Variety reports the top movies, in terms of box office take, for the we of 7-13 September 2012. The Possession maintained its spot at the top of the charts, collecting $11.5 million, for a two-week total of $35.4 million. Plagiarism drama The Words opened at #4. ParaNorman fell from #5 to #7, spooking up $5.0 million, for a four-week total of $46.3 million. The Odd Life of Timothy Green fell from #7 to #, growing $4.4 million, for a four-week total of $43.8 million. The Dark Knight Rises fell from #8 to #10, raising $4.3 million, for an eight-week total of $438.9 million.

Indiana Jones and The Raiders of the Lost Ark: The IMAX Experience opened at #13, swashbuckling up $2.4 million. Thriller The Cold Light of Day opened at #14. The Avengers fell from #13 to #17, teaming up $1.0 million, for a nineteen-week total of $621.6 million. Ice Age: Continental Drift slipped from #17 to #18, melting $950 thousand, for a nine-week total of $157.3 million. Brave fell from #15 to #20, earning $900 thousand, for a twelve-week total of $233.6 million. Ted slipped from #20 to #21, bearing up $750 thousand, for an eleven-week total of $217.1 million. Robot & Frank held steady at #22, and stealing away $700 thousand, for a four-week total of $2.2 million. The Amazing Spider-Man fell from #18 to #23, spinning up $550 thousand, for a ten-week total of $260.4 million.

Falling out of the top 25 this week were:
Total Recall (last week’s #19) in its sixth week in release (box office total: $57.5 million)
Madagascar 3 (last week’s #23) in its fourteenth week in release (box office total: $215.3 million)
The Apparition (last week’s #24) in its third week in release (box office total: $4.8 million)