| Rank
| Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Max Theaters | Total Gross | % of Total | Release Date | Distributor
|
|---|
| 1 | Wreck-It Ralph | - | - | - | $34,805,982 | 3,752 | $189,422,889 | 18.4% | Nov 2, 2012 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 2 | Flight | - | - | - | $18,791,054 | 2,638 | $93,772,375 | 20% | Nov 2, 2012 | Paramount Pictures |
| 3 | Argo | - | - | - | $9,131,187 | 3,247 | $136,025,503 | 6.7% | Oct 12, 2012 | Warner Bros. |
| 4 | The Man with the Iron Fists | - | - | - | $6,061,660 | 1,872 | $15,634,090 | 38.8% | Nov 2, 2012 | Universal Pictures |
| 5 | Taken 2 | - | - | - | $5,290,746 | 3,706 | $139,854,287 | 3.8% | Oct 5, 2012 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 6 | Cloud Atlas | - | - | - | $4,755,251 | 2,023 | $27,108,272 | 17.5% | Oct 26, 2012 | Warner Bros. |
| 7 | Paranormal Activity 4 | - | - | - | $3,966,831 | 3,412 | $53,885,000 | 7.4% | Oct 19, 2012 | Paramount Pictures |
| 8 | Hotel Transylvania | - | - | - | $3,822,784 | 3,375 | $148,313,048 | 2.6% | Sep 28, 2012 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 9 | Here Comes the Boom | - | - | - | $3,121,880 | 3,014 | $45,290,318 | 6.9% | Oct 12, 2012 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 10 | Silent Hill: Revelation | - | - | - | $3,005,046 | 2,933 | $17,529,157 | 17.1% | Oct 26, 2012 | Open Road Films (II) |
| 11 | Pitch Perfect | - | - | - | $2,785,495 | 2,787 | $65,001,093 | 4.3% | Sep 28, 2012 | Universal Pictures |
| 12 | Sinister | - | - | - | $2,596,233 | 2,542 | $48,086,903 | 5.4% | Oct 12, 2012 | Lionsgate |
| 13 | Fun Size | - | - | - | $1,974,034 | 3,016 | $9,409,538 | 21% | Oct 26, 2012 | Paramount Pictures |
| 14 | Alex Cross | - | - | - | $1,944,175 | 2,541 | $25,888,412 | 7.5% | Oct 19, 2012 | Lionsgate |
| 15 | Looper | - | - | - | $1,173,684 | 2,993 | $66,486,205 | 1.8% | Sep 28, 2012 | TriStar Pictures |
| 16 | The Perks of Being a Wallflower | - | - | - | $1,136,960 | 745 | $17,742,948 | 6.4% | Sep 21, 2012 | Lionsgate |
| 17 | Chasing Mavericks | - | - | - | $1,131,611 | 2,030 | $6,002,756 | 18.9% | Oct 26, 2012 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 18 | Seven Psychopaths | - | - | - | $758,159 | 1,480 | $15,024,049 | 5% | Oct 12, 2012 | CBS Films |
| 19 | Frankenweenie | - | - | - | $716,374 | 3,005 | $35,291,068 | 2% | Oct 5, 2012 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 20 | Skyfall | - | - | - | $628,570 | 3,526 | $304,360,277 | 0.2% | Nov 9, 2012 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 21 | The Sessions | - | - | - | $374,874 | 516 | $6,002,451 | 6.2% | Oct 19, 2012 | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| 22 | The Dark Knight Rises | - | - | - | $218,778 | 4,404 | $448,139,099 | <0.1% | Jul 20, 2012 | Warner Bros. |
| 23 | Brave | - | - | - | $176,963 | 4,164 | $237,283,207 | <0.1% | Jun 22, 2012 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 24 | ParaNorman | - | - | - | $172,551 | 3,455 | $56,003,051 | 0.3% | Aug 17, 2012 | Focus Features |
| 25 | The Master | - | - | - | $167,460 | 864 | $16,377,274 | 1% | Sep 14, 2012 | The Weinstein Company |
| 26 | Trouble with the Curve | - | - | - | $167,230 | 3,212 | $35,763,137 | 0.5% | Sep 21, 2012 | Warner Bros. |
| 27 | End of Watch | - | - | - | $154,554 | 2,780 | $41,003,371 | 0.4% | Sep 21, 2012 | Open Road Films (II) |
| 28 | Arbitrage | - | - | - | $112,919 | 256 | $7,919,574 | 1.4% | Sep 14, 2012 | Roadside Attractions |
| 29 | Ice Age: Continental Drift | - | - | - | $98,773 | 3,886 | $161,321,843 | <0.1% | Jul 13, 2012 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 30 | The Bourne Legacy | - | - | - | $98,635 | 3,753 | $113,203,870 | <0.1% | Aug 10, 2012 | Universal Pictures |
| 31 | The Campaign | - | - | - | $93,901 | 3,302 | $86,907,746 | 0.1% | Aug 10, 2012 | Warner Bros. |
| 32 | The Expendables 2 | - | - | - | $86,087 | 3,355 | $85,028,192 | 0.1% | Aug 17, 2012 | Lionsgate |
| 33 | Searching for Sugar Man | - | - | - | $85,367 | 157 | $3,696,196 | 2.3% | Jul 27, 2012 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 34 | The Other Son | - | - | - | $85,012 | 53 | $1,285,918 | 6.6% | Oct 26, 2012 | Cohen Media Group |
| 35 | House at the End of the Street | - | - | - | $71,697 | 3,083 | $31,611,916 | 0.2% | Sep 21, 2012 | Relativity Media |
| 36 | The Possession | - | - | - | $70,562 | 2,860 | $49,130,154 | 0.1% | Aug 31, 2012 | Lionsgate |
| 37 | Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana | - | - | - | $67,952 | 60 | $143,507 | 47.4% | Nov 2, 2012 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 38 | To the Arctic 3D | - | - | - | $67,134 | 52 | $14,560,838 | 0.5% | Apr 20, 2012 | Warner Bros. |
| 39 | Resident Evil: Retribution | - | - | - | $59,161 | 3,016 | $42,345,531 | 0.1% | Sep 14, 2012 | Screen Gems |
| 40 | A Late Quartet | - | - | - | $53,131 | 100 | $1,562,548 | 3.4% | Nov 2, 2012 | Entertainment One |
| 41 | Samsara | - | - | - | $52,656 | 70 | $2,672,413 | 2% | Aug 24, 2012 | Oscilloscope |
| 42 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days | - | - | - | $44,779 | 3,401 | $49,008,662 | <0.1% | Aug 3, 2012 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 43 | Masquerade | - | - | - | $42,717 | 15 | $922,921 | 4.6% | Sep 21, 2012 | CJ Entertainment |
| 44 | Student of the Year | - | - | - | $42,271 | 106 | $670,086 | 6.3% | Oct 19, 2012 | Eros Worldwide |
| 45 | The Thieves | - | - | - | $40,317 | 22 | $685,839 | 5.9% | Oct 12, 2012 | Well Go USA Entertainment |
| 46 | The Paperboy | - | - | - | $39,369 | 76 | $693,286 | 5.7% | Oct 5, 2012 | Millennium Entertainment |
| 47 | Atlas Shrugged II: The Strike | - | - | - | $37,357 | 1,012 | $3,336,053 | 1.1% | Oct 12, 2012 | Atlas Distribution Company |
| 48 | The Flat | - | - | - | $36,534 | 27 | $471,842 | 7.7% | Oct 19, 2012 | IFC Films |
| 49 | Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel | - | - | - | $36,042 | 27 | $1,017,579 | 3.5% | Sep 21, 2012 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 50 | Hubble | - | - | - | $34,071 | 151 | $52,522,904 | <0.1% | Mar 19, 2010 | Warner Bros. |
| 51 | The Odd Life of Timothy Green | - | - | - | $33,278 | 2,717 | $51,854,875 | <0.1% | Aug 15, 2012 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 52 | The Intouchables | - | - | - | $29,102 | 194 | $10,198,820 | 0.3% | May 25, 2012 | The Weinstein Company |
| 53 | Born to Be Wild | - | - | - | $28,629 | 208 | $25,978,556 | 0.1% | Apr 8, 2011 | Warner Bros. |
| 54 | Bless Me, Ultima | - | - | - | $27,467 | 263 | $1,561,962 | 1.8% | Feb 22, 2013 | Arenas Entertainment |
| 55 | English Vinglish | - | - | - | $24,162 | 88 | $1,862,086 | 1.3% | Oct 5, 2012 | Eros Worldwide |
| 56 | Chakravyuh | - | - | - | $21,881 | 79 | $151,778 | 14.4% | Oct 24, 2012 | Eros Worldwide |
| 57 | Simon & the Oaks | - | - | - | $21,275 | 17 | $150,664 | 14.1% | Oct 12, 2012 | The Film Arcade |
| 58 | Smashed | - | - | - | $21,106 | 50 | $376,597 | 5.6% | Oct 12, 2012 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 59 | Space Station 3D | - | - | - | $17,170 | 64 | $93,383,953 | <0.1% | Apr 19, 2002 | IMAX |
| 60 | Brooklyn Castle | - | - | - | $15,815 | 13 | $219,407 | 7.2% | Oct 19, 2012 | Producers Distribution Agency (PDA) |
| 61 | The Big Picture 2012 Re-release | - | - | - | $15,455 | 8 | $158,411 | 9.8% | Oct 12, 2012 | MPI Media Group |
| 62 | The Bay | - | - | - | $14,851 | 23 | $30,668 | 48.4% | Nov 2, 2012 | Roadside Attractions |
| 63 | Lawless | - | - | - | $14,053 | 3,138 | $37,400,127 | <0.1% | Aug 29, 2012 | The Weinstein Company |
| 64 | Tai Chi Zero | - | - | - | $14,033 | 31 | $212,094 | 6.6% | Oct 19, 2012 | Variance Films |
| 65 | The Loneliest Planet | - | - | - | $13,478 | 13 | $129,579 | 10.4% | Oct 26, 2012 | IFC Films |
| 66 | Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough | - | - | - | $13,127 | 27 | $5,705,874 | 0.2% | Oct 7, 2011 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 67 | The Imposter | - | - | - | $12,540 | 31 | $898,317 | 1.4% | Jul 13, 2012 | Indomina Releasing |
| 68 | Finding Nemo 2012 3D Release | - | - | - | $11,624 | 2,904 | $41,128,283 | <0.1% | Sep 14, 2012 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 69 | Won't Back Down | - | - | - | $11,332 | 2,517 | $5,310,554 | 0.2% | Sep 28, 2012 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 70 | Sleepwalk with Me | - | - | - | $11,038 | 135 | $2,266,067 | 0.5% | Aug 24, 2012 | IFC Films |
| 71 | Middle of Nowhere | - | - | - | $10,987 | 25 | $236,806 | 4.6% | Oct 12, 2012 | - |
| 72 | Holy Motors | - | - | - | $10,637 | 29 | $641,100 | 1.7% | Oct 17, 2012 | Indomina Releasing |
| 73 | Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare | - | - | - | $10,429 | 12 | $126,238 | 8.3% | Oct 5, 2012 | Roadside Attractions |
| 74 | The House I Live In | - | - | - | $10,268 | 12 | $210,752 | 4.9% | Oct 5, 2012 | Abramorama |
| 75 | Hating Breitbart | - | - | - | $9,168 | 8 | $81,432 | 11.3% | Oct 19, 2012 | Rocky Mountain Pictures |
| 76 | The Waiting Room | - | - | - | $8,177 | 8 | $244,951 | 3.3% | Sep 26, 2012 | International Film Circuit |
| 77 | The Details | - | - | - | $7,580 | 73 | $63,595 | 11.9% | Nov 2, 2012 | RADiUS-TWC |
| 78 | Deep Sea | - | - | - | $7,285 | 47 | $46,412,757 | <0.1% | Mar 3, 2006 | Warner Bros. |
| 79 | Liberal Arts | - | - | - | $6,988 | 31 | $327,345 | 2.1% | Sep 14, 2012 | IFC Films |
| 80 | Robot & Frank | - | - | - | $6,720 | 209 | $3,325,038 | 0.2% | Aug 17, 2012 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 81 | Detropia | - | - | - | $6,428 | 24 | $390,024 | 1.6% | Sep 7, 2012 | Loki Films |
| 82 | Somewhere Between | - | - | - | $6,021 | 6 | $210,975 | 2.9% | Aug 24, 2012 | Long Shot Factory |
| 83 | Beasts of the Southern Wild | - | - | - | $5,944 | 318 | $12,795,746 | <0.1% | Jun 27, 2012 | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| 84 | District of Corruption | - | - | - | $5,452 | 3 | $31,954 | 17.1% | Oct 26, 2012 | Rocky Mountain Pictures |
| 85 | This Must Be the Place | - | - | - | $4,628 | 15 | $143,979 | 3.2% | Nov 2, 2012 | The Weinstein Company |
| 86 | Wuthering Heights | - | - | - | $4,322 | 12 | $100,915 | 4.3% | Oct 5, 2012 | Oscilloscope |
| 87 | Under the Sea 3D | - | - | - | $4,008 | 108 | $36,262,926 | <0.1% | Feb 13, 2009 | Warner Bros. |
| 88 | The Other Dream Team | - | - | - | $3,857 | 14 | $135,228 | 2.9% | Sep 28, 2012 | The Film Arcade |
| 89 | Bill W. | - | - | - | $3,830 | 31 | $809,590 | 0.5% | May 18, 2012 | Page 124 Productions |
| 90 | Orchestra of Exiles | - | - | - | $3,731 | 5 | $34,577 | 10.8% | Oct 26, 2012 | First Run |
| 91 | Keep the Lights On | - | - | - | $3,598 | 10 | $246,112 | 1.5% | Sep 7, 2012 | Music Box Films |
| 92 | Dredd | - | - | - | $3,553 | 2,557 | $13,414,714 | <0.1% | Sep 21, 2012 | Lionsgate |
| 93 | V/H/S | - | - | - | $3,550 | 19 | $100,345 | 3.5% | Oct 5, 2012 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 94 | The Well-Digger's Daughter | - | - | - | $3,423 | 16 | $386,368 | 0.9% | Jul 20, 2012 | Kino Lorber |
| 95 | The Queen of Versailles | - | - | - | $3,260 | 89 | $2,401,999 | 0.1% | Jul 20, 2012 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 96 | War of the Buttons | - | - | - | $3,252 | 35 | $47,771 | 6.8% | Oct 12, 2012 | The Weinstein Company |
| 97 | Sister | - | - | - | $3,169 | 14 | $154,659 | 2% | Oct 5, 2012 | Adopt Films |
| 98 | Chicken with Plums | - | - | - | $3,164 | 24 | $253,874 | 1.2% | Aug 17, 2012 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 99 | Burn | - | - | - | $3,000 | 14 | $996,103 | 0.3% | Jul 24, 2012 | - |
| 100 | In Over My Head | - | - | - | $2,783 | 1 | $19,482 | 14.3% | Oct 26, 2012 | Slater Brothers Entertainment |
| 101 | All Together | - | - | - | $2,719 | 10 | $43,180 | 6.3% | Oct 19, 2012 | Kino Lorber |
| 102 | Marcelino Pan y Vino 2012 Re-release | - | - | - | $2,599 | 1 | $18,193 | 14.3% | Oct 26, 2012 | Gigapix Releasing |
| 103 | Long Shot: The Kevin Laue Story | - | - | - | $2,287 | 1 | $16,011 | 14.3% | Oct 26, 2012 | Dutchmen Films |
| 104 | North Sea Texas 2012 Re-release | - | - | - | $2,180 | 3 | $28,307 | 7.7% | Nov 2, 2012 | Strand Releasing |
| 105 | To Rome with Love | - | - | - | $1,930 | 806 | $16,685,867 | <0.1% | Jun 22, 2012 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 106 | Nobody Walks | - | - | - | $1,847 | 7 | $25,342 | 7.3% | Oct 19, 2012 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 107 | Wake in Fright 2012 Re-release | - | - | - | $1,805 | 12 | $50,394 | 3.6% | Oct 5, 2012 | Drafthouse Films |
| 108 | Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters | - | - | - | $1,678 | 3 | $60,064 | 2.8% | Nov 2, 2012 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 109 | The Revisionaries | - | - | - | $1,618 | 5 | $22,664 | 7.1% | Oct 5, 2012 | Kino Lorber |
| 110 | Two Days in New York | - | - | - | $1,617 | 42 | $633,210 | 0.3% | Aug 10, 2012 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 111 | Hello I Must Be Going | - | - | - | $1,486 | 15 | $106,709 | 1.4% | Sep 7, 2012 | Oscilloscope |
| 112 | Side by Side | - | - | - | $1,467 | 9 | $58,825 | 2.5% | Aug 17, 2012 | Tribeca Films |
| 113 | Death by China | - | - | - | $1,398 | 3 | $38,492 | 3.6% | Aug 17, 2012 | Area 23a |
| 114 | Moonrise Kingdom | - | - | - | $1,335 | 924 | $45,512,466 | <0.1% | May 25, 2012 | Focus Features |
| 115 | Celeste & Jesse Forever | - | - | - | $1,286 | 586 | $3,094,813 | <0.1% | Aug 3, 2012 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 116 | You've Been Trumped | - | - | - | $1,136 | 5 | $29,273 | 3.9% | Aug 3, 2012 | International Film Circuit |
| 117 | How to Survive a Plague | - | - | - | $1,116 | 15 | $132,055 | 0.8% | Sep 21, 2012 | IFC Films |
| 118 | Least Among Saints | - | - | - | $899 | 8 | $28,026 | 3.2% | Oct 12, 2012 | Brainstorm Media |
| 119 | The Last Fall | - | - | - | $871 | 1 | $6,100 | 14.3% | Oct 26, 2012 | - |
| 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 | Trade of Innocents | - | - | - | $544 | 3 | $15,091 | 3.6% | Oct 5, 2012 | Monterey Media |
| 123 | Bad Blood | - | - | - | $533 | 10 | $3,731 | 14.3% | Oct 26, 2012 | Gravity Arch |
| 124 | The Eye of the Storm | - | - | - | $398 | 9 | $83,566 | 0.5% | Sep 7, 2012 | Sycamore Entertainment Group |
| 125 | Compliance | - | - | - | $369 | 21 | $319,285 | 0.1% | Aug 17, 2012 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 126 | Vamps | - | - | - | $346 | 1 | $3,361 | 10.3% | Nov 2, 2012 | Anchor Bay Films |
| 127 | Head Games | - | - | - | $309 | 5 | $14,056 | 2.2% | Sep 21, 2012 | Variance Films |
| 128 | Jack & Diane | - | - | - | $264 | 2 | $1,142 | 23.1% | Nov 2, 2012 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 129 | Entre les Bras | - | - | - | $251 | 6 | $47,439 | 0.5% | Sep 14, 2012 | The Cinema Guild |
| 130 | The Iran Job | - | - | - | $245 | 2 | $23,115 | 1.1% | Sep 28, 2012 | Film Movement |
| 131 | Bringing Up Bobby | - | - | - | $243 | 4 | $4,975 | 4.9% | Sep 28, 2012 | Monterey Media |
| 132 | Meet the Fokkens | - | - | - | $221 | 1 | $30,810 | 0.7% | Aug 8, 2012 | Kino Lorber |
| 133 | Galapagos | - | - | - | $216 | 14 | $18,630,372 | <0.1% | Oct 29, 1999 | IMAX |
| 134 | Unforgivable | - | - | - | $208 | 6 | $154,189 | 0.1% | Jun 29, 2012 | Strand Releasing |
| 135 | Gayby | - | - | - | $180 | 1 | $14,062 | 1.3% | Oct 12, 2012 | The Film Collaborative |
| 136 | Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai | - | - | - | $138 | 5 | $75,688 | 0.2% | Jul 20, 2012 | Tribeca Films |
| 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 | Headshot | - | - | - | $36 | 1 | $1,373 | 2.6% | Sep 28, 2012 | Kino Lorber |
| 143 | The Color Wheel | - | - | - | $34 | 3 | $19,001 | 0.2% | May 18, 2012 | Cinema Conservancy |
| 144 | Sushi: The Global Catch | - | - | - | $33 | 1 | $5,757 | 0.6% | Aug 3, 2012 | - |
| 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 |