| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Hunger Games | $26,830,921 | $21,096,824 | 78.6% | $5,734,097 | 21.4% | 3,916 | 4 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 2 | The Three Stooges | $20,155,446 | $17,010,125 | 84.4% | $3,145,321 | 15.6% | 3,477 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 3 | The Cabin in the Woods | $19,230,172 | $14,743,614 | 76.7% | $4,486,558 | 23.3% | 2,811 | 1 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 4 | Titanic 2012 3D Release | $15,034,447 | $11,930,249 | 79.4% | $3,104,198 | 20.6% | 2,697 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | American Reunion | $13,805,035 | $10,473,810 | 75.9% | $3,331,225 | 24.1% | 3,203 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Wrath of the Titans | $8,964,747 | $6,906,209 | 77% | $2,058,538 | 23% | 3,102 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 7 | 21 Jump Street | $8,701,368 | $6,558,868 | 75.4% | $2,142,500 | 24.6% | 2,735 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 8 | Mirror Mirror | $8,623,492 | $6,847,924 | 79.4% | $1,775,568 | 20.6% | 3,206 | 3 | Relativity Media | - | false |
| 9 | Lockout | $7,969,032 | $6,231,836 | 78.2% | $1,737,196 | 21.8% | 2,308 | 1 | FilmDistrict | - | false |
| 10 | The Lorax | $3,790,635 | $3,051,285 | 80.5% | $739,350 | 19.5% | 2,112 | 7 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | The Raid: Redemption | $1,456,293 | $961,454 | 66% | $494,839 | 34% | 881 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 12 | Salmon Fishing in the Yemen | $1,212,358 | $888,546 | 73.3% | $323,812 | 26.7% | 435 | 6 | CBS Films | - | false |
| 13 | Journey 2: The Mysterious Island | $887,029 | $721,427 | 81.3% | $165,602 | 18.7% | 502 | 10 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 14 | Casablanca 2011 Re-release | $832,683 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 15 | Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day | $777,834 | $641,542 | 82.5% | $136,292 | 17.5% | 102 | 1 | Codeblack Entertainment | - | false |
| 16 | October Baby 2012 Re-release | $756,604 | $543,114 | 71.8% | $213,490 | 28.2% | 362 | 4 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 17 | Bully 2012 Re-release | $745,409 | $535,433 | 71.8% | $209,976 | 28.2% | 158 | 1 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 18 | John Carter | $463,267 | $346,858 | 74.9% | $116,409 | 25.1% | 446 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 19 | Safe House | $437,865 | $337,610 | 77.1% | $100,255 | 22.9% | 371 | 10 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 20 | Housefull 2 | $353,218 | $286,735 | 81.2% | $66,483 | 18.8% | 121 | 2 | Eros Worldwide | - | false |
| 21 | Act of Valor | $339,443 | $255,759 | 75.4% | $83,684 | 24.6% | 352 | 8 | Relativity Media | - | false |
| 22 | Blue Like Jazz | $337,559 | $261,190 | 77.4% | $76,369 | 22.6% | 136 | 1 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 23 | The Vow | $332,745 | $244,341 | 73.4% | $88,404 | 26.6% | 335 | 10 | Screen Gems | - | false |
| 24 | This Means War | $316,733 | $246,065 | 77.7% | $70,668 | 22.3% | 283 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 25 | Jiro Dreams of Sushi | $302,605 | $198,430 | 65.6% | $104,175 | 34.4% | 79 | 6 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 26 | Jeff, Who Lives at Home | $289,997 | $212,317 | 73.2% | $77,680 | 26.8% | 183 | 5 | Paramount Vantage | - | false |
| 27 | Footnote | $261,320 | $195,124 | 74.7% | $66,196 | 25.3% | 84 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 28 | A Thousand Words | $245,830 | $200,174 | 81.4% | $45,656 | 18.6% | 277 | 6 | DreamWorks | - | false |
| 29 | The Kid with a Bike | $201,239 | $145,961 | 72.5% | $55,278 | 27.5% | 70 | 5 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 30 | Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance | $198,667 | $153,830 | 77.4% | $44,837 | 22.6% | 216 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 31 | Born to Be Wild | $198,227 | $105,288 | 53.1% | $92,939 | 46.9% | 40 | 54 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 32 | Chronicle | $193,470 | $154,411 | 79.8% | $39,059 | 20.2% | 165 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 33 | Friends with Kids | $175,105 | $127,036 | 72.6% | $48,069 | 27.4% | 113 | 6 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 34 | The Secret World of Arrietty | $160,172 | $112,819 | 70.4% | $47,353 | 29.6% | 202 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 35 | Monsieur Lazhar | $153,654 | $112,190 | 73% | $41,464 | 27% | 19 | 1 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 36 | The Artist | $150,284 | $100,098 | 66.6% | $50,186 | 33.4% | 121 | 21 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 37 | The Iron Lady | $148,134 | $97,462 | 65.8% | $50,672 | 34.2% | 146 | 16 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 38 | Project X | $136,497 | $101,208 | 74.2% | $35,289 | 25.8% | 145 | 7 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 39 | Hubble | $130,186 | $69,754 | 53.6% | $60,432 | 46.4% | 18 | 109 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 40 | The Deep Blue Sea | $126,938 | $89,565 | 70.6% | $37,373 | 29.4% | 55 | 4 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 41 | Casa de mi Padre | $124,368 | $92,242 | 74.2% | $32,126 | 25.8% | 121 | 5 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 42 | A Separation | $121,198 | $78,322 | 64.6% | $42,876 | 35.4% | 91 | 16 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 43 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $119,734 | $95,761 | 80% | $23,973 | 20% | 153 | 18 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 44 | Damsels in Distress | $112,055 | $82,411 | 73.6% | $29,644 | 26.4% | 22 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 45 | Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough | $94,296 | - | - | - | - | 18 | 28 | National Geographic Entertainment | - | false |
| 46 | Good Deeds | $93,336 | $73,197 | 78.4% | $20,139 | 21.6% | 125 | 8 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 47 | The Woman in Black | $91,096 | $71,265 | 78.2% | $19,831 | 21.8% | 122 | 11 | CBS Films | - | false |
| 48 | Silent House | $87,149 | $69,777 | 80.1% | $17,372 | 19.9% | 100 | 6 | Open Road Films (II) | - | false |
| 49 | Touchback | $83,193 | $66,998 | 80.5% | $16,195 | 19.5% | 50 | 1 | Anchor Bay Films | - | false |
| 50 | Monumental: In Search of America's National Treasure | $75,947 | $59,842 | 78.8% | $16,105 | 21.2% | 27 | 3 | ArtAffects Entertainment | - | false |
| 51 | We Have a Pope | $70,653 | $48,591 | 68.8% | $22,062 | 31.2% | 15 | 2 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 52 | A Simple Life | $69,429 | $43,372 | 62.5% | $26,057 | 37.5% | 9 | 1 | China Lion Film Distribution | - | false |
| 53 | Under the Sea 3D | $68,786 | $36,080 | 52.4% | $32,706 | 47.6% | 15 | 166 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 54 | We Bought a Zoo | $62,139 | $47,201 | 76% | $14,938 | 24% | 83 | 17 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 55 | We Need to Talk About Kevin | $58,282 | $40,480 | 69.5% | $17,802 | 30.5% | 55 | 19 | Oscilloscope | - | false |
| 56 | Sea Rex 3D: Journey to a Prehistoric World | $53,462 | $27,231 | 50.9% | $26,231 | 49.1% | 13 | 99 | 3D Entertainment | - | false |
| 57 | In Darkness | $45,633 | $32,645 | 71.5% | $12,988 | 28.5% | 40 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 58 | Beauty and the Beast 2012 3D Release | $42,454 | $32,222 | 75.9% | $10,232 | 24.1% | 39 | 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 59 | The Hunter | $39,197 | $27,202 | 69.4% | $11,995 | 30.6% | 9 | 2 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 60 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 2012 3D Release | $35,735 | $26,927 | 75.4% | $8,808 | 24.6% | 33 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 61 | Red Tails | $34,390 | $25,950 | 75.5% | $8,440 | 24.5% | 43 | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 62 | Pina | $34,390 | $20,296 | 59% | $14,094 | 41% | 20 | 17 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 63 | The Descendants | $34,210 | $20,703 | 60.5% | $13,507 | 39.5% | 41 | 23 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 64 | The Grey | $31,803 | $23,513 | 73.9% | $8,290 | 26.1% | 41 | 12 | Open Road Films (II) | - | false |
| 65 | Coriolanus | $30,509 | $20,609 | 67.6% | $9,900 | 32.4% | 18 | 13 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 66 | Life Happens | $28,495 | $20,186 | 70.8% | $8,309 | 29.2% | 16 | 1 | Rogers & Cowan/PMK | - | false |
| 67 | Boy | $28,164 | $20,970 | 74.5% | $7,194 | 25.5% | 18 | 7 | Unison Films | - | false |
| 68 | The Salt of Life | $24,893 | $17,868 | 71.8% | $7,025 | 28.2% | 11 | 7 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 69 | Undefeated | $24,312 | $17,466 | 71.8% | $6,846 | 28.2% | 17 | 9 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 70 | W.E. | $22,723 | $14,885 | 65.5% | $7,838 | 34.5% | 17 | 11 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 71 | Albert Nobbs | $20,370 | $7,970 | 39.1% | $12,400 | 60.9% | 12 | 12 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 72 | Thin Ice | $17,481 | $12,402 | 71% | $5,079 | 29% | 16 | 9 | ATO Pictures | - | false |
| 73 | Rampart | $16,986 | $11,554 | 68% | $5,432 | 32% | 21 | 10 | Millennium Entertainment | - | false |
| 74 | Love in the Buff | $15,401 | $11,843 | 76.9% | $3,558 | 23.1% | 14 | 3 | China Lion Film Distribution | - | false |
| 75 | War Horse | $14,679 | $10,749 | 73.2% | $3,930 | 26.8% | 25 | 17 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 76 | Gerhard Richter Painting | $13,928 | $7,396 | 53.1% | $6,532 | 46.9% | 7 | 6 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| 77 | Deep Sea | $13,065 | $4,441 | 34% | $8,624 | 66% | 1 | 320 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 78 | Space Station 3D | $12,852 | $11,828 | 92% | $1,024 | 8% | 6 | 522 | IMAX | - | false |
| 79 | Goon | $12,042 | $8,193 | 68% | $3,849 | 32% | 16 | 8 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 80 | Here | $11,950 | $7,927 | 66.3% | $4,023 | 33.7% | 1 | 1 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 81 | Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope | $11,668 | $9,609 | 82.4% | $2,059 | 17.6% | 4 | 2 | Wrekin Hill Entertainment | - | false |
| 82 | The Graduate 45th Anniversary Reunion | $11,253 | $5,778 | 51.4% | $5,475 | 48.6% | 1 | 2 | Rialto Pictures | - | false |
| 83 | This Is Not a Film | $10,896 | $6,791 | 62.3% | $4,105 | 37.7% | 4 | 8 | Palisades Tartan | - | false |
| 84 | Unraveled | $10,603 | $9,006 | 84.9% | $1,597 | 15.1% | 2 | 1 | GoDigital | - | false |
| 85 | The Women on the 6th Floor | $9,331 | $6,741 | 72.2% | $2,590 | 27.8% | 6 | 28 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 86 | The Flowers of War | $8,325 | $4,127 | 49.6% | $4,198 | 50.4% | 3 | 13 | Wrekin Hill Entertainment | - | false |
| 87 | Hit So Hard | $7,103 | $6,500 | 91.5% | $603 | 8.5% | 1 | 1 | Variance Films | - | false |
| 88 | Losing Control | $6,804 | $4,795 | 70.5% | $2,009 | 29.5% | 3 | 4 | House Lights Media | - | false |
| 89 | How to Grow a Band | $6,636 | $5,705 | 86% | $931 | 14% | 1 | 1 | International Film Circuit | - | false |
| 90 | Turn Me On, Dammit! | $6,585 | $4,403 | 66.9% | $2,182 | 33.1% | 1 | 3 | New Yorker Films | - | false |
| 91 | Keyhole | $6,432 | $3,884 | 60.4% | $2,548 | 39.6% | 6 | 2 | Monterey Media | - | false |
| 92 | The Island President | $6,014 | $4,186 | 69.6% | $1,828 | 30.4% | 5 | 4 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 93 | A Dangerous Method | $5,821 | $3,266 | 56.1% | $2,555 | 43.9% | 8 | 22 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 94 | The Turin Horse | $5,399 | $3,863 | 71.6% | $1,536 | 28.4% | 2 | 10 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 95 | Once Upon a Time in Anatolia | $4,979 | $2,892 | 58.1% | $2,087 | 41.9% | 2 | 16 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 96 | The Extraordinary Voyage | $4,070 | $2,291 | 56.3% | $1,779 | 43.7% | 3 | 10 | Flicker Alley | - | false |
| 97 | Reuniting the Rubins | $3,920 | $3,308 | 84.4% | $612 | 15.6% | 3 | 5 | Monterey Media | - | false |
| 98 | Post Mortem | $3,865 | $2,406 | 62.2% | $1,459 | 37.8% | 1 | 2 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| 99 | On the Ice | $3,640 | $2,087 | 57.3% | $1,553 | 42.7% | 4 | 9 | Rogers & Cowan/PMK | - | false |
| 100 | Natural Selection | $3,223 | $2,366 | 73.4% | $857 | 26.6% | 3 | 5 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 101 | Detachment | $2,892 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 5 | Tribeca Films | - | false |
| 102 | Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie | $2,877 | $2,244 | 78% | $633 | 22% | 6 | 7 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 103 | Bullhead | $2,752 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 9 | Drafthouse Films | - | false |
| 104 | Carnage | $2,433 | $1,686 | 69.3% | $747 | 30.7% | 6 | 18 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 105 | Free Men | $2,383 | $1,645 | 69% | $738 | 31% | 2 | 5 | Film Movement | - | false |
| 106 | Attenberg | $2,345 | $1,576 | 67.2% | $769 | 32.8% | 2 | 6 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 107 | Crazy Horse | $2,075 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 14 | Zipporah Films | - | false |
| 108 | The Forgiveness of Blood | $1,886 | $1,076 | 57% | $810 | 43% | 5 | 8 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 109 | The Worst Movie Ever! | $1,811 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 35 | Driving With Our Eyes Shut | - | false |
| 110 | Better Than Something: Jay Reatard | $1,370 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 7 | - | - | false |
| 111 | Amigo | $1,108 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 35 | Variance Films | - | false |
| 112 | The Trouble with Bliss | $998 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | 7A Productions | - | false |
| 113 | Young Goethe in Love | $942 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 24 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 114 | The FP | $941 | $481 | 51.1% | $460 | 48.9% | 1 | 5 | Drafthouse Films | - | false |
| 115 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $872 | $872 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 704 | IMAX | - | false |
| 116 | Lost Bohemia | $799 | $419 | 52.4% | $380 | 47.6% | 1 | 48 | Long Shot Factory | - | false |
| 117 | The Fairy | $753 | $214 | 28.4% | $539 | 71.6% | 2 | 8 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| 118 | Surviving Progress | $723 | $434 | 60% | $289 | 40% | 1 | 2 | First Run | - | false |
| 119 | Musical Chairs | $690 | $528 | 76.5% | $162 | 23.5% | 1 | 4 | Paladin | - | false |
| 120 | The Understudy | $604 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | Indican Pictures | - | false |
| 121 | Falling Away | $587 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 7 | Indican Pictures | - | false |
| 122 | Take Me Home | $477 | $379 | 79.4% | $98 | 20.6% | 2 | 6 | Monterey Media | - | false |
| 123 | Ranchero | $364 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 41 | Indican Pictures | - | false |
| 124 | The Devil, Probably | $206 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 14 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| 125 | The Pruitt-Igoe Myth | $173 | $108 | 62.4% | $65 | 37.6% | 2 | 13 | First Run | - | false |
| 126 | Galapagos | $112 | $112 | 100% | $0 | - | 2 | 651 | IMAX | - | false |
| 127 | The Beat Hotel | $108 | $83 | 76.8% | $25 | 23.2% | 1 | 3 | First Run | - | false |
| - | The Lady | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | 1 | Cohen Media Group | - | false |
| - | ATM | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | IFC Films | - | false |
| - | Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey | - | - | - | - | - | - | 26 | Submarine Deluxe | - | false |
| - | Putin's Kiss | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| - | The Green Ray 2011 Re-release | - | - | - | - | - | - | 46 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| - | My Reincarnation | - | - | - | - | - | - | 25 | Long Shot Factory | - | false |
| - | The Long Day Closes | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| - | Let the Bullets Fly | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Variance Films | - | false |
| - | The Whale | - | - | - | - | - | - | 32 | Paladin | - | false |
| - | In the Family | - | - | - | - | - | - | 24 | In the Family | - | false |
| - | Sing Your Song | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | S2BN Films | - | false |
| - | Metal Messiah | - | - | - | - | - | - | 84 | Wind Pixie Pictures | - | false |
| - | Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle | - | - | - | - | - | - | 40 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| - | Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness | - | - | - | - | - | - | 41 | International Film Circuit | - | false |
