Variety reports the top movies, in terms of box office take, for the we of 28 September-4 October 2012. The new animated monster movie Hotel Transylvania opened at the top of the charts, chewing up $49.7 million. Time-traveling crime thriller Looper opened at #2, returning $28.1 million. House at the End of the Street slipped from #3 to #5, killing $8.8 million, for a two-week total of $23.8 million. Comedy musical Pitch Perfect opened at #6. Finding Nemo 3D slipped from #4 to #7, swimming up $5.0 million, for a three-week total of $37.4 million. Resident Evil: Retribution slipped from #5 to #8, grossing $4.1 million, for a three-week total of $39.9 million. The Master slipped from #7 to #9, clearing $3.6 million, for a three-week total of $10.5 million. Teaching drama Won’t Back Down opened at #10.

Dredd 3D fell from #6 to #11, judging $3.5 million, for a two-week total of $12.1 million. The Possession slipped from #8 to #12, collecting $1.7 million, for a five-week total of $47.8 million. The Dark Knight Rises slipped from #14 to #16, raising $1.1 million, for an eleven-week total of $444.7 million. ParaNorman fell from #10 to #18, spooking up $950 thousand, for a seven-week total of $54.1 million. The Odd Life of Timothy Green fell from #12 to #19, growing $850 thousand, for a seven-week total of $49.9 million. Ice Age: Continental Drift held steady at #22, melting $500 thousand, for a twelve-week total of $159.2 million.

Falling out of the top 25 this week was:

The Avengers (last week’s #23) in its twenty-second week in release (box office total: $623.4 million)