Domestic Box Office For Oct 16, 2012
Data as of Dec 21, 2:00 PST
| TD | YD | Release | Daily | %± YD | %± LW | Theaters | Avg | To Date | Days | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Argo | $1,868,847 | +6.4% | - | 3,232 | $578 | $23,084,017 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 2 | 2 | Taken 2 | $1,800,529 | +7.8% | -54.4% | 3,706 | $485 | $89,603,089 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 3 | 3 | Sinister | $1,400,726 | +7.2% | - | 2,527 | $554 | $20,714,506 | 5 | Lionsgate |
| 4 | 4 | Hotel Transylvania | $852,285 | +3% | -38.6% | 3,375 | $252 | $103,813,620 | 19 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 5 | 5 | Here Comes the Boom | $801,471 | +12.4% | - | 3,014 | $265 | $13,331,207 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 6 | 6 | Pitch Perfect | $766,425 | +22.3% | -36.4% | 2,787 | $275 | $37,408,653 | 19 | Universal Pictures |
| 7 | 7 | Looper | $660,091 | +17.5% | -47.8% | 2,605 | $253 | $52,566,159 | 19 | TriStar Pictures |
| 8 | 8 | Frankenweenie | $475,800 | +4.8% | -37.2% | 3,005 | $158 | $23,004,690 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 9 | 9 | Seven Psychopaths | $475,770 | +10.2% | - | 1,480 | $321 | $5,082,224 | 5 | CBS Films |
| 10 | 10 | The Perks of Being a Wallflower | $212,804 | +12.2% | +48.7% | 726 | $293 | $6,538,008 | 26 | Lionsgate |
| 11 | 11 | End of Watch | $188,508 | +3% | -59% | 1,551 | $121 | $36,745,748 | 26 | Open Road Films (II) |
| 12 | 13 | Trouble with the Curve | $138,255 | +3.8% | -65.7% | 1,812 | $76 | $33,044,921 | 26 | Warner Bros. |
| 13 | 12 | Atlas Shrugged II: The Strike | $105,581 | -29.1% | - | 1,012 | $104 | $2,006,158 | 5 | Atlas Distribution Company |
| 14 | 15 | House at the End of the Street | $76,961 | +3.1% | -70.7% | 1,866 | $41 | $30,147,920 | 26 | Relativity Media |
| 15 | 14 | The Master | $75,298 | -3.9% | -60.2% | 682 | $110 | $14,063,950 | 33 | The Weinstein Company |
| 16 | 16 | The Dark Knight Rises | $52,712 | +12% | -29.6% | 465 | $113 | $446,299,772 | 89 | Warner Bros. |
| 17 | 17 | Arbitrage | $33,729 | +26.7% | -52.8% | 194 | $173 | $6,713,504 | 33 | Roadside Attractions |
| 18 | 19 | Finding Nemo 2012 3D Release | $29,430 | +12.7% | -76% | 480 | $61 | $40,170,710 | 33 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 19 | 18 | Won't Back Down | $20,272 | -23.8% | -83.9% | 513 | $39 | $5,145,573 | 19 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 20 | 21 | Dredd | $19,858 | +39.5% | -79.3% | 155 | $128 | $13,191,139 | 26 | Lionsgate |
| 21 | 22 | The Bourne Legacy | $15,925 | +18.2% | -52.8% | 245 | $65 | $112,612,140 | 68 | Universal Pictures |
| 22 | 24 | To the Arctic 3D | $13,624 | +24.6% | +5.3% | 52 | $262 | $9,146,609 | 180 | Warner Bros. |
| 23 | 20 | Ice Age: Continental Drift | $13,615 | -9.6% | -45.7% | 237 | $57 | $159,847,183 | 96 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 24 | 23 | Ted | $12,325 | +6.2% | -26.8% | 145 | $85 | $218,535,725 | 110 | Universal Pictures |
| 25 | 25 | The Possession | $10,470 | -1% | -75.4% | 369 | $28 | $48,753,092 | 47 | Lionsgate |
| 26 | 29 | The Expendables 2 | $8,138 | +35.5% | -51.9% | 146 | $55 | $84,516,102 | 61 | Lionsgate |
| 27 | 26 | ParaNorman | $6,732 | -12.1% | -47.5% | 176 | $38 | $54,544,867 | 61 | Focus Features |
| 28 | 28 | The Intouchables | $6,560 | -7.6% | -54.7% | 59 | $111 | $9,776,982 | 145 | The Weinstein Company |
| 29 | 27 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days | $5,905 | -18.4% | -53.9% | 176 | $33 | $48,453,896 | 75 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 30 | 32 | The Campaign | $5,705 | +35% | -66.6% | 101 | $56 | $86,392,759 | 68 | Warner Bros. |
| 31 | 31 | Lawless | $5,246 | - | -79.1% | 287 | $18 | $37,166,691 | 49 | The Weinstein Company |
| 32 | 30 | Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted | $4,906 | -10% | -47.7% | 122 | $40 | $216,377,089 | 131 | DreamWorks |
| 33 | 33 | Born to Be Wild | $4,821 | +17.3% | +13.3% | 30 | $160 | $21,040,064 | 558 | Warner Bros. |
| 34 | 34 | Moonrise Kingdom | $4,703 | +27.1% | -57.4% | 56 | $83 | $45,459,724 | 145 | Focus Features |
| 35 | 35 | Beasts of the Southern Wild | $4,631 | +34.4% | -6.5% | 36 | $128 | $11,160,342 | 112 | - |
| 36 | 36 | Barfi! | $3,642 | +65.1% | -69.4% | 34 | $107 | $2,785,020 | 33 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 37 | 39 | Ruby Sparks | $1,845 | +125.3% | +182.1% | 15 | $123 | $2,526,492 | 84 | - |
| 38 | 44 | Thaandavam | $1,306 | +562.9% | -62.5% | 3 | $435 | $207,528 | 19 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 39 | 37 | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | $1,218 | -17.4% | -42.5% | 9 | $135 | $46,366,672 | 166 | - |
| 40 | - | Grand Illusion | $830 | - | +1,437% | 1 | $830 | $165,343 | 159 | Rialto Pictures |
| 41 | 38 | Safety Not Guaranteed | $742 | -36.1% | -72.5% | 18 | $41 | $4,009,695 | 131 | FilmDistrict |
| 42 | 41 | Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare | $685 | +1.2% | -75.7% | 6 | $114 | $49,120 | 12 | Roadside Attractions |
| 43 | 43 | Gayby | $484 | +25.4% | - | 1 | $484 | $5,662 | 5 | The Film Collaborative |
| 44 | 42 | War of the Buttons | $462 | +7.9% | - | 5 | $92 | $5,627 | 5 | The Weinstein Company |
| 45 | 40 | The Watch | $456 | -37.2% | -79.9% | 14 | $32 | $34,351,735 | 82 | Twentieth Century Fox |
