Dark Shadows Earns $12.8M & Fourth Place At The U.S. Weekend Box Office; Total Gross Passes $50M U.S., $132M Worldwide

Dark Shadows came in fourth at the box office this weekend in the United States with an estimated $12.77 million take for May 18-20, 2012.   Marvel's The Avengers, promoted on GENERAL HOSPITAL in early May, remained a juggernaut grossing another $55M.

Dark Shadows earned an additional $30M outside the U.S. over the weekend bringing its worldwide total to $132.2M.

Battleship, The Dictator, and What to Expect When You're Expecting debuted in the Top 5 this week.

The complete Top 10 U.S. Grossing Films is below:

TW	LW	TITLE	WEEKEND	TOTAL GROSS
1	1	Marvel's The Avengers	$55,057,000	$457,078,000
2	N	Battleship	$25,300,000	$25,300,000
3	N	The Dictator	$17,415,000	$24,456,000
4	2	Dark Shadows	$12,770,000	$50,908,000
5	N	What to Expect When You're Expecting	$10,500,000	$10,500,000
6	8	The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel	$3,250,000	$8,257,000
7	4	The Hunger Games	$3,000,000	$391,631,000
8	3	Think Like a Man	$2,700,000	$85,888,000
9	5	The Lucky One	$1,765,000	$56,921,000
10	7	The Pirates! Band of Misfits	$1,450,000	$25,362,000

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