| 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 | - | Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters | $19,000,000 | $19,690,956 | +$690,956 | +3.6% | 3,372 | $19,000,000 | $19,690,956 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 2 | 2 | - | Mama | $12,860,000 | $13,088,145 | +$228,145 | +1.8% | 2,682 | $48,648,000 | $48,875,585 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 3 | 4 | +1 | Silver Linings Playbook | $10,000,000 | $9,444,039 | -$555,961 | -5.6% | 2,641 | $69,465,000 | $68,908,666 | 11 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 4 | 3 | -1 | Zero Dark Thirty | $9,800,000 | $9,700,132 | -$99,868 | -1% | 2,929 | $69,904,000 | $69,803,979 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 5 | 5 | - | Parker | $7,000,000 | $7,008,222 | +$8,222 | +0.1% | 2,224 | $7,000,000 | $7,008,222 | 1 | FilmDistrict | - |
| 6 | 6 | - | Django Unchained | $5,005,000 | $4,946,932 | -$58,068 | -1.2% | 2,007 | $146,295,000 | $146,236,758 | 5 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 7 | 7 | - | Movie 43 | $5,000,000 | $4,805,878 | -$194,122 | -3.9% | 2,023 | $5,000,000 | $4,805,878 | 1 | Relativity Media | - |
| 8 | 8 | - | Gangster Squad | $4,200,000 | $4,278,235 | +$78,235 | +1.9% | 2,590 | $39,647,000 | $39,725,102 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 9 | 10 | +1 | Broken City | $4,000,000 | $4,019,558 | +$19,558 | +0.5% | 2,622 | $15,270,000 | $15,289,547 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 10 | 9 | -1 | Les Misérables | $3,912,000 | $4,221,055 | +$309,055 | +7.9% | 2,201 | $137,237,000 | $137,546,205 | 5 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 11 | 11 | - | Lincoln | $3,874,000 | $3,863,689 | -$10,311 | -0.3% | 1,909 | $167,062,000 | $167,051,523 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 12 | 13 | +1 | A Haunted House | $3,352,000 | $3,244,017 | -$107,983 | -3.2% | 2,002 | $35,548,000 | $35,439,998 | 3 | Open Road Films (II) | - |
| 13 | 12 | -1 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | $3,310,000 | $3,385,361 | +$75,361 | +2.3% | 1,675 | $293,248,000 | $293,323,831 | 7 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 14 | 14 | - | Life of Pi | $2,650,000 | $2,587,148 | -$62,852 | -2.4% | 941 | $103,490,000 | $103,427,508 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 15 | 15 | - | Parental Guidance | $2,525,000 | $2,502,684 | -$22,316 | -0.9% | 1,736 | $70,868,000 | $70,845,497 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 16 | 16 | - | The Last Stand | $2,100,000 | $2,150,562 | +$50,562 | +2.4% | 2,913 | $10,634,000 | $10,684,507 | 2 | Lionsgate | - |
| 17 | 17 | - | The Impossible | $1,980,000 | $1,935,638 | -$44,362 | -2.2% | 782 | $13,342,000 | $13,297,393 | 6 | Lionsgate | - |
| 18 | 18 | - | Argo | $1,825,000 | $1,812,358 | -$12,642 | -0.7% | 635 | $117,581,000 | $117,568,785 | 16 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 19 | 19 | - | Quartet | $1,149,000 | $1,159,032 | +$10,032 | +0.9% | 163 | $1,670,000 | $1,699,861 | 3 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 20 | 24 | +4 | This Is 40 | $745,000 | $719,935 | -$25,065 | -3.4% | 507 | $66,349,000 | $66,323,725 | 6 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 21 | 23 | +2 | Wreck-It Ralph | $716,000 | $731,879 | +$15,879 | +2.2% | 588 | $182,469,000 | $182,484,640 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 22 | 25 | +3 | Amour | $481,000 | $467,153 | -$13,847 | -2.9% | 64 | $1,815,000 | $1,801,061 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 23 | 27 | +4 | Rise of the Guardians | $371,000 | $371,328 | +$328 | <0.1% | 305 | $100,213,000 | $100,212,857 | 10 | DreamWorks | - |
| 24 | 29 | +5 | The Guilt Trip | $280,000 | $268,464 | -$11,536 | -4.1% | 352 | $36,252,000 | $36,239,918 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 25 | 30 | +5 | Hyde Park on Hudson | $249,000 | $257,600 | +$8,600 | +3.5% | 144 | $5,280,000 | $5,311,969 | 8 | Focus Features | - |
| 26 | 32 | +6 | Flight | $220,000 | $213,387 | -$6,613 | -3% | 263 | $93,458,000 | $93,451,128 | 13 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 27 | 31 | +4 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 | $206,000 | $220,734 | +$14,734 | +7.2% | 216 | $291,061,000 | $291,075,689 | 11 | Lionsgate | - |
| 28 | 36 | +8 | Texas Chainsaw | $145,000 | $136,257 | -$8,743 | -6% | 285 | $34,003,000 | $33,993,964 | 4 | Lionsgate | - |
| 29 | 37 | +8 | Rust and Bone | $128,000 | $121,542 | -$6,458 | -5% | 116 | $1,709,000 | $1,702,520 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 30 | 38 | +8 | Anna Karenina | $103,000 | $110,256 | +$7,256 | +7% | 98 | $12,405,000 | $12,433,445 | 11 | Focus Features | - |
| 31 | 39 | +8 | Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away | $86,000 | $93,328 | +$7,328 | +8.5% | 96 | $12,369,000 | $12,376,244 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 32 | 41 | +9 | The Master | $71,000 | $70,422 | -$578 | -0.8% | 37 | $16,128,700 | $16,128,167 | 20 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 33 | 48 | +15 | Pitch Perfect | $41,400 | $42,765 | +$1,365 | +3.3% | 91 | $64,965,500 | $64,966,858 | 18 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 34 | 53 | +19 | The Perks of Being a Wallflower | $31,000 | $29,782 | -$1,218 | -3.9% | 56 | $17,715,100 | $17,713,838 | 19 | Lionsgate | - |
| 35 | 52 | +17 | Searching for Sugar Man | $30,400 | $31,808 | +$1,408 | +4.6% | 26 | $3,181,000 | $3,182,619 | 27 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 36 | 56 | +20 | West of Memphis | $22,900 | $22,176 | -$724 | -3.2% | 14 | $82,800 | $82,078 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 37 | 59 | +22 | Holy Motors | $18,600 | $18,600 | $0 | - | 12 | $641,100 | $641,100 | 15 | Indomina Releasing | - |
| 38 | 57 | +19 | Luv | $18,000 | $19,836 | +$1,836 | +10.2% | 21 | $1,371,000 | $138,978 | 2 | Indomina Releasing | - |
