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RowEst. / Act.DiffMovie Title (click to view)StudioStudio Est. / ActualDiff% DiffTheatersEst. TotalActualWk
1 - 34 - The Perks of Being a Wallflower LG/S $71,000 $77,094 $+6,094 +8.6% 141 $17,140,600 $17,146,730 14
2 9 9 - Life of Pi Fox $3,800,000 $4,017,237 $+217,237 +5.7% 1,750 $76,156,000 $76,373,481 5
3 - 47 - Sinister LG/S $27,000 $28,154 $+1,154 +4.3% 93 $47,986,800 $47,988,003 11
4 8 7 -1 Skyfall Sony $4,700,000 $4,867,540 $+167,540 +3.6% 2,365 $279,972,000 $279,959,314 7
5 - 26 - The Impossible LG/S $139,000 $143,818 $+4,818 +3.5% 15 $139,000 $143,818 1
6 14 14 - Dabangg 2 Eros $1,000,000 $1,019,213 $+19,213 +1.9% 166 $1,000,000 $1,019,213 1
7 21 21 - Zero Dark Thirty Sony $410,000 $417,150 $+7,150 +1.7% 5 $639,000 $646,162 1
8 - 65 - Samsara Osci. $6,200 $6,306 $+106 +1.7% 8 $2,602,000 $2,601,847 18
9 11 11 - Cirque Du Soleil: Worlds Away Par. $2,135,000 $2,162,993 $+27,993 +1.3% 840 $2,254,000 $2,282,368 1
10 - 48 - Alex Cross LG/S $27,000 $27,298 $+298 +1.1% 94 $25,801,000 $25,801,291 10
11 10 10 - The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 LG/S $2,600,000 $2,626,955 $+26,955 +1.0% 2,000 $281,606,000 $281,632,689 6
12 - 52 - Not Fade Away ParV $19,000 $19,182 $+182 +1.0% 3 $19,000 $19,182 1
13 1 1 - The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey WB (NL) $36,705,000 $36,888,365 $+183,365 +0.5% 4,100 $149,858,000 $150,041,265 2
14 18 18 - Anna Karenina Focus $668,000 $669,187 $+1,187 +0.2% 331 $9,646,000 $9,639,374 6
15 15 15 - Argo WB $903,000 $899,693 $-3,307 -0.4% 450 $106,439,000 $106,435,363 11
16 16 16 - Red Dawn (2012) FD $800,000 $794,880 $-5,120 -0.6% 1,011 $42,632,000 $42,626,783 5
17 20 20 - Playing for Keeps FD $430,000 $424,105 $-5,895 -1.4% 851 $12,416,000 $12,410,463 3
18 - 28 - Rust and Bone SPC $129,000 $126,763 $-2,237 -1.7% 27 $369,000 $366,529 5
19 6 6 - The Guilt Trip Par. $5,390,000 $5,290,629 $-99,371 -1.8% 2,431 $7,421,000 $7,321,243 1
20 5 5 - Lincoln BV $5,633,000 $5,525,774 $-107,226 -1.9% 2,293 $116,781,000 $116,673,598 7
21 13 13 - Silver Linings Playbook Wein. $1,821,000 $1,781,196 $-39,804 -2.2% 371 $19,901,000 $19,861,238 6
22 2 2 - Jack Reacher Par. $15,600,000 $15,210,156 $-389,844 -2.5% 3,352 $15,600,000 $15,210,156 1
23 4 4 - Rise of the Guardians P/DW $5,900,000 $5,732,817 $-167,183 -2.8% 3,031 $79,694,000 $79,527,047 5
24 22 22 - Hyde Park on Hudson Focus $399,000 $387,579 $-11,421 -2.9% 86 $921,000 $916,571 3
25 - 27 - Pitch Perfect Uni. $135,000 $130,545 $-4,455 -3.3% 214 $64,129,000 $64,124,358 13
26 19 19 - Hitchcock FoxS $600,000 $579,676 $-20,324 -3.4% 535 $4,215,000 $4,194,968 5
27 - 37 - Amour SPC $70,700 $68,266 $-2,434 -3.4% 3 $100,200 $97,817 1
28 3 3 - This Is 40 Uni. $12,031,000 $11,579,175 $-451,825 -3.8% 2,912 $12,031,000 $11,579,175 1
29 - 31 - The Sessions FoxS $95,000 $91,222 $-3,778 -4.0% 98 $5,378,800 $5,375,009 10
30 17 17 - Flight Par. $709,000 $678,171 $-30,829 -4.3% 742 $90,989,000 $90,957,858 8
31 - 25 - Taken 2 Fox $215,000 $204,623 $-10,377 -4.8% 275 $138,480,000 $138,469,723 12
32 7 8 +1 Monsters, Inc. (3D) BV $5,040,000 $4,774,686 $-265,314 -5.3% 2,618 $6,525,000 $6,259,667 1
33 - 56 - Searching for Sugar Man SPC $16,800 $15,703 $-1,097 -6.5% 25 $2,961,600 $2,960,488 22
34 - 58 - Paranormal Activity 4 Par. $13,000 $12,141 $-859 -6.6% 50 $53,851,000 $53,849,888 10
35 12 12 - Wreck-It Ralph BV $2,003,000 $1,819,036 $-183,964 -9.2% 1,444 $171,926,000 $171,741,561 8
TOTALS:$110,240,700$109,097,328$-1,143,372-1.0%34,730 
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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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