Domestic Box Office For Dec 21, 2012
Data as of Nov 21, 2:03 PST
Key:New This Day
| TD | YD | Release | Daily | %± YD | %± LW | Theaters | Avg | To Date | Days | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | $10,078,827 | +52.4% | -72.9% | 4,100 | $2,458 | $123,231,727 | 8 | Warner Bros. |
| 2 | - | Jack Reacher | $5,021,737 | - | - | 3,352 | $1,498 | $5,021,737 | 1 | Paramount Pictures |
| 3 | - | This Is 40 | $3,714,075 | - | - | 2,912 | $1,275 | $3,714,075 | 1 | Universal Pictures |
| 4 | 4 | Rise of the Guardians | $1,566,419 | +82.5% | +2.8% | 3,031 | $516 | $75,360,649 | 31 | DreamWorks |
| 5 | 2 | The Guilt Trip | $1,489,795 | +48.8% | - | 2,431 | $612 | $3,520,409 | 3 | Paramount Pictures |
| 6 | 3 | Lincoln | $1,392,449 | +55.8% | -28.1% | 2,293 | $607 | $112,540,273 | 43 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 7 | 7 | Monsters, Inc. 2012 3D Release | $1,390,711 | +97% | - | 2,618 | $531 | $2,875,692 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 8 | 5 | Skyfall | $1,277,886 | +51.9% | -29.8% | 2,365 | $540 | $276,369,660 | 43 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 9 | 6 | Life of Pi | $999,521 | +41% | -28% | 1,750 | $571 | $73,355,765 | 31 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 10 | - | Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away | $808,188 | - | - | 840 | $962 | $927,563 | 1 | Paramount Pictures |
| 11 | 8 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 | $761,511 | +37.6% | -48.7% | 2,000 | $380 | $279,767,245 | 36 | Lionsgate |
| 12 | 9 | Wreck-It Ralph | $474,852 | +34.1% | -31.2% | 1,444 | $328 | $170,397,377 | 50 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 13 | 10 | Silver Linings Playbook | $439,279 | +61.8% | -24.7% | 371 | $1,184 | $18,519,321 | 36 | The Weinstein Company |
| 14 | 12 | Red Dawn | $244,474 | +2.7% | -64.9% | 1,011 | $241 | $42,076,377 | 31 | FilmDistrict |
| 15 | 14 | Argo | $209,467 | +48.3% | -31.2% | 450 | $465 | $105,745,137 | 71 | Warner Bros. |
| 16 | 13 | Flight | $181,822 | -1% | -65.5% | 742 | $245 | $90,461,509 | 50 | Paramount Pictures |
| 17 | 15 | Anna Karenina | $166,638 | +18.6% | -40.7% | 331 | $503 | $9,136,825 | 36 | Focus Features |
| 18 | 16 | Hitchcock | $152,286 | +27.8% | -49.7% | 535 | $284 | $3,767,578 | 29 | - |
| 19 | 11 | Playing for Keeps | $132,044 | -48.3% | -86.9% | 851 | $155 | $12,118,402 | 15 | FilmDistrict |
| 20 | 17 | Zero Dark Thirty | $115,476 | +10.9% | - | 5 | $23,095 | $344,488 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 21 | 22 | Hyde Park on Hudson | $90,999 | +226.7% | +15.4% | 86 | $1,058 | $619,991 | 15 | Focus Features |
| 22 | - | Hotel Transylvania | $82,181 | - | +373.3% | 301 | $273 | $144,033,029 | 85 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 23 | - | Here Comes the Boom | $59,906 | - | +175.3% | 291 | $205 | $42,777,587 | 71 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 24 | 20 | Taken 2 | $58,919 | +72.6% | -27.8% | 275 | $214 | $138,324,019 | 78 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 25 | 21 | Pitch Perfect | $41,735 | +36.6% | -44.1% | 214 | $195 | $64,035,548 | 85 | Universal Pictures |
| 26 | - | The Impossible | $37,726 | - | - | 15 | $2,515 | $37,726 | 1 | Lionsgate |
| 27 | 18 | Killing Them Softly | $32,096 | -60.6% | -89.2% | 149 | $215 | $14,655,183 | 22 | The Weinstein Company |
| 28 | 24 | The Polar Express 2012 IMAX Release | $25,499 | +36% | -4.7% | 15 | $1,699 | $540,456 | 31 | Warner Bros. |
| 29 | 19 | The Collection | $25,132 | -30.6% | -84.6% | 112 | $224 | $6,755,684 | 22 | LD Entertainment |
| 30 | 25 | The Perks of Being a Wallflower | $22,039 | +37.5% | -15.4% | 141 | $156 | $17,091,675 | 92 | Lionsgate |
| 31 | 23 | The Sessions | $20,575 | +5.7% | -47.6% | 98 | $209 | $5,304,362 | 64 | - |
| 32 | 29 | End of Watch | $20,250 | +61.1% | -23% | 172 | $117 | $40,542,322 | 92 | Open Road Films (II) |
| 33 | 28 | To the Arctic 3D | $13,379 | -1.8% | -4.2% | 52 | $257 | $10,274,432 | 246 | Warner Bros. |
| 34 | 26 | Looper | $9,998 | -34.2% | -59.8% | 100 | $99 | $66,372,515 | 85 | TriStar Pictures |
| 35 | 27 | Cloud Atlas | $9,821 | -32.5% | -55% | 50 | $196 | $26,691,893 | 57 | Warner Bros. |
| 36 | 33 | A Late Quartet | $9,489 | +20.3% | -28.2% | 39 | $243 | $1,126,918 | 50 | Entertainment One |
| 37 | 30 | Talaash: The Answer Lies Within | $7,926 | -31.2% | - | 25 | $317 | $2,773,935 | 22 | Reliance Big Pictures |
| 38 | 36 | Ice Age: Continental Drift | $7,827 | +7.7% | -13% | 72 | $108 | $161,037,816 | 162 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 39 | 31 | Sinister | $7,740 | -30% | -63.2% | 93 | $83 | $47,967,589 | 71 | Lionsgate |
| 40 | 32 | Alex Cross | $7,214 | -18.8% | -64.1% | 94 | $76 | $25,781,207 | 64 | Lionsgate |
| 41 | 38 | Born to Be Wild | $5,334 | +2.3% | -12.5% | 30 | $177 | $21,538,809 | 624 | Warner Bros. |
| 42 | - | Not Fade Away | $5,314 | - | - | 3 | $1,771 | $5,314 | 1 | Paramount Vantage |
| 43 | 34 | Paranormal Activity 4 | $3,411 | -56.2% | -75.6% | 50 | $68 | $53,841,158 | 64 | Paramount Pictures |
| 44 | 40 | The Master | $3,111 | +3.1% | +51.8% | 13 | $239 | $15,924,995 | 99 | The Weinstein Company |
| 45 | 39 | The Intouchables | $1,870 | -57.3% | -50.6% | 7 | $267 | $10,101,282 | 211 | The Weinstein Company |
| 46 | - | Django | $1,790 | - | - | 8 | $223 | $1,790 | 1 | Rialto Pictures |
| 47 | 42 | ParaNorman | $1,725 | -36.4% | -65.6% | 24 | $71 | $55,975,318 | 127 | Focus Features |
| 48 | 41 | Chasing Mavericks | $1,303 | -54.2% | -73.2% | 18 | $72 | $5,915,923 | 57 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 49 | 44 | Arbitrage | $791 | -43.3% | -56.9% | 5 | $158 | $7,896,377 | 99 | Roadside Attractions |
| 50 | - | Now, Forager | $111 | - | - | 1 | $111 | $7,321 | 80 | Argot Pictures |
