| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Men in Black³ | $83,003,553 | $54,592,779 | 65.8% | $28,410,774 | 34.2% | 4,248 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 2 | The Avengers | $55,779,192 | $36,686,871 | 65.8% | $19,092,321 | 34.2% | 3,918 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Battleship | $16,807,505 | $11,050,470 | 65.8% | $5,757,035 | 34.2% | 3,702 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | The Dictator | $14,262,256 | $9,276,560 | 65% | $4,985,696 | 35% | 3,014 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Dark Shadows | $11,490,945 | $7,504,387 | 65.3% | $3,986,558 | 34.7% | 3,404 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 6 | Chernobyl Diaries | $11,371,114 | $7,955,307 | 70% | $3,415,807 | 30% | 2,433 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 7 | What to Expect When You're Expecting | $11,272,111 | $7,127,919 | 63.2% | $4,144,192 | 36.8% | 3,021 | 2 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 8 | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | $10,693,109 | $6,383,203 | 59.7% | $4,309,906 | 40.3% | 1,233 | 4 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | The Hunger Games | $3,764,963 | $2,311,406 | 61.4% | $1,453,557 | 38.6% | 1,421 | 10 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 10 | Think Like a Man | $2,169,828 | $1,465,265 | 67.5% | $704,563 | 32.5% | 786 | 6 | Screen Gems | - | false |
| 11 | The Pirates! Band of Misfits | $1,725,478 | $1,082,288 | 62.7% | $643,190 | 37.3% | 884 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 12 | Bernie | $1,361,594 | $851,524 | 62.5% | $510,070 | 37.5% | 194 | 5 | Millennium Entertainment | - | false |
| 13 | Chimpanzee | $1,212,782 | $314,802 | 26% | $897,980 | 74% | 368 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | 21 Jump Street | $962,605 | $660,795 | 68.6% | $301,810 | 31.4% | 364 | 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 15 | The Lucky One | $933,085 | $566,829 | 60.8% | $366,256 | 39.2% | 615 | 6 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 16 | Moonrise Kingdom | $860,212 | $522,996 | 60.8% | $337,216 | 39.2% | 4 | 1 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 17 | Mirror Mirror | $824,882 | $482,502 | 58.5% | $342,380 | 41.5% | 422 | 9 | Relativity Media | - | false |
| 18 | The Lorax | $781,890 | $475,785 | 60.8% | $306,105 | 39.2% | 390 | 13 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 19 | The Three Stooges | $496,077 | $322,573 | 65% | $173,504 | 35% | 325 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 20 | To the Arctic 3D | $489,031 | $238,740 | 48.8% | $250,291 | 51.2% | 50 | 6 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 21 | The Five-Year Engagement | $449,470 | $294,555 | 65.5% | $154,915 | 34.5% | 274 | 5 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 22 | Wrath of the Titans | $370,376 | $232,380 | 62.7% | $137,996 | 37.3% | 255 | 9 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 23 | John Carter | $362,262 | $247,940 | 68.4% | $114,322 | 31.6% | 175 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 24 | The Cabin in the Woods | $293,694 | $174,424 | 59.4% | $119,270 | 40.6% | 203 | 7 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 25 | Journey 2: The Mysterious Island | $285,936 | $177,118 | 61.9% | $108,818 | 38.1% | 175 | 16 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 26 | First Position | $254,712 | $149,881 | 58.8% | $104,831 | 41.2% | 56 | 4 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 27 | Hysteria | $227,891 | $138,251 | 60.7% | $89,640 | 39.3% | 32 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 28 | Crooked Arrows | $203,459 | $137,391 | 67.5% | $66,068 | 32.5% | 67 | 2 | Branded Pictures Entertainment | - | false |
| 29 | Girl in Progress | $201,179 | $127,490 | 63.4% | $73,689 | 36.6% | 143 | 3 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 30 | Headhunters | $198,684 | $124,768 | 62.8% | $73,916 | 37.2% | 45 | 5 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 31 | Salmon Fishing in the Yemen | $195,388 | $85,143 | 43.6% | $110,245 | 56.4% | 87 | 12 | CBS Films | - | false |
| 32 | Monsieur Lazhar | $181,237 | $113,523 | 62.6% | $67,714 | 37.4% | 69 | 7 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 33 | American Reunion | $166,730 | $114,650 | 68.8% | $52,080 | 31.2% | 165 | 8 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 34 | The Intouchables | $166,612 | $103,507 | 62.1% | $63,105 | 37.9% | 4 | 1 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 35 | Born to Be Wild | $151,098 | $65,181 | 43.1% | $85,917 | 56.9% | 34 | 60 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 36 | Marley | $125,308 | $70,341 | 56.1% | $54,967 | 43.9% | 53 | 6 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 37 | Hubble | $122,598 | $63,072 | 51.4% | $59,526 | 48.6% | 18 | 115 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 38 | Bully 2012 Re-release | $112,503 | $42,552 | 37.8% | $69,951 | 62.2% | 104 | 7 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 39 | Darling Companion | $105,360 | $64,664 | 61.4% | $40,696 | 38.6% | 61 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 40 | Where Do We Go Now? | $103,148 | $58,261 | 56.5% | $44,887 | 43.5% | 25 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 41 | Safe | $99,759 | $62,175 | 62.3% | $37,584 | 37.7% | 112 | 5 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 42 | The Raven | $96,449 | $60,013 | 62.2% | $36,436 | 37.8% | 111 | 5 | Relativity Media | - | false |
| 43 | Cowgirls 'n Angels | $91,269 | $54,675 | 59.9% | $36,594 | 40.1% | 50 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 44 | Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough | $88,259 | - | - | - | - | 18 | 34 | National Geographic Entertainment | - | false |
| 45 | Jiro Dreams of Sushi | $79,817 | $44,104 | 55.3% | $35,713 | 44.7% | 35 | 12 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 46 | Polisse | $74,460 | $46,072 | 61.9% | $28,388 | 38.1% | 14 | 2 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 47 | Under the Sea 3D | $61,317 | $31,654 | 51.6% | $29,663 | 48.4% | 20 | 172 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 48 | Sound of My Voice | $60,410 | $37,441 | 62% | $22,969 | 38% | 42 | 5 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 49 | Titanic 2012 3D Release | $57,760 | $33,431 | 57.9% | $24,329 | 42.1% | 42 | 9 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 50 | A Thousand Words | $52,009 | $30,963 | 59.5% | $21,046 | 40.5% | 59 | 12 | DreamWorks | - | false |
| 51 | Bill W. | $47,323 | - | - | - | - | 12 | 2 | Page 124 Productions | - | false |
| 52 | We Have a Pope | $46,740 | $28,631 | 61.3% | $18,109 | 38.7% | 22 | 8 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 53 | Space Station 3D | $46,601 | $15,997 | 34.3% | $30,604 | 65.7% | 3 | 528 | IMAX | - | false |
| 54 | This Means War | $41,968 | $26,977 | 64.3% | $14,991 | 35.7% | 44 | 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 55 | Sea Rex 3D: Journey to a Prehistoric World | $34,543 | - | - | - | - | 12 | 105 | 3D Entertainment | - | false |
| 56 | Footnote | $31,402 | $19,860 | 63.2% | $11,542 | 36.8% | 31 | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 57 | The Secret World of Arrietty | $28,912 | $18,214 | 63% | $10,698 | 37% | 26 | 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 58 | Grand Illusion | $25,306 | $14,730 | 58.2% | $10,576 | 41.8% | 3 | 3 | Rialto Pictures | - | false |
| 59 | The Kid with a Bike | $25,028 | $16,543 | 66.1% | $8,485 | 33.9% | 20 | 11 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 60 | Elena | $22,923 | $14,730 | 64.3% | $8,193 | 35.7% | 2 | 3 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 61 | The Artist | $21,542 | $11,619 | 53.9% | $9,923 | 46.1% | 20 | 27 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 62 | Elles | $19,134 | $9,836 | 51.4% | $9,298 | 48.6% | 8 | 5 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| 63 | Damsels in Distress | $18,422 | $11,918 | 64.7% | $6,504 | 35.3% | 11 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 64 | I Wish | $17,499 | $10,610 | 60.6% | $6,889 | 39.4% | 5 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 65 | Chronicle | $16,733 | $10,017 | 59.9% | $6,716 | 40.1% | 20 | 17 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 66 | Oslo, August 31st | $16,600 | $9,564 | 57.6% | $7,036 | 42.4% | 2 | 1 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 67 | Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story | $16,525 | $8,856 | 53.6% | $7,669 | 46.4% | 9 | 4 | International Film Circuit | - | false |
| 68 | The Deep Blue Sea | $16,222 | $10,606 | 65.4% | $5,616 | 34.6% | 21 | 10 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 69 | God Bless America | $16,042 | $10,970 | 68.4% | $5,072 | 31.6% | 15 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 70 | The Raid: Redemption | $13,931 | $7,754 | 55.7% | $6,177 | 44.3% | 12 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 71 | A Separation | $13,250 | $8,841 | 66.7% | $4,409 | 33.3% | 10 | 22 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 72 | Once Upon a Time in Anatolia | $12,131 | $3,674 | 30.3% | $8,457 | 69.7% | 2 | 22 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 73 | The Perfect Family | $11,846 | $6,114 | 51.6% | $5,732 | 48.4% | 6 | 4 | Variance Films | - | false |
| 74 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $11,828 | $6,049 | 51.1% | $5,779 | 48.9% | 22 | 24 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 75 | Act of Valor | $11,803 | $8,221 | 69.6% | $3,582 | 30.4% | 39 | 14 | Relativity Media | - | false |
| 76 | October Baby 2012 Re-release | $10,581 | $5,505 | 52% | $5,076 | 48% | 16 | 10 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 77 | Friends with Kids | $10,111 | $6,218 | 61.5% | $3,893 | 38.5% | 9 | 12 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 78 | OC87: The Obsessive Compulsive, Major Depression, Bipolar, Asperger's Movie | $9,745 | $5,733 | 58.8% | $4,012 | 41.2% | 1 | 1 | Fisher Klingenstein Films | - | false |
| 79 | The Salt of Life | $8,207 | $5,287 | 64.4% | $2,920 | 35.6% | 4 | 13 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 80 | Arjun: The Warrior Prince | $8,165 | $5,527 | 67.7% | $2,638 | 32.3% | 10 | 1 | UTV Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 81 | Deep Sea | $7,728 | $5,714 | 73.9% | $2,014 | 26.1% | 1 | 326 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 82 | Undefeated | $7,292 | $3,951 | 54.2% | $3,341 | 45.8% | 6 | 15 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 83 | Boy | $7,254 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 13 | Unison Films | - | false |
| 84 | Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day | $6,445 | - | - | - | - | 17 | 7 | Codeblack Entertainment | - | false |
| 85 | Whores' Glory | $6,325 | $3,250 | 51.4% | $3,075 | 48.6% | 2 | 5 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| 86 | Turn Me On, Dammit! | $5,676 | $3,736 | 65.8% | $1,940 | 34.2% | 2 | 9 | New Yorker Films | - | false |
| 87 | Beyond the Black Rainbow | $5,310 | $2,877 | 54.2% | $2,433 | 45.8% | 2 | 2 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 88 | Mansome | $5,287 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 2 | Paladin | - | false |
| 89 | Gerhard Richter Painting | $4,941 | $1,977 | 40% | $2,964 | 60% | 4 | 12 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| 90 | Otter 501 | $4,774 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | Paladin | - | false |
| 91 | Surviving Progress | $3,907 | $1,966 | 50.3% | $1,941 | 49.7% | 2 | 8 | First Run | - | false |
| 92 | Red Tails | $3,635 | $1,559 | 42.9% | $2,076 | 57.1% | 7 | 19 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 93 | Goon | $3,617 | $2,916 | 80.6% | $701 | 19.4% | 5 | 14 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 94 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $3,615 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 349 | IMAX | - | false |
| 95 | Hit So Hard | $3,329 | $2,478 | 74.4% | $851 | 25.6% | 3 | 7 | Variance Films | - | false |
| 96 | Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog 2012 Re-release | $3,230 | $2,333 | 72.2% | $897 | 27.8% | 3 | 2 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 97 | Bonsai | $3,214 | $2,274 | 70.8% | $940 | 29.2% | 2 | 3 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 98 | Keyhole | $3,180 | $1,834 | 57.7% | $1,346 | 42.3% | 7 | 8 | Monterey Media | - | false |
| 99 | Hämnden 2012 Re-release | $3,165 | $2,230 | 70.5% | $935 | 29.5% | 1 | 1 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 100 | Tonight You're Mine | $3,103 | $1,934 | 62.3% | $1,169 | 37.7% | 3 | 3 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 101 | The Understudy | $2,925 | $1,812 | 62% | $1,113 | 38% | 1 | 11 | Indican Pictures | - | false |
| 102 | Coriolanus | $2,893 | $1,724 | 59.6% | $1,169 | 40.4% | 4 | 19 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 103 | Around June | $2,477 | $1,468 | 59.3% | $1,009 | 40.7% | 1 | 14 | Indican Pictures | - | false |
| 104 | Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale I | $2,408 | $1,352 | 56.2% | $1,056 | 43.8% | 3 | 5 | Well Go USA Entertainment | - | false |
| 105 | The Women on the 6th Floor | $2,272 | $1,612 | 71% | $660 | 29% | 2 | 34 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 106 | Virginia | $2,215 | $1,516 | 68.4% | $699 | 31.6% | 2 | 2 | Entertainment One | - | false |
| 107 | 5 Broken Cameras | $2,214 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| 108 | Jesus Henry Christ | $2,182 | $1,257 | 57.6% | $925 | 42.4% | 2 | 6 | Entertainment One | - | false |
| 109 | Take Me Home | $2,168 | $1,017 | 46.9% | $1,151 | 53.1% | 3 | 12 | Monterey Media | - | false |
| 110 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $2,149 | $1,075 | 50% | $1,074 | 50% | 1 | 710 | IMAX | - | false |
| 111 | Galapagos | $2,062 | $1,292 | 62.7% | $770 | 37.3% | 6 | 657 | IMAX | - | false |
| 112 | Lovely Molly | $1,909 | $1,423 | 74.5% | $486 | 25.5% | 2 | 2 | Image Entertainment | - | false |
| 113 | Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview | $1,908 | $913 | 47.8% | $995 | 52.2% | 7 | 29 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 114 | My Way | $1,727 | $962 | 55.7% | $765 | 44.3% | 3 | 6 | CJ Entertainment | - | false |
| 115 | Small, Beautifully Moving Parts | $1,627 | $1,169 | 71.8% | $458 | 28.2% | 1 | 3 | Long Shot Factory | - | false |
| 116 | The Color Wheel | $1,576 | $812 | 51.5% | $764 | 48.5% | 2 | 2 | Cinema Conservancy | - | false |
| 117 | Never Stand Still | $1,512 | $772 | 51.1% | $740 | 48.9% | 1 | 2 | First Run | - | false |
| 118 | The Hunter | $1,501 | $1,076 | 71.7% | $425 | 28.3% | 3 | 8 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 119 | Hide Away | $1,314 | $689 | 52.4% | $625 | 47.6% | 1 | 1 | - | - | false |
| 120 | This Binary Universe | $1,237 | $844 | 68.2% | $393 | 31.8% | 1 | 4 | Indican Pictures | - | false |
| 121 | A Simple Life | $1,049 | $1,049 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 7 | China Lion Film Distribution | - | false |
| 122 | Terkel in Trouble 2010 Re-release | $892 | $407 | 45.6% | $485 | 54.4% | 1 | 85 | Indican Pictures | - | false |
| 123 | Blue Like Jazz | $762 | $493 | 64.7% | $269 | 35.3% | 3 | 7 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 124 | The Long Day Closes | $607 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 13 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| 125 | Payback | $500 | $363 | 72.6% | $137 | 27.4% | 1 | 6 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 126 | The Fairy | $423 | $156 | 36.9% | $267 | 63.1% | 1 | 14 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| 127 | Nobody Else But You | $405 | $387 | 95.6% | $18 | 4.4% | 1 | 3 | First Run | - | false |
| 128 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 2012 3D Release | $250 | $250 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 16 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 129 | Lost Bohemia | $245 | $113 | 46.1% | $132 | 53.9% | 1 | 54 | Long Shot Factory | - | false |
| 130 | Crazy Wisdom: The Life & Times of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche | $157 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 27 | - | - | false |
| - | Lockout | - | - | - | - | - | 45 | 7 | FilmDistrict | - | false |
| - | This Is Not a Film | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | Palisades Tartan | - | false |
| - | The Devil, Probably | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| - | The Day He Arrives | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| - | The Whale | - | - | - | - | - | - | 38 | Paladin | - | false |
| - | Sing Your Song | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | S2BN Films | - | false |
| - | How to Grow a Band | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | International Film Circuit | - | false |
| - | Attenberg | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| - | The Extraordinary Voyage | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | Flicker Alley | - | false |
| - | The Beat Hotel | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | First Run | - | false |
| - | The Turin Horse | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |