| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Brave | $97,673,691 | $66,323,594 | 67.9% | $31,350,097 | 32.1% | 4,164 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted | $30,822,800 | $19,712,315 | 64% | $11,110,485 | 36% | 3,920 | 3 | DreamWorks | - | false |
| 3 | Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter | $23,034,193 | $16,306,974 | 70.8% | $6,727,219 | 29.2% | 3,108 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 4 | Prometheus | $14,790,168 | $9,905,670 | 67% | $4,884,498 | 33% | 2,862 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 5 | Snow White and the Huntsman | $12,143,200 | $8,085,630 | 66.6% | $4,057,570 | 33.4% | 2,919 | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | That's My Boy | $11,898,365 | $7,630,411 | 64.1% | $4,267,954 | 35.9% | 3,030 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 7 | Rock of Ages | $11,418,323 | $7,655,377 | 67% | $3,762,946 | 33% | 3,470 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 8 | The Avengers | $10,835,292 | $7,177,661 | 66.2% | $3,657,631 | 33.8% | 2,230 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Men in Black³ | $9,001,135 | $5,726,756 | 63.6% | $3,274,379 | 36.4% | 2,462 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 10 | Seeking a Friend for the End of the World | $5,549,780 | $3,822,803 | 68.9% | $1,726,977 | 31.1% | 1,625 | 1 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 11 | Moonrise Kingdom | $5,319,719 | $3,394,430 | 63.8% | $1,925,289 | 36.2% | 395 | 5 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 12 | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | $2,565,555 | $1,628,624 | 63.5% | $936,931 | 36.5% | 741 | 8 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | The Hunger Games | $1,031,985 | $624,818 | 60.6% | $407,167 | 39.4% | 414 | 14 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 14 | Battleship | $794,770 | $519,305 | 65.3% | $275,465 | 34.7% | 483 | 6 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Bernie | $727,392 | $487,405 | 67% | $239,987 | 33% | 220 | 9 | Millennium Entertainment | - | false |
| 16 | Safety Not Guaranteed | $703,322 | $473,110 | 67.3% | $230,212 | 32.7% | 129 | 3 | FilmDistrict | - | false |
| 17 | The Dictator | $617,944 | $380,964 | 61.6% | $236,980 | 38.4% | 316 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 18 | What to Expect When You're Expecting | $567,036 | $364,296 | 64.2% | $202,740 | 35.8% | 411 | 6 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 19 | Teri Meri Kahaani | $550,585 | $405,926 | 73.7% | $144,659 | 26.3% | 94 | 1 | Eros Worldwide | - | false |
| 20 | To Rome with Love | $540,672 | $361,359 | 66.8% | $179,313 | 33.2% | 5 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 21 | The Intouchables | $519,858 | $346,708 | 66.7% | $173,150 | 33.3% | 74 | 5 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 22 | To the Arctic 3D | $455,305 | $202,320 | 44.4% | $252,985 | 55.6% | 52 | 10 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 23 | Think Like a Man | $408,735 | $257,677 | 63% | $151,058 | 37% | 238 | 10 | Screen Gems | - | false |
| 24 | Dark Shadows | $394,698 | $260,447 | 66% | $134,251 | 34% | 302 | 7 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 25 | Outlaws | $373,916 | $245,907 | 65.8% | $128,009 | 34.2% | 160 | 4 | Arc Entertainment | - | false |
| 26 | The Lorax | $368,445 | $205,925 | 55.9% | $162,520 | 44.1% | 234 | 17 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 27 | Your Sister's Sister | $292,737 | $201,094 | 68.7% | $91,643 | 31.3% | 47 | 2 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 28 | Mirror Mirror | $280,739 | $155,635 | 55.4% | $125,104 | 44.6% | 222 | 13 | Relativity Media | - | false |
| 29 | 21 Jump Street | $243,412 | $148,461 | 61% | $94,951 | 39% | 160 | 15 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 30 | Hysteria | $240,291 | $150,363 | 62.6% | $89,928 | 37.4% | 136 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 31 | The Cabin in the Woods | $228,360 | $138,642 | 60.7% | $89,718 | 39.3% | 196 | 11 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 32 | Chernobyl Diaries | $223,845 | $137,670 | 61.5% | $86,175 | 38.5% | 240 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 33 | The Lucky One | $205,877 | $121,548 | 59% | $84,329 | 41% | 202 | 10 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 34 | The Three Stooges | $193,875 | $114,004 | 58.8% | $79,871 | 41.2% | 154 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 35 | Peace, Love & Misunderstanding | $120,880 | $75,453 | 62.4% | $45,427 | 37.6% | 67 | 3 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 36 | Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough | $117,247 | - | - | - | - | 27 | 38 | National Geographic Entertainment | - | false |
| 37 | Born to Be Wild | $113,405 | $53,131 | 46.8% | $60,274 | 53.2% | 33 | 64 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 38 | The Raven | $113,212 | $67,353 | 59.5% | $45,859 | 40.5% | 133 | 9 | Relativity Media | - | false |
| 39 | Hubble | $108,798 | $49,683 | 45.7% | $59,115 | 54.3% | 18 | 119 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 40 | Journey 2: The Mysterious Island | $108,315 | $60,266 | 55.6% | $48,049 | 44.4% | 85 | 20 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 41 | The Pirates! Band of Misfits | $107,794 | $64,445 | 59.8% | $43,349 | 40.2% | 115 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 42 | Ferrari Ki Sawaari | $90,158 | $69,018 | 76.6% | $21,140 | 23.4% | 99 | 2 | Eros Worldwide | - | false |
| 43 | Chimpanzee | $84,970 | $50,236 | 59.1% | $34,734 | 40.9% | 82 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 44 | Wrath of the Titans | $75,203 | $45,546 | 60.6% | $29,657 | 39.4% | 70 | 13 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 45 | Lola Versus | $72,815 | $46,302 | 63.6% | $26,513 | 36.4% | 50 | 3 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 46 | Space Station 3D | $57,824 | $23,884 | 41.3% | $33,940 | 58.7% | 3 | 532 | IMAX | - | false |
| 47 | Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap | $56,370 | $36,979 | 65.6% | $19,391 | 34.4% | 16 | 2 | Indomina Releasing | - | false |
| 48 | Monsieur Lazhar | $52,917 | $33,522 | 63.4% | $19,395 | 36.6% | 28 | 11 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 49 | Headhunters | $52,214 | $38,224 | 73.2% | $13,990 | 26.8% | 31 | 9 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 50 | Beasts of the Southern Wild | $51,211 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 51 | John Carter | $49,075 | $29,654 | 60.4% | $19,421 | 39.6% | 43 | 16 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 52 | Under the Sea 3D | $41,931 | $15,603 | 37.2% | $26,328 | 62.8% | 11 | 176 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 53 | The Woman in the Fifth | $40,807 | $27,088 | 66.4% | $13,719 | 33.6% | 14 | 2 | ATO Pictures | - | false |
| 54 | First Position | $34,469 | $20,705 | 60.1% | $13,764 | 39.9% | 21 | 8 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 55 | Where Do We Go Now? | $34,105 | $16,986 | 49.8% | $17,119 | 50.2% | 18 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 56 | Deadly Renovations | $32,760 | $32,760 | 100% | $0 | - | 10 | 3 | Nocturnal Features | - | false |
| 57 | Sea Rex 3D: Journey to a Prehistoric World | $32,611 | $19,200 | 58.9% | $13,411 | 41.1% | 10 | 109 | 3D Entertainment | - | false |
| 58 | Jiro Dreams of Sushi | $27,586 | $15,946 | 57.8% | $11,640 | 42.2% | 15 | 16 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 59 | The Invisible War | $26,000 | $16,500 | 63.5% | $9,500 | 36.5% | 4 | 1 | Cinedigm Entertainment Group | - | false |
| 60 | Footnote | $22,458 | $14,246 | 63.4% | $8,212 | 36.6% | 22 | 16 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 61 | Darling Companion | $21,301 | $12,748 | 59.8% | $8,553 | 40.2% | 14 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 62 | Elena | $21,260 | $14,316 | 67.3% | $6,944 | 32.7% | 7 | 7 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 63 | Damsels in Distress | $20,522 | $13,768 | 67.1% | $6,754 | 32.9% | 19 | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 64 | Bill W. | $19,044 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 6 | Page 124 Productions | - | false |
| 65 | Dark Horse | $18,799 | $12,792 | 68% | $6,007 | 32% | 7 | 3 | Brainstorm Media | - | false |
| 66 | Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present | $17,138 | $7,407 | 43.2% | $9,731 | 56.8% | 1 | 3 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 67 | Kumaré | $16,594 | $9,601 | 57.9% | $6,993 | 42.1% | 2 | 2 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| 68 | A Cat in Paris | $16,569 | $10,483 | 63.3% | $6,086 | 36.7% | 10 | 4 | GKIDS | - | false |
| 69 | Bel Ami | $16,451 | $11,388 | 69.2% | $5,063 | 30.8% | 13 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 70 | 5 Broken Cameras | $15,878 | $8,731 | 55% | $7,147 | 45% | 6 | 5 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| 71 | Crooked Arrows | $15,738 | $9,116 | 57.9% | $6,622 | 42.1% | 25 | 6 | Branded Pictures Entertainment | - | false |
| 72 | Rowdy Rathore | $15,606 | $11,936 | 76.5% | $3,670 | 23.5% | 9 | 4 | UTV Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 73 | Marley | $15,306 | $8,244 | 53.9% | $7,062 | 46.1% | 9 | 10 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 74 | Paul Williams: Still Alive | $15,251 | $10,052 | 65.9% | $5,199 | 34.1% | 2 | 3 | Abramorama | - | false |
| 75 | Deep Sea | $15,094 | $6,962 | 46.1% | $8,132 | 53.9% | 1 | 330 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 76 | Gerhard Richter Painting | $12,286 | $6,352 | 51.7% | $5,934 | 48.3% | 4 | 16 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| 77 | I Wish | $11,114 | $7,705 | 69.3% | $3,409 | 30.7% | 12 | 7 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 78 | Beyond the Black Rainbow | $10,541 | $5,862 | 55.6% | $4,679 | 44.4% | 3 | 6 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 79 | Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story | $9,174 | $6,405 | 69.8% | $2,769 | 30.2% | 7 | 8 | International Film Circuit | - | false |
| 80 | Grand Illusion | $8,953 | $5,555 | 62% | $3,398 | 38% | 3 | 7 | Rialto Pictures | - | false |
| 81 | Oslo, August 31st | $8,688 | $5,561 | 64% | $3,127 | 36% | 4 | 5 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 82 | Grassroots | $7,486 | $6,497 | 86.8% | $989 | 13.2% | 1 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 83 | The Deep Blue Sea | $6,881 | $4,714 | 68.5% | $2,167 | 31.5% | 8 | 14 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 84 | Sound of My Voice | $6,287 | $3,886 | 61.8% | $2,401 | 38.2% | 6 | 9 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 85 | God Bless America | $4,977 | $3,322 | 66.8% | $1,655 | 33.2% | 5 | 7 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 86 | Lost Bohemia | $3,492 | $1,772 | 50.7% | $1,720 | 49.3% | 2 | 58 | Long Shot Factory | - | false |
| 87 | Surviving Progress | $2,975 | $2,155 | 72.4% | $820 | 27.6% | 2 | 12 | First Run | - | false |
| 88 | We Won't Grow Old Together | $2,921 | $1,425 | 48.8% | $1,496 | 51.2% | 1 | 3 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| 89 | Pink Ribbons, Inc. | $2,879 | $1,445 | 50.2% | $1,434 | 49.8% | 3 | 4 | First Run | - | false |
| 90 | Turn Me On, Dammit! | $2,801 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 13 | New Yorker Films | - | false |
| 91 | Elles | $2,331 | $1,355 | 58.1% | $976 | 41.9% | 1 | 9 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| 92 | The Color Wheel | $2,214 | $1,328 | 60% | $886 | 40% | 3 | 6 | Cinema Conservancy | - | false |
| 93 | The Extraordinary Voyage | $2,158 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 20 | Flicker Alley | - | false |
| 94 | Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview | $2,110 | $686 | 32.5% | $1,424 | 67.5% | 6 | 33 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 95 | Found Memories | $2,032 | $920 | 45.3% | $1,112 | 54.7% | 1 | 4 | Film Movement | - | false |
| 96 | The Raid: Redemption | $2,031 | $1,240 | 61% | $791 | 39% | 6 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 97 | Natural Selection | $2,013 | $1,079 | 53.6% | $934 | 46.4% | 1 | 15 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 98 | 6 Month Rule | $1,959 | $1,706 | 87.1% | $253 | 12.9% | 2 | 4 | Secret Identity Productions | - | false |
| 99 | Wish Me Away | $1,918 | $1,521 | 79.3% | $397 | 20.7% | 3 | 4 | First Run | - | false |
| 100 | Nobody Else But You | $1,901 | $672 | 35.4% | $1,229 | 64.6% | 4 | 7 | First Run | - | false |
| 101 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $1,376 | $1,376 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 714 | IMAX | - | false |
| 102 | OC87: The Obsessive Compulsive, Major Depression, Bipolar, Asperger's Movie | $1,299 | $866 | 66.7% | $433 | 33.3% | 2 | 5 | Fisher Klingenstein Films | - | false |
| 103 | Here | $1,130 | $737 | 65.2% | $393 | 34.8% | 1 | 11 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 104 | Boy | $1,032 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 17 | Unison Films | - | false |
| 105 | The Salt of Life | $861 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 17 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 106 | Payback | $827 | $536 | 64.8% | $291 | 35.2% | 1 | 10 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 107 | Otter 501 | $793 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 7 | Paladin | - | false |
| 108 | This Is Not a Film | $759 | $759 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 18 | Palisades Tartan | - | false |
| 109 | The Turin Horse | $752 | $618 | 82.2% | $134 | 17.8% | 2 | 20 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 110 | Attenberg | $747 | $498 | 66.7% | $249 | 33.3% | 1 | 16 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 111 | Hide Away | $670 | $459 | 68.5% | $211 | 31.5% | 1 | 5 | - | - | false |
| 112 | The Women on the 6th Floor | $647 | $425 | 65.7% | $222 | 34.3% | 1 | 38 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 113 | The Bride Wore Black | $487 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 34 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| 114 | Small, Beautifully Moving Parts | $469 | $332 | 70.8% | $137 | 29.2% | 1 | 7 | Long Shot Factory | - | false |
| 115 | Galapagos | $91 | $49 | 53.8% | $42 | 46.2% | 2 | 661 | IMAX | - | false |
| - | Bonsai | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| - | The Day He Arrives | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| - | Bully 2012 Re-release | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| - | The Fairy | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| - | Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog 2012 Re-release | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| - | Starry Starry Night | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | China Lion Film Distribution | - | false |
| - | How to Grow a Band | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | International Film Circuit | - | false |
| - | The Five-Year Engagement | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Never Stand Still | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | First Run | - | false |
| - | Celine and Julie Go Boating | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | New Yorker Films | - | false |
| - | Polisse | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | IFC Films | - | false |
| - | Corpo Celeste 2011 Re-release | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Film Movement | - | false |
| - | The Graduate 45th Anniversary Reunion | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | Rialto Pictures | - | false |
