| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 26 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | - | - | - | $5,723,380 | 4,066 | $281,287,133 | Nov 18 | Summit Entertainment | false |
| 1 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | - | - | - | $80,700,258 | 3,555 | $209,397,903 | Dec 16 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 2 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | - | - | - | $58,495,844 | 3,703 | $186,848,418 | Dec 16 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 69 | The Help | - | - | - | $135,240 | 3,014 | $169,708,112 | Aug 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 31 | Puss in Boots | - | - | - | $2,923,898 | 3,963 | $149,260,504 | Oct 28 | DreamWorks | false |
| 9 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | - | - | - | $39,028,246 | 3,734 | $133,110,742 | Dec 16 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 77 | Paranormal Activity 3 | - | - | - | $57,424 | 3,329 | $104,028,807 | Oct 21 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 5 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | - | - | - | $48,195,342 | 2,950 | $102,515,793 | Dec 21 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 103 | The Lion King 2011 3D Release | - | - | - | $10,992 | 2,340 | $94,242,001 | Sep 16 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 65 | Space Station 3D | - | - | - | $162,510 | 64 | $93,383,953 | Apr 19 | IMAX | false |
| 27 | The Muppets | - | - | - | $5,306,240 | 3,440 | $88,631,237 | Nov 23 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 39 | Real Steel | - | - | - | $992,744 | 3,440 | $85,468,508 | Oct 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 44 | Immortals | - | - | - | $807,051 | 3,120 | $83,504,017 | Nov 11 | Relativity Media | false |
| 16 | The Descendants | - | - | - | $21,436,914 | 2,038 | $82,584,160 | Nov 16 | - | false |
| 8 | War Horse | - | - | - | $39,628,509 | 2,856 | $79,884,879 | Dec 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 37 | Tower Heist | - | - | - | $1,377,885 | 3,370 | $78,046,570 | Nov 4 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 12 | The Adventures of Tintin | - | - | - | $30,606,034 | 3,087 | $77,591,831 | Dec 21 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 11 | We Bought a Zoo | - | - | - | $35,011,246 | 3,170 | $75,624,550 | Dec 23 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 48 | Moneyball | - | - | - | $625,003 | 3,018 | $75,605,492 | Sep 23 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 35 | Jack and Jill | - | - | - | $1,651,732 | 3,438 | $74,158,157 | Nov 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 22 | Hugo | - | - | - | $10,678,609 | 2,608 | $73,864,507 | Nov 23 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 54 | Dolphin Tale | - | - | - | $364,063 | 3,515 | $72,286,779 | Sep 23 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 3 | Contraband | - | - | - | $57,633,860 | 2,870 | $66,528,000 | Jan 13 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 33 | Happy Feet Two | - | - | - | $2,438,347 | 3,611 | $64,006,466 | Nov 18 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 6 | Underworld: Awakening | - | - | - | $46,991,351 | 3,078 | $62,321,039 | Jan 20 | Screen Gems | false |
| 74 | Midnight in Paris | - | - | - | $106,032 | 1,038 | $56,817,045 | May 20 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 23 | New Year's Eve | - | - | - | $10,062,842 | 3,505 | $54,544,638 | Dec 9 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 134 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | - | - | - | $3,365 | 38 | $53,354,743 | Oct 23 | IMAX | false |
| 4 | The Devil Inside | - | - | - | $52,796,903 | 2,551 | $53,261,944 | Jan 6 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 53 | Hubble | - | - | - | $390,748 | 151 | $52,522,904 | Mar 19 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 61 | Footloose 2011 Re-release | - | - | - | $187,763 | 3,555 | $51,802,742 | Oct 14 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 14 | The Grey | - | - | - | $22,741,284 | 3,208 | $51,580,236 | Jan 27 | Open Road Films (II) | false |
| 10 | Red Tails | - | - | - | $35,229,480 | 2,573 | $49,876,377 | Jan 20 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 7 | Beauty and the Beast 2012 3D Release | - | - | - | $41,744,223 | 2,625 | $47,617,067 | Jan 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 43 | Arthur Christmas | - | - | - | $812,099 | 3,376 | $46,462,469 | Nov 23 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 21 | The Artist | - | - | - | $12,782,750 | 1,756 | $44,671,682 | Nov 25 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 71 | The Ides of March | - | - | - | $125,876 | 2,199 | $40,962,534 | Oct 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 50 | In Time | - | - | - | $502,252 | 3,127 | $37,520,095 | Oct 28 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 47 | J. Edgar | - | - | - | $698,443 | 1,985 | $37,306,030 | Nov 9 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 64 | Under the Sea 3D | - | - | - | $164,547 | 108 | $36,262,926 | Feb 13 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 58 | Drive | - | - | - | $219,301 | 2,904 | $35,061,555 | Sep 16 | FilmDistrict | false |
| 59 | A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas | - | - | - | $207,975 | 2,875 | $35,061,031 | Nov 4 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 51 | Courageous | - | - | - | $482,247 | 1,214 | $34,522,221 | Sep 30 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 150 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | - | - | - | $1,540 | 82 | $34,137,524 | Sep 23 | IMAX | false |
| 15 | Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close | - | - | - | $21,693,075 | 2,630 | $31,847,881 | Dec 25 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 13 | Joyful Noise | - | - | - | $27,109,657 | 2,735 | $30,932,113 | Jan 13 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 29 | The Sitter | - | - | - | $4,613,140 | 2,752 | $30,441,326 | Dec 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 17 | The Iron Lady | - | - | - | $18,005,329 | 1,244 | $30,017,992 | Dec 30 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 20 | One for the Money | - | - | - | $13,062,426 | 2,737 | $26,414,527 | Jan 27 | Lionsgate Films | false |
| 45 | Born to Be Wild | - | - | - | $739,311 | 208 | $25,978,556 | Apr 8 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 18 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | - | - | - | $16,774,332 | 886 | $24,149,393 | Dec 9 | Focus Features | false |
| 24 | The Darkest Hour | - | - | - | $9,505,265 | 2,327 | $21,443,494 | Dec 25 | Summit Entertainment | false |
| 19 | Haywire | - | - | - | $16,007,962 | 2,441 | $18,942,396 | Jan 20 | Relativity Media | false |
| 122 | Galapagos | - | - | - | $6,082 | 14 | $18,630,372 | Oct 29 | IMAX | false |
| 25 | Man on a Ledge | - | - | - | $9,218,983 | 2,998 | $18,620,000 | Jan 27 | Lionsgate Films | false |
| 28 | Young Adult | - | - | - | $4,897,251 | 987 | $16,311,571 | Dec 9 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 30 | My Week with Marilyn | - | - | - | $4,055,163 | 630 | $14,600,347 | Nov 23 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 42 | A Separation | - | - | - | $843,615 | 282 | $7,099,055 | Dec 30 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 56 | Sea Rex 3D: Journey to a Prehistoric World | - | - | - | $233,427 | 14 | $6,096,582 | May 28 | 3D Entertainment | false |
| 76 | Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough | - | - | - | $87,728 | 27 | $5,705,874 | Oct 7 | National Geographic Entertainment | false |
| 32 | A Dangerous Method | - | - | - | $2,644,549 | 365 | $5,704,709 | Nov 23 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 88 | The Guard | - | - | - | $23,343 | 203 | $5,360,274 | Jul 29 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 73 | Margin Call | - | - | - | $113,342 | 199 | $5,354,039 | Oct 21 | Roadside Attractions | false |
| 57 | The Way 2010 Re-release | - | - | - | $229,167 | 283 | $4,430,765 | Oct 7 | - | false |
| 36 | Shame | - | - | - | $1,438,794 | 95 | $3,909,002 | Dec 2 | - | false |
| 46 | Don 2 | - | - | - | $727,627 | 167 | $3,680,306 | Dec 22 | Reliance Big Pictures | false |
| 41 | Pina | - | - | - | $875,452 | 84 | $3,524,826 | Dec 23 | IFC Films | false |
| 83 | Like Crazy | - | - | - | $30,124 | 162 | $3,395,391 | Oct 28 | Paramount Vantage | false |
| 72 | The Skin I Live In | - | - | - | $123,631 | 116 | $3,185,812 | Oct 14 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 52 | Melancholia | - | - | - | $472,523 | 145 | $3,030,848 | Nov 11 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 40 | Albert Nobbs | - | - | - | $893,201 | 245 | $3,014,696 | Jan 27 | Roadside Attractions | false |
| 34 | Carnage | - | - | - | $1,886,052 | 494 | $2,547,047 | Dec 16 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 38 | Agneepath | - | - | - | $1,028,417 | 132 | $1,986,748 | Jan 26 | Eros Worldwide | false |
| 55 | We Need to Talk About Kevin | - | - | - | $249,151 | 80 | $1,738,692 | Dec 9 | Oscilloscope | false |
| 78 | Take Shelter | - | - | - | $53,340 | 91 | $1,730,296 | Sep 30 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 110 | Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness | - | - | - | $8,395 | 29 | $906,666 | Jul 8 | International Film Circuit | false |
| 149 | Higher Ground 2011 Re-release | - | - | - | $1,595 | 81 | $841,733 | Aug 26 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 49 | Pariah | - | - | - | $511,985 | 24 | $769,552 | Dec 28 | Focus Features | false |
| 67 | Coriolanus | - | - | - | $154,451 | 21 | $757,195 | Jan 20 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 75 | The Women on the 6th Floor | - | - | - | $94,421 | 17 | $719,823 | Oct 7 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 120 | The Polar Express 2011 IMAX Release | - | - | - | $6,286 | 25 | $711,168 | Nov 25 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 87 | Mozart's Sister | - | - | - | $24,075 | 36 | $707,885 | Aug 19 | Music Box Films | false |
| 70 | Le Havre | - | - | - | $127,518 | 25 | $611,709 | Oct 21 | Janus Films | false |
| 89 | The Greatest Miracle | - | - | - | $20,618 | 87 | $555,166 | Oct 14 | - | false |
| 80 | The Mill and the Cross | - | - | - | $37,464 | 17 | $312,187 | Sep 14 | - | false |
| 60 | The Flowers of War | - | - | - | $192,380 | 30 | $311,434 | Jan 20 | - | false |
| 82 | Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey | - | - | - | $30,786 | 15 | $304,052 | Oct 21 | Submarine Deluxe | false |
| 62 | In the Land of Blood and Honey | - | - | - | $183,793 | 18 | $303,877 | Dec 23 | FilmDistrict | false |
| 153 | The Interrupters | - | - | - | $1,162 | 10 | $282,448 | Jul 29 | The Cinema Guild | false |
| 102 | El Bulli: Cooking in Progress | - | - | - | $11,007 | 10 | $237,181 | Jul 27 | - | false |
| 142 | Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life | - | - | - | $2,240 | 19 | $233,007 | Aug 31 | Music Box Films | false |
| 68 | The Viral Factor | - | - | - | $151,149 | 22 | $220,496 | Jan 20 | China Lion Film Distribution | false |
| 63 | Vettai | - | - | - | $180,045 | 34 | $204,373 | Jan 13 | UTV Motion Pictures | false |
| 100 | Blackthorn | - | - | - | $12,678 | 21 | $200,558 | Oct 7 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 147 | Amigo | - | - | - | $1,907 | 10 | $184,705 | Aug 19 | Variance Films | false |
| 94 | The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby | - | - | - | $14,951 | 8 | $183,342 | Sep 23 | First Run | false |
| 66 | Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos | - | - | - | $155,989 | 42 | $177,802 | Jan 20 | Eleven Arts | false |
| 129 | Nostalgia for the Light | - | - | - | $3,812 | 6 | $163,962 | Jan 13 | Icarus Films | false |
| 81 | Young Goethe in Love | - | - | - | $31,527 | 9 | $162,138 | Nov 4 | Music Box Films | false |
| 84 | Crazy Horse | - | - | - | $28,918 | 14 | $157,782 | Jan 18 | Zipporah Films | false |
| 106 | Eames: The Architect & The Painter | - | - | - | $9,738 | 12 | $153,088 | Nov 11 | First Run | false |
| 79 | Once Upon a Time in Anatolia | - | - | - | $46,318 | 6 | $152,408 | Jan 4 | The Cinema Guild | false |
| 97 | Tomboy | - | - | - | $13,353 | 10 | $129,834 | Nov 16 | Dada Films | false |
| 121 | Sigur Rós: Inni | - | - | - | $6,200 | 7 | $123,482 | Oct 28 | Cinema Purgatorio | false |
| 111 | Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within | - | - | - | $8,184 | 7 | $100,119 | Nov 11 | Variance Films | false |
| 90 | My Reincarnation | - | - | - | $19,076 | 5 | $92,822 | Oct 28 | Long Shot Factory | false |
| 156 | American: The Bill Hicks Story | - | - | - | $908 | 11 | $92,234 | Apr 8 | Variance Films | false |
| 109 | Crazy Wisdom: The Life & Times of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche | - | - | - | $9,193 | 5 | $86,202 | Nov 25 | - | false |
| 114 | The Whale | - | - | - | $7,910 | 5 | $81,881 | Sep 9 | Paladin | false |
| 99 | The Conquest | - | - | - | $12,898 | 8 | $74,474 | Nov 11 | Music Box Films | false |
| 93 | An Inconsistent Truth | - | - | - | $17,330 | 3 | $69,394 | Jan 27 | Rocky Mountain Pictures | false |
| 95 | Declaration of War | - | - | - | $14,075 | 11 | $59,100 | Jan 27 | IFC Films | false |
| 128 | Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow | - | - | - | $3,978 | 3 | $51,301 | Aug 10 | - | false |
| 158 | Battleship Potemkin | - | - | - | $672 | 5 | $51,198 | Jan 14 | Kino International | false |
| 143 | Pianomania | - | - | - | $2,206 | 6 | $49,852 | May 27 | First Run | false |
| 86 | All's Well, Ends Well 2012 | - | - | - | $24,425 | 20 | $47,919 | Jan 27 | China Lion Film Distribution | false |
| 85 | Sing Your Song | - | - | - | $25,688 | 4 | $47,718 | Jan 13 | S2BN Films | false |
| 136 | CornerStore | - | - | - | $3,123 | 2 | $45,176 | Aug 12 | Shotown Pictures | false |
| 92 | The Pruitt-Igoe Myth | - | - | - | $18,499 | 6 | $44,883 | Jan 20 | First Run | false |
| 96 | Outrage | - | - | - | $13,713 | 7 | $44,745 | Dec 2 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 138 | The Bride Wore Black | - | - | - | $2,862 | 2 | $44,566 | Nov 4 | The Film Desk | false |
| 145 | Granito | - | - | - | $2,086 | 5 | $43,942 | Sep 14 | International Film Circuit | false |
| 155 | The Green Ray 2011 Re-release | - | - | - | $927 | 2 | $43,839 | Jun 9 | The Film Desk | false |
| 118 | Film socialisme | - | - | - | $6,430 | 3 | $42,925 | Jun 3 | Lorber Films | false |
| 140 | Hell and Back Again | - | - | - | $2,600 | 4 | $40,634 | Oct 5 | - | false |
| 105 | Addiction Incorporated | - | - | - | $10,007 | 5 | $40,106 | Dec 14 | Variance Films | false |
| 141 | Khodorkovsky | - | - | - | $2,314 | 2 | $39,522 | Nov 30 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 119 | Paul Goodman Changed My Life | - | - | - | $6,337 | 2 | $35,671 | Oct 19 | Zeitgeist Films | false |
| 132 | The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu | - | - | - | $3,382 | 3 | $34,023 | Sep 9 | The Film Desk | false |
| 107 | Garbo: The Spy 2011 Re-release | - | - | - | $9,690 | 2 | $28,563 | Nov 18 | First Run | false |
| 159 | Metropolis Giorgio Moroder Presents | - | - | - | $660 | 16 | $27,362 | Oct 7 | - | false |
| 127 | Jane's Journey | - | - | - | $4,181 | 3 | $27,253 | Sep 16 | First Run | false |
| 133 | The Devil, Probably | - | - | - | $3,367 | 2 | $26,816 | Jan 13 | The Film Desk | false |
| 116 | Carol Channing: Larger Than Life | - | - | - | $7,345 | 3 | $22,740 | Jan 20 | Entertainment One | false |
| 139 | Tyrannosaur | - | - | - | $2,724 | 5 | $22,321 | Nov 18 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 163 | Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle | - | - | - | $262 | 1 | $22,039 | Jul 20 | The Film Desk | false |
| 154 | The Look | - | - | - | $1,005 | 2 | $19,988 | Nov 4 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 91 | Sophomore | - | - | - | $18,515 | 1 | $18,945 | Jan 13 | - | false |
| 130 | Oka! | - | - | - | $3,626 | 2 | $18,364 | Oct 14 | Dada Films | false |
| 144 | Cook County | - | - | - | $2,140 | 5 | $17,977 | Dec 16 | Hannover House | false |
| 113 | How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr Foster? 2012 Re-release | - | - | - | $8,069 | 4 | $13,013 | Jan 25 | First Run | false |
| 98 | Norwegian Wood | - | - | - | $13,000 | 3 | $13,000 | Jan 6 | - | false |
| 135 | Rid of Me | - | - | - | $3,249 | 2 | $11,740 | Nov 18 | Submarine Deluxe | false |
| 108 | Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston | - | - | - | $9,270 | 1 | $11,539 | Jan 20 | Tribeca Films | false |
| 101 | The Front Line | - | - | - | $11,018 | 6 | $11,018 | Jan 20 | Well Go USA Entertainment | false |
| 104 | Santa Mesa | - | - | - | $10,082 | 3 | $10,490 | Jan 13 | Indican Pictures | false |
| 123 | Prince of the Himalayas | - | - | - | $5,621 | 1 | $10,190 | Dec 23 | - | false |
| 148 | Miss Minoes 2011 Re-release | - | - | - | $1,905 | 4 | $10,189 | Dec 23 | Music Box Films | false |
| 117 | The City Dark | - | - | - | $7,032 | 2 | $9,269 | Jan 18 | Argot Pictures | false |
| 112 | Man on a Mission: Richard Garriott's Road to the Stars | - | - | - | $8,125 | 5 | $8,688 | Jan 13 | First Run | false |
| 115 | Roadie | - | - | - | $7,825 | 1 | $7,825 | Jan 6 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 151 | King of Devil's Island | - | - | - | $1,411 | 2 | $7,615 | Nov 18 | Film Movement | false |
| 146 | London River 2011 Re-release | - | - | - | $2,000 | 2 | $7,200 | Dec 7 | - | false |
| 126 | Domain 2012 Re-release | - | - | - | $4,833 | 1 | $7,105 | Jan 13 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 157 | My Joy | - | - | - | $808 | 1 | $6,298 | Sep 30 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 137 | El Sicario, Room 164 | - | - | - | $3,059 | 1 | $6,123 | Dec 28 | Icarus Films | false |
| 124 | BuzzKill | - | - | - | $5,499 | 1 | $5,860 | Jan 20 | Indican Pictures | false |
| 161 | To Die Is Hard | - | - | - | $575 | 1 | $5,129 | Dec 17 | Driving With Our Eyes Shut | false |
| 125 | Newlyweds | - | - | - | $5,000 | 1 | $5,000 | Jan 13 | Tribeca Films | false |
| 131 | Loosies | - | - | - | $3,519 | 3 | $3,519 | Jan 11 | IFC Films | false |
| 152 | Dystopia: 2013 | - | - | - | $1,196 | 1 | $1,708 | Jan 13 | - | false |
| 160 | Angels Crest | - | - | - | $590 | 1 | $832 | Dec 30 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 162 | Redneck Carnage | - | - | - | $330 | 1 | $706 | Oct 29 | - | false |
