Domestic Box Office For March 2012
Key:Estimated
| Rank | Release | Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total | Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Hunger Games | $408,010,692 | 4,137 | $152,535,747 | 37.4% | 4,137 | Mar 23 | Sep 6 | Lionsgate |
| 2 | The Lorax | $214,151,550 | 3,769 | $70,217,070 | 32.8% | 3,729 | Mar 2 | Jul 26 | Universal Pictures |
| 3 | 21 Jump Street | $138,447,667 | 3,148 | $36,302,612 | 26.2% | 3,121 | Mar 16 | Jul 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 4 | Wrath of the Titans | $83,670,083 | 3,545 | $33,457,188 | 40% | 3,545 | Mar 30 | Jun 28 | Warner Bros. |
| 5 | John Carter | $73,078,100 | 3,749 | $30,180,188 | 41.3% | 3,749 | Mar 9 | Jun 28 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 6 | Mirror Mirror | $64,935,167 | 3,618 | $18,132,085 | 27.9% | 3,603 | Mar 30 | Aug 16 | Relativity Media |
| 7 | Project X | $54,731,865 | 3,055 | $21,051,363 | 38.5% | 3,055 | Mar 2 | May 17 | Warner Bros. |
| 8 | A Thousand Words | $18,450,127 | 1,895 | $6,176,280 | 33.5% | 1,890 | Mar 9 | May 31 | DreamWorks |
| 9 | Silent House | $12,754,783 | 2,124 | $6,661,234 | 52.2% | 2,124 | Mar 9 | May 3 | Open Road Films (II) |
| 10 | Salmon Fishing in the Yemen | $9,047,981 | 524 | $225,894 | 2.5% | 18 | Mar 9 | Jun 7 | CBS Films |
| 11 | Friends with Kids | $7,251,073 | 640 | $2,019,083 | 27.8% | 369 | Mar 9 | Jun 14 | Roadside Attractions |
| 12 | Casa de mi Padre | $5,909,483 | 475 | $2,287,239 | 38.7% | 382 | Mar 16 | May 17 | Lionsgate |
| 13 | October Baby 2012 Re-release | $5,157,886 | 390 | $1,718,000 | - | 390 | Mar 23 | Jun 14 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 14 | Jeff, Who Lives at Home | $4,269,426 | 513 | $855,709 | 20% | 254 | Mar 16 | May 17 | Paramount Vantage |
| 15 | The Raid: Redemption | $4,105,187 | 881 | $213,785 | 5.2% | 14 | Mar 23 | Jul 12 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 16 | Jiro Dreams of Sushi | $2,552,478 | 80 | $42,035 | 1.6% | 2 | Mar 9 | Aug 23 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 17 | Footnote | $2,007,758 | 101 | $47,528 | 2.4% | 2 | Mar 9 | Jul 12 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 18 | The Kid with a Bike | $1,470,000 | 86 | $45,933 | 3.1% | 3 | Mar 16 | Jun 14 | IFC Films |
| 19 | Casablanca 2011 Re-release | $1,155,330 | 507 | - | - | - | Mar 21 | Apr 26 | Warner Bros. |
| 20 | The Deep Blue Sea | $1,126,525 | 61 | $123,841 | 11% | 31 | Mar 23 | Aug 30 | Music Box Films |
| 21 | Agent Vinod | $698,210 | 122 | $427,043 | 61.2% | 122 | Mar 23 | Apr 15 | Eros Worldwide |
| 22 | Being Flynn | $540,152 | 88 | $43,990 | 8.1% | 4 | Mar 2 | Apr 12 | Focus Features |
| 23 | Delicacy | $498,584 | - | - | - | - | Mar 16 | - | Cohen Media Group |
| 24 | Seeking Justice | $411,746 | 231 | $249,912 | 60.7% | 231 | Mar 16 | Apr 5 | Anchor Bay Films |
| 25 | The Salt of Life | $317,405 | 19 | $19,176 | 6% | 2 | Mar 2 | Aug 23 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 26 | Bully | $279,202 | 6 | $116,472 | 41.7% | 5 | Mar 30 | Apr 12 | The Weinstein Company |
| 27 | Love in the Buff | $256,451 | 14 | $91,233 | 35.6% | 10 | Mar 30 | May 10 | China Lion Film Distribution |
| 28 | Boy | $256,211 | 18 | $21,244 | 8.3% | 2 | Mar 2 | - | Unison Films |
| 29 | Gerhard Richter Painting | $242,646 | 9 | $13,537 | 5.6% | 1 | Mar 14 | Aug 9 | Kino Lorber |
| 30 | Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie | $201,436 | 33 | $87,475 | 43.4% | 24 | Mar 2 | - | Magnolia Pictures |
| 31 | Lost Woods | $180,117 | 13 | $58,240 | 32.3% | 13 | Mar 2 | Mar 15 | Nocturnal Features |
| 32 | Monumental: In Search of America's National Treasure | $177,729 | 27 | $28,340 | 15.9% | 6 | Mar 30 | May 20 | ArtAffects Entertainment |
| 33 | Turn Me On, Dammit! | $126,085 | 5 | $10,145 | 8% | 2 | Mar 30 | - | New Yorker Films |
| 34 | The Island President | $76,398 | 5 | $13,998 | 18.3% | 2 | Mar 28 | - | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 35 | Detachment | $72,689 | 15 | $10,739 | 14.8% | 2 | Mar 16 | - | Tribeca Films |
| 36 | Intruders | $69,136 | 33 | $40,746 | 58.9% | 33 | Mar 30 | Apr 12 | Millennium Entertainment |
| 37 | Let the Bullets Fly | $63,012 | 10 | $11,287 | 17.9% | 5 | Mar 2 | Apr 26 | Variance Films |
| 38 | The Bodyguard 2012 Re-release | $61,020 | 484 | - | - | - | Mar 28 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 39 | Natural Selection | $55,282 | 3 | $10,375 | 18.8% | 1 | Mar 16 | - | The Cinema Guild |
| 40 | Free Men | $53,810 | 4 | - | - | - | Mar 16 | - | Film Movement |
| 41 | The FP | $40,557 | 28 | $15,465 | 38.1% | 28 | Mar 16 | May 6 | Drafthouse Films |
| 42 | Paan Singh Tomar | $40,311 | 10 | $20,568 | 51% | 10 | Mar 2 | Mar 22 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 43 | Children of Paradise 2012 Re-release | $36,986 | 2 | $10,741 | 29% | 2 | Mar 9 | Mar 29 | Janus Films |
| 44 | Musical Chairs | $31,478 | 12 | $9,092 | 28.9% | 9 | Mar 23 | - | Paladin |
| 45 | Sound of Noise | $24,565 | 5 | $5,877 | 23.9% | 3 | Mar 9 | - | Magnolia Pictures |
| 46 | Attenberg | $24,036 | 2 | $3,998 | 16.6% | 1 | Mar 9 | Jun 28 | Strand Releasing |
| 47 | The Long Day Closes | $22,765 | 2 | $1,407 | 6.2% | 1 | Mar 5 | Jun 6 | The Film Desk |
| 48 | Losing Control | $22,081 | 3 | $2,196 | 9.9% | 1 | Mar 23 | - | House Lights Media |
| 49 | Better Than Something: Jay Reatard | $21,697 | 4 | $5,712 | 26.3% | 4 | Mar 2 | - | - |
| 50 | Sedona | $21,638 | 3 | - | - | - | Mar 16 | - | Pasidg Productions Inc. |
| 51 | Juan of the Dead | $18,000 | 1 | $12,000 | 66.7% | 1 | Mar 16 | Mar 18 | Outsider Pictures |
| 52 | 4:44 Last Day on Earth | $17,801 | 3 | $8,355 | 46.9% | 3 | Mar 23 | Apr 5 | IFC Films |
| 53 | The Understudy | $17,036 | 2 | - | - | - | Mar 16 | - | Indican Pictures |
| 54 | Take Me Home | $15,760 | 6 | $322 | 2% | 1 | Mar 9 | Jun 7 | Monterey Media |
| 55 | Falling Away | $13,869 | 2 | $1,284 | 9.3% | 2 | Mar 2 | - | Indican Pictures |
| 56 | Reuniting the Rubins | $13,569 | 4 | $734 | 5.4% | 2 | Mar 16 | May 17 | Monterey Media |
| 57 | The Trouble with Bliss | $13,093 | 4 | $4,618 | 35.3% | 1 | Mar 23 | Apr 26 | 7A Productions |
| 58 | Starry Starry Night | $10,033 | 2 | $2,312 | 23% | 2 | Mar 23 | Sep 20 | China Lion Film Distribution |
| 59 | Snowtown | $8,452 | 3 | $1,273 | 15.1% | 1 | Mar 2 | Mar 22 | IFC Films |
| 60 | Last Days Here | $7,643 | 1 | $2,671 | 34.9% | 1 | Mar 2 | Mar 15 | IFC Films |
| 61 | The Beat Hotel | $6,480 | 1 | $1,458 | 22.5% | 1 | Mar 30 | Jul 19 | First Run |
| 62 | Brake | $4,876 | 2 | $4,330 | 88.8% | 2 | Mar 21 | Mar 29 | IFC Films |
| 63 | Art Is... The Permanent Revolution | $4,291 | 1 | $2,718 | 63.3% | 1 | Mar 2 | May 17 | First Run |
| 64 | They Come to America | $3,775 | 1 | $3,775 | 100% | 1 | Mar 31 | Apr 1 | Corinth Films |
| 65 | Apart | $3,161 | 2 | $3,161 | 100% | 2 | Mar 9 | Mar 11 | Truly Indie |
| 66 | Scorn | $2,206 | 1 | - | - | - | Mar 1 | Apr 5 | Cortelyou Films |
| 67 | I Kissed a Vampire | $1,794 | 11 | $1,380 | 76.9% | 11 | Mar 30 | - | Monterey Media |
| 68 | Where Are You Taking Me? | $1,492 | 1 | $937 | 62.8% | 1 | Mar 2 | Mar 8 | Icarus Films |
| 69 | The Decoy Bride | $759 | 1 | $542 | 71.4% | 1 | Mar 9 | Mar 15 | IFC Films |
| 70 | Playback | $264 | 1 | $252 | 95.5% | 1 | Mar 16 | Mar 22 | Magnolia Pictures |
