Domestic Box Office For Spring 2012
Spring 2012 is March 2-May 3.
Limited releases are those released in fewer than 600 theaters.
Key:Estimated
| Rank | Release | Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total | Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To the Arctic 3D | $14,560,838 | 52 | $270,228 | 1.9% | 50 | Apr 20 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 2 | Bernie | $9,206,470 | 332 | $85,805 | 0.9% | 3 | Apr 27 | Sep 20 | Millennium Entertainment |
| 3 | Salmon Fishing in the Yemen | $9,047,981 | 524 | $225,894 | 2.5% | 18 | Mar 9 | Jun 7 | CBS Films |
| 4 | Casa de mi Padre | $5,909,483 | 475 | $2,287,239 | 38.7% | 382 | Mar 16 | May 17 | Lionsgate |
| 5 | October Baby 2012 Re-release | $5,157,886 | 390 | $1,718,000 | - | 390 | Mar 23 | Jun 14 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 6 | Jeff, Who Lives at Home | $4,269,426 | 513 | $855,709 | 20% | 254 | Mar 16 | May 17 | Paramount Vantage |
| 7 | Bully 2012 Re-release | $3,863,446 | 263 | $535,433 | 13.9% | 158 | Apr 13 | Jun 21 | The Weinstein Company |
| 8 | Jiro Dreams of Sushi | $2,552,478 | 80 | $42,035 | 1.6% | 2 | Mar 9 | Aug 23 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 9 | Monsieur Lazhar | $2,009,517 | 86 | $112,190 | 5.6% | 19 | Apr 13 | Oct 11 | Music Box Films |
| 10 | Footnote | $2,007,758 | 101 | $47,528 | 2.4% | 2 | Mar 9 | Jul 12 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 11 | Housefull 2 | $1,791,780 | 121 | $847,132 | 47.3% | 121 | Apr 6 | May 17 | Eros Worldwide |
| 12 | The Kid with a Bike | $1,470,000 | 86 | $45,933 | 3.1% | 3 | Mar 16 | Jun 14 | IFC Films |
| 13 | Marley | $1,413,480 | 73 | $262,004 | 18.5% | 42 | Apr 20 | Aug 16 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 14 | Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day | $1,213,128 | 106 | $641,542 | 52.9% | 102 | Apr 13 | May 31 | Codeblack Entertainment |
| 15 | Headhunters | $1,200,010 | 60 | $43,013 | 3.6% | 4 | Apr 27 | Aug 16 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 16 | Casablanca 2011 Re-release | $1,155,330 | 507 | - | - | - | Mar 21 | Apr 26 | Warner Bros. |
| 17 | The Deep Blue Sea | $1,126,525 | 61 | $123,841 | 11% | 31 | Mar 23 | Aug 30 | Music Box Films |
| 18 | Damsels in Distress | $1,008,455 | 205 | $58,589 | 5.8% | 4 | Apr 6 | Aug 23 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 19 | Darling Companion | $793,815 | 64 | $39,962 | 5% | 4 | Apr 20 | Aug 23 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 20 | Agent Vinod | $698,210 | 122 | $427,043 | 61.2% | 122 | Mar 23 | Apr 15 | Eros Worldwide |
| 21 | Blue Like Jazz | $595,018 | 136 | $261,190 | 43.9% | 136 | Apr 13 | Jun 7 | Roadside Attractions |
| 22 | Vicky Donor | $549,001 | 50 | $169,209 | 30.8% | 50 | Apr 20 | May 17 | Eros Worldwide |
| 23 | We Have a Pope | $548,115 | 27 | $31,368 | 5.7% | 3 | Apr 6 | Jun 14 | IFC Films |
| 24 | Being Flynn | $540,152 | 88 | $43,990 | 8.1% | 4 | Mar 2 | Apr 12 | Focus Features |
| 25 | Seeking Justice | $411,746 | 231 | $249,912 | 60.7% | 231 | Mar 16 | Apr 5 | Anchor Bay Films |
| 26 | Sound of My Voice | $408,015 | 48 | $36,134 | 8.9% | 5 | Apr 27 | Jun 28 | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| 27 | The Lady | $355,391 | 19 | - | - | - | Apr 13 | - | Cohen Media Group |
| 28 | The Salt of Life | $317,405 | 19 | $19,176 | 6% | 2 | Mar 2 | Aug 23 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 29 | Bully | $279,202 | 6 | $116,472 | 41.7% | 5 | Mar 30 | Apr 12 | The Weinstein Company |
| 30 | Love in the Buff | $256,451 | 14 | $91,233 | 35.6% | 10 | Mar 30 | May 10 | China Lion Film Distribution |
| 31 | Boy | $256,211 | 18 | $21,244 | 8.3% | 2 | Mar 2 | - | Unison Films |
| 32 | Gerhard Richter Painting | $242,646 | 9 | $13,537 | 5.6% | 1 | Mar 14 | Aug 9 | Kino Lorber |
| 33 | Tezz | $229,931 | 97 | $148,133 | 64.4% | 97 | Apr 27 | May 17 | Eros Worldwide |
| 34 | Touchback | $204,232 | 69 | $66,998 | 32.8% | 50 | Apr 13 | May 23 | Anchor Bay Films |
| 35 | Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie | $201,436 | 33 | $87,475 | 43.4% | 24 | Mar 2 | - | Magnolia Pictures |
| 36 | A Simple Life | $191,826 | 13 | $43,372 | 22.6% | 9 | Apr 13 | Oct 4 | China Lion Film Distribution |
| 37 | Lost Woods | $180,117 | 13 | $58,240 | 32.3% | 13 | Mar 2 | Mar 15 | Nocturnal Features |
| 38 | Monumental: In Search of America's National Treasure | $177,729 | 27 | $28,340 | 15.9% | 6 | Mar 30 | May 20 | ArtAffects Entertainment |
| 39 | The Hunter | $176,669 | 17 | $19,032 | 10.8% | 4 | Apr 6 | - | Magnolia Pictures |
| 40 | Elles | $157,508 | 13 | $24,286 | 15.4% | 6 | Apr 27 | Sep 13 | Kino Lorber |
| 41 | Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale I | $136,166 | 13 | $57,183 | 42% | 12 | Apr 27 | - | Well Go USA Entertainment |
| 42 | Turn Me On, Dammit! | $126,085 | 5 | $10,145 | 8% | 2 | Mar 30 | - | New Yorker Films |
| 43 | Goodbye First Love | $95,000 | 5 | $21,077 | 22.2% | 4 | Apr 20 | May 17 | IFC Films |
| 44 | The Island President | $76,398 | 5 | $13,998 | 18.3% | 2 | Mar 28 | - | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 45 | Detachment | $72,689 | 15 | $10,739 | 14.8% | 2 | Mar 16 | - | Tribeca Films |
| 46 | My Way | $70,177 | 22 | $17,817 | 25.4% | 22 | Apr 20 | Jun 3 | CJ Entertainment |
| 47 | Intruders | $69,136 | 33 | $40,746 | 58.9% | 33 | Mar 30 | Apr 12 | Millennium Entertainment |
| 48 | Let the Bullets Fly | $63,012 | 10 | $11,287 | 17.9% | 5 | Mar 2 | Apr 26 | Variance Films |
| 49 | The Bodyguard 2012 Re-release | $61,020 | 484 | - | - | - | Mar 28 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 50 | Natural Selection | $55,282 | 3 | $10,375 | 18.8% | 1 | Mar 16 | - | The Cinema Guild |
| 51 | Surviving Progress | $53,953 | 6 | $4,161 | 7.7% | 2 | Apr 6 | Sep 20 | First Run |
| 52 | Free Men | $53,810 | 4 | - | - | - | Mar 16 | - | Film Movement |
| 53 | The Graduate 45th Anniversary Reunion | $43,466 | 2 | $5,778 | 13.3% | 1 | Apr 11 | Aug 23 | Rialto Pictures |
| 54 | The FP | $40,557 | 28 | $15,465 | 38.1% | 28 | Mar 16 | May 6 | Drafthouse Films |
| 55 | Paan Singh Tomar | $40,311 | 10 | $20,568 | 51% | 10 | Mar 2 | Mar 22 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 56 | Children of Paradise 2012 Re-release | $36,986 | 2 | $10,741 | 29% | 2 | Mar 9 | Mar 29 | Janus Films |
| 57 | Conquest 1453 | $35,730 | 4 | $35,730 | 100% | 4 | Apr 6 | Apr 8 | NeoClassics Films |
| 58 | Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope | $34,665 | 6 | $8,203 | 23.7% | 3 | Apr 6 | Apr 29 | Wrekin Hill Entertainment |
| 59 | Hit So Hard | $34,025 | 4 | $6,500 | 19.1% | 1 | Apr 13 | - | Variance Films |
| 60 | Musical Chairs | $31,478 | 12 | $9,092 | 28.9% | 9 | Mar 23 | - | Paladin |
| 61 | Whores' Glory | $31,420 | 3 | $5,358 | 17.1% | 3 | Apr 27 | - | Kino Lorber |
| 62 | Life Happens | $30,905 | 16 | $20,186 | 65.3% | 16 | Apr 13 | May 3 | Rogers & Cowan/PMK |
| 63 | Here | $26,743 | 2 | $7,927 | 29.6% | 1 | Apr 13 | Jul 5 | Strand Releasing |
| 64 | Sound of Noise | $24,565 | 5 | $5,877 | 23.9% | 3 | Mar 9 | - | Magnolia Pictures |
| 65 | Attenberg | $24,036 | 2 | $3,998 | 16.6% | 1 | Mar 9 | Jun 28 | Strand Releasing |
| 66 | Keyhole | $22,826 | 7 | $3,294 | 14.4% | 1 | Apr 6 | Jun 21 | Monterey Media |
| 67 | The Long Day Closes | $22,765 | 2 | $1,407 | 6.2% | 1 | Mar 5 | Jun 6 | The Film Desk |
| 68 | Losing Control | $22,081 | 3 | $2,196 | 9.9% | 1 | Mar 23 | - | House Lights Media |
| 69 | Better Than Something: Jay Reatard | $21,697 | 4 | $5,712 | 26.3% | 4 | Mar 2 | - | - |
| 70 | Sedona | $21,638 | 3 | - | - | - | Mar 16 | - | Pasidg Productions Inc. |
| 71 | The Highest Pass | $20,386 | 2 | $10,125 | 49.7% | 2 | Apr 27 | Jun 17 | Cinema Libre Studio |
| 72 | Jesus Henry Christ | $20,183 | 3 | $8,192 | 40.6% | 3 | Apr 20 | Jun 3 | Entertainment One |
| 73 | How to Grow a Band | $20,135 | 2 | $5,705 | 28.3% | 1 | Apr 13 | Oct 4 | International Film Circuit |
| 74 | Juan of the Dead | $18,000 | 1 | $12,000 | 66.7% | 1 | Mar 16 | Mar 18 | Outsider Pictures |
| 75 | Payback | $17,979 | 3 | $2,186 | 12.2% | 1 | Apr 25 | Aug 2 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 76 | 4:44 Last Day on Earth | $17,801 | 3 | $8,355 | 46.9% | 3 | Mar 23 | Apr 5 | IFC Films |
| 77 | The Understudy | $17,036 | 2 | - | - | - | Mar 16 | - | Indican Pictures |
| 78 | Inventing Our Life: The Kibbutz Experiment | $16,734 | 3 | $6,193 | 37% | 1 | Apr 27 | - | First Run |
| 79 | Take Me Home | $15,760 | 6 | $322 | 2% | 1 | Mar 9 | Jun 7 | Monterey Media |
| 80 | Unraveled | $14,615 | 2 | $9,006 | 61.6% | 2 | Apr 13 | - | GoDigital |
| 81 | Falling Away | $13,869 | 2 | $1,284 | 9.3% | 2 | Mar 2 | - | Indican Pictures |
| 82 | The Day He Arrives | $13,746 | 2 | $3,311 | 24.1% | 1 | Apr 20 | Apr 25 | The Cinema Guild |
| 83 | Reuniting the Rubins | $13,569 | 4 | $734 | 5.4% | 2 | Mar 16 | May 17 | Monterey Media |
| 84 | The Trouble with Bliss | $13,093 | 4 | $4,618 | 35.3% | 1 | Mar 23 | Apr 26 | 7A Productions |
| 85 | Starry Starry Night | $10,033 | 2 | $2,312 | 23% | 2 | Mar 23 | Sep 20 | China Lion Film Distribution |
| 86 | Post Mortem | $9,750 | 1 | $2,406 | 24.7% | 1 | Apr 11 | - | Kino Lorber |
| 87 | Snowtown | $8,452 | 3 | $1,273 | 15.1% | 1 | Mar 2 | Mar 22 | IFC Films |
| 88 | Restless City | $8,100 | 3 | $8,100 | 100% | 3 | Apr 27 | Apr 29 | - |
| 89 | Last Days Here | $7,643 | 1 | $2,671 | 34.9% | 1 | Mar 2 | Mar 15 | IFC Films |
| 90 | The Giant Mechanical Man | $7,396 | 1 | $1,789 | 24.2% | 1 | Apr 27 | May 17 | Tribeca Films |
| 91 | The Beat Hotel | $6,480 | 1 | $1,458 | 22.5% | 1 | Mar 30 | Jul 19 | First Run |
| 92 | Booker's Place: A Mississippi Story | $5,549 | 2 | $2,455 | 44.2% | 2 | Apr 25 | May 10 | Tribeca Films |
| 93 | Downtown Express | $5,010 | 1 | $3,474 | 69.3% | 1 | Apr 20 | Apr 26 | International Film Circuit |
| 94 | Brake | $4,876 | 2 | $4,330 | 88.8% | 2 | Mar 21 | Mar 29 | IFC Films |
| 95 | Art Is... The Permanent Revolution | $4,291 | 1 | $2,718 | 63.3% | 1 | Mar 2 | May 17 | First Run |
| 96 | The Moth Diaries | $3,838 | 2 | $2,276 | 59.3% | 2 | Apr 20 | Apr 29 | IFC Films |
| 97 | They Come to America | $3,775 | 1 | $3,775 | 100% | 1 | Mar 31 | Apr 1 | Corinth Films |
| 98 | Apart | $3,161 | 2 | $3,161 | 100% | 2 | Mar 9 | Mar 11 | Truly Indie |
| 99 | ATM | $3,010 | 2 | $2,034 | 67.6% | 2 | Apr 6 | Apr 12 | IFC Films |
| 100 | Carl | $2,592 | 1 | $2,592 | 100% | 1 | Apr 27 | Apr 29 | AfterLight Pictures |
| 101 | I Kissed a Vampire | $1,794 | 11 | $1,380 | 76.9% | 11 | Mar 30 | - | Monterey Media |
| 102 | Where Are You Taking Me? | $1,492 | 1 | $937 | 62.8% | 1 | Mar 2 | Mar 8 | Icarus Films |
| 103 | The Decoy Bride | $759 | 1 | $542 | 71.4% | 1 | Mar 9 | Mar 15 | IFC Films |
| 104 | Citizen Gangster | $625 | 1 | $625 | 100% | 1 | Apr 27 | Apr 29 | IFC Films |
| 105 | Playback | $264 | 1 | $252 | 95.5% | 1 | Mar 16 | Mar 22 | Magnolia Pictures |
