| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Contraband | $33,897,920 | $24,349,815 | 71.8% | $9,548,105 | 28.2% | 2,863 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Beauty and the Beast 2012 3D Release | $24,808,380 | $17,751,905 | 71.6% | $7,056,475 | 28.4% | 2,625 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | $16,562,398 | $11,686,617 | 70.6% | $4,875,781 | 29.4% | 3,346 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Joyful Noise | $15,827,982 | $11,225,190 | 70.9% | $4,602,792 | 29.1% | 2,735 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 5 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $12,206,585 | $8,592,657 | 70.4% | $3,613,928 | 29.6% | 3,155 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 6 | The Devil Inside | $10,274,260 | $8,028,439 | 78.1% | $2,245,821 | 21.9% | 2,551 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $9,844,219 | $6,660,907 | 67.7% | $3,183,312 | 32.3% | 2,674 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 8 | War Horse | $8,962,715 | $5,923,128 | 66.1% | $3,039,587 | 33.9% | 2,856 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $8,624,749 | $5,893,831 | 68.3% | $2,730,918 | 31.7% | 2,849 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 10 | The Iron Lady | $8,314,058 | $5,412,934 | 65.1% | $2,901,124 | 34.9% | 802 | 3 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 11 | We Bought a Zoo | $8,293,051 | $5,560,781 | 67% | $2,732,270 | 33% | 2,909 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 12 | The Adventures of Tintin | $6,396,959 | $4,035,024 | 63.1% | $2,361,935 | 36.9% | 2,073 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $4,623,057 | $3,194,172 | 69.1% | $1,428,885 | 30.9% | 886 | 6 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 14 | The Descendants | $3,883,164 | $2,100,256 | 54.1% | $1,782,908 | 45.9% | 660 | 10 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | The Artist | $2,151,136 | $1,193,180 | 55.5% | $957,956 | 44.5% | 216 | 8 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 16 | Hugo | $1,833,127 | $1,046,468 | 57.1% | $786,659 | 42.9% | 545 | 9 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 17 | The Darkest Hour | $1,442,417 | $1,079,299 | 74.8% | $363,118 | 25.2% | 1,182 | 4 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 18 | New Year's Eve | $1,394,565 | $1,038,854 | 74.5% | $355,711 | 25.5% | 1,092 | 6 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 19 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | $1,084,054 | $769,314 | 71% | $314,740 | 29% | 708 | 9 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 20 | Carnage | $1,075,544 | $710,434 | 66% | $365,110 | 34% | 494 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 21 | The Muppets | $939,433 | $573,868 | 61.1% | $365,565 | 38.9% | 547 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 22 | My Week with Marilyn | $865,647 | $471,276 | 54.4% | $394,371 | 45.6% | 400 | 9 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 23 | A Dangerous Method | $767,769 | $499,572 | 65.1% | $268,197 | 34.9% | 104 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 24 | Happy Feet Two | $755,909 | $484,199 | 64.1% | $271,710 | 35.9% | 365 | 9 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 25 | The Sitter | $741,430 | $513,022 | 69.2% | $228,408 | 30.8% | 449 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 26 | Young Adult | $661,408 | $430,153 | 65% | $231,255 | 35% | 387 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 27 | Puss in Boots | $629,859 | $413,017 | 65.6% | $216,842 | 34.4% | 316 | 12 | DreamWorks | - | false |
| 28 | Jack and Jill | $599,001 | $413,012 | 69% | $185,989 | 31% | 298 | 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 29 | Tower Heist | $345,790 | $241,800 | 69.9% | $103,990 | 30.1% | 260 | 11 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 30 | Shame | $256,977 | $144,208 | 56.1% | $112,769 | 43.9% | 41 | 7 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 31 | Immortals | $252,078 | $164,652 | 65.3% | $87,426 | 34.7% | 187 | 10 | Relativity Media | - | false |
| 32 | Pina | $213,270 | $124,438 | 58.4% | $88,832 | 41.6% | 6 | 4 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 33 | Real Steel | $208,182 | $141,579 | 68% | $66,603 | 32% | 187 | 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 34 | Born to Be Wild | $184,845 | $105,466 | 57.1% | $79,379 | 42.9% | 45 | 41 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 35 | Pariah | $160,239 | $101,815 | 63.5% | $58,424 | 36.5% | 24 | 4 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 36 | Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close | $147,391 | $91,029 | 61.8% | $56,362 | 38.2% | 6 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 37 | A Separation | $130,200 | $71,864 | 55.2% | $58,336 | 44.8% | 6 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 38 | Courageous | $123,818 | $88,040 | 71.1% | $35,778 | 28.9% | 116 | 16 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 39 | Moneyball | $123,268 | $78,478 | 63.7% | $44,790 | 36.3% | 110 | 17 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 40 | Melancholia | $119,288 | $78,282 | 65.6% | $41,006 | 34.4% | 67 | 10 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 41 | Vettai | $114,541 | $87,921 | 76.8% | $26,620 | 23.2% | 34 | 1 | UTV Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 42 | In Time | $112,568 | $75,353 | 66.9% | $37,215 | 33.1% | 106 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 43 | The Flowers of War | $91,194 | - | - | - | - | - | - | Wrekin Hill Entertainment | - | false |
| 44 | Hubble | $87,188 | $47,858 | 54.9% | $39,330 | 45.1% | 20 | 96 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 45 | J. Edgar | $86,596 | $55,256 | 63.8% | $31,340 | 36.2% | 82 | 11 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 46 | We Need to Talk About Kevin | $71,724 | $42,245 | 58.9% | $29,479 | 41.1% | 2 | 6 | Oscilloscope | - | false |
| 47 | In the Land of Blood and Honey | $69,889 | $44,092 | 63.1% | $25,797 | 36.9% | 18 | 4 | FilmDistrict | - | false |
| 48 | Dolphin Tale | $66,581 | $40,359 | 60.6% | $26,222 | 39.4% | 91 | 17 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 49 | The Way 2010 Re-release | $59,921 | $33,401 | 55.7% | $26,520 | 44.3% | 40 | 15 | Producers Distribution Agency (PDA) | - | false |
| 50 | Sea Rex 3D: Journey to a Prehistoric World | $55,287 | $29,645 | 53.6% | $25,642 | 46.4% | 9 | 86 | 3D Entertainment | - | false |
| 51 | Don 2 | $49,442 | $38,884 | 78.6% | $10,558 | 21.4% | 28 | 5 | Reliance Big Pictures | - | false |
| 52 | Drive | $46,532 | $28,827 | 62% | $17,705 | 38% | 32 | 18 | FilmDistrict | - | false |
| 53 | Under the Sea 3D | $39,633 | $24,454 | 61.7% | $15,179 | 38.3% | 7 | 153 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 54 | The Skin I Live In | $34,558 | $21,193 | 61.3% | $13,365 | 38.7% | 31 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 55 | Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough | $34,534 | - | - | - | - | 8 | 15 | National Geographic Entertainment | - | false |
| 56 | Space Station 3D | $34,080 | $15,197 | 44.6% | $18,883 | 55.4% | 2 | 509 | IMAX | - | false |
| 57 | Margin Call | $24,676 | $15,187 | 61.6% | $9,489 | 38.4% | 20 | 13 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 58 | The Help | $22,924 | $14,781 | 64.5% | $8,143 | 35.5% | 28 | 24 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 59 | The Women on the 6th Floor | $21,723 | $13,650 | 62.8% | $8,073 | 37.2% | 6 | 15 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 60 | Midnight in Paris | $18,787 | $10,083 | 53.7% | $8,704 | 46.3% | 15 | 35 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 61 | Once Upon a Time in Anatolia | $17,973 | $10,896 | 60.6% | $7,077 | 39.4% | 1 | 3 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 62 | Sing Your Song | $17,316 | $13,459 | 77.7% | $3,857 | 22.3% | 2 | 1 | S2BN Films | - | false |
| 63 | Sophomore | $14,571 | $13,097 | 89.9% | $1,474 | 10.1% | 1 | 1 | N/A | - | false |
| 64 | The Mill and the Cross | $13,205 | $4,786 | 36.2% | $8,419 | 63.8% | 11 | 19 | Kino Lorber Studio Classics | - | false |
| 65 | Take Shelter | $9,575 | $6,337 | 66.2% | $3,238 | 33.8% | 14 | 16 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 66 | The Guard | $7,595 | $3,201 | 42.2% | $4,394 | 57.8% | 11 | 25 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 67 | Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey | $5,446 | $2,956 | 54.3% | $2,490 | 45.7% | 4 | 13 | Submarine Deluxe | - | false |
| 68 | Santa Mesa | $5,441 | $3,846 | 70.7% | $1,595 | 29.3% | 3 | 1 | Indican Pictures | - | false |
| 69 | Newlyweds | $5,000 | $4,584 | 91.7% | $416 | 8.3% | 1 | 1 | Tribeca Films | - | false |
| 70 | My Reincarnation | $4,862 | $2,121 | 43.6% | $2,741 | 56.4% | 3 | 12 | Long Shot Factory | - | false |
| 71 | Domain 2012 Re-release | $4,833 | $2,810 | 58.1% | $2,023 | 41.9% | 1 | 1 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 72 | Young Goethe in Love | $4,555 | $2,551 | 56% | $2,004 | 44% | 3 | 11 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 73 | Mozart's Sister | $4,502 | $2,984 | 66.3% | $1,518 | 33.7% | 6 | 22 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 74 | The Greatest Miracle | $4,491 | $1,898 | 42.3% | $2,593 | 57.7% | 3 | 14 | - | - | false |
| 75 | Crazy Horse | $4,373 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | Zipporah Films | - | false |
| 76 | Addiction Incorporated | $4,240 | $2,223 | 52.4% | $2,017 | 47.6% | 1 | 6 | Variance Films | - | false |
| 77 | The Conquest | $3,911 | $2,547 | 65.1% | $1,364 | 34.9% | 5 | 10 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 78 | Man on a Mission: Richard Garriott's Road to the Stars | $3,855 | $3,430 | 89% | $425 | 11% | 4 | 1 | First Run | - | false |
| 79 | Blackthorn | $3,455 | $2,657 | 76.9% | $798 | 23.1% | 5 | 15 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 80 | The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby | $3,219 | $2,511 | 78% | $708 | 22% | 1 | 17 | First Run | - | false |
| 81 | The Devil, Probably | $3,024 | $1,688 | 55.8% | $1,336 | 44.2% | 1 | 1 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| 82 | Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness | $2,960 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 28 | International Film Circuit | - | false |
| 83 | The City Dark | $2,438 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | Argot Pictures | - | false |
| 84 | Nostalgia for the Light | $2,309 | $1,553 | 67.3% | $756 | 32.7% | 1 | 54 | Icarus Films | - | false |
| 85 | CornerStore | $2,275 | $1,533 | 67.4% | $742 | 32.6% | 1 | 23 | Shotown Pictures | - | false |
| 86 | Tomboy | $2,233 | $1,456 | 65.2% | $777 | 34.8% | 5 | 10 | Dada Films | - | false |
| 87 | Outrage | $2,223 | $1,777 | 79.9% | $446 | 20.1% | 5 | 7 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 88 | Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within | $2,167 | $1,645 | 75.9% | $522 | 24.1% | 2 | 10 | Variance Films | - | false |
| 89 | Crazy Wisdom: The Life & Times of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche | $2,126 | $1,934 | 91% | $192 | 9% | 2 | 8 | - | - | false |
| 90 | El Bulli: Cooking in Progress | $1,899 | $1,108 | 58.4% | $791 | 41.6% | 1 | 26 | - | - | false |
| 91 | The Bride Wore Black | $1,813 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 11 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| 92 | Roadie | $1,736 | $864 | 49.8% | $872 | 50.2% | 1 | 2 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 93 | Garbo: The Spy 2011 Re-release | $1,688 | $1,051 | 62.3% | $637 | 37.7% | 2 | 9 | First Run | - | false |
| 94 | Pianomania | $1,416 | $808 | 57.1% | $608 | 42.9% | 1 | 34 | First Run | - | false |
| 95 | The Whale | $1,317 | $1,109 | 84.2% | $208 | 15.8% | 3 | 19 | Paladin | - | false |
| 96 | Prince of the Himalayas | $1,297 | $1,297 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 4 | - | - | false |
| 97 | Loosies | $1,074 | $808 | 75.2% | $266 | 24.8% | 1 | 2 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 98 | Dystopia: 2013 | $1,011 | $1,011 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | false |
| 99 | American: The Bill Hicks Story | $908 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 41 | Variance Films | - | false |
| 100 | Khodorkovsky | $897 | $417 | 46.5% | $480 | 53.5% | 1 | 8 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| 101 | The Look | $692 | $641 | 92.6% | $51 | 7.4% | 2 | 11 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| 102 | Battleship Potemkin | $672 | $444 | 66.1% | $228 | 33.9% | 1 | 53 | Kino International | - | false |
| 103 | Jane's Journey | $524 | $524 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 18 | First Run | - | false |
| 104 | El Sicario, Room 164 | $513 | $321 | 62.6% | $192 | 37.4% | 1 | 4 | Icarus Films | - | false |
| 105 | Hell and Back Again | $369 | $341 | 92.4% | $28 | 7.6% | 1 | 16 | Docurama Films | - | false |
| 106 | Redneck Carnage | $330 | $330 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 12 | - | - | false |
| 107 | Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow | $209 | $145 | 69.4% | $64 | 30.6% | 1 | 24 | - | - | false |
| 108 | Galapagos | $45 | $45 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 638 | IMAX | - | false |
| - | Lula, the Son of Brazil 2012 Re-release | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | New Yorker Films | - | false |
| - | Albatross | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | IFC Films | - | false |
| - | Don't Go in the Woods | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | Tribeca Films | - | false |
| - | The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| - | Film socialisme | - | - | - | - | - | - | 33 | Lorber Films | - | false |
| - | The Green Ray 2011 Re-release | - | - | - | - | - | - | 33 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| - | Tyrannosaur | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| - | My Joy | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| - | Oka! | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | Dada Films | - | false |
| - | Granito | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | International Film Circuit | - | false |
| - | Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle | - | - | - | - | - | - | 27 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| - | Eames: The Architect & The Painter | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | First Run | - | false |
| - | Le Havre | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | Janus Films | - | false |
| - | The Interrupters | - | - | - | - | - | - | 25 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
