| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Mama | - | - | - | $3,745,505 | 2,781 | $71,628,180 | Jan 18 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 2 | Zero Dark Thirty | - | - | - | $2,802,769 | 2,946 | $95,720,716 | Dec 19 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 3 | Silver Linings Playbook | - | - | - | $1,987,543 | 2,809 | $132,092,958 | Nov 16 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 4 | Les Misérables | - | - | - | $1,521,610 | 2,927 | $148,809,770 | Dec 25 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 5 | Gangster Squad | - | - | - | $1,487,638 | 3,103 | $46,000,903 | Jan 11 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 6 | Django Unchained | - | - | - | $1,460,313 | 3,012 | $162,805,434 | Dec 25 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 7 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | - | - | - | $1,446,369 | 4,100 | $303,003,568 | Dec 14 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 8 | Parental Guidance | - | - | - | $1,380,418 | 3,368 | $77,267,296 | Dec 25 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 9 | A Haunted House | - | - | - | $1,302,007 | 2,160 | $40,041,683 | Jan 11 | Open Road Films (II) | false |
| 10 | Lincoln | - | - | - | $1,202,965 | 2,293 | $182,207,973 | Nov 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 11 | Broken City | - | - | - | $1,190,551 | 2,622 | $19,701,164 | Jan 18 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 12 | The Last Stand | - | - | - | $931,894 | 2,913 | $12,050,299 | Jan 18 | Lionsgate | false |
| 13 | Life of Pi | - | - | - | $855,561 | 2,946 | $124,987,023 | Nov 21 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 14 | Wreck-It Ralph | - | - | - | $748,136 | 3,752 | $189,422,889 | Nov 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 15 | The Impossible | - | - | - | $535,944 | 886 | $19,019,882 | Dec 21 | Lionsgate | false |
| 16 | Argo | - | - | - | $454,086 | 3,247 | $136,025,503 | Oct 12 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 17 | Jack Reacher | - | - | - | $447,958 | 3,352 | $80,070,736 | Dec 21 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 18 | Monsters, Inc. 2012 3D Release | - | - | - | $282,575 | 2,618 | $34,043,006 | Dec 19 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 19 | Rise of the Guardians | - | - | - | $265,041 | 3,672 | $103,412,758 | Nov 21 | DreamWorks | false |
| 20 | This Is 40 | - | - | - | $264,880 | 2,931 | $67,544,505 | Dec 21 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 21 | Skyfall | - | - | - | $174,654 | 3,526 | $304,360,277 | Nov 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 22 | Texas Chainsaw | - | - | - | $159,984 | 2,659 | $34,341,945 | Jan 4 | Lionsgate | false |
| 23 | Hotel Transylvania | - | - | - | $132,413 | 3,375 | $148,313,048 | Sep 28 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 24 | The Guilt Trip | - | - | - | $119,552 | 2,431 | $37,134,215 | Dec 19 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 25 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 | - | - | - | $69,217 | 4,070 | $292,324,737 | Nov 16 | Lionsgate | false |
| 26 | Hyde Park on Hudson | - | - | - | $68,995 | 246 | $6,376,145 | Dec 7 | Focus Features | false |
| 27 | Here Comes the Boom | - | - | - | $66,690 | 3,014 | $45,290,318 | Oct 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 28 | Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away | - | - | - | $57,274 | 840 | $12,512,862 | Dec 21 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 29 | Flight | - | - | - | $55,091 | 2,638 | $93,772,375 | Nov 2 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 30 | Red Dawn | - | - | - | $49,278 | 2,781 | $44,806,783 | Nov 21 | FilmDistrict | false |
| 31 | Quartet | - | - | - | $41,858 | 725 | $18,390,117 | Jan 11 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 32 | Beasts of the Southern Wild | - | - | - | $32,864 | 318 | $12,795,746 | Jun 27 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 33 | Anna Karenina | - | - | - | $28,530 | 422 | $12,816,367 | Nov 16 | Focus Features | false |
| 34 | To the Arctic 3D | - | - | - | $27,371 | 52 | $14,560,838 | Apr 20 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 35 | Promised Land | - | - | - | $22,580 | 1,676 | $7,597,898 | Dec 28 | Focus Features | false |
| 36 | Taken 2 | - | - | - | $20,212 | 3,706 | $139,854,287 | Oct 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 37 | Luv | - | - | - | $19,009 | 45 | $156,996 | Jan 18 | Indomina Releasing | false |
| 38 | Pitch Perfect | - | - | - | $16,250 | 2,787 | $65,001,093 | Sep 28 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 39 | Hitchcock | - | - | - | $14,219 | 561 | $6,008,677 | Nov 23 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 40 | Born to Be Wild | - | - | - | $13,319 | 208 | $25,978,556 | Apr 8 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 41 | The Perks of Being a Wallflower | - | - | - | $11,759 | 745 | $17,742,948 | Sep 21 | Lionsgate | false |
| 42 | The Sessions | - | - | - | $8,486 | 516 | $6,002,451 | Oct 19 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 43 | Ice Age: Continental Drift | - | - | - | $7,452 | 3,886 | $161,321,843 | Jul 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 44 | Cloud Atlas | - | - | - | $4,884 | 2,023 | $27,108,272 | Oct 26 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 45 | The Master | - | - | - | $3,860 | 864 | $16,377,274 | Sep 14 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 46 | A Late Quartet | - | - | - | $3,489 | 100 | $1,562,548 | Nov 2 | Entertainment One | false |
| 47 | Playing for Keeps | - | - | - | $3,017 | 2,840 | $13,103,272 | Dec 7 | FilmDistrict | false |
| 48 | The Rabbi's Cat | - | - | - | $2,010 | 6 | $23,392 | Dec 7 | GKIDS | false |
| 49 | Not Fade Away | - | - | - | $1,580 | 565 | $610,792 | Dec 21 | Paramount Vantage | false |
| 50 | Brief Reunion | - | - | - | $245 | 2 | $6,601 | Jan 18 | Striped Entertainment | false |
| 51 | Officer Down | - | - | - | $123 | 1 | $1,463 | Jan 18 | Anchor Bay Films | false |
