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Weekend Box Office


October 12-14, 2012
Weekend

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RowEst. / Act.DiffMovie Title (click to view)StudioStudio Est. / ActualDiff% DiffTheatersEst. TotalActualWk
1 - 17 - Brave BV $459,000 $469,731 $+10,731 +2.3% 276 $234,387,000 $234,463,471 17
2 - 34 - Ted Uni. $92,100 $95,655 $+3,555 +3.9% 145 $218,508,200 $218,511,800 16
3 - 38 - Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted P/DW $86,000 $86,625 $+625 +0.7% 122 $216,366,000 $216,366,733 19
4 - 22 - Ice Age: Continental Drift Fox $220,000 $229,297 $+9,297 +4.2% 237 $159,809,000 $159,818,507 14
5 - 25 - The Bourne Legacy Uni. $160,000 $160,460 $+460 +0.3% 245 $112,583,000 $112,582,740 10
6 4 4 - Hotel Transylvania Sony $17,300,000 $17,241,317 $-58,683 -0.3% 3,375 $102,193,000 $102,133,934 3
7 1 1 - Taken 2 Fox $22,500,000 $21,873,127 $-626,873 -2.8% 3,706 $86,759,000 $86,131,979 2
8 - 40 - The Expendables 2 LGF $60,000 $65,968 $+5,968 +9.9% 146 $84,496,000 $84,501,958 9
9 8 8 - Looper TriS $6,300,000 $6,201,665 $-98,335 -1.6% 2,605 $51,442,000 $51,344,090 3
10 - 24 - The Possession LGF $167,000 $161,024 $-5,976 -3.6% 369 $48,738,000 $48,732,048 7
11 - 19 - Finding Nemo (3D) BV $380,000 $387,942 $+7,942 +2.1% 480 $40,107,000 $40,115,172 5
12 - 41 - Lawless Wein. $64,000 $59,746 $-4,254 -6.6% 287 $37,160,000 $37,156,199 7
13 12 12 - End of Watch ORF $1,703,000 $1,702,048 $-952 -0.1% 1,551 $36,375,000 $36,374,223 4
14 6 6 - Pitch Perfect Uni. $9,336,000 $9,266,940 $-69,060 -0.7% 2,787 $36,085,000 $36,015,403 3
15 13 13 - Trouble with the Curve WB $1,525,000 $1,555,388 $+30,388 +2.0% 1,812 $32,743,000 $32,773,497 4
16 14 14 - House at the End of The Street Rela. $1,329,000 $1,310,343 $-18,657 -1.4% 1,866 $30,015,000 $29,996,347 4
17 7 7 - Frankenweenie BV $7,014,000 $7,054,334 $+40,334 +0.6% 3,005 $22,035,000 $22,075,002 2
18 2 2 - Argo WB $20,120,000 $19,458,109 $-661,891 -3.3% 3,232 $20,120,000 $19,458,109 1
19 3 3 - Sinister LG/S $18,250,000 $18,007,634 $-242,366 -1.3% 2,527 $18,250,000 $18,007,634 1
20 - 15 - The Master Wein. $823,000 $813,379 $-9,621 -1.2% 682 $13,920,000 $13,910,287 5
21 - 31 - Dredd LGF $123,000 $107,349 $-15,651 -12.7% 155 $13,220,000 $13,157,045 4
22 5 5 - Here Comes the Boom Sony $12,000,000 $11,816,596 $-183,404 -1.5% 3,014 $12,000,000 $11,816,596 1
23 - 43 - The Intouchables (U.S.-only) Wein. $50,000 $54,346 $+4,346 +8.7% 59 $9,759,000 $9,763,324 21
24 - 20 - Arbitrage RAtt. $363,000 $343,260 $-19,740 -5.4% 194 $6,673,000 $6,653,149 5
25 10 10 - The Perks of Being a Wallflower LG/S $2,166,000 $2,150,064 $-15,936 -0.7% 726 $6,151,000 $6,135,509 4
26 - 27 - Won't Back Down Fox $126,000 $138,709 $+12,709 +10.1% 513 $5,086,000 $5,098,692 3
27 9 9 - Seven Psychopaths CBS $4,275,000 $4,174,915 $-100,085 -2.3% 1,480 $4,275,000 $4,174,915 1
28 - 74 - Safety Not Guaranteed FD $6,000 $6,208 $+208 +3.5% 18 $4,008,000 $4,007,792 19
29 - 45 - Sleepwalk with Me IFC $70,000 $48,564 $-21,436 -30.6% 58 $2,120,000 $2,120,449 8
30 - 32 - Samsara Osci. $113,000 $105,507 $-7,493 -6.6% 48 $1,801,000 $1,793,127 8
31 11 11 - Atlas Shrugged: Part II ADC $1,708,000 $1,751,572 $+43,572 +2.6% 1,012 $1,708,000 $1,751,572 1
32 - 23 - Searching for Sugar Man SPC $203,000 $190,822 $-12,178 -6.0% 157 $1,698,000 $1,685,694 12
33 - 56 - Liberal Arts IFC $18,800 $18,291 $-509 -2.7% 25 $245,000 $241,764 5
34 - 33 - The Paperboy MNE $104,000 $96,111 $-7,889 -7.6% 49 $245,000 $236,901 2
35 - 52 - The Other Dream Team TFA $30,900 $27,836 $-3,064 -9.9% 12 $73,500 $70,380 3
36 - 39 - Middle of Nowhere (2012) AFFRM $78,000 $67,909 $-10,091 -12.9% 6 $78,000 $67,909 1
37 - 53 - Smashed SPC $30,000 $26,943 $-3,057 -10.2% 4 $30,000 $26,943 1
38 - 59 - Least Among Saints BSM $14,800 $15,774 $+974 +6.6% 3 $14,800 $15,774 1
39 - 68 - Simon and the Oaks TFA $10,400 $9,964 $-436 -4.2% 1 $10,400 $9,964 1
40 - 79 - War of the Buttons (2012) Wein. $4,600 $4,737 $+137 +3.0% 5 $4,600 $4,737 1
TOTALS:$129,382,600$127,356,209$-2,026,391-1.6%36,994 
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* Production Budget in millions. On average, studios earn around 55 percent of the final gross.

Note: Studio Estimates are the estimated weekend grosses that each distributor makes for its own movies on Sunday mornings—based on grosses for Friday and Saturday plus a projection for Sunday. This chart view shows how accurate the studios were.



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