| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Django Unchained | - | - | - | $79,334,578 | 3,012 | $162,805,434 | Dec 25 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 2 | Zero Dark Thirty | - | - | - | $71,054,818 | 2,946 | $95,720,716 | Dec 19 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 3 | Les Misérables | - | - | - | $66,116,005 | 2,927 | $148,809,770 | Dec 25 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 4 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | - | - | - | $65,745,916 | 4,100 | $303,003,568 | Dec 14 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 5 | Mama | - | - | - | $51,532,100 | 2,781 | $71,628,180 | Jan 18 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 6 | Silver Linings Playbook | - | - | - | $43,805,572 | 2,809 | $132,092,958 | Nov 16 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 7 | Gangster Squad | - | - | - | $41,249,058 | 3,103 | $46,000,903 | Jan 11 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 8 | Parental Guidance | - | - | - | $37,418,474 | 3,368 | $77,267,296 | Dec 25 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 9 | A Haunted House | - | - | - | $36,233,903 | 2,160 | $40,041,683 | Jan 11 | Open Road Films (II) | false |
| 10 | Lincoln | - | - | - | $34,185,421 | 2,293 | $182,207,973 | Nov 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 11 | Texas Chainsaw | - | - | - | $34,030,413 | 2,659 | $34,341,945 | Jan 4 | Lionsgate | false |
| 12 | Jack Reacher | - | - | - | $30,875,753 | 3,352 | $80,070,736 | Dec 21 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 13 | This Is 40 | - | - | - | $27,599,915 | 2,931 | $67,544,505 | Dec 21 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 14 | Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters | - | - | - | $25,252,794 | 3,375 | $55,703,475 | Jan 25 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 15 | Life of Pi | - | - | - | $18,593,915 | 2,946 | $124,987,023 | Nov 21 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 16 | Broken City | - | - | - | $16,674,090 | 2,622 | $19,701,164 | Jan 18 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 17 | The Guilt Trip | - | - | - | $13,573,983 | 2,431 | $37,134,215 | Dec 19 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 18 | The Impossible | - | - | - | $13,379,828 | 886 | $19,019,882 | Dec 21 | Lionsgate | false |
| 19 | Monsters, Inc. 2012 3D Release | - | - | - | $12,562,877 | 2,618 | $34,043,006 | Dec 19 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 20 | The Last Stand | - | - | - | $11,433,642 | 2,913 | $12,050,299 | Jan 18 | Lionsgate | false |
| 21 | Skyfall | - | - | - | $11,392,307 | 3,526 | $304,360,277 | Nov 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 22 | Argo | - | - | - | $9,621,895 | 3,247 | $136,025,503 | Oct 12 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 23 | Parker | - | - | - | $9,224,882 | 2,238 | $17,616,641 | Jan 25 | FilmDistrict | false |
| 24 | Rise of the Guardians | - | - | - | $8,954,095 | 3,672 | $103,412,758 | Nov 21 | DreamWorks | false |
| 25 | Promised Land | - | - | - | $7,371,538 | 1,676 | $7,597,898 | Dec 28 | Focus Features | false |
| 26 | Wreck-It Ralph | - | - | - | $6,639,623 | 3,752 | $189,422,889 | Nov 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 27 | Movie 43 | - | - | - | $6,058,274 | 2,023 | $8,840,453 | Jan 25 | Relativity Media | false |
| 28 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 | - | - | - | $4,722,197 | 4,070 | $292,324,737 | Nov 16 | Lionsgate | false |
| 29 | Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away | - | - | - | $4,324,528 | 840 | $12,512,862 | Dec 21 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 30 | Hyde Park on Hudson | - | - | - | $3,533,083 | 246 | $6,376,145 | Dec 7 | Focus Features | false |
| 31 | Quartet | - | - | - | $2,290,173 | 725 | $18,390,117 | Jan 11 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 32 | Hotel Transylvania | - | - | - | $2,143,534 | 3,375 | $148,313,048 | Sep 28 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 33 | Amour | - | - | - | $1,762,688 | 333 | $6,739,492 | Dec 19 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 34 | Anna Karenina | - | - | - | $1,670,479 | 422 | $12,816,367 | Nov 16 | Focus Features | false |
| 35 | Flight | - | - | - | $1,550,009 | 2,638 | $93,772,375 | Nov 2 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 36 | Here Comes the Boom | - | - | - | $1,233,255 | 3,014 | $45,290,318 | Oct 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 37 | Rust and Bone | - | - | - | $1,158,687 | 168 | $2,062,027 | Nov 23 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 38 | Red Dawn | - | - | - | $1,113,618 | 2,781 | $44,806,783 | Nov 21 | FilmDistrict | false |
| 39 | Race 2 | - | - | - | $1,086,582 | 153 | $1,579,940 | Jan 25 | UTV Motion Pictures | false |
| 40 | Taken 2 | - | - | - | $842,914 | 3,706 | $139,854,287 | Oct 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 41 | Hitchcock | - | - | - | $783,565 | 561 | $6,008,677 | Nov 23 | - | false |
| 42 | Pitch Perfect | - | - | - | $549,490 | 2,787 | $65,001,093 | Sep 28 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 43 | Frankenweenie | - | - | - | $529,360 | 3,005 | $35,291,068 | Oct 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 44 | Beasts of the Southern Wild | - | - | - | $506,920 | 318 | $12,795,746 | Jun 27 | - | false |
| 45 | To the Arctic 3D | - | - | - | $505,913 | 52 | $14,560,838 | Apr 20 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 46 | Not Fade Away | - | - | - | $498,468 | 565 | $610,792 | Dec 21 | Paramount Vantage | false |
| 47 | Hubble | - | - | - | $428,506 | 151 | $52,522,904 | Mar 19 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 48 | The Perks of Being a Wallflower | - | - | - | $396,191 | 745 | $17,742,948 | Sep 21 | Lionsgate | false |
| 49 | The Sessions | - | - | - | $358,385 | 516 | $6,002,451 | Oct 19 | - | false |
| 50 | Dabangg 2 | - | - | - | $355,125 | 166 | $2,519,190 | Dec 21 | Eros Worldwide | false |
| 51 | Barbara | - | - | - | $349,931 | 23 | $1,013,902 | Dec 21 | Adopt Films | false |
| 52 | Cloud Atlas | - | - | - | $322,599 | 2,023 | $27,108,272 | Oct 26 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 53 | Chasing Ice | - | - | - | $300,883 | 53 | $1,328,467 | Nov 9 | Submarine Deluxe | false |
| 54 | A Royal Affair | - | - | - | $276,605 | 56 | $1,546,761 | Nov 9 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 55 | Playing for Keeps | - | - | - | $239,618 | 2,840 | $13,103,272 | Dec 7 | FilmDistrict | false |
| 56 | End of Watch | - | - | - | $236,637 | 2,780 | $41,003,371 | Sep 21 | Open Road Films (II) | false |
| 57 | Born to Be Wild | - | - | - | $210,097 | 208 | $25,978,556 | Apr 8 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 58 | A Late Quartet | - | - | - | $201,340 | 100 | $1,562,548 | Nov 2 | Entertainment One | false |
| 59 | The Master | - | - | - | $200,737 | 864 | $16,377,274 | Sep 14 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 60 | Searching for Sugar Man | - | - | - | $183,973 | 157 | $3,696,196 | Jul 27 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 61 | Ice Age: Continental Drift | - | - | - | $165,926 | 3,886 | $161,321,843 | Jul 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 62 | 56 Up | - | - | - | $163,970 | 33 | $701,278 | Jan 4 | First Run | false |
| 63 | Space Station 3D | - | - | - | $148,611 | 64 | $93,383,953 | Apr 19 | IMAX | false |
| 64 | Luv | - | - | - | $146,089 | 45 | $156,996 | Jan 18 | - | false |
| 65 | Holy Motors | - | - | - | $126,501 | 29 | $641,100 | Oct 17 | - | false |
| 66 | Killing Them Softly | - | - | - | $124,718 | 2,424 | $15,026,056 | Nov 30 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 67 | Sound City | - | - | - | $120,514 | 50 | $422,853 | Feb 1 | Variance Films | false |
| 68 | Deep Sea | - | - | - | $108,579 | 47 | $46,412,757 | Mar 3 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 69 | Burn | - | - | - | $106,000 | 14 | $996,103 | Jul 24 | - | false |
| 70 | Finding Nemo 2012 3D Release | - | - | - | $87,974 | 2,904 | $41,128,283 | Sep 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 71 | The Other Son | - | - | - | $81,102 | 53 | $1,285,918 | Oct 26 | Cohen Media Group | false |
| 72 | The Central Park Five | - | - | - | $79,699 | 22 | $325,653 | Nov 23 | IFC Films | false |
| 73 | West of Memphis | - | - | - | $68,658 | 40 | $310,154 | Dec 25 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 74 | Any Day Now | - | - | - | $64,636 | 19 | $201,395 | Dec 14 | Music Box Films | false |
| 75 | Chasing Mavericks | - | - | - | $57,886 | 2,030 | $6,002,756 | Oct 26 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 76 | On the Road | - | - | - | $56,789 | 107 | $744,296 | Dec 21 | IFC Films | false |
| 77 | The Intouchables | - | - | - | $52,950 | 194 | $10,198,820 | May 25 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 78 | Table No. 21 | - | - | - | $46,720 | 23 | $46,720 | Jan 4 | Eros Worldwide | false |
| 79 | Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel | - | - | - | $46,385 | 27 | $1,017,579 | Sep 21 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 80 | Sister | - | - | - | $46,059 | 14 | $154,659 | Oct 5 | Adopt Films | false |
| 81 | Samsara | - | - | - | $41,422 | 70 | $2,672,413 | Aug 24 | Oscilloscope | false |
| 82 | Beware of Mr. Baker | - | - | - | $40,577 | 15 | $116,476 | Nov 28 | - | false |
| 83 | Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 1: Beginnings | - | - | - | $40,382 | 5 | $180,440 | Oct 19 | Eleven Arts | false |
| 84 | The Odd Life of Timothy Green | - | - | - | $38,505 | 2,717 | $51,854,875 | Aug 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 85 | Under the Sea 3D | - | - | - | $35,893 | 108 | $36,262,926 | Feb 13 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 86 | Paranormal Activity 4 | - | - | - | $34,341 | 3,412 | $53,885,000 | Oct 19 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 87 | Somewhere Between | - | - | - | $30,718 | 6 | $210,975 | Aug 24 | Long Shot Factory | false |
| 88 | Struck by Lightning | - | - | - | $28,378 | 4 | $28,378 | Jan 11 | Tribeca Films | false |
| 89 | The House I Live In | - | - | - | $27,696 | 12 | $210,752 | Oct 5 | Abramorama | false |
| 90 | Robot & Frank | - | - | - | $26,069 | 209 | $3,325,038 | Aug 17 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 91 | Sinister | - | - | - | $25,347 | 2,542 | $48,086,903 | Oct 12 | Lionsgate | false |
| 92 | Brave | - | - | - | $23,525 | 4,164 | $237,283,207 | Jun 22 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 93 | Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters | - | - | - | $20,747 | 3 | $60,064 | Nov 2 | Zeitgeist Films | false |
| 94 | The Gatekeepers | - | - | - | $19,338 | 131 | $2,415,727 | Feb 1 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 95 | Alex Cross | - | - | - | $18,924 | 2,541 | $25,888,412 | Oct 19 | Lionsgate | false |
| 96 | Yossi | - | - | - | $18,213 | 8 | $117,047 | Jan 25 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 97 | Talaash: The Answer Lies Within | - | - | - | $18,055 | 172 | $2,871,956 | Nov 30 | Reliance Big Pictures | false |
| 98 | Bless Me, Ultima | - | - | - | $17,839 | 263 | $1,561,962 | Feb 22 | Arenas Entertainment | false |
| 99 | Brooklyn Castle | - | - | - | $17,813 | 13 | $219,407 | Oct 19 | - | false |
| 100 | The Rabbi's Cat | - | - | - | $16,412 | 6 | $23,392 | Dec 7 | GKIDS | false |
| 101 | Happy People: A Year in the Taiga | - | - | - | $16,052 | 23 | $338,987 | Jan 25 | Music Box Films | false |
| 102 | Bill W. | - | - | - | $15,171 | 31 | $809,590 | May 18 | Page 124 Productions | false |
| 103 | John Dies at the End | - | - | - | $15,067 | 19 | $141,951 | Jan 25 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 104 | Tchoupitoulas | - | - | - | $13,364 | 6 | $19,375 | Dec 7 | Oscilloscope | false |
| 105 | The Flat | - | - | - | $13,087 | 27 | $471,842 | Oct 19 | IFC Films | false |
| 106 | The Waiting Room | - | - | - | $13,077 | 8 | $244,951 | Sep 26 | International Film Circuit | false |
| 107 | In Another Country | - | - | - | $12,620 | 6 | $25,079 | Nov 9 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 108 | Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation | - | - | - | $12,177 | 2 | $23,701 | Jan 18 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 109 | A Werewolf Boy | - | - | - | $12,140 | 20 | $342,922 | Nov 30 | CJ Entertainment | false |
| 110 | Looper | - | - | - | $11,163 | 2,993 | $66,486,205 | Sep 28 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 111 | Arbitrage | - | - | - | $9,961 | 256 | $7,919,574 | Sep 14 | Roadside Attractions | false |
| 112 | Django | - | - | - | $9,769 | 10 | $25,916 | Dec 21 | Rialto Pictures | false |
| 113 | My Worst Nightmare | - | - | - | $9,381 | 4 | $21,952 | Oct 19 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 114 | Let My People Go! | - | - | - | $9,274 | 3 | $18,529 | Jan 11 | Zeitgeist Films | false |
| 115 | Hitler's Children | - | - | - | $8,163 | 3 | $28,663 | Nov 16 | Film Movement | false |
| 116 | Clandestine Childhood | - | - | - | $8,137 | 2 | $9,017 | Jan 18 | IFC Films | false |
| 117 | Starlet | - | - | - | $8,095 | 10 | $88,212 | Nov 9 | Music Box Films | false |
| 118 | Detropia | - | - | - | $7,819 | 24 | $390,024 | Sep 7 | Loki Films | false |
| 119 | 5 Broken Cameras | - | - | - | $7,527 | 9 | $109,983 | May 30 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 120 | ParaNorman | - | - | - | $7,063 | 3,455 | $56,003,051 | Aug 17 | Focus Features | false |
| 121 | Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare | - | - | - | $6,552 | 12 | $126,238 | Oct 5 | Roadside Attractions | false |
| 122 | Max and the Junkmen | - | - | - | $6,213 | 2 | $35,387 | Aug 10 | Rialto Pictures | false |
| 123 | Only the Young | - | - | - | $5,972 | 2 | $15,312 | Dec 7 | Oscilloscope | false |
| 124 | Wagner & Me 2012 Re-release | - | - | - | $5,917 | 4 | $37,745 | Dec 7 | First Run | false |
| 125 | A Bottle in the Gaza Sea | - | - | - | $5,872 | 2 | $5,872 | Jan 4 | Film Movement | false |
| 126 | A Dark Truth | - | - | - | $5,750 | 3 | $5,750 | Jan 4 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 127 | Deadfall | - | - | - | $4,849 | 17 | $66,351 | Dec 7 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 128 | Brief Reunion | - | - | - | $4,217 | 2 | $6,601 | Jan 18 | Striped Entertainment | false |
| 129 | Back to 1942 | - | - | - | $3,849 | 20 | $312,954 | Nov 30 | China Lion Film Distribution | false |
| 130 | High Tech, Low Life | - | - | - | $3,836 | 1 | $3,836 | Jan 9 | Argot Pictures | false |
| 131 | Supporting Characters | - | - | - | $3,784 | 1 | $4,917 | Jan 25 | Tribeca Films | false |
| 132 | The Revisionaries | - | - | - | $3,222 | 5 | $22,664 | Oct 5 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 133 | The Well-Digger's Daughter | - | - | - | $2,632 | 16 | $386,368 | Jul 20 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 134 | California Solo | - | - | - | $2,481 | 2 | $15,433 | Nov 30 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 135 | Smashed | - | - | - | $2,107 | 50 | $376,597 | Oct 12 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 136 | Knife Fight | - | - | - | $2,019 | 2 | $5,661 | Jan 25 | IFC Films | false |
| 137 | The Invisible War | - | - | - | $2,006 | 19 | $71,968 | Jun 22 | Cinedigm Entertainment Group | false |
| 138 | The Polar Express 2012 IMAX Release | - | - | - | $1,947 | 17 | $669,289 | Nov 21 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 139 | North Sea Texas 2012 Re-release | - | - | - | $1,850 | 3 | $28,307 | Nov 2 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 140 | Orchestra of Exiles | - | - | - | $1,640 | 5 | $34,577 | Oct 26 | First Run | false |
| 141 | Now, Forager | - | - | - | $1,609 | 4 | $11,146 | Oct 3 | Argot Pictures | false |
| 142 | The Fitzgerald Family Christmas | - | - | - | $1,587 | 21 | $50,292 | Dec 7 | Tribeca Films | false |
| 143 | All Together | - | - | - | $1,531 | 10 | $43,180 | Oct 19 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 144 | Officer Down | - | - | - | $1,463 | 1 | $1,463 | Jan 18 | Anchor Bay Films | false |
| 145 | This Is Not a Film | - | - | - | $1,450 | 5 | $77,016 | Feb 29 | Palisades Tartan | false |
| 146 | The Law in These Parts | - | - | - | $1,413 | 1 | $13,683 | Nov 16 | The Cinema Guild | false |
| 147 | The Man in the White Suit | - | - | - | $1,314 | 1 | $8,718 | Nov 16 | Rialto Pictures | false |
| 148 | Port of Shadows | - | - | - | $1,238 | 2 | $27,389 | Sep 14 | Rialto Pictures | false |
| 149 | The Bride Wore Black | - | - | - | $1,190 | 2 | $44,566 | Nov 4 | The Film Desk | false |
| 150 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | - | - | - | $1,186 | 82 | $34,137,524 | Sep 23 | IMAX | false |
| 151 | A Man Vanishes 2012 Re-release | - | - | - | $1,021 | 2 | $6,201 | Nov 15 | Icarus Films | false |
| 152 | Sushi: The Global Catch | - | - | - | $886 | 1 | $5,757 | Aug 3 | - | false |
| 153 | Galapagos | - | - | - | $881 | 14 | $18,630,372 | Oct 29 | IMAX | false |
| 154 | Nothing But a Man | - | - | - | $689 | 2 | $13,063 | Nov 9 | - | false |
| 155 | Alps | - | - | - | $653 | 3 | $16,057 | Jul 13 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 156 | Kumaré | - | - | - | $492 | 9 | $132,160 | Jun 20 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 157 | The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez | - | - | - | $420 | 2 | $10,782 | Dec 7 | Indican Pictures | false |
| 158 | Citadel | - | - | - | $382 | 7 | $13,377 | Nov 9 | Cinedigm Entertainment Group | false |
| 159 | The Comedy | - | - | - | $273 | 4 | $41,113 | Nov 9 | Tribeca Films | false |
| 160 | Radio Unnameable | - | - | - | $255 | 2 | $24,090 | Sep 19 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 161 | Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet | - | - | - | $200 | 2 | $1,294 | Dec 12 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 162 | When the Iron Bird Flies: Tibetan Buddhism Arrives in the West | - | - | - | $180 | 1 | $13,598 | Oct 19 | - | false |
| 163 | Neighboring Sounds | - | - | - | $156 | 3 | $60,255 | Aug 24 | The Cinema Guild | false |
| 164 | Yangsi | - | - | - | $138 | 1 | $4,008 | Dec 7 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 165 | We Won't Grow Old Together | - | - | - | $107 | 1 | $14,104 | Jun 8 | The Film Desk | false |
| 166 | Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film | - | - | - | $82 | 1 | $3,804 | Aug 3 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 167 | Storage 24 | - | - | - | $72 | 1 | $72 | Jan 18 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
