| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total
| Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | American Sniper | - | - | - | $350,126,372 | 3,885 | $633,456 | 0.2% | 4 | Dec 25 | Jun 25 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 2 | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | - | - | - | $255,119,788 | 3,875 | $54,724,334 | 21.5% | 3,875 | Dec 17 | Apr 2 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 3 | Into the Woods | - | - | - | $128,002,372 | 2,833 | $31,051,923 | 24.3% | 2,440 | Dec 25 | Apr 16 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 4 | Unbroken | - | - | - | $115,637,895 | 3,301 | $30,621,445 | 26.5% | 3,131 | Dec 25 | Mar 12 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 5 | Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb | - | - | - | $113,746,621 | 3,914 | $17,100,520 | 15% | 3,785 | Dec 19 | Jul 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 6 | Annie | - | - | - | $85,911,262 | 3,197 | $15,861,939 | 18.5% | 3,116 | Dec 19 | Mar 15 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 7 | Exodus: Gods and Kings | - | - | - | $65,014,513 | 3,503 | $24,115,934 | 37.1% | 3,503 | Dec 12 | Feb 26 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 8 | Selma | - | - | - | $52,076,908 | 2,235 | $571,450 | 1.1% | 19 | Dec 25 | Apr 16 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 9 | Wild | - | - | - | $37,880,356 | 1,361 | $606,810 | 1.6% | 21 | Dec 3 | May 7 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 10 | The Gambler | - | - | - | $33,680,992 | 2,494 | $9,129,999 | 27.1% | 2,478 | Dec 25 | Feb 19 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 11 | Top Five | - | - | - | $25,317,471 | 1,426 | $6,896,593 | 27.2% | 979 | Dec 12 | Feb 5 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 12 | Big Eyes | - | - | - | $14,482,031 | 1,408 | $3,001,738 | 20.7% | 1,307 | Dec 25 | Mar 26 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 13 | PK | - | - | - | $10,616,104 | 272 | $3,565,258 | 33.6% | 272 | Dec 19 | Feb 12 | UTV Motion Pictures | false |
| 14 | Inherent Vice | - | - | - | $8,110,975 | 653 | $328,184 | 4% | 5 | Dec 12 | Feb 26 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 15 | The Interview | - | - | - | $6,105,175 | 581 | $1,794,666 | 29.4% | 331 | Dec 25 | Jan 25 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 16 | A Most Violent Year | - | - | - | $5,749,134 | 818 | $172,788 | 3% | 4 | Dec 31 | Apr 26 | A24 | false |
| 17 | Mr. Turner | - | - | - | $3,958,500 | 120 | $109,000 | 2.8% | 5 | Dec 19 | Apr 12 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 18 | The Pyramid | - | - | - | $2,756,333 | 685 | $1,369,935 | 49.7% | 589 | Dec 5 | Jan 29 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 19 | Ode to My Father | - | - | - | $2,300,121 | 38 | $33,880 | 1.5% | 1 | Dec 25 | Apr 12 | CJ Entertainment | false |
| 20 | Two Days, One Night | - | - | - | $1,436,243 | 120 | $30,700 | 2.1% | 2 | Dec 24 | May 7 | IFC Films | false |
| 21 | Leviathan | - | - | - | $1,092,800 | 80 | $15,200 | 1.4% | 2 | Dec 25 | Mar 15 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 22 | Song of the Sea | - | - | - | $857,522 | 48 | $21,910 | 2.6% | 2 | Dec 19 | May 28 | GKIDS | false |
| 23 | Fleet of Time | - | - | - | $569,280 | 20 | $206,591 | 36.3% | 20 | Dec 12 | Jan 15 | China Lion Film Distribution | false |
| 24 | She's Beautiful When She's Angry | - | - | - | $421,573 | 19 | $10,505 | 2.5% | 1 | Dec 5 | Oct 22 | International Film Circuit | false |
| 25 | Love on the Cloud | - | - | - | $271,734 | 17 | $67,967 | 25% | 17 | Dec 24 | Jan 29 | China Lion Film Distribution | false |
| 26 | Action Jackson | - | - | - | $256,872 | 125 | $171,795 | 66.9% | 125 | Dec 5 | Dec 18 | Eros Worldwide | false |
| 27 | Zero Motivation | - | - | - | $116,044 | 7 | $9,427 | 8.1% | 1 | Dec 3 | Mar 5 | Zeitgeist Films | false |
| 28 | Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks | - | - | - | $106,323 | 13 | $12,542 | 11.8% | 7 | Dec 12 | Apr 9 | Dada Films | false |
| 29 | The One I Wrote for You | - | - | - | $58,872 | 49 | $48,643 | 82.6% | 49 | Dec 5 | Dec 11 | Abramorama | false |
| 30 | Expelled from Paradise | - | - | - | $34,510 | 13 | $18,869 | 54.7% | 13 | Dec 13 | - | Eleven Arts | false |
| 31 | The Passionate Thief | - | - | - | $31,539 | 2 | $8,677 | 27.5% | 1 | Dec 5 | Apr 30 | Rialto Pictures | false |
| 32 | A Tale of Winter | - | - | - | $23,268 | 3 | $3,802 | 16.3% | 1 | Dec 19 | Feb 16 | Big World Pictures | false |
| 33 | Uzumasa Limelight | - | - | - | $19,597 | 13 | $10,090 | 51.5% | 13 | Dec 5 | Apr 9 | Eleven Arts | false |
| 34 | Goodbye to All That | - | - | - | $16,986 | 3 | - | - | - | Dec 17 | Jan 22 | IFC Films | false |
| 35 | Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles | - | - | - | $16,400 | 2 | $7,130 | 43.5% | 2 | Dec 10 | Dec 23 | Cohen Media Group | false |
| 36 | Concerning Violence | - | - | - | $12,680 | 2 | - | - | - | Dec 5 | Nov 19 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 37 | Inside the Mind of Leonardo | - | - | - | $10,600 | 5 | - | - | - | Dec 19 | Jan 4 | Submarine Deluxe | false |
| 38 | If You Don't, I Will | - | - | - | $9,719 | 1 | $1,707 | 17.6% | 1 | Dec 17 | Jan 22 | Film Movement | false |
| 39 | Comet | - | - | - | $8,623 | 8 | - | - | - | Dec 5 | Dec 25 | IFC Films | false |
| 40 | Life Partners | - | - | - | $8,265 | 3 | $2,665 | 32.2% | 3 | Dec 5 | Jan 15 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 41 | Pioneer | - | - | - | $6,871 | 3 | $1,857 | 27% | 2 | Dec 5 | Jan 8 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 42 | Tip Top | - | - | - | $6,050 | 1 | - | - | - | Dec 12 | Jul 23 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 43 | Free the Nipple | - | - | - | $4,198 | 1 | $606 | 14.4% | 1 | Dec 12 | Dec 18 | IFC Films | false |
| 44 | Maidan | - | - | - | $3,909 | 1 | $1,847 | 47.2% | 1 | Dec 12 | Dec 18 | The Cinema Guild | false |
| 45 | Anything for Alice | - | - | - | $1,092 | 1 | $738 | 67.6% | 1 | Dec 17 | Dec 21 | Rialto Pictures | false |
| 46 | We Are the Giant | - | - | - | $1,088 | 2 | $1,088 | 100% | 2 | Dec 12 | Dec 14 | Music Box Films | false |
