| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 | $51,656,149 | - | 4,070 | - | $12,691 | $227,366,118 | 2 | Lionsgate Films | false | false |
| 2 | - | Skyfall | $43,146,802 | - | 3,526 | - | $12,236 | $221,144,122 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 3 | - | Lincoln | $30,546,716 | - | 2,018 | - | $15,137 | $62,840,796 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | - | Rise of the Guardians | $27,503,847 | - | 3,653 | - | $7,529 | $32,341,090 | 1 | DreamWorks | true | false |
| 5 | - | Life of Pi | $26,928,050 | - | 2,927 | - | $9,199 | $30,573,101 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 6 | - | Wreck-It Ralph | $19,052,131 | - | 3,259 | - | $5,846 | $149,278,699 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | - | Red Dawn | $17,524,247 | - | 2,724 | - | $6,433 | $21,689,162 | 1 | FilmDistrict | true | false |
| 8 | - | Flight | $9,927,748 | - | 2,638 | - | $3,763 | $74,718,990 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | - | Silver Linings Playbook | $4,998,531 | - | 367 | - | $13,619 | $6,209,767 | 2 | The Weinstein Company | false | false |
| 10 | - | Argo | $4,481,396 | - | 1,255 | - | $3,570 | $98,062,309 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 11 | - | Taken 2 | $1,114,213 | - | 763 | - | $1,460 | $136,477,003 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 12 | - | Anna Karenina | $1,023,353 | - | 66 | - | $15,505 | $1,534,832 | 2 | Focus Features | false | false |
| 13 | - | Pitch Perfect | $867,450 | - | 497 | - | $1,745 | $62,571,928 | 9 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | - | The Sessions | $797,985 | - | 515 | - | $1,549 | $3,929,999 | 6 | - | false | false |
| 15 | - | Jab Tak Hai Jaan | $719,215 | - | 164 | - | $4,385 | $3,047,539 | 2 | Yash Raj Films | false | false |
| 16 | - | Here Comes the Boom | $595,625 | - | 490 | - | $1,215 | $42,037,240 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 17 | - | Cloud Atlas | $501,643 | - | 258 | - | $1,944 | $25,788,857 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 18 | - | The Perks of Being a Wallflower | $449,222 | - | 242 | - | $1,856 | $16,323,537 | 10 | Lionsgate Films | false | false |
| 19 | - | Hotel Transylvania | $415,472 | - | 464 | - | $895 | $143,500,130 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 20 | - | Looper | $362,724 | - | 293 | - | $1,237 | $65,587,055 | 9 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 21 | - | Hitchcock | $287,715 | - | 17 | - | $16,924 | $287,715 | 1 | - | true | false |
| 22 | - | The Man with the Iron Fists | $252,205 | - | 278 | - | $907 | $15,201,910 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 23 | - | A Late Quartet | $147,631 | - | 100 | - | $1,476 | $733,878 | 4 | Entertainment One | false | false |
| 24 | - | Silent Hill: Revelation | $139,030 | - | 456 | - | $304 | $17,376,101 | 5 | Open Road Films (II) | false | false |
| 25 | - | Alex Cross | $128,120 | - | 144 | - | $889 | $25,404,403 | 6 | Lionsgate Films | false | false |
| 26 | - | Sinister | $108,399 | - | 127 | - | $853 | $47,705,703 | 7 | Lionsgate Films | false | false |
| 27 | - | Seven Psychopaths | $107,521 | - | 82 | - | $1,311 | $14,631,323 | 7 | CBS Films | false | false |
| 28 | - | ParaNorman | $106,064 | - | 173 | - | $613 | $55,796,572 | 15 | Focus Features | false | false |
| 29 | - | Fun Size | $93,206 | - | 144 | - | $647 | $9,297,782 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 30 | - | To the Arctic 3D | $90,070 | - | 52 | - | $1,732 | $9,957,971 | 32 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 31 | - | House at the End of the Street | $89,513 | - | 138 | - | $648 | $31,488,674 | 10 | Relativity Media | false | false |
| 32 | - | Ice Age: Continental Drift | $88,159 | - | 116 | - | $759 | $160,818,564 | 20 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 33 | - | Trouble with the Curve | $85,585 | - | 140 | - | $611 | $35,662,439 | 10 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 34 | - | The Dark Knight Rises | $82,962 | - | 108 | - | $768 | $448,034,362 | 19 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 35 | - | Chasing Mavericks | $79,022 | - | 75 | - | $1,053 | $5,771,453 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 36 | - | The Polar Express 2012 IMAX Release | $73,514 | - | 15 | - | $4,900 | $107,333 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 37 | - | Paranormal Activity 4 | $60,807 | - | 108 | - | $563 | $53,676,711 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 38 | - | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days | $43,091 | - | 62 | - | $695 | $48,936,987 | 17 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 39 | - | End of Watch | $39,048 | - | 75 | - | $520 | $39,201,431 | 10 | Open Road Films (II) | false | false |
| 40 | - | Arbitrage | $37,547 | - | 80 | - | $469 | $7,816,907 | 11 | Roadside Attractions | false | false |
| 41 | - | Born to Be Wild | $35,933 | - | 30 | - | $1,197 | $21,375,295 | 86 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 42 | - | The Master | $34,314 | - | 25 | - | $1,372 | $15,842,500 | 11 | The Weinstein Company | false | false |
| 43 | - | This Must Be the Place | $18,660 | - | 8 | - | $2,332 | $116,250 | 4 | The Weinstein Company | false | false |
| 44 | - | The Intouchables | $11,605 | - | 26 | - | $446 | $10,043,802 | 27 | The Weinstein Company | false | false |
| 45 | - | Lawless | $5,936 | - | 11 | - | $539 | $37,397,291 | 13 | The Weinstein Company | false | false |
| 46 | - | The Campaign | $1,470 | - | 101 | - | $14 | $86,907,746 | - | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 47 | - | Grand Illusion | $928 | - | 1 | - | $928 | $171,134 | 29 | Rialto Pictures | false | false |
| 48 | - | The Man in the White Suit | $897 | - | 1 | - | $897 | $7,404 | - | Rialto Pictures | - | false |
| 49 | - | Won't Back Down | $371 | - | 24 | - | $15 | $5,310,554 | - | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
