Domestic Box Office For Aug 20, 2012
| TD | YD | Release | Distributor | Daily | %± YD | %± LW | Theaters | Avg | To Date | Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | The Expendables 2 | Lionsgate | $2,792,129 | -64.6% | - | 3,316 | $842 | $31,383,499 | 4 |
| 2 | 2 | The Bourne Legacy | Universal Pictures | $1,707,615 | -63.5% | -55.7% | 3,753 | $455 | $71,326,080 | 11 |
| 3 | 4 | The Campaign | Warner Bros. | $1,531,586 | -58.8% | -51.2% | 3,255 | $470 | $52,967,412 | 11 |
| 4 | 3 | ParaNorman | Focus Features | $1,455,868 | -64.1% | - | 3,429 | $424 | $15,542,918 | 4 |
| 5 | 5 | The Dark Knight Rises | Warner Bros. | $1,374,465 | -58.6% | -41.4% | 3,157 | $435 | $411,161,725 | 32 |
| 6 | 6 | The Odd Life of Timothy Green | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $1,276,554 | -59.3% | - | 2,598 | $491 | $16,377,472 | 6 |
| 7 | 8 | Hope Springs | Sony Pictures Releasing | $915,393 | -63.1% | -41.8% | 2,361 | $387 | $35,978,714 | 13 |
| 8 | 7 | Sparkle | TriStar Pictures | $874,812 | -69% | - | 2,244 | $389 | $12,518,154 | 4 |
| 9 | 9 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days | Twentieth Century Fox | $513,746 | -52% | -53.9% | 2,737 | $187 | $39,260,804 | 18 |
| 10 | 10 | Total Recall | Sony Pictures Releasing | $409,193 | -58.3% | -59.6% | 2,434 | $168 | $52,164,465 | 18 |
| 11 | 11 | Ice Age: Continental Drift | Twentieth Century Fox | $389,613 | -57% | -52.4% | 2,274 | $171 | $150,581,536 | 39 |
| 12 | 13 | Ted | Universal Pictures | $198,750 | -47.7% | -51.3% | 1,169 | $170 | $213,263,135 | 53 |
| 13 | 14 | 2016: Obama's America | Rocky Mountain Pictures | $192,354 | -45.8% | +279.9% | 169 | $1,138 | $2,220,421 | 39 |
| 14 | 16 | Brave | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $115,165 | -54.5% | -55.1% | 641 | $179 | $229,236,468 | 60 |
| 15 | 15 | Step Up Revolution | Lionsgate | $105,949 | -63.8% | -71.3% | 905 | $117 | $32,882,537 | 25 |
| 16 | 17 | The Amazing Spider-Man | Sony Pictures Releasing | $102,948 | -52.1% | -65.3% | 598 | $172 | $257,538,273 | 49 |
| 17 | 18 | Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted | DreamWorks | $94,551 | -55.6% | +46.3% | 406 | $232 | $212,779,251 | 74 |
| 18 | 20 | Moonrise Kingdom | Focus Features | $72,070 | -51.7% | -21.2% | 282 | $255 | $43,038,263 | 88 |
| 19 | 19 | Beasts of the Southern Wild | Fox Searchlight Pictures | $67,783 | -58.7% | -25.2% | 236 | $287 | $8,178,752 | 55 |
| 20 | 21 | The Watch | Twentieth Century Fox | $49,583 | -59% | -83.8% | 513 | $96 | $33,112,182 | 25 |
| 21 | 22 | The Intouchables | The Weinstein Company | $46,110 | -57.4% | -0.4% | 194 | $237 | $6,944,851 | 88 |
| 22 | 23 | Nitro Circus: The Movie | Arc Entertainment | $44,988 | -52.8% | -74.2% | 424 | $106 | $3,122,949 | 13 |
| 23 | 29 | To the Arctic 3D | Warner Bros. | $41,241 | -8.7% | -7.2% | 52 | $793 | $7,697,515 | 123 |
| 24 | 25 | Ruby Sparks | Fox Searchlight Pictures | $34,657 | -59.3% | -42.6% | 218 | $158 | $1,831,254 | 27 |
| 25 | 28 | Magic Mike | Warner Bros. | $32,825 | -34.8% | -47.5% | 255 | $128 | $112,753,007 | 53 |
| 26 | 27 | Snow White and the Huntsman | Universal Pictures | $24,405 | -54.5% | -31.2% | 244 | $100 | $154,685,065 | 81 |
| 27 | 26 | The Hunger Games | Lionsgate | $20,673 | -62% | -55.7% | 230 | $89 | $407,708,885 | 151 |
| 28 | 30 | Savages | Universal Pictures | $15,395 | -53.5% | -59.7% | 154 | $99 | $47,073,330 | 46 |
| 29 | 31 | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | Fox Searchlight Pictures | $14,395 | -54.5% | -36.4% | 128 | $112 | $45,606,723 | 109 |
| 30 | 38 | Born to Be Wild | Warner Bros. | $11,651 | -14.4% | -18% | 33 | $353 | $20,592,114 | 501 |
| 31 | 35 | Katy Perry: Part of Me | Paramount Pictures | $10,413 | -47.3% | -61.6% | 140 | $74 | $25,251,401 | 47 |
| 32 | 34 | Prometheus | Twentieth Century Fox | $10,041 | -54.8% | -42% | 101 | $99 | $126,205,380 | 74 |
| 33 | 33 | Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter | Twentieth Century Fox | $9,002 | -59.5% | -32.8% | 105 | $85 | $37,316,113 | 60 |
| 34 | 32 | Madea's Witness Protection | Lionsgate | $8,800 | -64.8% | -66.3% | 199 | $44 | $64,967,225 | 53 |
| 35 | - | The Imposter | - | $7,963 | - | +42.1% | 19 | $419 | $281,208 | 39 |
| 36 | 36 | Cosmopolis | Entertainment One | $7,466 | -59.8% | - | 3 | $2,488 | $274,378 | 4 |
| 37 | 37 | Bernie | Millennium Entertainment | $6,036 | -67.2% | -37.2% | 71 | $85 | $9,052,972 | 116 |
| 38 | 39 | Safety Not Guaranteed | FilmDistrict | $4,389 | -63.1% | -51% | 54 | $81 | $3,687,982 | 74 |
| 39 | 42 | Iron Sky | Entertainment One | $1,952 | +72.9% | +1,104.9% | 4 | $488 | $34,591 | 27 |
| 40 | 40 | Easy Money | The Weinstein Company | $1,444 | -65.6% | -30% | 5 | $288 | $167,230 | 41 |
| 41 | 41 | Max and the Junkmen | Rialto Pictures | $935 | -24.3% | -48.2% | 1 | $935 | $26,055 | 11 |
| 42 | 43 | A Cat in Paris | GKIDS | $520 | -51.9% | -46.2% | 7 | $74 | $285,723 | 81 |
| 43 | 45 | The Graduate 45th Anniversary Reunion | Rialto Pictures | $26 | -93.6% | -68.7% | 1 | $26 | $43,211 | 132 |