Domestic Box Office For December 2012
| Rank | Release | Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total | Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | $303,003,568 | 4,100 | $84,617,303 | 27.9% | 4,045 | Dec 14 | Apr 25 | Warner Bros. |
| 2 | Django Unchained | $162,805,434 | 3,012 | $30,122,888 | 18.5% | 3,010 | Dec 25 | May 16 | The Weinstein Company |
| 3 | Les Misérables | $148,809,770 | 2,927 | $27,281,735 | 18.3% | 2,814 | Dec 25 | Apr 4 | Universal Pictures |
| 4 | Zero Dark Thirty | $95,720,716 | 2,946 | $417,150 | 0.4% | 5 | Dec 19 | Mar 31 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 5 | Jack Reacher | $80,070,736 | 3,352 | $15,210,156 | 19% | 3,352 | Dec 21 | Mar 21 | Paramount Pictures |
| 6 | Parental Guidance | $77,267,296 | 3,368 | $14,554,053 | 18.8% | 3,367 | Dec 25 | May 23 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 7 | This Is 40 | $67,544,505 | 2,931 | $11,579,175 | 17.1% | 2,912 | Dec 21 | Feb 28 | Universal Pictures |
| 8 | The Guilt Trip | $37,134,215 | 2,431 | $5,290,629 | 14.2% | 2,431 | Dec 19 | Mar 7 | Paramount Pictures |
| 9 | Monsters, Inc. 2012 3D Release | $34,043,006 | 2,618 | $4,774,686 | 14% | 2,618 | Dec 19 | May 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 10 | The Impossible | $19,019,882 | 886 | $143,818 | 0.8% | 15 | Dec 21 | Apr 18 | Lionsgate |
| 11 | Playing for Keeps | $13,103,272 | 2,840 | $5,750,288 | 43.9% | 2,837 | Dec 7 | Feb 21 | FilmDistrict |
| 12 | Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away | $12,512,862 | 840 | $2,162,993 | 17.3% | 840 | Dec 21 | Feb 14 | Paramount Pictures |
| 13 | Promised Land | $7,597,898 | 1,676 | $173,915 | 2.3% | 25 | Dec 28 | Jan 24 | Focus Features |
| 14 | Amour | $6,739,492 | 333 | $68,266 | 1% | 3 | Dec 19 | May 16 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 15 | Hyde Park on Hudson | $6,376,145 | 246 | $81,362 | 1.3% | 4 | Dec 7 | Mar 28 | Focus Features |
| 16 | Dabangg 2 | $2,519,190 | 166 | $1,019,213 | 40.5% | 166 | Dec 21 | Jan 24 | Eros Worldwide |
| 17 | Barbara | $1,013,902 | 23 | $63,410 | 6.3% | 15 | Dec 21 | Jul 11 | Adopt Films |
| 18 | On the Road | $744,296 | 107 | $39,550 | 5.3% | 4 | Dec 21 | May 2 | IFC Films |
| 19 | Not Fade Away | $610,792 | 565 | $19,182 | 3.1% | 3 | Dec 21 | Jan 24 | Paramount Vantage |
| 20 | Khiladi 786 | $379,466 | 115 | $228,967 | 60.3% | 115 | Dec 7 | - | Eros Worldwide |
| 21 | West of Memphis | $310,154 | 40 | $13,360 | 4.3% | 5 | Dec 25 | Apr 25 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 22 | Any Day Now | $201,395 | 19 | $40,489 | 20.1% | 16 | Dec 14 | Apr 4 | Music Box Films |
| 23 | Deadfall | $66,351 | 17 | $19,391 | 29.2% | 11 | Dec 7 | Jan 24 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 24 | The Fitzgerald Family Christmas | $50,292 | 21 | $13,800 | 27.4% | 4 | Dec 7 | Jan 3 | Tribeca Films |
| 25 | Wagner & Me 2012 Re-release | $37,745 | 4 | $4,891 | 13% | 2 | Dec 7 | - | First Run |
| 26 | Django | $25,916 | 10 | $6,150 | 23.7% | 8 | Dec 21 | - | Rialto Pictures |
| 27 | The Rabbi's Cat | $23,392 | 6 | $4,301 | 18.4% | 1 | Dec 7 | Jan 24 | GKIDS |
| 28 | Waiting for Lightning | $21,577 | 11 | $19,537 | 90.5% | 11 | Dec 7 | Dec 13 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 29 | Lay the Favorite | $20,998 | 61 | $20,998 | 100% | 61 | Dec 7 | Dec 13 | RADiUS-TWC |
| 30 | Tchoupitoulas | $19,375 | 6 | $2,379 | 12.3% | 1 | Dec 7 | Jan 24 | Oscilloscope |
| 31 | Only the Young | $15,312 | 2 | $1,446 | 9.4% | 1 | Dec 7 | Feb 28 | Oscilloscope |
| 32 | Lost Angels: Skid Row Is My Home | $12,025 | 1 | $7,039 | 58.5% | 1 | Dec 7 | - | Cinema Libre Studio |
| 33 | The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez | $10,782 | 2 | $3,099 | 28.7% | 1 | Dec 7 | - | Indican Pictures |
| 34 | In Our Nature | $6,543 | 1 | $4,378 | 66.9% | 1 | Dec 7 | Dec 20 | Cinedigm Entertainment Group |
| 35 | Save the Date | $5,719 | 2 | $3,755 | 65.7% | 2 | Dec 14 | Dec 20 | IFC Films |
| 36 | Yangsi | $4,008 | 1 | - | - | - | Dec 7 | - | Kino Lorber |
| 37 | Cheerful Weather for the Wedding | $2,651 | 2 | $727 | 27.4% | 1 | Dec 7 | Dec 20 | IFC Films |
| 38 | Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet | $1,294 | 2 | $319 | 24.7% | 2 | Dec 12 | Jan 10 | Kino Lorber |
