Domestic Box Office For Aug 17, 2012
| TD | YD | Release | Distributor | Daily | %± YD | %± LW | Theaters | Avg | To Date | Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | The Expendables 2 | Lionsgate | $10,494,145 | - | - | 3,316 | $3,164 | $10,494,145 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | The Bourne Legacy | Universal Pictures | $5,310,495 | +74% | -61.9% | 3,753 | $1,415 | $57,871,575 | 8 |
| 3 | - | ParaNorman | Focus Features | $4,598,833 | - | - | 3,429 | $1,341 | $4,598,833 | 1 |
| 4 | - | Sparkle | TriStar Pictures | $4,521,165 | - | - | 2,244 | $2,014 | $4,521,165 | 1 |
| 5 | 2 | The Campaign | Warner Bros. | $4,146,162 | +68.3% | -59.3% | 3,255 | $1,273 | $42,454,699 | 8 |
| 6 | 4 | The Odd Life of Timothy Green | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $3,395,681 | +72% | - | 2,598 | $1,307 | $7,673,696 | 3 |
| 7 | 3 | The Dark Knight Rises | Warner Bros. | $3,122,136 | +53.6% | -44.2% | 3,157 | $988 | $401,898,047 | 29 |
| 8 | 5 | Hope Springs | Sony Pictures Releasing | $2,760,763 | +77.3% | -40.4% | 2,361 | $1,169 | $28,712,555 | 10 |
| 9 | 7 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days | Twentieth Century Fox | $1,168,725 | +29.7% | -59.2% | 2,737 | $427 | $36,081,046 | 15 |
| 10 | 6 | Total Recall | Sony Pictures Releasing | $1,061,563 | +17% | -56.7% | 2,434 | $436 | $49,344,006 | 15 |
| 11 | 8 | Ice Age: Continental Drift | Twentieth Century Fox | $843,559 | +15.5% | -58% | 2,274 | $370 | $148,029,975 | 36 |
| 12 | 9 | Ted | Universal Pictures | $485,135 | +28% | -51.2% | 1,169 | $415 | $212,006,440 | 50 |
| 13 | 18 | 2016: Obama's America | Rocky Mountain Pictures | $446,621 | +512.4% | - | 169 | $2,642 | $1,229,990 | 36 |
| 14 | 10 | Step Up Revolution | Lionsgate | $316,016 | +11.7% | -67.1% | 905 | $349 | $32,052,434 | 22 |
| 15 | 14 | Ek Tha Tiger | - | $299,847 | +120.4% | - | 120 | $2,498 | $644,911 | 3 |
| 16 | 11 | The Amazing Spider-Man | Sony Pictures Releasing | $229,494 | -9.7% | -63.5% | 598 | $383 | $256,906,012 | 46 |
| 17 | 13 | Brave | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $224,699 | -0.9% | -58.3% | 641 | $350 | $228,530,217 | 57 |
| 18 | 20 | Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted | DreamWorks | $204,799 | +245.5% | +52.6% | 406 | $504 | $212,181,476 | 71 |
| 19 | 12 | The Watch | Twentieth Century Fox | $164,775 | -29.5% | -76.1% | 513 | $321 | $32,724,961 | 22 |
| 20 | 17 | Beasts of the Southern Wild | Fox Searchlight Pictures | $153,074 | +58.7% | -26.4% | 236 | $648 | $7,700,750 | 52 |
| 21 | 16 | Moonrise Kingdom | Focus Features | $141,261 | +41.3% | -20.7% | 282 | $500 | $42,604,069 | 85 |
| 22 | 15 | Nitro Circus: The Movie | Arc Entertainment | $93,780 | -22.3% | -76.6% | 424 | $221 | $2,858,951 | 10 |
| 23 | 22 | The Intouchables | The Weinstein Company | $91,420 | +66.7% | -8.7% | 194 | $471 | $6,623,506 | 85 |
| 24 | - | Men in Black 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | $88,749 | - | -41.4% | 258 | $343 | $177,912,912 | 85 |
| 25 | 21 | Ruby Sparks | Fox Searchlight Pictures | $82,728 | +41.1% | -34.6% | 218 | $379 | $1,578,099 | 24 |
| 26 | 19 | Magic Mike | Warner Bros. | $67,286 | -1.2% | -54.2% | 255 | $263 | $112,588,079 | 50 |
| 27 | 25 | Snow White and the Huntsman | Universal Pictures | $67,095 | +75.1% | -18.1% | 244 | $274 | $154,519,140 | 78 |
| 28 | 23 | The Hunger Games | Lionsgate | $66,510 | +43.2% | -33.2% | 230 | $289 | $407,549,767 | 148 |
| 29 | 24 | To the Arctic 3D | Warner Bros. | $53,198 | +15.1% | -29.6% | 52 | $1,023 | $7,550,983 | 120 |
| 30 | 28 | Madea's Witness Protection | Lionsgate | $34,285 | +48.1% | -60.9% | 199 | $172 | $64,880,055 | 50 |
| 31 | 27 | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | Fox Searchlight Pictures | $31,467 | +17.3% | -35.2% | 128 | $245 | $45,515,440 | 106 |
| 32 | 26 | Savages | Universal Pictures | $30,030 | +0.9% | -56.1% | 154 | $195 | $46,983,245 | 43 |
| 33 | - | Cosmopolis | Entertainment One | $26,098 | - | - | 3 | $8,699 | $222,671 | 1 |
| 34 | 30 | Prometheus | Twentieth Century Fox | $22,912 | +32.2% | -25.8% | 101 | $226 | $126,142,241 | 71 |
| 35 | 32 | Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter | Twentieth Century Fox | $20,235 | +53.9% | -22.7% | 105 | $192 | $37,254,054 | 57 |
| 36 | 29 | Katy Perry: Part of Me | Paramount Pictures | $19,250 | -13.1% | -54.5% | 140 | $137 | $25,197,570 | 44 |
| 37 | 33 | Bernie | Millennium Entertainment | $16,459 | +34.5% | -17.8% | 71 | $231 | $9,001,176 | 113 |
| 38 | 31 | Born to Be Wild | Warner Bros. | $14,883 | <0.1% | -34.7% | 33 | $451 | $20,548,662 | 498 |
| 39 | 34 | Safety Not Guaranteed | FilmDistrict | $11,707 | +2.5% | -32.6% | 54 | $216 | $3,654,314 | 71 |
| 40 | 38 | Easy Money | The Weinstein Company | $3,529 | +32.1% | -26.5% | 5 | $705 | $156,120 | 38 |
| 41 | 41 | Max and the Junkmen | Rialto Pictures | $1,492 | -30.4% | -50.5% | 1 | $1,492 | $21,937 | 8 |
| 42 | 44 | A Cat in Paris | GKIDS | $908 | +46.9% | - | 7 | $129 | $282,903 | 78 |
| 43 | - | Grand Illusion | Rialto Pictures | $520 | - | -40.5% | 1 | $520 | $142,798 | 99 |
| 44 | 35 | Iron Sky | Entertainment One | $236 | -95.5% | -93.1% | 4 | $59 | $31,270 | 24 |
| 45 | 46 | The Graduate 45th Anniversary Reunion | Rialto Pictures | $188 | +52.8% | +8.7% | 1 | $188 | $42,318 | 129 |