| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 | $22,352,260 | $17,416,362 | 77.9% | $4,935,898 | 22.1% | 4,008 | 3 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 2 | Skyfall | $21,590,891 | $16,555,894 | 76.7% | $5,034,997 | 23.3% | 3,463 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 3 | Lincoln | $18,031,161 | $13,376,696 | 74.2% | $4,654,465 | 25.8% | 2,018 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Life of Pi | $16,256,388 | $12,151,853 | 74.8% | $4,104,535 | 25.2% | 2,928 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 5 | Rise of the Guardians | $15,926,321 | $13,388,852 | 84.1% | $2,537,469 | 15.9% | 3,672 | 3 | DreamWorks | - | false |
| 6 | Killing Them Softly | $9,023,737 | $6,812,900 | 75.5% | $2,210,837 | 24.5% | 2,424 | 1 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 7 | Wreck-It Ralph | $8,307,303 | $6,948,550 | 83.6% | $1,358,753 | 16.4% | 3,087 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Red Dawn | $8,232,107 | $6,500,245 | 79% | $1,731,862 | 21% | 2,781 | 3 | FilmDistrict | - | false |
| 9 | Flight | $6,085,400 | $4,479,067 | 73.6% | $1,606,333 | 26.4% | 2,603 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Silver Linings Playbook | $4,142,759 | $3,090,131 | 74.6% | $1,052,628 | 25.4% | 371 | 3 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 11 | The Collection | $3,967,673 | $3,104,269 | 78.2% | $863,404 | 21.8% | 1,403 | 1 | LD Entertainment | - | false |
| 12 | Anna Karenina | $3,196,832 | $2,245,570 | 70.2% | $951,262 | 29.8% | 384 | 3 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 13 | Argo | $2,697,252 | $2,010,349 | 74.5% | $686,903 | 25.5% | 1,043 | 8 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 14 | Talaash: The Answer Lies Within | $1,948,714 | $1,638,706 | 84.1% | $310,008 | 15.9% | 172 | 1 | Reliance Big Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Taken 2 | $617,498 | $467,975 | 75.8% | $149,523 | 24.2% | 496 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 16 | Hitchcock | $570,244 | $408,692 | 71.7% | $161,552 | 28.3% | 50 | 2 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 17 | Pitch Perfect | $499,470 | $387,070 | 77.5% | $112,400 | 22.5% | 403 | 10 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 18 | The Sessions | $480,503 | $333,315 | 69.4% | $147,188 | 30.6% | 226 | 7 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 19 | Cloud Atlas | $340,039 | $243,338 | 71.6% | $96,701 | 28.4% | 194 | 6 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 20 | Looper | $295,492 | $200,410 | 67.8% | $95,082 | 32.2% | 280 | 10 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 21 | The Perks of Being a Wallflower | $291,336 | $212,501 | 72.9% | $78,835 | 27.1% | 189 | 11 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 22 | Here Comes the Boom | $285,406 | $224,797 | 78.8% | $60,609 | 21.2% | 334 | 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 23 | Hotel Transylvania | $168,281 | $134,598 | 80% | $33,683 | 20% | 248 | 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 24 | Seven Psychopaths | $156,307 | $101,548 | 65% | $54,759 | 35% | 162 | 8 | CBS Films | - | false |
| 25 | Back to 1942 | $155,871 | $105,702 | 67.8% | $50,169 | 32.2% | 20 | 1 | China Lion Film Distribution | - | false |
| 26 | The Man with the Iron Fists | $152,140 | $102,575 | 67.4% | $49,565 | 32.6% | 174 | 5 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 27 | Chasing Ice | $145,705 | $94,300 | 64.7% | $51,405 | 35.3% | 32 | 4 | Submarine Deluxe | - | false |
| 28 | A Late Quartet | $138,198 | $93,371 | 67.6% | $44,827 | 32.4% | 74 | 5 | Entertainment One | - | false |
| 29 | Brave | $119,045 | $96,382 | 81% | $22,663 | 19% | 181 | 24 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 30 | The Odd Life of Timothy Green | $105,426 | $76,385 | 72.4% | $29,041 | 27.6% | 147 | 17 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 31 | Finding Nemo 2012 3D Release | $102,290 | $76,315 | 74.6% | $25,975 | 25.4% | 79 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 32 | Made In Mexico | $93,471 | $76,123 | 81.4% | $17,348 | 18.6% | 12 | 1 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 33 | A Royal Affair | $89,789 | $57,591 | 64.1% | $32,198 | 35.9% | 41 | 4 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 34 | The Other Son | $87,544 | $57,864 | 66.1% | $29,680 | 33.9% | 40 | 6 | Cohen Media Group | - | false |
| 35 | To the Arctic 3D | $87,280 | $51,268 | 58.7% | $36,012 | 41.3% | 52 | 33 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 36 | The Polar Express 2012 IMAX Release | $86,784 | $62,645 | 72.2% | $24,139 | 27.8% | 16 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 37 | Frankenweenie | $74,839 | $57,056 | 76.2% | $17,783 | 23.8% | 100 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 38 | ParaNorman | $73,281 | $59,660 | 81.4% | $13,621 | 18.6% | 104 | 16 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 39 | Alex Cross | $70,256 | $52,149 | 74.2% | $18,107 | 25.8% | 114 | 7 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 40 | Hubble | $68,407 | $34,339 | 50.2% | $34,068 | 49.8% | 19 | 142 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 41 | Searching for Sugar Man | $67,477 | $46,570 | 69% | $20,907 | 31% | 53 | 19 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 42 | Silent Hill: Revelation | $66,056 | $51,618 | 78.1% | $14,438 | 21.9% | 124 | 6 | Open Road Films (II) | - | false |
| 43 | Ice Age: Continental Drift | $64,640 | $51,840 | 80.2% | $12,800 | 19.8% | 102 | 21 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 44 | Born to Be Wild | $59,924 | $40,302 | 67.3% | $19,622 | 32.7% | 30 | 87 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 45 | Fun Size | $59,560 | $48,466 | 81.4% | $11,094 | 18.6% | 116 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 46 | Chasing Mavericks | $58,469 | $42,953 | 73.5% | $15,516 | 26.5% | 79 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 47 | Sinister | $57,963 | $40,556 | 70% | $17,407 | 30% | 88 | 8 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 48 | House at the End of the Street | $57,093 | $44,189 | 77.4% | $12,904 | 22.6% | 108 | 11 | Relativity Media | - | false |
| 49 | Holy Motors | $56,538 | $35,242 | 62.3% | $21,296 | 37.7% | 25 | 8 | Indomina Releasing | - | false |
| 50 | The Dark Knight Rises | $53,380 | $40,865 | 76.6% | $12,515 | 23.4% | 80 | 20 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 51 | The Central Park Five | $51,819 | $33,148 | 64% | $18,671 | 36% | 7 | 2 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 52 | Trouble with the Curve | $48,372 | $34,423 | 71.2% | $13,949 | 28.8% | 100 | 11 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 53 | Samsara | $41,637 | $25,126 | 60.4% | $16,511 | 39.6% | 25 | 15 | Oscilloscope | - | false |
| 54 | A Werewolf Boy | $38,601 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | CJ Entertainment | - | false |
| 55 | Rust and Bone | $36,164 | $24,738 | 68.4% | $11,426 | 31.6% | 2 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 56 | The Flat | $36,015 | $24,489 | 68% | $11,526 | 32% | 18 | 7 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 57 | Paranormal Activity 4 | $35,738 | $26,137 | 73.1% | $9,601 | 26.9% | 70 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 58 | Arbitrage | $30,914 | $20,097 | 65% | $10,817 | 35% | 35 | 12 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 59 | The Master | $27,840 | $17,403 | 62.5% | $10,437 | 37.5% | 23 | 12 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 60 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days | $25,867 | $22,478 | 86.9% | $3,389 | 13.1% | 52 | 18 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 61 | Space Station 3D | $25,070 | $9,223 | 36.8% | $15,847 | 63.2% | 2 | 555 | IMAX | - | false |
| 62 | End of Watch | $24,395 | $22,715 | 93.1% | $1,680 | 6.9% | 24 | 11 | Open Road Films (II) | - | false |
| 63 | Son of Sardaar | $24,175 | $18,544 | 76.7% | $5,631 | 23.3% | 109 | 4 | Eros Worldwide | - | false |
| 64 | Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel | $21,694 | $13,553 | 62.5% | $8,141 | 37.5% | 12 | 11 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 65 | Beware of Mr. Baker | $21,446 | $12,195 | 56.9% | $9,251 | 43.1% | 1 | 2 | SnagFilms | - | false |
| 66 | The Intouchables | $20,463 | $17,403 | 85% | $3,060 | 15% | 19 | 28 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 67 | The Waiting Room | $15,675 | $11,477 | 73.2% | $4,198 | 26.8% | 5 | 11 | International Film Circuit | - | false |
| 68 | Starlet | $15,628 | $10,402 | 66.6% | $5,226 | 33.4% | 9 | 4 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 69 | Silent Night | $14,567 | $9,780 | 67.1% | $4,787 | 32.9% | 11 | 1 | Anchor Bay Films | - | false |
| 70 | The Thieves | $13,070 | $7,772 | 59.5% | $5,298 | 40.5% | 2 | 8 | Well Go USA Entertainment | - | false |
| 71 | Wagner & Me 2012 Re-release | $13,056 | - | - | - | - | - | - | First Run | - | false |
| 72 | Wuthering Heights | $12,962 | $8,936 | 68.9% | $4,026 | 31.1% | 11 | 9 | Oscilloscope | - | false |
| 73 | This Must Be the Place | $9,985 | $6,584 | 65.9% | $3,401 | 34.1% | 7 | 5 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 74 | Bless Me, Ultima | $9,389 | - | - | - | - | - | - | Arenas Entertainment | - | false |
| 75 | The Big Picture 2012 Re-release | $9,234 | $6,116 | 66.2% | $3,118 | 33.8% | 4 | 8 | MPI Media Group | - | false |
| 76 | Middle of Nowhere | $8,924 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 8 | - | - | false |
| 77 | Deep Sea | $8,570 | $5,026 | 58.6% | $3,544 | 41.4% | 4 | 353 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 78 | Brooklyn Castle | $8,403 | $6,131 | 73% | $2,272 | 27% | 4 | 7 | Producers Distribution Agency (PDA) | - | false |
| 79 | The Loneliest Planet | $8,278 | $5,406 | 65.3% | $2,872 | 34.7% | 10 | 6 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 80 | Somewhere Between | $7,105 | $2,832 | 39.9% | $4,273 | 60.1% | 4 | 15 | Long Shot Factory | - | false |
| 81 | Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 1: Beginnings | $6,820 | $3,620 | 53.1% | $3,200 | 46.9% | 4 | 7 | Eleven Arts | - | false |
| 82 | Smashed | $6,522 | $3,710 | 56.9% | $2,812 | 43.1% | 15 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 83 | Under the Sea 3D | $6,320 | $3,602 | 57% | $2,718 | 43% | 8 | 199 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 84 | Sister | $5,801 | $4,406 | 76% | $1,395 | 24% | 2 | 9 | Adopt Films | - | false |
| 85 | Bill W. | $5,670 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 29 | Page 124 Productions | - | false |
| 86 | Young & Wild | $5,514 | $3,798 | 68.9% | $1,716 | 31.1% | 2 | 1 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 87 | The Comedy | $5,330 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | Tribeca Films | - | false |
| 88 | Masquerade | $5,259 | $3,395 | 64.6% | $1,864 | 35.4% | 3 | 11 | CJ Entertainment | - | false |
| 89 | The House I Live In | $5,104 | $1,840 | 36% | $3,264 | 64% | 1 | 9 | Abramorama | - | false |
| 90 | Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning | $4,928 | $3,181 | 64.6% | $1,747 | 35.4% | 3 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 91 | Love, Marilyn | $4,580 | $4,000 | 87.3% | $580 | 12.7% | 1 | 1 | Submarine Deluxe | - | false |
| 92 | California Solo | $4,238 | $3,412 | 80.5% | $826 | 19.5% | 1 | 1 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 93 | Neighboring Sounds | $3,432 | $2,871 | 83.6% | $561 | 16.4% | 3 | 15 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 94 | Detropia | $3,355 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 13 | Loki Films | - | false |
| 95 | Now, Forager | $2,066 | $1,558 | 75.4% | $508 | 24.6% | 4 | 10 | Argot Pictures | - | false |
| 96 | Citadel | $2,060 | $1,378 | 66.9% | $682 | 33.1% | 7 | 4 | Cinedigm Entertainment Group | - | false |
| 97 | Grand Illusion | $1,751 | $1,751 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 30 | Rialto Pictures | - | false |
| 98 | Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters | $1,694 | $490 | 28.9% | $1,204 | 71.1% | 2 | 5 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 99 | Kumaré | $1,567 | $1,567 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 25 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| 100 | 28 Hotel Rooms | $1,554 | $1,002 | 64.5% | $552 | 35.5% | 5 | 4 | Oscilloscope | - | false |
| 101 | All Together | $1,445 | $458 | 31.7% | $987 | 68.3% | 1 | 7 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| 102 | Chicken with Plums | $1,365 | $765 | 56% | $600 | 44% | 7 | 16 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 103 | Keep the Lights On | $1,310 | $701 | 53.5% | $609 | 46.5% | 3 | 13 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 104 | Wake in Fright 2012 Re-release | $1,211 | $358 | 29.6% | $853 | 70.4% | 2 | 9 | Drafthouse Films | - | false |
| 105 | Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare | $1,030 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 9 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 106 | The Understudy | $996 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 38 | Indican Pictures | - | false |
| 107 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $935 | $936 | 100.1% | $-1 | - | 1 | 376 | IMAX | - | false |
| 108 | Celeste & Jesse Forever | $879 | $360 | 41% | $519 | 59% | 2 | 18 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 109 | This Is Not a Film | $615 | $615 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 41 | Palisades Tartan | - | false |
| 110 | Dangerous Liaisons | $480 | $480 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 4 | Well Go USA Entertainment | - | false |
| 111 | Radio Unnameable | $421 | $243 | 57.7% | $178 | 42.3% | 1 | 12 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| 112 | The Well-Digger's Daughter | $394 | $268 | 68% | $126 | 32% | 1 | 20 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| 113 | Orchestra of Exiles | $300 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 6 | First Run | - | false |
| 114 | Alps | $196 | $114 | 58.2% | $82 | 41.8% | 1 | 21 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| 115 | Galapagos | $192 | $147 | 76.6% | $45 | 23.4% | 1 | 684 | IMAX | - | false |
| 116 | Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film | $91 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 18 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| 117 | Girl Model | $62 | $62 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 14 | First Run | - | false |
| - | Atlas Shrugged II: The Strike | - | - | - | - | - | 35 | 8 | Atlas Distribution Company | - | false |
| - | My Worst Nightmare | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| - | A Man Vanishes 2012 Re-release | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Icarus Films | - | false |
| - | Monsieur Verdoux | - | - | - | - | - | - | 247 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| - | North Sea Texas 2012 Re-release | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| - | Christina | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Indican Pictures | - | false |
| - | Three Stars | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | First Run | - | false |
| - | Le combat dans l'île | - | - | - | - | - | - | 182 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| - | The Revisionaries | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| - | Burn 2012 Re-release | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Area 23a | - | false |
| - | Meet the Fokkens | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
