| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 | - | - | - | $43,641,448 | 4,070 | $292,324,737 | Nov 16 | Lionsgate | false |
| 2 | Skyfall | - | - | - | $35,502,973 | 3,526 | $304,360,277 | Nov 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 3 | Lincoln | - | - | - | $25,676,413 | 2,293 | $182,207,973 | Nov 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 4 | Rise of the Guardians | - | - | - | $23,773,465 | 3,672 | $103,412,758 | Nov 21 | DreamWorks | false |
| 5 | Life of Pi | - | - | - | $22,451,514 | 2,946 | $124,987,023 | Nov 21 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 6 | Wreck-It Ralph | - | - | - | $16,572,669 | 3,752 | $189,422,889 | Nov 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 7 | Red Dawn | - | - | - | $14,276,668 | 2,781 | $44,806,783 | Nov 21 | FilmDistrict | false |
| 8 | Flight | - | - | - | $8,451,144 | 2,638 | $93,772,375 | Nov 2 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 9 | Silver Linings Playbook | - | - | - | $4,383,669 | 2,809 | $132,092,958 | Nov 16 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 10 | Argo | - | - | - | $3,865,158 | 3,247 | $136,025,503 | Oct 12 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 11 | Taken 2 | - | - | - | $950,043 | 3,706 | $139,854,287 | Oct 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 12 | Anna Karenina | - | - | - | $896,258 | 422 | $12,816,367 | Nov 16 | Focus Features | false |
| 13 | The Sessions | - | - | - | $724,025 | 516 | $6,002,451 | Oct 19 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 14 | Pitch Perfect | - | - | - | $715,865 | 2,787 | $65,001,093 | Sep 28 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 15 | Jab Tak Hai Jaan | - | - | - | $536,918 | 164 | $3,047,539 | Nov 13 | Yash Raj Films | false |
| 16 | Here Comes the Boom | - | - | - | $507,814 | 3,014 | $45,290,318 | Oct 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 17 | Cloud Atlas | - | - | - | $422,095 | 2,023 | $27,108,272 | Oct 26 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 18 | The Perks of Being a Wallflower | - | - | - | $392,766 | 745 | $17,742,948 | Sep 21 | Lionsgate | false |
| 19 | Hotel Transylvania | - | - | - | $377,389 | 3,375 | $148,313,048 | Sep 28 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 20 | Looper | - | - | - | $320,438 | 2,993 | $66,486,205 | Sep 28 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 21 | Hitchcock | - | - | - | $287,715 | 561 | $6,008,677 | Nov 23 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 22 | The Man with the Iron Fists | - | - | - | $209,115 | 1,872 | $15,634,090 | Nov 2 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 23 | Brave | - | - | - | $187,165 | 4,164 | $237,283,207 | Jun 22 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 24 | The Odd Life of Timothy Green | - | - | - | $133,816 | 2,717 | $51,854,875 | Aug 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 25 | A Late Quartet | - | - | - | $132,908 | 100 | $1,562,548 | Nov 2 | Entertainment One | false |
| 26 | Son of Sardaar | - | - | - | $115,332 | 109 | $771,789 | Nov 13 | Eros Worldwide | false |
| 27 | Frankenweenie | - | - | - | $112,788 | 3,005 | $35,291,068 | Oct 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 28 | Alex Cross | - | - | - | $111,912 | 2,541 | $25,888,412 | Oct 19 | Lionsgate | false |
| 29 | Ice Age: Continental Drift | - | - | - | $104,254 | 3,886 | $161,321,843 | Jul 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 30 | Finding Nemo 2012 3D Release | - | - | - | $103,785 | 2,904 | $41,128,283 | Sep 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 31 | Silent Hill: Revelation | - | - | - | $100,828 | 2,933 | $17,529,157 | Oct 26 | Open Road Films (II) | false |
| 32 | ParaNorman | - | - | - | $96,817 | 3,455 | $56,003,051 | Aug 17 | Focus Features | false |
| 33 | Sinister | - | - | - | $91,621 | 2,542 | $48,086,903 | Oct 12 | Lionsgate | false |
| 34 | A Royal Affair | - | - | - | $91,278 | 56 | $1,546,761 | Nov 9 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 35 | Seven Psychopaths | - | - | - | $90,402 | 1,480 | $15,024,049 | Oct 12 | CBS Films | false |
| 36 | Chasing Ice | - | - | - | $90,266 | 53 | $1,328,467 | Nov 9 | Submarine Deluxe | false |
| 37 | Fun Size | - | - | - | $83,646 | 3,016 | $9,409,538 | Oct 26 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 38 | The Other Son | - | - | - | $79,252 | 53 | $1,285,918 | Oct 26 | Cohen Media Group | false |
| 39 | House at the End of the Street | - | - | - | $78,650 | 3,083 | $31,611,916 | Sep 21 | Relativity Media | false |
| 40 | To the Arctic 3D | - | - | - | $78,137 | 52 | $14,560,838 | Apr 20 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 41 | The Polar Express 2012 IMAX Release | - | - | - | $73,514 | 17 | $669,289 | Nov 21 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 42 | Trouble with the Curve | - | - | - | $73,022 | 3,212 | $35,763,137 | Sep 21 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 43 | The Dark Knight Rises | - | - | - | $70,463 | 4,404 | $448,139,099 | Jul 20 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 44 | Chasing Mavericks | - | - | - | $69,415 | 2,030 | $6,002,756 | Oct 26 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 45 | Searching for Sugar Man | - | - | - | $60,434 | 157 | $3,696,196 | Jul 27 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 46 | Hubble | - | - | - | $55,454 | 151 | $52,522,904 | Mar 19 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 47 | Paranormal Activity 4 | - | - | - | $52,915 | 3,412 | $53,885,000 | Oct 19 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 48 | Holy Motors | - | - | - | $45,953 | 29 | $641,100 | Oct 17 | Indomina Releasing | false |
| 49 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days | - | - | - | $39,358 | 3,401 | $49,008,662 | Aug 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 50 | Arbitrage | - | - | - | $33,605 | 256 | $7,919,574 | Sep 14 | Roadside Attractions | false |
| 51 | Born to Be Wild | - | - | - | $32,430 | 208 | $25,978,556 | Apr 8 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 52 | End of Watch | - | - | - | $32,020 | 2,780 | $41,003,371 | Sep 21 | Open Road Films (II) | false |
| 53 | The Central Park Five | - | - | - | $30,570 | 22 | $325,653 | Nov 23 | IFC Films | false |
| 54 | The Master | - | - | - | $29,675 | 864 | $16,377,274 | Sep 14 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 55 | The Flat | - | - | - | $29,165 | 27 | $471,842 | Oct 19 | IFC Films | false |
| 56 | Rust and Bone | - | - | - | $27,154 | 168 | $2,062,027 | Nov 23 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 57 | Samsara | - | - | - | $21,562 | 70 | $2,672,413 | Aug 24 | Oscilloscope | false |
| 58 | Space Station 3D | - | - | - | $19,160 | 64 | $93,383,953 | Apr 19 | IMAX | false |
| 59 | Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel | - | - | - | $18,291 | 27 | $1,017,579 | Sep 21 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 60 | Masquerade | - | - | - | $18,104 | 15 | $922,921 | Sep 21 | CJ Entertainment | false |
| 61 | Brooklyn Castle | - | - | - | $16,004 | 13 | $219,407 | Oct 19 | Producers Distribution Agency (PDA) | false |
| 62 | This Must Be the Place | - | - | - | $15,336 | 15 | $143,979 | Nov 2 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 63 | Deep Sea | - | - | - | $15,328 | 47 | $46,412,757 | Mar 3 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 64 | Smashed | - | - | - | $13,082 | 50 | $376,597 | Oct 12 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 65 | The Comedy | - | - | - | $8,100 | 4 | $41,113 | Nov 9 | Tribeca Films | false |
| 66 | The Intouchables | - | - | - | $7,755 | 194 | $10,198,820 | May 25 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 67 | The Loneliest Planet | - | - | - | $7,651 | 13 | $129,579 | Oct 26 | IFC Films | false |
| 68 | Under the Sea 3D | - | - | - | $6,258 | 108 | $36,262,926 | Feb 13 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 69 | Detropia | - | - | - | $5,872 | 24 | $390,024 | Sep 7 | Loki Films | false |
| 70 | Lawless | - | - | - | $5,535 | 3,138 | $37,400,127 | Aug 29 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 71 | The Imposter | - | - | - | $4,962 | 31 | $898,317 | Jul 13 | Indomina Releasing | false |
| 72 | Atlas Shrugged II: The Strike | - | - | - | $4,766 | 1,012 | $3,336,053 | Oct 12 | Atlas Distribution Company | false |
| 73 | Starlet | - | - | - | $4,602 | 10 | $88,212 | Nov 9 | Music Box Films | false |
| 74 | Dangerous Liaisons | - | - | - | $4,558 | 6 | $54,000 | Nov 9 | Well Go USA Entertainment | false |
| 75 | The Big Picture 2012 Re-release | - | - | - | $4,454 | 8 | $158,411 | Oct 12 | MPI Media Group | false |
| 76 | Tristana | - | - | - | $4,153 | 2 | $14,586 | Oct 12 | Cohen Media Group | false |
| 77 | Chicken with Plums | - | - | - | $3,311 | 24 | $253,874 | Aug 17 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 78 | The Law in These Parts | - | - | - | $2,827 | 1 | $13,683 | Nov 16 | The Cinema Guild | false |
| 79 | The Well-Digger's Daughter | - | - | - | $2,418 | 16 | $386,368 | Jul 20 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 80 | Robot & Frank | - | - | - | $2,233 | 209 | $3,325,038 | Aug 17 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 81 | Kumaré | - | - | - | $2,205 | 9 | $132,160 | Jun 20 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 82 | Somewhere Between | - | - | - | $2,120 | 6 | $210,975 | Aug 24 | Long Shot Factory | false |
| 83 | Wuthering Heights | - | - | - | $2,103 | 12 | $100,915 | Oct 5 | Oscilloscope | false |
| 84 | Hitler's Children | - | - | - | $1,972 | 3 | $28,663 | Nov 16 | Film Movement | false |
| 85 | Price Check | - | - | - | $1,886 | 2 | $7,413 | Nov 16 | IFC Films | false |
| 86 | Orchestra of Exiles | - | - | - | $1,660 | 5 | $34,577 | Oct 26 | First Run | false |
| 87 | Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters | - | - | - | $1,584 | 3 | $60,064 | Nov 2 | Zeitgeist Films | false |
| 88 | 28 Hotel Rooms | - | - | - | $1,424 | 5 | $18,869 | Nov 9 | Oscilloscope | false |
| 89 | Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 1: Beginnings | - | - | - | $1,240 | 5 | $180,440 | Oct 19 | Eleven Arts | false |
| 90 | English Vinglish | - | - | - | $1,234 | 88 | $1,862,086 | Oct 5 | Eros Worldwide | false |
| 91 | Sister | - | - | - | $1,199 | 14 | $154,659 | Oct 5 | Adopt Films | false |
| 92 | Tai Chi Zero | - | - | - | $1,090 | 31 | $212,094 | Oct 19 | Variance Films | false |
| 93 | The House I Live In | - | - | - | $971 | 12 | $210,752 | Oct 5 | Abramorama | false |
| 94 | Grand Illusion | - | - | - | $928 | 4 | $174,065 | May 11 | Rialto Pictures | false |
| 95 | The Thieves | - | - | - | $871 | 22 | $685,839 | Oct 12 | Well Go USA Entertainment | false |
| 96 | Wake in Fright 2012 Re-release | - | - | - | $859 | 12 | $50,394 | Oct 5 | Drafthouse Films | false |
| 97 | The Understudy | - | - | - | $604 | 2 | $17,036 | Mar 16 | Indican Pictures | false |
| 98 | Keep the Lights On | - | - | - | $435 | 10 | $246,112 | Sep 7 | Music Box Films | false |
| 99 | Gottfried Helnwein and the Dreaming Child | - | - | - | $402 | 1 | $601 | Nov 23 | First Run | false |
| 100 | Radio Unnameable | - | - | - | $360 | 2 | $24,090 | Sep 19 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 101 | Entre les Bras | - | - | - | $343 | 6 | $47,439 | Sep 14 | The Cinema Guild | false |
| 102 | The Worst Movie Ever! | - | - | - | $170 | 2 | $25,206 | Aug 19 | Driving With Our Eyes Shut | false |
| 103 | Citadel | - | - | - | $157 | 7 | $13,377 | Nov 9 | Cinedigm Entertainment Group | false |
| 104 | Now, Forager | - | - | - | $153 | 4 | $11,146 | Oct 3 | Argot Pictures | false |
| 105 | Celeste & Jesse Forever | - | - | - | $70 | 586 | $3,094,813 | Aug 3 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 106 | Breathing | - | - | - | $31 | 2 | $4,630 | Aug 31 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 107 | Galapagos | - | - | - | $20 | 14 | $18,630,372 | Oct 29 | IMAX | false |
