Week Domestic Box Office October 19, 2012
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (new) | Paranormal Activity 4 | $33,957,365 | 3,412 | $9,952 | $33,957,365 | 7 | ||
| 2 | (2) | Argo | $21,858,799 | -18% | 3,247 | $6,732 | $48,425,288 | 14 | |
| 3 | (1) | Taken 2 | $16,817,376 | -41% | 3,489 | $4,820 | $109,388,845 | 21 | |
| 4 | (4) | Hotel Transylvania | $15,415,386 | -25% | 3,384 | $4,555 | $120,936,341 | 28 | |
| 5 | (new) | Alex Cross | $14,318,691 | 2,539 | $5,640 | $14,318,691 | 7 | ||
| 6 | (3) | Sinister | $11,524,787 | -50% | 2,542 | $4,534 | $34,444,955 | 14 | |
| 7 | (5) | Here Comes the Boom | $10,386,144 | -29% | 3,014 | $3,446 | $25,110,472 | 14 | |
| 8 | (6) | Pitch Perfect | $8,591,885 | -28% | 2,660 | $3,230 | $47,352,233 | 28 | |
| 9 | (8) | Looper | $5,773,174 | -32% | 2,223 | $2,597 | $59,413,306 | 28 | |
| 10 | (7) | Frankenweenie | $5,432,986 | -39% | 2,362 | $2,300 | $29,342,407 | 21 | |
| 11 | (9) | Seven Psychopaths | $4,573,516 | -22% | 1,480 | $3,090 | $10,461,508 | 14 | |
| 12 | (10) | The Perks of Being a Wallflower | $2,837,054 | -5% | 745 | $3,808 | $9,807,679 | 35 | |
| 13 | (11) | End of Watch | $1,164,749 | -51% | 751 | $1,551 | $38,233,511 | 35 | |
| 14 | (13) | Trouble with the Curve | $1,000,356 | -53% | 925 | $1,081 | $34,355,574 | 35 | |
| 15 | (12) | Atlas Shrugged: Part II | $867,983 | -61% | 945 | $919 | $3,114,054 | 14 | |
| 16 | (15) | The Master | $732,846 | -35% | 412 | $1,779 | $14,950,382 | 42 | |
| 17 | (14) | House at the End of the Street | $566,193 | -65% | 746 | $759 | $30,880,757 | 35 | |
| 18 | (17) | Brave | $540,530 | -22% | 277 | $1,951 | $235,163,662 | 126 | |
| 19 | (16) | The Dark Knight Rises | $489,940 | -32% | 345 | $1,420 | $446,894,498 | 98 | |
| 20 | (19) | Arbitrage | $406,289 | -11% | 169 | $2,404 | $7,173,263 | 42 | |
| 21 | (new) | Student of the Year | $326,508 | 106 | $3,080 | $326,508 | 7 | ||
| 22 | (22) | Searching for Sugar Man | $283,810 | +3% | 137 | $2,072 | $2,054,912 | 91 | |
| 23 | (21) | Ice Age: Continental Drift | $234,787 | -19% | 222 | $1,058 | $160,114,985 | 105 | |
| 24 | (25) | The Bourne Legacy | $228,440 | +4% | 232 | $985 | $112,870,105 | 77 | |
| 25 | (28) | Samsara | $226,801 | +33% | 70 | $3,240 | $2,084,473 | 63 | |
| 26 | (29) | Dredd | $160,853 | -5% | 160 | $1,005 | $13,380,022 | 35 | |
| 27 | (new) | The Sessions | $159,643 | 4 | $39,911 | $159,643 | 7 | ||
| 28 | (18) | Finding Nemo 3D | $154,709 | -70% | 183 | $845 | $380,105,951 | 3,437 | |
| 29 | (20) | Resident Evil: Retribution | $144,608 | -58% | 158 | $915 | $41,997,631 | 42 | |
| 30 | (31) | To the Arctic 3D | $143,943 | -3% | 52 | $2,768 | $9,327,070 | 189 | |
| 31 | (-) | The Odd Life of Timothy Green | $137,403 | 194 | $708 | $50,654,939 | 72 | ||
| 32 | (33) | ParaNorman | $136,482 | +3% | 168 | $812 | $54,689,530 | 70 | |
| 33 | (41) | Masquerade | $123,617 | +62% | 14 | $8,830 | $566,733 | 35 | |
| 34 | (37) | Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel | $122,720 | +35% | 27 | $4,545 | $596,478 | 35 | |
| 35 | (30) | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days | $122,129 | -20% | 149 | $820 | $48,594,075 | 84 | |
| 36 | (new) | Tai Chi Zero | $117,589 | 31 | $3,793 | $117,589 | 7 | ||
| 37 | (32) | Ted | $106,805 | -25% | 109 | $980 | $218,665,740 | 119 | |
| 38 | (39) | Hubble 3D | $74,445 | -9% | 15 | $4,963 | $34,813,103 | 952 | |
| 39 | (26) | The Possession | $71,136 | -65% | 133 | $535 | $48,846,465 | 56 | |
| 40 | (38) | The Intouchables | $70,486 | -14% | 60 | $1,175 | $12,848,039 | 154 | |
| 41 | (-) | The Waiting Room | $68,440 | 4 | $17,110 | $89,323 | 35 | ||
| 42 | (52) | Smashed | $66,863 | +73% | 20 | $3,343 | $105,513 | 14 | |
| 43 | (23) | The Paperboy | $66,093 | -73% | 74 | $893 | $449,025 | 21 | |
| 44 | (24) | Won't Back Down | $66,000 | -71% | 168 | $393 | $5,249,881 | 28 | |
| 45 | (36) | The Expendables 2 | $64,256 | -30% | 92 | $698 | $84,592,458 | 70 | |
| 46 | (42) | Middle of Nowhere | $63,940 | -13% | 21 | $3,045 | $136,801 | 14 | |
| 47 | (34) | Hope Springs | $62,049 | -51% | 131 | $474 | $63,536,011 | 79 | |
| 48 | (47) | Flying Monsters 3D | $56,939 | +11% | 18 | $3,163 | $4,117,047 | 386 | |
| 49 | (46) | Born to be Wild 3D | $55,624 | 0% | 33 | $1,686 | $21,113,708 | 567 | |
| 50 | (27) | Premium Rush | $52,529 | -73% | 119 | $441 | $20,275,446 | 63 | |
| 51 | (43) | Sleepwalk With Me | $51,791 | -28% | 45 | $1,151 | $2,192,702 | 63 | |
| 52 | (44) | The Campaign | $48,047 | -26% | 74 | $649 | $86,451,277 | 77 | |
| 53 | (40) | Lawless | $44,996 | -43% | 184 | $245 | $37,307,099 | 58 | |
| 54 | (58) | Detropia | $36,940 | +54% | 24 | $1,539 | $298,129 | 49 | |
| 55 | (new) | The Flat | $34,146 | 3 | $11,382 | $34,146 | 7 | ||
| 56 | (48) | Moonrise Kingdom | $33,220 | -33% | 29 | $1,146 | $45,498,318 | 154 | |
| 57 | (-) | Holy Motors | $32,098 | 2 | $16,049 | $40,912 | 9 | ||
| 58 | (73) | Simon & The Oaks | $31,821 | +123% | 7 | $4,546 | $46,093 | 14 | |
| 59 | (51) | Burn | $30,060 | -27% | 2 | $15,030 | $205,738 | 98 | |
| 60 | (70) | Somewhere Between | $28,778 | +84% | 6 | $4,796 | $99,426 | 63 | |
| 61 | (53) | The Other Dream Team | $28,264 | -24% | 13 | $2,174 | $108,012 | 28 | |
| 62 | (82) | The War of the Buttons | $26,236 | +273% | 35 | $750 | $33,262 | 14 | |
| 63 | (50) | Beasts of the Southern Wild | $25,714 | -39% | 28 | $918 | $11,194,951 | 121 | |
| 64 | (72) | Wuthering Heights | $25,141 | +69% | 11 | $2,286 | $52,117 | 21 | |
| 65 | (new) | Brooklyn Castle | $24,872 | 2 | $12,436 | $24,872 | 7 | ||
| 66 | (55) | The House I Live In | $24,645 | -33% | 4 | $6,161 | $85,608 | 21 | |
| 67 | (new) | The First Time | $22,836 | 19 | $1,202 | $22,836 | 7 | ||
| 68 | (45) | The Oranges | $22,796 | -64% | 15 | $1,520 | $361,983 | 21 | |
| 69 | (60) | The Big Picture | $22,758 | +8% | 2 | $11,379 | $43,892 | 8,442 | |
| 70 | (57) | Robot and Frank | $21,939 | -13% | 34 | $645 | $3,247,765 | 70 | |
| 71 | (56) | Liberal Arts | $17,136 | -33% | 18 | $952 | $266,227 | 42 | |
| 72 | (64) | Deep Sea 3-D | $16,672 | -1% | 2 | $8,336 | $45,043,951 | 2,429 | |
| 73 | (69) | How to Survive a Plague | $16,123 | 0% | 15 | $1,075 | $115,511 | 35 | |
| 74 | (new) | All Together | $15,935 | 10 | $1,594 | $15,935 | 7 | ||
| 75 | (49) | Barfi | $15,584 | -67% | 10 | $1,558 | $2,804,646 | 42 | |
| 76 | (75) | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | $15,302 | +17% | 10 | $1,530 | $46,383,639 | 175 | |
| 77 | (61) | To Rome with Love | $13,421 | -33% | 32 | $419 | $16,672,433 | 126 | |
| 78 | (71) | The Queen of Versailles | $11,899 | -21% | 13 | $915 | $2,375,898 | 98 | |
| 79 | (68) | Ruby Sparks | $11,505 | -30% | 15 | $767 | $2,540,106 | 93 | |
| 80 | (85) | The Well-Digger's Daughter | $10,466 | +104% | 9 | $1,163 | $336,379 | 128 | |
| 81 | (new) | Nobody Walks | $10,160 | 2 | $5,080 | $10,160 | 7 | ||
| 82 | (65) | Keep the Lights On | $10,108 | -39% | 10 | $1,011 | $210,567 | 49 | |
| 83 | (62) | $9,797 | -50% | 10 | $980 | $699,120 | 161 | ||
| 84 | (67) | Under the Sea 3D | $8,341 | -50% | 4 | $2,085 | $32,405,979 | 1,351 | |
| 85 | (63) | V/H/S | $7,712 | -57% | 16 | $482 | $78,397 | 21 | |
| 86 | (90) | 2 Days in New York | $7,467 | +159% | 5 | $1,493 | $623,315 | 77 | |
| 87 | (-) | The Eye of the Storm | $6,137 | 2 | $3,069 | $81,703 | 49 | ||
| 88 | (83) | Chicken with Plums | $5,780 | -9% | 10 | $578 | $220,690 | 70 | |
| 89 | (78) | Thaandavam | $5,309 | -49% | 2 | $2,655 | $213,476 | 28 | |
| 90 | (93) | Hello I Must Be Going | $5,038 | +205% | 4 | $1,260 | $96,118 | 49 | |
| 91 | (new) | When the Iron Bird Flies | $4,689 | 1 | $4,689 | $4,689 | 7 | ||
| 92 | (-) | Little White Lies | $4,187 | 5 | $837 | $205,505 | 63 | ||
| 93 | (92) | Compliance | $4,176 | +95% | 11 | $380 | $316,700 | 70 | |
| 94 | (80) | Celeste and Jesse Forever | $3,756 | -56% | 15 | $250 | $3,083,617 | 84 | |
| 95 | (84) | Gayby | $3,098 | -51% | 1 | $3,098 | $9,400 | 14 | |
| 96 | (-) | Side by Side | $3,058 | 8 | $382 | $51,862 | 70 | ||
| 97 | (94) | Hellbound? | $2,452 | +58% | 3 | $817 | $22,887 | 35 | |
| 98 | (-) | Red Hook Summer | $2,166 | 3 | $722 | $337,413 | 77 | ||
| 99 | (91) | Unforgivable | $1,806 | -29% | 2 | $903 | $152,733 | 119 | |
| 100 | (86) | Photographic Memory | $1,639 | -61% | 2 | $820 | $5,889 | 14 | |
| 101 | (-) | For Ellen | $1,542 | 3 | $514 | $12,184 | 51 | ||
| 102 | (101) | Bringing Up Bobby | $1,326 | +177% | 4 | $332 | $3,078 | 28 | |
| 103 | (new) | Bestiare | $1,078 | 1 | $1,078 | $1,078 | 7 | ||
| 104 | (-) | You've Been Trumped | $1,039 | 2 | $520 | $20,404 | 84 | ||
| 105 | (98) | Husbands in Goa | $950 | -6% | 2 | $475 | $9,535 | 35 | |
| 106 | (89) | Bel Borba Aqui | $895 | -69% | 2 | $448 | $7,426 | 23 | |
| 107 | (-) | Head Games | $594 | 1 | $594 | $12,487 | 35 | ||
| 108 | (76) | Trade of Innocents | $531 | -95% | 1 | $531 | $12,354 | 21 | |
| 109 | (-) | Galapagos | $468 | 1 | $468 | $18,097,300 | 4,746 | ||
| 110 | (103) | Sushi: The Global Catch | $452 | +4% | 2 | $226 | $4,055 | 84 | |
| 111 | (104) | Alps | $440 | +75% | 1 | $440 | $13,527 | 105 | |
| 112 | (96) | Girl Model | $386 | -64% | 1 | $386 | $20,735 | 51 | |
| 113 | (-) | Kumaré | $352 | 1 | $352 | $125,065 | 128 | ||
| 114 | (95) | 5 Broken Cameras | $189 | -85% | 1 | $189 | $74,271 | 149 | |
| 115 | (-) | Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai | $179 | 1 | $179 | $74,716 | 98 | ||
| Reporting movies: 115 | $161,904,134 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paranormal Activity 4 | $33,957,365 | 3,412 | $33,957,365 |
| 2 | Argo | $21,858,799 | 3,247 | $48,425,288 |
| 3 | Taken 2 | $16,817,376 | 3,489 | $109,388,845 |
| 4 | Hotel Transylvania | $15,415,386 | 3,384 | $120,936,341 |
| 5 | Alex Cross | $14,318,691 | 2,539 | $14,318,691 |
| 6 | Sinister | $11,524,787 | 2,542 | $34,444,955 |
| 7 | Here Comes the Boom | $10,386,144 | 3,014 | $25,110,472 |
| 8 | Pitch Perfect | $8,591,885 | 2,660 | $47,352,233 |
| 9 | Looper | $5,773,174 | 2,223 | $59,413,306 |
| 10 | Frankenweenie | $5,432,986 | 2,362 | $29,342,407 |
| 11 | Seven Psychopaths | $4,573,516 | 1,480 | $10,461,508 |
| 12 | The Perks of Being a Wallflower | $2,837,054 | 745 | $9,807,679 |
| 13 | End of Watch | $1,164,749 | 751 | $38,233,511 |
| 14 | Trouble with the Curve | $1,000,356 | 925 | $34,355,574 |
| 15 | Atlas Shrugged: Part II | $867,983 | 945 | $3,114,054 |
| 16 | The Master | $732,846 | 412 | $14,950,382 |
| 17 | House at the End of the Street | $566,193 | 746 | $30,880,757 |
| 18 | Brave | $540,530 | 277 | $235,163,662 |
| 19 | The Dark Knight Rises | $489,940 | 345 | $446,894,498 |
| 20 | Arbitrage | $406,289 | 169 | $7,173,263 |
| 21 | Student of the Year | $326,508 | 106 | $326,508 |
| 22 | Searching for Sugar Man | $283,810 | 137 | $2,054,912 |
| 23 | Ice Age: Continental Drift | $234,787 | 222 | $160,114,985 |
| 24 | The Bourne Legacy | $228,440 | 232 | $112,870,105 |
| 25 | Samsara | $226,801 | 70 | $2,084,473 |
| 26 | Dredd | $160,853 | 160 | $13,380,022 |
| 27 | The Sessions | $159,643 | 4 | $159,643 |
| 28 | Finding Nemo 3D | $154,709 | 183 | $380,105,951 |
| 29 | Resident Evil: Retribution | $144,608 | 158 | $41,997,631 |
| 30 | To the Arctic 3D | $143,943 | 52 | $9,327,070 |
| 31 | The Odd Life of Timothy Green | $137,403 | 194 | $50,654,939 |
| 32 | ParaNorman | $136,482 | 168 | $54,689,530 |
| 33 | Masquerade | $123,617 | 14 | $566,733 |
| 34 | Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel | $122,720 | 27 | $596,478 |
| 35 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days | $122,129 | 149 | $48,594,075 |
| 36 | Tai Chi Zero | $117,589 | 31 | $117,589 |
| 37 | Ted | $106,805 | 109 | $218,665,740 |
| 38 | Hubble 3D | $74,445 | 15 | $34,813,103 |
| 39 | The Possession | $71,136 | 133 | $48,846,465 |
| 40 | The Intouchables | $70,486 | 60 | $12,848,039 |
| 41 | The Waiting Room | $68,440 | 4 | $89,323 |
| 42 | Smashed | $66,863 | 20 | $105,513 |
| 43 | The Paperboy | $66,093 | 74 | $449,025 |
| 44 | Won't Back Down | $66,000 | 168 | $5,249,881 |
| 45 | The Expendables 2 | $64,256 | 92 | $84,592,458 |
| 46 | Middle of Nowhere | $63,940 | 21 | $136,801 |
| 47 | Hope Springs | $62,049 | 131 | $63,536,011 |
| 48 | Flying Monsters 3D | $56,939 | 18 | $4,117,047 |
| 49 | Born to be Wild 3D | $55,624 | 33 | $21,113,708 |
| 50 | Premium Rush | $52,529 | 119 | $20,275,446 |
| 51 | Sleepwalk With Me | $51,791 | 45 | $2,192,702 |
| 52 | The Campaign | $48,047 | 74 | $86,451,277 |
| 53 | Lawless | $44,996 | 184 | $37,307,099 |
| 54 | Detropia | $36,940 | 24 | $298,129 |
| 55 | The Flat | $34,146 | 3 | $34,146 |
| 56 | Moonrise Kingdom | $33,220 | 29 | $45,498,318 |
| 57 | Holy Motors | $32,098 | 2 | $40,912 |
| 58 | Simon & The Oaks | $31,821 | 7 | $46,093 |
| 59 | Burn | $30,060 | 2 | $205,738 |
| 60 | Somewhere Between | $28,778 | 6 | $99,426 |
| 61 | The Other Dream Team | $28,264 | 13 | $108,012 |
| 62 | The War of the Buttons | $26,236 | 35 | $33,262 |
| 63 | Beasts of the Southern Wild | $25,714 | 28 | $11,194,951 |
| 64 | Wuthering Heights | $25,141 | 11 | $52,117 |
| 65 | Brooklyn Castle | $24,872 | 2 | $24,872 |
| 66 | The House I Live In | $24,645 | 4 | $85,608 |
| 67 | The First Time | $22,836 | 19 | $22,836 |
| 68 | The Oranges | $22,796 | 15 | $361,983 |
| 69 | The Big Picture | $22,758 | 2 | $43,892 |
| 70 | Robot and Frank | $21,939 | 34 | $3,247,765 |
| 71 | Liberal Arts | $17,136 | 18 | $266,227 |
| 72 | Deep Sea 3-D | $16,672 | 2 | $45,043,951 |
| 73 | How to Survive a Plague | $16,123 | 15 | $115,511 |
| 74 | All Together | $15,935 | 10 | $15,935 |
| 75 | Barfi | $15,584 | 10 | $2,804,646 |
| 76 | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | $15,302 | 10 | $46,383,639 |
| 77 | To Rome with Love | $13,421 | 32 | $16,672,433 |
| 78 | The Queen of Versailles | $11,899 | 13 | $2,375,898 |
| 79 | Ruby Sparks | $11,505 | 15 | $2,540,106 |
| 80 | The Well-Digger's Daughter | $10,466 | 9 | $336,379 |
| 81 | Nobody Walks | $10,160 | 2 | $10,160 |
| 82 | Keep the Lights On | $10,108 | 10 | $210,567 |
| 83 | $9,797 | 10 | $699,120 | |
| 84 | Under the Sea 3D | $8,341 | 4 | $32,405,979 |
| 85 | V/H/S | $7,712 | 16 | $78,397 |
| 86 | 2 Days in New York | $7,467 | 5 | $623,315 |
| 87 | The Eye of the Storm | $6,137 | 2 | $81,703 |
| 88 | Chicken with Plums | $5,780 | 10 | $220,690 |
| 89 | Thaandavam | $5,309 | 2 | $213,476 |
| 90 | Hello I Must Be Going | $5,038 | 4 | $96,118 |
| 91 | When the Iron Bird Flies | $4,689 | 1 | $4,689 |
| 92 | Little White Lies | $4,187 | 5 | $205,505 |
| 93 | Compliance | $4,176 | 11 | $316,700 |
| 94 | Celeste and Jesse Forever | $3,756 | 15 | $3,083,617 |
| 95 | Gayby | $3,098 | 1 | $9,400 |
| 96 | Side by Side | $3,058 | 8 | $51,862 |
| 97 | Hellbound? | $2,452 | 3 | $22,887 |
| 98 | Red Hook Summer | $2,166 | 3 | $337,413 |
| 99 | Unforgivable | $1,806 | 2 | $152,733 |
| 100 | Photographic Memory | $1,639 | 2 | $5,889 |
| 101 | For Ellen | $1,542 | 3 | $12,184 |
| 102 | Bringing Up Bobby | $1,326 | 4 | $3,078 |
| 103 | Bestiare | $1,078 | 1 | $1,078 |
| 104 | You've Been Trumped | $1,039 | 2 | $20,404 |
| 105 | Husbands in Goa | $950 | 2 | $9,535 |
| 106 | Bel Borba Aqui | $895 | 2 | $7,426 |
| 107 | Head Games | $594 | 1 | $12,487 |
| 108 | Trade of Innocents | $531 | 1 | $12,354 |
| 109 | Galapagos | $468 | 1 | $18,097,300 |
| 110 | Sushi: The Global Catch | $452 | 2 | $4,055 |
| 111 | Alps | $440 | 1 | $13,527 |
| 112 | Girl Model | $386 | 1 | $20,735 |
| 113 | Kumaré | $352 | 1 | $125,065 |
| 114 | 5 Broken Cameras | $189 | 1 | $74,271 |
| 115 | Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai | $179 | 1 | $74,716 |
| Reporting: 115 | $161,904,134 | total | ||