| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Safe House | $27,542,825 | - | 3,121 | - | $8,825 | $81,812,440 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | - | The Vow | $26,640,786 | - | 2,958 | - | $9,006 | $88,567,623 | 2 | Screen Gems | false | false |
| 3 | - | Journey 2: The Mysterious Island | $25,934,109 | - | 3,500 | - | $7,409 | $59,050,451 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 4 | - | Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance | $25,470,773 | - | 3,174 | - | $8,024 | $25,470,773 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 5 | - | This Means War | $20,006,912 | - | 3,189 | - | $6,273 | $21,616,717 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 6 | - | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 2012 3D Release | $9,920,675 | - | 2,655 | - | $3,736 | $35,793,910 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 7 | - | Chronicle | $9,164,061 | - | 2,556 | - | $3,585 | $52,643,487 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 8 | - | The Secret World of Arrietty | $8,684,864 | - | 1,522 | - | $5,706 | $8,684,864 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 9 | - | The Woman in Black | $7,794,176 | - | 2,559 | - | $3,045 | $46,404,794 | 3 | CBS Films | false | false |
| 10 | - | The Grey | $3,717,234 | - | 2,107 | - | $1,764 | $48,610,293 | 4 | Open Road Films (II) | false | false |
| 11 | - | The Descendants | $3,489,672 | - | 1,243 | - | $2,807 | $75,572,442 | 14 | - | false | false |
| 12 | - | Big Miracle | $3,162,190 | - | 1,634 | - | $1,935 | $17,605,685 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | - | The Artist | $2,971,453 | - | 808 | - | $3,677 | $28,070,412 | 13 | The Weinstein Company | false | false |
| 14 | - | Hugo | $2,201,239 | - | 558 | - | $3,944 | $67,287,363 | 13 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | - | Red Tails | $1,769,318 | - | 1,009 | - | $1,753 | $48,021,762 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 16 | - | Underworld: Awakening | $1,350,106 | - | 826 | - | $1,634 | $61,593,907 | 5 | Screen Gems | false | false |
| 17 | - | The Iron Lady | $1,296,474 | - | 623 | - | $2,081 | $24,656,260 | 8 | The Weinstein Company | false | false |
| 18 | - | One for the Money | $929,511 | - | 933 | - | $996 | $25,605,720 | 4 | Lionsgate Films | false | false |
| 19 | - | Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close | $771,146 | - | 577 | - | $1,336 | $30,774,123 | 9 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 20 | - | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $684,115 | - | 400 | - | $1,710 | $129,872,610 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 21 | - | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $669,147 | - | 403 | - | $1,660 | $185,386,501 | 10 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 22 | - | Contraband | $634,185 | - | 420 | - | $1,509 | $65,860,205 | 6 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 23 | - | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $598,667 | - | 184 | - | $3,253 | $22,801,514 | 11 | Focus Features | false | false |
| 24 | - | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | $591,538 | - | 275 | - | $2,151 | $207,404,961 | 10 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 25 | - | The Adventures of Tintin | $528,199 | - | 303 | - | $1,743 | $76,529,515 | 9 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 26 | - | The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2012: Live Action | $444,404 | - | 138 | - | $3,220 | $1,059,847 | 2 | Shorts International | false | false |
| 27 | - | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $411,219 | - | 189 | - | $2,175 | $101,431,090 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 28 | - | Man on a Ledge | $405,207 | - | 401 | - | $1,010 | $18,451,155 | 4 | Lionsgate Films | false | false |
| 29 | - | We Bought a Zoo | $386,399 | - | 287 | - | $1,346 | $73,743,020 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 30 | - | A Separation | $369,880 | - | 54 | - | $6,849 | $2,086,632 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 31 | - | War Horse | $367,484 | - | 394 | - | $932 | $78,775,450 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 32 | - | Pina | $366,272 | - | 79 | - | $4,636 | $2,243,100 | 9 | IFC Films | false | false |
| 33 | - | Beauty and the Beast 2012 3D Release | $356,618 | - | 214 | - | $1,666 | $47,101,444 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 34 | - | The Muppets | $288,493 | - | 269 | - | $1,072 | $88,148,490 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 35 | - | Joyful Noise | $267,546 | - | 340 | - | $786 | $30,355,505 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 36 | - | Puss in Boots | $263,026 | - | 163 | - | $1,613 | $149,074,002 | 17 | DreamWorks | false | false |
| 37 | - | Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu | $262,704 | - | 98 | - | $2,680 | $1,058,237 | 2 | UTV Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 38 | - | My Week with Marilyn | $249,297 | - | 120 | - | $2,077 | $13,694,414 | 13 | The Weinstein Company | false | false |
| 39 | - | Albert Nobbs | $243,181 | - | 119 | - | $2,043 | $2,407,745 | 4 | Roadside Attractions | false | false |
| 40 | - | Thin Ice | $217,444 | - | 53 | - | $4,102 | $217,444 | 1 | ATO Pictures | true | false |
| 41 | - | Born to Be Wild | $202,569 | - | 45 | - | $4,501 | $16,426,134 | 46 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 42 | - | A Dangerous Method | $180,280 | - | 96 | - | $1,877 | $5,199,783 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 43 | - | Rampart | $155,571 | - | 28 | - | $5,556 | $239,991 | 2 | Millennium Entertainment | false | false |
| 44 | - | Jack and Jill | $152,710 | - | 134 | - | $1,139 | $74,051,636 | 15 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 45 | - | Happy Feet Two | $130,414 | - | 135 | - | $966 | $63,859,638 | 14 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 46 | - | The Darkest Hour | $115,946 | - | 113 | - | $1,026 | $21,336,951 | 9 | Summit Entertainment | false | false |
| 47 | - | In Darkness | $101,607 | - | 14 | - | $7,257 | $161,570 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 48 | - | Haywire | $84,365 | - | 79 | - | $1,067 | $18,766,109 | 5 | Relativity Media | false | false |
| 49 | - | We Need to Talk About Kevin | $83,626 | - | 16 | - | $5,226 | $617,215 | 11 | Oscilloscope | false | false |
| 50 | - | Shame | $81,455 | - | 44 | - | $1,851 | $3,735,075 | 12 | - | false | false |
| 51 | - | Hubble | $75,418 | - | 19 | - | $3,969 | $30,759,288 | 101 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 52 | - | W.E. | $65,907 | - | 20 | - | $3,295 | $219,837 | 3 | The Weinstein Company | false | false |
| 53 | - | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | $62,646 | - | 148 | - | $423 | $281,275,991 | 14 | Summit Entertainment | false | false |
| 54 | 41 | Under the Sea 3D | $56,768 | -44.6% | 11 | -6 | $5,160 | $29,164,153 | 158 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 55 | - | Coriolanus | $48,722 | - | 13 | - | $3,747 | $331,472 | 5 | The Weinstein Company | false | false |
| 56 | - | Agneepath | $42,859 | - | 132 | - | $324 | $1,981,605 | 4 | Eros Worldwide | false | false |
| 57 | - | Undefeated | $42,247 | - | 5 | - | $8,449 | $42,247 | 1 | The Weinstein Company | true | false |
| 58 | - | Bullhead | $42,070 | - | 7 | - | $6,010 | $42,070 | 1 | Drafthouse Films | true | false |
| 59 | - | Carnage | $40,664 | - | 35 | - | $1,161 | $2,427,523 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 60 | - | Chico & Rita | $38,563 | - | 5 | - | $7,712 | $68,130 | 2 | GKIDS | false | false |
| 61 | - | Young Adult | $34,091 | - | 87 | - | $391 | $16,300,302 | 11 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 62 | - | Pariah | $25,350 | - | 13 | - | $1,950 | $692,615 | 8 | Focus Features | false | false |
| 63 | - | Space Station 3D | $22,922 | - | 4 | - | $5,730 | $84,957,283 | 514 | IMAX | false | false |
| 64 | - | On the Ice | $20,340 | - | 4 | - | $5,085 | $20,340 | 1 | Rogers & Cowan/PMK | true | false |
| 65 | - | The Devil Inside | $16,783 | - | 34 | - | $493 | $53,183,226 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 66 | - | New Year's Eve | $15,242 | - | 33 | - | $461 | $54,540,525 | 11 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 67 | - | The Help | $12,834 | - | 13 | - | $987 | $169,672,061 | 28 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 68 | - | Midnight in Paris | $12,606 | - | 16 | - | $787 | $56,556,231 | 40 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 69 | - | The Women on the 6th Floor | $12,385 | - | 6 | - | $2,064 | $605,038 | 20 | Strand Releasing | false | false |
| 70 | - | In the Land of Blood and Honey | $8,915 | - | 8 | - | $1,114 | $286,784 | 9 | FilmDistrict | false | false |
| 71 | - | Deep Sea | $7,836 | - | 2 | - | $3,918 | $44,490,042 | 312 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 72 | - | Le Havre | $7,195 | - | 7 | - | $1,027 | $577,113 | - | Janus Films | - | false |
| 73 | - | Death of the Virgin | $6,860 | - | 2 | - | $3,430 | $18,860 | 2 | Indican Pictures | false | false |
| 74 | - | The Flowers of War | $6,028 | - | 3 | - | $2,009 | $224,860 | 5 | - | false | false |
| 75 | - | Immortals | $5,725 | - | 29 | - | $197 | $83,503,161 | 15 | Relativity Media | false | false |
| 76 | - | Declaration of War | $5,627 | - | 7 | - | $803 | $35,081 | 4 | IFC Films | false | false |
| 77 | - | The Turin Horse | $4,694 | - | 2 | - | $2,347 | $19,074 | 2 | The Cinema Guild | false | false |
| 78 | - | J. Edgar | $4,478 | - | 11 | - | $407 | $37,304,950 | 15 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 79 | - | The Interrupters | $4,209 | - | 2 | - | $2,104 | $282,448 | 30 | The Cinema Guild | false | false |
| 80 | - | Michael | $4,178 | - | 1 | - | $4,178 | $5,358 | 1 | Strand Releasing | true | false |
| 81 | - | The Way 2010 Re-release | $3,932 | - | 5 | - | $786 | $4,422,691 | 20 | - | false | false |
| 82 | - | Vettai | $3,879 | - | 1 | - | $3,879 | $203,942 | 6 | UTV Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 83 | - | The Innkeepers | $3,702 | - | 7 | - | $528 | $75,172 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures | false | false |
| 84 | - | Khodorkovsky | $3,627 | - | 1 | - | $3,627 | $33,781 | 12 | Kino Lorber | false | false |
| 85 | - | Kung Fu Joe | $3,408 | - | 1 | - | $3,408 | $7,694 | 2 | Indican Pictures | false | false |
| 86 | - | The Extraordinary Voyage | $3,377 | - | 3 | - | $1,125 | $8,668 | 2 | Flicker Alley | false | false |
| 87 | - | Melancholia | $3,127 | - | 5 | - | $625 | $3,023,553 | 15 | Magnolia Pictures | false | false |
| 88 | - | Once Upon a Time in Anatolia | $2,762 | - | 2 | - | $1,381 | $63,225 | 7 | The Cinema Guild | false | false |
| 89 | - | Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness | $2,724 | - | 2 | - | $1,362 | $863,383 | 33 | International Film Circuit | false | false |
| 90 | - | How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr Foster? 2012 Re-release | $2,011 | - | 4 | - | $502 | $12,743 | 4 | First Run | false | false |
| 91 | - | The Skin I Live In | $1,873 | - | 4 | - | $468 | $3,168,682 | 19 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 92 | - | Putin's Kiss | $1,858 | - | 1 | - | $1,858 | $1,858 | 1 | Kino Lorber | true | false |
| 93 | - | Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow | $1,815 | - | 1 | - | $1,815 | $48,713 | 28 | - | false | false |
| 94 | - | Cirkus Columbia | $1,648 | - | 1 | - | $1,648 | $1,648 | 1 | Strand Releasing | true | false |
| 95 | - | Kill List | $1,610 | - | 4 | - | $402 | $19,548 | 3 | IFC Films | false | false |
| 96 | - | The Woman with the 5 Elephants 2011 Re-release | $735 | - | 1 | - | $735 | $10,401 | 31 | The Cinema Guild | false | false |
| 97 | - | Eames: The Architect & The Painter | $518 | - | 1 | - | $518 | $146,079 | 15 | First Run | false | false |
| 98 | - | Take Shelter | $449 | - | 4 | - | $112 | $1,724,558 | 21 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 99 | - | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $402 | - | 1 | - | $402 | $34,109,100 | 335 | IMAX | false | false |
| 100 | - | Man on a Mission: Richard Garriott's Road to the Stars | $396 | - | 1 | - | $396 | $8,548 | 6 | First Run | false | false |
| 101 | - | Galapagos | $98 | - | 3 | - | $32 | $18,080,393 | 643 | IMAX | false | false |
| 102 | - | Crazy Wisdom: The Life & Times of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche | $96 | - | 1 | - | $96 | $56,824 | 13 | - | false | false |
