| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | - | - | - | $228,546,604 | 4,100 | $303,003,568 | Dec 14 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 2 | Les Misérables | - | - | - | $72,967,240 | 2,927 | $148,809,770 | Dec 25 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 3 | Django Unchained | - | - | - | $68,605,611 | 3,012 | $162,805,434 | Dec 25 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 4 | Lincoln | - | - | - | $59,958,961 | 2,293 | $182,207,973 | Nov 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 5 | Skyfall | - | - | - | $57,008,175 | 3,526 | $304,360,277 | Nov 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 6 | Rise of the Guardians | - | - | - | $52,919,562 | 3,672 | $103,412,758 | Nov 21 | DreamWorks | false |
| 7 | Jack Reacher | - | - | - | $47,550,642 | 3,352 | $80,070,736 | Dec 21 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 8 | Life of Pi | - | - | - | $45,956,306 | 2,946 | $124,987,023 | Nov 21 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 9 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 | - | - | - | $43,739,406 | 4,070 | $292,324,737 | Nov 16 | Lionsgate | false |
| 10 | This Is 40 | - | - | - | $38,951,960 | 2,931 | $67,544,505 | Dec 21 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 11 | Parental Guidance | - | - | - | $33,993,350 | 3,368 | $77,267,296 | Dec 25 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 12 | Wreck-It Ralph | - | - | - | $23,098,224 | 3,752 | $189,422,889 | Nov 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 13 | The Guilt Trip | - | - | - | $22,770,921 | 2,431 | $37,134,215 | Dec 19 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 14 | Monsters, Inc. 2012 3D Release | - | - | - | $20,013,980 | 2,618 | $34,043,006 | Dec 19 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 15 | Silver Linings Playbook | - | - | - | $19,897,852 | 2,809 | $132,092,958 | Nov 16 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 16 | Red Dawn | - | - | - | $16,633,887 | 2,781 | $44,806,783 | Nov 21 | FilmDistrict | false |
| 17 | Flight | - | - | - | $13,680,360 | 2,638 | $93,772,375 | Nov 2 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 18 | Playing for Keeps | - | - | - | $12,717,917 | 2,840 | $13,103,272 | Dec 7 | FilmDistrict | false |
| 19 | Killing Them Softly | - | - | - | $12,319,733 | 2,424 | $15,026,056 | Nov 30 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 20 | Argo | - | - | - | $9,173,498 | 3,247 | $136,025,503 | Oct 12 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 21 | Anna Karenina | - | - | - | $8,341,473 | 422 | $12,816,367 | Nov 16 | Focus Features | false |
| 22 | Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away | - | - | - | $8,090,841 | 840 | $12,512,862 | Dec 21 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 23 | The Collection | - | - | - | $5,683,995 | 1,403 | $6,842,058 | Nov 30 | LD Entertainment | false |
| 24 | Hitchcock | - | - | - | $4,604,875 | 561 | $6,008,677 | Nov 23 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 25 | Dabangg 2 | - | - | - | $2,164,063 | 166 | $2,519,190 | Dec 21 | Eros Worldwide | false |
| 26 | Taken 2 | - | - | - | $2,096,785 | 3,706 | $139,854,287 | Oct 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 27 | Talaash: The Answer Lies Within | - | - | - | $2,058,857 | 172 | $2,871,956 | Nov 30 | Reliance Big Pictures | false |
| 28 | Hyde Park on Hudson | - | - | - | $1,889,897 | 246 | $6,376,145 | Dec 7 | Focus Features | false |
| 29 | Hotel Transylvania | - | - | - | $1,703,836 | 3,375 | $148,313,048 | Sep 28 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 30 | Pitch Perfect | - | - | - | $1,586,435 | 2,787 | $65,001,093 | Sep 28 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 31 | End of Watch | - | - | - | $1,556,883 | 2,780 | $41,003,371 | Sep 21 | Open Road Films (II) | false |
| 32 | Zero Dark Thirty | - | - | - | $1,442,732 | 2,946 | $95,720,716 | Dec 19 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 33 | Here Comes the Boom | - | - | - | $1,346,005 | 3,014 | $45,290,318 | Oct 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 34 | The Sessions | - | - | - | $1,187,686 | 516 | $6,002,451 | Oct 19 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 35 | The Perks of Being a Wallflower | - | - | - | $832,067 | 745 | $17,742,948 | Sep 21 | Lionsgate | false |
| 36 | Cloud Atlas | - | - | - | $780,173 | 2,023 | $27,108,272 | Oct 26 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 37 | Looper | - | - | - | $604,093 | 2,993 | $66,486,205 | Sep 28 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 38 | Rust and Bone | - | - | - | $558,442 | 168 | $2,062,027 | Nov 23 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 39 | The Polar Express 2012 IMAX Release | - | - | - | $542,458 | 17 | $669,289 | Nov 21 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 40 | The Impossible | - | - | - | $528,803 | 886 | $19,019,882 | Dec 21 | Lionsgate | false |
| 41 | Chasing Ice | - | - | - | $504,574 | 53 | $1,328,467 | Nov 9 | Submarine Deluxe | false |
| 42 | To the Arctic 3D | - | - | - | $500,220 | 52 | $14,560,838 | Apr 20 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 43 | A Late Quartet | - | - | - | $472,079 | 100 | $1,562,548 | Nov 2 | Entertainment One | false |
| 44 | Frankenweenie | - | - | - | $442,096 | 3,005 | $35,291,068 | Oct 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 45 | Hubble | - | - | - | $435,026 | 151 | $52,522,904 | Mar 19 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 46 | Alex Cross | - | - | - | $421,762 | 2,541 | $25,888,412 | Oct 19 | Lionsgate | false |
| 47 | Khiladi 786 | - | - | - | $379,466 | 115 | $379,466 | Dec 7 | Eros Worldwide | false |
| 48 | Finding Nemo 2012 3D Release | - | - | - | $352,096 | 2,904 | $41,128,283 | Sep 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 49 | The Other Son | - | - | - | $331,222 | 53 | $1,285,918 | Oct 26 | Cohen Media Group | false |
| 50 | Sinister | - | - | - | $319,993 | 2,542 | $48,086,903 | Oct 12 | Lionsgate | false |
| 51 | The Man with the Iron Fists | - | - | - | $319,695 | 1,872 | $15,634,090 | Nov 2 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 52 | Seven Psychopaths | - | - | - | $317,666 | 1,480 | $15,024,049 | Oct 12 | CBS Films | false |
| 53 | A Royal Affair | - | - | - | $299,262 | 56 | $1,546,761 | Nov 9 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 54 | Ice Age: Continental Drift | - | - | - | $296,651 | 3,886 | $161,321,843 | Jul 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 55 | Back to 1942 | - | - | - | $286,836 | 20 | $312,954 | Nov 30 | China Lion Film Distribution | false |
| 56 | A Werewolf Boy | - | - | - | $281,385 | 20 | $342,922 | Nov 30 | CJ Entertainment | false |
| 57 | The Odd Life of Timothy Green | - | - | - | $279,315 | 2,717 | $51,854,875 | Aug 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 58 | Brave | - | - | - | $268,447 | 4,164 | $237,283,207 | Jun 22 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 59 | Born to Be Wild | - | - | - | $228,911 | 208 | $25,978,556 | Apr 8 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 60 | Amour | - | - | - | $228,167 | 333 | $6,739,492 | Dec 19 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 61 | Promised Land | - | - | - | $226,360 | 1,676 | $7,597,898 | Dec 28 | Focus Features | false |
| 62 | Searching for Sugar Man | - | - | - | $209,338 | 157 | $3,696,196 | Jul 27 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 63 | Holy Motors | - | - | - | $209,216 | 29 | $641,100 | Oct 17 | Indomina Releasing | false |
| 64 | Barbara | - | - | - | $194,917 | 23 | $1,013,902 | Dec 21 | Adopt Films | false |
| 65 | Space Station 3D | - | - | - | $187,958 | 64 | $93,383,953 | Apr 19 | IMAX | false |
| 66 | Paranormal Activity 4 | - | - | - | $186,739 | 3,412 | $53,885,000 | Oct 19 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 67 | ParaNorman | - | - | - | $171,166 | 3,455 | $56,003,051 | Aug 17 | Focus Features | false |
| 68 | Chasing Mavericks | - | - | - | $142,932 | 2,030 | $6,002,756 | Oct 26 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 69 | The Central Park Five | - | - | - | $135,098 | 22 | $325,653 | Nov 23 | IFC Films | false |
| 70 | Made In Mexico | - | - | - | $127,550 | 26 | $151,133 | Nov 30 | Lionsgate | false |
| 71 | Samsara | - | - | - | $112,556 | 70 | $2,672,413 | Aug 24 | Oscilloscope | false |
| 72 | Not Fade Away | - | - | - | $112,324 | 565 | $610,792 | Dec 21 | Paramount Vantage | false |
| 73 | Any Day Now | - | - | - | $110,468 | 19 | $201,395 | Dec 14 | Music Box Films | false |
| 74 | Burn 2012 Re-release | - | - | - | $108,146 | 4 | $113,173 | Nov 9 | Area 23a | false |
| 75 | Silent Hill: Revelation | - | - | - | $104,462 | 2,933 | $17,529,157 | Oct 26 | Open Road Films (II) | false |
| 76 | The Master | - | - | - | $98,587 | 864 | $16,377,274 | Sep 14 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 77 | The Intouchables | - | - | - | $95,588 | 194 | $10,198,820 | May 25 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 78 | House at the End of the Street | - | - | - | $92,159 | 3,083 | $31,611,916 | Sep 21 | Relativity Media | false |
| 79 | Fun Size | - | - | - | $83,728 | 3,016 | $9,409,538 | Oct 26 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 80 | Deep Sea | - | - | - | $76,853 | 47 | $46,412,757 | Mar 3 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 81 | The Dark Knight Rises | - | - | - | $74,041 | 4,404 | $448,139,099 | Jul 20 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 82 | Arbitrage | - | - | - | $73,205 | 256 | $7,919,574 | Sep 14 | Roadside Attractions | false |
| 83 | On the Road | - | - | - | $69,885 | 107 | $744,296 | Dec 21 | IFC Films | false |
| 84 | Trouble with the Curve | - | - | - | $64,720 | 3,212 | $35,763,137 | Sep 21 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 85 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days | - | - | - | $63,407 | 3,401 | $49,008,662 | Aug 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 86 | Deadfall | - | - | - | $61,502 | 17 | $66,351 | Dec 7 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 87 | The Flat | - | - | - | $58,473 | 27 | $471,842 | Oct 19 | IFC Films | false |
| 88 | Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel | - | - | - | $51,011 | 27 | $1,017,579 | Sep 21 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 89 | The Fitzgerald Family Christmas | - | - | - | $48,705 | 21 | $50,292 | Dec 7 | Tribeca Films | false |
| 90 | Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 1: Beginnings | - | - | - | $45,927 | 5 | $180,440 | Oct 19 | Eleven Arts | false |
| 91 | Beware of Mr. Baker | - | - | - | $44,938 | 15 | $116,476 | Nov 28 | SnagFilms | false |
| 92 | Smashed | - | - | - | $39,011 | 50 | $376,597 | Oct 12 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 93 | Under the Sea 3D | - | - | - | $32,459 | 108 | $36,262,926 | Feb 13 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 94 | Bill W. | - | - | - | $31,679 | 31 | $809,590 | May 18 | Page 124 Productions | false |
| 95 | Starlet | - | - | - | $31,104 | 10 | $88,212 | Nov 9 | Music Box Films | false |
| 96 | Wagner & Me 2012 Re-release | - | - | - | $27,321 | 4 | $37,745 | Dec 7 | First Run | false |
| 97 | Son of Sardaar | - | - | - | $26,486 | 109 | $771,789 | Nov 13 | Eros Worldwide | false |
| 98 | The Waiting Room | - | - | - | $25,477 | 8 | $244,951 | Sep 26 | International Film Circuit | false |
| 99 | Brooklyn Castle | - | - | - | $24,160 | 13 | $219,407 | Oct 19 | Producers Distribution Agency (PDA) | false |
| 100 | Bless Me, Ultima | - | - | - | $22,375 | 263 | $1,561,962 | Feb 22 | Arenas Entertainment | false |
| 101 | West of Memphis | - | - | - | $21,840 | 40 | $310,154 | Dec 25 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 102 | Waiting for Lightning | - | - | - | $21,577 | 11 | $21,577 | Dec 7 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 103 | Lay the Favorite | - | - | - | $20,998 | 61 | $20,998 | Dec 7 | RADiUS-TWC | false |
| 104 | The Big Picture 2012 Re-release | - | - | - | $20,820 | 8 | $158,411 | Oct 12 | MPI Media Group | false |
| 105 | This Must Be the Place | - | - | - | $20,517 | 15 | $143,979 | Nov 2 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 106 | The Thieves | - | - | - | $18,668 | 22 | $685,839 | Oct 12 | Well Go USA Entertainment | false |
| 107 | Sister | - | - | - | $18,411 | 14 | $154,659 | Oct 5 | Adopt Films | false |
| 108 | Somewhere Between | - | - | - | $17,744 | 6 | $210,975 | Aug 24 | Long Shot Factory | false |
| 109 | The Loneliest Planet | - | - | - | $17,182 | 13 | $129,579 | Oct 26 | IFC Films | false |
| 110 | Masquerade | - | - | - | $15,457 | 15 | $922,921 | Sep 21 | CJ Entertainment | false |
| 111 | Detropia | - | - | - | $15,264 | 24 | $390,024 | Sep 7 | Loki Films | false |
| 112 | Django | - | - | - | $13,443 | 10 | $25,916 | Dec 21 | Rialto Pictures | false |
| 113 | The House I Live In | - | - | - | $12,780 | 12 | $210,752 | Oct 5 | Abramorama | false |
| 114 | California Solo | - | - | - | $12,344 | 2 | $15,433 | Nov 30 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 115 | The Well-Digger's Daughter | - | - | - | $12,026 | 16 | $386,368 | Jul 20 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 116 | Lost Angels: Skid Row Is My Home | - | - | - | $12,025 | 1 | $12,025 | Dec 7 | Cinema Libre Studio | false |
| 117 | Silent Night | - | - | - | $11,208 | 11 | $14,567 | Nov 30 | Anchor Bay Films | false |
| 118 | Wuthering Heights | - | - | - | $11,106 | 12 | $100,915 | Oct 5 | Oscilloscope | false |
| 119 | Middle of Nowhere | - | - | - | $10,636 | 25 | $236,806 | Oct 12 | - | false |
| 120 | North Sea Texas 2012 Re-release | - | - | - | $10,073 | 3 | $28,307 | Nov 2 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 121 | The Comedy | - | - | - | $9,331 | 4 | $41,113 | Nov 9 | Tribeca Films | false |
| 122 | Keep the Lights On | - | - | - | $7,343 | 10 | $246,112 | Sep 7 | Music Box Films | false |
| 123 | The Rabbi's Cat | - | - | - | $6,980 | 6 | $23,392 | Dec 7 | GKIDS | false |
| 124 | In Our Nature | - | - | - | $6,543 | 1 | $6,543 | Dec 7 | Cinedigm Entertainment Group | false |
| 125 | Wake in Fright 2012 Re-release | - | - | - | $6,393 | 12 | $50,394 | Oct 5 | Drafthouse Films | false |
| 126 | Love, Marilyn | - | - | - | $6,294 | 1 | $6,950 | Nov 30 | Submarine Deluxe | false |
| 127 | Tchoupitoulas | - | - | - | $6,011 | 6 | $19,375 | Dec 7 | Oscilloscope | false |
| 128 | The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez | - | - | - | $5,829 | 2 | $10,782 | Dec 7 | Indican Pictures | false |
| 129 | Save the Date | - | - | - | $5,719 | 2 | $5,719 | Dec 14 | IFC Films | false |
| 130 | Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning | - | - | - | $4,756 | 3 | $5,460 | Nov 30 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 131 | Young & Wild | - | - | - | $4,722 | 2 | $5,514 | Nov 30 | IFC Films | false |
| 132 | Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters | - | - | - | $4,381 | 3 | $60,064 | Nov 2 | Zeitgeist Films | false |
| 133 | Only the Young | - | - | - | $4,038 | 2 | $15,312 | Dec 7 | Oscilloscope | false |
| 134 | Neighboring Sounds | - | - | - | $3,898 | 3 | $60,255 | Aug 24 | The Cinema Guild | false |
| 135 | Yangsi | - | - | - | $3,869 | 1 | $4,008 | Dec 7 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 136 | 28 Hotel Rooms | - | - | - | $3,632 | 5 | $18,869 | Nov 9 | Oscilloscope | false |
| 137 | Now, Forager | - | - | - | $3,554 | 4 | $11,146 | Oct 3 | Argot Pictures | false |
| 138 | Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare | - | - | - | $3,511 | 12 | $126,238 | Oct 5 | Roadside Attractions | false |
| 139 | All Together | - | - | - | $3,310 | 10 | $43,180 | Oct 19 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 140 | Kumaré | - | - | - | $3,203 | 9 | $132,160 | Jun 20 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 141 | Entre les Bras | - | - | - | $3,202 | 6 | $47,439 | Sep 14 | The Cinema Guild | false |
| 142 | Citadel | - | - | - | $3,174 | 7 | $13,377 | Nov 9 | Cinedigm Entertainment Group | false |
| 143 | Cheerful Weather for the Wedding | - | - | - | $2,651 | 2 | $2,651 | Dec 7 | IFC Films | false |
| 144 | Grand Illusion | - | - | - | $2,469 | 4 | $174,065 | May 11 | Rialto Pictures | false |
| 145 | The Imposter | - | - | - | $2,115 | 31 | $898,317 | Jul 13 | Indomina Releasing | false |
| 146 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | - | - | - | $1,947 | 82 | $34,137,524 | Sep 23 | IMAX | false |
| 147 | Chicken with Plums | - | - | - | $1,925 | 24 | $253,874 | Aug 17 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 148 | In Another Country | - | - | - | $1,814 | 6 | $25,079 | Nov 9 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 149 | The Day He Arrives | - | - | - | $1,293 | 2 | $13,746 | Apr 20 | The Cinema Guild | false |
| 150 | Celeste & Jesse Forever | - | - | - | $1,242 | 586 | $3,094,813 | Aug 3 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 151 | Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet | - | - | - | $1,094 | 2 | $1,294 | Dec 12 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 152 | 5 Broken Cameras | - | - | - | $972 | 9 | $109,983 | May 30 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 153 | The Law in These Parts | - | - | - | $918 | 1 | $13,683 | Nov 16 | The Cinema Guild | false |
| 154 | When the Iron Bird Flies: Tibetan Buddhism Arrives in the West | - | - | - | $907 | 1 | $13,598 | Oct 19 | - | false |
| 155 | Meet the Fokkens | - | - | - | $893 | 1 | $30,810 | Aug 8 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 156 | The Understudy | - | - | - | $852 | 2 | $17,036 | Mar 16 | Indican Pictures | false |
| 157 | Planet of Snail | - | - | - | $822 | 2 | $13,957 | Jul 25 | The Cinema Guild | false |
| 158 | Le combat dans l'île | - | - | - | $776 | 1 | $50,039 | Jun 12 | The Film Desk | false |
| 159 | The Revisionaries | - | - | - | $756 | 5 | $22,664 | Oct 5 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 160 | My Worst Nightmare | - | - | - | $668 | 4 | $21,952 | Oct 19 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 161 | Dangerous Liaisons | - | - | - | $653 | 6 | $54,000 | Nov 9 | Well Go USA Entertainment | false |
| 162 | Three Stars | - | - | - | $619 | 1 | $8,942 | Sep 21 | First Run | false |
| 163 | Orchestra of Exiles | - | - | - | $580 | 5 | $34,577 | Oct 26 | First Run | false |
| 164 | This Is Not a Film | - | - | - | $522 | 5 | $77,016 | Feb 29 | Palisades Tartan | false |
| 165 | We Won't Grow Old Together | - | - | - | $514 | 1 | $14,104 | Jun 8 | The Film Desk | false |
| 166 | Monsieur Verdoux | - | - | - | $453 | 2 | $64,636 | Mar 14 | The Film Desk | false |
| 167 | Alps | - | - | - | $423 | 3 | $16,057 | Jul 13 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 168 | The Bride Wore Black | - | - | - | $420 | 2 | $44,566 | Nov 4 | The Film Desk | false |
| 169 | Radio Unnameable | - | - | - | $360 | 2 | $24,090 | Sep 19 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 170 | Nothing But a Man | - | - | - | $272 | 2 | $13,063 | Nov 9 | Cinema Conservancy | false |
| 171 | Galapagos | - | - | - | $243 | 14 | $18,630,372 | Oct 29 | IMAX | false |
| 172 | Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film | - | - | - | $214 | 1 | $3,804 | Aug 3 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 173 | A Man Vanishes 2012 Re-release | - | - | - | $105 | 2 | $6,201 | Nov 15 | Icarus Films | false |
| 174 | Girl Model | - | - | - | $48 | 5 | $21,154 | Sep 5 | First Run | false |
