| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted | $84,950,532 | $60,316,738 | 71% | $24,633,794 | 29% | 4,258 | 1 | DreamWorks | - | false |
| 2 | Prometheus | $68,658,127 | $51,050,101 | 74.4% | $17,608,026 | 25.6% | 3,396 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 3 | Snow White and the Huntsman | $33,318,350 | $23,058,790 | 69.2% | $10,259,560 | 30.8% | 3,777 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Men in Black³ | $20,673,609 | $13,895,720 | 67.2% | $6,777,889 | 32.8% | 3,792 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 5 | The Avengers | $16,838,179 | $11,249,738 | 66.8% | $5,588,441 | 33.2% | 3,129 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | $5,159,916 | $3,267,156 | 63.3% | $1,892,760 | 36.7% | 1,298 | 6 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | What to Expect When You're Expecting | $4,400,629 | $2,788,226 | 63.4% | $1,612,403 | 36.6% | 2,087 | 4 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 8 | The Dictator | $3,529,723 | $2,242,563 | 63.5% | $1,287,160 | 36.5% | 1,651 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Battleship | $3,359,865 | $2,276,410 | 67.8% | $1,083,455 | 32.2% | 1,954 | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Moonrise Kingdom | $2,430,405 | $1,559,670 | 64.2% | $870,735 | 35.8% | 96 | 3 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 11 | Dark Shadows | $2,156,995 | $1,410,207 | 65.4% | $746,788 | 34.6% | 1,550 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 12 | The Hunger Games | $1,713,298 | $1,072,213 | 62.6% | $641,085 | 37.4% | 751 | 12 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 13 | Outlaws | $1,403,240 | $928,321 | 66.2% | $474,919 | 33.8% | 380 | 2 | Arc Entertainment | - | false |
| 14 | Chernobyl Diaries | $1,349,947 | $832,424 | 61.7% | $517,523 | 38.3% | 1,180 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 15 | Bernie | $1,231,642 | $820,177 | 66.6% | $411,465 | 33.4% | 332 | 7 | Millennium Entertainment | - | false |
| 16 | The Intouchables | $566,175 | $385,168 | 68% | $181,007 | 32% | 77 | 3 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 17 | The Lucky One | $555,328 | $355,912 | 64.1% | $199,416 | 35.9% | 402 | 8 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 18 | Mirror Mirror | $545,526 | $342,921 | 62.9% | $202,605 | 37.1% | 303 | 11 | Relativity Media | - | false |
| 19 | The Lorax | $539,215 | $337,855 | 62.7% | $201,360 | 37.3% | 290 | 15 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 20 | Think Like a Man | $496,605 | $333,881 | 67.2% | $162,724 | 32.8% | 287 | 8 | Screen Gems | - | false |
| 21 | To the Arctic 3D | $408,127 | $171,083 | 41.9% | $237,044 | 58.1% | 51 | 8 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 22 | 21 Jump Street | $408,051 | $252,130 | 61.8% | $155,921 | 38.2% | 258 | 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 23 | The Three Stooges | $371,206 | $255,804 | 68.9% | $115,402 | 31.1% | 245 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 24 | Crooked Arrows | $334,423 | $218,061 | 65.2% | $116,362 | 34.8% | 278 | 4 | Branded Pictures Entertainment | - | false |
| 25 | Hysteria | $235,074 | $148,395 | 63.1% | $86,679 | 36.9% | 84 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 26 | The Pirates! Band of Misfits | $216,061 | $138,811 | 64.2% | $77,250 | 35.8% | 317 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 27 | Rowdy Rathore | $195,865 | $143,033 | 73% | $52,832 | 27% | 100 | 2 | UTV Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 28 | The Five-Year Engagement | $183,730 | $121,625 | 66.2% | $62,105 | 33.8% | 175 | 7 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 29 | Wrath of the Titans | $166,141 | $104,684 | 63% | $61,457 | 37% | 150 | 11 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 30 | Journey 2: The Mysterious Island | $164,002 | $93,963 | 57.3% | $70,039 | 42.7% | 126 | 18 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 31 | Chimpanzee | $154,137 | $65,481 | 42.5% | $88,656 | 57.5% | 155 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 32 | Peace, Love & Misunderstanding | $150,467 | $105,960 | 70.4% | $44,507 | 29.6% | 31 | 1 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 33 | John Carter | $145,369 | $89,840 | 61.8% | $55,529 | 38.2% | 102 | 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 34 | Safety Not Guaranteed | $143,505 | $97,762 | 68.1% | $45,743 | 31.9% | 9 | 1 | FilmDistrict | - | false |
| 35 | Born to Be Wild | $119,020 | $49,200 | 41.3% | $69,820 | 58.7% | 33 | 62 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 36 | The Cabin in the Woods | $106,501 | $62,613 | 58.8% | $43,888 | 41.2% | 113 | 9 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 37 | Headhunters | $99,225 | $68,800 | 69.3% | $30,425 | 30.7% | 60 | 7 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 38 | Hubble | $93,538 | $36,078 | 38.6% | $57,460 | 61.4% | 15 | 117 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 39 | Safe | $87,330 | $54,280 | 62.2% | $33,050 | 37.8% | 111 | 7 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 40 | First Position | $85,113 | $48,279 | 56.7% | $36,834 | 43.3% | 52 | 6 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 41 | Monsieur Lazhar | $75,020 | $51,278 | 68.4% | $23,742 | 31.6% | 50 | 9 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 42 | Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough | $74,395 | - | - | - | - | 18 | 36 | National Geographic Entertainment | - | false |
| 43 | Deadly Renovations | $70,252 | $42,588 | 60.6% | $27,664 | 39.4% | 13 | 1 | Nocturnal Features | - | false |
| 44 | Where Do We Go Now? | $67,688 | $39,493 | 58.4% | $28,195 | 41.6% | 31 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 45 | Darling Companion | $64,975 | $44,949 | 69.2% | $20,026 | 30.8% | 51 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 46 | Piranha 3DD | $61,324 | $36,910 | 60.2% | $24,414 | 39.8% | 78 | 2 | Dimension Films | - | false |
| 47 | Bel Ami | $56,234 | $38,018 | 67.6% | $18,216 | 32.4% | 15 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 48 | Girl in Progress | $49,893 | $30,473 | 61.1% | $19,420 | 38.9% | 57 | 5 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 49 | Jiro Dreams of Sushi | $47,256 | $26,003 | 55% | $21,253 | 45% | 25 | 14 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 50 | Lola Versus | $46,212 | $31,815 | 68.8% | $14,397 | 31.2% | 4 | 1 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 51 | Under the Sea 3D | $45,120 | $13,168 | 29.2% | $31,952 | 70.8% | 16 | 174 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 52 | Space Station 3D | $40,280 | $14,153 | 35.1% | $26,127 | 64.9% | 5 | 530 | IMAX | - | false |
| 53 | Sea Rex 3D: Journey to a Prehistoric World | $38,319 | $19,107 | 49.9% | $19,212 | 50.1% | 10 | 107 | 3D Entertainment | - | false |
| 54 | Marley | $37,164 | $25,884 | 69.6% | $11,280 | 30.4% | 27 | 8 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 55 | Bill W. | $36,177 | - | - | - | - | 13 | 4 | Page 124 Productions | - | false |
| 56 | Bully 2012 Re-release | $34,024 | $16,542 | 48.6% | $17,482 | 51.4% | 31 | 9 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 57 | Footnote | $33,110 | $22,240 | 67.2% | $10,870 | 32.8% | 25 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 58 | Double Trouble | $30,350 | $17,978 | 59.2% | $12,372 | 40.8% | 12 | 1 | China Lion Film Distribution | - | false |
| 59 | A Cat in Paris | $26,595 | $16,504 | 62.1% | $10,091 | 37.9% | 7 | 2 | GKIDS | - | false |
| 60 | Hardflip | $24,871 | $22,327 | 89.8% | $2,544 | 10.2% | 12 | 2 | Rocky Mountain Pictures | - | false |
| 61 | The Raven | $24,804 | $14,169 | 57.1% | $10,635 | 42.9% | 34 | 7 | Relativity Media | - | false |
| 62 | The Artist | $23,704 | $14,115 | 59.6% | $9,589 | 40.4% | 36 | 29 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 63 | Dark Horse | $20,304 | $13,551 | 66.7% | $6,753 | 33.3% | 1 | 1 | Brainstorm Media | - | false |
| 64 | Elena | $18,730 | $14,376 | 76.8% | $4,354 | 23.2% | 13 | 5 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 65 | Damsels in Distress | $18,715 | $13,515 | 72.2% | $5,200 | 27.8% | 18 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 66 | Polisse | $17,900 | $12,227 | 68.3% | $5,673 | 31.7% | 8 | 4 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 67 | We Have a Pope | $17,258 | $11,282 | 65.4% | $5,976 | 34.6% | 14 | 10 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 68 | Sound of My Voice | $13,979 | $8,564 | 61.3% | $5,415 | 38.7% | 24 | 7 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 69 | I Wish | $13,256 | $9,987 | 75.3% | $3,269 | 24.7% | 10 | 5 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 70 | 5 Broken Cameras | $12,660 | $7,736 | 61.1% | $4,924 | 38.9% | 1 | 3 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| 71 | Grand Illusion | $10,884 | $6,898 | 63.4% | $3,986 | 36.6% | 2 | 5 | Rialto Pictures | - | false |
| 72 | OC87: The Obsessive Compulsive, Major Depression, Bipolar, Asperger's Movie | $10,882 | $7,823 | 71.9% | $3,059 | 28.1% | 5 | 3 | Fisher Klingenstein Films | - | false |
| 73 | The Kid with a Bike | $10,094 | $5,319 | 52.7% | $4,775 | 47.3% | 8 | 13 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 74 | Oslo, August 31st | $9,913 | $5,583 | 56.3% | $4,330 | 43.7% | 5 | 3 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 75 | The Deep Blue Sea | $9,128 | $6,610 | 72.4% | $2,518 | 27.6% | 7 | 12 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 76 | Letters to Elena | $8,511 | $7,711 | 90.6% | $800 | 9.4% | 12 | 1 | Freestyle Releasing | - | false |
| 77 | October Baby 2012 Re-release | $8,397 | $6,916 | 82.4% | $1,481 | 17.6% | 8 | 12 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 78 | Deep Sea | $7,996 | $5,283 | 66.1% | $2,713 | 33.9% | 1 | 328 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 79 | God Bless America | $7,936 | $4,868 | 61.3% | $3,068 | 38.7% | 9 | 5 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 80 | Paul Williams: Still Alive | $7,594 | $6,116 | 80.5% | $1,478 | 19.5% | 1 | 1 | Abramorama | - | false |
| 81 | This Means War | $7,395 | $5,065 | 68.5% | $2,330 | 31.5% | 9 | 17 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 82 | Beyond the Black Rainbow | $7,148 | $3,559 | 49.8% | $3,589 | 50.2% | 5 | 4 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 83 | Nobody Else But You | $7,067 | $4,416 | 62.5% | $2,651 | 37.5% | 3 | 5 | First Run | - | false |
| 84 | Battlefield America | $7,000 | $4,000 | 57.1% | $3,000 | 42.9% | 11 | 2 | Cinedigm Entertainment Group | - | false |
| 85 | Corpo Celeste 2011 Re-release | $6,291 | $2,263 | 36% | $4,028 | 64% | 1 | 1 | Film Movement | - | false |
| 86 | Elles | $6,258 | $3,700 | 59.1% | $2,558 | 40.9% | 6 | 7 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| 87 | 6 Month Rule | $6,178 | $5,108 | 82.7% | $1,070 | 17.3% | 3 | 2 | Secret Identity Productions | - | false |
| 88 | High School | $5,939 | $2,986 | 50.3% | $2,953 | 49.7% | 4 | 2 | Anchor Bay Films | - | false |
| 89 | Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story | $5,805 | $4,115 | 70.9% | $1,690 | 29.1% | 6 | 6 | International Film Circuit | - | false |
| 90 | Celine and Julie Go Boating | $5,328 | $1,344 | 25.2% | $3,984 | 74.8% | 1 | 6 | New Yorker Films | - | false |
| 91 | Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present | $5,246 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 92 | We Won't Grow Old Together | $5,073 | $1,677 | 33.1% | $3,396 | 66.9% | 1 | 1 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| 93 | Inventing Our Life: The Kibbutz Experiment | $4,967 | $2,877 | 57.9% | $2,090 | 42.1% | 2 | 7 | First Run | - | false |
| 94 | The Raid: Redemption | $4,844 | $3,607 | 74.5% | $1,237 | 25.5% | 8 | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 95 | The Perfect Family | $4,504 | $2,809 | 62.4% | $1,695 | 37.6% | 4 | 6 | Variance Films | - | false |
| 96 | A Separation | $4,105 | $3,205 | 78.1% | $900 | 21.9% | 4 | 24 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 97 | The Fairy | $4,105 | $1,965 | 47.9% | $2,140 | 52.1% | 4 | 16 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| 98 | Pink Ribbons, Inc. | $4,076 | $2,463 | 60.4% | $1,613 | 39.6% | 3 | 2 | First Run | - | false |
| 99 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $3,734 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 351 | IMAX | - | false |
| 100 | Friends with Kids | $3,006 | $2,020 | 67.2% | $986 | 32.8% | 5 | 14 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 101 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $2,900 | $1,322 | 45.6% | $1,578 | 54.4% | 1 | 712 | IMAX | - | false |
| 102 | Hämnden 2012 Re-release | $2,874 | $1,910 | 66.5% | $964 | 33.5% | 2 | 3 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 103 | Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview | $2,704 | $1,636 | 60.5% | $1,068 | 39.5% | 8 | 31 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 104 | Cowgirls 'n Angels | $2,674 | $1,776 | 66.4% | $898 | 33.6% | 2 | 3 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 105 | Surviving Progress | $2,649 | $1,420 | 53.6% | $1,229 | 46.4% | 4 | 10 | First Run | - | false |
| 106 | The Salt of Life | $2,400 | $757 | 31.5% | $1,643 | 68.5% | 1 | 15 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 107 | Found Memories | $2,355 | $1,301 | 55.2% | $1,054 | 44.8% | 1 | 2 | Film Movement | - | false |
| 108 | Hit So Hard | $1,951 | $1,132 | 58% | $819 | 42% | 2 | 9 | Variance Films | - | false |
| 109 | Wish Me Away | $1,855 | $656 | 35.4% | $1,199 | 64.6% | 4 | 2 | First Run | - | false |
| 110 | The Worst Movie Ever! | $1,710 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 43 | Driving With Our Eyes Shut | - | false |
| 111 | The Women on the 6th Floor | $1,707 | $1,201 | 70.4% | $506 | 29.6% | 2 | 36 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 112 | Mississippi Mermaid | $1,705 | $1,705 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 153 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| 113 | Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog 2012 Re-release | $1,673 | $1,184 | 70.8% | $489 | 29.2% | 3 | 4 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 114 | Gerhard Richter Painting | $1,664 | $446 | 26.8% | $1,218 | 73.2% | 2 | 14 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| 115 | The Graduate 45th Anniversary Reunion | $1,658 | $1,658 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 10 | Rialto Pictures | - | false |
| 116 | Turn Me On, Dammit! | $1,634 | $1,546 | 94.6% | $88 | 5.4% | 1 | 11 | New Yorker Films | - | false |
| 117 | The Color Wheel | $1,505 | $1,142 | 75.9% | $363 | 24.1% | 2 | 4 | Cinema Conservancy | - | false |
| 118 | Hide Away | $1,430 | $981 | 68.6% | $449 | 31.4% | 2 | 3 | - | - | false |
| 119 | Patagonia Rising | $1,392 | $981 | 70.5% | $411 | 29.5% | 1 | 1 | First Run | - | false |
| 120 | The Turin Horse | $1,324 | $812 | 61.3% | $512 | 38.7% | 2 | 18 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 121 | Small, Beautifully Moving Parts | $1,301 | $216 | 16.6% | $1,085 | 83.4% | 1 | 5 | Long Shot Factory | - | false |
| 122 | The Hunter | $1,292 | $1,055 | 81.7% | $237 | 18.3% | 4 | 10 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 123 | Crazy Wisdom: The Life & Times of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche | $1,149 | $1,149 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 29 | - | - | false |
| 124 | Once Upon a Time in Anatolia | $1,126 | $922 | 81.9% | $204 | 18.1% | 1 | 24 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 125 | This Is Not a Film | $888 | $888 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 16 | Palisades Tartan | - | false |
| 126 | The Loving Story | $700 | $448 | 64% | $252 | 36% | 1 | 1 | Icarus Films | - | false |
| 127 | How to Grow a Band | $648 | $599 | 92.4% | $49 | 7.6% | 2 | 9 | International Film Circuit | - | false |
| 128 | The Devil, Probably | $568 | $568 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 22 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| 129 | Payback | $553 | $206 | 37.2% | $347 | 62.8% | 1 | 8 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 130 | Otter 501 | $502 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | Paladin | - | false |
| 131 | The Green Ray 2011 Re-release | $424 | $424 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 54 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| 132 | The Bride Wore Black | $403 | $277 | 68.7% | $126 | 31.3% | 1 | 32 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| 133 | Boy | $392 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 15 | Unison Films | - | false |
| 134 | The Day He Arrives | $387 | $213 | 55% | $174 | 45% | 1 | 8 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 135 | Galapagos | $335 | $28 | 8.4% | $307 | 91.6% | 3 | 659 | IMAX | - | false |
| 136 | Never Stand Still | $314 | $231 | 73.6% | $83 | 26.4% | 1 | 4 | First Run | - | false |
| 137 | Keyhole | $228 | $42 | 18.4% | $186 | 81.6% | 1 | 10 | Monterey Media | - | false |
| 138 | The Long Day Closes | $200 | $200 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 15 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| 139 | Lost Bohemia | $65 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 56 | Long Shot Factory | - | false |
| - | Salmon Fishing in the Yemen | - | - | - | - | - | 47 | 14 | CBS Films | - | false |
| - | Albert Nobbs | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 20 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| - | Bonsai | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| - | The Highest Pass | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Cinema Libre Studio | - | false |
| - | Whores' Glory | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| - | The Extraordinary Voyage | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18 | Flicker Alley | - | false |
| - | The Beat Hotel | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | First Run | - | false |
