| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 | $53,457,834 | $43,641,448 | 81.6% | $9,816,386 | 18.4% | 4,070 | 2 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 2 | Skyfall | $43,388,040 | $35,502,973 | 81.8% | $7,885,067 | 18.2% | 3,526 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 3 | Lincoln | $33,025,090 | $25,676,413 | 77.8% | $7,348,677 | 22.2% | 2,018 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Life of Pi | $28,239,554 | $22,451,514 | 79.5% | $5,788,040 | 20.5% | 2,927 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 5 | Rise of the Guardians | $26,879,628 | $23,773,465 | 88.4% | $3,106,163 | 11.6% | 3,653 | 2 | DreamWorks | - | false |
| 6 | Wreck-It Ralph | $18,530,233 | $16,572,669 | 89.4% | $1,957,564 | 10.6% | 3,259 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Red Dawn | $17,360,214 | $14,276,668 | 82.2% | $3,083,546 | 17.8% | 2,724 | 2 | FilmDistrict | - | false |
| 8 | Flight | $10,718,990 | $8,451,144 | 78.8% | $2,267,846 | 21.2% | 2,638 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Silver Linings Playbook | $5,823,883 | $4,383,669 | 75.3% | $1,440,214 | 24.7% | 367 | 2 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 10 | Argo | $4,783,266 | $3,865,158 | 80.8% | $918,108 | 19.2% | 1,255 | 7 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 11 | Anna Karenina | $1,222,777 | $896,258 | 73.3% | $326,519 | 26.7% | 66 | 2 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 12 | Taken 2 | $1,168,619 | $950,043 | 81.3% | $218,576 | 18.7% | 763 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 13 | The Sessions | $1,042,892 | $724,025 | 69.4% | $318,867 | 30.6% | 515 | 6 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Pitch Perfect | $856,110 | $715,865 | 83.6% | $140,245 | 16.4% | 492 | 9 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Here Comes the Boom | $598,027 | $507,814 | 84.9% | $90,213 | 15.1% | 490 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 16 | Cloud Atlas | $571,355 | $422,095 | 73.9% | $149,260 | 26.1% | 258 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 17 | Jab Tak Hai Jaan | $536,918 | $536,918 | 100% | $0 | - | 164 | 3 | Yash Raj Films | - | false |
| 18 | The Perks of Being a Wallflower | $497,788 | $392,766 | 78.9% | $105,022 | 21.1% | 242 | 10 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 19 | Looper | $448,558 | $320,438 | 71.4% | $128,120 | 28.6% | 293 | 9 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 20 | Hotel Transylvania | $432,784 | $377,389 | 87.2% | $55,395 | 12.8% | 464 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 21 | Hitchcock | $378,882 | $287,715 | 75.9% | $91,167 | 24.1% | 17 | 1 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 22 | The Man with the Iron Fists | $291,150 | $209,115 | 71.8% | $82,035 | 28.2% | 205 | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 23 | Brave | $217,542 | $187,165 | 86% | $30,377 | 14% | 190 | 23 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 24 | A Late Quartet | $183,184 | $132,908 | 72.6% | $50,276 | 27.4% | 88 | 4 | Entertainment One | - | false |
| 25 | The Odd Life of Timothy Green | $166,139 | $133,816 | 80.5% | $32,323 | 19.5% | 172 | 16 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 26 | Son of Sardaar | $141,684 | $115,332 | 81.4% | $26,352 | 18.6% | 109 | 3 | Eros Worldwide | - | false |
| 27 | Alex Cross | $140,585 | $111,912 | 79.6% | $28,673 | 20.4% | 144 | 6 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 28 | Silent Hill: Revelation | $139,258 | $100,828 | 72.4% | $38,430 | 27.6% | 190 | 5 | Open Road Films (II) | - | false |
| 29 | Seven Psychopaths | $135,588 | $90,402 | 66.7% | $45,186 | 33.3% | 82 | 7 | CBS Films | - | false |
| 30 | A Royal Affair | $135,556 | $91,278 | 67.3% | $44,278 | 32.7% | 44 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 31 | Frankenweenie | $135,254 | $112,788 | 83.4% | $22,466 | 16.6% | 122 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 32 | Finding Nemo 2012 3D Release | $131,296 | $103,785 | 79% | $27,511 | 21% | 84 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 33 | Chasing Ice | $124,129 | $90,266 | 72.7% | $33,863 | 27.3% | 17 | 3 | Submarine Deluxe | - | false |
| 34 | To the Arctic 3D | $120,219 | $78,137 | 65% | $42,082 | 35% | 52 | 32 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 35 | Ice Age: Continental Drift | $117,919 | $104,254 | 88.4% | $13,665 | 11.6% | 109 | 20 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 36 | Sinister | $115,245 | $91,621 | 79.5% | $23,624 | 20.5% | 127 | 7 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 37 | ParaNorman | $113,410 | $96,817 | 85.4% | $16,593 | 14.6% | 134 | 15 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 38 | The Other Son | $105,537 | $79,252 | 75.1% | $26,285 | 24.9% | 40 | 5 | Cohen Media Group | - | false |
| 39 | Fun Size | $100,039 | $83,646 | 83.6% | $16,393 | 16.4% | 144 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 40 | House at the End of the Street | $97,575 | $78,650 | 80.6% | $18,925 | 19.4% | 138 | 10 | Relativity Media | - | false |
| 41 | Trouble with the Curve | $97,219 | $73,022 | 75.1% | $24,197 | 24.9% | 140 | 10 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 42 | Hubble | $92,801 | $55,454 | 59.8% | $37,347 | 40.2% | 14 | 141 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 43 | The Dark Knight Rises | $89,032 | $70,463 | 79.1% | $18,569 | 20.9% | 108 | 19 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 44 | Chasing Mavericks | $87,098 | $69,415 | 79.7% | $17,683 | 20.3% | 60 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 45 | Searching for Sugar Man | $83,857 | $60,434 | 72.1% | $23,423 | 27.9% | 43 | 18 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 46 | The Polar Express 2012 IMAX Release | $80,385 | $73,514 | 91.4% | $6,871 | 8.6% | 15 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 47 | Holy Motors | $74,468 | $45,953 | 61.7% | $28,515 | 38.3% | 21 | 7 | Indomina Releasing | - | false |
| 48 | Paranormal Activity 4 | $67,976 | $52,915 | 77.8% | $15,061 | 22.2% | 108 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 49 | Born to Be Wild | $49,077 | $32,430 | 66.1% | $16,647 | 33.9% | 30 | 86 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 50 | Arbitrage | $47,645 | $33,605 | 70.5% | $14,040 | 29.5% | 48 | 11 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 51 | End of Watch | $44,337 | $32,020 | 72.2% | $12,317 | 27.8% | 34 | 10 | Open Road Films (II) | - | false |
| 52 | The Central Park Five | $43,892 | $30,570 | 69.6% | $13,322 | 30.4% | 3 | 1 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 53 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days | $43,452 | $39,358 | 90.6% | $4,094 | 9.4% | 59 | 17 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 54 | The Master | $43,005 | $29,675 | 69% | $13,330 | 31% | 25 | 11 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 55 | Rust and Bone | $40,321 | $27,154 | 67.3% | $13,167 | 32.7% | 2 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 56 | The Flat | $39,912 | $29,165 | 73.1% | $10,747 | 26.9% | 21 | 6 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 57 | Samsara | $33,292 | $21,562 | 64.8% | $11,730 | 35.2% | 22 | 14 | Oscilloscope | - | false |
| 58 | Space Station 3D | $32,262 | $19,160 | 59.4% | $13,102 | 40.6% | 2 | 554 | IMAX | - | false |
| 59 | Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel | $27,092 | $18,291 | 67.5% | $8,801 | 32.5% | 15 | 10 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 60 | Masquerade | $24,187 | $18,104 | 74.8% | $6,083 | 25.2% | 5 | 10 | CJ Entertainment | - | false |
| 61 | Brooklyn Castle | $22,938 | $16,004 | 69.8% | $6,934 | 30.2% | 8 | 6 | Producers Distribution Agency (PDA) | - | false |
| 62 | Smashed | $22,218 | $13,082 | 58.9% | $9,136 | 41.1% | 30 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 63 | Deep Sea | $21,733 | $15,328 | 70.5% | $6,405 | 29.5% | 4 | 352 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 64 | This Must Be the Place | $20,900 | $15,336 | 73.4% | $5,564 | 26.6% | 8 | 4 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 65 | Bless Me, Ultima | $17,028 | - | - | - | - | - | - | Arenas Entertainment | - | false |
| 66 | The Loneliest Planet | $12,139 | $7,651 | 63% | $4,488 | 37% | 7 | 5 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 67 | Somewhere Between | $12,119 | $2,120 | 17.5% | $9,999 | 82.5% | 2 | 14 | Long Shot Factory | - | false |
| 68 | The Comedy | $9,550 | $8,100 | 84.8% | $1,450 | 15.2% | 3 | 3 | Tribeca Films | - | false |
| 69 | The Imposter | $8,755 | $4,962 | 56.7% | $3,793 | 43.3% | 5 | 20 | Indomina Releasing | - | false |
| 70 | Lawless | $8,371 | $5,535 | 66.1% | $2,836 | 33.9% | 11 | 14 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 71 | Under the Sea 3D | $8,368 | $6,258 | 74.8% | $2,110 | 25.2% | 8 | 198 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 72 | Detropia | $8,154 | $5,872 | 72% | $2,282 | 28% | 5 | 12 | Loki Films | - | false |
| 73 | Atlas Shrugged II: The Strike | $6,996 | $4,766 | 68.1% | $2,230 | 31.9% | 35 | 7 | Atlas Distribution Company | - | false |
| 74 | Dangerous Liaisons | $6,902 | $4,558 | 66% | $2,344 | 34% | 4 | 3 | Well Go USA Entertainment | - | false |
| 75 | Starlet | $6,510 | $4,602 | 70.7% | $1,908 | 29.3% | 6 | 3 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 76 | The Big Picture 2012 Re-release | $6,392 | $4,454 | 69.7% | $1,938 | 30.3% | 2 | 7 | MPI Media Group | - | false |
| 77 | Tristana | $6,053 | $4,153 | 68.6% | $1,900 | 31.4% | 2 | 7 | Cohen Media Group | - | false |
| 78 | The Law in These Parts | $5,959 | $2,827 | 47.4% | $3,132 | 52.6% | 1 | 2 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 79 | Chicken with Plums | $5,869 | $3,311 | 56.4% | $2,558 | 43.6% | 10 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 80 | Beware of Mr. Baker | $4,553 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | SnagFilms | - | false |
| 81 | Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare | $3,560 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 8 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 82 | The Intouchables | $3,322 | $7,755 | 233.4% | $-4,433 | - | 26 | 27 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 83 | Orchestra of Exiles | $3,320 | $1,660 | 50% | $1,660 | 50% | 2 | 5 | First Run | - | false |
| 84 | Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters | $3,272 | $1,584 | 48.4% | $1,688 | 51.6% | 3 | 4 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 85 | Price Check | $3,059 | $1,886 | 61.6% | $1,173 | 38.4% | 2 | 2 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 86 | Robot & Frank | $2,774 | $2,233 | 80.5% | $541 | 19.5% | 3 | 15 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 87 | When the Iron Bird Flies: Tibetan Buddhism Arrives in the West | $2,761 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | - | - | false |
| 88 | Wuthering Heights | $2,623 | $2,103 | 80.2% | $520 | 19.8% | 8 | 8 | Oscilloscope | - | false |
| 89 | The Well-Digger's Daughter | $2,591 | $2,418 | 93.3% | $173 | 6.7% | 2 | 19 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| 90 | 28 Hotel Rooms | $2,496 | $1,424 | 57% | $1,072 | 43% | 3 | 3 | Oscilloscope | - | false |
| 91 | Kumaré | $2,205 | $2,205 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 24 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| 92 | Middle of Nowhere | $2,155 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 7 | - | - | false |
| 93 | Hitler's Children | $1,972 | $1,972 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 2 | Film Movement | - | false |
| 94 | Sister | $1,739 | $1,199 | 69% | $540 | 31% | 3 | 8 | Adopt Films | - | false |
| 95 | The House I Live In | $1,581 | $971 | 61.4% | $610 | 38.6% | 1 | 8 | Abramorama | - | false |
| 96 | Wake in Fright 2012 Re-release | $1,545 | $859 | 55.6% | $686 | 44.4% | 4 | 8 | Drafthouse Films | - | false |
| 97 | Bill W. | $1,538 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 28 | Page 124 Productions | - | false |
| 98 | The Thieves | $1,305 | $871 | 66.7% | $434 | 33.3% | 1 | 7 | Well Go USA Entertainment | - | false |
| 99 | Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 1: Beginnings | $1,240 | $1,240 | 100% | $0 | - | 2 | 6 | Eleven Arts | - | false |
| 100 | Tai Chi Zero | $1,090 | $1,090 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 6 | Variance Films | - | false |
| 101 | Grand Illusion | $928 | $928 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 29 | Rialto Pictures | - | false |
| 102 | Keep the Lights On | $730 | $435 | 59.6% | $295 | 40.4% | 2 | 12 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 103 | The Understudy | $604 | $604 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 37 | Indican Pictures | - | false |
| 104 | Gottfried Helnwein and the Dreaming Child | $601 | $402 | 66.9% | $199 | 33.1% | 1 | 1 | First Run | - | false |
| 105 | Radio Unnameable | $360 | $360 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 11 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| 106 | Entre les Bras | $353 | $343 | 97.2% | $10 | 2.8% | 1 | 11 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 107 | Citadel | $196 | $157 | 80.1% | $39 | 19.9% | 1 | 3 | Cinedigm Entertainment Group | - | false |
| 108 | The Worst Movie Ever! | $170 | $170 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 67 | Driving With Our Eyes Shut | - | false |
| 109 | Now, Forager | $153 | $153 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 9 | Argot Pictures | - | false |
| 110 | Galapagos | $138 | $20 | 14.5% | $118 | 85.5% | 1 | 683 | IMAX | - | false |
| 111 | Celeste & Jesse Forever | $105 | $70 | 66.7% | $35 | 33.3% | 1 | 17 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 112 | Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film | $65 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 17 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| 113 | Breathing | $31 | $31 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 13 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| - | The Details | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 4 | RADiUS-TWC | - | false |
| - | Liberal Arts | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | IFC Films | - | false |
| - | This Is Not a Film | - | - | - | - | - | - | 40 | Palisades Tartan | - | false |
| - | All Together | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| - | Alps | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| - | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | - | - | - | - | - | - | 375 | IMAX | - | false |
| - | Sleepwalk with Me | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | IFC Films | - | false |
| - | Neighboring Sounds | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| - | The Waiting Room | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | International Film Circuit | - | false |
| - | Girl Model | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | First Run | - | false |
