| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Mama | - | - | - | $32,147,815 | 2,781 | $71,628,180 | Jan 18 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 2 | Zero Dark Thirty | - | - | - | $18,600,381 | 2,946 | $95,720,716 | Dec 19 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 3 | Silver Linings Playbook | - | - | - | $12,740,379 | 2,809 | $132,092,958 | Nov 16 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 4 | Gangster Squad | - | - | - | $10,128,178 | 3,103 | $46,000,903 | Jan 11 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 5 | Broken City | - | - | - | $9,549,459 | 2,622 | $19,701,164 | Jan 18 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 6 | A Haunted House | - | - | - | $9,472,030 | 2,160 | $40,041,683 | Jan 11 | Open Road Films (II) | false |
| 7 | Django Unchained | - | - | - | $9,216,113 | 3,012 | $162,805,434 | Dec 25 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 8 | Les Misérables | - | - | - | $9,013,605 | 2,927 | $148,809,770 | Dec 25 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 9 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | - | - | - | $7,623,310 | 4,100 | $303,003,568 | Dec 14 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 10 | The Last Stand | - | - | - | $7,213,327 | 2,913 | $12,050,299 | Jan 18 | Lionsgate | false |
| 11 | Lincoln | - | - | - | $6,678,228 | 2,293 | $182,207,973 | Nov 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 12 | Parental Guidance | - | - | - | $5,632,836 | 3,368 | $77,267,296 | Dec 25 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 13 | Life of Pi | - | - | - | $4,207,186 | 2,946 | $124,987,023 | Nov 21 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 14 | The Impossible | - | - | - | $3,012,182 | 886 | $19,019,882 | Dec 21 | Lionsgate | false |
| 15 | Argo | - | - | - | $2,717,033 | 3,247 | $136,025,503 | Oct 12 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 16 | Jack Reacher | - | - | - | $2,685,905 | 3,352 | $80,070,736 | Dec 21 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 17 | This Is 40 | - | - | - | $2,297,685 | 2,931 | $67,544,505 | Dec 21 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 18 | Wreck-It Ralph | - | - | - | $2,050,610 | 3,752 | $189,422,889 | Nov 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 19 | Texas Chainsaw | - | - | - | $1,429,933 | 2,659 | $34,341,945 | Jan 4 | Lionsgate | false |
| 20 | Skyfall | - | - | - | $1,143,895 | 3,526 | $304,360,277 | Nov 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 21 | Monsters, Inc. 2012 3D Release | - | - | - | $1,035,120 | 2,618 | $34,043,006 | Dec 19 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 22 | Rise of the Guardians | - | - | - | $825,783 | 3,672 | $103,412,758 | Nov 21 | DreamWorks | false |
| 23 | The Guilt Trip | - | - | - | $724,746 | 2,431 | $37,134,215 | Dec 19 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 24 | Hotel Transylvania | - | - | - | $496,756 | 3,375 | $148,313,048 | Sep 28 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 25 | Hyde Park on Hudson | - | - | - | $488,688 | 246 | $6,376,145 | Dec 7 | Focus Features | false |
| 26 | Amour | - | - | - | $446,077 | 333 | $6,739,492 | Dec 19 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 27 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 | - | - | - | $402,989 | 4,070 | $292,324,737 | Nov 16 | Lionsgate | false |
| 28 | Quartet | - | - | - | $346,121 | 725 | $18,390,117 | Jan 11 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 29 | Flight | - | - | - | $341,693 | 2,638 | $93,772,375 | Nov 2 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 30 | Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away | - | - | - | $272,232 | 840 | $12,512,862 | Dec 21 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 31 | Here Comes the Boom | - | - | - | $264,927 | 3,014 | $45,290,318 | Oct 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 32 | Rust and Bone | - | - | - | $264,343 | 168 | $2,062,027 | Nov 23 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 33 | Red Dawn | - | - | - | $264,330 | 2,781 | $44,806,783 | Nov 21 | FilmDistrict | false |
| 34 | Anna Karenina | - | - | - | $192,750 | 422 | $12,816,367 | Nov 16 | Focus Features | false |
| 35 | Beasts of the Southern Wild | - | - | - | $182,833 | 318 | $12,795,746 | Jun 27 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 36 | Promised Land | - | - | - | $144,622 | 1,676 | $7,597,898 | Dec 28 | Focus Features | false |
| 37 | Taken 2 | - | - | - | $125,607 | 3,706 | $139,854,287 | Oct 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 38 | Luv | - | - | - | $102,203 | 45 | $156,996 | Jan 18 | Indomina Releasing | false |
| 39 | To the Arctic 3D | - | - | - | $100,994 | 52 | $14,560,838 | Apr 20 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 40 | Frankenweenie | - | - | - | $97,505 | 3,005 | $35,291,068 | Oct 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 41 | Pitch Perfect | - | - | - | $85,615 | 2,787 | $65,001,093 | Sep 28 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 42 | Hitchcock | - | - | - | $82,954 | 561 | $6,008,677 | Nov 23 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 43 | The Perks of Being a Wallflower | - | - | - | $63,189 | 745 | $17,742,948 | Sep 21 | Lionsgate | false |
| 44 | Hubble | - | - | - | $62,071 | 151 | $52,522,904 | Mar 19 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 45 | The Sessions | - | - | - | $51,846 | 516 | $6,002,451 | Oct 19 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 46 | Born to Be Wild | - | - | - | $45,698 | 208 | $25,978,556 | Apr 8 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 47 | Cloud Atlas | - | - | - | $34,722 | 2,023 | $27,108,272 | Oct 26 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 48 | Searching for Sugar Man | - | - | - | $34,091 | 157 | $3,696,196 | Jul 27 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 49 | Ice Age: Continental Drift | - | - | - | $30,186 | 3,886 | $161,321,843 | Jul 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 50 | A Late Quartet | - | - | - | $22,357 | 100 | $1,562,548 | Nov 2 | Entertainment One | false |
| 51 | Deep Sea | - | - | - | $21,811 | 47 | $46,412,757 | Mar 3 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 52 | The Master | - | - | - | $21,286 | 864 | $16,377,274 | Sep 14 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 53 | Playing for Keeps | - | - | - | $20,790 | 2,840 | $13,103,272 | Dec 7 | FilmDistrict | false |
| 54 | Space Station 3D | - | - | - | $18,060 | 64 | $93,383,953 | Apr 19 | IMAX | false |
| 55 | The Rabbi's Cat | - | - | - | $12,343 | 6 | $23,392 | Dec 7 | GKIDS | false |
| 56 | West of Memphis | - | - | - | $9,572 | 40 | $310,154 | Dec 25 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 57 | Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel | - | - | - | $9,234 | 27 | $1,017,579 | Sep 21 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 58 | Not Fade Away | - | - | - | $8,517 | 565 | $610,792 | Dec 21 | Paramount Vantage | false |
| 59 | Under the Sea 3D | - | - | - | $6,575 | 108 | $36,262,926 | Feb 13 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 60 | The Waiting Room | - | - | - | $3,377 | 8 | $244,951 | Sep 26 | International Film Circuit | false |
| 61 | Brief Reunion | - | - | - | $3,330 | 2 | $6,601 | Jan 18 | Striped Entertainment | false |
| 62 | Robot & Frank | - | - | - | $2,921 | 209 | $3,325,038 | Aug 17 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 63 | The Invisible War | - | - | - | $1,361 | 19 | $71,968 | Jun 22 | Cinedigm Entertainment Group | false |
| 64 | Officer Down | - | - | - | $1,184 | 1 | $1,463 | Jan 18 | Anchor Bay Films | false |
| 65 | Django | - | - | - | $1,181 | 10 | $25,916 | Dec 21 | Rialto Pictures | false |
| 66 | Galapagos | - | - | - | $344 | 14 | $18,630,372 | Oct 29 | IMAX | false |
| 67 | California Solo | - | - | - | $334 | 2 | $15,433 | Nov 30 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 68 | North Sea Texas 2012 Re-release | - | - | - | $332 | 3 | $28,307 | Nov 2 | Strand Releasing | false |
