| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 2 | Silver Linings Playbook | $36,314 | +14.6% | 5 | -1 | $7,262 | $233,990 | 4 | N/A | false | false |
| 2 | - | Tad: The Lost Explorer | $32,394 | - | 14 | - | $2,313 | $32,394 | 1 | Paramount Pictures International | true | false |
| 3 | 1 | A Good Day to Die Hard | $23,871 | -30.2% | 9 | - | $2,652 | $84,549 | 2 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | Lincoln | $19,469 | -8.3% | 9 | - | $2,163 | $125,091 | 3 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | Thesis on a Homicide | $15,550 | -2.7% | 7 | - | $2,221 | $279,484 | 6 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | Parental Guidance | $11,992 | +5.1% | 5 | - | $2,398 | $246,631 | 7 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 7 | - | Beautiful Creatures | $10,500 | - | 5 | - | $2,100 | $10,500 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 8 | 6 | Django Unchained | $10,373 | -8.3% | 5 | - | $2,074 | $177,011 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 9 | - | Gangster Squad | $9,177 | - | 9 | - | $1,019 | $9,177 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 10 | 12 | Les Misérables | $6,821 | -7.6% | 7 | - | $974 | $91,623 | 4 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | Here Comes the Boom | $5,994 | -33.5% | 4 | -2 | $1,498 | $51,792 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 12 | 7 | Flight | $5,685 | -39.5% | 4 | -3 | $1,421 | $110,074 | 5 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 13 | 11 | Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters | $5,035 | -32% | 4 | -4 | $1,258 | $77,958 | 4 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 14 | 17 | Hotel Transylvania | $4,978 | +43.8% | 4 | - | $1,244 | $244,241 | 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 15 | 10 | Wreck-It Ralph | $4,734 | -40% | 8 | -2 | $591 | $229,141 | 9 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 16 | Zero Dark Thirty | $4,698 | +4.5% | 4 | - | $1,174 | $84,219 | 5 | N/A | false | false |
| 17 | 22 | Argo | $4,344 | +808.8% | 5 | +3 | $868 | $75,105 | 16 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 18 | 14 | Beasts of the Southern Wild | $3,943 | -14.7% | 3 | - | $1,314 | $14,150 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 19 | 9 | Monsters, Inc. 2012 3D Release | $2,664 | -67.9% | 5 | -4 | $532 | $42,197 | 3 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 20 | 15 | The Impossible | $2,459 | -45.5% | 2 | -1 | $1,229 | $191,513 | 8 | N/A | false | false |
| 21 | 13 | The Master | $1,647 | -65.1% | 2 | -1 | $823 | $11,321 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 22 | 19 | A Turtle's Tale 2: Sammy's Escape from Paradise | $1,614 | -2.2% | 2 | - | $807 | $63,613 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 23 | 18 | Life of Pi | $1,065 | -65.2% | 2 | -2 | $532 | $258,966 | 8 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 24 | 21 | Sinister | $909 | +81.1% | 1 | - | $909 | $95,828 | 12 | N/A | false | false |
| 25 | 20 | Arbitrage | $747 | -20.5% | 2 | +1 | $373 | $107,335 | 7 | N/A | false | false |
| 26 | 23 | The Last Stand | $269 | +417.3% | 2 | +1 | $134 | $13,436 | 5 | N/A | false | false |
