Box Office Game — August 14, 2026 Answer

Here is the Box Office Game answer for Friday, August 14, 2026 (day #1625 of the game): the weekend of May 4, 2012 — a 2012 box office chart. The clues the game gives you (distributor, last week’s rank, weeks in release and the grosses) are shown for all five films; the titles and posters stay blurred until you tap reveal.

Top 5 answer · Day #1625
The weekend to guessMay 4, 2012Friday — top 5 at the US box office
1
Poster of the #1 movie
The Avengers
Walt DisneyNew this weekendWeek 1 in release
Weekend$207,438,708Total$207,438,708
2
Poster of the #2 movie
Think Like a Man
Sony PicturesLast week #1Week 3 in release-54% vs last week
Weekend$8,106,166Total$73,135,600
3
Poster of the #3 movie
The Hunger Games
LionsgateLast week #3Week 7 in release-48.3% vs last week
Weekend$5,587,661Total$380,614,659
4
Poster of the #4 movie
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
Columbia PicturesLast week #2Week 2 in release-50.6% vs last week
Weekend$5,502,482Total$18,665,941
5
Poster of the #5 movie
The Lucky One
Warner Bros.Last week #4Week 3 in release-50.3% vs last week
Weekend$5,368,115Total$47,775,060

No spoilers — titles and posters stay blurred until you tap.

About the five films

The Avengers poster

#1 The Avengers IMDb →

“Some assembly required.”

When an unexpected enemy emerges and threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Spanning the globe, a daring recruitment effort begins!

Director: Joss Whedon · Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo · Genre: Science Fiction, Action, Adventure · Budget: $220,000,000 · Worldwide: $1,518,815,515 · Domestic total: $623,357,910
Think Like a Man poster

#2 Think Like a Man IMDb →

“Let the mind games begin.”

The balance of power in four couples’ relationships is upset when the women start using the advice in Steve Harvey’s book, Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Man, to get more of what they want from their men. When the men realize that the women have gotten a hold of their relationship “playbook,” they decide that the best defense is a good offense and come up with a plan to use this information to their advantage.

Director: Tim Story · Starring: Kevin Hart, Michael Ealy, Taraji P. Henson · Genre: Comedy, Romance · Budget: $12,000,000 · Worldwide: $96,070,507 · Domestic total: $91,547,205
The Hunger Games poster

#3 The Hunger Games IMDb →

“The world will be watching.”

In a dystopian society where the Capitol forces each district to send two young tributes to fight to the death in a televised spectacle, a girl volunteers to take her sister’s place, setting the stage for a struggle of survival and defiance.

Director: Gary Ross · Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth · Genre: Science Fiction, Adventure, Action, Thriller · Budget: $75,000,000 · Worldwide: $694,000,000 · Domestic total: $408,010,692
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! poster

#4 The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! IMDb →

“It's a plunderful life.”

The enthusiastic Pirate Captain, along with his rag-tag crew, sets out to beat his bitter rivals. The chaotic adventure takes them from exotic shores to Victorian London, and from a haplessly smitten scientist to a diabolical queen.

Director: Peter Lord · Starring: Hugh Grant, Martin Freeman, Imelda Staunton · Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Comedy · Budget: $60,000,000 · Worldwide: $123,054,041 · Domestic total: $31,051,126
The Lucky One poster

#5 The Lucky One IMDb →

“From the acclaimed bestselling author of The Notebook and Dear John”

A Marine travels to Louisiana after serving three tours in Iraq and searches for the unknown woman he believes was his good luck charm during the war.

Director: Scott Hicks · Starring: Zac Efron, Taylor Schilling, Blythe Danner · Genre: Drama, Romance · Budget: $25,000,000 · Worldwide: $99,400,000 · Domestic total: $60,457,138

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Box Office Game (boxofficega.me) hands you one weekend from box office history and asks you to name the five highest-grossing films from that weekend, in order. You start with only the weekend date and each film’s weekend gross; every clue you buy (distributor, last week’s rank, total gross, budget, director, cast and so on) costs points off your score. The page above lists exactly those clues for each slot so you can match your own guesses before revealing. This page is part of our complete daily archive, updated every morning.

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Box Office Game is a free daily movie trivia game at boxofficega.me, based on an idea from the Blank Check podcast. Each day it picks one weekend from box office history and you have to name that weekend’s top five films, using as few clues as possible.
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