| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Hunger Games | $189,932,838 | $152,535,747 | 80.3% | $37,397,091 | 19.7% | 4,137 | 1 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 2 | 21 Jump Street | $28,301,296 | $20,471,187 | 72.3% | $7,830,109 | 27.7% | 3,121 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 3 | The Lorax | $17,317,790 | $13,182,045 | 76.1% | $4,135,745 | 23.9% | 3,677 | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | John Carter | $6,870,959 | $5,073,832 | 73.8% | $1,797,127 | 26.2% | 3,212 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Act of Valor | $2,863,770 | $2,041,362 | 71.3% | $822,408 | 28.7% | 2,216 | 5 | Relativity Media | - | false |
| 6 | Project X | $2,744,628 | $1,931,336 | 70.4% | $813,292 | 29.6% | 2,065 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 7 | A Thousand Words | $2,605,313 | $1,950,154 | 74.8% | $655,159 | 25.2% | 1,787 | 3 | DreamWorks | - | false |
| 8 | October Baby 2012 Re-release | $2,123,309 | $1,718,000 | - | - | - | 390 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | true |
| 9 | Safe House | $1,922,415 | $1,403,035 | 73% | $519,380 | 27% | 1,330 | 7 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Journey 2: The Mysterious Island | $1,863,118 | $1,357,412 | 72.9% | $505,706 | 27.1% | 1,340 | 7 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 11 | Casa de mi Padre | $1,573,347 | $1,181,943 | 75.1% | $391,404 | 24.9% | 475 | 2 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 12 | This Means War | $1,374,552 | $985,981 | 71.7% | $388,571 | 28.3% | 1,188 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 13 | The Vow | $1,208,442 | $841,576 | 69.6% | $366,866 | 30.4% | 1,258 | 7 | Screen Gems | - | false |
| 14 | Friends with Kids | $1,169,194 | $822,842 | 70.4% | $346,352 | 29.6% | 558 | 3 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 15 | Good Deeds | $1,032,289 | $853,046 | 82.6% | $179,243 | 17.4% | 621 | 5 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 16 | Salmon Fishing in the Yemen | $970,779 | $702,602 | 72.4% | $268,177 | 27.6% | 124 | 3 | CBS Films | - | false |
| 17 | Silent House | $873,104 | $639,958 | 73.3% | $233,146 | 26.7% | 1,202 | 3 | Open Road Films (II) | - | false |
| 18 | Jeff, Who Lives at Home | $826,720 | $586,909 | 71% | $239,811 | 29% | 254 | 2 | Paramount Vantage | - | false |
| 19 | The Artist | $703,435 | $474,532 | 67.5% | $228,903 | 32.5% | 576 | 18 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 20 | Agent Vinod | $512,802 | $427,043 | 83.3% | $85,759 | 16.7% | 122 | 1 | Eros Worldwide | - | false |
| 21 | A Separation | $478,618 | $331,715 | 69.3% | $146,903 | 30.7% | 261 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 22 | Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance | $416,713 | $318,834 | 76.5% | $97,879 | 23.5% | 511 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 23 | The Iron Lady | $387,082 | $254,368 | 65.7% | $132,714 | 34.3% | 327 | 13 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 24 | Hugo | $371,158 | $250,545 | 67.5% | $120,613 | 32.5% | 283 | 19 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 25 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $369,508 | $243,324 | 65.8% | $126,184 | 34.2% | 248 | 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 26 | The Raid: Redemption | $311,946 | $213,785 | 68.5% | $98,161 | 31.5% | 14 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 27 | Chronicle | $298,165 | $203,103 | 68.1% | $95,062 | 31.9% | 292 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 28 | Jiro Dreams of Sushi | $265,893 | $175,162 | 65.9% | $90,731 | 34.1% | 27 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 29 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | $250,835 | $183,482 | 73.2% | $67,353 | 26.8% | 200 | 15 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 30 | The Woman in Black | $242,017 | $198,250 | 81.9% | $43,767 | 18.1% | 180 | 8 | CBS Films | - | false |
| 31 | The Secret World of Arrietty | $238,799 | $167,416 | 70.1% | $71,383 | 29.9% | 229 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 32 | The Descendants | $215,908 | $145,849 | 67.6% | $70,059 | 32.4% | 199 | 20 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 33 | Wanderlust | $206,830 | $141,030 | 68.2% | $65,800 | 31.8% | 235 | 5 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 34 | Born to Be Wild | $206,274 | $106,687 | 51.7% | $99,587 | 48.3% | 40 | 51 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 35 | Footnote | $201,239 | $155,601 | 77.3% | $45,638 | 22.7% | 23 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 36 | We Bought a Zoo | $190,344 | $124,259 | 65.3% | $66,085 | 34.7% | 155 | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 37 | Big Miracle | $175,990 | $124,315 | 70.6% | $51,675 | 29.4% | 224 | 8 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 38 | The Grey | $173,648 | $118,933 | 68.5% | $54,715 | 31.5% | 204 | 9 | Open Road Films (II) | - | false |
| 39 | The Deep Blue Sea | $173,607 | $123,841 | 71.3% | $49,766 | 28.7% | 31 | 1 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 40 | The Kid with a Bike | $148,659 | $104,567 | 70.3% | $44,092 | 29.7% | 24 | 2 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 41 | War Horse | $147,646 | $93,429 | 63.3% | $54,217 | 36.7% | 170 | 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 42 | We Need to Talk About Kevin | $142,913 | $96,538 | 67.6% | $46,375 | 32.4% | 80 | 16 | Oscilloscope | - | false |
| 43 | Red Tails | $117,128 | $74,180 | 63.3% | $42,948 | 36.7% | 131 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 44 | Hubble | $116,510 | $52,544 | 45.1% | $63,966 | 54.9% | 23 | 106 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 45 | Being Flynn | $110,499 | $75,653 | 68.5% | $34,846 | 31.5% | 73 | 4 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 46 | Pina | $107,770 | $64,268 | 59.6% | $43,502 | 40.4% | 51 | 14 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 47 | One for the Money | $106,169 | $73,829 | 69.5% | $32,340 | 30.5% | 151 | 9 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 48 | Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough | $104,749 | - | - | - | - | 15 | 25 | National Geographic Entertainment | - | false |
| 49 | Gone | $102,338 | $77,006 | 75.2% | $25,332 | 24.8% | 183 | 5 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 50 | Sea Rex 3D: Journey to a Prehistoric World | $91,355 | $58,932 | 64.5% | $32,423 | 35.5% | 12 | 96 | 3D Entertainment | - | false |
| 51 | In Darkness | $83,955 | $60,017 | 71.5% | $23,938 | 28.5% | 51 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 52 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $81,459 | $52,824 | 64.8% | $28,635 | 35.2% | 86 | 15 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 53 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 2012 3D Release | $75,944 | $48,722 | 64.2% | $27,222 | 35.8% | 74 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 54 | Under the Sea 3D | $63,966 | $34,516 | 54% | $29,450 | 46% | 12 | 163 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 55 | The Bodyguard 2012 Re-release | $61,020 | - | - | - | - | 484 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 56 | Goon | $58,768 | $37,252 | 63.4% | $21,516 | 36.6% | 46 | 5 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 57 | Albert Nobbs | $49,235 | $30,307 | 61.6% | $18,928 | 38.4% | 44 | 9 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 58 | Seeking Justice | $48,441 | $32,064 | 66.2% | $16,377 | 33.8% | 74 | 2 | Anchor Bay Films | - | false |
| 59 | Space Station 3D | $44,432 | $13,445 | 30.3% | $30,987 | 69.7% | 5 | 519 | IMAX | - | false |
| 60 | Thin Ice | $43,716 | $28,477 | 65.1% | $15,239 | 34.9% | 39 | 6 | ATO Pictures | - | false |
| 61 | A Dangerous Method | $43,408 | $29,604 | 68.2% | $13,804 | 31.8% | 47 | 19 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 62 | Undefeated | $40,988 | $27,450 | 67% | $13,538 | 33% | 17 | 6 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 63 | Gerhard Richter Painting | $39,570 | $21,887 | 55.3% | $17,683 | 44.7% | 6 | 3 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| 64 | Rampart | $38,929 | $30,600 | 78.6% | $8,329 | 21.4% | 67 | 7 | Millennium Entertainment | - | false |
| 65 | Coriolanus | $34,389 | $22,711 | 66% | $11,678 | 34% | 19 | 10 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 66 | Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close | $31,215 | $20,079 | 64.3% | $11,136 | 35.7% | 50 | 14 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 67 | W.E. | $28,298 | $18,673 | 66% | $9,625 | 34% | 18 | 8 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 68 | Chico & Rita | $27,772 | $18,335 | 66% | $9,437 | 34% | 23 | 7 | GKIDS | - | false |
| 69 | The Muppets | $24,747 | $12,381 | 50% | $12,366 | 50% | 35 | 19 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 70 | My Week with Marilyn | $21,745 | $13,269 | 61% | $8,476 | 39% | 44 | 19 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 71 | Boy | $21,394 | $15,569 | 72.8% | $5,825 | 27.2% | 7 | 4 | Unison Films | - | false |
| 72 | Free Men | $14,795 | $9,548 | 64.5% | $5,247 | 35.5% | 4 | 2 | Film Movement | - | false |
| 73 | Detachment | $13,458 | $10,300 | 76.5% | $3,158 | 23.5% | 3 | 2 | Tribeca Films | - | false |
| 74 | Musical Chairs | $13,141 | $9,092 | 69.2% | $4,049 | 30.8% | 9 | 1 | Paladin | - | false |
| 75 | 4:44 Last Day on Earth | $12,767 | $8,355 | 65.4% | $4,412 | 34.6% | 3 | 1 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 76 | Crazy Horse | $11,939 | - | - | - | - | 14 | 11 | Zipporah Films | - | false |
| 77 | Children of Paradise 2012 Re-release | $11,897 | $6,842 | 57.5% | $5,055 | 42.5% | 1 | 3 | Janus Films | - | false |
| 78 | The Salt of Life | $11,267 | $6,708 | 59.5% | $4,559 | 40.5% | 4 | 4 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 79 | Sound of Noise | $10,570 | $6,072 | 57.4% | $4,498 | 42.6% | 5 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 80 | The Forgiveness of Blood | $10,103 | $6,349 | 62.8% | $3,754 | 37.2% | 9 | 5 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 81 | The Women on the 6th Floor | $9,552 | $6,126 | 64.1% | $3,426 | 35.9% | 5 | 25 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 82 | Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness | $9,340 | $5,595 | 59.9% | $3,745 | 40.1% | 6 | 38 | International Film Circuit | - | false |
| 83 | The FP | $9,314 | $5,215 | 56% | $4,099 | 44% | 9 | 2 | Drafthouse Films | - | false |
| 84 | The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2012: Live Action | $9,154 | $5,554 | 60.7% | $3,600 | 39.3% | 8 | 7 | Shorts International | - | false |
| 85 | Carnage | $8,893 | $3,168 | 35.6% | $5,725 | 64.4% | 9 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 86 | Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie | $8,790 | $6,313 | 71.8% | $2,477 | 28.2% | 14 | 4 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 87 | Deep Sea | $8,066 | $5,522 | 68.5% | $2,544 | 31.5% | 1 | 317 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 88 | Natural Selection | $6,890 | $4,300 | 62.4% | $2,590 | 37.6% | 2 | 2 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 89 | The Trouble with Bliss | $5,674 | $4,618 | 81.4% | $1,056 | 18.6% | 1 | 1 | 7A Productions | - | false |
| 90 | Love | $5,290 | $3,444 | 65.1% | $1,846 | 34.9% | 4 | 6 | China Lion Film Distribution | - | false |
| 91 | Brake | $4,605 | $4,330 | 94% | $275 | 6% | 2 | 2 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 92 | Eames: The Architect & The Painter | $4,478 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 20 | First Run | - | false |
| 93 | Sedona | $3,955 | $3,955 | 100% | $0 | - | 2 | 2 | Pasidg Productions Inc. | - | false |
| 94 | The Island President | $3,905 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 95 | Reuniting the Rubins | $3,713 | $3,209 | 86.4% | $504 | 13.6% | 4 | 2 | Monterey Media | - | false |
| 96 | Le Havre | $3,710 | $370 | 10% | $3,340 | 90% | 2 | 23 | Janus Films | - | false |
| 97 | The Understudy | $3,631 | $2,014 | 55.5% | $1,617 | 44.5% | 1 | 2 | Indican Pictures | - | false |
| 98 | Starry Starry Night | $3,362 | $2,312 | 68.8% | $1,050 | 31.2% | 2 | 1 | China Lion Film Distribution | - | false |
| 99 | Around June | $3,164 | $1,846 | 58.3% | $1,318 | 41.7% | 1 | 5 | Indican Pictures | - | false |
| 100 | Losing Control | $2,977 | $2,196 | 73.8% | $781 | 26.2% | 1 | 1 | House Lights Media | - | false |
| 101 | The Turin Horse | $2,956 | $2,646 | 89.5% | $310 | 10.5% | 2 | 7 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 102 | Dysfunctional Friends | $2,922 | $1,998 | 68.4% | $924 | 31.6% | 1 | 8 | Datari Turner Productions | - | false |
| 103 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $2,822 | $2,198 | 77.9% | $624 | 22.1% | 1 | 701 | IMAX | - | false |
| 104 | The Long Day Closes | $2,756 | $436 | 15.8% | $2,320 | 84.2% | 1 | 4 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| 105 | Beauty and the Beast 2012 3D Release | $2,379 | $831 | 34.9% | $1,548 | 65.1% | 2 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 106 | Falling Away | $2,240 | $1,372 | 61.2% | $868 | 38.8% | 1 | 4 | Indican Pictures | - | false |
| 107 | On the Ice | $2,058 | $1,515 | 73.6% | $543 | 26.4% | 3 | 6 | Rogers & Cowan/PMK | - | false |
| 108 | The Extraordinary Voyage | $2,043 | $2,013 | 98.5% | $30 | 1.5% | 4 | 7 | Flicker Alley | - | false |
| 109 | Young Goethe in Love | $1,902 | $1,199 | 63% | $703 | 37% | 2 | 21 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 110 | This Is Not a Film | $1,734 | $920 | 53.1% | $814 | 46.9% | 1 | 5 | Palisades Tartan | - | false |
| 111 | The Skin I Live In | $1,411 | $792 | 56.1% | $619 | 43.9% | 2 | 24 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 112 | Sing Your Song | $1,286 | $596 | 46.4% | $690 | 53.6% | 2 | 11 | S2BN Films | - | false |
| 113 | My Reincarnation | $1,272 | $1,148 | 90.2% | $124 | 9.8% | 1 | 22 | Long Shot Factory | - | false |
| 114 | Addiction Incorporated | $1,261 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 16 | Variance Films | - | false |
| 115 | Scorn | $1,206 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Cortelyou Films | - | false |
| 116 | Bullhead | $1,125 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 6 | Drafthouse Films | - | false |
| 117 | Kung Fu Joe | $972 | $402 | 41.4% | $570 | 58.6% | 1 | 7 | Indican Pictures | - | false |
| 118 | The Fairy | $851 | $560 | 65.8% | $291 | 34.2% | 1 | 5 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| 119 | Let the Bullets Fly | $558 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 4 | Variance Films | - | false |
| 120 | The Whale | $454 | $266 | 58.6% | $188 | 41.4% | 1 | 29 | Paladin | - | false |
| 121 | Galapagos | $367 | $367 | 100% | $0 | - | 3 | 648 | IMAX | - | false |
| 122 | Khodorkovsky | $320 | $163 | 50.9% | $157 | 49.1% | 1 | 18 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| 123 | Le Amiche | $318 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 93 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| 124 | The Viral Factor | $270 | $240 | 88.9% | $30 | 11.1% | 1 | 10 | China Lion Film Distribution | - | false |
| 125 | Take Me Home | $252 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | Monterey Media | - | false |
| 126 | Putin's Kiss | $236 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| 127 | The Bride Wore Black | $203 | $203 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 21 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| 128 | The Devil, Probably | $91 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 11 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| - | Hell and Back Again | - | - | - | - | - | - | 26 | Docurama Films | - | false |
| - | Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey | - | - | - | - | - | - | 23 | Submarine Deluxe | - | false |
| - | Once Upon a Time in Anatolia | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| - | Crazy Wisdom: The Life & Times of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18 | - | - | false |
| - | Art Is... The Permanent Revolution | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | First Run | - | false |
| - | Windfall | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | First Run | - | false |
| - | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | - | - | - | - | - | - | 340 | IMAX | - | false |
| - | Ranchero | - | - | - | - | - | - | 38 | Indican Pictures | - | false |
| - | Attenberg | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| - | The Flowers of War | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | Wrekin Hill Entertainment | - | false |
