| Rank
             | Release
             | Genre
             | Budget
             | Running Time
             | Gross | Max Theaters | Total Gross | % of Total | Release Date | Distributor
             | 
|---|
| 1 | Wreck-It Ralph | - | - | - | $13,506,640 | 3,752 | $189,422,889 | 7.1% | Nov 2, 2012 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | 
| 2 | Flight | - | - | - | $8,151,438 | 2,638 | $93,772,375 | 8.7% | Nov 2, 2012 | Paramount Pictures | 
| 3 | Argo | - | - | - | $4,320,672 | 3,247 | $136,025,503 | 3.2% | Oct 12, 2012 | Warner Bros. | 
| 4 | The Man with the Iron Fists | - | - | - | $3,054,180 | 1,872 | $15,634,090 | 19.5% | Nov 2, 2012 | Universal Pictures | 
| 5 | Taken 2 | - | - | - | $2,494,405 | 3,706 | $139,854,287 | 1.8% | Oct 5, 2012 | Twentieth Century Fox | 
| 6 | Cloud Atlas | - | - | - | $2,355,319 | 2,023 | $27,108,272 | 8.7% | Oct 26, 2012 | Warner Bros. | 
| 7 | Paranormal Activity 4 | - | - | - | $2,028,576 | 3,412 | $53,885,000 | 3.8% | Oct 19, 2012 | Paramount Pictures | 
| 8 | Hotel Transylvania | - | - | - | $1,734,145 | 3,375 | $148,313,048 | 1.2% | Sep 28, 2012 | Sony Pictures Releasing | 
| 9 | Silent Hill: Revelation | - | - | - | $1,570,035 | 2,933 | $17,529,157 | 9% | Oct 26, 2012 | Open Road Films (II) | 
| 10 | Here Comes the Boom | - | - | - | $1,449,978 | 3,014 | $45,290,318 | 3.2% | Oct 12, 2012 | Sony Pictures Releasing | 
| 11 | Pitch Perfect | - | - | - | $1,358,595 | 2,787 | $65,001,093 | 2.1% | Sep 28, 2012 | Universal Pictures | 
| 12 | Sinister | - | - | - | $1,334,242 | 2,542 | $48,086,903 | 2.8% | Oct 12, 2012 | Lionsgate | 
| 13 | Alex Cross | - | - | - | $1,002,837 | 2,541 | $25,888,412 | 3.9% | Oct 19, 2012 | Lionsgate | 
| 14 | Fun Size | - | - | - | $925,462 | 3,016 | $9,409,538 | 9.8% | Oct 26, 2012 | Paramount Pictures | 
| 15 | Looper | - | - | - | $611,236 | 2,993 | $66,486,205 | 0.9% | Sep 28, 2012 | TriStar Pictures | 
| 16 | Chasing Mavericks | - | - | - | $583,543 | 2,030 | $6,002,756 | 9.7% | Oct 26, 2012 | Twentieth Century Fox | 
| 17 | The Perks of Being a Wallflower | - | - | - | $571,421 | 745 | $17,742,948 | 3.2% | Sep 21, 2012 | Lionsgate | 
| 18 | Seven Psychopaths | - | - | - | $417,126 | 1,480 | $15,024,049 | 2.8% | Oct 12, 2012 | CBS Films | 
| 19 | Frankenweenie | - | - | - | $367,949 | 3,005 | $35,291,068 | 1% | Oct 5, 2012 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | 
| 20 | Skyfall | - | - | - | $314,285 | 3,526 | $304,360,277 | 0.1% | Nov 9, 2012 | Sony Pictures Releasing | 
| 21 | The Sessions | - | - | - | $155,395 | 516 | $6,002,451 | 2.6% | Oct 19, 2012 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | 
| 22 | Brave | - | - | - | $115,694 | 4,164 | $237,283,207 | <0.1% | Jun 22, 2012 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | 
| 23 | The Dark Knight Rises | - | - | - | $98,387 | 4,404 | $448,139,099 | <0.1% | Jul 20, 2012 | Warner Bros. | 
| 24 | Trouble with the Curve | - | - | - | $88,565 | 3,212 | $35,763,137 | 0.2% | Sep 21, 2012 | Warner Bros. | 
| 25 | End of Watch | - | - | - | $83,235 | 2,780 | $41,003,371 | 0.2% | Sep 21, 2012 | Open Road Films (II) | 
| 26 | The Master | - | - | - | $79,576 | 864 | $16,377,274 | 0.5% | Sep 14, 2012 | The Weinstein Company | 
| 27 | ParaNorman | - | - | - | $65,646 | 3,455 | $56,003,051 | 0.1% | Aug 17, 2012 | Focus Features | 
| 28 | Searching for Sugar Man | - | - | - | $57,436 | 157 | $3,696,196 | 1.6% | Jul 27, 2012 | Sony Pictures Classics | 
| 29 | The Other Son | - | - | - | $55,157 | 53 | $1,285,918 | 4.3% | Oct 26, 2012 | Cohen Media Group | 
| 30 | Arbitrage | - | - | - | $51,553 | 256 | $7,919,574 | 0.7% | Sep 14, 2012 | Roadside Attractions | 
| 31 | The Bourne Legacy | - | - | - | $48,910 | 3,753 | $113,203,870 | <0.1% | Aug 10, 2012 | Universal Pictures | 
| 32 | The Campaign | - | - | - | $48,180 | 3,302 | $86,907,746 | <0.1% | Aug 10, 2012 | Warner Bros. | 
| 33 | The Expendables 2 | - | - | - | $39,134 | 3,355 | $85,028,192 | <0.1% | Aug 17, 2012 | Lionsgate | 
| 34 | Ice Age: Continental Drift | - | - | - | $38,208 | 3,886 | $161,321,843 | <0.1% | Jul 13, 2012 | Twentieth Century Fox | 
| 35 | Samsara | - | - | - | $37,098 | 70 | $2,672,413 | 1.4% | Aug 24, 2012 | Oscilloscope | 
| 36 | House at the End of the Street | - | - | - | $35,683 | 3,083 | $31,611,916 | 0.1% | Sep 21, 2012 | Relativity Media | 
| 37 | To the Arctic 3D | - | - | - | $34,760 | 52 | $14,560,838 | 0.2% | Apr 20, 2012 | Warner Bros. | 
| 38 | Student of the Year | - | - | - | $33,056 | 106 | $670,086 | 4.9% | Oct 19, 2012 | Eros Worldwide | 
| 39 | The Thieves | - | - | - | $31,390 | 22 | $685,839 | 4.6% | Oct 12, 2012 | Well Go USA Entertainment | 
| 40 | Masquerade | - | - | - | $29,928 | 15 | $922,921 | 3.2% | Sep 21, 2012 | CJ Entertainment | 
| 41 | The Paperboy | - | - | - | $29,024 | 76 | $693,286 | 4.2% | Oct 5, 2012 | Millennium Entertainment | 
| 42 | The Possession | - | - | - | $26,128 | 2,860 | $49,130,154 | <0.1% | Aug 31, 2012 | Lionsgate | 
| 43 | Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel | - | - | - | $24,701 | 27 | $1,017,579 | 2.4% | Sep 21, 2012 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | 
| 44 | Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana | - | - | - | $22,978 | 60 | $143,507 | 16% | Nov 2, 2012 | UTV Motion Pictures | 
| 45 | The Odd Life of Timothy Green | - | - | - | $22,430 | 2,717 | $51,854,875 | <0.1% | Aug 15, 2012 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | 
| 46 | Resident Evil: Retribution | - | - | - | $22,108 | 3,016 | $42,345,531 | <0.1% | Sep 14, 2012 | Screen Gems | 
| 47 | The Flat | - | - | - | $22,105 | 27 | $471,842 | 4.7% | Oct 19, 2012 | IFC Films | 
| 48 | Atlas Shrugged II: The Strike | - | - | - | $21,575 | 1,012 | $3,336,053 | 0.6% | Oct 12, 2012 | Atlas Distribution Company | 
| 49 | Hubble | - | - | - | $21,540 | 151 | $52,522,904 | <0.1% | Mar 19, 2010 | Warner Bros. | 
| 50 | A Late Quartet | - | - | - | $21,430 | 100 | $1,562,548 | 1.4% | Nov 2, 2012 | Entertainment One | 
| 51 | Chakravyuh | - | - | - | $19,316 | 79 | $151,778 | 12.7% | Oct 24, 2012 | Eros Worldwide | 
| 52 | Bless Me, Ultima | - | - | - | $19,233 | 263 | $1,561,962 | 1.2% | Feb 22, 2013 | Arenas Entertainment | 
| 53 | English Vinglish | - | - | - | $18,196 | 88 | $1,862,086 | 1% | Oct 5, 2012 | Eros Worldwide | 
| 54 | Born to Be Wild | - | - | - | $16,379 | 208 | $25,978,556 | <0.1% | Apr 8, 2011 | Warner Bros. | 
| 55 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days | - | - | - | $15,001 | 3,401 | $49,008,662 | <0.1% | Aug 3, 2012 | Twentieth Century Fox | 
| 56 | Smashed | - | - | - | $14,773 | 50 | $376,597 | 3.9% | Oct 12, 2012 | Sony Pictures Classics | 
| 57 | The Intouchables | - | - | - | $14,147 | 194 | $10,198,820 | 0.1% | May 25, 2012 | The Weinstein Company | 
| 58 | Finding Nemo 2012 3D Release  | - | - | - | $11,624 | 2,904 | $41,128,283 | <0.1% | Sep 14, 2012 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | 
| 59 | Tai Chi Zero | - | - | - | $11,226 | 31 | $212,094 | 5.3% | Oct 19, 2012 | Variance Films | 
| 60 | Space Station 3D | - | - | - | $10,882 | 64 | $93,383,953 | <0.1% | Apr 19, 2002 | IMAX | 
| 61 | Brooklyn Castle | - | - | - | $10,497 | 13 | $219,407 | 4.8% | Oct 19, 2012 | Producers Distribution Agency (PDA) | 
| 62 | The Imposter | - | - | - | $9,883 | 31 | $898,317 | 1.1% | Jul 13, 2012 | Indomina Releasing | 
| 63 | Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough | - | - | - | $8,545 | 27 | $5,705,874 | 0.1% | Oct 7, 2011 | National Geographic Entertainment | 
| 64 | Lawless | - | - | - | $8,381 | 3,138 | $37,400,127 | <0.1% | Aug 29, 2012 | The Weinstein Company | 
| 65 | Middle of Nowhere | - | - | - | $8,331 | 25 | $236,806 | 3.5% | Oct 12, 2012 | - | 
| 66 | Sleepwalk with Me | - | - | - | $8,193 | 135 | $2,266,067 | 0.4% | Aug 24, 2012 | IFC Films | 
| 67 | The Loneliest Planet | - | - | - | $8,055 | 13 | $129,579 | 6.2% | Oct 26, 2012 | IFC Films | 
| 68 | The House I Live In | - | - | - | $7,505 | 12 | $210,752 | 3.6% | Oct 5, 2012 | Abramorama | 
| 69 | Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare | - | - | - | $7,364 | 12 | $126,238 | 5.8% | Oct 5, 2012 | Roadside Attractions | 
| 70 | Holy Motors | - | - | - | $7,284 | 29 | $641,100 | 1.1% | Oct 17, 2012 | Indomina Releasing | 
| 71 | Simon & the Oaks | - | - | - | $6,642 | 17 | $150,664 | 4.4% | Oct 12, 2012 | The Film Arcade | 
| 72 | The Big Picture 2012 Re-release  | - | - | - | $6,579 | 8 | $158,411 | 4.2% | Oct 12, 2012 | MPI Media Group | 
| 73 | The Bay | - | - | - | $6,316 | 23 | $30,668 | 20.6% | Nov 2, 2012 | Roadside Attractions | 
| 74 | The Waiting Room | - | - | - | $5,812 | 8 | $244,951 | 2.4% | Sep 26, 2012 | International Film Circuit | 
| 75 | Won't Back Down | - | - | - | $5,628 | 2,517 | $5,310,554 | 0.1% | Sep 28, 2012 | Twentieth Century Fox | 
| 76 | Hating Breitbart | - | - | - | $5,479 | 8 | $81,432 | 6.7% | Oct 19, 2012 | Rocky Mountain Pictures | 
| 77 | Liberal Arts | - | - | - | $5,152 | 31 | $327,345 | 1.6% | Sep 14, 2012 | IFC Films | 
| 78 | Deep Sea | - | - | - | $4,976 | 47 | $46,412,757 | <0.1% | Mar 3, 2006 | Warner Bros. | 
| 79 | District of Corruption | - | - | - | $4,564 | 3 | $31,954 | 14.3% | Oct 26, 2012 | Rocky Mountain Pictures | 
| 80 | Robot & Frank | - | - | - | $4,296 | 209 | $3,325,038 | 0.1% | Aug 17, 2012 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | 
| 81 | Detropia | - | - | - | $4,020 | 24 | $390,024 | 1% | Sep 7, 2012 | Loki Films | 
| 82 | Somewhere Between | - | - | - | $3,887 | 6 | $210,975 | 1.8% | Aug 24, 2012 | Long Shot Factory | 
| 83 | The Details | - | - | - | $3,790 | 73 | $63,595 | 6% | Nov 2, 2012 | RADiUS-TWC | 
| 84 | Dredd | - | - | - | $3,553 | 2,557 | $13,414,714 | <0.1% | Sep 21, 2012 | Lionsgate | 
| 85 | Wuthering Heights | - | - | - | $3,104 | 12 | $100,915 | 3.1% | Oct 5, 2012 | Oscilloscope | 
| 86 | Burn | - | - | - | $3,000 | 14 | $996,103 | 0.3% | Jul 24, 2012 | - | 
| 87 | V/H/S | - | - | - | $2,864 | 19 | $100,345 | 2.9% | Oct 5, 2012 | Magnolia Pictures | 
| 88 | In Over My Head | - | - | - | $2,783 | 1 | $19,482 | 14.3% | Oct 26, 2012 | Slater Brothers Entertainment | 
| 89 | Marcelino Pan y Vino 2012 Re-release  | - | - | - | $2,599 | 1 | $18,193 | 14.3% | Oct 26, 2012 | Gigapix Releasing | 
| 90 | Keep the Lights On | - | - | - | $2,594 | 10 | $246,112 | 1.1% | Sep 7, 2012 | Music Box Films | 
| 91 | Bill W. | - | - | - | $2,564 | 31 | $809,590 | 0.3% | May 18, 2012 | Page 124 Productions | 
| 92 | Under the Sea 3D | - | - | - | $2,517 | 108 | $36,262,926 | <0.1% | Feb 13, 2009 | Warner Bros. | 
| 93 | The Well-Digger's Daughter | - | - | - | $2,450 | 16 | $386,368 | 0.6% | Jul 20, 2012 | Kino Lorber | 
| 94 | Orchestra of Exiles | - | - | - | $2,345 | 5 | $34,577 | 6.8% | Oct 26, 2012 | First Run | 
| 95 | All Together | - | - | - | $2,332 | 10 | $43,180 | 5.4% | Oct 19, 2012 | Kino Lorber | 
| 96 | Beasts of the Southern Wild | - | - | - | $2,319 | 318 | $12,795,746 | <0.1% | Jun 27, 2012 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | 
| 97 | Long Shot: The Kevin Laue Story | - | - | - | $2,287 | 1 | $16,011 | 14.3% | Oct 26, 2012 | Dutchmen Films | 
| 98 | The Queen of Versailles | - | - | - | $2,266 | 89 | $2,401,999 | <0.1% | Jul 20, 2012 | Magnolia Pictures | 
| 99 | Chicken with Plums | - | - | - | $2,189 | 24 | $253,874 | 0.9% | Aug 17, 2012 | Sony Pictures Classics | 
| 100 | The Other Dream Team | - | - | - | $2,085 | 14 | $135,228 | 1.5% | Sep 28, 2012 | The Film Arcade | 
| 101 | Sister | - | - | - | $1,923 | 14 | $154,659 | 1.2% | Oct 5, 2012 | Adopt Films | 
| 102 | War of the Buttons | - | - | - | $1,731 | 35 | $47,771 | 3.6% | Oct 12, 2012 | The Weinstein Company | 
| 103 | To Rome with Love | - | - | - | $1,551 | 806 | $16,685,867 | <0.1% | Jun 22, 2012 | Sony Pictures Classics | 
| 104 | Nobody Walks | - | - | - | $1,523 | 7 | $25,342 | 6% | Oct 19, 2012 | Magnolia Pictures | 
| 105 | Wake in Fright 2012 Re-release  | - | - | - | $1,430 | 12 | $50,394 | 2.8% | Oct 5, 2012 | Drafthouse Films | 
| 106 | This Must Be the Place | - | - | - | $1,396 | 15 | $143,979 | 1% | Nov 2, 2012 | The Weinstein Company | 
| 107 | The Revisionaries | - | - | - | $1,381 | 5 | $22,664 | 6.1% | Oct 5, 2012 | Kino Lorber | 
| 108 | Moonrise Kingdom | - | - | - | $1,335 | 924 | $45,512,466 | <0.1% | May 25, 2012 | Focus Features | 
| 109 | Hello I Must Be Going | - | - | - | $1,173 | 15 | $106,709 | 1.1% | Sep 7, 2012 | Oscilloscope | 
| 110 | Two Days in New York | - | - | - | $1,143 | 42 | $633,210 | 0.2% | Aug 10, 2012 | Magnolia Pictures | 
| 111 | North Sea Texas 2012 Re-release  | - | - | - | $1,090 | 3 | $28,307 | 3.9% | Nov 2, 2012 | Strand Releasing | 
| 112 | Celeste & Jesse Forever | - | - | - | $981 | 586 | $3,094,813 | <0.1% | Aug 3, 2012 | Sony Pictures Classics | 
| 113 | How to Survive a Plague | - | - | - | $916 | 15 | $132,055 | 0.7% | Sep 21, 2012 | IFC Films | 
| 114 | The Last Fall | - | - | - | $871 | 1 | $6,100 | 14.3% | Oct 26, 2012 | - | 
| 115 | You've Been Trumped | - | - | - | $854 | 5 | $29,273 | 2.9% | Aug 3, 2012 | International Film Circuit | 
| 116 | Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters | - | - | - | $839 | 3 | $60,064 | 1.4% | Nov 2, 2012 | Zeitgeist Films | 
| 117 | Death by China | - | - | - | $837 | 3 | $38,492 | 2.2% | Aug 17, 2012 | Area 23a | 
| 118 | Side by Side | - | - | - | $753 | 9 | $58,825 | 1.3% | Aug 17, 2012 | Tribeca Films | 
| 119 | Least Among Saints | - | - | - | $631 | 8 | $28,026 | 2.3% | Oct 12, 2012 | Brainstorm Media | 
| 120 | The Oranges | - | - | - | $627 | 110 | $366,377 | 0.2% | Oct 5, 2012 | ATO Pictures | 
| 121 | Post Mortem | - | - | - | $586 | 1 | $9,750 | 6% | Apr 11, 2012 | Kino Lorber | 
| 122 | Bad Blood | - | - | - | $533 | 10 | $3,731 | 14.3% | Oct 26, 2012 | Gravity Arch | 
| 123 | Trade of Innocents | - | - | - | $391 | 3 | $15,091 | 2.6% | Oct 5, 2012 | Monterey Media | 
| 124 | Compliance | - | - | - | $369 | 21 | $319,285 | 0.1% | Aug 17, 2012 | Magnolia Pictures | 
| 125 | The Eye of the Storm | - | - | - | $265 | 9 | $83,566 | 0.3% | Sep 7, 2012 | Sycamore Entertainment Group | 
| 126 | Entre les Bras | - | - | - | $251 | 6 | $47,439 | 0.5% | Sep 14, 2012 | The Cinema Guild | 
| 127 | Bringing Up Bobby | - | - | - | $243 | 4 | $4,975 | 4.9% | Sep 28, 2012 | Monterey Media | 
| 128 | Unforgivable | - | - | - | $208 | 6 | $154,189 | 0.1% | Jun 29, 2012 | Strand Releasing | 
| 129 | The Iran Job | - | - | - | $199 | 2 | $23,115 | 0.9% | Sep 28, 2012 | Film Movement | 
| 130 | Gayby | - | - | - | $180 | 1 | $14,062 | 1.3% | Oct 12, 2012 | The Film Collaborative | 
| 131 | Meet the Fokkens | - | - | - | $172 | 1 | $30,810 | 0.6% | Aug 8, 2012 | Kino Lorber | 
| 132 | Head Games | - | - | - | $156 | 5 | $14,056 | 1.1% | Sep 21, 2012 | Variance Films | 
| 133 | Vamps | - | - | - | $154 | 1 | $3,361 | 4.6% | Nov 2, 2012 | Anchor Bay Films | 
| 134 | Galapagos | - | - | - | $147 | 14 | $18,630,372 | <0.1% | Oct 29, 1999 | IMAX | 
| 135 | Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai | - | - | - | $138 | 5 | $75,688 | 0.2% | Jul 20, 2012 | Tribeca Films | 
| 136 | Jack & Diane | - | - | - | $132 | 2 | $1,142 | 11.6% | Nov 2, 2012 | Magnolia Pictures | 
| 137 | When the Iron Bird Flies: Tibetan Buddhism Arrives in the West | - | - | - | $125 | 1 | $13,598 | 0.9% | Oct 19, 2012 | - | 
| 138 | Kumaré | - | - | - | $102 | 9 | $132,160 | <0.1% | Jun 20, 2012 | Kino Lorber | 
| 139 | The Night Watchman | - | - | - | $94 | 2 | $2,219 | 4.2% | Jul 6, 2012 | Icarus Films | 
| 140 | Husbands in Goa | - | - | - | $85 | 7 | $10,135 | 0.8% | Sep 21, 2012 | UTV Motion Pictures | 
| 141 | Little White Lies | - | - | - | $83 | 14 | $206,088 | <0.1% | Aug 24, 2012 | MPI Media Group | 
| 142 | The Color Wheel | - | - | - | $34 | 3 | $19,001 | 0.2% | May 18, 2012 | Cinema Conservancy | 
| 143 | Sushi: The Global Catch | - | - | - | $33 | 1 | $5,757 | 0.6% | Aug 3, 2012 | - | 
| 144 | Headshot | - | - | - | $32 | 1 | $1,373 | 2.3% | Sep 28, 2012 | Kino Lorber | 
| 145 | For Ellen | - | - | - | $30 | 3 | $12,396 | 0.2% | Sep 5, 2012 | Tribeca Films | 
| 146 | The Ghastly Love of Johnny X | - | - | - | $16 | 2 | $2,436 | 0.7% | Oct 26, 2012 | Strand Releasing | 
| 147 | Girl Model | - | - | - | $12 | 5 | $21,154 | <0.1% | Sep 5, 2012 | First Run |