Week Domestic Box Office March 2, 2012
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (new) | Dr. Seuss' The Lorax | $82,878,830 | 3,729 | $22,225 | $82,878,830 | 7 | ||
| 2 | (new) | Project X | $28,574,995 | 3,055 | $9,354 | $28,574,995 | 7 | ||
| 3 | (1) | Act of Valor | $17,561,251 | -44% | 3,053 | $5,752 | $49,100,597 | 14 | |
| 4 | (4) | Safe House | $9,839,325 | -31% | 2,553 | $3,854 | $110,803,815 | 28 | |
| 5 | (2) | Tyler Perry's Good Deeds | $8,797,817 | -53% | 2,132 | $4,127 | $27,542,449 | 14 | |
| 6 | (3) | Journey 2: The Mysterious Island | $8,344,112 | -46% | 3,060 | $2,727 | $87,030,611 | 28 | |
| 7 | (5) | The Vow | $8,001,397 | -37% | 2,826 | $2,831 | $113,613,746 | 28 | |
| 8 | (7) | This Means War | $7,300,711 | -32% | 2,342 | $3,117 | $43,139,350 | 21 | |
| 9 | (6) | Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance | $5,919,408 | -47% | 2,487 | $2,380 | $46,100,147 | 21 | |
| 10 | (8) | Wanderlust | $5,223,305 | -40% | 2,002 | $2,609 | $13,864,120 | 14 | |
| 11 | (12) | The Artist | $4,966,605 | +15% | 1,756 | $2,828 | $38,155,023 | 105 | |
| 12 | (9) | Gone | $3,883,305 | -35% | 2,186 | $1,776 | $9,831,282 | 14 | |
| 13 | (11) | Chronicle | $2,447,606 | -47% | 1,054 | $2,322 | $61,362,872 | 35 | |
| 14 | (10) | The Secret World of Arrietty | $1,886,888 | -63% | 1,431 | $1,319 | $17,155,268 | 21 | |
| 15 | (15) | The Descendants | $1,677,036 | -40% | 694 | $2,416 | $80,777,762 | 114 | |
| 16 | (14) | The Woman in Black | $1,453,331 | -57% | 812 | $1,790 | $52,540,246 | 35 | |
| 17 | (13) | Star Wars: The Phantom Menace 3D | $1,385,840 | -64% | 731 | $1,896 | $473,592,468 | 4,678 | |
| 18 | (22) | A Separation | $1,326,419 | +137% | 243 | $5,459 | $4,051,832 | 70 | |
| 19 | (18) | The Iron Lady | $1,207,813 | +7% | 511 | $2,364 | $27,363,817 | 70 | |
| 20 | (25) | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $441,112 | -2% | 314 | $1,405 | $130,900,341 | 84 | |
| 21 | (34) | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $408,022 | +57% | 256 | $1,594 | $102,190,558 | 79 | |
| 22 | (21) | Red Tails | $395,166 | -34% | 249 | $1,587 | $49,227,987 | 49 | |
| 23 | (20) | Big Miracle | $380,525 | -54% | 359 | $1,060 | $19,441,105 | 35 | |
| 24 | (19) | The Grey | $362,751 | -67% | 308 | $1,178 | $50,836,301 | 42 | |
| 25 | (23) | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $351,380 | -26% | 266 | $1,321 | $186,365,173 | 84 | |
| 26 | (24) | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $347,424 | -26% | 126 | $2,757 | $23,749,650 | 91 | |
| 27 | (29) | We Bought a Zoo | $318,703 | -9% | 266 | $1,198 | $74,481,656 | 77 | |
| 28 | (31) | Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close | $305,748 | -8% | 303 | $1,009 | $31,596,115 | 75 | |
| 29 | (33) | Pina | $241,498 | -20% | 64 | $3,773 | $2,909,469 | 77 | |
| 30 | (26) | My Week with Marilyn | $195,926 | -55% | 120 | $1,633 | $14,405,630 | 107 | |
| 31 | (58) | We Need to Talk About Kevin | $193,146 | +276% | 40 | $4,829 | $878,866 | 91 | |
| 32 | (39) | Born to be Wild 3D | $189,049 | +0% | 40 | $4,726 | $16,885,903 | 336 | |
| 33 | (36) | Contraband | $169,440 | -30% | 148 | $1,145 | $66,410,885 | 56 | |
| 34 | (42) | Rampart | $167,994 | +17% | 52 | $3,231 | $588,455 | 28 | |
| 35 | (35) | Joyful Noise | $155,841 | -38% | 202 | $771 | $30,809,154 | 56 | |
| 36 | (45) | In Darkness | $145,075 | +16% | 35 | $4,145 | $459,288 | 28 | |
| 37 | (47) | Thin Ice | $116,655 | +3% | 41 | $2,845 | $492,350 | 21 | |
| 38 | (65) | Undefeated | $114,982 | +272% | 13 | $8,845 | $196,810 | 21 | |
| 39 | (new) | Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie | $112,272 | 24 | $4,678 | $112,272 | 7 | ||
| 40 | (28) | 2012 Oscar Shorts | $103,348 | -71% | 59 | $1,752 | $1,651,485 | 28 | |
| 41 | (38) | The Muppets | $100,218 | -48% | 138 | $726 | $88,500,917 | 107 | |
| 42 | (41) | Albert Nobbs | $93,904 | -47% | 68 | $1,381 | $2,753,052 | 79 | |
| 43 | (48) | Hubble 3D | $92,840 | +3% | 21 | $4,421 | $31,312,954 | 721 | |
| 44 | (44) | A Dangerous Method | $91,810 | -33% | 53 | $1,732 | $5,481,253 | 107 | |
| 45 | (40) | One for the Money | $83,370 | -56% | 117 | $713 | $26,084,528 | 42 | |
| 46 | (new) | Lost Woods | $79,415 | 11 | $7,220 | $79,415 | 7 | ||
| 47 | (50) | Flying Monsters 3D | $75,380 | 0% | 15 | $5,025 | $876,275 | 154 | |
| 48 | (16) | Hugo | $75,245 | -97% | 406 | $185 | $71,645,804 | 107 | |
| 49 | (30) | Underworld: Awakening | $72,270 | -79% | 79 | $915 | $62,321,039 | 49 | |
| 50 | (63) | Sea Rex 3D | $69,571 | +82% | 12 | $5,798 | $4,912,308 | 651 | |
| 51 | (62) | W.E. | $65,508 | +42% | 19 | $3,448 | $349,393 | 35 | |
| 52 | (new) | Being Flynn | $58,415 | 4 | $14,604 | $58,415 | 7 | ||
| 53 | (53) | Happy Feet Two | $57,747 | -13% | 85 | $679 | $64,006,466 | 112 | |
| 54 | (66) | Coriolanus | $51,863 | +73% | 14 | $3,705 | $424,967 | 49 | |
| 55 | (56) | Under the Sea 3D | $47,582 | -14% | 14 | $3,399 | $30,717,281 | 1,120 | |
| 56 | (54) | Shame | $47,014 | -24% | 22 | $2,137 | $3,873,838 | 98 | |
| 57 | (59) | Space Station | $44,974 | -10% | 4 | $11,244 | $85,101,912 | 3,612 | |
| 58 | (46) | Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya | $42,782 | -65% | 26 | $1,645 | $165,597 | 14 | |
| 60 | (new) | $27,056 | +15,815% | 2 | $13,528 | $27,056 | 0 | ||
| 59 | (new) | The Salt of Life | $27,056 | 2 | $13,528 | $27,056 | 7 | ||
| 61 | (69) | Carnage | $26,565 | -3% | 19 | $1,398 | $2,499,419 | 84 | |
| 62 | (new) | Boy | $26,543 | 2 | $13,272 | $26,543 | 7 | ||
| 63 | (new) | Paan Singh Tomar | $26,325 | 10 | $2,633 | $26,325 | 7 | ||
| 64 | (64) | The Forgiveness of Blood | $23,966 | -32% | 6 | $3,994 | $59,317 | 14 | |
| 65 | (61) | Bullhead | $23,520 | -50% | 17 | $1,384 | $123,826 | 21 | |
| 66 | (70) | The Flowers of War | $22,821 | -16% | 6 | $3,804 | $275,986 | 49 | |
| 67 | (-) | This Is Not a Film | $22,813 | 5 | $4,563 | $22,813 | 9 | ||
| 68 | (27) | The Adventures of Tintin | $21,232 | -94% | 215 | $99 | $77,243,736 | 79 | |
| 69 | (72) | Crazy Horse | $20,585 | +19% | 10 | $2,059 | $98,821 | 51 | |
| 70 | (-) | $19,934 | +11,626% | 5 | $3,987 | $26,233 | 14 | ||
| 71 | (32) | Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol | $18,447 | -94% | 107 | $172 | $208,083,766 | 84 | |
| 72 | (71) | Pariah | $16,534 | -16% | 13 | $1,272 | $736,095 | 72 | |
| 73 | (76) | The Women on the 6th Floor | $16,194 | +47% | 6 | $2,699 | $637,550 | 280 | |
| 74 | (new) | Let the Bullets Fly | $15,483 | 5 | $3,097 | $15,483 | 7 | ||
| 75 | (55) | Haywire | $13,749 | -75% | 32 | $430 | $18,856,810 | 49 | |
| 76 | (67) | The Sitter | $13,654 | -52% | 21 | $650 | $30,531,713 | 91 | |
| 77 | (60) | Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu | $12,091 | -75% | 10 | $1,209 | $1,151,816 | 28 | |
| 78 | (37) | Midnight in Paris | $10,650 | -95% | 11 | $968 | $56,805,729 | 294 | |
| 79 | (new) | Better Than Something: Jay Reatard | $10,489 | 4 | $2,622 | $10,489 | 7 | ||
| 80 | (80) | In The Land of Blood and Honey | $8,846 | +49% | 8 | $1,106 | $303,877 | 77 | |
| 81 | (-) | Kill List | $7,477 | 10 | $748 | $29,063 | 35 | ||
| 82 | (74) | Deep Sea 3-D | $6,834 | -48% | 2 | $3,417 | $44,514,607 | 2,198 | |
| 83 | (-) | Le Havre | $4,642 | 6 | $774 | $590,049 | 140 | ||
| 84 | (new) | Last Days Here | $4,126 | 1 | $4,126 | $4,126 | 7 | ||
| 85 | (98) | The Whale | $4,054 | +157% | 1 | $4,054 | $76,010 | 182 | |
| 86 | (-) | Norwegian Wood | $3,886 | 1 | $3,886 | $14,542 | 63 | ||
| 87 | (new) | Art is....The Permanent Revolution | $3,884 | 1 | $3,884 | $3,884 | 7 | ||
| 88 | (-) | The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu | $3,617 | 1 | $3,617 | $32,889 | 182 | ||
| 89 | (-) | Crazy Wisdom | $3,440 | 1 | $3,440 | $58,905 | 105 | ||
| 90 | (73) | The Skin I Live In | $2,590 | -85% | 3 | $863 | $3,182,006 | 147 | |
| 91 | (87) | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $2,577 | -9% | 1 | $2,577 | $53,253,194 | 4,886 | |
| 92 | (106) | Windfall | $2,167 | +3,913% | 2 | $1,084 | $4,696 | 35 | |
| 93 | (-) | Charlotte Rampling: The Look | $2,033 | 1 | $2,033 | $19,613 | 126 | ||
| 94 | (new) | The Snowtown Murders | $1,882 | 1 | $1,882 | $1,882 | 7 | ||
| 95 | (86) | Addiction Incorporated | $1,842 | -43% | 2 | $921 | $29,954 | 86 | |
| 96 | (84) | The Way | $1,794 | -53% | 2 | $897 | $4,430,413 | 154 | |
| 97 | (75) | On the Ice | $1,667 | -86% | 1 | $1,667 | $42,135 | 21 | |
| 98 | (-) | Tyrannosaur | $1,641 | 2 | $821 | $21,751 | 112 | ||
| 99 | (89) | Take Shelter | $1,241 | -51% | 3 | $414 | $1,728,495 | 161 | |
| 100 | (-) | Sing Your Song | $1,199 | 1 | $1,199 | $34,074 | 56 | ||
| 101 | (102) | Eames: The Architect and the Painter | $475 | -20% | 1 | $475 | $148,000 | 112 | |
| 102 | (88) | Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos | $464 | -82% | 1 | $464 | $178,000 | 49 | |
| 103 | (100) | Paul Goodman Changed My Life | $385 | -64% | 1 | $385 | $36,056 | 142 | |
| 104 | (-) | Amigo | $355 | 1 | $355 | $183,256 | 203 | ||
| 105 | (-) | Pianomania | $318 | 1 | $318 | $49,852 | 287 | ||
| 106 | (-) | Putin's Kiss | $314 | 1 | $314 | $3,108 | 21 | ||
| 107 | (-) | The Pruitt-Igoe Myth | $141 | 1 | $141 | $32,482 | 49 | ||
| Reporting movies: 107 | $209,631,557 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr. Seuss' The Lorax | $82,878,830 | 3,729 | $82,878,830 |
| 2 | Project X | $28,574,995 | 3,055 | $28,574,995 |
| 3 | Act of Valor | $17,561,251 | 3,053 | $49,100,597 |
| 4 | Safe House | $9,839,325 | 2,553 | $110,803,815 |
| 5 | Tyler Perry's Good Deeds | $8,797,817 | 2,132 | $27,542,449 |
| 6 | Journey 2: The Mysterious Island | $8,344,112 | 3,060 | $87,030,611 |
| 7 | The Vow | $8,001,397 | 2,826 | $113,613,746 |
| 8 | This Means War | $7,300,711 | 2,342 | $43,139,350 |
| 9 | Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance | $5,919,408 | 2,487 | $46,100,147 |
| 10 | Wanderlust | $5,223,305 | 2,002 | $13,864,120 |
| 11 | The Artist | $4,966,605 | 1,756 | $38,155,023 |
| 12 | Gone | $3,883,305 | 2,186 | $9,831,282 |
| 13 | Chronicle | $2,447,606 | 1,054 | $61,362,872 |
| 14 | The Secret World of Arrietty | $1,886,888 | 1,431 | $17,155,268 |
| 15 | The Descendants | $1,677,036 | 694 | $80,777,762 |
| 16 | The Woman in Black | $1,453,331 | 812 | $52,540,246 |
| 17 | Star Wars: The Phantom Menace 3D | $1,385,840 | 731 | $473,592,468 |
| 18 | A Separation | $1,326,419 | 243 | $4,051,832 |
| 19 | The Iron Lady | $1,207,813 | 511 | $27,363,817 |
| 20 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $441,112 | 314 | $130,900,341 |
| 21 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $408,022 | 256 | $102,190,558 |
| 22 | Red Tails | $395,166 | 249 | $49,227,987 |
| 23 | Big Miracle | $380,525 | 359 | $19,441,105 |
| 24 | The Grey | $362,751 | 308 | $50,836,301 |
| 25 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $351,380 | 266 | $186,365,173 |
| 26 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $347,424 | 126 | $23,749,650 |
| 27 | We Bought a Zoo | $318,703 | 266 | $74,481,656 |
| 28 | Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close | $305,748 | 303 | $31,596,115 |
| 29 | Pina | $241,498 | 64 | $2,909,469 |
| 30 | My Week with Marilyn | $195,926 | 120 | $14,405,630 |
| 31 | We Need to Talk About Kevin | $193,146 | 40 | $878,866 |
| 32 | Born to be Wild 3D | $189,049 | 40 | $16,885,903 |
| 33 | Contraband | $169,440 | 148 | $66,410,885 |
| 34 | Rampart | $167,994 | 52 | $588,455 |
| 35 | Joyful Noise | $155,841 | 202 | $30,809,154 |
| 36 | In Darkness | $145,075 | 35 | $459,288 |
| 37 | Thin Ice | $116,655 | 41 | $492,350 |
| 38 | Undefeated | $114,982 | 13 | $196,810 |
| 39 | Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie | $112,272 | 24 | $112,272 |
| 40 | 2012 Oscar Shorts | $103,348 | 59 | $1,651,485 |
| 41 | The Muppets | $100,218 | 138 | $88,500,917 |
| 42 | Albert Nobbs | $93,904 | 68 | $2,753,052 |
| 43 | Hubble 3D | $92,840 | 21 | $31,312,954 |
| 44 | A Dangerous Method | $91,810 | 53 | $5,481,253 |
| 45 | One for the Money | $83,370 | 117 | $26,084,528 |
| 46 | Lost Woods | $79,415 | 11 | $79,415 |
| 47 | Flying Monsters 3D | $75,380 | 15 | $876,275 |
| 48 | Hugo | $75,245 | 406 | $71,645,804 |
| 49 | Underworld: Awakening | $72,270 | 79 | $62,321,039 |
| 50 | Sea Rex 3D | $69,571 | 12 | $4,912,308 |
| 51 | W.E. | $65,508 | 19 | $349,393 |
| 52 | Being Flynn | $58,415 | 4 | $58,415 |
| 53 | Happy Feet Two | $57,747 | 85 | $64,006,466 |
| 54 | Coriolanus | $51,863 | 14 | $424,967 |
| 55 | Under the Sea 3D | $47,582 | 14 | $30,717,281 |
| 56 | Shame | $47,014 | 22 | $3,873,838 |
| 57 | Space Station | $44,974 | 4 | $85,101,912 |
| 58 | Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya | $42,782 | 26 | $165,597 |
| 60 | $27,056 | 2 | $27,056 | |
| 59 | The Salt of Life | $27,056 | 2 | $27,056 |
| 61 | Carnage | $26,565 | 19 | $2,499,419 |
| 62 | Boy | $26,543 | 2 | $26,543 |
| 63 | Paan Singh Tomar | $26,325 | 10 | $26,325 |
| 64 | The Forgiveness of Blood | $23,966 | 6 | $59,317 |
| 65 | Bullhead | $23,520 | 17 | $123,826 |
| 66 | The Flowers of War | $22,821 | 6 | $275,986 |
| 67 | This Is Not a Film | $22,813 | 5 | $22,813 |
| 68 | The Adventures of Tintin | $21,232 | 215 | $77,243,736 |
| 69 | Crazy Horse | $20,585 | 10 | $98,821 |
| 70 | $19,934 | 5 | $26,233 | |
| 71 | Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol | $18,447 | 107 | $208,083,766 |
| 72 | Pariah | $16,534 | 13 | $736,095 |
| 73 | The Women on the 6th Floor | $16,194 | 6 | $637,550 |
| 74 | Let the Bullets Fly | $15,483 | 5 | $15,483 |
| 75 | Haywire | $13,749 | 32 | $18,856,810 |
| 76 | The Sitter | $13,654 | 21 | $30,531,713 |
| 77 | Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu | $12,091 | 10 | $1,151,816 |
| 78 | Midnight in Paris | $10,650 | 11 | $56,805,729 |
| 79 | Better Than Something: Jay Reatard | $10,489 | 4 | $10,489 |
| 80 | In The Land of Blood and Honey | $8,846 | 8 | $303,877 |
| 81 | Kill List | $7,477 | 10 | $29,063 |
| 82 | Deep Sea 3-D | $6,834 | 2 | $44,514,607 |
| 83 | Le Havre | $4,642 | 6 | $590,049 |
| 84 | Last Days Here | $4,126 | 1 | $4,126 |
| 85 | The Whale | $4,054 | 1 | $76,010 |
| 86 | Norwegian Wood | $3,886 | 1 | $14,542 |
| 87 | Art is....The Permanent Revolution | $3,884 | 1 | $3,884 |
| 88 | The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu | $3,617 | 1 | $32,889 |
| 89 | Crazy Wisdom | $3,440 | 1 | $58,905 |
| 90 | The Skin I Live In | $2,590 | 3 | $3,182,006 |
| 91 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $2,577 | 1 | $53,253,194 |
| 92 | Windfall | $2,167 | 2 | $4,696 |
| 93 | Charlotte Rampling: The Look | $2,033 | 1 | $19,613 |
| 94 | The Snowtown Murders | $1,882 | 1 | $1,882 |
| 95 | Addiction Incorporated | $1,842 | 2 | $29,954 |
| 96 | The Way | $1,794 | 2 | $4,430,413 |
| 97 | On the Ice | $1,667 | 1 | $42,135 |
| 98 | Tyrannosaur | $1,641 | 2 | $21,751 |
| 99 | Take Shelter | $1,241 | 3 | $1,728,495 |
| 100 | Sing Your Song | $1,199 | 1 | $34,074 |
| 101 | Eames: The Architect and the Painter | $475 | 1 | $148,000 |
| 102 | Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos | $464 | 1 | $178,000 |
| 103 | Paul Goodman Changed My Life | $385 | 1 | $36,056 |
| 104 | Amigo | $355 | 1 | $183,256 |
| 105 | Pianomania | $318 | 1 | $49,852 |
| 106 | Putin's Kiss | $314 | 1 | $3,108 |
| 107 | The Pruitt-Igoe Myth | $141 | 1 | $32,482 |
| Reporting: 107 | $209,631,557 | total | ||