283 |
| 58 | Thin Ice | $32,843 | 41 | $612,308 |
| 59 | Albert Nobbs | $31,945 | 48 | $2,846,288 |
| 60 | Joyful Noise | $29,777 | 65 | $30,920,167 |
| 61 | W.E. | $26,704 | 20 | $428,967 |
| 62 | My Week with Marilyn | $26,506 | 50 | $14,554,944 |
| 63 | The Salt of Life | $24,283 | 13 | $101,601 |
| 64 | The Muppets | $21,928 | 52 | $88,586,976 |
| 65 | Boy | $21,070 | 7 | $72,184 |
| 66 | Shame | $15,103 | 18 | $3,924,105 |
| 67 | Haywire | $14,263 | 69 | $18,934,858 |
| 68 | Space Station | $14,224 | 4 | $85,176,561 |
| 69 | Gerhard Richter Painting | $13,537 | 1 | $20,371 |
| 70 | Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie | $11,408 | 26 | $168,165 |
| 71 | Payback | $10,841 | 3 | $10,841 |
| 72 | Detachment | $10,739 | 2 | $10,739 |
| 73 | Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey | $8,378 | 2 | $298,058 |
| 74 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $8,221 | 1 | $53,277,664 |
| 75 | 2012 Oscar Shorts | $7,254 | 10 | $1,690,050 |
| 76 | The Forgiveness of Blood | $6,928 | 9 | $96,784 |
| 77 | Let the Bullets Fly | $6,720 | 6 | $39,890 |
| 78 | Children of Paradise | $6,286 | 1 | $20,822 |
| 79 | Carnage | $5,712 | 13 | $2,525,380 |
| 80 | The Women on the 6th Floor | $5,542 | 4 | $656,661 |
| 81 | Sing Your Song | $5,127 | 2 | $39,201 |
| 82 | $4,556 | 4 | $21,059 | |
| 82 | $4,556 | 4 | $21,059 | |
| 82 | $4,556 | 4 | $21,059 | |
| 83 | Paan Singh Tomar | $4,130 | 5 | $39,567 |
| 84 | Around June | $3,060 | 2 | $3,060 |
| 85 | Beauty and the Beast 3D | $2,898 | 5 | $206,001,197 |
| 86 | Miss Bala | $2,620 | 1 | $24,670 |
| 87 | The Understudy | $2,296 | 2 | $2,296 |
| 88 | Le Havre | $2,279 | 4 | $600,554 |
| 89 | Ranchero | $2,240 | 1 | $19,365 |
| 90 | Death of the Virgin | $2,146 | 1 | $24,418 |
| 91 | Midnight in Paris | $1,821 | 3 | $56,816,662 |
| 92 | $1,628 | 4 | $38,128 | |
| 92 | $1,628 | 4 | $38,128 | |
| 92 | $1,628 | 4 | $38,128 | |
| 93 | The Snowtown Murders | $1,548 | 3 | $8,012 |
| 94 | Addiction Incorporated | $1,376 | 4 | $36,597 |
| 95 | Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya | $1,304 | 3 | $177,472 |
| 96 | Attenberg | $1,161 | 1 | $7,762 |
| 97 | Norwegian Wood | $1,085 | 1 | $19,310 |
| 98 | Sound of Noise | $1,001 | 1 | $11,675 |
| 99 | Return | $977 | 2 | $15,615 |
| 100 | Deep Sea 3-D | $792 | 1 | $44,524,854 |
| 101 | The Flowers of War | $752 | 2 | $283,212 |
| 102 | On the Ice | $743 | 2 | $45,790 |
| 103 | Reuniting the Rubins | $734 | 2 | $734 |
| 104 | The Pruitt-Igoe Myth | $715 | 1 | $38,795 |
| 105 | The Skin I Live In | $632 | 1 | $3,184,088 |
| 106 | Falling Away | $468 | 1 | $6,866 |
| 107 | Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle | $437 | 1 | $19,454 |
| 108 | Tomboy | $289 | 3 | $129,007 |
| 109 | Domain | $265 | 1 | $6,914 |
| 110 | Playback | $252 | 1 | $252 |
| 111 | Kung Fu Joe | $250 | 1 | $12,516 |
| 112 | Galapagos | $14 | 1 | $18,082,069 |
| Reporting: 116 | $110,573,492 | total | ||