International Box Office For May 2012
| Rank | Release | Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total | Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Men in Black 3 | $475,192,631 | 103 | $135,292,166 | 28.5% | 103 | May 23 | - | - |
| 2 | Prometheus | $276,877,385 | 61 | $34,762,863 | 12.6% | 15 | May 30 | - | - |
| 3 | Snow White and the Huntsman | $241,260,448 | 60 | $39,300,000 | 16.3% | 45 | May 30 | - | - |
| 4 | Dark Shadows | $165,800,000 | 54 | $37,300,000 | 22.5% | 42 | May 9 | - | - |
| 5 | The Dictator | $119,729,311 | 37 | $30,863,246 | 25.8% | 29 | May 16 | - | - |
| 6 | What to Expect When You're Expecting | $43,231,799 | 25 | $1,320,503 | 3.1% | 10 | May 17 | - | - |
| 7 | All About My Wife | $29,370,622 | 1 | $4,042,496 | 13.8% | 1 | May 17 | - | - |
| 8 | Rowdy Rathore | $28,565,090 | - | $12,464,000 | 43.6% | - | May 31 | - | - |
| 9 | The Five-Year Engagement | $25,074,223 | 12 | $2,215,173 | 8.8% | 3 | May 3 | - | - |
| 10 | Rust and Bone | $23,700,000 | 4 | $4,773,824 | 20.1% | 2 | May 16 | - | - |
| 11 | Moonrise Kingdom | $22,750,700 | 14 | $1,418,388 | 6.2% | 2 | May 16 | - | - |
| 12 | Chernobyl Diaries | $19,038,008 | 16 | - | - | - | May 25 | - | - |
| 13 | Space Brothers | $18,706,339 | 1 | $4,773,705 | 25.5% | 1 | May 5 | - | - |
| 14 | Sadako 3D | $18,604,016 | 3 | $3,076,714 | 16.5% | 1 | May 12 | - | - |
| 15 | Jannat 2 | $11,798,448 | 7 | $6,443,087 | 54.6% | 7 | May 3 | - | - |
| 16 | As One | $11,567,624 | 1 | $3,336,539 | 28.8% | 1 | May 3 | - | - |
| 17 | Stoker | $10,363,220 | 11 | - | - | - | May 31 | - | - |
| 18 | Girls for Keeps | $9,754,995 | 1 | $1,500,168 | 15.4% | 1 | May 26 | - | - |
| 19 | Piranha 3DD | $8,117,216 | 16 | $390,251 | 4.8% | 1 | May 11 | - | - |
| 20 | On the Road | $8,040,022 | 8 | $1,001,041 | 12.5% | 2 | May 23 | - | - |
| 21 | Runway Cop | $7,765,426 | 1 | $2,217,079 | 28.6% | 1 | May 31 | - | - |
| 22 | I Am: Sm Town Live World Tour In Madison Square Garden | $7,665,780 | 2 | $848,076 | 11.1% | 2 | May 31 | - | - |
| 23 | The Taste of Money | $7,539,438 | 1 | $3,072,531 | 40.8% | 1 | May 17 | - | - |
| 24 | Hanni and Nanni 2 | $5,473,933 | 3 | $1,512,923 | 27.6% | 3 | May 16 | - | - |
| 25 | Cosmopolis | $5,300,000 | 6 | $1,216,067 | 22.9% | 2 | May 23 | - | - |
| 26 | Think Like a Man | $4,523,302 | 6 | $316,878 | 7% | 6 | May 4 | - | - |
| 27 | White Elephant | $4,379,023 | 2 | $873,671 | 20% | 1 | May 17 | - | - |
| 28 | Don't Click | $4,311,708 | 1 | $1,790,249 | 41.5% | 1 | May 31 | - | - |
| 29 | White Tiger | $2,628,152 | 1 | $1,034,207 | 39.4% | 1 | May 3 | - | - |
| 30 | Match | $2,145,570 | 2 | $635,059 | 29.6% | 2 | May 3 | - | - |
| 31 | Casa de mi Padre | $2,132,184 | 2 | $983,138 | 46.1% | 1 | May 11 | - | - |
| 32 | Depression and Friends | $2,009,246 | 2 | $1,077,644 | 53.6% | 2 | May 2 | - | - |
| 33 | Life, Above All | $1,881,974 | - | - | - | - | May 11 | - | - |
| 34 | Jackie | $1,835,156 | - | - | - | - | May 10 | - | - |
| 35 | Maman | $1,694,740 | 1 | $786,609 | 46.4% | 1 | May 9 | - | - |
| 36 | Lost in Siberia | $1,656,237 | - | - | - | - | May 10 | - | - |
| 37 | Detachment | $1,608,832 | - | - | - | - | May 2 | - | - |
| 38 | Líbás jako dábel | $1,465,000 | 2 | $625,640 | 42.7% | 2 | May 17 | - | - |
| 39 | Dangerous Ishq | $1,062,825 | - | - | - | - | May 11 | - | - |
| 40 | Pet Pals: Marco Polo's Code 2012 Re-release | $857,407 | - | - | - | - | May 18 | - | - |
| 41 | American Masters: Woody Allen: A Documentary | $778,621 | - | - | - | - | May 30 | - | - |
| 42 | Ivan the Incredible | $761,379 | 1 | $645,696 | 84.8% | 1 | May 16 | - | - |
| 43 | Janosch: Komm, wir finden einen Schatz | $709,626 | - | - | - | - | May 24 | - | - |
| 44 | The Mommy Returns | $701,389 | - | - | - | - | May 9 | - | - |
| 45 | Born to Love You | $685,816 | 1 | $685,816 | 100% | 1 | May 30 | - | - |
| 46 | Our Children | $677,012 | - | - | - | - | May 30 | - | - |
| 47 | The Deal | $659,554 | - | - | - | - | May 24 | - | - |
| 48 | Every Breath You Take | $593,472 | 1 | $593,472 | 100% | 1 | May 16 | - | - |
| 49 | In Another Country | $586,286 | - | - | - | - | May 31 | - | - |
| 50 | I Miss U | $518,219 | 1 | $518,219 | 100% | 1 | May 31 | - | - |
| 51 | Artificial Paradises | $513,614 | 1 | $513,573 | 100% | 1 | May 4 | - | - |
| 52 | Das Hochzeitsvideo | $487,637 | 2 | $301,837 | 61.9% | 2 | May 10 | - | - |
| 53 | Ghost on Air | $478,792 | - | - | - | - | May 17 | - | - |
| 54 | Fairy Tale Killer | $467,327 | - | - | - | - | May 10 | - | - |
| 55 | Apartment 143 | $425,876 | 1 | $425,876 | 100% | 1 | May 4 | - | - |
| 56 | The Moth Diaries | $409,197 | - | - | - | - | May 17 | - | - |
| 57 | Over the Edge | $351,723 | - | - | - | - | May 3 | - | - |
| 58 | Love Never Dies | $349,627 | - | - | - | - | May 17 | - | - |
| 59 | Silent House | $346,889 | 1 | $346,889 | 100% | 1 | May 4 | - | - |
| 60 | Nakajima Miyuki Live: Utatabi gekijouban | $323,457 | 1 | $323,457 | 100% | 1 | May 12 | - | - |
| 61 | Operazione vacanze | $319,265 | - | - | - | - | May 23 | - | - |
| 62 | Sag Salim | $300,466 | - | - | - | - | May 18 | - | - |
| 63 | All in Good Time | $285,116 | - | - | - | - | May 11 | - | - |
| 64 | Sea, No Sex & Sun | $283,211 | - | - | - | - | May 9 | - | - |
| 65 | The Wild Ones | $280,598 | - | - | - | - | May 25 | - | - |
| 66 | Din Tao: Leader of the Parade | $274,465 | - | - | - | - | May 17 | - | - |
| 67 | God Bless America | $271,330 | - | - | - | - | May 31 | - | - |
| 68 | 100 metri dal paradiso | $209,640 | - | - | - | - | May 11 | - | - |
| 69 | Floating City | $197,580 | - | - | - | - | May 17 | - | - |
| 70 | Good for Nothing | $186,119 | - | - | - | - | May 3 | - | - |
| 71 | Olimpiyskaya derevnya | $179,424 | - | - | - | - | May 10 | - | - |
| 72 | Öz Hakiki Karakol: Asayis Berkemal Aga... | $169,025 | - | - | - | - | May 18 | - | - |
| 73 | The Punk Syndrome | $166,006 | - | - | - | - | May 4 | - | - |
| 74 | Bad Girls | $162,965 | - | - | - | - | May 17 | - | - |
| 75 | No te enamores de mí | $160,860 | - | - | - | - | May 10 | - | - |
| 76 | Distortion | $153,485 | - | - | - | - | May 17 | - | - |
| 77 | Jeff, Who Lives at Home | $148,154 | 1 | $148,154 | 100% | 1 | May 11 | - | - |
| 78 | Poker Face | $147,927 | - | - | - | - | May 1 | - | - |
| 79 | Aka Like Love | $141,373 | - | - | - | - | May 10 | - | - |
| 80 | The Call | $141,327 | - | - | - | - | May 11 | - | - |
| 81 | Jiro Dreams of Sushi | $140,386 | - | - | - | - | May 3 | - | - |
| 82 | Watchdog | $135,569 | - | - | - | - | May 31 | - | - |
| 83 | Memorias de un Soldado | $134,611 | - | - | - | - | May 18 | - | - |
| 84 | The Divide | $130,839 | - | - | - | - | May 16 | - | - |
| 85 | Silent Souls 2012 Re-release | $124,839 | - | - | - | - | May 17 | - | - |
| 86 | In the Open | $123,609 | - | - | - | - | May 3 | - | - |
| 87 | The Cases | $120,248 | - | - | - | - | May 31 | - | - |
| 88 | Like There's No Tomorrow | $119,643 | - | - | - | - | May 31 | - | - |
| 89 | Tannoura Maxi | $117,797 | - | - | - | - | May 3 | - | - |
| 90 | The Metropolitan Opera HD Live: Verdi: La Traviata | $108,039 | - | - | - | - | May 10 | - | - |
| 91 | Zwischen Himmel und Erde. Anthroposophie heute 2012 Re-release | $102,232 | - | - | - | - | May 31 | - | - |
| 92 | All at Sea | $87,591 | - | - | - | - | May 25 | - | - |
| 93 | Ikizler Firarda | $86,487 | - | - | - | - | May 11 | - | - |
| 94 | Art Idol | $77,571 | - | - | - | - | May 31 | - | - |
| 95 | Where the Fire Burns | $74,038 | - | - | - | - | May 4 | - | - |
| 96 | Bar25: Tage außerhalb der Zeit | $70,343 | - | - | - | - | May 3 | - | - |
| 97 | Body | $68,744 | - | - | - | - | May 4 | - | - |
| 98 | Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake | $67,347 | - | - | - | - | May 3 | - | - |
| 99 | Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir | $63,783 | - | - | - | - | May 18 | - | - |
| 100 | Fallo per papà | $60,342 | - | - | - | - | May 25 | - | - |
| 101 | The Courier | $58,387 | - | - | - | - | May 24 | - | - |
| 102 | War of the Dead | $58,285 | - | - | - | - | May 4 | - | - |
| 103 | The Maid 2012 Re-release | $58,054 | - | - | - | - | May 10 | - | - |
| 104 | Back to Stay | $57,080 | - | - | - | - | May 31 | - | - |
| 105 | Reklam | $56,053 | - | - | - | - | May 10 | - | - |
| 106 | Angels of Sex | $54,405 | - | - | - | - | May 4 | - | - |
| 107 | Workers - Pronti a tutto | $53,120 | - | - | - | - | May 11 | - | - |
| 108 | This American Life Live! | $51,244 | - | - | - | - | May 24 | - | - |
| 109 | La Culpa del Cordero | $43,902 | - | - | - | - | May 11 | - | - |
| 110 | Shihad: Beautiful Machine | $43,782 | - | - | - | - | May 17 | - | - |
| 111 | Una cita, una fiesta y un gato negro | $41,340 | - | - | - | - | May 24 | - | - |
| 112 | Sons of the Clouds | $41,317 | - | - | - | - | May 18 | - | - |
| 113 | Tabu: The Soul Is a Stranger on Earth | $39,848 | - | - | - | - | May 31 | - | - |
| 114 | Can | $39,198 | - | - | - | - | May 11 | - | - |
| 115 | Wilaya | $38,828 | - | - | - | - | May 4 | - | - |
| 116 | Ecumenopolis: City Without Limits | $37,070 | - | - | - | - | May 4 | - | - |
| 117 | Regresa 2012 Re-release | $34,686 | - | - | - | - | May 10 | - | - |
| 118 | Loosies | $32,626 | - | - | - | - | May 31 | - | - |
| 119 | The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp | $30,129 | - | - | - | - | May 18 | - | - |
| 120 | Two Years at Sea | $28,209 | - | - | - | - | May 4 | - | - |
| 121 | Department | $27,351 | - | - | - | - | May 17 | - | - |
| 122 | Otelo Burning | $25,956 | - | - | - | - | May 11 | - | - |
| 123 | Ni pies ni cabeza | $25,639 | - | - | - | - | May 25 | - | - |
| 124 | Sal | $23,881 | - | - | - | - | May 17 | - | - |
| 125 | Still Life | $22,864 | - | - | - | - | May 18 | - | - |
| 126 | Snowfall in Taipei | $20,996 | - | - | - | - | May 3 | - | - |
| 127 | Kill Me Please 2012 Re-release | $20,594 | - | - | - | - | May 17 | - | - |
| 128 | Ristabbànna | $19,231 | - | - | - | - | May 30 | - | - |
| 129 | Ánima Buenos Aires | $18,834 | - | - | - | - | May 3 | - | - |
| 130 | Powder Blue 2012 Re-release | $17,835 | - | - | - | - | May 17 | - | - |
| 131 | Life Happens | $17,136 | - | - | - | - | May 31 | - | - |
| 132 | The Year of the Tiger | $16,653 | - | - | - | - | May 31 | - | - |
| 133 | Light in Darkness: The Return of Red Light Bandit | $16,014 | - | - | - | - | May 4 | - | - |
| 134 | Color of the Ocean | $15,720 | - | - | - | - | May 17 | - | - |
| 135 | Mayamohini | $15,631 | - | - | - | - | May 11 | - | - |
| 136 | A Long Journey | $15,350 | - | - | - | - | May 11 | - | - |
| 137 | Tomorrow Will Be Better | $15,031 | - | - | - | - | May 10 | - | - |
| 138 | Anadolu Atesi | $14,958 | - | - | - | - | May 11 | - | - |
| 139 | ¡Vivan las Antipodas! | $14,463 | - | - | - | - | May 18 | - | - |
| 140 | Voice Over | $12,543 | - | - | - | - | May 4 | - | - |
| 141 | Port of Shadows | $12,234 | - | - | - | - | May 4 | - | - |
| 142 | Taur Mittran Di | $11,369 | - | - | - | - | May 11 | - | - |
| 143 | Kalakalappu | $10,675 | - | - | - | - | May 11 | - | - |
| 144 | Men vs Women 2012 Re-release | $10,576 | - | - | - | - | May 24 | - | - |
| 145 | She Monkeys | $8,523 | - | - | - | - | May 18 | - | - |
| 146 | Love Ranch 2012 Re-release | $8,264 | - | - | - | - | May 31 | - | - |
| 147 | Romance De Formacao | $7,581 | - | - | - | - | May 11 | - | - |
| 148 | A Queen Is Crowned | $7,373 | - | - | - | - | May 25 | - | - |
| 149 | Headshots | $7,280 | - | - | - | - | May 4 | - | - |
| 150 | Urbanized | $7,154 | - | - | - | - | May 24 | - | - |
| 151 | The Aristocats 2012 Re-release | $6,885 | - | - | - | - | May 24 | - | - |
| 152 | Bons baisers de la Colonie | $6,664 | - | - | - | - | May 9 | - | - |
| 153 | Nunca pasa nada | $6,221 | - | - | - | - | May 17 | - | - |
| 154 | La revolución es un sueño eterno | $6,151 | - | - | - | - | May 17 | - | - |
| 155 | Evolution of Violence | $5,897 | - | - | - | - | May 4 | - | - |
| 156 | Empire of Silver 2011 Re-release | $5,867 | - | - | - | - | May 24 | - | - |
| 157 | Paralelo 10 | $5,784 | - | - | - | - | May 4 | - | - |
| 158 | Charlie Casanova | $5,401 | - | - | - | - | May 11 | - | - |
| 159 | Outing | $5,329 | - | - | - | - | May 18 | - | - |
| 160 | Oliver Sherman | $5,097 | - | - | - | - | May 18 | - | - |
| 161 | Vivir Contra El Tiempo | $4,877 | - | - | - | - | May 17 | - | - |
| 162 | Russian Libertine | $4,705 | - | - | - | - | May 11 | - | - |
| 163 | Rahe Chardi Kala Punjab Di | $4,574 | - | - | - | - | May 25 | - | - |
| 164 | The New Watchdogs | $4,420 | - | - | - | - | May 9 | - | - |
| 165 | Maleficarum | $4,303 | - | - | - | - | May 3 | - | - |
| 166 | The Sky Court | $4,270 | - | - | - | - | May 31 | - | - |
| 167 | Xora | $4,265 | - | - | - | - | May 18 | - | - |
| 168 | El cultivo de la flor invisible | $4,250 | - | - | - | - | May 25 | - | - |
| 169 | De leur vivant | $4,215 | - | - | - | - | May 9 | - | - |
| 170 | Life Size Memories | $4,133 | - | - | - | - | May 25 | - | - |
| 171 | Anton Corbijn Inside Out | $4,105 | - | - | - | - | May 9 | - | - |
| 172 | Personal Best | $4,084 | - | - | - | - | May 25 | - | - |
| 173 | A Kiss for Jed | $3,802 | - | - | - | - | May 18 | - | - |
| 174 | Tajemství podzemní továrny v Chebu | $3,007 | - | - | - | - | May 17 | - | - |
| 175 | Six Million and One | $2,704 | - | - | - | - | May 11 | - | - |
| 176 | Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back 2012 Re-release | $1,931 | - | - | - | - | May 17 | - | - |
| 177 | 35 Shots of Rum 2012 Re-release | $1,698 | - | - | - | - | May 10 | - | - |
| 178 | The Monsters' Dinner | $1,174 | - | - | - | - | May 25 | - | - |
| 179 | Greedy Lying Bastards | $1,121 | - | - | - | - | May 18 | - | - |
| 180 | Harvest | $1,027 | - | - | - | - | May 11 | - | - |
| 181 | Piggy | $963 | - | - | - | - | May 4 | - | - |
| 182 | Putos peronistas, cumbia del sentimiento | $707 | - | - | - | - | May 31 | - | - |
| 183 | Aappan Pher Milange | $509 | - | - | - | - | May 24 | - | - |
| 184 | San Antonio 2012 Re-release | $402 | - | - | - | - | May 10 | - | - |
| 185 | A Deal Is a Deal 2012 Re-release | $356 | - | - | - | - | May 10 | - | - |
| 186 | Plastic Planet 2012 Re-release | $345 | - | - | - | - | May 25 | - | - |
Figures are accurate only to the stated territory count unless otherwise noted.