| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | The Avengers | $450,527 | -35.7% | 106 | -4 | $4,250 | $5,490,988 | 4 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | - | The Dictator | $345,911 | - | 65 | - | $5,321 | $407,289 | 1 | Paramount Pictures International | true | false |
| 3 | 2 | Dark Shadows | $246,752 | -40.9% | 85 | - | $2,902 | $775,116 | 2 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | - | Salmon Fishing in the Yemen | $157,422 | - | 42 | - | $3,748 | $271,795 | 1 | Roadshow Films | true | false |
| 5 | 3 | The Five-Year Engagement | $68,845 | -47.5% | 48 | -6 | $1,434 | $522,743 | 3 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | $67,067 | -35.1% | 74 | +2 | $906 | $3,724,329 | 9 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | Margin Call | $40,539 | -15% | 29 | +1 | $1,397 | $118,665 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 8 | - | Verdi: La Traviata | $33,982 | - | 25 | - | $1,359 | $33,982 | 1 | Rialto Distribution | true | false |
| 9 | 5 | The Grey | $28,277 | -55% | 39 | -12 | $725 | $267,493 | 3 | Hoyts Distribution | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | The Hunger Games | $22,929 | -48.5% | 39 | -7 | $587 | $4,327,023 | 9 | Roadshow Films | false | false |
| 11 | 11 | The Lorax | $18,765 | -6.6% | 39 | -9 | $481 | $1,980,120 | 8 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 8 | Good for Nothing | $18,401 | -40.2% | 45 | -8 | $408 | $106,638 | 3 | N/A | false | false |
| 13 | - | Shihad: Beautiful Machine | $17,652 | - | 50 | - | $353 | $17,652 | 1 | Rialto Distribution | true | false |
| 14 | 10 | A Separation | $12,988 | -41.9% | 35 | -3 | $371 | $267,351 | 5 | Hopscotch Films | false | false |
| 15 | 12 | The Way 2012 Re-release | $11,437 | -32.7% | 23 | -1 | $497 | $99,357 | 4 | N/A | false | false |
| 16 | 9 | The Lucky One | $8,776 | -65.3% | 21 | -27 | $417 | $577,844 | 5 | Roadshow Films | false | false |
| 17 | - | Man on a Ledge | $8,570 | - | 10 | - | $857 | $30,828 | 1 | Hoyts Distribution | true | false |
| 18 | 16 | The Kid with a Bike | $8,050 | -6.9% | 13 | +3 | $619 | $49,229 | 2 | Madman Entertainment | false | false |
| 19 | 18 | The Pirates! Band of Misfits | $7,329 | +5.5% | 24 | +1 | $305 | $633,579 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 20 | 13 | Beauty and the Beast 2010 3D Release | $5,725 | -61.8% | 19 | -26 | $301 | $55,812 | 93 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 21 | 15 | The Women on the 6th Floor | $5,156 | -47.2% | 21 | -5 | $245 | $281,408 | 8 | Palace Films | false | false |
| 22 | 17 | Chinese Take-Away | $4,881 | -40.1% | 14 | - | $348 | $21,167 | 2 | Rialto Distribution | false | false |
| 23 | 27 | Starbuck | $3,810 | +407.3% | 16 | +6 | $238 | $23,349 | 3 | Hopscotch Films | false | false |
| 24 | - | Department | $3,703 | - | 7 | - | $529 | $3,703 | 1 | Forum Hungary | true | false |
| 25 | 21 | Mirror Mirror | $2,787 | -23.1% | 17 | -7 | $163 | $496,975 | 8 | Roadshow Films | false | false |
| 26 | 24 | Headhunters | $1,687 | -4.6% | 7 | -2 | $241 | $162,975 | 11 | Rialto Distribution | false | false |
| 27 | 20 | The Most Fun You Can Have Dying | $1,273 | -73.6% | 7 | -15 | $181 | $64,990 | 4 | Rialto Distribution | false | false |
| 28 | 25 | My Week with Marilyn | $1,096 | -28.5% | 9 | -4 | $121 | $403,395 | 11 | Roadshow Films | false | false |
| 29 | 23 | Spud 2012 Re-release | $1,008 | -52.6% | 6 | -5 | $168 | $36,522 | 5 | N/A | false | false |
| 30 | 37 | We Need to Talk About Kevin | $597 | +185.6% | 3 | -1 | $199 | $194,850 | 12 | Hopscotch Films | false | false |
| 31 | 28 | The Artist | $339 | -52.3% | 5 | - | $67 | $337,233 | 15 | Roadshow Films | false | false |
| 32 | 31 | In Search of Haydn | $245 | -50.5% | 1 | -1 | $245 | $42,355 | 10 | - | false | false |
| 33 | 35 | Attack the Block | $89 | -60.4% | 1 | -1 | $89 | $17,077 | 8 | Hoyts Distribution | false | false |
| 34 | 32 | Jiro Dreams of Sushi | $58 | -86.1% | 1 | -2 | $58 | $5,763 | 3 | - | false | false |
| 35 | 36 | Wrath of the Titans | $44 | -79.1% | 4 | - | $11 | $823,103 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 36 | 39 | StreetDance 2 2012 Re-release | $13 | -71.1% | 1 | - | $13 | $179,576 | 6 | Hoyts Distribution | false | false |
