| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Contraband | $28,515,480 | - | 2,863 | - | $9,960 | $28,515,480 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | - | Beauty and the Beast 2012 3D Release | $22,213,922 | - | 2,625 | - | $8,462 | $22,213,922 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | - | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | $14,201,823 | - | 3,346 | - | $4,244 | $189,448,612 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | - | Joyful Noise | $13,802,308 | - | 2,735 | - | $5,046 | $13,802,308 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 5 | - | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $10,444,071 | - | 3,155 | - | $3,310 | $172,043,715 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 6 | - | The Devil Inside | $9,034,861 | - | 2,551 | - | $3,541 | $47,381,708 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | - | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $8,032,763 | - | 2,674 | - | $3,004 | $89,213,612 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 8 | - | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $8,002,573 | - | 2,849 | - | $2,808 | $120,983,861 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 9 | - | We Bought a Zoo | $7,369,231 | - | 2,909 | - | $2,533 | $65,857,765 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 10 | - | War Horse | $7,350,537 | - | 2,856 | - | $2,573 | $67,522,500 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | - | The Iron Lady | $6,628,448 | - | 802 | - | $8,264 | $7,216,069 | 3 | The Weinstein Company | false | false |
| 12 | - | The Adventures of Tintin | $5,624,780 | - | 2,073 | - | $2,713 | $69,329,986 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | - | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $3,864,053 | - | 886 | - | $4,361 | $15,806,593 | 6 | Focus Features | false | false |
| 14 | - | The Descendants | $2,923,986 | - | 660 | - | $4,430 | $47,928,182 | 9 | - | false | false |
| 15 | - | The Artist | $1,604,416 | - | 216 | - | $7,427 | $9,201,195 | 8 | The Weinstein Company | false | false |
| 16 | - | Hugo | $1,546,579 | - | 545 | - | $2,837 | $54,663,234 | 8 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | - | The Darkest Hour | $1,264,849 | - | 1,182 | - | $1,070 | $20,714,023 | 4 | Summit Entertainment | false | false |
| 18 | - | New Year's Eve | $1,216,461 | - | 1,092 | - | $1,113 | $53,870,588 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 19 | - | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | $925,478 | - | 708 | - | $1,307 | $279,795,163 | 9 | Summit Entertainment | false | false |
| 20 | - | Carnage | $861,596 | - | 494 | - | $1,744 | $1,448,061 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 21 | - | The Muppets | $858,903 | - | 547 | - | $1,570 | $86,694,431 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 22 | - | Happy Feet Two | $677,296 | - | 365 | - | $1,855 | $62,091,440 | 9 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 23 | - | My Week with Marilyn | $627,445 | - | 400 | - | $1,568 | $11,501,155 | 8 | The Weinstein Company | false | false |
| 24 | - | The Sitter | $611,448 | - | 449 | - | $1,361 | $29,748,681 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 25 | - | A Dangerous Method | $600,066 | - | 104 | - | $5,769 | $2,787,258 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 26 | - | Puss in Boots | $562,581 | - | 316 | - | $1,780 | $147,299,708 | 12 | DreamWorks | false | false |
| 27 | - | Young Adult | $525,883 | - | 387 | - | $1,358 | $15,801,710 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 28 | - | Jack and Jill | $523,006 | - | 298 | - | $1,755 | $72,534,312 | 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 29 | - | Tower Heist | $291,200 | - | 260 | - | $1,120 | $77,588,505 | 11 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 30 | - | Immortals | $199,180 | - | 187 | - | $1,065 | $83,094,462 | 10 | Relativity Media | false | false |
| 31 | - | Shame | $187,694 | - | 41 | - | $4,577 | $2,670,117 | 7 | - | false | false |
| 32 | - | Real Steel | $180,796 | - | 187 | - | $966 | $85,093,410 | 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 33 | - | Pina | $162,219 | - | 6 | - | $27,036 | $594,412 | 4 | IFC Films | false | false |
| 34 | - | Born to Be Wild | $147,948 | - | 45 | - | $3,287 | $15,525,281 | 41 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 35 | - | Pariah | $128,936 | - | 24 | - | $5,372 | $401,305 | 3 | Focus Features | false | false |
| 36 | - | Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close | $117,472 | - | 6 | - | $19,578 | $661,988 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 37 | - | Courageous | $106,097 | - | 116 | - | $914 | $34,453,024 | 16 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 38 | - | Vettai | $100,073 | - | 34 | - | $2,943 | $100,073 | 1 | UTV Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 39 | - | Moneyball | $98,251 | - | 128 | - | $767 | $75,440,944 | 17 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 40 | - | A Separation | $97,184 | - | 6 | - | $16,197 | $339,207 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 41 | - | In Time | $91,465 | - | 106 | - | $862 | $37,376,108 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 42 | - | J. Edgar | $67,348 | - | 82 | - | $821 | $36,986,614 | 10 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 43 | - | Dolphin Tale | $59,558 | - | 91 | - | $654 | $72,247,774 | 17 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 44 | - | We Need to Talk About Kevin | $55,506 | - | 2 | - | $27,753 | $94,803 | 6 | Oscilloscope | false | false |
| 45 | - | In the Land of Blood and Honey | $54,854 | - | 18 | - | $3,047 | $160,497 | 4 | FilmDistrict | false | false |
| 46 | - | Hubble | $53,003 | - | 20 | - | $2,650 | $30,338,905 | 96 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 47 | - | Don 2 | $42,711 | - | 28 | - | $1,525 | $3,657,032 | 4 | Reliance Big Pictures | false | false |
| 48 | - | The Way 2010 Re-release | $38,920 | - | 40 | - | $973 | $4,331,541 | 15 | - | false | false |
| 49 | - | Drive | $35,328 | - | 32 | - | $1,104 | $34,973,583 | 18 | FilmDistrict | false | false |
| 50 | - | Under the Sea 3D | $29,862 | - | 7 | - | $4,266 | $28,972,298 | 153 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 51 | - | The Skin I Live In | $27,027 | - | 31 | - | $871 | $3,127,701 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 52 | - | Margin Call | $18,940 | - | 20 | - | $947 | $5,329,130 | 13 | Roadside Attractions | false | false |
| 53 | - | The Help | $17,789 | - | 28 | - | $635 | $169,585,995 | 23 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 54 | - | The Women on the 6th Floor | $16,496 | - | 6 | - | $2,749 | $518,193 | 15 | Strand Releasing | false | false |
| 55 | - | Space Station 3D | $15,207 | - | 2 | - | $7,603 | $84,761,854 | 509 | IMAX | false | false |
| 56 | - | Once Upon a Time in Anatolia | $14,850 | - | 1 | - | $14,850 | $35,826 | 2 | The Cinema Guild | false | false |
| 57 | - | Midnight in Paris | $14,043 | - | 15 | - | $936 | $56,428,526 | 35 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 58 | - | Take Shelter | $8,082 | - | 14 | - | $577 | $1,707,093 | 16 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 59 | - | The Guard | $4,210 | - | 11 | - | $382 | $5,347,608 | 25 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 60 | - | Man on a Mission: Richard Garriott's Road to the Stars | $3,506 | - | 4 | - | $876 | $3,506 | 1 | First Run | true | false |
| 61 | - | Domain 2012 Re-release | $3,502 | - | 1 | - | $3,502 | $3,502 | 1 | Strand Releasing | true | false |
| 62 | - | The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby | $2,626 | - | 1 | - | $2,626 | $175,719 | 17 | First Run | false | false |
| 63 | - | Addiction Incorporated | $2,539 | - | 1 | - | $2,539 | $9,602 | 5 | Variance Films | false | false |
| 64 | - | Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness | $2,468 | - | 1 | - | $2,468 | $848,903 | - | International Film Circuit | - | false |
| 65 | - | CornerStore | $2,200 | - | 1 | - | $2,200 | $42,600 | 23 | Shotown Pictures | false | false |
| 66 | 68 | Nostalgia for the Light | $2,189 | -65.5% | 1 | - | $2,189 | $155,305 | 53 | Icarus Films | false | false |
| 67 | - | Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within | $1,809 | - | 1 | - | $1,809 | $91,771 | 10 | Variance Films | false | false |
| 68 | - | The Bride Wore Black | $1,359 | - | 1 | - | $1,359 | $22,335 | - | The Film Desk | - | false |
| 69 | - | Garbo: The Spy 2011 Re-release | $1,209 | - | 2 | - | $604 | $26,996 | 9 | First Run | false | false |
| 70 | - | Pianomania | $1,021 | - | 1 | - | $1,021 | $48,349 | 34 | First Run | false | false |
| 71 | - | Loosies | $966 | - | 1 | - | $966 | $2,644 | 1 | IFC Films | true | false |
| 72 | - | Jane's Journey | $524 | - | 1 | - | $524 | $25,383 | 18 | First Run | false | false |
| 73 | - | El Sicario, Room 164 | $361 | - | 1 | - | $361 | $5,689 | 3 | Icarus Films | false | false |
| 74 | - | Redneck Carnage | $330 | - | 1 | - | $330 | $655 | 12 | - | false | false |
