#1 of 5 2012 · Drama, Mystery
$55.1M worldwide · 39% of the chart's total
End of Watch (2012) is the highest-grossing thriller movie released in week 38 of 2012 (Sep 16–22), with $55.1M worldwide, ahead of House at the End of the Street (2012) at $44.3M and Dredd (2012) at $41M. 5 thriller films released that week report a worldwide gross, $140.8M in all, 61% of it from the US & Canada. That is down 52% on Week 37, 2012, whose releases took $293.4M. By language, English leads with $140.5M across 4 thriller releases.
#1 of 5 2012 · Drama, Mystery
$55.1M worldwide · 39% of the chart's total
End of Watch (2012) leads with $55.1M, 39% of the total. The top 5 together took $140.8M, almost all of what the 5 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 38 of 2012 (Sep 16–22).
Sep 21, 2012 US and Canada: $41M Rest of the world: $14.1M Worldwide: $55.1M
Sep 21, 2012 US and Canada: $31.6M Rest of the world: $12.7M Worldwide: $44.3M
Sep 21, 2012 US and Canada: $13.4M Rest of the world: $27.6M Worldwide: $41M
Sep 18, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $283.3K
Sep 19, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $94.4K Of the top 5, End of Watch (2012) earned the biggest share at home (74% in the US & Canada), while Dredd (2012) made 67% of its gross abroad. Across all 5 films, $86M (61%) came from the US & Canada. 2 films of the top 5 report no US & Canada figure.
Week 38 releases took $140.8M. The biggest of these 9 weeks is week 40 (Sep 30–Oct 6) with $381.9M, led by Taken 2 (2012).
Of these 10 years, Week 38, 2010 earned the most: $230.4M from 6 films, led by The Town (2010). Week 38, 2012 took $140.8M.
| Week | Films | Worldwide | Change | Biggest film |
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| Week 38, 2003 Sep 14–20 4 films | 4 | $126.8M | – | Underworld (2003) $95.7M |
| Week 38, 2004 Sep 12–18 6 films · −45% | 6 | $69.9M | −45% | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004) $57.9M |
| Week 38, 2005 Sep 11–17 7 films · +57% | 7 | $109.9M | +57% | Lord of War (2005) $72.6M |
| Week 38, 2006 Sep 17–23 4 films · −87% | 4 | $14.1M | −87% | All the King's Men (2006) $9.5M |
| Week 38, 2007 Sep 16–22 4 films · +958% | 4 | $149M | +958% | Resident Evil: Extinction (2007) $147.7M |
| Week 38, 2008 Sep 14–20 3 films · −60% | 3 | $59.9M | −60% | Lakeview Terrace (2008) $44.7M |
| Week 38, 2009 Sep 13–19 3 films · +22% | 3 | $73.3M | +22% | The Informant! (2009) $41.8M |
| Week 38, 2010 Sep 12–18 6 films · +214% | 6 | $230.4M | +214% | The Town (2010) $154M |
| Week 38, 2011 Sep 11–17 5 films · −90% | 5 | $23.5M | −90% | Straw Dogs (2011) $11.2M |
| Week 38, 2012 Sep 16–22 5 films · +498% | 5 | $140.8M | +498% | End of Watch (2012) $55.1M |
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 5 films as the chart.
End of Watch (2012) leads with $55.1M worldwide, $41M of it in the US & Canada. Next come House at the End of the Street (2012) at $44.3M and Dredd (2012) at $41M.
5 thriller films released in week 38 of 2012 (Sep 16–22) report a worldwide gross, $140.8M in all, or $28.2M per film on average. Week 37, 2012 releases took $293.4M.
None. The biggest, End of Watch (2012), earned $55.1M.
Films are ranked by lifetime worldwide gross in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and grouped by their release date in week 38 of 2012 (Sep 16–22). 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.