| Est. Rank | Rank | Diff | Release
| Est. Gross | Actual | Diff | % Diff | Theaters | Estimated Total | Actual | Weekend | Distributor
| New This Week
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| 1 | 1 | - | Skyfall | $11,000,000 | $10,780,201 | -$219,799 | -2% | 3,401 | $261,620,000 | $261,400,281 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 2 | 2 | - | Rise of the Guardians | $10,540,000 | $10,400,618 | -$139,382 | -1.3% | 3,639 | $61,914,000 | $61,774,192 | 3 | DreamWorks | - |
| 3 | 3 | - | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 | $9,200,000 | $9,156,265 | -$43,735 | -0.5% | 3,646 | $268,735,000 | $268,691,029 | 4 | Lionsgate | - |
| 4 | 4 | - | Lincoln | $9,115,000 | $8,916,813 | -$198,187 | -2.2% | 2,014 | $97,335,000 | $97,137,447 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 5 | 5 | - | Life of Pi | $8,300,000 | $8,330,764 | +$30,764 | +0.4% | 2,946 | $60,918,000 | $60,948,293 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 6 | 6 | - | Playing for Keeps | $6,000,000 | $5,750,288 | -$249,712 | -4.2% | 2,837 | $6,000,000 | $5,750,288 | 1 | FilmDistrict | - |
| 7 | 7 | - | Wreck-It Ralph | $4,904,000 | $4,859,368 | -$44,632 | -0.9% | 2,746 | $164,448,000 | $164,402,934 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 8 | 8 | - | Red Dawn | $4,261,000 | $4,236,105 | -$24,895 | -0.6% | 2,754 | $37,265,000 | $37,240,920 | 3 | FilmDistrict | - |
| 9 | 9 | - | Flight | $3,130,000 | $3,130,305 | +$305 | <0.1% | 2,431 | $86,202,000 | $86,202,541 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 10 | 10 | - | Killing Them Softly | $2,748,000 | $2,806,901 | +$58,901 | +2.1% | 2,424 | $11,772,000 | $11,830,638 | 2 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 11 | 11 | - | Silver Linings Playbook | $2,238,000 | $2,171,665 | -$66,335 | -3% | 371 | $14,031,000 | $13,964,405 | 4 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 12 | 12 | - | Anna Karenina | $1,538,000 | $1,544,859 | +$6,859 | +0.4% | 422 | $6,602,000 | $6,603,042 | 4 | Focus Features | - |
| 13 | 13 | - | The Collection | $1,503,000 | $1,487,655 | -$15,345 | -1% | 1,403 | $5,471,000 | $5,455,328 | 2 | LD Entertainment | - |
| 14 | 14 | - | Argo | $1,470,000 | $1,482,346 | +$12,346 | +0.8% | 944 | $103,148,000 | $103,160,015 | 9 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 15 | 15 | - | End of Watch | $733,000 | $751,623 | +$18,623 | +2.5% | 1,249 | $40,000,000 | $39,989,766 | 12 | Open Road Films (II) | - |
| 16 | 16 | - | Hitchcock | $725,000 | $712,544 | -$12,456 | -1.7% | 181 | $1,674,000 | $1,661,670 | 3 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - |
| 17 | 17 | - | Talaash: The Answer Lies Within | $449,000 | $478,559 | +$29,559 | +6.6% | 161 | $2,398,000 | $2,427,273 | 2 | Reliance Big Pictures | - |
| 18 | 18 | - | Taken 2 | $375,000 | $387,227 | +$12,227 | +3.3% | 430 | $137,688,000 | $137,700,304 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 19 | 19 | - | Pitch Perfect | $310,000 | $305,765 | -$4,235 | -1.4% | 387 | $63,521,000 | $63,517,408 | 11 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 20 | 21 | +1 | The Sessions | $222,000 | $218,973 | -$3,027 | -1.4% | 197 | $4,951,000 | $4,948,342 | 8 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - |
| 21 | 24 | +3 | The Perks of Being a Wallflower | $136,000 | $138,498 | +$2,498 | +1.8% | 175 | $16,856,000 | $16,858,393 | 12 | Lionsgate | - |
| 22 | 26 | +4 | Alex Cross | $113,000 | $114,565 | +$1,565 | +1.4% | 214 | $25,616,000 | $25,617,897 | 8 | Lionsgate | - |
| 23 | 29 | +6 | Chasing Ice | $97,100 | $102,401 | +$5,301 | +5.5% | 51 | $497,600 | $502,780 | 5 | Submarine Deluxe | - |
| 24 | 32 | +8 | Hyde Park on Hudson | $83,300 | $81,362 | -$1,938 | -2.3% | 4 | $83,300 | $81,362 | 1 | Focus Features | - |
| 25 | 30 | +5 | The Man with the Iron Fists | $81,500 | $85,975 | +$4,475 | +5.5% | 181 | $15,517,500 | $15,522,060 | 6 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 26 | 43 | +17 | Rust and Bone | $54,800 | $52,059 | -$2,741 | -5% | 4 | $131,300 | $128,544 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 27 | 40 | +13 | The Other Son | $54,000 | $55,978 | +$1,978 | +3.7% | 43 | $952,000 | $963,591 | 7 | Cohen Media Group | - |
| 28 | 45 | +17 | ParaNorman | $38,500 | $39,333 | +$833 | +2.2% | 81 | $55,924,900 | $55,925,779 | 17 | Focus Features | - |
| 29 | 48 | +19 | Sinister | $37,500 | $36,564 | -$936 | -2.5% | 77 | $47,824,800 | $47,823,854 | 9 | Lionsgate | - |
| 30 | 47 | +17 | Searching for Sugar Man | $37,400 | $36,822 | -$578 | -1.5% | 42 | $2,894,400 | $2,893,916 | 20 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 31 | 51 | +20 | Fun Size | $28,000 | $28,675 | +$675 | +2.4% | 80 | $9,401,000 | $9,402,410 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 32 | 53 | +21 | The Central Park Five | $27,900 | $27,622 | -$278 | -1% | 10 | $125,600 | $123,333 | 3 | IFC Films | - |
| 33 | 52 | +19 | Made In Mexico | $25,000 | $28,001 | +$3,001 | +12% | 26 | $118,500 | $121,472 | 2 | Lionsgate | - |
| 34 | 62 | +28 | Waiting for Lightning | $22,000 | $19,537 | -$2,463 | -11.2% | 11 | $22,000 | $19,537 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - |
| 35 | 64 | +29 | Paranormal Activity 4 | $17,000 | $17,904 | +$904 | +5.3% | 48 | $53,745,000 | $53,745,414 | 8 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 36 | 68 | +32 | The Fitzgerald Family Christmas | $13,800 | $13,800 | $0 | - | 4 | $13,800 | $13,800 | 1 | Tribeca Films | - |
| 37 | 71 | +34 | Beware of Mr. Baker | $10,300 | $10,300 | $0 | - | 1 | $36,300 | $36,300 | 2 | SnagFilms | - |
| 38 | 76 | +38 | Lost Angels: Skid Row Is My Home | $8,000 | $7,039 | -$961 | -12% | 1 | $8,000 | $7,039 | 1 | Cinema Libre Studio | - |
| 39 | 73 | +34 | Samsara | $7,500 | $8,891 | +$1,391 | +18.5% | 8 | $2,549,400 | $2,550,747 | 16 | Oscilloscope | - |
| 40 | 85 | +45 | In Our Nature | $4,400 | $4,378 | -$22 | -0.5% | 1 | $4,400 | $4,378 | 1 | Cinedigm Entertainment Group | - |
| 41 | 96 | +55 | Love, Marilyn | $2,500 | $2,370 | -$130 | -5.2% | 1 | $7,200 | $6,950 | 2 | Submarine Deluxe | - |
| 42 | 101 | +59 | Only the Young | $2,000 | $1,446 | -$554 | -27.7% | 1 | $2,000 | $1,446 | 1 | Oscilloscope | - |
