New Zealand 2012 Weekend 21
May 24-27, 2012
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | Men in Black³ | $611,052 | - | 108 | - | $5,657 | $611,052 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 2 | 1 | The Avengers | $273,272 | -39.3% | 96 | -10 | $2,846 | $5,857,569 | 5 | Walt Disney Pictures |
| 3 | 2 | The Dictator | $169,954 | -50.9% | 60 | -5 | $2,832 | $691,122 | 2 | Paramount Pictures International |
| 4 | 4 | Salmon Fishing in the Yemen | $120,912 | -23.2% | 42 | - | $2,878 | $451,705 | 2 | Roadshow Films |
| 5 | 3 | Dark Shadows | $116,480 | -52.8% | 85 | - | $1,370 | $957,460 | 3 | United International Pictures |
| 6 | 6 | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | $54,333 | -19% | 68 | -6 | $799 | $3,798,540 | 10 | 20th Century Fox International |
| 7 | 5 | The Five-Year Engagement | $38,086 | -44.7% | 46 | -2 | $827 | $585,006 | 4 | United International Pictures |
| 8 | 7 | Margin Call | $33,500 | -17.4% | 31 | +2 | $1,080 | $165,532 | 3 | N/A |
| 9 | 8 | Verdi: La Traviata | $19,853 | -41.6% | 11 | -14 | $1,804 | $82,480 | 2 | Rialto Distribution |
| 10 | 11 | The Lorax | $14,696 | -21.7% | 34 | -5 | $432 | $1,991,906 | 9 | United International Pictures |
| 11 | 10 | The Hunger Games | $14,114 | -38.4% | 33 | -6 | $427 | $4,335,329 | 10 | Roadshow Films |
| 12 | 12 | Good for Nothing | $13,618 | -26% | 40 | -5 | $340 | $128,075 | 4 | N/A |
| 13 | 15 | The Way 2012 Re-release | $12,069 | +5.5% | 24 | +1 | $502 | $117,397 | 5 | N/A |
| 14 | - | Trishna | $10,298 | - | 15 | - | $686 | $10,555 | 1 | Madman Entertainment |
| 15 | 14 | A Separation | $9,066 | -30.2% | 26 | -9 | $348 | $283,330 | 6 | Hopscotch Films |
| 16 | 13 | Shihad: Beautiful Machine | $8,183 | -53.6% | 44 | -6 | $185 | $31,905 | 2 | Rialto Distribution |
| 17 | 9 | The Grey | $7,965 | -71.8% | 19 | -20 | $419 | $283,832 | 4 | Hoyts Distribution |
| 18 | - | The Aristocats 2012 Re-release | $6,885 | - | 11 | - | $625 | $6,885 | 1 | Walt Disney Pictures |
| 19 | 18 | The Kid with a Bike | $6,822 | -15.3% | 15 | +2 | $454 | $59,047 | 3 | Madman Entertainment |
| 20 | 22 | Chinese Take-Away | $5,747 | +17.7% | 13 | -1 | $442 | $29,343 | 3 | Rialto Distribution |
| 21 | 21 | The Women on the 6th Floor | $5,107 | -1% | 21 | - | $243 | $288,248 | 9 | Palace Films |
| 22 | 16 | The Lucky One | $4,004 | -54.4% | 17 | -4 | $235 | $583,469 | 6 | Roadshow Films |
| 23 | - | Carnage | $3,006 | - | 2 | - | $1,503 | $38,133 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 24 | 23 | Starbuck | $2,346 | -38.4% | 14 | -2 | $167 | $26,543 | 4 | Hopscotch Films |
| 25 | 25 | Mirror Mirror | $2,086 | -25.2% | 15 | -2 | $139 | $500,293 | 9 | Roadshow Films |
| 26 | - | Ecstasy | $1,756 | - | 6 | - | $292 | $1,756 | 1 | - |
| 27 | 20 | Beauty and the Beast 2010 3D Release | $1,385 | -75.8% | 9 | -10 | $153 | $57,271 | 94 | Walt Disney Pictures |
| 28 | 31 | The Artist | $1,227 | +261.9% | 9 | +4 | $136 | $338,223 | 16 | Roadshow Films |
| 29 | 17 | Man on a Ledge | $1,155 | -86.5% | 4 | -6 | $288 | $34,877 | 2 | Hoyts Distribution |
| 30 | - | Coriolanus | $1,124 | - | 2 | - | $562 | $13,217 | 3 | Hoyts Distribution |
| 31 | - | Happy, Happy | $897 | - | 6 | - | $149 | $13,194 | 1 | - |
| 32 | 27 | The Most Fun You Can Have Dying | $894 | -29.8% | 4 | -3 | $223 | $67,006 | 5 | Rialto Distribution |
| 33 | 29 | Spud 2012 Re-release | $690 | -31.5% | 8 | +2 | $86 | $37,577 | 6 | N/A |
| 34 | - | Aappan Pher Milange | $509 | - | 1 | - | $509 | $509 | 1 | N/A |
| 35 | 26 | Headhunters | $260 | -84.6% | 7 | - | $37 | $163,192 | 12 | Rialto Distribution |
| 36 | 30 | We Need to Talk About Kevin | $229 | -61.6% | 1 | -2 | $229 | $194,131 | 13 | Hopscotch Films |
| 37 | 32 | In Search of Haydn | $172 | -29.8% | 1 | - | $172 | $42,445 | 11 | - |
| 38 | 28 | My Week with Marilyn | $171 | -84.4% | 8 | -1 | $21 | $402,843 | 12 | Roadshow Films |
| 39 | 24 | Department | $95 | -97.4% | 2 | -5 | $47 | $5,230 | 2 | Forum Hungary |
| 40 | 34 | Jiro Dreams of Sushi | $67 | +15.5% | 1 | - | $67 | $6,128 | 4 | - |
