| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Django Unchained | $2,597,246 | -34.3% | 327 | -3 | $7,942 | $9,356,332 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 2 | - | Silver Linings Playbook | $2,436,440 | - | 242 | - | $10,067 | $3,429,413 | 1 | Roadshow Films | true | false |
| 3 | - | Flight | $1,820,214 | - | 239 | - | $7,615 | $1,911,026 | 1 | Paramount Pictures International | true | false |
| 4 | - | Zero Dark Thirty | $1,165,918 | - | 208 | - | $5,605 | $1,238,958 | 1 | Icon Film Distribution | true | false |
| 5 | 2 | Life of Pi | $1,087,740 | -44.2% | 388 | -34 | $2,803 | $26,367,958 | 5 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 6 | 3 | The Impossible | $893,452 | -31.7% | 171 | +3 | $5,224 | $3,166,650 | 2 | Hoyts Distribution | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | Les Misérables | $767,459 | -30.5% | 263 | -29 | $2,918 | $24,941,183 | 6 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 8 | 4 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | $643,630 | -46.6% | 230 | -128 | $2,798 | $43,612,461 | 5 | Roadshow Films | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | This Is 40 | $455,484 | -52.9% | 195 | -17 | $2,335 | $4,910,511 | 3 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 10 | 14 | Quartet | $383,805 | -4.8% | 133 | +16 | $2,885 | $7,310,445 | 6 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 11 | 5 | Wreck-It Ralph | $364,816 | -69.2% | 220 | -65 | $1,658 | $23,732,113 | 6 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 8 | Gangster Squad | $354,736 | -51.9% | 133 | -71 | $2,667 | $7,277,113 | 4 | Roadshow Films | false | false |
| 13 | 9 | The Guilt Trip | $335,210 | -42.3% | 163 | +1 | $2,056 | $1,296,064 | 2 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 14 | 10 | Parental Guidance | $184,014 | -67.8% | 141 | -45 | $1,305 | $11,385,883 | 6 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 15 | 15 | Hitchcock | $157,446 | -54.2% | 105 | -57 | $1,499 | $3,729,920 | 4 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 16 | 12 | ParaNorman | $136,300 | -70.4% | 155 | -85 | $879 | $3,925,480 | 4 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 17 | 13 | Jack Reacher | $132,310 | -68% | 79 | -118 | $1,674 | $8,989,349 | 5 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 18 | 17 | Skyfall | $125,978 | -50.7% | 60 | -36 | $2,099 | $50,307,065 | 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 19 | - | Samsara | $98,771 | - | 21 | - | $4,703 | $775,962 | 6 | Entertainment One | false | false |
| 20 | - | Sound City | $98,328 | - | 15 | - | $6,555 | $98,328 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
