| #
|
Date
|
Film
|
Tickets sold
|
Box-office gross (weekend)
|
Notes
|
| 1 |
January 4, 2012 |
Intouchables |
687,681
|
US$4,532,890 |
|
| 2 |
January 11, 2012 |
J. Edgar |
627,624
|
US$4,402,714 |
J. Edgar broke the 10-week number-one streak of Intouchables.
|
| 3 |
January 18, 2012 |
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo |
477,509
|
US$3,246,603 |
|
| 4 |
January 25, 2012 |
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows |
981,375
|
US$7,261,137 |
|
| 5 |
February 1, 2012 |
La Vérité si je mens ! 3 |
1,944,022
|
US$14,204,525 |
La vérité si je mens ! 3 made the lowest-grossing opening week for the franchise. Also noting that the movie was benefiting from the third widest release ever behind Asterix at the Olympic Games and Nothing to Declare.
|
| 6 |
February 8, 2012 |
1,059,930
|
US$7,394,263 |
|
| 7 |
February 15, 2012 |
742,335
|
US$5,146,820 |
|
| 8 |
February 22, 2012 |
Chronicle |
458,842
|
US$3,157,205 |
|
| 9 |
February 29, 2012 |
The Players |
1,082,028
|
US$7,794,808 |
This movie, featuring Jean Dujardin, was released days after his Academy Award for Best Actor win. The Artist was second this week, and made the best 20th week of all-time following a wide re-release.
|
| 10 |
March 7, 2012 |
550,596
|
US$4,093,705 |
The Players beat John Carter, which was a box office bomb all around the world.
|
| 11 |
March 14, 2012 |
My Way |
1,006,479
|
US$5,800,411 |
Project X had a much higher average of tickets sold per theater.
|
| 12 |
March 21, 2012 |
The Hunger Games |
509,426
|
US$3,803,910 |
|
| 13 |
March 28, 2012 |
Big is Beautiful |
365,886
|
US$2,509,729 |
Big is Beautiful sold more tickets than Wrath of the Titans but the latter had a higher gross due to 3D.
|
| 14 |
April 4, 2012 |
Houba! On the Trail of the Marsupilami |
1,728,270
|
US$10,594,491 |
Sur la piste du Marsupilami was directed by Alain Chabat, starring himself and Jamel Debbouze, which were already reunited ten years prior in Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra, which was an incredible success at the French box-office, totalling over 14.5 million tickets sold.
|
| 15 |
April 11, 2012 |
1,288,098
|
US$8,661,750 |
|
| 16 |
April 18, 2012 |
1,015,296
|
US$6,854,672 |
|
| 17 |
April 25, 2012 |
The Avengers |
2,041,362
|
US$19,035,088 |
The Avengers sold more tickets in one week, than every other Marvel movie in their entire theatrical run (except Iron Man 2).
|
| 18 |
May 2, 2012 |
1,101,255
|
US$6,911,388 |
|
| 19 |
May 9, 2012 |
Dark Shadows |
676,890
|
US$4,891,523 |
|
| 20 |
May 16, 2012 |
Rust and Bone |
651,578
|
US$4,450,393 |
Rust and Bone released on Thursday, but managed to beat other releases in tickets. Dark Shadows had more gross.
|
| 21 |
May 23, 2012 |
Men in Black 3 |
802,879
|
US$6,120,494 |
The third episode has the lowest number of tickets sold in the trilogy.
|
| 22 |
May 30, 2012 |
Prometheus |
812,356
|
US$6,680,431 |
|
| 23 |
June 6, 2012 |
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted |
1,087,767
|
US$9,025,832 |
The opening week was stronger than the first Madagascar film, but slightly lower than Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa.
|
| 24 |
June 13, 2012 |
Snow White and the Huntsman |
706,260
|
US$4,784,715 |
Magadascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted had a slightly higher revenue.
|
| 25 |
June 20, 2012 |
512,764
|
US$2,759,221 |
Magadascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted had a slightly higher revenue.
|
| 26 |
June 27, 2012 |
Ice Age: Continental Drift |
1,767,490
|
US$12,763,644 |
|
| 27 |
July 4, 2012 |
1,397,190
|
US$9,456,081 |
|
| 28 |
July 11, 2012 |
1,066,947
|
US$7,555,672 |
|
| 29 |
July 18, 2012 |
547,843
|
US$3,839,833 |
|
| 30 |
July 25, 2012 |
The Dark Knight Rises |
1,835,547
|
US$11,924,079 |
|
| 31 |
August 1, 2012 |
Brave |
955,285
|
US$6,496,657 |
|
| 32 |
August 8, 2012 |
490,863
|
US$2,874,036 |
|
| 33 |
August 15, 2012 |
Total Recall |
551,476
|
US$3,188,027 |
The Dark Knight Rises (3,653,657) surpassed the box office total of The Dark Knight (3,036,568)
|
| 34 |
August 22, 2012 |
The Expendables 2 |
935,219
|
US$6,078,277 |
The Expendables had begun in 773,121 tickets sold in the first week, for a box office total of 1,651,610.
|
| 35 |
August 29, 2012 |
500,906
|
US$3,318,314 |
|
| 36 |
September 5, 2012 |
219,085
|
US$1,499,369 |
|
| 37 |
September 12, 2012 |
Camille Rewinds |
244,443
|
US$1,570,109 |
|
| 38 |
September 19, 2012 |
The Bourne Legacy |
485,799
|
US$3,413,087 |
|
| 39 |
September 26, 2012 |
The Dream Team |
1,088,676
|
US$7,962,372 |
|
| 40 |
October 3, 2012 |
Taken 2 |
1,231,066
|
US$8,785,095 |
Taken had begun in 291,494 tickets sold in the first week, for a box office total of 1,018,518.
|
| 41 |
October 10, 2012 |
717,111
|
US$5,272,141 |
Ted (418,035) and In the House (403,162) in their first week.
|
| 42 |
October 17, 2012 |
Asterix & Obelix: God Save Britannia |
1,132,279
|
US$9,267,980 |
|
| 43 |
October 24, 2012 |
Skyfall |
1,839,220
|
US$10,506,171 |
Opened on Friday.
|
| 44 |
October 31, 2012 |
2,186,661
|
US$15,267,955 |
|
| 45 |
November 7, 2012 |
1,136,474
|
US$8,495,114 |
|
| 46 |
November 14, 2012 |
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 |
2,409,923
|
US$17,889,239 |
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 had begun in 2,018,771 tickets sold in the first week.
|
| 47 |
November 21, 2012 |
1,029,989
|
US$7,696,731 |
|
| 48 |
November 28, 2012 |
Rise of the Guardians |
571,590
|
US$4,778,895 |
|
| 49 |
December 5, 2012 |
402,279
|
US$3,324,405 |
|
| 50 |
December 12, 2012 |
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey |
1,434,119
|
US$11,122,466 |
|
| 51 |
December 19, 2012 |
900,000
|
US$8,224,020 |
|
| 52 |
December 26, 2012 |
1,109,453
|
US$10,137,960 |
|
