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Moviegoing was down again at the domestic box office as Sony’s sci-fi action remake Total Recall opened to an underwhelming $26 million, well behind the $36.4 million earned by returning champ The Dark Knight Rises in its third weekend.
The top 12 films of th weekend, according to data as of Sunday, August 5, are as follows:
| RANK | TITLE | DISTRIBUTOR NAME | WEEKEND REVENUE | CUME REVENUE | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REVENUE | # OF LOCATIONS* | LOC AVG | ||||
| 1 | Dark Knight Rises, The | Warner Bros. | $36,440,000 | 4,242 | 8,590 | $354,637,764 |
| 2 | Total Recall | Sony | $26,000,000 | 3,601 | 7,220 | $26,000,000 |
| 3 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days | 20th Century Fox | $14,700,000 | 3,391 | 4,335 | $14,700,000 |
| 4 | Ice Age: Continental Drift | 20th Century Fox | $8,400,000 | 3,542 | 2,371 | $131,862,859 |
| 5 | Watch, The | 20th Century Fox | $6,350,000 | 3,168 | 2,004 | $25,363,203 |
| 6 | Ted | Universal | $5,478,660 | 2,767 | 1,980 | $203,413,895 |
| 7 | Step Up Revolution | Lionsgate | $5,300,000 | 2,606 | 2,033 | $23,097,149 |
| 8 | Amazing Spider-Man, The | Sony | $4,300,000 | 2,425 | 1,773 | $250,640,333 |
| 9 | Brave | Disney | $2,890,000 | 2,110 | 1,369 | $223,324,040 |
| 10 | Magic Mike | Warner Bros. | $1,380,000 | 1,202 | 1,148 | $110,894,305 |
| 11 | Moonrise Kingdom | Focus Features | $1,231,960 | 687 | 1,793 | $40,771,004 |
| 12 | Beasts Of The Southern Wild | Fox Searchlight | $1,175,000 | 318 | 3,694 | $5,903,792 |
