Domestic Box Office For May 2013
| Rank | Release | Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total | Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iron Man 3 | $409,013,994 | 4,253 | $174,144,585 | 42.6% | 4,253 | May 3 | Sep 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 2 | Fast & Furious 6 | $238,679,850 | 3,771 | $97,375,245 | 40.8% | 3,658 | May 24 | Sep 5 | Universal Pictures |
| 3 | Star Trek Into Darkness | $228,778,661 | 3,907 | $70,165,559 | 30.7% | 3,868 | May 16 | Sep 12 | Paramount Pictures |
| 4 | The Great Gatsby | $144,840,419 | 3,550 | $50,085,185 | 34.6% | 3,535 | May 10 | Aug 22 | Warner Bros. |
| 5 | Now You See Me | $117,723,989 | 3,082 | $29,350,389 | 24.9% | 2,925 | May 31 | Sep 26 | Lionsgate |
| 6 | The Hangover Part III | $112,200,072 | 3,565 | $41,671,198 | 37.1% | 3,555 | May 23 | Aug 15 | Warner Bros. |
| 7 | Epic | $107,518,682 | 3,894 | $33,531,068 | 31.2% | 3,882 | May 24 | Sep 19 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 8 | After Earth | $60,522,097 | 3,401 | $27,520,040 | 45.5% | 3,401 | May 31 | Aug 18 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 9 | Peeples | $9,177,065 | 2,041 | $4,611,534 | 50.3% | 2,041 | May 10 | Jun 13 | Lionsgate |
| 10 | Before Midnight | $8,114,627 | 897 | $246,914 | 3% | 5 | May 24 | Nov 7 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 11 | Frances Ha | $4,069,826 | 233 | $137,398 | 3.4% | 4 | May 17 | Sep 12 | IFC Films |
| 12 | Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani | $3,827,466 | 161 | $1,568,677 | 41% | 161 | May 31 | Jul 21 | Eros Worldwide |
| 13 | The East | $2,301,839 | 195 | $77,031 | 3.3% | 4 | May 31 | Aug 8 | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| 14 | The Iceman | $1,969,193 | 258 | $87,946 | 4.5% | 4 | May 3 | Aug 1 | Millennium Entertainment |
| 15 | Fill the Void | $1,775,316 | 64 | $59,164 | 3.3% | 3 | May 24 | Oct 3 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 16 | Love Is All You Need | $1,631,709 | 101 | $36,746 | 2.3% | 4 | May 3 | Oct 3 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 17 | Stories We Tell | $1,600,145 | 70 | $27,053 | 1.7% | 2 | May 10 | Oct 10 | Roadside Attractions |
| 18 | The Kings of Summer | $1,315,590 | 65 | $58,962 | 4.5% | 4 | May 31 | Jul 25 | CBS Films |
| 19 | Still Mine | $1,159,336 | 41 | - | - | - | May 3 | Oct 17 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 20 | What Maisie Knew | $1,066,471 | 122 | $21,480 | 2% | 1 | May 3 | Aug 1 | Millennium Entertainment |
| 21 | Hannah Arendt | $717,205 | 21 | $31,270 | 4.4% | 1 | May 29 | Nov 7 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 22 | Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's | $518,342 | 38 | $39,630 | 7.6% | 4 | May 3 | Jul 25 | Entertainment One |
| 23 | Shootout at Wadala | $369,573 | 89 | $212,346 | 57.5% | 89 | May 3 | May 30 | Eros Worldwide |
| 24 | Go Goa Gone | $298,457 | 92 | $170,044 | 57% | 92 | May 10 | May 30 | Eros Worldwide |
| 25 | Cinco de Mayo, La Batalla | $173,472 | 43 | $83,586 | 48.2% | 20 | May 3 | May 23 | Lionsgate |
| 26 | We Steal Secrets | $166,243 | 25 | $27,689 | 16.7% | 4 | May 24 | Jun 20 | Focus World |
| 27 | Free the Mind | $157,201 | 6 | $12,215 | 7.8% | 1 | May 3 | Apr 3 | International Film Circuit |
| 28 | Rangeelay | $148,418 | 20 | $73,541 | 49.5% | 20 | May 17 | May 30 | Eros Worldwide |
| 29 | Augustine | $107,352 | 10 | $13,616 | 12.7% | 5 | May 17 | Sep 19 | Music Box Films |
| 30 | The English Teacher | $104,810 | 7 | $6,001 | 5.7% | 2 | May 17 | Jun 30 | Cinedigm Entertainment Group |
| 31 | Blazing Saddles 2013 Re-release | $101,481 | - | - | - | - | May 15 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 32 | Shadow Dancer | $100,616 | 14 | $10,672 | 10.6% | 2 | May 31 | Aug 1 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 33 | One Track Heart: The Story of Krishna Das | $100,401 | 5 | $11,515 | 11.5% | 1 | May 8 | - | Zeitgeist Films |
| 34 | Something in the Air | $85,154 | 10 | $13,288 | 15.6% | 3 | May 3 | Jun 6 | IFC Films |
| 35 | No One Lives | $74,918 | 53 | $47,800 | 63.8% | 53 | May 10 | May 23 | Anchor Bay Films |
| 36 | Becoming Traviata | $62,652 | 7 | $5,000 | 8% | 1 | May 15 | Aug 8 | Distrib Films |
| 37 | Sightseers | $61,782 | 10 | $7,384 | 12% | 2 | May 10 | Jun 6 | IFC Films |
| 38 | Aftershock | $58,510 | 110 | $40,179 | 68.7% | 110 | May 10 | May 16 | RADiUS-TWC |
| 39 | Venus and Serena | $51,271 | 8 | $10,981 | 21.4% | 4 | May 10 | Jun 27 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 40 | Post Tenebras Lux | $39,185 | 6 | $4,674 | 11.9% | 1 | May 1 | Aug 15 | Strand Releasing |
| 41 | The Wall | $38,674 | 4 | $2,188 | 5.7% | 1 | May 31 | Sep 26 | Music Box Films |
| 42 | Dead Man's Burden | $29,634 | 3 | $7,620 | 25.7% | 1 | May 3 | Jun 16 | Cinedigm Entertainment Group |
| 43 | Pieta | $22,080 | 12 | $6,222 | 28.2% | 12 | May 17 | - | Drafthouse Films |
| 44 | The Painting | $21,008 | 6 | $3,626 | 17.3% | 1 | May 10 | Jun 6 | GKIDS |
| 45 | Nostalghia | $18,846 | 1 | $5,233 | 27.8% | 1 | May 31 | Jun 13 | Kino Lorber |
| 46 | La Camioneta: The Journey of One American School Bus | $18,558 | 8 | - | - | - | May 31 | Apr 3 | Follow Your Nose Films |
| 47 | The Crossing of Paris | $18,297 | 1 | $9,997 | 54.6% | 1 | May 24 | Jun 6 | Rialto Pictures |
| 48 | The History of Future Folk | $17,646 | 2 | $5,775 | 32.7% | 1 | May 31 | Aug 22 | Variance Films |
| 49 | Kiss of the Damned | $14,752 | 7 | $2,723 | 18.5% | 2 | May 3 | - | Magnolia Pictures |
| 50 | A Wedding Invitation | $14,350 | 3 | $3,183 | 22.2% | 2 | May 24 | Jun 6 | CJ Entertainment |
| 51 | A Green Story | $12,901 | 4 | $6,768 | 52.5% | 4 | May 24 | Jun 20 | Indican Pictures |
| 52 | Greetings from Tim Buckley | $11,157 | 3 | - | - | - | May 3 | May 30 | Tribeca Films |
| 53 | Elemental | $10,358 | 3 | - | - | - | May 17 | Jun 20 | The Film Collaborative |
| 54 | Desperate Acts of Magic | $7,373 | 2 | $2,238 | 30.4% | 1 | May 3 | May 16 | Gold Cap Films |
| 55 | Bidder 70 | $5,074 | 4 | $2,477 | 48.8% | 1 | May 17 | Jul 4 | First Run |
| 56 | 3 Geezers! | $4,175 | 15 | $1,372 | 32.9% | 15 | May 22 | May 30 | - |
| 57 | Axe Giant: The Wrath of Paul Bunyan | $3,287 | 3 | $775 | 23.6% | 2 | May 31 | - | Cinema Purgatorio |
| 58 | What Richard Did | $2,749 | 1 | - | - | - | May 10 | May 16 | Tribeca Films |
| 59 | The Lesser Blessed | $2,732 | - | - | - | - | May 24 | Aug 15 | Monterey Media |
| 60 | The Happy House | $2,311 | 1 | $1,756 | 76% | 1 | May 3 | - | First Run |
| 61 | Java Heat | $1,061 | 1 | - | - | - | May 10 | - | IFC Films |
| 62 | Triumph of the Wall | $476 | 1 | $430 | 90.3% | 1 | May 31 | - | First Run |
