| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Skyfall | $14,745,983 | $10,780,201 | 73.1% | $3,965,782 | 26.9% | 3,401 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 2 | Rise of the Guardians | $12,568,249 | $10,400,618 | 82.8% | $2,167,631 | 17.2% | 3,639 | 4 | DreamWorks | - | false |
| 3 | Lincoln | $12,433,553 | $8,916,813 | 71.7% | $3,516,740 | 28.3% | 2,014 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 | $12,155,305 | $9,156,265 | 75.3% | $2,999,040 | 24.7% | 3,646 | 4 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 5 | Life of Pi | $11,541,877 | $8,330,764 | 72.2% | $3,211,113 | 27.8% | 2,946 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 6 | Playing for Keeps | $7,591,092 | $5,750,288 | 75.8% | $1,840,804 | 24.2% | 2,837 | 1 | FilmDistrict | - | false |
| 7 | Wreck-It Ralph | $5,961,983 | $4,859,368 | 81.5% | $1,102,615 | 18.5% | 2,746 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Red Dawn | $5,490,608 | $4,236,105 | 77.2% | $1,254,503 | 22.8% | 2,754 | 4 | FilmDistrict | - | false |
| 9 | Flight | $4,435,802 | $3,130,305 | 70.6% | $1,305,497 | 29.4% | 2,431 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Killing Them Softly | $4,108,568 | $2,806,901 | 68.3% | $1,301,667 | 31.7% | 2,424 | 2 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 11 | Silver Linings Playbook | $3,077,309 | $2,171,665 | 70.6% | $905,644 | 29.4% | 371 | 4 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 12 | Anna Karenina | $2,300,120 | $1,544,859 | 67.2% | $755,261 | 32.8% | 422 | 4 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 13 | Argo | $2,107,235 | $1,482,346 | 70.4% | $624,889 | 29.6% | 944 | 9 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 14 | The Collection | $2,023,963 | $1,487,655 | 73.5% | $536,308 | 26.5% | 1,403 | 2 | LD Entertainment | - | false |
| 15 | End of Watch | $1,140,598 | $751,623 | 65.9% | $388,975 | 34.1% | 1,249 | 12 | Open Road Films (II) | - | false |
| 16 | Hitchcock | $1,015,086 | $712,544 | 70.2% | $302,542 | 29.8% | 181 | 3 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 17 | Talaash: The Answer Lies Within | $588,833 | $478,559 | 81.3% | $110,274 | 18.7% | 161 | 2 | Reliance Big Pictures | - | false |
| 18 | Taken 2 | $530,644 | $387,227 | 73% | $143,417 | 27% | 430 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 19 | Pitch Perfect | $412,100 | $305,765 | 74.2% | $106,335 | 25.8% | 387 | 11 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 20 | The Sessions | $331,682 | $218,973 | 66% | $112,709 | 34% | 197 | 8 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 21 | Khiladi 786 | $291,121 | $228,967 | 78.6% | $62,154 | 21.4% | 115 | 1 | Eros Worldwide | - | false |
| 22 | Cloud Atlas | $261,772 | $174,815 | 66.8% | $86,957 | 33.2% | 191 | 7 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 23 | Looper | $204,866 | $135,413 | 66.1% | $69,453 | 33.9% | 232 | 11 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 24 | The Perks of Being a Wallflower | $200,659 | $138,498 | 69% | $62,161 | 31% | 175 | 12 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 25 | Here Comes the Boom | $185,681 | $143,911 | 77.5% | $41,770 | 22.5% | 234 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 26 | Alex Cross | $162,648 | $114,565 | 70.4% | $48,083 | 29.6% | 214 | 8 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 27 | The Polar Express 2012 IMAX Release | $156,521 | $113,779 | 72.7% | $42,742 | 27.3% | 17 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 28 | Chasing Ice | $146,151 | $102,401 | 70.1% | $43,750 | 29.9% | 51 | 5 | Submarine Deluxe | - | false |
| 29 | The Man with the Iron Fists | $133,080 | $85,975 | 64.6% | $47,105 | 35.4% | 181 | 6 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 30 | A Werewolf Boy | $131,599 | $85,033 | 64.6% | $46,566 | 35.4% | 19 | 2 | CJ Entertainment | - | false |
| 31 | Hotel Transylvania | $125,844 | $102,606 | 81.5% | $23,238 | 18.5% | 196 | 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 32 | Hyde Park on Hudson | $112,020 | $81,362 | 72.6% | $30,658 | 27.4% | 4 | 1 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 33 | Seven Psychopaths | $111,488 | $71,069 | 63.8% | $40,419 | 36.2% | 141 | 9 | CBS Films | - | false |
| 34 | A Late Quartet | $110,648 | $73,290 | 66.2% | $37,358 | 33.8% | 63 | 6 | Entertainment One | - | false |
| 35 | Finding Nemo 2012 3D Release | $91,031 | $70,812 | 77.8% | $20,219 | 22.2% | 74 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 36 | Back to 1942 | $86,640 | $56,604 | 65.3% | $30,036 | 34.7% | 18 | 2 | China Lion Film Distribution | - | false |
| 37 | The Other Son | $85,223 | $55,978 | 65.7% | $29,245 | 34.3% | 43 | 7 | Cohen Media Group | - | false |
| 38 | To the Arctic 3D | $83,364 | $41,710 | 50% | $41,654 | 50% | 52 | 34 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 39 | A Royal Affair | $82,555 | $53,889 | 65.3% | $28,666 | 34.7% | 43 | 5 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 40 | Burn 2012 Re-release | $82,498 | $54,407 | 66% | $28,091 | 34% | 4 | 5 | Area 23a | - | false |
| 41 | The Odd Life of Timothy Green | $79,572 | $60,246 | 75.7% | $19,326 | 24.3% | 132 | 18 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 42 | Brave | $78,880 | $62,399 | 79.1% | $16,481 | 20.9% | 151 | 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 43 | Rust and Bone | $75,161 | $52,059 | 69.3% | $23,102 | 30.7% | 4 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 44 | Ice Age: Continental Drift | $68,786 | $56,355 | 81.9% | $12,431 | 18.1% | 90 | 22 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 45 | Hubble | $67,059 | $33,382 | 49.8% | $33,677 | 50.2% | 16 | 143 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 46 | Holy Motors | $66,328 | $37,900 | 57.1% | $28,428 | 42.9% | 29 | 9 | Indomina Releasing | - | false |
| 47 | Sinister | $52,776 | $36,564 | 69.3% | $16,212 | 30.7% | 77 | 9 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 48 | Searching for Sugar Man | $51,950 | $36,822 | 70.9% | $15,128 | 29.1% | 42 | 20 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 49 | ParaNorman | $49,810 | $39,333 | 79% | $10,477 | 21% | 81 | 17 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 50 | Frankenweenie | $43,633 | $32,947 | 75.5% | $10,686 | 24.5% | 75 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 51 | The Central Park Five | $41,761 | $27,622 | 66.1% | $14,139 | 33.9% | 10 | 3 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 52 | Chasing Mavericks | $38,361 | $26,965 | 70.3% | $11,396 | 29.7% | 67 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 53 | Made In Mexico | $38,319 | $28,001 | 73.1% | $10,318 | 26.9% | 26 | 2 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 54 | Born to Be Wild | $37,968 | $24,056 | 63.4% | $13,912 | 36.6% | 30 | 88 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 55 | Silent Hill: Revelation | $37,040 | $26,852 | 72.5% | $10,188 | 27.5% | 71 | 7 | Open Road Films (II) | - | false |
| 56 | Fun Size | $35,803 | $28,675 | 80.1% | $7,128 | 19.9% | 80 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 57 | The Flat | $33,162 | $20,789 | 62.7% | $12,373 | 37.3% | 17 | 8 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 58 | The Dark Knight Rises | $32,788 | $24,331 | 74.2% | $8,457 | 25.8% | 62 | 21 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 59 | House at the End of the Street | $31,559 | $24,240 | 76.8% | $7,319 | 23.2% | 68 | 12 | Relativity Media | - | false |
| 60 | Samsara | $31,372 | $8,891 | 28.3% | $22,481 | 71.7% | 15 | 16 | Oscilloscope | - | false |
| 61 | Deadfall | $28,743 | $19,391 | 67.5% | $9,352 | 32.5% | 11 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 62 | Trouble with the Curve | $28,129 | $19,547 | 69.5% | $8,582 | 30.5% | 71 | 12 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 63 | Space Station 3D | $27,815 | $10,569 | 38% | $17,246 | 62% | 1 | 556 | IMAX | - | false |
| 64 | Bill W. | $26,819 | - | - | - | - | 23 | 30 | Page 124 Productions | - | false |
| 65 | Paranormal Activity 4 | $24,108 | $17,904 | 74.3% | $6,204 | 25.7% | 48 | 8 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 66 | Smashed | $23,671 | $15,928 | 67.3% | $7,743 | 32.7% | 29 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 67 | Arbitrage | $22,333 | $15,580 | 69.8% | $6,753 | 30.2% | 25 | 13 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 68 | Waiting for Lightning | $21,577 | $19,537 | 90.6% | $2,040 | 9.4% | 11 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 69 | Lay the Favorite | $20,998 | $20,998 | 100% | $0 | - | 61 | 1 | RADiUS-TWC | - | false |
| 70 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days | $20,799 | $17,845 | 85.8% | $2,954 | 14.2% | 47 | 19 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 71 | The Master | $19,468 | $12,069 | 62% | $7,399 | 38% | 23 | 13 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 72 | The Fitzgerald Family Christmas | $17,666 | $13,800 | 78.1% | $3,866 | 21.9% | 4 | 1 | Tribeca Films | - | false |
| 73 | Beware of Mr. Baker | $14,839 | $10,300 | 69.4% | $4,539 | 30.6% | 1 | 3 | SnagFilms | - | false |
| 74 | Starlet | $13,374 | $9,386 | 70.2% | $3,988 | 29.8% | 10 | 5 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 75 | Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel | $12,963 | $7,176 | 55.4% | $5,787 | 44.6% | 15 | 12 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 76 | Deep Sea | $12,906 | $7,361 | 57% | $5,545 | 43% | 4 | 354 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 77 | The Waiting Room | $10,187 | $4,390 | 43.1% | $5,797 | 56.9% | 6 | 12 | International Film Circuit | - | false |
| 78 | Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 1: Beginnings | $9,835 | $5,580 | 56.7% | $4,255 | 43.3% | 4 | 8 | Eleven Arts | - | false |
| 79 | Wagner & Me 2012 Re-release | $9,697 | $4,891 | 50.4% | $4,806 | 49.6% | 3 | 1 | First Run | - | false |
| 80 | Lost Angels: Skid Row Is My Home | $9,052 | $7,039 | 77.8% | $2,013 | 22.2% | 1 | 1 | Cinema Libre Studio | - | false |
| 81 | The Big Picture 2012 Re-release | $9,040 | $5,952 | 65.8% | $3,088 | 34.2% | 5 | 9 | MPI Media Group | - | false |
| 82 | The House I Live In | $8,406 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 10 | Abramorama | - | false |
| 83 | This Must Be the Place | $7,372 | $4,540 | 61.6% | $2,832 | 38.4% | 5 | 6 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 84 | North Sea Texas 2012 Re-release | $7,350 | $4,349 | 59.2% | $3,001 | 40.8% | 3 | 6 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 85 | Brooklyn Castle | $7,091 | $5,490 | 77.4% | $1,601 | 22.6% | 4 | 8 | Producers Distribution Agency (PDA) | - | false |
| 86 | The Rabbi's Cat | $6,980 | $4,301 | 61.6% | $2,679 | 38.4% | 1 | 1 | GKIDS | - | false |
| 87 | Somewhere Between | $6,114 | $2,768 | 45.3% | $3,346 | 54.7% | 1 | 16 | Long Shot Factory | - | false |
| 88 | Sister | $5,991 | $3,952 | 66% | $2,039 | 34% | 5 | 10 | Adopt Films | - | false |
| 89 | California Solo | $5,820 | $5,008 | 86% | $812 | 14% | 1 | 2 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 90 | Son of Sardaar | $5,768 | $4,573 | 79.3% | $1,195 | 20.7% | 109 | 5 | Eros Worldwide | - | false |
| 91 | The Intouchables | $5,645 | $2,913 | 51.6% | $2,732 | 48.4% | 12 | 29 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 92 | Under the Sea 3D | $5,439 | $3,358 | 61.7% | $2,081 | 38.3% | 6 | 200 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 93 | The Loneliest Planet | $5,386 | $3,685 | 68.4% | $1,701 | 31.6% | 5 | 7 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 94 | In Our Nature | $5,282 | $4,378 | 82.9% | $904 | 17.1% | 1 | 1 | Cinedigm Entertainment Group | - | false |
| 95 | Bless Me, Ultima | $5,268 | - | - | - | - | - | - | Arenas Entertainment | - | false |
| 96 | The Thieves | $4,984 | $3,181 | 63.8% | $1,803 | 36.2% | 2 | 9 | Well Go USA Entertainment | - | false |
| 97 | The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez | $4,107 | $3,099 | 75.5% | $1,008 | 24.5% | 2 | 1 | Indican Pictures | - | false |
| 98 | Tchoupitoulas | $3,777 | $2,379 | 63% | $1,398 | 37% | 2 | 1 | Oscilloscope | - | false |
| 99 | Masquerade | $3,509 | $1,839 | 52.4% | $1,670 | 47.6% | 1 | 12 | CJ Entertainment | - | false |
| 100 | Middle of Nowhere | $2,992 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 9 | - | - | false |
| 101 | Detropia | $2,911 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 14 | Loki Films | - | false |
| 102 | Keep the Lights On | $2,825 | $1,951 | 69.1% | $874 | 30.9% | 1 | 14 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 103 | The Well-Digger's Daughter | $2,458 | $1,637 | 66.6% | $821 | 33.4% | 2 | 21 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| 104 | Yangsi | $2,400 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| 105 | Love, Marilyn | $2,370 | $2,370 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 2 | Submarine Deluxe | - | false |
| 106 | 28 Hotel Rooms | $2,300 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | Oscilloscope | - | false |
| 107 | Wake in Fright 2012 Re-release | $2,089 | $1,331 | 63.7% | $758 | 36.3% | 3 | 10 | Drafthouse Films | - | false |
| 108 | Only the Young | $2,028 | $1,446 | 71.3% | $582 | 28.7% | 2 | 1 | Oscilloscope | - | false |
| 109 | The Comedy | $1,776 | $1,776 | 100% | $0 | - | 4 | 5 | Tribeca Films | - | false |
| 110 | Kumaré | $1,284 | $1,284 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 26 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| 111 | Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare | $1,211 | $189 | 15.6% | $1,022 | 84.4% | 2 | 10 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 112 | Cheerful Weather for the Wedding | $933 | $727 | 77.9% | $206 | 22.1% | 1 | 1 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 113 | Citadel | $886 | $584 | 65.9% | $302 | 34.1% | 2 | 5 | Cinedigm Entertainment Group | - | false |
| 114 | All Together | $791 | $638 | 80.7% | $153 | 19.3% | 1 | 8 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| 115 | Le combat dans l'île | $776 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 183 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| 116 | Chicken with Plums | $755 | $586 | 77.6% | $169 | 22.4% | 4 | 17 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 117 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $678 | $678 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 377 | IMAX | - | false |
| 118 | My Worst Nightmare | $668 | $668 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 8 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 119 | Three Stars | $619 | $369 | 59.6% | $250 | 40.4% | 1 | 12 | First Run | - | false |
| 120 | Celeste & Jesse Forever | $492 | $366 | 74.4% | $126 | 25.6% | 2 | 19 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 121 | Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet | $475 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| 122 | Monsieur Verdoux | $453 | $248 | 54.8% | $205 | 45.2% | 1 | 248 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| 123 | Meet the Fokkens | $447 | $447 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 19 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| 124 | Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters | $444 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 125 | The Revisionaries | $345 | $190 | 55.1% | $155 | 44.9% | 1 | 10 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| 126 | Orchestra of Exiles | $328 | $328 | 100% | $0 | - | 2 | 7 | First Run | - | false |
| 127 | Alps | $255 | $152 | 59.6% | $103 | 40.4% | 1 | 22 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| 128 | Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film | $136 | $74 | 54.4% | $62 | 45.6% | 1 | 19 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| 129 | A Man Vanishes 2012 Re-release | $105 | $54 | 51.4% | $51 | 48.6% | 1 | 5 | Icarus Films | - | false |
| 130 | Neighboring Sounds | $90 | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 131 | Galapagos | $81 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 685 | IMAX | - | false |
| - | Dragon 2012 Re-release | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 2 | RADiUS-TWC | - | false |
| - | Heleno | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | Screen Media Films | - | false |
| - | Delhi Safari | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | Applied Art Productions | - | false |
| - | The Day He Arrives | - | - | - | - | - | - | 34 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| - | In Another Country | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| - | Grand Illusion | - | - | - | - | - | - | 31 | Rialto Pictures | - | false |
| - | Planet of Snail | - | - | - | - | - | - | 21 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| - | Entre les Bras | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| - | When the Iron Bird Flies: Tibetan Buddhism Arrives in the West | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | false |
| - | Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Law in These Parts | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| - | We Won't Grow Old Together | - | - | - | - | - | - | 27 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| - | The Bride Wore Black | - | - | - | - | - | - | 58 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| - | Dangerous Liaisons | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Well Go USA Entertainment | - | false |
