| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Beautiful Creatures | $1,190,253 | - | 228 | - | $5,220 | $1,237,072 | 1 | Roadshow Films | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Safe Haven | $1,147,477 | -43% | 246 | +1 | $4,664 | $3,739,486 | 2 | Roadshow Films | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | Silver Linings Playbook | $1,086,035 | -25.8% | 256 | +5 | $4,242 | $9,349,623 | 4 | Roadshow Films | false | false |
| 4 | 2 | Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters | $1,003,022 | -44.3% | 329 | -11 | $3,048 | $6,307,756 | 3 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | Lincoln | $888,218 | -25.6% | 216 | -2 | $4,112 | $4,937,494 | 3 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | Django Unchained | $776,575 | -32.3% | 258 | -9 | $3,009 | $14,401,928 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 7 | - | The Last Stand | $679,812 | - | 147 | - | $4,624 | $689,520 | 1 | Roadshow Films | true | false |
| 8 | 7 | Anna Karenina | $491,603 | -38.2% | 131 | -6 | $3,752 | $1,950,286 | 2 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | Flight | $478,958 | -40.5% | 209 | -25 | $2,291 | $5,496,985 | 4 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 10 | - | Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away | $471,195 | - | 215 | - | $2,191 | $471,195 | 1 | Paramount Pictures International | true | false |
| 11 | 8 | Zero Dark Thirty | $293,688 | -35.7% | 129 | -80 | $2,276 | $3,360,778 | 4 | Icon Film Distribution | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | Life of Pi | $255,292 | -32.3% | 96 | -131 | $2,659 | $28,114,570 | 8 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 13 | 11 | Les Misérables | $222,665 | -33.2% | 117 | -27 | $1,903 | $26,550,450 | 9 | - | false | false |
| 14 | 12 | The Impossible | $214,307 | -35.4% | 143 | -27 | $1,498 | $4,783,895 | 5 | Hoyts Distribution | false | false |
| 15 | - | Amour | $172,465 | - | 24 | - | $7,186 | $220,176 | 1 | Paramount Pictures International | true | false |
| 16 | 13 | Quartet | $168,503 | -24.5% | 108 | -27 | $1,560 | $8,447,570 | 9 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 17 | 9 | Movie 43 | $151,685 | -62.6% | 115 | -28 | $1,319 | $1,482,766 | 3 | Roadshow Films | false | false |
| 18 | - | Argo | $139,699 | - | 51 | - | $2,739 | $12,257,219 | 18 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 19 | - | Donizetti: Maria Stuarda | $78,475 | - | 35 | - | $2,242 | $78,475 | 1 | Sharmill Films | true | false |
| 20 | 16 | Wreck-It Ralph | $73,421 | -37.2% | 87 | -33 | $843 | $23,983,586 | 9 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
