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Fifth is Magic Mike, Steven Soderbergh's male stripper movie. After a breakout weekend, Magic Mike never had a chance to hold like Ted did, given the subject matter and the target audience (soccer moms). Any hold above 70% was going to be a success here, so a gross of $15.6 million and a drop of 60% is certainly going to work for Warner Bros. Don't forget – Magic Mike was a $7 million pick up for the distributor, and has already grossed ten times that amount. Magic Mike has singles totalling $72.3 million.

Sixth is Tyler Perry's Madea Witness Protection. I shouldn't have to tell you that these films open big and fall hard, and this one fits the mould perfectly. Witness Protection earned $10.2 million and dropped 60% (shocked, shocked, I tell you). Give this version of the Madea cash machine $45.8 million so far, with not much more to come.

Seventh goes to Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted. Now in its fifth weekend, the DreamWorks Animation release earned another $7.7 million and dropped 35% (pretty good considering it lost almost 1,000 venues compared to last weekend). Madagascar 3 has now earned $196 million stateside and over $250 million overseas, against a budget of $145 million.

Eighth place goes to Katy Perry: Part of Me one of these idiotic concert movies for teens. This one earned $7.2 million from Friday to Sunday, and $10.3 million since opening Thursday. This one cost only $12 million, and I love that it's flirting with disaster despite the low budget.

Moonrise Kingdom is ninth this weekend, as the Focus Features release continues to hold nicely and enjoy a perfectly executed platform release. Now out to 884 venues (30 more than last weekend), Moonrise earned another $4.6 million and fell only 6%. This $16 million release has now been in theaters for seven weekends, and shows little sign of slowing. The Wes Anderson picture has now earned $26.9 million.

In tenth is To Rome With Love, as Woody Allen tries to keep his roll going, which he started last year with Midnight In Paris. After a couple of weekends in limited release, To Rome expanded to 806 venues and earned $3.5 million, giving it a venue average of $4,345. The comedy has already earned $12 million overseas, and has a domestic cume so far of $5.3 million.

Leaving the top ten for the first time in 10 weekends is Marvel's The Avengers. The super superhero flick finished 12th with a gross of $2.2 million. It has now earned $611.1 million domestically.

Overall, comparing year to year box office over Independence Day weekends can give a poor reflection of what's actually happening. This year, the top 12 films earned $187.1 million from Friday-to-Sunday. A year ago, the same weekend was July 1-3, as the holiday landed on Monday. That year, with Transformers 3 on top, the box office took in $191.8 million. A year earlier, with the 4th falling on a Sunday, the top 12 found $180.5 million. The last time July 4th fell on a Tuesday was 2007, and the top 12 earned $165.4 million, with Transformers earning more than The Amazing Spider-Man did. Next weekend, the only opener is Ice Age: Continental Drift, as we await The Dark Knight Rises a weekend later.

Top Weekend Box Office for 7/6/12-7/8/12 (Estimates)
Rank	Film	Distributor	Estimated Gross	Weekly Change	Running Total
1	The Amazing Spider-Man	Sony/Columbia	$65,000,000	New	$140,000,000
2	Ted	Universal Pictures	$32,592,560	- 40%	$120,239,905
3	Brave	Walt Disney Pictures	$20,162,000	- 41%	$174,519,000
4	Savages	Universal Pictures	$16,162,200	New	$16,162,200
5	Magic Mike	Warner Bros. Pictures	$15,610,000	- 60%	$72,797,000
6	MADEA'S WITNESS PROTECTION	LIONSGATE	$10,200,000	- 60%	$45,845,955
7	MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE'S MOST WANTED	PARAMOUNT	$7,700,000	- 35%	$196,020,000
8	Katy Perry: Part of Me	PARAMOUNT	$7,150,000	New	$10,250,000
9	MOONRISE KINGDOM	Focus Features	$4,641,580	- 6%	$26,892,860
10	To Rome With Love	Sony Pictures Classics	$3,502,143	+ 406%	$5,261,353
11	People Like Us	DreamWorks	$2,256,000	- 47%	$9,253,000
12	The Avengers		$2,170,000	- 51%	$611,130,000
	Also Opening/Notables
	China Heavyweight	Zeitgeist	$4,004	New	$4,004
	Beasts of the Southern Wild	FOX SEARCHLIGHT	$375,587	+ 121%	$745,376
	Neil Young Journeys	Sony Classics	$11,736	- 2%	$34,144
	Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter	Twentieth Century Fox	$1,900,000	- 68%	$34,006,376
	Prometheus	Twentieth Century Fox	$1,825,000	- 63%	$122,399,774
	Safety Not Guaranteed	Filmdistrict	$260,000	- 31%	$2,177,107
	Snow White & the Huntsman	UNIVERSAL	$1,866,240	- 59%	$149,854,450
	Men In Black 3	SONY	$1,775,000	- 40%	$173,125,000
	The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel	Fox Searchlight	$783,000	- 29%	$42,033,782
Box office data supplied by Exhibitor Relations

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