| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Vow | $61,926,837 | $41,202,458 | 66.5% | $20,724,379 | 33.5% | 2,958 | 1 | Screen Gems | - | false |
| 2 | Safe House | $54,269,615 | $40,172,720 | 74% | $14,096,895 | 26% | 3,119 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Journey 2: The Mysterious Island | $33,116,342 | $27,335,363 | 82.5% | $5,780,979 | 17.5% | 3,470 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 4 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 2012 3D Release | $25,873,235 | $22,469,932 | 86.8% | $3,403,303 | 13.2% | 2,655 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 5 | Chronicle | $15,612,159 | $12,092,589 | 77.5% | $3,519,570 | 22.5% | 2,908 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 6 | The Woman in Black | $13,455,131 | $10,102,658 | 75.1% | $3,352,473 | 24.9% | 2,856 | 2 | CBS Films | - | false |
| 7 | The Grey | $7,150,795 | $5,045,620 | 70.6% | $2,105,175 | 29.4% | 2,801 | 3 | Open Road Films (II) | - | false |
| 8 | Big Miracle | $5,107,560 | $3,946,050 | 77.3% | $1,161,510 | 22.7% | 2,133 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | The Descendants | $4,853,157 | $3,441,676 | 70.9% | $1,411,481 | 29.1% | 1,581 | 14 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Underworld: Awakening | $3,809,432 | $2,480,156 | 65.1% | $1,329,276 | 34.9% | 1,657 | 4 | Screen Gems | - | false |
| 11 | Red Tails | $3,453,150 | $2,417,386 | 70% | $1,035,764 | 30% | 1,580 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 12 | The Artist | $3,337,173 | $2,240,252 | 67.1% | $1,096,921 | 32.9% | 808 | 12 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 13 | One for the Money | $3,297,504 | $2,300,953 | 69.8% | $996,551 | 30.2% | 2,056 | 3 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 14 | Hugo | $2,409,305 | $1,765,205 | 73.3% | $644,100 | 26.7% | 702 | 13 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close | $2,069,088 | $1,473,011 | 71.2% | $596,077 | 28.8% | 1,375 | 8 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 16 | Man on a Ledge | $1,875,738 | $1,301,222 | 69.4% | $574,516 | 30.6% | 1,423 | 3 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 17 | Contraband | $1,842,535 | $1,259,340 | 68.4% | $583,195 | 31.6% | 1,081 | 5 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 18 | The Iron Lady | $1,718,491 | $1,155,969 | 67.3% | $562,522 | 32.7% | 512 | 7 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 19 | This Means War | $1,609,805 | - | - | - | - | 2,500 | - | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 20 | Beauty and the Beast 2012 3D Release | $1,121,631 | $840,111 | 74.9% | $281,520 | 25.1% | 678 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 21 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | $1,005,622 | $706,967 | 70.3% | $298,655 | 29.7% | 469 | 9 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 22 | Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu | $795,533 | $637,100 | 80.1% | $158,433 | 19.9% | 111 | 1 | UTV Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 23 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $755,278 | $547,509 | 72.5% | $207,769 | 27.5% | 232 | 10 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 24 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $699,082 | $493,306 | 70.6% | $205,776 | 29.4% | 269 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 25 | Joyful Noise | $687,446 | $489,616 | 71.2% | $197,830 | 28.8% | 686 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 26 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $668,641 | $535,037 | 80% | $133,604 | 20% | 502 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 27 | War Horse | $659,592 | $451,793 | 68.5% | $207,799 | 31.5% | 502 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 28 | The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2012: Live Action | $615,443 | $412,304 | 67% | $203,139 | 33% | 120 | 1 | Shorts International | - | false |
| 29 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $473,056 | $328,902 | 69.5% | $144,154 | 30.5% | 265 | 9 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 30 | We Bought a Zoo | $470,716 | $360,694 | 76.6% | $110,022 | 23.4% | 420 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 31 | The Adventures of Tintin | $469,858 | $340,028 | 72.4% | $129,830 | 27.6% | 257 | 9 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 32 | Pina | $428,652 | $257,286 | 60% | $171,366 | 40% | 67 | 8 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 33 | Albert Nobbs | $404,985 | $274,819 | 67.9% | $130,166 | 32.1% | 151 | 3 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 34 | A Separation | $360,155 | $265,801 | 73.8% | $94,354 | 26.2% | 45 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 35 | The Muppets | $354,332 | $271,985 | 76.8% | $82,347 | 23.2% | 291 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 36 | My Week with Marilyn | $309,061 | $208,012 | 67.3% | $101,049 | 32.7% | 125 | 13 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 37 | Haywire | $306,735 | $204,442 | 66.6% | $102,293 | 33.4% | 263 | 4 | Relativity Media | - | false |
| 38 | Puss in Boots | $287,298 | $217,342 | 75.6% | $69,956 | 24.4% | 209 | 16 | DreamWorks | - | false |
| 39 | A Dangerous Method | $276,336 | $205,193 | 74.2% | $71,143 | 25.8% | 107 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 40 | Happy Feet Two | $240,048 | $185,955 | 77.5% | $54,093 | 22.5% | 202 | 13 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 41 | Jack and Jill | $226,048 | $165,008 | 73% | $61,040 | 27% | 187 | 14 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 42 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | $223,456 | $168,283 | 75.3% | $55,173 | 24.7% | 230 | 13 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 43 | Born to Be Wild | $168,640 | $102,098 | 60.5% | $66,542 | 39.5% | 44 | 45 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 44 | Shame | $131,360 | $84,637 | 64.4% | $46,723 | 35.6% | 52 | 11 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 45 | We Need to Talk About Kevin | $120,735 | $83,816 | 69.4% | $36,919 | 30.6% | 16 | 10 | Oscilloscope | - | false |
| 46 | Agneepath | $109,608 | $83,732 | 76.4% | $25,876 | 23.6% | 132 | 4 | Eros Worldwide | - | false |
| 47 | New Year's Eve | $94,359 | $62,518 | 66.3% | $31,841 | 33.7% | 155 | 10 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 48 | W.E. | $89,783 | $59,646 | 66.4% | $30,137 | 33.6% | 17 | 2 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 49 | Hubble | $88,017 | $43,396 | 49.3% | $44,621 | 50.7% | 18 | 100 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 50 | The Sitter | $86,214 | $56,838 | 65.9% | $29,376 | 34.1% | 99 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 51 | Rampart | $84,420 | $60,446 | 71.6% | $23,974 | 28.4% | 5 | 1 | Millennium Entertainment | - | false |
| 52 | Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough | $59,458 | - | - | - | - | 11 | 19 | National Geographic Entertainment | - | false |
| 53 | Carnage | $56,544 | $40,910 | 72.4% | $15,634 | 27.6% | 36 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 54 | The Devil Inside | $51,680 | $35,013 | 67.8% | $16,667 | 32.2% | 95 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 55 | Coriolanus | $46,070 | $31,267 | 67.9% | $14,803 | 32.1% | 11 | 4 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 56 | Space Station 3D | $45,042 | $20,183 | 44.8% | $24,859 | 55.2% | 3 | 513 | IMAX | - | false |
| 57 | In Darkness | $38,272 | $27,413 | 71.6% | $10,859 | 28.4% | 3 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 58 | Pariah | $33,182 | $23,354 | 70.4% | $9,828 | 29.6% | 13 | 8 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 59 | Chico & Rita | $29,567 | $20,654 | 69.8% | $8,913 | 30.2% | 1 | 1 | GKIDS | - | false |
| 60 | Under the Sea 3D | $29,104 | $17,595 | 60.5% | $11,509 | 39.5% | 12 | 157 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 61 | Sea Rex 3D: Journey to a Prehistoric World | $28,090 | $18,969 | 67.5% | $9,121 | 32.5% | 11 | 90 | 3D Entertainment | - | false |
| 62 | Immortals | $27,654 | $18,764 | 67.8% | $8,890 | 32.2% | 33 | 14 | Relativity Media | - | false |
| 63 | Midnight in Paris | $26,455 | $17,567 | 66.4% | $8,888 | 33.6% | 24 | 39 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 64 | Real Steel | $24,650 | $19,451 | 78.9% | $5,199 | 21.1% | 55 | 19 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 65 | Young Adult | $22,045 | $13,346 | 60.5% | $8,699 | 39.5% | 35 | 10 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 66 | J. Edgar | $20,697 | $13,703 | 66.2% | $6,994 | 33.8% | 42 | 15 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 67 | The Women on the 6th Floor | $17,077 | $11,110 | 65.1% | $5,967 | 34.9% | 4 | 19 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 68 | Melancholia | $16,670 | $9,219 | 55.3% | $7,451 | 44.7% | 8 | 14 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 69 | In the Land of Blood and Honey | $16,667 | $11,174 | 67% | $5,493 | 33% | 10 | 8 | FilmDistrict | - | false |
| 70 | The Help | $15,855 | $10,474 | 66.1% | $5,381 | 33.9% | 13 | 28 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 71 | The Turin Horse | $14,380 | $9,145 | 63.6% | $5,235 | 36.4% | 1 | 1 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 72 | The Viral Factor | $13,175 | $8,167 | 62% | $5,008 | 38% | 4 | 4 | China Lion Film Distribution | - | false |
| 73 | Death of the Virgin | $12,000 | $8,628 | 71.9% | $3,372 | 28.1% | 3 | 1 | Indican Pictures | - | false |
| 74 | The Innkeepers | $11,807 | $7,201 | 61% | $4,606 | 39% | 13 | 2 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 75 | The Darkest Hour | $10,396 | $6,880 | 66.2% | $3,516 | 33.8% | 18 | 8 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 76 | My Reincarnation | $9,404 | $7,492 | 79.7% | $1,912 | 20.3% | 2 | 16 | Long Shot Factory | - | false |
| 77 | The Way 2010 Re-release | $8,946 | $7,377 | 82.5% | $1,569 | 17.5% | 7 | 19 | Producers Distribution Agency (PDA) | - | false |
| 78 | Return | $8,801 | $6,717 | 76.3% | $2,084 | 23.7% | 3 | 1 | Dada Films | - | false |
| 79 | An Inconsistent Truth | $8,649 | $7,356 | 85% | $1,293 | 15% | 2 | 3 | Rocky Mountain Pictures | - | false |
| 80 | Once Upon a Time in Anatolia | $8,520 | $4,192 | 49.2% | $4,328 | 50.8% | 2 | 7 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 81 | El Bulli: Cooking in Progress | $8,450 | $3,713 | 43.9% | $4,737 | 56.1% | 3 | 30 | - | - | false |
| 82 | Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness | $7,405 | $4,824 | 65.2% | $2,581 | 34.8% | 3 | 32 | International Film Circuit | - | false |
| 83 | Young Goethe in Love | $5,552 | $4,645 | 83.7% | $907 | 16.3% | 5 | 15 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 84 | Deep Sea | $5,511 | $2,570 | 46.6% | $2,941 | 53.4% | 2 | 311 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 85 | The Flowers of War | $5,501 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 4 | Wrekin Hill Entertainment | - | false |
| 86 | The Extraordinary Voyage | $5,291 | $2,915 | 55.1% | $2,376 | 44.9% | 3 | 1 | Flicker Alley | - | false |
| 87 | Vettai | $5,139 | $3,268 | 63.6% | $1,871 | 36.4% | 2 | 5 | UTV Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 88 | The Miners' Hymns | $4,832 | $3,217 | 66.6% | $1,615 | 33.4% | 1 | 2 | Icarus Films | - | false |
| 89 | Kung Fu Joe | $4,286 | $3,158 | 73.7% | $1,128 | 26.3% | 2 | 1 | Indican Pictures | - | false |
| 90 | The Conquest | $3,872 | $2,614 | 67.5% | $1,258 | 32.5% | 4 | 14 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 91 | Crazy Horse | $3,805 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 5 | Zipporah Films | - | false |
| 92 | Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within | $3,666 | $2,629 | 71.7% | $1,037 | 28.3% | 3 | 14 | Variance Films | - | false |
| 93 | Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos | $2,900 | $966 | 33.3% | $1,934 | 66.7% | 2 | 4 | Eleven Arts | - | false |
| 94 | Kill List | $2,848 | $2,059 | 72.3% | $789 | 27.7% | 4 | 2 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 95 | Sing Your Song | $2,683 | $666 | 24.8% | $2,017 | 75.2% | 3 | 5 | S2BN Films | - | false |
| 96 | Paul Goodman Changed My Life | $2,596 | $2,596 | 100% | $0 | - | 2 | 18 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 97 | The Skin I Live In | $1,980 | $1,242 | 62.7% | $738 | 37.3% | 6 | 18 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 98 | Tomboy | $1,854 | $932 | 50.3% | $922 | 49.7% | 3 | 14 | Dada Films | - | false |
| 99 | Domain 2012 Re-release | $1,816 | $862 | 47.5% | $954 | 52.5% | 1 | 5 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 100 | Addiction Incorporated | $1,786 | $894 | 50.1% | $892 | 49.9% | 2 | 10 | Variance Films | - | false |
| 101 | Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench | $1,715 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 67 | Variance Films | - | false |
| 102 | Crazy Wisdom: The Life & Times of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche | $1,527 | $102 | 6.7% | $1,425 | 93.3% | 2 | 12 | - | - | false |
| 103 | Dysfunctional Friends | $1,435 | $745 | 51.9% | $690 | 48.1% | 1 | 2 | Datari Turner Productions | - | false |
| 104 | Margin Call | $1,196 | $743 | 62.1% | $453 | 37.9% | 2 | 17 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 105 | Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston | $1,182 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | Tribeca Films | - | false |
| 106 | Michael | $1,180 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 107 | The Pruitt-Igoe Myth | $1,077 | $851 | 79% | $226 | 21% | 2 | 4 | First Run | - | false |
| 108 | Galapagos | $1,051 | $21 | 2% | $1,030 | 98% | 1 | 642 | IMAX | - | false |
| 109 | Take Shelter | $850 | $522 | 61.4% | $328 | 38.6% | 4 | 20 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 110 | All's Well, Ends Well 2012 | $687 | $319 | 46.4% | $368 | 53.6% | 1 | 3 | China Lion Film Distribution | - | false |
| 111 | The Whale | $548 | $548 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 23 | Paladin | - | false |
| 112 | Granito | $545 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 23 | International Film Circuit | - | false |
| 113 | The Look | $322 | $322 | 100% | $0 | - | 2 | 15 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| 114 | Tyrannosaur | $312 | $200 | 64.1% | $112 | 35.9% | 1 | 13 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 115 | Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey | $190 | $190 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 17 | Submarine Deluxe | - | false |
| 116 | Khodorkovsky | $122 | $82 | 67.2% | $40 | 32.8% | 1 | 12 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| 117 | Windfall | $96 | $80 | 83.3% | $16 | 16.7% | 1 | 2 | First Run | - | false |
| - | Declaration of War | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | IFC Films | - | false |
| - | Hell and Back Again | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | Docurama Films | - | false |
| - | Carol Channing: Larger Than Life | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Entertainment One | - | false |
| - | The Devil, Probably | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| - | Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow | - | - | - | - | - | - | 28 | - | - | false |
| - | The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch 2011 Re-release | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| - | How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr Foster? 2012 Re-release | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | First Run | - | false |
| - | Mozart's Sister | - | - | - | - | - | - | 26 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| - | Man on a Mission: Richard Garriott's Road to the Stars | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | First Run | - | false |
| - | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | - | - | - | - | - | - | 334 | IMAX | - | false |
| - | The Woman with the 5 Elephants 2011 Re-release | - | - | - | - | - | - | 31 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| - | Miss Minoes 2011 Re-release | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| - | Eames: The Architect & The Painter | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | First Run | - | false |
| - | Le Havre | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | Janus Films | - | false |
| - | The Bride Wore Black | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| - | The Interrupters | - | - | - | - | - | - | 29 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
