Domestic Box Office For 2012
| Rank | Release | Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total | Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 141 | Promised Land | $7,597,898 | 1,676 | $173,915 | 2.3% | 25 | Dec 28 | Jan 24 | Focus Features |
| 40 | Parental Guidance | $77,267,296 | 3,368 | $14,554,053 | 18.8% | 3,367 | Dec 25 | May 23 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 18 | Les Misérables | $148,809,770 | 2,927 | $27,281,735 | 18.3% | 2,814 | Dec 25 | Apr 4 | Universal Pictures |
| 15 | Django Unchained | $162,805,434 | 3,012 | $30,122,888 | 18.5% | 3,010 | Dec 25 | May 16 | The Weinstein Company |
| 275 | West of Memphis | $310,154 | 40 | $13,360 | 4.3% | 5 | Dec 25 | Apr 25 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 231 | On the Road | $744,296 | 107 | $39,550 | 5.3% | 4 | Dec 21 | May 2 | IFC Films |
| 132 | Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away | $12,512,862 | 840 | $2,162,993 | 17.3% | 840 | Dec 21 | Feb 14 | Paramount Pictures |
| 38 | Jack Reacher | $80,070,736 | 3,352 | $15,210,156 | 19% | 3,352 | Dec 21 | Mar 21 | Paramount Pictures |
| 470 | Django | $25,916 | 10 | $6,150 | 23.7% | 8 | Dec 21 | - | Rialto Pictures |
| 43 | This Is 40 | $67,544,505 | 2,931 | $11,579,175 | 17.1% | 2,912 | Dec 21 | Feb 28 | Universal Pictures |
| 215 | Barbara | $1,013,902 | 23 | $63,410 | 6.3% | 15 | Dec 21 | Jul 11 | Adopt Films |
| 109 | The Impossible | $19,019,882 | 886 | $143,818 | 0.8% | 15 | Dec 21 | Apr 18 | Lionsgate Films |
| 176 | Dabangg 2 | $2,519,190 | 166 | $1,019,213 | 40.5% | 166 | Dec 21 | Jan 24 | Eros Worldwide |
| 239 | Not Fade Away | $610,792 | 565 | $19,182 | 3.1% | 3 | Dec 21 | Jan 24 | Paramount Vantage |
| 87 | The Guilt Trip | $37,134,215 | 2,431 | $5,290,629 | 14.2% | 2,431 | Dec 19 | Mar 7 | Paramount Pictures |
| 32 | Zero Dark Thirty | $95,720,716 | 2,946 | $417,150 | 0.4% | 5 | Dec 19 | Mar 31 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 94 | Monsters, Inc. 2012 3D Release | $34,043,006 | 2,618 | $4,774,686 | 14% | 2,618 | Dec 19 | May 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 145 | Amour | $6,739,492 | 333 | $68,266 | 1% | 3 | Dec 19 | May 16 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 615 | Save the Date | $5,719 | 2 | $3,755 | 65.7% | 2 | Dec 14 | Dec 20 | IFC Films |
| 5 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | $303,003,568 | 4,100 | $84,617,303 | 27.9% | 4,045 | Dec 14 | Apr 25 | Warner Bros. |
| 308 | Any Day Now | $201,395 | 19 | $40,489 | 20.1% | 16 | Dec 14 | Apr 4 | Music Box Films |
| 658 | Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet | $1,294 | 2 | $319 | 24.7% | 2 | Dec 12 | Jan 10 | Kino Lorber |
| 146 | Hyde Park on Hudson | $6,376,145 | 246 | $81,362 | 1.3% | 4 | Dec 7 | Mar 28 | Focus Features |
| 499 | Tchoupitoulas | $19,375 | 6 | $2,379 | 12.3% | 1 | Dec 7 | Jan 24 | Oscilloscope |
| 439 | Wagner & Me 2012 Re-release | $37,745 | 4 | $4,891 | 13% | 2 | Dec 7 | - | First Run |
| 128 | Playing for Keeps | $13,103,272 | 2,840 | $5,750,288 | 43.9% | 2,837 | Dec 7 | Feb 21 | FilmDistrict |
| 603 | In Our Nature | $6,543 | 1 | $4,378 | 66.9% | 1 | Dec 7 | Dec 20 | Cinedigm Entertainment Group |
| 644 | Cheerful Weather for the Wedding | $2,651 | 2 | $727 | 27.4% | 1 | Dec 7 | Dec 20 | IFC Films |
| 558 | Lost Angels: Skid Row Is My Home | $12,025 | 1 | $7,039 | 58.5% | 1 | Dec 7 | - | Cinema Libre Studio |
| 565 | The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez | $10,782 | 2 | $3,099 | 28.7% | 1 | Dec 7 | - | Indican Pictures |
| 478 | The Rabbi's Cat | $23,392 | 6 | $4,301 | 18.4% | 1 | Dec 7 | Jan 24 | GKIDS |
| 490 | Waiting for Lightning | $21,577 | 11 | $19,537 | 90.5% | 11 | Dec 7 | Dec 13 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 416 | The Fitzgerald Family Christmas | $50,292 | 21 | $13,800 | 27.4% | 4 | Dec 7 | Jan 3 | Tribeca Films |
| 493 | Lay the Favorite | $20,998 | 61 | $20,998 | 100% | 61 | Dec 7 | Dec 13 | RADiUS-TWC |
| 391 | Deadfall | $66,351 | 17 | $19,391 | 29.2% | 11 | Dec 7 | Jan 24 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 628 | Yangsi | $4,008 | 1 | - | - | - | Dec 7 | - | Kino Lorber |
| 527 | Only the Young | $15,312 | 2 | $1,446 | 9.4% | 1 | Dec 7 | Feb 28 | Oscilloscope |
| 260 | Khiladi 786 | $379,466 | 115 | $228,967 | 60.3% | 115 | Dec 7 | - | Eros Worldwide |
| 525 | California Solo | $15,433 | 2 | $3,412 | 22.1% | 1 | Nov 30 | Jan 24 | Strand Releasing |
| 331 | Made In Mexico | $151,133 | 26 | $76,123 | 50.4% | 12 | Nov 30 | Dec 20 | Lionsgate Films |
| 170 | Talaash: The Answer Lies Within | $2,871,956 | 172 | $1,638,706 | 57.1% | 172 | Nov 30 | Jan 10 | Reliance Big Pictures |
| 618 | Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning | $5,460 | 3 | $3,181 | 58.3% | 3 | Nov 30 | Dec 20 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 561 | Dragon 2012 Re-release | $11,137 | 14 | $11,137 | 100% | 14 | Nov 30 | Dec 2 | RADiUS-TWC |
| 534 | Silent Night | $14,567 | 11 | $9,780 | 67.1% | 11 | Nov 30 | Dec 6 | Anchor Bay Films |
| 617 | Young & Wild | $5,514 | 2 | $3,798 | 68.9% | 2 | Nov 30 | Dec 6 | IFC Films |
| 144 | The Collection | $6,842,058 | 1,403 | $3,104,269 | 45.4% | 1,403 | Nov 30 | Dec 30 | LD Entertainment |
| 122 | Killing Them Softly | $15,026,056 | 2,424 | $6,812,900 | 45.3% | 2,424 | Nov 30 | Feb 21 | The Weinstein Company |
| 601 | Love, Marilyn | $6,950 | 1 | $4,000 | 57.6% | 1 | Nov 30 | Dec 13 | Submarine Deluxe |
| 273 | Back to 1942 | $312,954 | 20 | $105,702 | 33.8% | 20 | Nov 30 | Jan 10 | China Lion Film Distribution |
| 267 | A Werewolf Boy | $342,922 | 20 | - | - | - | Nov 30 | Jan 10 | CJ Entertainment |
| 354 | Beware of Mr. Baker | $116,476 | 15 | $12,195 | 10.5% | 1 | Nov 28 | Mar 14 | - |
| 666 | Gottfried Helnwein and the Dreaming Child | $601 | 1 | $402 | 66.9% | 1 | Nov 23 | - | First Run |
| 270 | The Central Park Five | $325,653 | 22 | $30,570 | 9.4% | 3 | Nov 23 | Jan 31 | IFC Films |
| 180 | Rust and Bone | $2,062,027 | 168 | $27,154 | 1.3% | 2 | Nov 23 | Apr 4 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 147 | Hitchcock | $6,008,677 | 561 | $287,715 | 4.8% | 17 | Nov 23 | Mar 14 | - |
| 31 | Rise of the Guardians | $103,412,758 | 3,672 | $23,773,465 | 23% | 3,653 | Nov 21 | Apr 11 | DreamWorks |
| 76 | Red Dawn | $44,806,783 | 2,781 | $14,276,668 | 31.9% | 2,724 | Nov 21 | Feb 21 | FilmDistrict |
| 27 | Life of Pi | $124,987,023 | 2,946 | $22,451,514 | 18% | 2,927 | Nov 21 | Jul 25 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 236 | The Polar Express 2012 IMAX Release | $669,289 | 17 | $73,514 | 11% | 15 | Nov 21 | Jan 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 598 | Price Check | $7,413 | 2 | $2,783 | 37.5% | 1 | Nov 16 | Nov 29 | IFC Films |
| 23 | Silver Linings Playbook | $132,092,958 | 2,809 | $443,003 | 0.3% | 16 | Nov 16 | Jun 6 | The Weinstein Company |
| 6 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 | $292,324,737 | 4,070 | $141,067,634 | 48.3% | 4,070 | Nov 16 | Mar 7 | Lionsgate Films |
| 545 | The Law in These Parts | $13,683 | 1 | $2,814 | 20.6% | 1 | Nov 16 | - | The Cinema Guild |
| 584 | The Man in the White Suit | $8,718 | 1 | $3,874 | 44.4% | 1 | Nov 16 | Jan 31 | Rialto Pictures |
| 462 | Hitler's Children | $28,663 | 3 | $2,939 | 10.3% | 1 | Nov 16 | Sep 29 | Film Movement |
| 129 | Anna Karenina | $12,816,367 | 422 | $320,690 | 2.5% | 16 | Nov 16 | Feb 28 | Focus Features |
| 607 | A Man Vanishes 2012 Re-release | $6,201 | 2 | $1,576 | 25.4% | 2 | Nov 15 | - | Icarus Films |
| 228 | Son of Sardaar | $771,789 | 109 | $341,552 | 44.3% | 109 | Nov 13 | Dec 13 | Eros Worldwide |
| 168 | Jab Tak Hai Jaan | $3,047,539 | 164 | $1,283,585 | 42.1% | 161 | Nov 13 | Nov 25 | Yash Raj Films |
| 502 | 28 Hotel Rooms | $18,869 | 5 | $1,869 | 9.9% | 1 | Nov 9 | Dec 13 | Oscilloscope |
| 199 | Chasing Ice | $1,328,467 | 53 | - | - | - | Nov 9 | May 2 | Submarine Deluxe |
| 549 | Citadel | $13,377 | 7 | $5,715 | 42.7% | 1 | Nov 9 | Jan 17 | Cinedigm Entertainment Group |
| 551 | Nothing But a Man | $13,063 | 2 | $3,466 | 26.5% | 1 | Nov 9 | - | - |
| 13 | Lincoln | $182,207,973 | 2,293 | $944,308 | 0.5% | 11 | Nov 9 | Apr 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 194 | A Royal Affair | $1,546,761 | 56 | $38,212 | 2.5% | 7 | Nov 9 | May 2 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 4 | Skyfall | $304,360,277 | 3,526 | $88,364,714 | 29% | 3,505 | Nov 9 | Mar 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 407 | Dangerous Liaisons | $54,000 | 6 | $18,027 | 33.4% | 6 | Nov 9 | Dec 6 | Well Go USA Entertainment |
| 373 | Starlet | $88,212 | 10 | $15,662 | 17.8% | 6 | Nov 9 | Feb 21 | Music Box Films |
| 431 | The Comedy | $41,113 | 4 | $6,000 | 14.6% | 1 | Nov 9 | Jan 3 | Tribeca Films |
| 663 | Nature Calls | $646 | 2 | $382 | 59.1% | 2 | Nov 9 | Nov 15 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 356 | Burn 2012 Re-release | $113,173 | 4 | $1,970 | 1.7% | 1 | Nov 9 | Dec 23 | Area 23a |
| 473 | In Another Country | $25,079 | 6 | $3,207 | 12.8% | 1 | Nov 9 | Mar 14 | Kino Lorber |
| 121 | The Man with the Iron Fists | $15,634,090 | 1,872 | $7,910,980 | 50.6% | 1,868 | Nov 2 | Dec 20 | Universal Pictures |
| 394 | The Details | $63,595 | 73 | $18,528 | 29.1% | 14 | Nov 2 | Nov 11 | RADiUS-TWC |
| 12 | Wreck-It Ralph | $189,422,889 | 3,752 | $49,038,712 | 25.9% | 3,752 | Nov 2 | May 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 337 | Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana | $143,507 | 60 | $95,364 | 66.5% | 60 | Nov 2 | Nov 15 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 193 | A Late Quartet | $1,562,548 | 100 | $75,279 | 4.8% | 9 | Nov 2 | Mar 14 | Entertainment One |
| 463 | North Sea Texas 2012 Re-release | $28,307 | 3 | $4,487 | 15.9% | 3 | Nov 2 | Feb 21 | Strand Releasing |
| 336 | This Must Be the Place | $143,979 | 15 | $7,754 | 5.4% | 2 | Nov 2 | Dec 20 | The Weinstein Company |
| 620 | A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman | $5,102 | 4 | $5,102 | 100% | 4 | Nov 2 | - | Brainstorm Media |
| 637 | Vamps | $3,361 | 1 | $548 | 16.3% | 1 | Nov 2 | Nov 15 | Anchor Bay Films |
| 660 | Jack & Diane | $1,142 | 2 | $294 | 25.7% | 2 | Nov 2 | - | Magnolia Pictures |
| 399 | Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters | $60,064 | 3 | $1,492 | 2.5% | 1 | Nov 2 | Mar 14 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 33 | Flight | $93,772,375 | 2,638 | $24,900,566 | 26.6% | 1,884 | Nov 2 | Feb 14 | Paramount Pictures |
| 456 | The Bay | $30,668 | 23 | $19,747 | 64.4% | 23 | Nov 2 | Nov 15 | Roadside Attractions |
| 148 | Chasing Mavericks | $6,002,756 | 2,030 | $2,268,274 | 37.8% | 2,002 | Oct 26 | Jan 13 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 345 | The Loneliest Planet | $129,579 | 13 | $15,689 | 12.1% | 2 | Oct 26 | Dec 20 | IFC Films |
| 115 | Silent Hill: Revelation | $17,529,157 | 2,933 | $8,023,036 | 45.8% | 2,933 | Oct 26 | Dec 16 | Open Road Films (II) |
| 517 | Long Shot: The Kevin Laue Story | $16,011 | 1 | $16,011 | 100% | 1 | Oct 26 | Nov 1 | Dutchmen Films |
| 633 | Bad Blood | $3,731 | 10 | $1,872 | 50.2% | 10 | Oct 26 | Nov 1 | Gravity Arch |
| 101 | Cloud Atlas | $27,108,272 | 2,023 | $9,612,247 | 35.5% | 2,008 | Oct 26 | Jan 24 | Warner Bros. |
| 449 | District of Corruption | $31,954 | 3 | $25,086 | 78.5% | 3 | Oct 26 | Nov 8 | Rocky Mountain Pictures |
| 505 | Marcelino Pan y Vino 2012 Re-release | $18,193 | 1 | $17,092 | 93.9% | 1 | Oct 26 | Nov 1 | Gigapix Releasing |
| 447 | Orchestra of Exiles | $34,577 | 5 | $6,719 | 19.4% | 1 | Oct 26 | Apr 18 | First Run |
| 609 | The Last Fall | $6,100 | 1 | $6,100 | 100% | 1 | Oct 26 | Nov 1 | - |
| 498 | In Over My Head | $19,482 | 1 | $7,476 | 38.4% | 1 | Oct 26 | - | - |
| 647 | The Ghastly Love of Johnny X | $2,436 | 2 | $86 | 3.5% | 1 | Oct 26 | May 30 | Strand Releasing |
| 201 | The Other Son | $1,285,918 | 53 | $125,691 | 9.8% | 41 | Oct 26 | Feb 10 | Cohen Media Group |
| 137 | Fun Size | $9,409,538 | 3,016 | $4,101,017 | 43.6% | 3,014 | Oct 26 | Dec 13 | Paramount Pictures |
| 330 | Chakravyuh | $151,778 | 79 | $97,896 | 64.5% | 79 | Oct 24 | Nov 15 | Eros Worldwide |
| 62 | Paranormal Activity 4 | $53,885,000 | 3,412 | $29,003,866 | 53.8% | 3,412 | Oct 19 | Jan 3 | Paramount Pictures |
| 294 | Brooklyn Castle | $219,407 | 13 | $18,761 | 8.6% | 2 | Oct 19 | Mar 7 | - |
| 376 | Hating Breitbart | $81,432 | 8 | $40,673 | 49.9% | 4 | Oct 19 | Nov 8 | Rocky Mountain Pictures |
| 487 | My Worst Nightmare | $21,952 | 4 | $1,142 | 5.2% | 1 | Oct 19 | - | Strand Releasing |
| 103 | Alex Cross | $25,888,412 | 2,541 | $11,396,768 | 44% | 2,539 | Oct 19 | Jan 3 | Lionsgate Films |
| 427 | All Together | $43,180 | 10 | $12,887 | 29.8% | 10 | Oct 19 | May 19 | Kino Lorber |
| 481 | The First Time | $22,836 | 19 | $17,061 | 74.7% | 19 | Oct 19 | Oct 25 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 310 | Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 1: Beginnings | $180,440 | 5 | $62,340 | 34.5% | 5 | Oct 19 | Apr 25 | Eleven Arts |
| 656 | Bestiaire | $1,428 | 2 | - | - | - | Oct 19 | - | - |
| 471 | Nobody Walks | $25,342 | 7 | $7,269 | 28.7% | 2 | Oct 19 | Nov 22 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 253 | The Flat | $471,842 | 27 | $19,916 | 4.2% | 3 | Oct 19 | Jan 10 | IFC Films |
| 297 | Tai Chi Zero | $212,094 | 31 | $85,094 | 40.1% | 31 | Oct 19 | Nov 29 | Variance Films |
| 149 | The Sessions | $6,002,451 | 516 | $113,467 | 1.9% | 4 | Oct 19 | Mar 14 | - |
| 235 | Student of the Year | $670,086 | 106 | $326,508 | 48.7% | 106 | Oct 19 | Nov 11 | Eros Worldwide |
| 546 | When the Iron Bird Flies: Tibetan Buddhism Arrives in the West | $13,598 | 1 | - | - | - | Oct 19 | Aug 22 | - |
| 237 | Holy Motors | $641,100 | 29 | $18,866 | 2.9% | 2 | Oct 17 | Jan 27 | - |
| 123 | Seven Psychopaths | $15,024,049 | 1,480 | $4,174,915 | 27.8% | 1,480 | Oct 12 | Dec 20 | CBS Films |
| 234 | The Thieves | $685,839 | 22 | $136,993 | 20% | 11 | Oct 12 | Dec 20 | Well Go USA Entertainment |
| 594 | Photographic Memory | $7,822 | 2 | $3,006 | 38.4% | 2 | Oct 12 | Nov 22 | First Run |
| 538 | Gayby | $14,062 | 1 | $4,792 | 34.1% | 1 | Oct 12 | Nov 15 | The Film Collaborative |
| 22 | Argo | $136,025,503 | 3,247 | $19,458,109 | 14.3% | 3,232 | Oct 12 | Apr 24 | Warner Bros. |
| 465 | Least Among Saints | $28,026 | 8 | $15,774 | 56.3% | 3 | Oct 12 | Nov 8 | Brainstorm Media |
| 163 | Atlas Shrugged II: The Strike | $3,336,053 | 1,012 | $1,751,572 | 52.5% | 1,012 | Oct 12 | Nov 29 | Atlas Distribution Company |
| 566 | Special Forces | $10,759 | 5 | $10,759 | 100% | 5 | Oct 12 | - | Entertainment One |
| 332 | Simon & the Oaks | $150,664 | 17 | $9,964 | 6.6% | 1 | Oct 12 | Nov 22 | The Film Arcade |
| 261 | Smashed | $376,597 | 50 | $26,943 | 7.2% | 4 | Oct 12 | Jan 10 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 75 | Here Comes the Boom | $45,290,318 | 3,014 | $11,816,596 | 26.1% | 3,014 | Oct 12 | Feb 18 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 533 | Tristana | $14,586 | 2 | $4,754 | 32.6% | 1 | Oct 12 | Nov 29 | Cohen Media Group |
| 290 | Middle of Nowhere | $236,806 | 25 | $67,909 | 28.7% | 6 | Oct 12 | Dec 13 | - |
| 321 | The Big Picture 2012 Re-release | $158,411 | 8 | $13,760 | 8.7% | 2 | Oct 12 | Dec 20 | MPI Media Group |
| 70 | Sinister | $48,086,903 | 2,542 | $18,007,634 | 37.4% | 2,527 | Oct 12 | Jan 3 | Lionsgate Films |
| 652 | Split: A Deeper Divide | $2,000 | 1 | $2,338 | 116.9% | 1 | Oct 12 | Oct 18 | Feature Presentations Releasing |
| 418 | War of the Buttons | $47,771 | 35 | $4,737 | 9.9% | 5 | Oct 12 | Nov 8 | The Weinstein Company |
| 263 | The Oranges | $366,377 | 110 | $198,461 | 54.2% | 110 | Oct 5 | Nov 1 | ATO Pictures |
| 326 | Sister | $154,659 | 14 | $15,401 | 10% | 3 | Oct 5 | - | Adopt Films |
| 233 | The Paperboy | $693,286 | 76 | $102,706 | 14.8% | 11 | Oct 5 | Nov 22 | Millennium Entertainment |
| 415 | Wake in Fright 2012 Re-release | $50,394 | 12 | $6,761 | 13.4% | 1 | Oct 5 | Dec 27 | Drafthouse Films |
| 367 | Wuthering Heights | $100,915 | 12 | $8,956 | 8.9% | 1 | Oct 5 | Dec 6 | Oscilloscope |
| 530 | Trade of Innocents | $15,091 | 3 | $588 | 3.9% | 1 | Oct 5 | Nov 8 | Monterey Media |
| 347 | Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare | $126,238 | 12 | $30,953 | 24.5% | 12 | Oct 5 | Mar 28 | Roadside Attractions |
| 363 | Butter | $105,018 | 90 | $70,931 | 67.5% | 90 | Oct 5 | Oct 11 | RADiUS-TWC |
| 185 | English Vinglish | $1,862,086 | 88 | $745,414 | 40% | 88 | Oct 5 | Nov 25 | Eros Worldwide |
| 91 | Frankenweenie | $35,291,068 | 3,005 | $11,412,213 | 32.3% | 3,005 | Oct 5 | Feb 28 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 20 | Taken 2 | $139,854,287 | 3,706 | $49,514,769 | 35.4% | 3,661 | Oct 5 | Feb 21 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 578 | Decoding Deepak | $9,100 | 3 | $9,100 | 100% | 3 | Oct 5 | - | - |
| 432 | Fat Kid Rules the World | $41,000 | 1 | $1,450 | 3.5% | 1 | Oct 5 | Oct 11 | Outsider Pictures |
| 485 | The Revisionaries | $22,664 | 5 | $2,608 | 11.5% | 1 | Oct 5 | Feb 28 | Kino Lorber |
| 368 | V/H/S | $100,345 | 19 | $36,402 | 36.3% | 16 | Oct 5 | Nov 15 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 300 | The House I Live In | $210,752 | 12 | $16,453 | 7.8% | 2 | Oct 5 | Feb 14 | Abramorama |
| 560 | Now, Forager | $11,146 | 4 | $1,539 | 13.8% | 1 | Oct 3 | Jan 10 | Argot Pictures |
| 597 | Bel Borba Aqui | $7,426 | 2 | $1,869 | 25.2% | 1 | Oct 3 | Oct 25 | - |
| 513 | The Prophet's Son | $16,983 | 1 | $8,168 | 48.1% | 1 | Sep 29 | Oct 4 | - |
| 377 | Harvest of Empire | $79,627 | 2 | - | - | - | Sep 28 | May 16 | Onyx Films |
| 623 | Bringing Up Bobby | $4,975 | 4 | $1,005 | 20.2% | 1 | Sep 28 | - | Monterey Media |
| 296 | Thaandavam | $213,476 | 45 | $129,044 | 60.4% | 45 | Sep 28 | Oct 25 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 48 | Pitch Perfect | $65,001,093 | 2,787 | $5,149,433 | 7.9% | 335 | Sep 28 | Feb 14 | Universal Pictures |
| 479 | The Iran Job | $23,115 | 2 | $4,295 | 18.6% | 1 | Sep 28 | Jul 18 | Film Movement |
| 45 | Looper | $66,486,205 | 2,993 | $20,801,552 | 31.3% | 2,992 | Sep 28 | Jan 1 | TriStar Pictures |
| 342 | The Other Dream Team | $135,228 | 14 | $19,821 | 14.7% | 2 | Sep 28 | Nov 15 | The Film Arcade |
| 657 | Headshot | $1,373 | 1 | $456 | 33.2% | 1 | Sep 28 | Nov 8 | Kino Lorber |
| 19 | Hotel Transylvania | $148,313,048 | 3,375 | $42,522,194 | 28.7% | 3,349 | Sep 28 | Feb 28 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 401 | Vulgaria | $59,059 | 16 | $31,097 | 52.7% | 16 | Sep 28 | Oct 18 | China Lion Film Distribution |
| 152 | Won't Back Down | $5,310,554 | 2,517 | $2,603,370 | 49% | 2,515 | Sep 28 | Nov 22 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 286 | The Waiting Room | $244,951 | 8 | $7,086 | 2.9% | 4 | Sep 26 | May 16 | International Film Circuit |
| 563 | Tales of the Night | $10,975 | 1 | $7,154 | 65.2% | 1 | Sep 26 | Oct 4 | GKIDS |
| 127 | Dredd | $13,414,714 | 2,557 | $6,278,491 | 46.8% | 2,506 | Sep 21 | Nov 1 | Lionsgate Films |
| 213 | Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel | $1,017,579 | 27 | $63,700 | 6.3% | 3 | Sep 21 | Feb 21 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 114 | The Perks of Being a Wallflower | $17,742,948 | 745 | $228,359 | 1.3% | 4 | Sep 21 | Feb 7 | Lionsgate Films |
| 528 | 17 Girls | $15,123 | 10 | $4,449 | 29.4% | 10 | Sep 21 | - | Strand Releasing |
| 220 | Masquerade | $922,921 | 15 | - | - | - | Sep 21 | Apr 18 | CJ Entertainment |
| 570 | Husbands in Goa | $10,135 | 7 | $4,483 | 44.2% | 7 | Sep 21 | Nov 1 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 581 | Three Stars | $8,942 | 1 | $1,003 | 11.2% | 1 | Sep 21 | - | First Run |
| 344 | How to Survive a Plague | $132,055 | 15 | $28,250 | 21.4% | 4 | Sep 21 | Nov 15 | IFC Films |
| 396 | Backwards | $61,465 | 9 | $23,190 | 37.7% | 5 | Sep 21 | - | Dada Films |
| 96 | House at the End of the Street | $31,611,916 | 3,083 | $12,287,234 | 38.9% | 3,083 | Sep 21 | Dec 20 | Relativity Media |
| 411 | Occupy Unmasked | $52,768 | 4 | $40,952 | 77.6% | 4 | Sep 21 | Oct 4 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 89 | Trouble with the Curve | $35,763,137 | 3,212 | $12,162,040 | 34% | 3,212 | Sep 21 | Dec 13 | Warner Bros. |
| 480 | Hellbound? | $22,887 | 5 | $3,938 | 17.2% | 4 | Sep 21 | Oct 25 | Area 23a |
| 540 | Head Games | $14,056 | 5 | $1,152 | 8.2% | 2 | Sep 21 | Nov 22 | Variance Films |
| 217 | Unconditional | $1,005,800 | 312 | $525,192 | 52.2% | 312 | Sep 21 | Oct 7 | - |
| 83 | End of Watch | $41,003,371 | 2,780 | $13,152,683 | 32.1% | 2,730 | Sep 21 | Jan 17 | Open Road Films (II) |
| 287 | My Uncle Rafael | $243,616 | 14 | $109,747 | 45% | 14 | Sep 21 | Nov 11 | Rocky Mountain Pictures |
| 240 | Heroine | $598,668 | 114 | $389,901 | 65.1% | 114 | Sep 21 | Oct 11 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 596 | Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best | $7,466 | 3 | $3,850 | 51.6% | 1 | Sep 21 | Oct 4 | Oscilloscope |
| 579 | Money Fight | $9,004 | 1 | $8,759 | 97.3% | 1 | Sep 21 | Sep 27 | Pro-Motion Pictures |
| 642 | About Cherry | $3,003 | 3 | $2,760 | 91.9% | 3 | Sep 21 | Sep 27 | IFC Films |
| 476 | Radio Unnameable | $24,090 | 2 | $5,833 | 24.2% | 1 | Sep 19 | - | Kino Lorber |
| 119 | The Master | $16,377,274 | 864 | $736,311 | 4.5% | 5 | Sep 14 | Mar 14 | The Weinstein Company |
| 466 | Port of Shadows | $27,389 | 2 | $6,618 | 24.2% | 1 | Sep 14 | Feb 14 | Rialto Pictures |
| 306 | 10 Years | $203,373 | 63 | $22,707 | 11.2% | 3 | Sep 14 | Oct 11 | Anchor Bay Films |
