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Top Grossing English Movies in August 2012

Rank Title Genre(s) Domestic Worldwide
1 The Expendables 2

Action

Adventure

Thriller

$85,028,192 $314,975,955
2 The Bourne Legacy

Action

Adventure

Mystery

$113,203,870 $276,144,750
3 Total Recall

Thriller

Action

$58,877,969 $198,467,607
4 Total Recall (2012)

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi

$58,877,969 $198,467,607
5 Hope Springs

Drama

Comedy

Romance

$63,536,011 $114,281,051
6 ParaNorman

Adventure

Fantasy

Horror

$56,003,051 $107,139,399
7 The Possession

Thriller

Horror

$49,130,154 $85,446,075
8 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days

Comedy

Family

$49,008,662 $77,229,695
9 The Odd Life of Timothy Green

Drama

Fantasy

Comedy

$51,854,875 $56,012,642
10 Lawless

Drama

Crime

Western

$37,400,127 $55,404,207
11 A Turtle’s Tale 2: Sammy’s Escape from Paradise

Adventure

Family

Animation

- $49,261,830
12 Premium Rush

Action

Thriller

$20,275,446 $31,083,599
13 Sparkle

Drama

Music

Musical

$24,397,469 $24,637,800
14 The Green Wave

Documentary

$7,192,291 $12,666,449
15 The Apparition

Thriller

Horror

$4,936,819 $11,350,665
16 The Tall Man

Drama

Mystery

Thriller

- $7,462,847
17 Cosmopolis

Drama

$763,556 $7,029,095
18 The Awakening

Thriller

Horror

$209,696 $6,879,667
19 Robot and Frank

Sci-Fi

Drama

Comedy

$3,325,038 $4,806,423
20 Keith Lemon: The Film

Comedy

- $4,682,943
21 Samsara

Documentary

$2,672,413 $4,426,444
22 360

Drama

Romance

$100,343 $4,396,975
23 Nitro Circus: The Movie

Action

Comedy

Documentary

$3,377,618 $4,174,269
24 2 Days in New York

Comedy

$633,210 $4,058,113
25 Celeste and Jesse Forever

Drama

Comedy

Romance

$3,094,813 $3,640,975
26 Truth or Dare

Mystery

Thriller

Horror

- $2,504,058
27 Fire with Fire

Thriller

Crime

Drama

- $2,500,277
28 Sleepwalk with Me

Comedy

$2,266,067 $2,266,067
29 Wings

Comedy

Adventure

Animation

- $2,250,147
30 Beloved

Drama

Romance

Musical

$137,515 $2,056,212
31 Soldiers of Fortune

Action

Adventure

$38,898 $1,784,286
32 For a Good Time, Call...

Comedy

$1,251,749 $1,386,088
33 The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure

Family

$1,065,907 $1,065,907
34 Twixt

Thriller

Horror

$1,996 $649,835
35 Secret of the Wings

Family

Animation

Fantasy

- $627,018
36 Compliance

Drama

Thriller

Crime

$319,285 $592,116
37 Thunderstruck

Comedy

Family

$587,211 $587,211
38 The Babymakers

Adventure

Comedy

$7,889 $475,511
39 Freelancers

Action

Crime

Mystery

- $456,350
40 Paul Kelly: Stories of Me

Documentary

Music

- $376,140
41 Red Hook Summer

Drama

$338,803 $338,803
42 Dreams of a Life

Drama

Documentary

$8,405 $291,898
43 Somewhere Between

Documentary

$210,975 $210,975
44 Starship Troopers: Invasion

Action

Animation

- $193,425
45 Save Your Legs!

Comedy

- $192,041
46 Offender

Thriller

- $183,049
47 Burning Man

Drama

Comedy

Romance

- $147,153
48 Confession of a Child of the Century

Drama

$74 $146,155
49 From Beneath

Horror

Thriller

$144,123 $144,123
50 Wild Horse, Wild Ride

Western

Documentary

$111,205 $111,205

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