| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Safe House | $32,426,945 | $23,641,575 | 72.9% | $8,785,370 | 27.1% | 3,121 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | The Vow | $31,080,506 | $23,065,077 | 74.2% | $8,015,429 | 25.8% | 2,958 | 2 | Screen Gems | - | false |
| 3 | Journey 2: The Mysterious Island | $30,140,009 | $19,845,282 | 65.8% | $10,294,727 | 34.2% | 3,500 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 4 | Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance | $29,032,082 | $22,115,334 | 76.2% | $6,916,748 | 23.8% | 3,174 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 5 | This Means War | $23,460,831 | $17,405,930 | 74.2% | $6,054,901 | 25.8% | 3,189 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 6 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 2012 3D Release | $11,396,395 | $7,966,431 | 69.9% | $3,429,964 | 30.1% | 2,655 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 7 | Chronicle | $10,820,501 | $7,619,383 | 70.4% | $3,201,118 | 29.6% | 2,556 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 8 | The Secret World of Arrietty | $10,157,805 | $6,446,395 | 63.5% | $3,711,410 | 36.5% | 1,522 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | The Woman in Black | $9,118,578 | $6,679,196 | 73.2% | $2,439,382 | 26.8% | 2,559 | 3 | CBS Films | - | false |
| 10 | The Grey | $4,485,747 | $3,142,111 | 70% | $1,343,636 | 30% | 2,107 | 4 | Open Road Films (II) | - | false |
| 11 | The Descendants | $4,243,923 | $2,932,824 | 69.1% | $1,311,099 | 30.9% | 1,243 | 15 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Big Miracle | $3,791,280 | $2,263,515 | 59.7% | $1,527,765 | 40.3% | 1,634 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | The Artist | $3,774,840 | $2,430,360 | 64.4% | $1,344,480 | 35.6% | 808 | 13 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 14 | Hugo | $2,757,820 | $1,655,684 | 60% | $1,102,136 | 40% | 558 | 14 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Red Tails | $2,116,549 | $1,442,093 | 68.1% | $674,456 | 31.9% | 1,009 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 16 | The Iron Lady | $1,666,811 | $1,063,704 | 63.8% | $603,107 | 36.2% | 623 | 8 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 17 | Underworld: Awakening | $1,663,145 | $1,136,686 | 68.4% | $526,459 | 31.6% | 826 | 5 | Screen Gems | - | false |
| 18 | One for the Money | $1,137,260 | $784,938 | 69% | $352,322 | 31% | 933 | 4 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 19 | Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close | $954,007 | $627,618 | 65.8% | $326,389 | 34.2% | 577 | 9 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 20 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $821,264 | $553,802 | 67.4% | $267,462 | 32.6% | 403 | 10 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 21 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $819,015 | $494,723 | 60.4% | $324,292 | 39.6% | 400 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 22 | Contraband | $774,990 | $539,685 | 69.6% | $235,305 | 30.4% | 420 | 6 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 23 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $731,730 | $492,491 | 67.3% | $239,239 | 32.7% | 184 | 11 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 24 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | $720,377 | $486,056 | 67.5% | $234,321 | 32.5% | 275 | 10 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 25 | The Adventures of Tintin | $625,438 | $389,854 | 62.3% | $235,584 | 37.7% | 303 | 10 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 26 | The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2012: Live Action | $580,765 | $372,042 | 64.1% | $208,723 | 35.9% | 138 | 2 | Shorts International | - | false |
| 27 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $503,233 | $345,043 | 68.6% | $158,190 | 31.4% | 189 | 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 28 | Man on a Ledge | $500,327 | $331,508 | 66.3% | $168,819 | 33.7% | 401 | 4 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 29 | Pina | $489,495 | $297,666 | 60.8% | $191,829 | 39.2% | 79 | 9 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 30 | War Horse | $457,666 | $298,332 | 65.2% | $159,334 | 34.8% | 394 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 31 | We Bought a Zoo | $454,905 | $300,033 | 66% | $154,872 | 34% | 287 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 32 | A Separation | $449,778 | $309,085 | 68.7% | $140,693 | 31.3% | 54 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 33 | Beauty and the Beast 2012 3D Release | $428,903 | $251,292 | 58.6% | $177,611 | 41.4% | 214 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 34 | The Muppets | $349,166 | $207,263 | 59.4% | $141,903 | 40.6% | 269 | 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 35 | My Week with Marilyn | $324,575 | $197,841 | 61% | $126,734 | 39% | 120 | 14 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 36 | Albert Nobbs | $317,013 | $195,667 | 61.7% | $121,346 | 38.3% | 119 | 4 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 37 | Joyful Noise | $314,760 | $219,935 | 69.9% | $94,825 | 30.1% | 340 | 6 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 38 | Puss in Boots | $307,046 | $187,050 | 60.9% | $119,996 | 39.1% | 163 | 17 | DreamWorks | - | false |
| 39 | Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu | $295,443 | $230,770 | 78.1% | $64,673 | 21.9% | 98 | 2 | UTV Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 40 | Born to Be Wild | $284,379 | $149,565 | 52.6% | $134,814 | 47.4% | 45 | 46 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 41 | Thin Ice | $262,809 | $183,527 | 69.8% | $79,282 | 30.2% | 53 | 1 | ATO Pictures | - | false |
| 42 | A Dangerous Method | $232,083 | $152,441 | 65.7% | $79,642 | 34.3% | 96 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 43 | Rampart | $192,673 | $125,997 | 65.4% | $66,676 | 34.6% | 28 | 2 | Millennium Entertainment | - | false |
| 44 | Jack and Jill | $178,259 | $121,297 | 68% | $56,962 | 32% | 134 | 15 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 45 | Happy Feet Two | $153,485 | $97,176 | 63.3% | $56,309 | 36.7% | 135 | 14 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 46 | The Darkest Hour | $140,232 | $98,691 | 70.4% | $41,541 | 29.6% | 113 | 9 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 47 | Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough | $137,629 | - | - | - | - | 15 | 20 | National Geographic Entertainment | - | false |
| 48 | Love | $131,149 | $83,178 | 63.4% | $47,971 | 36.6% | 7 | 1 | China Lion Film Distribution | - | false |
| 49 | In Darkness | $129,462 | $82,551 | 63.8% | $46,911 | 36.2% | 14 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 50 | Hubble | $126,314 | $62,137 | 49.2% | $64,177 | 50.8% | 19 | 101 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 51 | Shame | $111,203 | $66,547 | 59.8% | $44,656 | 40.2% | 44 | 12 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 52 | Haywire | $105,350 | $69,716 | 66.2% | $35,634 | 33.8% | 79 | 5 | Relativity Media | - | false |
| 53 | We Need to Talk About Kevin | $100,738 | $71,232 | 70.7% | $29,506 | 29.3% | 16 | 11 | Oscilloscope | - | false |
| 54 | Under the Sea 3D | $90,840 | $46,463 | 51.2% | $44,377 | 48.8% | 11 | 158 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 55 | W.E. | $83,719 | $53,016 | 63.3% | $30,703 | 36.7% | 20 | 3 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 56 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | $73,788 | $54,318 | 73.6% | $19,470 | 26.4% | 148 | 14 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 57 | Coriolanus | $60,387 | $39,215 | 64.9% | $21,172 | 35.1% | 13 | 5 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 58 | Carnage | $58,657 | $33,441 | 57% | $25,216 | 43% | 35 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 59 | Bullhead | $53,331 | $32,267 | 60.5% | $21,064 | 39.5% | 7 | 1 | Drafthouse Films | - | false |
| 60 | Undefeated | $50,882 | $33,165 | 65.2% | $17,717 | 34.8% | 5 | 1 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 61 | Chico & Rita | $48,492 | $30,796 | 63.5% | $17,696 | 36.5% | 5 | 2 | GKIDS | - | false |
| 62 | Agneepath | $48,002 | $34,828 | 72.6% | $13,174 | 27.4% | 132 | 5 | Eros Worldwide | - | false |
| 63 | Young Adult | $45,360 | $28,822 | 63.5% | $16,538 | 36.5% | 87 | 11 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 64 | Space Station 3D | $41,026 | $22,638 | 55.2% | $18,388 | 44.8% | 4 | 514 | IMAX | - | false |
| 65 | Pariah | $32,681 | $20,657 | 63.2% | $12,024 | 36.8% | 13 | 9 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 66 | On the Ice | $28,568 | $17,901 | 62.7% | $10,667 | 37.3% | 4 | 1 | Rogers & Cowan/PMK | - | false |
| 67 | The Devil Inside | $20,433 | $14,341 | 70.2% | $6,092 | 29.8% | 34 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 68 | New Year's Eve | $19,355 | $12,730 | 65.8% | $6,625 | 34.2% | 33 | 11 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 69 | Sea Rex 3D: Journey to a Prehistoric World | $18,956 | - | - | - | - | 11 | 91 | 3D Entertainment | - | false |
| 70 | The Women on the 6th Floor | $17,700 | $10,829 | 61.2% | $6,871 | 38.8% | 6 | 20 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 71 | Midnight in Paris | $17,332 | $9,791 | 56.5% | $7,541 | 43.5% | 16 | 40 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 72 | The Help | $15,512 | $9,359 | 60.3% | $6,153 | 39.7% | 13 | 29 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 73 | Deep Sea | $12,444 | $7,836 | 63% | $4,608 | 37% | 2 | 312 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 74 | The Flowers of War | $12,244 | $5,040 | 41.2% | $7,204 | 58.8% | 3 | 5 | Wrekin Hill Entertainment | - | false |
| 75 | In the Land of Blood and Honey | $11,209 | $7,122 | 63.5% | $4,087 | 36.5% | 8 | 9 | FilmDistrict | - | false |
| 76 | Le Havre | $10,179 | - | - | - | - | 10 | 18 | Janus Films | - | false |
| 77 | An Inconsistent Truth | $9,128 | $5,655 | 62% | $3,473 | 38% | 3 | 4 | Rocky Mountain Pictures | - | false |
| 78 | Death of the Virgin | $8,248 | $4,826 | 58.5% | $3,422 | 41.5% | 1 | 2 | Indican Pictures | - | false |
| 79 | Melancholia | $8,011 | $2,770 | 34.6% | $5,241 | 65.4% | 5 | 15 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 80 | Declaration of War | $7,630 | $4,727 | 62% | $2,903 | 38% | 7 | 4 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 81 | Immortals | $6,581 | $4,967 | 75.5% | $1,614 | 24.5% | 29 | 15 | Relativity Media | - | false |
| 82 | The Way 2010 Re-release | $6,240 | $3,374 | 54.1% | $2,866 | 45.9% | 5 | 20 | Producers Distribution Agency (PDA) | - | false |
| 83 | The Turin Horse | $6,107 | $3,383 | 55.4% | $2,724 | 44.6% | 2 | 2 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 84 | Michael | $5,663 | $3,366 | 59.4% | $2,297 | 40.6% | 1 | 2 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 85 | J. Edgar | $5,558 | $3,979 | 71.6% | $1,579 | 28.4% | 11 | 16 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 86 | Khodorkovsky | $5,195 | $2,900 | 55.8% | $2,295 | 44.2% | 1 | 13 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| 87 | The Viral Factor | $4,849 | $3,214 | 66.3% | $1,635 | 33.7% | 3 | 5 | China Lion Film Distribution | - | false |
| 88 | Kung Fu Joe | $4,614 | $2,796 | 60.6% | $1,818 | 39.4% | 1 | 2 | Indican Pictures | - | false |
| 89 | The Innkeepers | $4,455 | $3,436 | 77.1% | $1,019 | 22.9% | 7 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 90 | Vettai | $4,310 | $2,518 | 58.4% | $1,792 | 41.6% | 1 | 6 | UTV Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 91 | The Interrupters | $4,209 | $4,209 | 100% | $0 | - | 2 | 30 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 92 | Young Goethe in Love | $3,801 | $2,929 | 77.1% | $872 | 22.9% | 5 | 16 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 93 | Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness | $3,448 | $2,242 | 65% | $1,206 | 35% | 2 | 33 | International Film Circuit | - | false |
| 94 | The Extraordinary Voyage | $3,395 | $3,143 | 92.6% | $252 | 7.4% | 3 | 2 | Flicker Alley | - | false |
| 95 | Crazy Horse | $3,338 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 6 | Zipporah Films | - | false |
| 96 | Once Upon a Time in Anatolia | $3,310 | $2,270 | 68.6% | $1,040 | 31.4% | 2 | 8 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 97 | Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow | $3,078 | $1,433 | 46.6% | $1,645 | 53.4% | 1 | 29 | - | - | false |
| 98 | Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos | $2,863 | $1,003 | 35% | $1,860 | 65% | 2 | 5 | Eleven Arts | - | false |
| 99 | The Skin I Live In | $2,523 | $1,149 | 45.5% | $1,374 | 54.5% | 4 | 19 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 100 | Cirkus Columbia | $2,512 | $1,284 | 51.1% | $1,228 | 48.9% | 1 | 1 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 101 | Putin's Kiss | $2,504 | $1,525 | 60.9% | $979 | 39.1% | 1 | 1 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| 102 | Mozart's Sister | $2,381 | $1,118 | 47% | $1,263 | 53% | 2 | 27 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 103 | The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch 2011 Re-release | $2,333 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 14 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 104 | The Bride Wore Black | $2,291 | $2,291 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 16 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| 105 | How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr Foster? 2012 Re-release | $2,281 | $1,698 | 74.4% | $583 | 25.6% | 4 | 5 | First Run | - | false |
| 106 | Return | $2,281 | $1,327 | 58.2% | $954 | 41.8% | 1 | 2 | Dada Films | - | false |
| 107 | Tomboy | $2,270 | $1,228 | 54.1% | $1,042 | 45.9% | 2 | 15 | Dada Films | - | false |
| 108 | Kill List | $2,227 | $1,463 | 65.7% | $764 | 34.3% | 4 | 3 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 109 | Miss Minoes 2011 Re-release | $1,812 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 9 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 110 | Sing Your Song | $1,748 | $956 | 54.7% | $792 | 45.3% | 1 | 6 | S2BN Films | - | false |
| 111 | Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within | $1,601 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 15 | Variance Films | - | false |
| 112 | Eames: The Architect & The Painter | $1,370 | $518 | 37.8% | $852 | 62.2% | 1 | 15 | First Run | - | false |
| 113 | The Devil, Probably | $1,284 | $826 | 64.3% | $458 | 35.7% | 1 | 6 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| 114 | Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey | $1,157 | $1,080 | 93.3% | $77 | 6.7% | 2 | 18 | Submarine Deluxe | - | false |
| 115 | The Whale | $1,110 | $677 | 61% | $433 | 39% | 1 | 24 | Paladin | - | false |
| 116 | Granito | $1,050 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 24 | International Film Circuit | - | false |
| 117 | Hell and Back Again | $999 | $560 | 56.1% | $439 | 43.9% | 2 | 21 | Docurama Films | - | false |
| 118 | The Woman with the 5 Elephants 2011 Re-release | $935 | $608 | 65% | $327 | 35% | 1 | 32 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 119 | Take Shelter | $605 | $322 | 53.2% | $283 | 46.8% | 4 | 21 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 120 | Man on a Mission: Richard Garriott's Road to the Stars | $536 | $396 | 73.9% | $140 | 26.1% | 1 | 6 | First Run | - | false |
| 121 | My Reincarnation | $490 | $319 | 65.1% | $171 | 34.9% | 2 | 17 | Long Shot Factory | - | false |
| 122 | The Conquest | $466 | $423 | 90.8% | $43 | 9.2% | 2 | 15 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 123 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $402 | $402 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 335 | IMAX | - | false |
| 124 | Galapagos | $98 | $98 | 100% | $0 | - | 3 | 643 | IMAX | - | false |
| 125 | Crazy Wisdom: The Life & Times of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche | $96 | $96 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 13 | - | - | false |
| - | Deadline | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 1 | Transcendent | - | false |
| - | All's Well, Ends Well 2012 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | China Lion Film Distribution | - | false |
| - | Addiction Incorporated | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | Variance Films | - | false |
| - | The Worst Movie Ever! | - | - | - | - | - | - | 27 | Driving With Our Eyes Shut | - | false |
| - | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | - | - | - | - | - | - | 696 | IMAX | - | false |
| - | The Pruitt-Igoe Myth | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | First Run | - | false |
| - | Windfall | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | First Run | - | false |
| - | Dystopia: 2013 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | false |
| - | The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby | - | - | - | - | - | - | 22 | First Run | - | false |
| - | Paul Goodman Changed My Life | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
