| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | - | - | - | $55,024,161 | 4,100 | $303,003,568 | Dec 14 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 2 | Jack Reacher | - | - | - | $23,149,249 | 3,352 | $80,070,736 | Dec 21 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 3 | Les Misérables | - | - | - | $18,111,665 | 2,927 | $148,809,770 | Dec 25 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 4 | This Is 40 | - | - | - | $17,463,430 | 2,931 | $67,544,505 | Dec 21 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 5 | Django Unchained | - | - | - | $15,011,121 | 3,012 | $162,805,434 | Dec 25 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 6 | Lincoln | - | - | - | $9,122,124 | 2,293 | $182,207,973 | Nov 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 7 | The Guilt Trip | - | - | - | $9,020,170 | 2,431 | $37,134,215 | Dec 19 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 8 | Rise of the Guardians | - | - | - | $8,429,781 | 3,672 | $103,412,758 | Nov 21 | DreamWorks | false |
| 9 | Skyfall | - | - | - | $7,308,366 | 3,526 | $304,360,277 | Nov 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 10 | Monsters, Inc. 2012 3D Release | - | - | - | $7,057,907 | 2,618 | $34,043,006 | Dec 19 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 11 | Life of Pi | - | - | - | $6,356,963 | 2,946 | $124,987,023 | Nov 21 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 12 | Parental Guidance | - | - | - | $6,317,559 | 3,368 | $77,267,296 | Dec 25 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 13 | Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away | - | - | - | $3,598,131 | 840 | $12,512,862 | Dec 21 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 14 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 | - | - | - | $3,434,466 | 4,070 | $292,324,737 | Nov 16 | Lionsgate | false |
| 15 | Silver Linings Playbook | - | - | - | $3,300,724 | 2,809 | $132,092,958 | Nov 16 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 16 | Wreck-It Ralph | - | - | - | $2,689,296 | 3,752 | $189,422,889 | Nov 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 17 | Argo | - | - | - | $1,410,454 | 3,247 | $136,025,503 | Oct 12 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 18 | Red Dawn | - | - | - | $996,183 | 2,781 | $44,806,783 | Nov 21 | FilmDistrict | false |
| 19 | Flight | - | - | - | $951,094 | 2,638 | $93,772,375 | Nov 2 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 20 | Anna Karenina | - | - | - | $931,982 | 422 | $12,816,367 | Nov 16 | Focus Features | false |
| 21 | Hitchcock | - | - | - | $804,738 | 561 | $6,008,677 | Nov 23 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 22 | Zero Dark Thirty | - | - | - | $639,772 | 2,946 | $95,720,716 | Dec 19 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 23 | Hyde Park on Hudson | - | - | - | $594,416 | 246 | $6,376,145 | Dec 7 | Focus Features | false |
| 24 | Playing for Keeps | - | - | - | $518,545 | 2,840 | $13,103,272 | Dec 7 | FilmDistrict | false |
| 25 | Hotel Transylvania | - | - | - | $429,803 | 3,375 | $148,313,048 | Sep 28 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 26 | Here Comes the Boom | - | - | - | $307,841 | 3,014 | $45,290,318 | Oct 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 27 | Taken 2 | - | - | - | $275,756 | 3,706 | $139,854,287 | Oct 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 28 | The Impossible | - | - | - | $229,747 | 886 | $19,019,882 | Dec 21 | Lionsgate | false |
| 29 | Pitch Perfect | - | - | - | $169,450 | 2,787 | $65,001,093 | Sep 28 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 30 | Killing Them Softly | - | - | - | $147,089 | 2,424 | $15,026,056 | Nov 30 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 31 | The Sessions | - | - | - | $126,171 | 516 | $6,002,451 | Oct 19 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 32 | The Polar Express 2012 IMAX Release | - | - | - | $123,463 | 17 | $669,289 | Nov 21 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 33 | The Perks of Being a Wallflower | - | - | - | $102,205 | 745 | $17,742,948 | Sep 21 | Lionsgate | false |
| 34 | End of Watch | - | - | - | $99,643 | 2,780 | $41,003,371 | Sep 21 | Open Road Films (II) | false |
| 35 | The Collection | - | - | - | $93,029 | 1,403 | $6,842,058 | Nov 30 | LD Entertainment | false |
| 36 | A Late Quartet | - | - | - | $68,848 | 100 | $1,562,548 | Nov 2 | Entertainment One | false |
| 37 | Talaash: The Answer Lies Within | - | - | - | $61,644 | 172 | $2,871,956 | Nov 30 | Reliance Big Pictures | false |
| 38 | To the Arctic 3D | - | - | - | $59,017 | 52 | $14,560,838 | Apr 20 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 39 | Cloud Atlas | - | - | - | $55,963 | 2,023 | $27,108,272 | Oct 26 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 40 | Looper | - | - | - | $46,928 | 2,993 | $66,486,205 | Sep 28 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 41 | Alex Cross | - | - | - | $37,723 | 2,541 | $25,888,412 | Oct 19 | Lionsgate | false |
| 42 | Sinister | - | - | - | $37,635 | 2,542 | $48,086,903 | Oct 12 | Lionsgate | false |
| 43 | Ice Age: Continental Drift | - | - | - | $36,342 | 3,886 | $161,321,843 | Jul 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 44 | Not Fade Away | - | - | - | $33,222 | 565 | $610,792 | Dec 21 | Paramount Vantage | false |
| 45 | Born to Be Wild | - | - | - | $22,188 | 208 | $25,978,556 | Apr 8 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 46 | The Intouchables | - | - | - | $18,430 | 194 | $10,198,820 | May 25 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 47 | The Master | - | - | - | $16,471 | 864 | $16,377,274 | Sep 14 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 48 | Paranormal Activity 4 | - | - | - | $16,147 | 3,412 | $53,885,000 | Oct 19 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 49 | ParaNorman | - | - | - | $7,182 | 3,455 | $56,003,051 | Aug 17 | Focus Features | false |
| 50 | Django | - | - | - | $6,150 | 10 | $25,916 | Dec 21 | Rialto Pictures | false |
| 51 | Chasing Mavericks | - | - | - | $6,050 | 2,030 | $6,002,756 | Oct 26 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 52 | Arbitrage | - | - | - | $5,206 | 256 | $7,919,574 | Sep 14 | Roadside Attractions | false |
| 53 | Now, Forager | - | - | - | $547 | 4 | $11,146 | Oct 3 | Argot Pictures | false |
