| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Taken 2 | $28,312,617 | $21,873,127 | 77.3% | $6,439,490 | 22.7% | 3,706 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 2 | Argo | $26,566,489 | $19,458,109 | 73.2% | $7,108,380 | 26.8% | 3,232 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 3 | Sinister | $22,920,168 | $18,007,634 | 78.6% | $4,912,534 | 21.4% | 2,527 | 1 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 4 | Hotel Transylvania | $20,628,338 | $17,241,317 | 83.6% | $3,387,021 | 16.4% | 3,375 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 5 | Here Comes the Boom | $14,724,328 | $11,816,596 | 80.2% | $2,907,732 | 19.8% | 3,014 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 6 | Pitch Perfect | $12,011,885 | $9,266,940 | 77.2% | $2,744,945 | 22.8% | 2,787 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Frankenweenie | $8,888,753 | $7,054,334 | 79.4% | $1,834,419 | 20.6% | 3,005 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Looper | $8,497,707 | $6,201,665 | 73% | $2,296,042 | 27% | 2,605 | 3 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Seven Psychopaths | $5,887,992 | $4,174,915 | 70.9% | $1,713,077 | 29.1% | 1,480 | 1 | CBS Films | - | false |
| 10 | The Perks of Being a Wallflower | $2,985,180 | $2,150,064 | 72% | $835,116 | 28% | 726 | 4 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 11 | End of Watch | $2,396,587 | $1,702,048 | 71% | $694,539 | 29% | 1,551 | 4 | Open Road Films (II) | - | false |
| 12 | Atlas Shrugged II: The Strike | $2,246,070 | $1,751,572 | 78% | $494,498 | 22% | 1,012 | 1 | Atlas Distribution Company | - | false |
| 13 | Trouble with the Curve | $2,137,109 | $1,555,388 | 72.8% | $581,721 | 27.2% | 1,812 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 14 | House at the End of the Street | $1,628,560 | $1,310,343 | 80.5% | $318,217 | 19.5% | 1,866 | 4 | Relativity Media | - | false |
| 15 | The Master | $1,120,628 | $813,379 | 72.6% | $307,249 | 27.4% | 682 | 5 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 16 | The Dark Knight Rises | $715,961 | $511,399 | 71.4% | $204,562 | 28.6% | 465 | 13 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 17 | Brave | $629,392 | $469,731 | 74.6% | $159,661 | 25.4% | 276 | 17 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 18 | English Vinglish | $522,361 | $437,949 | 83.8% | $84,412 | 16.2% | 88 | 2 | Eros Worldwide | - | false |
| 19 | Finding Nemo 2012 3D Release | $509,915 | $387,942 | 76.1% | $121,973 | 23.9% | 480 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 20 | Arbitrage | $464,237 | $343,260 | 73.9% | $120,977 | 26.1% | 194 | 5 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 21 | Resident Evil: Retribution | $340,897 | $240,285 | 70.5% | $100,612 | 29.5% | 349 | 5 | Screen Gems | - | false |
| 22 | Ice Age: Continental Drift | $290,988 | $229,297 | 78.8% | $61,691 | 21.2% | 237 | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 23 | Searching for Sugar Man | $276,230 | $190,822 | 69.1% | $85,408 | 30.9% | 157 | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 24 | Won't Back Down | $223,898 | $138,709 | 62% | $85,189 | 38% | 513 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 25 | The Bourne Legacy | $219,385 | $160,460 | 73.1% | $58,925 | 26.9% | 245 | 10 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 26 | The Thieves | $207,971 | $136,993 | 65.9% | $70,978 | 34.1% | 11 | 1 | Well Go USA Entertainment | - | false |
| 27 | The Possession | $204,305 | $161,024 | 78.8% | $43,281 | 21.2% | 369 | 7 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 28 | The Odd Life of Timothy Green | $192,481 | $141,692 | 73.6% | $50,789 | 26.4% | 279 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 29 | Premium Rush | $191,569 | $90,957 | 47.5% | $100,612 | 52.5% | 163 | 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 30 | Samsara | $170,062 | $105,507 | 62% | $64,555 | 38% | 51 | 8 | Oscilloscope | - | false |
| 31 | Dredd | $169,473 | $107,349 | 63.3% | $62,124 | 36.7% | 155 | 4 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 32 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days | $153,381 | $122,193 | 79.7% | $31,188 | 20.3% | 176 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 33 | To the Arctic 3D | $148,662 | $87,589 | 58.9% | $61,073 | 41.1% | 52 | 26 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 34 | Ted | $142,790 | $95,655 | 67% | $47,135 | 33% | 145 | 16 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 35 | The Paperboy | $141,764 | $96,111 | 67.8% | $45,653 | 32.2% | 49 | 2 | Millennium Entertainment | - | false |
| 36 | ParaNorman | $139,168 | $109,865 | 78.9% | $29,303 | 21.1% | 176 | 9 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 37 | Hope Springs | $126,290 | $87,170 | 69% | $39,120 | 31% | 215 | 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 38 | Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted | $111,374 | $86,625 | 77.8% | $24,749 | 22.2% | 122 | 19 | DreamWorks | - | false |
| 39 | The Expendables 2 | $92,212 | $65,968 | 71.5% | $26,244 | 28.5% | 146 | 9 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 40 | Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel | $90,730 | $55,809 | 61.5% | $34,921 | 38.5% | 17 | 4 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 41 | The Intouchables | $82,242 | $54,346 | 66.1% | $27,896 | 33.9% | 59 | 21 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 42 | Lawless | $81,554 | $59,746 | 73.3% | $21,808 | 26.7% | 287 | 8 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 43 | Masquerade | $76,165 | - | - | - | - | 11 | 4 | CJ Entertainment | - | false |
| 44 | Hubble | $74,944 | $33,748 | 45% | $41,196 | 55% | 15 | 135 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 45 | Middle of Nowhere | $73,192 | $67,909 | 92.8% | $5,283 | 7.2% | 6 | 1 | - | - | false |
| 46 | Sleepwalk with Me | $71,705 | $48,564 | 67.7% | $23,141 | 32.3% | 58 | 8 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 47 | The Campaign | $64,667 | $44,265 | 68.4% | $20,402 | 31.6% | 101 | 10 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 48 | The Oranges | $63,967 | $44,207 | 69.1% | $19,760 | 30.9% | 56 | 2 | ATO Pictures | - | false |
| 49 | Born to Be Wild | $55,803 | $28,853 | 51.7% | $26,950 | 48.3% | 30 | 80 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 50 | Moonrise Kingdom | $54,153 | $35,673 | 65.9% | $18,480 | 34.1% | 56 | 21 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 51 | Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough | $51,107 | - | - | - | - | 18 | 54 | National Geographic Entertainment | - | false |
| 52 | The Amazing Spider-Man | $50,848 | $50,848 | 100% | $0 | - | 73 | 16 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 53 | Barfi! | $47,123 | $37,233 | 79% | $9,890 | 21% | 34 | 5 | UTV Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 54 | Beasts of the Southern Wild | $42,226 | $25,255 | 59.8% | $16,971 | 40.2% | 36 | 17 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 55 | Burn | $41,160 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 13 | - | - | false |
| 56 | Smashed | $38,650 | $26,943 | 69.7% | $11,707 | 30.3% | 4 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 57 | The Other Dream Team | $37,205 | $27,836 | 74.8% | $9,369 | 25.2% | 12 | 3 | The Film Arcade | - | false |
| 58 | The House I Live In | $36,720 | $21,487 | 58.5% | $15,233 | 41.5% | 8 | 2 | Abramorama | - | false |
| 59 | Space Station 3D | $34,691 | $10,745 | 31% | $23,946 | 69% | 1 | 548 | IMAX | - | false |
| 60 | Liberal Arts | $25,618 | $18,291 | 71.4% | $7,327 | 28.6% | 25 | 5 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 61 | Robot & Frank | $25,271 | $16,659 | 65.9% | $8,612 | 34.1% | 34 | 9 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 62 | Detropia | $23,946 | $16,200 | 67.6% | $7,746 | 32.4% | 11 | 6 | Loki Films | - | false |
| 63 | The Big Picture 2012 Re-release | $21,134 | $13,760 | 65.1% | $7,374 | 34.9% | 2 | 1 | MPI Media Group | - | false |
| 64 | To Rome with Love | $20,105 | $15,320 | 76.2% | $4,785 | 23.8% | 24 | 17 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 65 | Bill W. | $19,637 | - | - | - | - | 10 | 22 | Page 124 Productions | - | false |
| 66 | V/H/S | $17,888 | $12,333 | 69% | $5,555 | 31% | 18 | 2 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 67 | Least Among Saints | $17,059 | $15,774 | 92.5% | $1,285 | 7.5% | 3 | 1 | Brainstorm Media | - | false |
| 68 | Deep Sea | $16,856 | $11,484 | 68.1% | $5,372 | 31.9% | 2 | 346 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 69 | Ruby Sparks | $16,462 | $11,689 | 71% | $4,773 | 29% | 15 | 13 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 70 | How to Survive a Plague | $16,164 | $10,779 | 66.7% | $5,385 | 33.3% | 9 | 4 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 71 | Somewhere Between | $15,647 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 8 | Long Shot Factory | - | false |
| 72 | The Queen of Versailles | $15,102 | $9,205 | 61% | $5,897 | 39% | 17 | 13 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 73 | Wuthering Heights | $14,859 | $8,803 | 59.2% | $6,056 | 40.8% | 4 | 2 | Oscilloscope | - | false |
| 74 | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | $14,605 | $8,774 | 60.1% | $5,831 | 39.9% | 9 | 24 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 75 | Simon & the Oaks | $14,272 | $9,964 | 69.8% | $4,308 | 30.2% | 1 | 1 | The Film Arcade | - | false |
| 76 | The Watch | $13,291 | $10,844 | 81.6% | $2,447 | 18.4% | 14 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 77 | Keep the Lights On | $12,368 | $11,086 | 89.6% | $1,282 | 10.4% | 6 | 6 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 78 | Farewell, My Queen | $11,850 | $5,461 | 46.1% | $6,389 | 53.9% | 10 | 14 | Cohen Media Group | - | false |
| 79 | Trade of Innocents | $10,808 | $7,740 | 71.6% | $3,068 | 28.4% | 3 | 2 | Monterey Media | - | false |
| 80 | Special Forces | $10,759 | $10,759 | 100% | $0 | - | 5 | 1 | Entertainment One | - | false |
| 81 | Thaandavam | $10,365 | $8,223 | 79.3% | $2,142 | 20.7% | 3 | 3 | UTV Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 82 | Safety Not Guaranteed | $9,373 | $6,208 | 66.2% | $3,165 | 33.8% | 18 | 19 | FilmDistrict | - | false |
| 83 | Holy Motors | $8,814 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | Indomina Releasing | - | false |
| 84 | Tristana | $8,533 | $4,754 | 55.7% | $3,779 | 44.3% | 1 | 1 | Cohen Media Group | - | false |
| 85 | Celeste & Jesse Forever | $8,491 | $6,252 | 73.6% | $2,239 | 26.4% | 15 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 86 | Under the Sea 3D | $8,461 | $5,562 | 65.7% | $2,899 | 34.3% | 5 | 192 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 87 | Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare | $8,100 | $3,830 | 47.3% | $4,270 | 52.7% | 6 | 2 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 88 | The Iran Job | $7,960 | $3,350 | 42.1% | $4,610 | 57.9% | 1 | 3 | Film Movement | - | false |
| 89 | Sister | $7,922 | $4,083 | 51.5% | $3,839 | 48.5% | 2 | 2 | Adopt Films | - | false |
| 90 | Little White Lies | $7,200 | $5,711 | 79.3% | $1,489 | 20.7% | - | 8 | MPI Media Group | - | false |
| 91 | War of the Buttons | $7,026 | $4,737 | 67.4% | $2,289 | 32.6% | 5 | 1 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 92 | Entre les Bras | $6,708 | $3,692 | 55% | $3,016 | 45% | 5 | 5 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 93 | Chicken with Plums | $6,360 | $4,452 | 70% | $1,908 | 30% | 11 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 94 | Gayby | $6,302 | $4,792 | 76% | $1,510 | 24% | 1 | 1 | The Film Collaborative | - | false |
| 95 | Bless Me, Ultima | $5,591 | - | - | - | - | - | - | Arenas Entertainment | - | false |
| 96 | The Well-Digger's Daughter | $5,126 | $4,252 | 83% | $874 | 17% | 3 | 13 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| 97 | Wild Horse, Wild Ride | $5,080 | $5,080 | 100% | $0 | - | 5 | 8 | Screen Media Films | - | false |
| 98 | Photographic Memory | $4,250 | $3,006 | 70.7% | $1,244 | 29.3% | 2 | 1 | First Run | - | false |
| 99 | Killer Joe | $3,805 | $3,805 | 100% | $0 | - | 13 | 12 | LD Entertainment | - | false |
| 100 | The Revisionaries | $3,637 | $2,687 | 73.9% | $950 | 26.1% | 2 | 2 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| 101 | Elena | $3,362 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 23 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 102 | Wake in Fright 2012 Re-release | $3,054 | $2,079 | 68.1% | $975 | 31.9% | 4 | 2 | Drafthouse Films | - | false |
| 103 | Bel Borba Aqui | $2,897 | $2,455 | 84.7% | $442 | 15.3% | 1 | 3 | Producers Distribution Agency (PDA) | - | false |
| 104 | Two Days in New York | $2,886 | $2,581 | 89.4% | $305 | 10.6% | 5 | 10 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 105 | The Waiting Room | $2,688 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | International Film Circuit | - | false |
| 106 | Unforgivable | $2,527 | $2,047 | 81% | $480 | 19% | 2 | 16 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 107 | Compliance | $2,144 | $1,555 | 72.5% | $589 | 27.5% | 5 | 9 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 108 | Grand Illusion | $2,068 | $1,070 | 51.7% | $998 | 48.3% | 1 | 23 | Rialto Pictures | - | false |
| 109 | Split: A Deeper Divide | $2,000 | $2,338 | 116.9% | $-338 | - | 1 | 1 | Feature Presentations Releasing | - | false |
| 110 | Hello I Must Be Going | $1,650 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 6 | Oscilloscope | - | false |
| 111 | Red Hook Summer | $1,618 | $1,030 | 63.7% | $588 | 36.3% | 3 | 10 | Variance Films | - | false |
| 112 | Hellbound? | $1,554 | $224 | 14.4% | $1,330 | 85.6% | 1 | 4 | Area 23a | - | false |
| 113 | Head Games | $1,287 | $630 | 49% | $657 | 51% | 2 | 4 | Variance Films | - | false |
| 114 | Girl Model | $1,080 | $645 | 59.7% | $435 | 40.3% | 1 | 7 | First Run | - | false |
| 115 | Nobody Else But You | $1,071 | $611 | 57% | $460 | 43% | 1 | 23 | First Run | - | false |
| 116 | Husbands in Goa | $1,010 | $1,010 | 100% | $0 | - | 2 | 4 | UTV Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 117 | Vulgaria | $981 | $638 | 65% | $343 | 35% | 1 | 3 | China Lion Film Distribution | - | false |
| 118 | 5 Broken Cameras | $950 | $741 | 78% | $209 | 22% | 2 | 21 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| 119 | Now, Forager | $935 | $453 | 48.4% | $482 | 51.6% | 2 | 3 | Argot Pictures | - | false |
| 120 | Neil Young Journeys | $891 | $453 | 50.8% | $438 | 49.2% | 2 | 16 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 121 | Toys in the Attic 2012 Re-release | $823 | $823 | 100% | $0 | - | 5 | 6 | Hannover House | - | false |
| 122 | Breathing | $724 | $316 | 43.6% | $408 | 56.4% | 2 | 7 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| 123 | Bringing Up Bobby | $479 | $355 | 74.1% | $124 | 25.9% | 2 | 3 | Monterey Media | - | false |
| 124 | Galapagos | $463 | $321 | 69.3% | $142 | 30.7% | 1 | 677 | IMAX | - | false |
| 125 | Sushi: The Global Catch | $435 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 11 | - | - | false |
| 126 | The Invisible War | $411 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 17 | Cinedigm Entertainment Group | - | false |
| 127 | Le Amiche | $386 | $386 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 122 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| 128 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $262 | $262 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 369 | IMAX | - | false |
| 129 | Alps | $251 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 14 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| 130 | The Bride Wore Black | $230 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 50 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| 131 | This Is Not a Film | $208 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 34 | Palisades Tartan | - | false |
| 132 | You've Been Trumped | $133 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 11 | International Film Circuit | - | false |
| 133 | Headshot | $84 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| 134 | Radio Unnameable | $68 | $68 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 5 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| - | Butter | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | 2 | RADiUS-TWC | - | false |
| - | 3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 1 | Variance Films | - | false |
| - | My Uncle Rafael | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Rocky Mountain Pictures | - | false |
| - | For Ellen | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Tribeca Films | - | false |
| - | Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | Tribeca Films | - | false |
| - | Side by Side | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | Tribeca Films | - | false |
| - | The Eye of the Storm | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Sycamore Entertainment Group | - | false |
| - | The Color Wheel | - | - | - | - | - | - | 22 | Cinema Conservancy | - | false |
| - | Kumaré | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| - | We Won't Grow Old Together | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | The Film Desk | - | false |
