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Kathryn Bigelow’s Zero Dark Thirty killed the competition at the weekend box office, grossing a better-than-expected $24 million as it expanded nationwide after earning an Academy Award nomination for best picture.
The top 12 films of the weekend, as of Sunday, January 13, are as follows:
| RANK | TITLE | DISTRIBUTOR NAME | WEEKEND REVENUE | CUME REVENUE | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REVENUE | # OF LOCATIONS* | LOC AVG | ||||
| 1 | Zero Dark Thirty | Sony | $24,000,000 | 2,937 | 8,171 | $29,480,807 |
| 2 | Haunted House, A | Open Road | $18,817,000 | 2,160 | 8,711 | $18,817,000 |
| 3 | Gangster Squad | Warner Bros. | $16,710,000 | 3,103 | 5,385 | $16,710,000 |
| 4 | Django Unchained | The Weinstein Company | $11,065,000 | 3,012 | 3,673 | $125,399,122 |
| 5 | Les Miserables | Universal | $10,127,420 | 2,927 | 3,460 | $119,206,140 |
| 6 | Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The | Warner Bros. | $9,080,000 | 3,012 | 3,014 | $278,124,187 |
| 7 | Lincoln | Disney | $6,314,000 | 2,027 | 3,114 | $152,579,000 |
| 8 | Parental Guidance | 20th Century Fox | $6,100,000 | 2,957 | 2,062 | $60,650,304 |
| 9 | Texas Chainsaw 3D | Lionsgate | $5,150,000 | 2,659 | 1,936 | $30,751,740 |
| 10 | Silver Linings Playbook | The Weinstein Company | $5,000,000 | 810 | 6,172 | $41,305,705 |
| 11 | Jack Reacher | Paramount | $4,970,000 | 2,707 | 1,835 | $72,778,330 |
| 12 | This Is 40 | Universal | $4,500,800 | 2,320 | 1,940 | $61,569,755 |
