Domestic 2012 Week 51
December 21-27, 2012
| Rank | Release | Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | $76,547,914 | $36,888,365 | 48.2% | $39,659,549 | 51.8% | 4,100 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| 2 | Les Misérables | $39,438,425 | - | - | - | - | 2,808 | 1 | Universal Pictures |
| 3 | Django Unchained | $33,320,265 | - | - | - | - | 3,010 | 1 | The Weinstein Company |
| 4 | Jack Reacher | $30,553,158 | $15,210,156 | 49.8% | $15,343,002 | 50.2% | 3,352 | 1 | Paramount Pictures |
| 5 | This Is 40 | $23,930,290 | $11,579,175 | 48.4% | $12,351,115 | 51.6% | 2,912 | 1 | Universal Pictures |
| 6 | Parental Guidance | $14,788,692 | - | - | - | - | 3,358 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 7 | Lincoln | $13,381,973 | $5,525,774 | 41.3% | $7,856,199 | 58.7% | 1,966 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 8 | The Guilt Trip | $12,379,742 | $5,290,629 | 42.7% | $7,089,113 | 57.3% | 2,431 | 2 | Paramount Pictures |
| 9 | Rise of the Guardians | $11,452,900 | $5,732,817 | 50.1% | $5,720,083 | 49.9% | 2,055 | 6 | DreamWorks |
| 10 | Monsters, Inc. 2012 3D Release | $10,641,483 | $4,774,686 | 44.9% | $5,866,797 | 55.1% | 2,618 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 11 | Skyfall | $9,935,604 | $4,867,540 | 49% | $5,068,064 | 51% | 1,637 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 12 | Life of Pi | $8,513,940 | $4,017,237 | 47.2% | $4,496,703 | 52.8% | 1,105 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 13 | Silver Linings Playbook | $5,170,680 | $1,781,196 | 34.4% | $3,389,484 | 65.6% | 745 | 6 | The Weinstein Company |
| 14 | Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away | $4,907,286 | $2,162,993 | 44.1% | $2,744,293 | 55.9% | 840 | 1 | Paramount Pictures |
| 15 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 | $4,674,042 | $2,626,955 | 56.2% | $2,047,087 | 43.8% | 1,183 | 6 | Lionsgate |
| 16 | Wreck-It Ralph | $3,727,594 | $1,819,036 | 48.8% | $1,908,558 | 51.2% | 913 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 17 | Argo | $1,886,441 | $899,693 | 47.7% | $986,748 | 52.3% | 345 | 11 | Warner Bros. |
| 18 | Dabangg 2 | $1,853,387 | $1,019,213 | 55% | $834,174 | 45% | 166 | 1 | Eros Worldwide |
| 19 | Anna Karenina | $1,209,889 | $669,187 | 55.3% | $540,702 | 44.7% | 237 | 6 | Focus Features |
| 20 | Red Dawn | $1,170,613 | $794,880 | 67.9% | $375,733 | 32.1% | 402 | 6 | FilmDistrict |
| 21 | Flight | $1,155,070 | $678,171 | 58.7% | $476,899 | 41.3% | 400 | 8 | Paramount Pictures |
| 22 | Hitchcock | $991,642 | $579,676 | 58.5% | $411,966 | 41.5% | 351 | 5 | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| 23 | Zero Dark Thirty | $823,559 | $417,150 | 50.6% | $406,409 | 49.4% | 5 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 24 | Hyde Park on Hudson | $779,310 | $387,579 | 49.7% | $391,731 | 50.3% | 79 | 3 | Focus Features |
| 25 | Hotel Transylvania | $696,049 | $313,892 | 45.1% | $382,157 | 54.9% | 301 | 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 26 | Playing for Keeps | $576,272 | $424,105 | 73.6% | $152,167 | 26.4% | 268 | 3 | FilmDistrict |
| 27 | Here Comes the Boom | $482,749 | $218,796 | 45.3% | $263,953 | 54.7% | 269 | 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 28 | Taken 2 | $389,267 | $204,623 | 52.6% | $184,644 | 47.4% | 240 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 29 | The Impossible | $300,347 | $143,818 | 47.9% | $156,529 | 52.1% | 16 | 1 | Lionsgate |
| 30 | Pitch Perfect | $251,470 | $130,545 | 51.9% | $120,925 | 48.1% | 190 | 13 | Universal Pictures |
| 31 | Rust and Bone | $233,257 | $126,763 | 54.3% | $106,494 | 45.7% | 27 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 32 | Killing Them Softly | $164,346 | $113,244 | 68.9% | $51,102 | 31.1% | 68 | 4 | The Weinstein Company |
| 33 | The Sessions | $157,001 | $91,222 | 58.1% | $65,779 | 41.9% | 75 | 10 | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| 34 | Frankenweenie | $156,836 | $69,592 | 44.4% | $87,244 | 55.6% | 178 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 35 | The Perks of Being a Wallflower | $149,205 | $77,094 | 51.7% | $72,111 | 48.3% | 126 | 14 | Lionsgate |
| 36 | End of Watch | $140,531 | $72,466 | 51.6% | $68,065 | 48.4% | 172 | 14 | Open Road Films (II) |
| 37 | The Polar Express 2012 IMAX Release | $135,962 | $106,724 | 78.5% | $29,238 | 21.5% | 15 | 6 | Warner Bros. |
| 38 | Amour | $128,224 | $68,266 | 53.2% | $59,958 | 46.8% | 3 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 39 | Hubble | $127,304 | $51,748 | 40.6% | $75,556 | 59.4% | 11 | 145 | Warner Bros. |
| 40 | Barbara | $121,549 | $63,410 | 52.2% | $58,139 | 47.8% | 15 | 1 | Adopt Films |
| 41 | Space Station 3D | $112,171 | $31,616 | 28.2% | $80,555 | 71.8% | 2 | 558 | IMAX |
| 42 | To the Arctic 3D | $107,835 | $46,811 | 43.4% | $61,024 | 56.6% | 52 | 36 | Warner Bros. |
| 43 | Chasing Ice | $106,102 | $83,200 | 78.4% | $22,902 | 21.6% | 47 | 7 | Submarine Deluxe |
| 44 | The Collection | $97,996 | $80,202 | 81.8% | $17,794 | 18.2% | 112 | 4 | LD Entertainment |
| 45 | A Late Quartet | $94,719 | $48,093 | 50.8% | $46,626 | 49.2% | 39 | 8 | Entertainment One |
| 46 | Cloud Atlas | $72,914 | $39,829 | 54.6% | $33,085 | 45.4% | 45 | 9 | Warner Bros. |
| 47 | The Other Son | $70,028 | $36,600 | 52.3% | $33,428 | 47.7% | 31 | 9 | Cohen Media Group |
| 48 | On the Road | $69,885 | $39,550 | 56.6% | $30,335 | 43.4% | 4 | 1 | IFC Films |
| 49 | Talaash: The Answer Lies Within | $69,858 | $35,548 | 50.9% | $34,310 | 49.1% | 25 | 4 | Reliance Big Pictures |
| 50 | Looper | $65,676 | $34,437 | 52.4% | $31,239 | 47.6% | 93 | 13 | TriStar Pictures |
| 51 | Ice Age: Continental Drift | $58,587 | $25,801 | 44% | $32,786 | 56% | 64 | 24 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 52 | Sinister | $56,935 | $28,154 | 49.4% | $28,781 | 50.6% | 82 | 11 | Lionsgate |
| 53 | A Werewolf Boy | $54,390 | $29,804 | 54.8% | $24,586 | 45.2% | 9 | 4 | CJ Entertainment |
| 54 | Alex Cross | $52,977 | $27,298 | 51.5% | $25,679 | 48.5% | 76 | 10 | Lionsgate |
| 55 | A Royal Affair | $44,400 | $26,774 | 60.3% | $17,626 | 39.7% | 36 | 7 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 56 | Finding Nemo 2012 3D Release | $43,165 | $17,962 | 41.6% | $25,203 | 58.4% | 36 | 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 57 | Any Day Now | $42,656 | $23,665 | 55.5% | $18,991 | 44.5% | 19 | 2 | Music Box Films |
| 58 | Born to Be Wild | $42,064 | $18,192 | 43.2% | $23,872 | 56.8% | 30 | 90 | Warner Bros. |
| 59 | Not Fade Away | $41,012 | $19,182 | 46.8% | $21,830 | 53.2% | 3 | 1 | Paramount Vantage |
| 60 | Searching for Sugar Man | $32,689 | $15,703 | 48% | $16,986 | 52% | 25 | 22 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 61 | The Central Park Five | $31,574 | $18,003 | 57% | $13,571 | 43% | 19 | 5 | IFC Films |
| 62 | Paranormal Activity 4 | $26,322 | $12,141 | 46.1% | $14,181 | 53.9% | 50 | 10 | Paramount Pictures |
| 63 | The Odd Life of Timothy Green | $25,727 | $10,124 | 39.4% | $15,603 | 60.6% | 49 | 20 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 64 | Holy Motors | $24,278 | $14,100 | 58.1% | $10,178 | 41.9% | 11 | 11 | Indomina Releasing |
| 65 | The Intouchables | $24,199 | $8,901 | 36.8% | $15,298 | 63.2% | 7 | 31 | The Weinstein Company |
| 66 | The Master | $21,334 | $11,568 | 54.2% | $9,766 | 45.8% | 13 | 15 | The Weinstein Company |
| 67 | Deep Sea | $19,064 | $6,490 | 34% | $12,574 | 66% | 3 | 356 | Warner Bros. |
| 68 | Brave | $17,415 | $7,365 | 42.3% | $10,050 | 57.7% | 39 | 27 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 69 | Back to 1942 | $15,683 | $9,414 | 60% | $6,269 | 40% | 5 | 4 | China Lion Film Distribution |
| 70 | ParaNorman | $12,084 | $5,349 | 44.3% | $6,735 | 55.7% | 23 | 19 | Focus Features |
| 71 | Samsara | $11,719 | $6,306 | 53.8% | $5,413 | 46.2% | 8 | 18 | Oscilloscope |
| 72 | The Fitzgerald Family Christmas | $11,022 | - | - | - | - | 21 | 3 | Tribeca Films |
| 73 | Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 1: Beginnings | $10,640 | $3,780 | 35.5% | $6,860 | 64.5% | 3 | 10 | Eleven Arts |
| 74 | Django | $10,327 | $6,150 | 59.6% | $4,177 | 40.4% | 8 | 1 | Rialto Pictures |
| 75 | West of Memphis | $8,996 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 76 | Under the Sea 3D | $8,492 | $4,370 | 51.5% | $4,122 | 48.5% | 5 | 202 | Warner Bros. |
| 77 | Chasing Mavericks | $8,124 | $4,590 | 56.5% | $3,534 | 43.5% | 18 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 78 | Arbitrage | $6,987 | $3,580 | 51.2% | $3,407 | 48.8% | 5 | 15 | Roadside Attractions |
| 79 | Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel | $5,938 | $3,643 | 61.4% | $2,295 | 38.6% | 7 | 14 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 80 | Deadfall | $5,777 | $4,088 | 70.8% | $1,689 | 29.2% | 8 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 81 | Brooklyn Castle | $4,734 | $3,383 | 71.5% | $1,351 | 28.5% | 2 | 10 | Producers Distribution Agency (PDA) |
| 82 | The Well-Digger's Daughter | $4,615 | $2,639 | 57.2% | $1,976 | 42.8% | 4 | 23 | Kino Lorber |
| 83 | The Flat | $3,711 | $2,501 | 67.4% | $1,210 | 32.6% | 6 | 10 | IFC Films |
| 84 | Masquerade | $3,698 | $868 | 23.5% | $2,830 | 76.5% | 1 | 14 | CJ Entertainment |
| 85 | Smashed | $2,350 | $2,143 | 91.2% | $207 | 8.8% | 5 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 86 | Keep the Lights On | $2,153 | $1,179 | 54.8% | $974 | 45.2% | 1 | 16 | Music Box Films |
| 87 | Wagner & Me 2012 Re-release | $2,101 | $1,136 | 54.1% | $965 | 45.9% | 2 | 3 | First Run |
| 88 | Beware of Mr. Baker | $1,931 | $822 | 42.6% | $1,109 | 57.4% | 1 | 5 | SnagFilms |
| 89 | In Another Country | $1,552 | $1,552 | 100% | $0 | - | 3 | 7 | Kino Lorber |
| 90 | California Solo | $1,495 | $1,007 | 67.4% | $488 | 32.6% | 1 | 4 | Strand Releasing |
| 91 | Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters | $1,204 | $443 | 36.8% | $761 | 63.2% | 2 | 8 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 92 | Sister | $955 | $622 | 65.1% | $333 | 34.9% | 2 | 12 | Adopt Films |
| 93 | Detropia | $908 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 16 | Loki Films |
| 94 | Yangsi | $870 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | Kino Lorber |
| 95 | North Sea Texas 2012 Re-release | $854 | $493 | 57.7% | $361 | 42.3% | 1 | 8 | Strand Releasing |
| 96 | Starlet | $740 | $254 | 34.3% | $486 | 65.7% | 2 | 7 | Music Box Films |
| 97 | All Together | $676 | $584 | 86.4% | $92 | 13.6% | 1 | 10 | Kino Lorber |
| 98 | When the Iron Bird Flies: Tibetan Buddhism Arrives in the West | $566 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 10 | - |
| 99 | Now, Forager | $546 | $546 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 13 | Argot Pictures |
| 100 | Kumaré | $497 | $497 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 28 | Kino Lorber |
| 101 | Somewhere Between | $280 | $139 | 49.6% | $141 | 50.4% | 1 | 18 | Long Shot Factory |
| 102 | Wake in Fright 2012 Re-release | $272 | $272 | 100% | $0 | - | 2 | 12 | Drafthouse Films |
| 103 | Citadel | $240 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 7 | Cinedigm Entertainment Group |
| 104 | Meet the Fokkens | $168 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 21 | Kino Lorber |
| 105 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $131 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 379 | IMAX |
| 106 | The Comedy | $81 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 7 | Tribeca Films |
| - | The Man with the Iron Fists | - | - | - | - | - | 91 | 8 | Universal Pictures |
| - | Save the Date | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | IFC Films |
| - | My Worst Nightmare | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | Strand Releasing |
| - | Nothing But a Man | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Cinema Conservancy |
| - | 5 Broken Cameras | - | - | - | - | - | - | 31 | Kino Lorber |
| - | Bless Me, Ultima | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Arenas Entertainment |
| - | The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Indican Pictures |
| - | Burn 2012 Re-release | - | $1,600 | - | - | - | - | 7 | Area 23a |
| - | The Waiting Room | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | International Film Circuit |
