| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Grey | $25,256,533 | $19,665,101 | 77.9% | $5,591,432 | 22.1% | 3,185 | 1 | Open Road Films (II) | - | false |
| 2 | Underworld: Awakening | $16,127,308 | $12,352,802 | 76.6% | $3,774,506 | 23.4% | 3,078 | 2 | Screen Gems | - | false |
| 3 | One for the Money | $14,417,987 | $11,515,790 | 79.9% | $2,902,197 | 20.1% | 2,737 | 1 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 4 | Red Tails | $12,943,663 | $10,370,323 | 80.1% | $2,573,340 | 19.9% | 2,573 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 5 | Man on a Ledge | $10,264,774 | $8,001,932 | 78% | $2,262,842 | 22% | 2,998 | 1 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 6 | Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close | $8,906,422 | $6,980,448 | 78.4% | $1,925,974 | 21.6% | 2,630 | 6 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 7 | Contraband | $8,743,800 | $6,704,360 | 76.7% | $2,039,440 | 23.3% | 2,650 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | The Descendants | $8,624,638 | $6,405,285 | 74.3% | $2,219,353 | 25.7% | 2,001 | 12 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Beauty and the Beast 2012 3D Release | $6,526,469 | $5,307,807 | 81.3% | $1,218,662 | 18.7% | 2,145 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Haywire | $5,365,702 | $4,002,760 | 74.6% | $1,362,942 | 25.4% | 2,441 | 2 | Relativity Media | - | false |
| 11 | The Artist | $4,590,146 | $3,315,089 | 72.2% | $1,275,057 | 27.8% | 897 | 10 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 12 | The Iron Lady | $4,442,867 | $3,204,641 | 72.1% | $1,238,226 | 27.9% | 1,244 | 5 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 13 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | $4,406,537 | $3,473,878 | 78.8% | $932,659 | 21.2% | 1,654 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Joyful Noise | $4,017,718 | $3,188,393 | 79.4% | $829,325 | 20.6% | 2,021 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 15 | Hugo | $3,223,457 | $2,510,275 | 77.9% | $713,182 | 22.1% | 965 | 11 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $3,120,202 | $2,472,141 | 79.2% | $648,061 | 20.8% | 1,530 | 7 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 17 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $2,886,352 | $2,190,290 | 75.9% | $696,062 | 24.1% | 1,202 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 18 | War Horse | $2,720,116 | $2,003,261 | 73.6% | $716,855 | 26.4% | 1,861 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 19 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $2,044,103 | $1,782,185 | 87.2% | $261,918 | 12.8% | 1,070 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 20 | We Bought a Zoo | $1,746,040 | $1,468,347 | 84.1% | $277,693 | 15.9% | 1,089 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 21 | The Adventures of Tintin | $1,689,398 | $1,343,536 | 79.5% | $345,862 | 20.5% | 702 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 22 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $1,449,551 | $1,099,927 | 75.9% | $349,624 | 24.1% | 410 | 8 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 23 | Agneepath | $1,338,099 | $1,140,464 | 85.2% | $197,635 | 14.8% | 132 | 2 | Eros Worldwide | - | false |
| 24 | Albert Nobbs | $987,692 | $696,088 | 70.5% | $291,604 | 29.5% | 245 | 1 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 25 | The Devil Inside | $854,106 | $642,384 | 75.2% | $211,722 | 24.8% | 722 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 26 | A Dangerous Method | $773,690 | $549,022 | 71% | $224,668 | 29% | 365 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 27 | My Week with Marilyn | $493,806 | $338,553 | 68.6% | $155,253 | 31.4% | 186 | 11 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 28 | Happy Feet Two | $472,929 | $391,886 | 82.9% | $81,043 | 17.1% | 309 | 11 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 29 | Puss in Boots | $404,109 | $334,653 | 82.8% | $69,456 | 17.2% | 270 | 14 | DreamWorks | - | false |
| 30 | Jack and Jill | $376,087 | $307,903 | 81.9% | $68,184 | 18.1% | 253 | 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 31 | A Separation | $366,495 | $266,625 | 72.8% | $99,870 | 27.2% | 31 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 32 | Pina | $294,832 | $193,425 | 65.6% | $101,407 | 34.4% | 35 | 6 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 33 | The Muppets | $256,304 | $212,903 | 83.1% | $43,401 | 16.9% | 206 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 34 | Shame | $248,382 | $168,488 | 67.8% | $79,894 | 32.2% | 80 | 9 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 35 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | $225,286 | $164,711 | 73.1% | $60,575 | 26.9% | 191 | 11 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 36 | Born to Be Wild | $174,454 | $117,994 | 67.6% | $56,460 | 32.4% | 45 | 43 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 37 | Carnage | $174,046 | $122,582 | 70.4% | $51,464 | 29.6% | 70 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 38 | The Sitter | $169,137 | $122,898 | 72.7% | $46,239 | 27.3% | 145 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 39 | Tower Heist | $167,050 | $129,635 | 77.6% | $37,415 | 22.4% | 174 | 13 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 40 | J. Edgar | $164,920 | $108,870 | 66% | $56,050 | 34% | 208 | 13 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 41 | Real Steel | $104,057 | $85,846 | 82.5% | $18,211 | 17.5% | 123 | 17 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 42 | We Need to Talk About Kevin | $100,135 | $70,250 | 70.2% | $29,885 | 29.8% | 10 | 8 | Oscilloscope | - | false |
| 43 | Immortals | $97,140 | $69,740 | 71.8% | $27,400 | 28.2% | 117 | 12 | Relativity Media | - | false |
| 44 | Hubble | $78,611 | $40,913 | 52% | $37,698 | 48% | 21 | 98 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 45 | Young Adult | $78,168 | $57,157 | 73.1% | $21,011 | 26.9% | 87 | 8 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 46 | Coriolanus | $75,570 | $50,636 | 67% | $24,934 | 33% | 12 | 2 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 47 | Sea Rex 3D: Journey to a Prehistoric World | $65,026 | - | - | - | - | 11 | 88 | 3D Entertainment | - | false |
| 48 | The Viral Factor | $60,941 | $40,222 | 66% | $20,719 | 34% | 22 | 2 | China Lion Film Distribution | - | false |
| 49 | Pariah | $60,072 | $44,411 | 73.9% | $15,661 | 26.1% | 14 | 6 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 50 | The Darkest Hour | $55,729 | $42,767 | 76.7% | $12,962 | 23.3% | 87 | 6 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 51 | Moneyball | $50,233 | $50,233 | 100% | $0 | - | 81 | 19 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 52 | New Year's Eve | $47,296 | $33,013 | 69.8% | $14,283 | 30.2% | 62 | 8 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 53 | Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough | $45,100 | - | - | - | - | 11 | 17 | National Geographic Entertainment | - | false |
| 54 | Melancholia | $44,746 | $29,875 | 66.8% | $14,871 | 33.2% | 23 | 12 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 55 | In Time | $43,718 | $32,476 | 74.3% | $11,242 | 25.7% | 58 | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 56 | Space Station 3D | $39,242 | $16,894 | 43% | $22,348 | 57% | 1 | 511 | IMAX | - | false |
| 57 | All's Well, Ends Well 2012 | $34,200 | $23,250 | 68% | $10,950 | 32% | 20 | 1 | China Lion Film Distribution | - | false |
| 58 | Under the Sea 3D | $33,850 | $24,138 | 71.3% | $9,712 | 28.7% | 11 | 155 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 59 | Midnight in Paris | $29,840 | $19,165 | 64.2% | $10,675 | 35.8% | 20 | 37 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 60 | The Flowers of War | $28,280 | $19,423 | 68.7% | $8,857 | 31.3% | 13 | 2 | Wrekin Hill Entertainment | - | false |
| 61 | An Inconsistent Truth | $24,263 | $20,733 | 85.4% | $3,530 | 14.6% | 1 | 1 | Rocky Mountain Pictures | - | false |
| 62 | Vettai | $22,957 | $15,830 | 69% | $7,127 | 31% | 21 | 3 | UTV Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 63 | Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos | $22,813 | $9,183 | 40.2% | $13,630 | 59.8% | 17 | 2 | Eleven Arts | - | false |
| 64 | Le Havre | $20,192 | $12,199 | 60.4% | $7,993 | 39.6% | 14 | 15 | Janus Films | - | false |
| 65 | Declaration of War | $19,706 | $12,791 | 64.9% | $6,915 | 35.1% | 6 | 1 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 66 | Drive | $19,149 | $13,397 | 70% | $5,752 | 30% | 23 | 20 | FilmDistrict | - | false |
| 67 | In the Land of Blood and Honey | $18,250 | $12,449 | 68.2% | $5,801 | 31.8% | 11 | 6 | FilmDistrict | - | false |
| 68 | The Help | $16,935 | $9,722 | 57.4% | $7,213 | 42.6% | 21 | 26 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 69 | Crazy Horse | $16,672 | $9,911 | 59.4% | $6,761 | 40.6% | 2 | 3 | Zipporah Films | - | false |
| 70 | The Way 2010 Re-release | $14,220 | $8,168 | 57.4% | $6,052 | 42.6% | 12 | 17 | Producers Distribution Agency (PDA) | - | false |
| 71 | The Women on the 6th Floor | $12,108 | $7,613 | 62.9% | $4,495 | 37.1% | 5 | 17 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 72 | The Pruitt-Igoe Myth | $11,323 | $7,153 | 63.2% | $4,170 | 36.8% | 1 | 2 | First Run | - | false |
| 73 | Young Goethe in Love | $9,424 | $6,736 | 71.5% | $2,688 | 28.5% | 9 | 13 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 74 | Tomboy | $9,094 | $4,249 | 46.7% | $4,845 | 53.3% | 9 | 12 | Dada Films | - | false |
| 75 | The Mill and the Cross | $7,511 | $5,398 | 71.9% | $2,113 | 28.1% | 5 | 21 | Kino Lorber Studio Classics | - | false |
| 76 | The Skin I Live In | $6,363 | $4,710 | 74% | $1,653 | 26% | 12 | 16 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 77 | Sing Your Song | $5,830 | $3,822 | 65.6% | $2,008 | 34.4% | 4 | 3 | S2BN Films | - | false |
| 78 | Once Upon a Time in Anatolia | $5,521 | $3,722 | 67.4% | $1,799 | 32.6% | 3 | 5 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 79 | How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr Foster? 2012 Re-release | $5,278 | $2,759 | 52.3% | $2,519 | 47.7% | 1 | 2 | First Run | - | false |
| 80 | Don 2 | $4,320 | $4,063 | 94% | $257 | 6% | 4 | 7 | Reliance Big Pictures | - | false |
| 81 | Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston | $3,792 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | Tribeca Films | - | false |
| 82 | Addiction Incorporated | $3,585 | $2,482 | 69.2% | $1,103 | 30.8% | 2 | 8 | Variance Films | - | false |
| 83 | Outrage | $3,221 | $2,892 | 89.8% | $329 | 10.2% | 2 | 9 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 84 | The Conquest | $3,196 | $2,473 | 77.4% | $723 | 22.6% | 3 | 12 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 85 | Cook County | $3,000 | $3,000 | 100% | $0 | - | 4 | 7 | Hannover House | - | false |
| 86 | Blackthorn | $2,908 | $2,002 | 68.8% | $906 | 31.2% | 4 | 17 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 87 | The Guard | $2,466 | $1,680 | 68.1% | $786 | 31.9% | 4 | 27 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 88 | Margin Call | $2,132 | $1,042 | 48.9% | $1,090 | 51.1% | 1 | 15 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 89 | El Bulli: Cooking in Progress | $2,010 | $2,010 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 28 | - | - | false |
| 90 | Take Shelter | $1,988 | $1,361 | 68.5% | $627 | 31.5% | 4 | 18 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 91 | Paul Goodman Changed My Life | $1,706 | $1,207 | 70.8% | $499 | 29.2% | 2 | 16 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 92 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $1,584 | $1,584 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 332 | IMAX | - | false |
| 93 | Sophomore | $1,505 | $981 | 65.2% | $524 | 34.8% | 1 | 3 | N/A | - | false |
| 94 | Santa Mesa | $1,428 | $945 | 66.2% | $483 | 33.8% | 1 | 3 | Indican Pictures | - | false |
| 95 | Amigo | $1,304 | $1,267 | 97.2% | $37 | 2.8% | 1 | 24 | Variance Films | - | false |
| 96 | BuzzKill | $1,261 | $892 | 70.7% | $369 | 29.3% | 1 | 2 | Indican Pictures | - | false |
| 97 | Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within | $1,248 | $1,248 | 100% | $0 | - | 2 | 12 | Variance Films | - | false |
| 98 | Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness | $1,205 | $812 | 67.4% | $393 | 32.6% | 1 | 30 | International Film Circuit | - | false |
| 99 | Nostalgia for the Light | $1,095 | $1,059 | 96.7% | $36 | 3.3% | 1 | 56 | Icarus Films | - | false |
| 100 | The Interrupters | $971 | $98 | 10.1% | $873 | 89.9% | 1 | 27 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 101 | Garbo: The Spy 2011 Re-release | $960 | $592 | 61.7% | $368 | 38.3% | 2 | 11 | First Run | - | false |
| 102 | Jane's Journey | $904 | $602 | 66.6% | $302 | 33.4% | 2 | 20 | First Run | - | false |
| 103 | My Reincarnation | $756 | $414 | 54.8% | $342 | 45.2% | 1 | 14 | Long Shot Factory | - | false |
| 104 | The Bride Wore Black | $684 | $684 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 13 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| 105 | The Whale | $640 | $553 | 86.4% | $87 | 13.6% | 1 | 21 | Paladin | - | false |
| 106 | Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey | $437 | $437 | 100% | $0 | - | 2 | 15 | Submarine Deluxe | - | false |
| 107 | Crazy Wisdom: The Life & Times of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche | $354 | $354 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 10 | - | - | false |
| 108 | Carol Channing: Larger Than Life | $273 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | Entertainment One | - | false |
| 109 | Dystopia: 2013 | $261 | $261 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | false |
| 110 | Granito | $248 | $134 | 54% | $114 | 46% | 1 | 21 | International Film Circuit | - | false |
| 111 | Man on a Mission: Richard Garriott's Road to the Stars | $92 | $30 | 32.6% | $62 | 67.4% | 1 | 3 | First Run | - | false |
| 112 | Galapagos | $34 | $21 | 61.8% | $13 | 38.2% | 1 | 640 | IMAX | - | false |
| - | Hell and Back Again | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18 | Docurama Films | - | false |
| - | King of Devil's Island | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | Film Movement | - | false |
| - | Tyrannosaur | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| - | The Devil, Probably | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| - | Deep Sea | - | - | - | - | - | - | 309 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Miss Minoes 2011 Re-release | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| - | The City Dark | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Argot Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Look | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
