May 292012
The Will Smith/Tommy Lee Jones sequel Men in Black 3 didn’t quite meet hollywood’s expectations but is projected to gross $70 million by the end of the long Memorial Day weekend. The film did more than enough to finally topple The Avengers, albeit in that film’s fourth week.
The top 12 films at the box office as of Sunday, May 27 are as follows:
| RANK | TITLE | DISTRIBUTOR NAME | WEEKEND REVENUE | CUME REVENUE | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REVENUE | # OF LOCATIONS* | LOC AVG | ||||
| 1 | Men In Black 3 | Sony | $55,000,000 | 4,248 | 12,947 | $55,000,000 |
| 2 | Marvel’s The Avengers | Disney | $36,987,000 | 3,918 | 9,440 | $513,672,000 |
| 3 | Battleship | Universal | $10,754,310 | 3,702 | 2,905 | $44,259,655 |
| 4 | Dictator, The | Paramount | $9,600,000 | 3,014 | 3,185 | $41,448,463 |
| 5 | Chernobyl Diaries | Warner Bros. | $8,000,000 | 2,433 | 3,288 | $8,000,000 |
| 6 | Dark Shadows | Warner Bros. | $7,515,000 | 3,404 | 2,207 | $62,997,896 |
| 7 | What To Expect When You’re Expecting | Lionsgate | $7,150,000 | 3,021 | 2,366 | $22,171,248 |
| 8 | Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The | Fox Searchlight | $6,350,000 | 1,233 | 5,150 | $16,553,496 |
| 9 | Hunger Games, The | Lionsgate | $2,200,000 | 1,421 | 1,548 | $395,208,785 |
| 10 | Think Like A Man | Sony | $1,400,000 | 786 | 1,781 | $88,271,941 |
| 11 | Pirates! Band of Misfits, The | Sony | $1,100,000 | 884 | 1,244 | $27,304,304 |
| 12 | Bernie | Millennium Entertainment | $870,154 | 194 | 4,485 | $2,221,960 |