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70 N The Day Anchor Bay Films $12,939 - 12 - $1,078 $15,663 - 1
64 47 Nitro Circus the Movie 3D Arc Entertainment $20,129 -73.2% 31 -99 $649 $3,345,818 - 4
6 6 The Odd Life of Timothy Green Buena Vista $8,564,208 +20.2% 2,635 +37 $3,250 $38,441,566 - 3
13 39 Marvel's The Avengers Buena Vista $2,473,944 +2,045.0% 1,705 +1,582 $1,451 $620,323,837 $220 18
15 18 Brave Buena Vista $2,055,937 +297.8% 1,708 +1,256 $1,204 $232,430,114 $185 11
58 N Bullet Vanishes China Lion $54,992 - 14 - $3,928 $54,992 - 1
95 92 The Invisible War Cinedigm Entertainment $123 -94.1% 1 -3 $123 $57,742 - 11
71 66 Neighboring Sounds Cinema Guild $12,445 -1.7% 2 - $6,223 $32,240 - 2
96 - The Day He Arrives Cinema Guild $108 - 1 - $108 $11,819 - 20
49 45 Farewell My Queen Cohen Media Group $76,725 -3.9% 36 -28 $2,131 $1,203,522 - 8
72 62 The Awakening (2012) Cohen Media Group $11,281 -43.6% 13 -18 $868 $172,138 - 3
83 - Union Square Dada Films $3,191 +321.0% 2 - $1,596 $44,830 - 8
67 N The Ambassador Drafthouse $15,758 - 4 - $3,940 $17,539 - 1
88 97 Klown Drafthouse $1,859 +21.7% 2 -1 $930 $65,778 - 6
47 35 Cosmopolis Entertainment One $115,753 -25.1% 65 +2 $1,781 $632,841 - 3
78 77 Teddy Bear Film Movement $6,200 +15.1% 1 -1 $6,200 $16,138 - 2
86 96 Free Men Film Movement $2,598 +63.7% 1 - $2,598 $53,810 - 13
60 53 Safety Not Guaranteed FilmDistrict $51,670 +8.1% 48 -6 $1,076 $3,832,060 - 13
5 3 ParaNorman Focus Features $8,833,439 +2.2% 3,085 -370 $2,863 $40,312,625 $60 3
28 23 Moonrise Kingdom Focus Features $457,013 +13.7% 197 -135 $2,320 $44,320,081 $16 15
39 N For a Good Time, Call... Focus Features $186,689 - 23 - $8,117 $186,689 - 1
16 13 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days Fox $2,000,900 -10.9% 1,204 -761 $1,662 $45,768,488 $22 5
17 15 Ice Age: Continental Drift Fox $1,819,841 +3.9% 1,036 -514 $1,757 $156,152,655 $95 8
31 28 The Watch Fox $270,983 +17.5% 195 -55 $1,390 $33,805,183 $68 6
57 50 Prometheus Fox $56,244 -3.1% 55 -36 $1,023 $126,386,757 $130 13
59 51 Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter Fox $53,971 +2.4% 49 -26 $1,101 $37,473,371 $69 11
25 21 Beasts of the Southern Wild Fox Searchlight $698,222 +50.8% 267 +55 $2,615 $9,788,161 - 10
42 42 The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Fox Searchlight $129,510 +39.5% 105 -7 $1,233 $45,957,506 $10 18
46 33 Ruby Sparks Fox Searchlight $115,878 -29.1% 78 -57 $1,486 $2,295,968 - 6
29 48 Sleepwalk with Me IFC $393,890 +472.5% 29 +28 $13,582 $483,106 - 2
63 57 Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry IFC $23,205 -33.1% 18 -19 $1,289 $428,220 - 6
65 65 Beloved (2012) IFC $18,973 +23.1% 6 -1 $3,162 $82,051 - 3
44 N Flying Swords of Dragon Gate Indomina Media $127,709 - 15 - $8,514 $127,709 - 1
48 43 The Imposter Indomina Media $96,015 +19.4% 31 +7 $3,097 $514,483 - 8
26 N Oogieloves In The BIG Balloon Adventure Kenn Viselman Presents $610,056 - 2,160 - $282 $835,644 $20 1
62 64 The Well-Digger's Daughter Kino Lorber $31,471 +69.8% 14 +4 $2,248 $250,188 - 7
87 81 Kumare Kino Lorber $2,268 -51.1% 3 -3 $756 $105,876 - 11
93 N Breathing Kino Lorber $1,344 - 1 - $1,344 $1,344 - 1
1 N The Possession Lionsgate $21,078,840 - 2,816 - $7,485 $21,078,840 $14 1
3 1 The Expendables 2 Lionsgate $11,455,180 -14.7% 3,334 -21 $3,436 $68,814,085 $100 3
33 49 Tyler Perry's Madea's Witness Protection Lionsgate $234,064 +289.5% 179 +73 $1,308 $65,304,462 $20 10
50 40 The Hunger Games Lionsgate $75,946 -33.9% 145 -44 $524 $407,999,255 $78 24
30 19 Step Up Revolution Lionsgate/Summit $354,708 -28.2% 236 -192 $1,503 $34,237,030 $33 6
81 71 Somewhere Between Long Shot Factory $3,548 -54.5% 1 - $3,548 $16,120 - 2
34 32 The Queen of Versailles Magnolia $211,480 +10.6% 87 +2 $2,431 $1,848,528 - 7
45 41 2 Days in New York Magnolia $116,348 +21.9% 42 +2 $2,770 $443,224 - 4
51 56 Compliance Magnolia $70,326 +57.2% 19 +9 $3,701 $181,784 - 3
75 69 Take This Waltz Magnolia $7,125 -18.5% 9 -8 $792 $1,207,343 - 10
77 72 360 Magnolia $6,205 -16.7% 3 -9 $2,068 $87,026 - 5
80 N The Good Doctor Magnolia $4,106 - 2 - $2,053 $4,106 - 1
90 91 The Magic of Belle Isle Magnolia $1,777 -24.6% 2 -5 $889 $100,910 - 9
61 55 Bernie Millennium Ent. $35,879 -20.5% 26 -26 $1,380 $9,168,139 - 19
76 N Little Birds Millennium Ent. $6,351 - 1 - $6,351 $8,691 - 1
56 60 Little White Lies MPI Media Group $56,330 +119.6% 12 +9 $4,694 $93,637 - 2
79 93 Monsieur Lazhar (U.S.-only) Music Box Films $4,239 +131.3% 2 -1 $2,120 $2,000,920 - 21
84 103 Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present Music Box Films $2,814 +239.0% 1 -2 $2,814 $79,080 - 12
89 63 Hermano Music Box Films $1,797 -90.5% 8 -41 $225 $28,802 - 2
12 10 Hit and Run Open Road Films $3,261,457 -27.9% 2,870 - $1,136 $10,730,847 $2 2
40 46 Samsara Oscilloscope Pictures $139,407 +82.9% 9 +7 $15,490 $257,656 - 2
94 - This is Not a Film Palisades Tartan $481 - 1 - $481 $70,495 - 26
23 17 Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted Paramount (DreamWorks) $863,089 +42.5% 505 +131 $1,709 $214,772,538 $145 13
- - General Education Pelican House $3,930 +1,293.6% 3 +2 $1,310 $4,754 - 2
8 7 2016 Obama's America Rocky Mountain Pictures $7,518,204 +15.5% 1,747 +656 $4,303 $20,685,234 - 8
22 26 Robot & Frank Samuel Goldwyn $917,966 +223.1% 144 +98 $6,375 $1,366,211 - 3
10 9 Hope Springs Sony / Columbia $6,143,923 +7.3% 2,441 +39 $2,517 $53,500,430 - 4
11 8 Premium Rush Sony / Columbia $5,152,473 -14.6% 2,255 - $2,285 $13,507,670 $35 2
18 20 The Amazing Spider-Man Sony / Columbia $1,211,149 +146.2% 501 +83 $2,417 $259,811,206 $230 9
19 14 Total Recall (2012) Sony / Columbia $1,087,494 -38.2% 756 -820 $1,438 $56,957,119 $125 5
32 27 MIB 3 Sony / Columbia $252,356 +5.3% 186 -46 $1,357 $178,856,554 $225 15
21 25 Celeste and Jesse Forever Sony Classics $923,958 +219.8% 586 +471 $1,577 $2,079,790 - 5
37 31 To Rome with Love Sony Classics $191,964 -1.3% 94 -127 $2,042 $16,169,650 - 11
38 37 Searching for Sugar Man Sony Classics $187,953 +55.1% 32 +3 $5,874 $741,254 - 6
68 73 Chicken with Plums Sony Classics $14,486 +121.9% 3 +1 $4,829 $103,362 - 3
74 75 Neil Young Journeys Sony Classics $7,601 +32.6% 11 -2 $691 $187,705 - 10
91 78 Hysteria Sony Classics $1,730 -66.9% 4 -4 $433 $1,774,747 - 16
92 90 Where Do We Go Now? Sony Classics $1,680 -31.7% 2 -4 $840 $530,887 - 17
69 101 Oslo, August 31st Strand $13,461 +1,415.9% 7 +6 $1,923 $91,183 - 15
82 85 Unforgivable Strand $3,443 -2.9% 1 -1 $3,443 $122,289 - 10
66 - Side By Side Tribeca Film $16,087 - 4 - $4,022 $28,592 - 3
73 - Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai Tribeca Film $7,818 - 4 - $1,955 $60,201 - 7
14 11 Sparkle (2012) TriStar $2,324,876 -41.6% 1,257 -987 $1,850 $22,251,721 $14 3
4 2 The Bourne Legacy Universal $9,314,725 -0.2% 3,131 -523 $2,975 $98,313,165 $125 4
20 16 Ted Universal $959,310 +1.3% 561 -222 $1,710 $216,124,215 $50 10
41 34 Snow White and the Huntsman Universal $134,420 -13.4% 143 -51 $940 $155,111,815 $170 14
55 59 Savages (2012) Universal $59,045 +129.4% 82 -35 $720 $47,307,550 $45 9
43 N Joker UTV Communications $127,455 - 74 - $1,722 $127,455 - 1
53 N Mugamoodi UTV Communications $67,575 - 21 - $3,218 $67,575 - 1
52 44 Red Hook Summer Variance Films $69,646 -12.9% 41 +12 $1,699 $261,893 - 4
7 5 The Dark Knight Rises Warner Bros. $7,997,311 +10.7% 2,187 -419 $3,657 $433,311,261 $250 7
9 4 The Campaign Warner Bros. $7,209,263 -3.5% 2,941 -361 $2,451 $74,783,927 - 4
24 12 The Apparition Warner Bros. $789,413 -72.2% 810 - $975 $4,408,272 $17 2
35 36 To the Arctic (IMAX) Warner Bros. $205,154 +51.1% 52 - $3,945 $8,278,720 - 20
36 29 Magic Mike Warner Bros. $194,176 -15.0% 268 -87 $725 $113,427,040 $7 10
54 54 Born to Be Wild (IMAX) Warner Bros. $64,264 +36.1% 33 - $1,947 $20,781,908 - 74
2 N Lawless Weinstein Company $12,872,548 - 2,888 - $4,457 $15,014,995 - 1
27 24 The Intouchables (U.S.-only) Weinstein Company $501,633 +42.8% 172 -22 $2,916 $8,152,107 - 15
85 70 Easy Money (2012) Weinstein Company $2,744 -67.5% 2 -3 $1,372 $187,445 - 8
- 99 Elena Zeitgeist $2,017 +56.8% 2 +1 $1,009 $212,477 - 16
TOTAL (98 MOVIES):$133,952,229-48,608-$2,756 
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