| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters | $2,288,534 | - | 334 | - | $6,851 | $2,288,534 | 1 | Paramount Pictures International | true | false |
| 2 | 2 | Silver Linings Playbook | $1,614,832 | -33.7% | 242 | - | $6,672 | $5,810,175 | 2 | Roadshow Films | false | false |
| 3 | 1 | Django Unchained | $1,440,450 | -44.5% | 292 | -35 | $4,933 | $11,553,908 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 4 | - | Lincoln | $1,378,398 | - | 206 | - | $6,691 | $1,751,608 | 1 | 20th Century Fox International | true | false |
| 5 | 3 | Flight | $1,096,263 | -39.8% | 239 | - | $4,586 | $3,561,304 | 2 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | Zero Dark Thirty | $643,354 | -44.8% | 214 | +6 | $3,006 | $2,247,339 | 2 | Icon Film Distribution | false | false |
| 7 | - | Movie 43 | $574,787 | - | 145 | - | $3,964 | $629,085 | 1 | Roadshow Films | true | false |
| 8 | 5 | Life of Pi | $528,004 | -51.5% | 250 | -138 | $2,112 | $27,115,446 | 6 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | The Impossible | $501,229 | -43.9% | 181 | +10 | $2,769 | $3,919,928 | 3 | Hoyts Distribution | false | false |
| 10 | 10 | Quartet | $276,466 | -28% | 149 | +16 | $1,855 | $7,739,682 | 7 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | $259,611 | -59.7% | 148 | -82 | $1,754 | $43,728,281 | 6 | Roadshow Films | false | false |
| 12 | - | Anna Karenina | $179,668 | - | 119 | - | $1,509 | $232,189 | - | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | - | false |
| 13 | 12 | Gangster Squad | $156,709 | -55.8% | 70 | -63 | $2,238 | $7,477,123 | 5 | Roadshow Films | false | false |
| 14 | 11 | Wreck-It Ralph | $120,316 | -67% | 160 | -60 | $751 | $23,725,135 | 7 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 13 | The Guilt Trip | $119,145 | -64.5% | 128 | -35 | $930 | $1,528,338 | 3 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 16 | 9 | This Is 40 | $118,424 | -74% | 96 | -99 | $1,233 | $5,115,028 | 4 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 17 | - | Special 26 | $89,574 | - | 11 | - | $8,143 | $89,574 | 1 | - | true | false |
| 18 | 7 | Les Misérables | $50,598 | -93.4% | 188 | -75 | $269 | $25,583,222 | 7 | - | false | false |
| 19 | 18 | Skyfall | $50,441 | -60% | 38 | -22 | $1,327 | $49,976,352 | 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 20 | 15 | Hitchcock | $50,374 | -68% | 56 | -49 | $899 | $3,776,750 | 5 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
