#1 of 6 2012 · Action, Adventure
$315M worldwide · 96% of the chart's total
The Expendables 2 (2012) is the highest-grossing thriller movie released in week 33 of 2012 (Aug 12–18), with $315M worldwide, ahead of The Awakening (2012) at $6.9M and Ek Tha Tiger (2012) at $5.5M. 6 thriller films released that week report a worldwide gross, $329.1M in all, 27% of it from the US & Canada. One film crossed $100 million; none reached $1 billion. That is up 19% on Week 32, 2012, whose releases took $277.1M. By language, English leads with $322.4M across 3 thriller releases.
#1 of 6 2012 · Action, Adventure
$315M worldwide · 96% of the chart's total
The Expendables 2 (2012) leads with $315M, 96% of the total. The top 5 together took $328.8M, almost all of what the 6 films earned. Each bar splits a film's gross into the US & Canada and the rest of the world.
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Number 5 US & Canada (domestic) Rest of the world
Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in week 33 of 2012 (Aug 12–18).
Aug 17, 2012 US and Canada: $85M Rest of the world: $229.9M Worldwide: $315M
Aug 17, 2012 US and Canada: $209.7K Rest of the world: $6.7M Worldwide: $6.9M
Aug 15, 2012 US and Canada: $2.3M Rest of the world: $3.2M Worldwide: $5.5M
Aug 16, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $777.5K
Aug 17, 2012 US and Canada: $319.3K Rest of the world: $272.8K Worldwide: $592.1K
Aug 15, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $331.6K Of the top 6, Compliance (2012) earned the biggest share at home (54% in the US & Canada), while The Awakening (2012) made 97% of its gross abroad. Across all 6 films, $87.9M (27%) came from the US & Canada. 2 films of the top 6 report no US & Canada figure.
Week 33 releases took $329.1M. The biggest of these 9 weeks is week 29 (Jul 15–21) with $1.1B, led by The Dark Knight Rises (2012).
Of these 10 years, Week 33, 2004 earned the most: $354.9M from 7 films, led by AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004). Week 33, 2012 took $329.1M.
| Week | Films | Worldwide | Change | Biggest film |
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| Week 33, 2003 Aug 10–16 3 films | 3 | $117.3M | – | Freddy vs. Jason (2003) $116.6M |
| Week 33, 2004 Aug 8–14 7 films · +203% | 7 | $354.9M | +203% | AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004) $177.4M |
| Week 33, 2005 Aug 7–13 6 films · −38% | 6 | $219.1M | −38% | The Skeleton Key (2005) $94M |
| Week 33, 2006 Aug 13–19 6 films · −22% | 6 | $169.9M | −22% | The Illusionist (2006) $87.9M |
| Week 33, 2007 Aug 12–18 4 films · −71% | 4 | $49.8M | −71% | The Invasion (2007) $40.2M |
| Week 33, 2008 Aug 10–16 4 films · +211% | 4 | $154.9M | +211% | Mirrors (2008) $78.1M |
| Week 33, 2009 Aug 9–15 6 films · +39% | 6 | $215.2M | +39% | District 9 (2009) $210.9M |
| Week 33, 2010 Aug 8–14 5 films · +35% | 5 | $290.1M | +35% | The Expendables (2010) $274.5M |
| Week 33, 2011 Aug 7–13 3 films · −45% | 3 | $158.3M | −45% | Final Destination 5 (2011) $157.9M |
| Week 33, 2012 Aug 12–18 6 films · +108% | 6 | $329.1M | +108% | The Expendables 2 (2012) $315M |
50 weeks of 2012 with reported grosses; the biggest is week 18 (Apr 29–May 5) with $1.5B, led by The Avengers (2012).
The chart's numbers in short: the #1 film, the total, the billion-dollar hits and the US & Canada share, answered from the same 6 films as the chart.
The Expendables 2 (2012) leads with $315M worldwide, $85M of it in the US & Canada. Next come The Awakening (2012) at $6.9M and Ek Tha Tiger (2012) at $5.5M.
6 thriller films released in week 33 of 2012 (Aug 12–18) report a worldwide gross, $329.1M in all, or $54.8M per film on average. Week 32, 2012 releases took $277.1M.
None. 1 film crossed $100 million, led by The Expendables 2 (2012) with $315M.
Films are ranked by lifetime worldwide gross in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and grouped by their release date in week 33 of 2012 (Aug 12–18). The figures are the reported box office grosses in our database. A gross that looks misattributed, such as one figure shared by two unrelated films or a blockbuster total on an obscure title, is left out rather than shown as a fact.
Grosses change while films are in theaters and whenever a new figure is reported; this chart reads the latest numbers in our database, so an older film can still move after a re-release.