| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Hotel Transylvania | - | - | - | $2,283,382 | 126 | $2,731,658 | Oct 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 2 | Taken 2 | - | - | - | $1,702,419 | 101 | $2,150,400 | Oct 11 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 3 | Ted | - | - | - | $1,540,939 | 59 | $1,851,283 | Oct 4 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 4 | Paranormal Activity 4 | - | - | - | $721,410 | 113 | $1,498,037 | Oct 25 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 5 | A Mouse Tale | - | - | - | $493,934 | 102 | $571,504 | Oct 11 | United International Pictures | false |
| 6 | The Three Stooges | - | - | - | $349,655 | 40 | $419,499 | Oct 4 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 7 | Sinister | - | - | - | $329,680 | 60 | $379,985 | Oct 18 | - | false |
| 8 | Resident Evil: Retribution | - | - | - | $293,274 | 138 | $2,320,137 | Sep 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 9 | Chernobyl Diaries | - | - | - | $292,758 | 51 | $295,173 | Oct 11 | - | false |
| 10 | The Secret of the Gods | - | - | - | $233,738 | 49 | $719,982 | Sep 20 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 11 | Intruders | - | - | - | $214,068 | 62 | $336,742 | Sep 27 | - | false |
| 12 | I Want You | - | - | - | $207,039 | 27 | $368,996 | Sep 27 | - | false |
| 13 | Finding Nemo 2012 3D Release | - | - | - | $175,679 | 51 | $356,043 | Oct 25 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 14 | Dredd | - | - | - | $168,820 | 74 | $294,033 | Sep 27 | - | false |
| 15 | The Watch | - | - | - | $164,876 | 48 | $487,516 | Sep 20 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 16 | Get the Gringo | - | - | - | $161,726 | 50 | $162,060 | Oct 18 | - | false |
| 17 | Flypaper | - | - | - | $120,733 | 15 | $179,831 | Sep 27 | - | false |
| 18 | Argo | - | - | - | $86,165 | 20 | $361,580 | Oct 25 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 19 | The Expendables 2 | - | - | - | $84,048 | 84 | $2,036,020 | Aug 23 | - | false |
| 20 | That's My Boy | - | - | - | $73,659 | 36 | $601,456 | Aug 23 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 21 | The Apparition | - | - | - | $55,157 | 27 | $291,131 | Sep 6 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 22 | Coliseo Los Campeones | - | - | - | $53,536 | 18 | $64,215 | Oct 4 | - | false |
| 23 | The Last Circus | - | - | - | $44,700 | 7 | $63,762 | Sep 27 | - | false |
| 24 | The Intouchables | - | - | - | $42,779 | 18 | $409,643 | Aug 23 | - | false |
| 25 | Carnage | - | - | - | $41,615 | 14 | $47,724 | Oct 25 | - | false |
| 26 | Perfect Sense | - | - | - | $37,042 | 7 | $45,824 | Oct 11 | - | false |
| 27 | Three Steps Above Heaven | - | - | - | $27,079 | 6 | $93,557 | Sep 13 | - | false |
| 28 | Savages | - | - | - | $22,657 | 23 | $132,889 | Sep 20 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 29 | The Campaign | - | - | - | $18,122 | 16 | $113,828 | Sep 13 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 30 | Haywire | - | - | - | $16,682 | 19 | $182,816 | Aug 2 | - | false |
| 31 | Brave | - | - | - | $16,335 | 125 | $3,085,187 | Jul 19 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 32 | The Dictator | - | - | - | $13,715 | 29 | $719,040 | Jul 19 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 33 | El Buen Pedro | - | - | - | $13,091 | 22 | $91,146 | Sep 20 | - | false |
| 34 | In House | - | - | - | $11,241 | 5 | $11,955 | Oct 18 | - | false |
| 35 | To Rome with Love | - | - | - | $9,855 | 19 | $297,697 | Aug 16 | - | false |
| 36 | Hidden 2012 Re-release | - | - | - | $7,980 | 27 | $313,768 | Aug 30 | - | false |
| 37 | Moonrise Kingdom | - | - | - | $7,951 | 2 | $19,191 | Oct 25 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 38 | Dark Heaven | - | - | - | $7,830 | 14 | $99,720 | Aug 23 | - | false |
| 39 | Beautiful 2012 Re-release | - | - | - | $6,074 | 8 | $6,074 | Oct 18 | - | false |
| 40 | ParaNorman | - | - | - | $4,537 | 87 | $1,015,207 | Aug 16 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 41 | Apartment 143 | - | - | - | $4,207 | 46 | $509,814 | Aug 2 | - | false |
| 42 | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | - | - | - | $3,985 | 8 | $50,908 | Sep 6 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 43 | Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter | - | - | - | $3,960 | 78 | $714,995 | Aug 23 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 44 | The Raven | - | - | - | $1,798 | 56 | $229,393 | Sep 6 | - | false |
| 45 | When We Leave | - | - | - | $1,706 | 2 | $7,755 | Sep 20 | - | false |
| 46 | Rock of Ages | - | - | - | $939 | 37 | $150,882 | Aug 30 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 47 | El Inca, la boba y el hijo del ladrón | - | - | - | $50 | 4 | $18,556 | Sep 1 | - | false |
