| Est. Rank | Rank | Diff | Release
| Est. Gross | Actual | Diff | % Diff | Theaters | Estimated Total | Actual | Weekend | Distributor
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| 1 | 1 | - | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 | $43,070,000 | $43,641,448 | +$571,448 | +1.3% | 4,070 | $226,951,000 | $227,366,118 | 2 | Lionsgate | - |
| 2 | 2 | - | Skyfall | $36,000,000 | $35,502,973 | -$497,027 | -1.4% | 3,526 | $221,720,000 | $221,144,122 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 3 | 3 | - | Lincoln | $25,020,000 | $25,676,413 | +$656,413 | +2.6% | 2,018 | $62,178,000 | $62,840,796 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 4 | 4 | - | Rise of the Guardians | $24,025,000 | $23,773,465 | -$251,535 | -1% | 3,653 | $32,607,000 | $32,341,090 | 1 | DreamWorks | - |
| 5 | 5 | - | Life of Pi | $22,000,000 | $22,451,514 | +$451,514 | +2.1% | 2,927 | $30,150,000 | $30,573,101 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 6 | 6 | - | Wreck-It Ralph | $16,760,000 | $16,572,669 | -$187,331 | -1.1% | 3,259 | $149,512,000 | $149,278,699 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 7 | 7 | - | Red Dawn | $14,600,000 | $14,276,668 | -$323,332 | -2.2% | 2,724 | $22,000,000 | $21,689,162 | 1 | FilmDistrict | - |
| 8 | 8 | - | Flight | $8,600,000 | $8,451,144 | -$148,856 | -1.7% | 2,638 | $74,880,000 | $74,718,990 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 9 | 9 | - | Silver Linings Playbook | $4,623,000 | $4,383,669 | -$239,331 | -5.2% | 367 | $6,451,000 | $6,209,767 | 2 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 10 | 10 | - | Argo | $3,875,000 | $3,865,158 | -$9,842 | -0.3% | 1,255 | $98,114,000 | $98,062,309 | 7 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 11 | 11 | - | Taken 2 | $975,000 | $950,043 | -$24,957 | -2.6% | 763 | $136,503,000 | $136,477,003 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 12 | 12 | - | Anna Karenina | $832,000 | $896,258 | +$64,258 | +7.7% | 66 | $1,465,000 | $1,534,832 | 2 | Focus Features | - |
| 13 | 14 | +1 | Pitch Perfect | $745,000 | $715,865 | -$29,135 | -3.9% | 492 | $62,605,000 | $62,571,928 | 9 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 14 | 13 | -1 | The Sessions | $700,000 | $724,025 | +$24,025 | +3.4% | 515 | $3,905,000 | $3,929,999 | 6 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - |
| 15 | 17 | +2 | Cloud Atlas | $413,000 | $422,095 | +$9,095 | +2.2% | 258 | $25,782,000 | $25,788,857 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 16 | 18 | +2 | The Perks of Being a Wallflower | $386,000 | $392,766 | +$6,766 | +1.8% | 242 | $16,318,000 | $16,323,537 | 10 | Lionsgate | - |
| 17 | 19 | +2 | Hotel Transylvania | $360,000 | $377,389 | +$17,389 | +4.8% | 464 | $143,484,000 | $143,500,130 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 18 | 21 | +3 | Hitchcock | $301,000 | $287,715 | -$13,285 | -4.4% | 17 | $301,000 | $287,715 | 1 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - |
| 19 | 20 | +1 | Looper | $300,000 | $320,438 | +$20,438 | +6.8% | 293 | $65,555,000 | $65,587,055 | 9 | TriStar Pictures | - |
| 20 | 22 | +2 | The Man with the Iron Fists | $204,000 | $209,115 | +$5,115 | +2.5% | 205 | $15,210,000 | $15,201,910 | 4 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 21 | 23 | +2 | Brave | $184,000 | $187,165 | +$3,165 | +1.7% | 190 | $236,941,000 | $236,943,843 | 23 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 22 | 33 | +11 | Sinister | $133,000 | $91,621 | -$41,379 | -31.1% | 127 | $47,712,000 | $47,705,703 | 7 | Lionsgate | - |
| 23 | 24 | +1 | The Odd Life of Timothy Green | $128,000 | $133,816 | +$5,816 | +4.5% | 172 | $51,484,000 | $51,489,663 | 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 24 | 25 | +1 | A Late Quartet | $128,000 | $132,908 | +$4,908 | +3.8% | 88 | $729,000 | $733,878 | 4 | Entertainment One | - |
| 25 | 28 | +3 | Alex Cross | $121,000 | $111,912 | -$9,088 | -7.5% | 144 | $25,417,000 | $25,404,403 | 6 | Lionsgate | - |
| 26 | 32 | +6 | ParaNorman | $109,000 | $96,817 | -$12,183 | -11.2% | 134 | $55,809,000 | $55,796,572 | 15 | Focus Features | - |
| 27 | 27 | - | Frankenweenie | $104,000 | $112,788 | +$8,788 | +8.4% | 122 | $34,230,000 | $34,238,127 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 28 | 31 | +3 | Silent Hill: Revelation | $102,000 | $100,828 | -$1,172 | -1.1% | 190 | $17,400,000 | $17,376,101 | 5 | Open Road Films (II) | - |
| 29 | 37 | +8 | Fun Size | $79,000 | $83,646 | +$4,646 | +5.9% | 144 | $9,293,000 | $9,297,782 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 30 | 38 | +8 | The Other Son | $77,700 | $79,252 | +$1,552 | +2% | 35 | $795,400 | $793,784 | 5 | Cohen Media Group | - |
| 31 | 45 | +14 | Searching for Sugar Man | $74,600 | $60,434 | -$14,166 | -19% | 43 | $2,780,400 | $2,766,194 | 18 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 32 | 47 | +15 | Paranormal Activity 4 | $52,000 | $52,915 | +$915 | +1.8% | 108 | $53,676,000 | $53,676,711 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 33 | 53 | +20 | The Central Park Five | $33,900 | $30,570 | -$3,330 | -9.8% | 3 | $33,900 | $30,570 | 1 | IFC Films | - |
| 34 | 56 | +22 | Rust and Bone | $30,200 | $27,154 | -$3,046 | -10.1% | 2 | $30,200 | $27,154 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 35 | 57 | +22 | Samsara | $22,000 | $21,562 | -$438 | -2% | 22 | $2,488,900 | $2,488,489 | 14 | Oscilloscope | - |
| 36 | 65 | +29 | The Comedy | $8,100 | $8,100 | $0 | - | 3 | $29,300 | $29,300 | 3 | Tribeca Films | - |
| 37 | 83 | +46 | Wuthering Heights | $2,500 | $2,103 | -$397 | -15.9% | 6 | $87,800 | $87,433 | 8 | Oscilloscope | - |
| 38 | 88 | +50 | 28 Hotel Rooms | $1,600 | $1,424 | -$176 | -11% | 3 | $14,100 | $13,943 | 3 | Oscilloscope | - |
