| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Act of Valor | $31,539,346 | $24,476,632 | 77.6% | $7,062,714 | 22.4% | 3,039 | 1 | Relativity Media | - | false |
| 2 | Good Deeds | $18,744,632 | $15,583,924 | 83.1% | $3,160,708 | 16.9% | 2,132 | 1 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 3 | Journey 2: The Mysterious Island | $15,430,148 | $13,389,102 | 86.8% | $2,041,046 | 13.2% | 3,350 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 4 | Safe House | $14,267,930 | $10,926,145 | 76.6% | $3,341,785 | 23.4% | 3,052 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | The Vow | $12,605,006 | $9,916,774 | 78.7% | $2,688,232 | 21.3% | 3,038 | 3 | Screen Gems | - | false |
| 6 | Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance | $11,248,657 | $9,006,135 | 80.1% | $2,242,522 | 19.9% | 3,174 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 7 | This Means War | $10,768,003 | $8,425,010 | 78.2% | $2,342,993 | 21.8% | 3,189 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 8 | Wanderlust | $8,640,815 | $6,526,650 | 75.5% | $2,114,165 | 24.5% | 2,002 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Gone | $5,947,977 | $4,770,360 | 80.2% | $1,177,617 | 19.8% | 2,186 | 1 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 10 | The Secret World of Arrietty | $5,110,575 | $4,351,115 | 85.1% | $759,460 | 14.9% | 1,522 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Chronicle | $4,615,339 | $3,685,036 | 79.8% | $930,303 | 20.2% | 1,797 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 12 | The Artist | $4,314,619 | $2,905,858 | 67.4% | $1,408,761 | 32.6% | 966 | 14 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 13 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 2012 3D Release | $3,848,703 | $3,174,955 | 82.5% | $673,748 | 17.5% | 1,618 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 14 | The Woman in Black | $3,357,719 | $2,722,485 | 81.1% | $635,234 | 18.9% | 1,727 | 4 | CBS Films | - | false |
| 15 | The Descendants | $2,774,033 | $2,133,442 | 76.9% | $640,591 | 23.1% | 889 | 16 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | Hugo | $2,222,633 | $1,510,760 | 68% | $711,873 | 32% | 501 | 15 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 17 | Goon | $1,847,482 | $1,232,860 | 66.7% | $614,622 | 33.3% | 241 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 18 | The Iron Lady | $1,129,407 | $694,982 | 61.5% | $434,425 | 38.5% | 522 | 9 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 19 | The Grey | $1,094,744 | $800,285 | 73.1% | $294,459 | 26.9% | 917 | 5 | Open Road Films (II) | - | false |
| 20 | Big Miracle | $825,805 | $668,805 | 81% | $157,000 | 19% | 628 | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 21 | Red Tails | $599,736 | $437,013 | 72.9% | $162,723 | 27.1% | 489 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 22 | A Separation | $558,883 | $366,330 | 65.6% | $192,553 | 34.4% | 83 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 23 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $475,175 | $350,335 | 73.7% | $124,840 | 26.3% | 333 | 11 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 24 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $467,649 | $341,549 | 73% | $126,100 | 27% | 164 | 12 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 25 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $451,719 | $377,069 | 83.5% | $74,650 | 16.5% | 311 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 26 | My Week with Marilyn | $440,012 | $304,959 | 69.3% | $135,053 | 30.7% | 402 | 15 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 27 | The Adventures of Tintin | $354,088 | $274,988 | 77.7% | $79,100 | 22.3% | 272 | 11 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 28 | The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2012: Live Action | $351,929 | $274,264 | 77.9% | $77,665 | 22.1% | 146 | 3 | Shorts International | - | false |
| 29 | We Bought a Zoo | $351,427 | $284,720 | 81% | $66,707 | 19% | 280 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 30 | Underworld: Awakening | $341,823 | $242,887 | 71.1% | $98,936 | 28.9% | 260 | 6 | Screen Gems | - | false |
| 31 | Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close | $333,383 | $258,148 | 77.4% | $75,235 | 22.6% | 280 | 10 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 32 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | $327,660 | $237,227 | 72.4% | $90,433 | 27.6% | 178 | 11 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 33 | Pina | $301,648 | $192,128 | 63.7% | $109,520 | 36.3% | 84 | 10 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 34 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $259,432 | $178,163 | 68.7% | $81,269 | 31.3% | 125 | 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 35 | War Horse | $255,366 | $175,780 | 68.8% | $79,586 | 31.2% | 213 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 36 | Joyful Noise | $250,594 | $183,920 | 73.4% | $66,674 | 26.6% | 277 | 7 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 37 | Contraband | $240,435 | $172,375 | 71.7% | $68,060 | 28.3% | 197 | 7 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 38 | Midnight in Paris | $234,122 | $159,622 | 68.2% | $74,500 | 31.8% | 164 | 41 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 39 | The Muppets | $191,536 | $145,905 | 76.2% | $45,631 | 23.8% | 205 | 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 40 | Born to Be Wild | $188,910 | $117,164 | 62% | $71,746 | 38% | 40 | 47 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 41 | One for the Money | $187,689 | $137,867 | 73.5% | $49,822 | 26.5% | 229 | 5 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 42 | Albert Nobbs | $177,571 | $129,051 | 72.7% | $48,520 | 27.3% | 100 | 5 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 43 | Rampart | $143,368 | $98,394 | 68.6% | $44,974 | 31.4% | 45 | 3 | Millennium Entertainment | - | false |
| 44 | Puss in Boots | $142,482 | $116,725 | 81.9% | $25,757 | 18.1% | 138 | 18 | DreamWorks | - | false |
| 45 | A Dangerous Method | $137,857 | $93,224 | 67.6% | $44,633 | 32.4% | 81 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 46 | In Darkness | $124,788 | $88,713 | 71.1% | $36,075 | 28.9% | 22 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 47 | Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya | $122,815 | $94,583 | 77% | $28,232 | 23% | 49 | 1 | UTV Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 48 | Thin Ice | $112,886 | $79,878 | 70.8% | $33,008 | 29.2% | 46 | 2 | ATO Pictures | - | false |
| 49 | Hubble | $90,507 | $48,272 | 53.3% | $42,235 | 46.7% | 18 | 102 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 50 | The Darkest Hour | $82,257 | $65,568 | 79.7% | $16,689 | 20.3% | 94 | 10 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 51 | Jack and Jill | $80,972 | $80,972 | 100% | $0 | - | 109 | 16 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 52 | Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough | $75,437 | - | - | - | - | 15 | 21 | National Geographic Entertainment | - | false |
| 53 | Man on a Ledge | $73,725 | $54,636 | 74.1% | $19,089 | 25.9% | 76 | 5 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 54 | Beauty and the Beast 2012 3D Release | $70,499 | $55,057 | 78.1% | $15,442 | 21.9% | 59 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 55 | Happy Feet Two | $66,010 | $51,661 | 78.3% | $14,349 | 21.7% | 85 | 15 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 56 | Under the Sea 3D | $62,506 | $46,065 | 73.7% | $16,441 | 26.3% | 10 | 159 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 57 | Shame | $62,001 | $42,820 | 69.1% | $19,181 | 30.9% | 25 | 13 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 58 | Love | $57,702 | $41,260 | 71.5% | $16,442 | 28.5% | 8 | 2 | China Lion Film Distribution | - | false |
| 59 | Chico & Rita | $57,143 | $40,563 | 71% | $16,580 | 29% | 12 | 3 | GKIDS | - | false |
| 60 | Haywire | $55,967 | $40,071 | 71.6% | $15,896 | 28.4% | 37 | 6 | Relativity Media | - | false |
| 61 | We Need to Talk About Kevin | $51,393 | $37,540 | 73% | $13,853 | 27% | 16 | 12 | Oscilloscope | - | false |
| 62 | Space Station 3D | $50,118 | $24,512 | 48.9% | $25,606 | 51.1% | 4 | 515 | IMAX | - | false |
| 63 | Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu | $48,638 | $39,866 | 82% | $8,772 | 18% | 35 | 3 | UTV Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 64 | Bullhead | $46,975 | $41,300 | 87.9% | $5,675 | 12.1% | 32 | 2 | Drafthouse Films | - | false |
| 65 | W.E. | $46,236 | $27,627 | 59.8% | $18,609 | 40.2% | 15 | 4 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 66 | Sea Rex 3D: Journey to a Prehistoric World | $38,269 | $25,875 | 67.6% | $12,394 | 32.4% | 12 | 92 | 3D Entertainment | - | false |
| 67 | The Forgiveness of Blood | $35,351 | $26,724 | 75.6% | $8,627 | 24.4% | 3 | 1 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 68 | Undefeated | $30,946 | $19,313 | 62.4% | $11,633 | 37.6% | 5 | 2 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 69 | Coriolanus | $29,967 | $22,032 | 73.5% | $7,935 | 26.5% | 8 | 6 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 70 | The Help | $28,203 | $22,594 | 80.1% | $5,609 | 19.9% | 138 | 30 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 71 | Carnage | $27,338 | $18,560 | 67.9% | $8,778 | 32.1% | 22 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 72 | The Flowers of War | $27,129 | $16,696 | 61.5% | $10,433 | 38.5% | 7 | 6 | Wrekin Hill Entertainment | - | false |
| 73 | Pariah | $19,615 | $12,759 | 65% | $6,856 | 35% | 13 | 10 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 74 | Crazy Horse | $17,320 | $10,300 | 59.5% | $7,020 | 40.5% | 9 | 7 | Zipporah Films | - | false |
| 75 | Deep Sea | $13,123 | $10,904 | 83.1% | $2,219 | 16.9% | 2 | 313 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 76 | On the Ice | $11,900 | $8,257 | 69.4% | $3,643 | 30.6% | 5 | 2 | Rogers & Cowan/PMK | - | false |
| 77 | The Women on the 6th Floor | $11,003 | $7,506 | 68.2% | $3,497 | 31.8% | 5 | 21 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 78 | The Skin I Live In | $10,084 | $7,168 | 71.1% | $2,916 | 28.9% | 14 | 20 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 79 | The Devil Inside | $9,675 | $7,049 | 72.9% | $2,626 | 27.1% | 25 | 8 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 80 | The Extraordinary Voyage | $8,712 | $5,820 | 66.8% | $2,892 | 33.2% | 5 | 3 | Flicker Alley | - | false |
| 81 | Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness | $7,614 | $5,394 | 70.8% | $2,220 | 29.2% | 2 | 34 | International Film Circuit | - | false |
| 82 | Michael | $7,349 | $4,163 | 56.6% | $3,186 | 43.4% | 2 | 3 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 83 | In the Land of Blood and Honey | $5,953 | $3,787 | 63.6% | $2,166 | 36.4% | 4 | 10 | FilmDistrict | - | false |
| 84 | Once Upon a Time in Anatolia | $5,858 | $3,598 | 61.4% | $2,260 | 38.6% | 4 | 9 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 85 | The Fairy | $5,443 | $4,199 | 77.1% | $1,244 | 22.9% | 2 | 1 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| 86 | Le Havre | $5,242 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 19 | Janus Films | - | false |
| 87 | Declaration of War | $5,240 | $4,008 | 76.5% | $1,232 | 23.5% | 11 | 5 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 88 | Tomorrow, When the War Began | $4,936 | $3,172 | 64.3% | $1,764 | 35.7% | 10 | 1 | Freestyle Releasing | - | false |
| 89 | An Inconsistent Truth | $4,722 | $3,820 | 80.9% | $902 | 19.1% | 1 | 5 | Rocky Mountain Pictures | - | false |
| 90 | The Conquest | $4,053 | $3,070 | 75.8% | $983 | 24.2% | 3 | 16 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 91 | This Is Not a Film | $3,911 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | Palisades Tartan | - | false |
| 92 | The Way 2010 Re-release | $3,848 | $1,234 | 32.1% | $2,614 | 67.9% | 2 | 21 | Producers Distribution Agency (PDA) | - | false |
| 93 | My Reincarnation | $3,597 | $2,356 | 65.5% | $1,241 | 34.5% | 1 | 18 | Long Shot Factory | - | false |
| 94 | Addiction Incorporated | $3,250 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 12 | Variance Films | - | false |
| 95 | The Turin Horse | $3,236 | $1,342 | 41.5% | $1,894 | 58.5% | 2 | 3 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 96 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $2,842 | $2,216 | 78% | $626 | 22% | 1 | 697 | IMAX | - | false |
| 97 | Khodorkovsky | $2,637 | $1,639 | 62.2% | $998 | 37.8% | 2 | 14 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| 98 | Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos | $2,522 | $975 | 38.7% | $1,547 | 61.3% | 1 | 6 | Eleven Arts | - | false |
| 99 | Take Shelter | $2,510 | $1,805 | 71.9% | $705 | 28.1% | 3 | 22 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 100 | The Innkeepers | $2,471 | $1,576 | 63.8% | $895 | 36.2% | 5 | 4 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 101 | Melancholia | $2,411 | $1,433 | 59.4% | $978 | 40.6% | 3 | 16 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 102 | Tomboy | $2,346 | $2,039 | 86.9% | $307 | 13.1% | 2 | 16 | Dada Films | - | false |
| 103 | Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey | $2,322 | $1,981 | 85.3% | $341 | 14.7% | 1 | 19 | Submarine Deluxe | - | false |
| 104 | Kung Fu Joe | $2,282 | $1,894 | 83% | $388 | 17% | 1 | 3 | Indican Pictures | - | false |
| 105 | Young Goethe in Love | $2,202 | $1,990 | 90.4% | $212 | 9.6% | 4 | 17 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 106 | Death of the Virgin | $2,024 | $1,482 | 73.2% | $542 | 26.8% | 1 | 3 | Indican Pictures | - | false |
| 107 | Return | $1,921 | $1,921 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 3 | Dada Films | - | false |
| 108 | The Whale | $1,579 | $1,496 | 94.7% | $83 | 5.3% | 1 | 25 | Paladin | - | false |
| 109 | Kill List | $1,421 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 110 | The Bride Wore Black | $1,352 | $405 | 30% | $947 | 70% | 1 | 17 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| 111 | Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow | $1,325 | $555 | 41.9% | $770 | 58.1% | 1 | 30 | - | - | false |
| 112 | Scorn | $1,206 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | Cortelyou Films | - | false |
| 113 | The Worst Movie Ever! | $1,200 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 28 | Driving With Our Eyes Shut | - | false |
| 114 | The Pruitt-Igoe Myth | $1,134 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | First Run | - | false |
| 115 | Paul Goodman Changed My Life | $1,066 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 20 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 116 | Hell and Back Again | $843 | $628 | 74.5% | $215 | 25.5% | 2 | 22 | Docurama Films | - | false |
| 117 | Granito | $749 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 25 | International Film Circuit | - | false |
| 118 | Eames: The Architect & The Painter | $594 | $594 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 16 | First Run | - | false |
| 119 | The Woman with the 5 Elephants 2011 Re-release | $425 | $425 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 33 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 120 | Putin's Kiss | $290 | $155 | 53.4% | $135 | 46.6% | 1 | 2 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| 121 | Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within | $263 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 16 | Variance Films | - | false |
| 122 | Dystopia: 2013 | $222 | $222 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 7 | - | - | false |
| 123 | The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby | $173 | $173 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 23 | First Run | - | false |
| 124 | Windfall | $54 | $54 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 4 | First Run | - | false |
| 125 | Galapagos | $28 | $28 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 644 | IMAX | - | false |
| - | Around June | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | Indican Pictures | - | false |
| - | Neon Flesh 2012 Re-release | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | Tribeca Films | - | false |
| - | The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu | - | - | - | - | - | - | 25 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| - | Tyrannosaur | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| - | The Devil, Probably | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| - | Crazy Wisdom: The Life & Times of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | - | - | false |
| - | Amigo | - | - | - | - | - | - | 28 | Variance Films | - | false |
| - | Sing Your Song | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | S2BN Films | - | false |
| - | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | - | - | - | - | - | - | 336 | IMAX | - | false |
| - | Pianomania | - | - | - | - | - | - | 40 | First Run | - | false |
| - | Ranchero | - | - | - | - | - | - | 34 | Indican Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Look | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
