| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Silver Linings Playbook | - | - | - | $8,754,237 | 256 | $9,117,858 | Jan 31 | Roadshow Films | false |
| 2 | Django Unchained | - | - | - | $7,796,902 | 330 | $10,320,498 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 3 | Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters | - | - | - | $6,567,889 | 340 | $8,354,850 | Feb 7 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 4 | Flight | - | - | - | $5,501,786 | 239 | $5,802,656 | Jan 31 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 5 | Lincoln | - | - | - | $4,859,957 | 250 | $7,248,069 | Feb 7 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 6 | Safe Haven | - | - | - | $4,065,838 | 247 | $5,384,926 | Feb 14 | Roadshow Films | false |
| 7 | Zero Dark Thirty | - | - | - | $3,366,210 | 214 | $2,461,401 | Jan 31 | Icon Film Distribution Australia | false |
| 8 | Life of Pi | - | - | - | $2,629,701 | 556 | $28,420,882 | Jan 3 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 9 | The Impossible | - | - | - | $2,510,697 | 181 | $4,783,895 | Jan 24 | Hoyts Distribution | false |
| 10 | Les Misérables | - | - | - | $2,244,351 | 338 | $29,057 | Dec 26 | Maslow Entertainment | false |
| 11 | Anna Karenina | - | - | - | $2,099,747 | 137 | $3,058,242 | Feb 14 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 12 | Quartet | - | - | - | $1,520,930 | 149 | $8,747,220 | Dec 27 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 13 | Beautiful Creatures | - | - | - | $1,507,730 | 229 | $2,903,125 | Feb 21 | Roadshow Films | false |
| 14 | Movie 43 | - | - | - | $1,428,468 | 145 | $1,482,766 | Feb 7 | Roadshow Films | false |
| 15 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | - | - | - | $1,003,803 | 560 | $28,181,539 | - | Roadshow Films | false |
| 16 | The Last Stand | - | - | - | $895,548 | 147 | $1,509,355 | Feb 21 | Roadshow Films | false |
| 17 | This Is 40 | - | - | - | $660,001 | 232 | $5,115,028 | Jan 17 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 18 | The Guilt Trip | - | - | - | $655,956 | 163 | $1,616,810 | Jan 24 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 19 | Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away | - | - | - | $653,817 | 215 | $1,136,233 | Feb 21 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 20 | Wreck-It Ralph | - | - | - | $616,289 | 483 | $23,983,586 | Dec 27 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 21 | Gangster Squad | - | - | - | $554,746 | 205 | $7,477,123 | Jan 10 | Roadshow Films | false |
| 22 | Amour | - | - | - | $287,626 | 47 | $1,004,085 | Feb 21 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 23 | Hitchcock | - | - | - | $204,276 | 220 | $3,776,750 | Jan 10 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 24 | ParaNorman | - | - | - | $200,021 | 360 | $3,989,201 | Jan 10 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 25 | Parental Guidance | - | - | - | $184,014 | 238 | $11,385,883 | Dec 27 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 26 | Special 26 | - | - | - | $179,891 | 11 | $179,891 | Feb 7 | - | false |
| 27 | The Sweeney | - | - | - | $151,333 | 114 | $206,669 | Feb 14 | Hoyts Distribution | false |
| 28 | Jack Reacher | - | - | - | $132,310 | 233 | $8,989,349 | Jan 3 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 29 | Samsara | - | - | - | $98,771 | 21 | $775,962 | Dec 27 | Entertainment One | false |
| 30 | Sound City | - | - | - | $98,328 | 15 | $98,328 | Jan 31 | - | false |
| 31 | Argo | - | - | - | $93,721 | 354 | $12,724,841 | Oct 25 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 32 | Singh vs. Kaur | - | - | - | $87,020 | 19 | $87,020 | Feb 14 | - | false |
| 33 | The Metropolitan Opera HD Live: Donizetti: Maria Stuarda | - | - | - | $78,475 | 35 | $78,475 | Feb 21 | Sharmill Films | false |
