Domestic Box Office For May 17, 2012
Data as of Dec 21, 2:00 PST
| TD | YD | Release | Daily | %± YD | %± LW | Theaters | Avg | To Date | Days | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | The Avengers | $6,208,368 | -2.1% | -49.9% | 4,349 | $1,427 | $402,021,415 | 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 2 | 2 | The Dictator | $2,865,807 | -31.4% | - | 3,003 | $954 | $7,041,081 | 2 | Paramount Pictures |
| 3 | 3 | Dark Shadows | $1,689,368 | -8.2% | - | 3,755 | $449 | $38,138,421 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 4 | 5 | The Hunger Games | $384,315 | +2.1% | -17.5% | 2,531 | $151 | $388,631,110 | 56 | Lionsgate |
| 5 | 4 | Think Like a Man | $377,850 | -0.7% | -32.8% | 2,052 | $184 | $83,187,911 | 28 | Screen Gems |
| 6 | 7 | The Lucky One | $309,168 | -0.7% | -29.9% | 2,839 | $108 | $55,156,175 | 28 | Warner Bros. |
| 7 | 6 | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | $304,373 | -5.5% | +264.3% | 178 | $1,709 | $4,997,441 | 14 | - |
| 8 | 8 | The Five-Year Engagement | $274,500 | -3.8% | -45.1% | 2,569 | $106 | $25,992,635 | 21 | Universal Pictures |
| 9 | 9 | The Pirates! Band of Misfits | $208,552 | +1.7% | -31.7% | 3,079 | $67 | $23,911,504 | 21 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 10 | 10 | Chimpanzee | $161,827 | +18.8% | -25.6% | 1,400 | $115 | $26,340,987 | 28 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 11 | 11 | The Raven | $127,414 | +1.2% | -53.2% | 1,888 | $67 | $15,309,136 | 21 | Relativity Media |
| 12 | 12 | Safe | $98,590 | -8.2% | -63.5% | 1,690 | $58 | $16,295,773 | 21 | Lionsgate |
| 13 | 13 | The Cabin in the Woods | $83,605 | -0.7% | -55.4% | 1,029 | $81 | $40,170,073 | 35 | Lionsgate |
| 14 | 15 | To the Arctic 3D | $68,270 | +21.5% | +25.1% | 49 | $1,393 | $1,625,135 | 28 | Warner Bros. |
| 15 | 16 | The Three Stooges | $54,960 | +2.9% | -39.4% | 1,416 | $38 | $41,394,137 | 35 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 16 | 14 | Girl in Progress | $54,159 | -13.1% | - | 322 | $168 | $1,678,014 | 7 | Lionsgate |
| 17 | 17 | 21 Jump Street | $49,548 | +6.2% | -55.4% | 589 | $84 | $135,357,280 | 63 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 18 | 18 | Bully 2012 Re-release | $48,122 | +22.1% | -3.9% | 263 | $182 | $2,750,774 | 35 | The Weinstein Company |
| 19 | 20 | American Reunion | $40,470 | +11.8% | -44.3% | 521 | $77 | $56,231,050 | 42 | Universal Pictures |
| 20 | 19 | Mirror Mirror | $36,996 | -2% | -31% | 607 | $60 | $61,147,422 | 49 | Relativity Media |
| 21 | 21 | The Lorax | $32,980 | -5.6% | +5.5% | 455 | $72 | $209,732,730 | 77 | Universal Pictures |
| 22 | 24 | The Artist | $20,952 | +6.6% | +989% | 751 | $27 | $44,522,609 | 175 | The Weinstein Company |
| 23 | 22 | Born to Be Wild | $18,750 | -27.3% | -28% | 34 | $551 | $18,859,745 | 406 | Warner Bros. |
| 24 | 23 | Salmon Fishing in the Yemen | $18,435 | -7.1% | -45.6% | 200 | $92 | $8,626,237 | 70 | CBS Films |
| 25 | 25 | Journey 2: The Mysterious Island | $18,044 | +3% | +4.4% | 260 | $69 | $102,652,434 | 98 | Warner Bros. |
| 26 | 26 | Titanic 2012 3D Release | $17,292 | +11.8% | -62.2% | 157 | $110 | $57,685,652 | 44 | Paramount Pictures |
| 27 | 27 | Lockout | $16,216 | +7.2% | +5.7% | 255 | $63 | $14,203,468 | 35 | FilmDistrict |
| 28 | 28 | Wrath of the Titans | $10,323 | -5.6% | -74.9% | 265 | $38 | $82,043,963 | 49 | Warner Bros. |
| 29 | 29 | Safe House | $8,160 | +8.9% | -28.7% | 136 | $60 | $126,181,630 | 98 | Universal Pictures |
| 30 | 31 | Sound of My Voice | $6,808 | +7.1% | -3.9% | 46 | $148 | $218,816 | 21 | - |
| 31 | 30 | This Means War | $6,655 | +2.9% | -27.1% | 132 | $50 | $54,612,142 | 91 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 32 | 32 | Jeff, Who Lives at Home | $6,089 | -1.6% | +108.8% | 117 | $52 | $4,269,426 | 63 | Paramount Vantage |
| 33 | 33 | A Thousand Words | $5,920 | -2.4% | -17.1% | 124 | $47 | $18,317,626 | 70 | DreamWorks |
| 34 | 35 | Act of Valor | $5,269 | +6.7% | -40.8% | 118 | $44 | $69,925,485 | 84 | Relativity Media |
| 35 | 34 | The Road | $5,115 | -7.1% | - | 50 | $102 | $82,747 | 7 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 36 | 37 | Good Deeds | $3,723 | +10% | -38.8% | 110 | $33 | $35,025,791 | 84 | Lionsgate |
| 37 | 36 | Casa de mi Padre | $3,456 | +0.6% | -19% | 56 | $61 | $5,909,483 | 63 | Lionsgate |
| 38 | 40 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $2,988 | +29% | -32.4% | 67 | $44 | $133,071,773 | 154 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 39 | 38 | Chronicle | $2,918 | +2.6% | -20.3% | 51 | $57 | $64,523,159 | 105 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 40 | 41 | Friends with Kids | $2,505 | +21.4% | +32.6% | 10 | $250 | $7,215,555 | 70 | Roadside Attractions |
| 41 | 39 | Grand Illusion | $2,296 | -9.5% | - | 1 | $2,296 | $17,473 | 7 | Rialto Pictures |
| 42 | 42 | Project X | $1,769 | -3% | -49.3% | 40 | $44 | $54,731,865 | 77 | Warner Bros. |
| 43 | 43 | Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day | $1,652 | -2.2% | -30.2% | 23 | $71 | $1,189,123 | 35 | Codeblack Entertainment |
| 44 | 44 | Coriolanus | $1,187 | +1.4% | -36.2% | 11 | $107 | $744,525 | 119 | The Weinstein Company |
| 45 | 46 | We Bought a Zoo | $659 | -0.8% | -23.3% | 28 | $23 | $75,624,550 | 147 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 46 | 45 | Kalakalappu | $600 | -42.8% | - | 10 | $60 | $21,366 | 7 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 47 | 47 | Undefeated | $597 | +10.6% | -39.3% | 13 | $45 | $544,372 | 91 | The Weinstein Company |
| 48 | 48 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 2012 3D Release | $530 | +12.1% | -27.6% | 12 | $44 | $43,455,623 | 98 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 49 | 51 | Red Tails | $347 | +44% | +0.3% | 9 | $38 | $49,867,761 | 119 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 50 | 49 | My Way | $325 | +25% | -69.4% | 7 | $46 | $65,197 | 28 | CJ Entertainment |
| 51 | 50 | Tonight You're Mine | $226 | -9.2% | - | 2 | $113 | $3,152 | 7 | Roadside Attractions |
| 52 | 52 | Touchback | $148 | -19.6% | -68.1% | 6 | $24 | $203,641 | 35 | Anchor Bay Films |
| 53 | 53 | The Graduate 45th Anniversary Reunion | $134 | +12.6% | -17.8% | 1 | $134 | $24,108 | 37 | Rialto Pictures |
| 54 | 55 | Jesus Henry Christ | $122 | +47% | +82.1% | 2 | $61 | $16,172 | 28 | Entertainment One |
| 55 | 54 | Albert Nobbs | $20 | -77.3% | +42.9% | 2 | $10 | $3,014,696 | 112 | Roadside Attractions |
