| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Thesis on a Homicide | $51,221 | - | 7 | - | $7,317 | $51,221 | 1 | Walt Disney Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | - | Django Unchained | $26,396 | - | 6 | - | $4,399 | $26,396 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 3 | 1 | Life of Pi | $26,206 | +9.6% | 11 | +1 | $2,382 | $159,409 | 3 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 4 | 2 | Arbitrage | $18,705 | -13.1% | 4 | - | $4,676 | $59,916 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | The Impossible | $17,881 | +0.9% | 8 | +2 | $2,235 | $108,984 | 3 | N/A | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | Wreck-It Ralph | $17,482 | +40.2% | 10 | -1 | $1,748 | $118,904 | 4 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 4 | Parental Guidance | $16,049 | +22.4% | 5 | -1 | $3,209 | $96,045 | 2 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 8 | 9 | A Turtle's Tale 2: Sammy's Escape from Paradise | $9,904 | +32.4% | 11 | - | $900 | $26,213 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | Cloud Atlas | $7,221 | -41.1% | 5 | -1 | $1,444 | $46,697 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 10 | 15 | Argo | $5,184 | +552.1% | 7 | +5 | $740 | $59,987 | 11 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 11 | 12 | Hotel Transylvania | $5,163 | +37.1% | 5 | +1 | $1,032 | $193,547 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 12 | - | The Perks of Being a Wallflower | $4,989 | - | 2 | - | $2,494 | $4,989 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 13 | 7 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | $4,818 | -51.5% | 4 | -5 | $1,204 | $261,649 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 14 | 8 | Jack Reacher | $4,207 | -53.7% | 3 | -3 | $1,402 | $47,662 | 3 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 15 | 11 | Sinister | $3,758 | -9.1% | 3 | - | $1,252 | $81,469 | 7 | N/A | false | false |
| 16 | 10 | Killing Them Softly | $2,733 | -51.8% | 3 | - | $911 | $12,830 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 17 | 16 | The Intouchables | $1,348 | +76% | 2 | - | $674 | $131,986 | 15 | N/A | false | false |
| 18 | 18 | The Mill and the Cross | $1,019 | +67.9% | 1 | - | $1,019 | $22,231 | 9 | N/A | false | false |
| 19 | 17 | Rise of the Guardians | $852 | +35.7% | 3 | +1 | $284 | $136,779 | 9 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 20 | 19 | 2 + 2 | $562 | +16.8% | 1 | - | $562 | $570,829 | 22 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 21 | 14 | Moonrise Kingdom | $413 | -58.2% | 1 | -2 | $413 | $4,833 | 2 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
