Weekend Domestic Box Office October 19, 2012
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (new) | Paranormal Activity 4 | $29,003,866 | 3,412 | $8,501 | $29,003,866 | 3 | ||
| 2 | (2) | Argo | $16,445,475 | -15% | 3,247 | $5,065 | $43,011,964 | 10 | |
| 3 | (1) | Taken 2 | $13,260,870 | -39% | 3,489 | $3,801 | $105,832,339 | 17 | |
| 4 | (4) | Hotel Transylvania | $13,001,434 | -25% | 3,384 | $3,842 | $118,522,389 | 24 | |
| 5 | (new) | Alex Cross | $11,396,768 | 2,539 | $4,489 | $11,396,768 | 3 | ||
| 6 | (3) | Sinister | $8,815,475 | -51% | 2,542 | $3,468 | $31,735,643 | 10 | |
| 7 | (5) | Here Comes the Boom | $8,407,201 | -29% | 3,014 | $2,789 | $23,131,529 | 10 | |
| 8 | (6) | Pitch Perfect | $6,756,430 | -27% | 2,660 | $2,540 | $45,516,778 | 24 | |
| 9 | (7) | Frankenweenie | $4,329,358 | -39% | 2,362 | $1,833 | $28,238,779 | 17 | |
| 10 | (8) | Looper | $4,202,687 | -32% | 2,223 | $1,891 | $57,842,819 | 24 | |
| 11 | (9) | Seven Psychopaths | $3,273,480 | -22% | 1,480 | $2,212 | $9,161,472 | 10 | |
| 12 | (10) | The Perks of Being a Wallflower | $2,153,247 | +0% | 745 | $2,890 | $9,123,872 | 31 | |
| 13 | (12) | End of Watch | $826,809 | -51% | 751 | $1,101 | $37,895,571 | 31 | |
| 14 | (13) | Trouble with the Curve | $729,354 | -53% | 925 | $788 | $34,084,572 | 31 | |
| 15 | (11) | Atlas Shrugged: Part II | $614,348 | -65% | 945 | $650 | $2,860,419 | 10 | |
| 16 | (15) | The Master | $520,677 | -36% | 412 | $1,264 | $14,738,213 | 38 | |
| 17 | (14) | House at the End of the Street | $468,298 | -64% | 746 | $628 | $30,782,862 | 31 | |
| 18 | (17) | Brave | $421,577 | -10% | 277 | $1,522 | $235,044,709 | 122 | |
| 19 | (16) | The Dark Knight Rises | $359,509 | -30% | 345 | $1,042 | $446,764,067 | 94 | |
| 20 | (new) | Student of the Year | $326,508 | 106 | $3,080 | $326,508 | 3 | ||
| 21 | (19) | Arbitrage | $287,141 | -16% | 169 | $1,699 | $7,061,260 | 38 | |
| 22 | (22) | Searching for Sugar Man | $197,188 | +3% | 137 | $1,439 | $1,968,290 | 87 | |
| 23 | (21) | Ice Age: Continental Drift | $192,308 | -16% | 222 | $866 | $160,072,506 | 101 | |
| 24 | (-) | English Vinglish | $180,603 | 88 | $2,052 | $1,670,773 | 24 | ||
| 25 | (24) | The Bourne Legacy | $167,035 | +4% | 232 | $720 | $112,808,700 | 73 | |
| 26 | (18) | Finding Nemo 3D | $154,709 | -60% | 183 | $845 | $380,105,951 | 3,433 | |
| 27 | (29) | Samsara | $143,611 | +36% | 70 | $2,052 | $2,001,283 | 59 | |
| 28 | (new) | The Sessions | $113,467 | 4 | $28,367 | $113,467 | 3 | ||
| 29 | (28) | Dredd | $106,799 | -1% | 160 | $667 | $13,325,968 | 31 | |
| 30 | (27) | ParaNorman | $104,572 | -5% | 168 | $622 | $54,657,620 | 66 | |
| 31 | (-) | The Odd Life of Timothy Green | $103,801 | 194 | $535 | $50,621,337 | 68 | ||
| 32 | (26) | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days | $102,417 | -16% | 149 | $687 | $48,574,363 | 80 | |
| 33 | (20) | Resident Evil: Retribution | $101,275 | -58% | 158 | $641 | $41,954,298 | 38 | |
| 34 | (33) | To the Arctic 3D | $89,057 | +2% | 52 | $1,713 | $9,269,022 | 185 | |
| 35 | (38) | Lawless | $86,096 | +44% | 184 | $468 | $37,262,103 | 54 | |
| 36 | (new) | Tai Chi Zero | $85,094 | 31 | $2,745 | $85,094 | 3 | ||
| 37 | (39) | Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel | $73,928 | +32% | 27 | $2,738 | $547,686 | 31 | |
| 38 | (31) | Ted | $69,745 | -27% | 109 | $640 | $218,628,680 | 115 | |
| 39 | (34) | Hope Springs | $62,049 | -29% | 131 | $474 | $63,536,011 | 75 | |
| 40 | (23) | The Possession | $58,301 | -64% | 133 | $438 | $48,833,630 | 52 | |
| 41 | (32) | Premium Rush | $52,529 | -42% | 119 | $441 | $20,275,446 | 59 | |
| 42 | (36) | Middle of Nowhere | $50,554 | -26% | 21 | $2,407 | $123,296 | 10 | |
| 43 | (40) | The Intouchables | $45,359 | -17% | 60 | $756 | $12,822,912 | 150 | |
| 44 | (37) | The Expendables 2 | $45,091 | -32% | 92 | $490 | $84,573,293 | 66 | |
| 45 | (25) | Won't Back Down | $44,889 | -68% | 168 | $267 | $5,228,770 | 24 | |
| 46 | (51) | Smashed | $44,642 | +66% | 20 | $2,232 | $83,292 | 10 | |
| 47 | (new) | $40,673 | 4 | $10,168 | $40,673 | 7 | |||
| 48 | (42) | Sleepwalk With Me | $36,438 | -25% | 45 | $810 | $2,200,262 | 59 | |
| 49 | (43) | The Campaign | $34,336 | -22% | 74 | $464 | $86,437,566 | 73 | |
| 50 | (49) | Born to be Wild 3D | $31,565 | +9% | 30 | $1,052 | $21,086,502 | 563 | |
| 51 | (-) | The Waiting Room | $29,173 | 4 | $7,293 | $50,056 | 31 | ||
| 52 | (56) | Detropia | $26,450 | +63% | 24 | $1,102 | $287,639 | 45 | |
| 53 | (47) | Hubble 3D | $25,739 | -29% | 15 | $1,716 | $34,764,397 | 948 | |
| 54 | (67) | Simon & The Oaks | $23,205 | +133% | 7 | $3,315 | $37,477 | 10 | |
| 55 | (68) | Somewhere Between | $22,479 | +140% | 6 | $3,747 | $93,127 | 59 | |
| 56 | (50) | The Other Dream Team | $21,257 | -24% | 13 | $1,635 | $101,005 | 24 | |
| 57 | (new) | The Flat | $19,916 | 2 | $9,958 | $19,916 | 3 | ||
| 58 | (48) | Moonrise Kingdom | $19,324 | -46% | 29 | $666 | $45,484,422 | 150 | |
| 59 | (new) | Holy Motors | $18,866 | 2 | $9,433 | $27,680 | 5 | ||
| 60 | (new) | Brooklyn Castle | $18,761 | 2 | $9,381 | $18,761 | 3 | ||
| 61 | (52) | Beasts of the Southern Wild | $17,413 | -31% | 28 | $622 | $11,186,650 | 117 | |
| 62 | (79) | The War of the Buttons | $17,247 | +264% | 35 | $493 | $24,273 | 10 | |
| 63 | (new) | The First Time | $17,061 | 19 | $898 | $17,061 | 3 | ||
| 64 | (71) | Wuthering Heights | $16,627 | +89% | 11 | $1,512 | $44,603 | 17 | |
| 65 | (44) | The Oranges | $16,102 | -64% | 15 | $1,073 | $355,289 | 17 | |
| 66 | (55) | Robot and Frank | $15,573 | -7% | 34 | $458 | $3,241,399 | 66 | |
| 67 | (53) | The House I Live In | $14,966 | -30% | 4 | $3,742 | $75,929 | 17 | |
| 68 | (new) | All Together | $12,887 | 10 | $1,289 | $12,887 | 3 | ||
| 69 | (54) | Liberal Arts | $12,687 | -31% | 18 | $705 | $261,778 | 38 | |
| 70 | (30) | The Paperboy | $11,153 | -88% | 74 | $151 | $394,085 | 17 | |
| 71 | (45) | Barfi | $10,383 | -72% | 10 | $1,038 | $2,799,445 | 38 | |
| 72 | (62) | Deep Sea 3-D | $10,181 | -11% | 3 | $3,394 | $45,037,460 | 2,425 | |
| 73 | (58) | To Rome with Love | $9,747 | -36% | 32 | $305 | $16,668,759 | 122 | |
| 74 | (65) | How to Survive a Plague | $9,421 | -13% | 14 | $673 | $108,809 | 31 | |
| 75 | (81) | The Well-Digger's Daughter | $8,512 | +100% | 9 | $946 | $347,932 | 124 | |
| 76 | (69) | The Queen of Versailles | $7,602 | -17% | 13 | $585 | $2,371,601 | 94 | |
| 77 | (new) | Nobody Walks | $7,269 | 2 | $3,635 | $7,269 | 3 | ||
| 78 | (61) | Ruby Sparks | $7,218 | -38% | 15 | $481 | $2,535,819 | 89 | |
| 79 | (72) | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | $7,211 | -18% | 10 | $721 | $46,375,548 | 171 | |
| 80 | (77) | Under the Sea 3D | $6,359 | +14% | 4 | $1,590 | $32,403,997 | 1,347 | |
| 81 | (63) | Keep the Lights On | $6,311 | -43% | 9 | $701 | $206,770 | 45 | |
| 82 | (60) | V/H/S | $5,318 | -57% | 16 | $332 | $76,003 | 17 | |
| 83 | (80) | Chicken with Plums | $4,063 | -9% | 10 | $406 | $218,973 | 66 | |
| 84 | (73) | Thaandavam | $3,978 | -52% | 2 | $1,989 | $212,145 | 24 | |
| 85 | (-) | The Eye of the Storm | $3,895 | 2 | $1,948 | $78,581 | 45 | ||
| 86 | (85) | 2 Days in New York | $3,335 | +29% | 5 | $667 | $619,183 | 73 | |
| 87 | (88) | Compliance | $2,582 | +66% | 11 | $235 | $315,106 | 66 | |
| 88 | (75) | Celeste and Jesse Forever | $2,292 | -63% | 15 | $153 | $3,082,153 | 80 | |
| 89 | (78) | Gayby | $1,925 | -60% | 1 | $1,925 | $8,227 | 10 | |
| 90 | (-) | Red Hook Summer | $1,608 | 3 | $536 | $336,855 | 73 | ||
| 91 | (87) | Unforgivable | $1,540 | -25% | 2 | $770 | $152,467 | 115 | |
| 92 | (98) | Hellbound? | $1,485 | +563% | 3 | $495 | $21,920 | 31 | |
| 93 | (new) | $1,142 | 1 | $1,142 | $1,142 | 7 | |||
| 94 | (90) | Husbands in Goa | $950 | -6% | 2 | $475 | $9,535 | 31 | |
| 95 | (96) | Bringing Up Bobby | $923 | +160% | 4 | $231 | $2,675 | 24 | |
| 96 | (83) | Photographic Memory | $726 | -76% | 1 | $726 | $4,976 | 10 | |
| 97 | (86) | Bel Borba Aqui | $681 | -72% | 2 | $341 | $7,211 | 19 | |
| 98 | (-) | You've Been Trumped | $544 | 2 | $272 | $19,909 | 80 | ||
| 99 | (-) | Alps | $440 | 1 | $440 | $13,527 | 101 | ||
| 100 | (-) | Kumaré | $352 | 1 | $352 | $125,065 | 124 | ||
| 101 | (74) | Trade of Innocents | $325 | -96% | 1 | $325 | $12,148 | 17 | |
| 102 | (-) | Sushi: The Global Catch | $298 | 1 | $298 | $4,055 | 80 | ||
| 103 | (-) | Galapagos | $294 | 1 | $294 | $18,097,126 | 4,742 | ||
| 104 | (93) | Girl Model | $243 | -62% | 1 | $243 | $20,592 | 47 | |
| 105 | (92) | 5 Broken Cameras | $189 | -74% | 1 | $189 | $73,961 | 145 | |
| 106 | (-) | Head Games | $143 | 1 | $143 | $12,036 | 31 | ||
| Reporting movies: 106 | $128,725,014 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paranormal Activity 4 | $29,003,866 | 3,412 | $29,003,866 |
| 2 | Argo | $16,445,475 | 3,247 | $43,011,964 |
| 3 | Taken 2 | $13,260,870 | 3,489 | $105,832,339 |
| 4 | Hotel Transylvania | $13,001,434 | 3,384 | $118,522,389 |
| 5 | Alex Cross | $11,396,768 | 2,539 | $11,396,768 |
| 6 | Sinister | $8,815,475 | 2,542 | $31,735,643 |
| 7 | Here Comes the Boom | $8,407,201 | 3,014 | $23,131,529 |
| 8 | Pitch Perfect | $6,756,430 | 2,660 | $45,516,778 |
| 9 | Frankenweenie | $4,329,358 | 2,362 | $28,238,779 |
| 10 | Looper | $4,202,687 | 2,223 | $57,842,819 |
| 11 | Seven Psychopaths | $3,273,480 | 1,480 | $9,161,472 |
| 12 | The Perks of Being a Wallflower | $2,153,247 | 745 | $9,123,872 |
| 13 | End of Watch | $826,809 | 751 | $37,895,571 |
| 14 | Trouble with the Curve | $729,354 | 925 | $34,084,572 |
| 15 | Atlas Shrugged: Part II | $614,348 | 945 | $2,860,419 |
| 16 | The Master | $520,677 | 412 | $14,738,213 |
| 17 | House at the End of the Street | $468,298 | 746 | $30,782,862 |
| 18 | Brave | $421,577 | 277 | $235,044,709 |
| 19 | The Dark Knight Rises | $359,509 | 345 | $446,764,067 |
| 20 | Student of the Year | $326,508 | 106 | $326,508 |
| 21 | Arbitrage | $287,141 | 169 | $7,061,260 |
| 22 | Searching for Sugar Man | $197,188 | 137 | $1,968,290 |
| 23 | Ice Age: Continental Drift | $192,308 | 222 | $160,072,506 |
| 24 | English Vinglish | $180,603 | 88 | $1,670,773 |
| 25 | The Bourne Legacy | $167,035 | 232 | $112,808,700 |
| 26 | Finding Nemo 3D | $154,709 | 183 | $380,105,951 |
| 27 | Samsara | $143,611 | 70 | $2,001,283 |
| 28 | The Sessions | $113,467 | 4 | $113,467 |
| 29 | Dredd | $106,799 | 160 | $13,325,968 |
| 30 | ParaNorman | $104,572 | 168 | $54,657,620 |
| 31 | The Odd Life of Timothy Green | $103,801 | 194 | $50,621,337 |
| 32 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days | $102,417 | 149 | $48,574,363 |
| 33 | Resident Evil: Retribution | $101,275 | 158 | $41,954,298 |
| 34 | To the Arctic 3D | $89,057 | 52 | $9,269,022 |
| 35 | Lawless | $86,096 | 184 | $37,262,103 |
| 36 | Tai Chi Zero | $85,094 | 31 | $85,094 |
| 37 | Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel | $73,928 | 27 | $547,686 |
| 38 | Ted | $69,745 | 109 | $218,628,680 |
| 39 | Hope Springs | $62,049 | 131 | $63,536,011 |
| 40 | The Possession | $58,301 | 133 | $48,833,630 |
| 41 | Premium Rush | $52,529 | 119 | $20,275,446 |
| 42 | Middle of Nowhere | $50,554 | 21 | $123,296 |
| 43 | The Intouchables | $45,359 | 60 | $12,822,912 |
| 44 | The Expendables 2 | $45,091 | 92 | $84,573,293 |
| 45 | Won't Back Down | $44,889 | 168 | $5,228,770 |
| 46 | Smashed | $44,642 | 20 | $83,292 |
| 47 | $40,673 | 4 | $40,673 | |
| 48 | Sleepwalk With Me | $36,438 | 45 | $2,200,262 |
| 49 | The Campaign | $34,336 | 74 | $86,437,566 |
| 50 | Born to be Wild 3D | $31,565 | 30 | $21,086,502 |
| 51 | The Waiting Room | $29,173 | 4 | $50,056 |
| 52 | Detropia | $26,450 | 24 | $287,639 |
| 53 | Hubble 3D | $25,739 | 15 | $34,764,397 |
| 54 | Simon & The Oaks | $23,205 | 7 | $37,477 |
| 55 | Somewhere Between | $22,479 | 6 | $93,127 |
| 56 | The Other Dream Team | $21,257 | 13 | $101,005 |
| 57 | The Flat | $19,916 | 2 | $19,916 |
| 58 | Moonrise Kingdom | $19,324 | 29 | $45,484,422 |
| 59 | Holy Motors | $18,866 | 2 | $27,680 |
| 60 | Brooklyn Castle | $18,761 | 2 | $18,761 |
| 61 | Beasts of the Southern Wild | $17,413 | 28 | $11,186,650 |
| 62 | The War of the Buttons | $17,247 | 35 | $24,273 |
| 63 | The First Time | $17,061 | 19 | $17,061 |
| 64 | Wuthering Heights | $16,627 | 11 | $44,603 |
| 65 | The Oranges | $16,102 | 15 | $355,289 |
| 66 | Robot and Frank | $15,573 | 34 | $3,241,399 |
| 67 | The House I Live In | $14,966 | 4 | $75,929 |
| 68 | All Together | $12,887 | 10 | $12,887 |
| 69 | Liberal Arts | $12,687 | 18 | $261,778 |
| 70 | The Paperboy | $11,153 | 74 | $394,085 |
| 71 | Barfi | $10,383 | 10 | $2,799,445 |
| 72 | Deep Sea 3-D | $10,181 | 3 | $45,037,460 |
| 73 | To Rome with Love | $9,747 | 32 | $16,668,759 |
| 74 | How to Survive a Plague | $9,421 | 14 | $108,809 |
| 75 | The Well-Digger's Daughter | $8,512 | 9 | $347,932 |
| 76 | The Queen of Versailles | $7,602 | 13 | $2,371,601 |
| 77 | Nobody Walks | $7,269 | 2 | $7,269 |
| 78 | Ruby Sparks | $7,218 | 15 | $2,535,819 |
| 79 | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | $7,211 | 10 | $46,375,548 |
| 80 | Under the Sea 3D | $6,359 | 4 | $32,403,997 |
| 81 | Keep the Lights On | $6,311 | 9 | $206,770 |
| 82 | V/H/S | $5,318 | 16 | $76,003 |
| 83 | Chicken with Plums | $4,063 | 10 | $218,973 |
| 84 | Thaandavam | $3,978 | 2 | $212,145 |
| 85 | The Eye of the Storm | $3,895 | 2 | $78,581 |
| 86 | 2 Days in New York | $3,335 | 5 | $619,183 |
| 87 | Compliance | $2,582 | 11 | $315,106 |
| 88 | Celeste and Jesse Forever | $2,292 | 15 | $3,082,153 |
| 89 | Gayby | $1,925 | 1 | $8,227 |
| 90 | Red Hook Summer | $1,608 | 3 | $336,855 |
| 91 | Unforgivable | $1,540 | 2 | $152,467 |
| 92 | Hellbound? | $1,485 | 3 | $21,920 |
| 93 | $1,142 | 1 | $1,142 | |
| 94 | Husbands in Goa | $950 | 2 | $9,535 |
| 95 | Bringing Up Bobby | $923 | 4 | $2,675 |
| 96 | Photographic Memory | $726 | 1 | $4,976 |
| 97 | Bel Borba Aqui | $681 | 2 | $7,211 |
| 98 | You've Been Trumped | $544 | 2 | $19,909 |
| 99 | Alps | $440 | 1 | $13,527 |
| 100 | Kumaré | $352 | 1 | $125,065 |
| 101 | Trade of Innocents | $325 | 1 | $12,148 |
| 102 | Sushi: The Global Catch | $298 | 1 | $4,055 |
| 103 | Galapagos | $294 | 1 | $18,097,126 |
| 104 | Girl Model | $243 | 1 | $20,592 |
| 105 | 5 Broken Cameras | $189 | 1 | $73,961 |
| 106 | Head Games | $143 | 1 | $12,036 |
| Reporting: 106 | $128,725,014 | total | ||