Domestic 2012 Week 50
December 14-20, 2012
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | $113,152,900 | - | 4,045 | - | $27,973 | $113,152,900 | 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 2 | 3 | Lincoln | $10,493,637 | -15.6% | 2,285 | +271 | $4,592 | $111,147,824 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 3 | 2 | Rise of the Guardians | $9,852,407 | -21.6% | 3,387 | -252 | $2,908 | $73,794,230 | 5 | DreamWorks |
| 4 | 1 | Skyfall | $9,725,711 | -34% | 2,717 | -684 | $3,579 | $275,091,774 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 5 | 5 | Life of Pi | $8,196,838 | -29% | 2,209 | -737 | $3,710 | $72,356,244 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 6 | 4 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 | $7,315,665 | -39.8% | 3,042 | -604 | $2,404 | $279,005,734 | 5 | Lionsgate Films |
| 7 | 7 | Wreck-It Ralph | $4,416,976 | -25.9% | 1,863 | -883 | $2,370 | $169,922,525 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 8 | 6 | Playing for Keeps | $4,395,266 | -42.1% | 2,338 | -499 | $1,879 | $11,986,358 | 2 | FilmDistrict |
| 9 | 8 | Red Dawn | $3,336,480 | -39.2% | 1,547 | -1,207 | $2,156 | $41,831,903 | 5 | FilmDistrict |
| 10 | 11 | Silver Linings Playbook | $3,209,993 | +4.3% | 371 | - | $8,652 | $18,080,042 | 5 | The Weinstein Company |
| 11 | 9 | Flight | $2,771,649 | -37.5% | 1,823 | -608 | $1,520 | $90,279,687 | 7 | Paramount Pictures |
| 12 | - | The Guilt Trip | $2,030,614 | - | 2,431 | - | $835 | $2,030,614 | 1 | Paramount Pictures |
| 13 | 13 | Argo | $1,750,766 | -16.9% | 667 | -277 | $2,624 | $105,535,670 | 10 | Warner Bros. |
| 14 | 16 | Hitchcock | $1,651,080 | +62.7% | 549 | +368 | $3,007 | $3,615,292 | 4 | - |
| 15 | 12 | Anna Karenina | $1,611,884 | -29.9% | 388 | -34 | $4,154 | $8,970,187 | 5 | Focus Features |
| 16 | 10 | Killing Them Softly | $1,490,782 | -63.7% | 1,427 | -997 | $1,044 | $14,623,087 | 3 | The Weinstein Company |
| 17 | - | Monsters, Inc. 2012 3D Release | $1,484,981 | - | 2,618 | - | $567 | $1,484,981 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 18 | 14 | The Collection | $738,916 | -63.5% | 621 | -782 | $1,189 | $6,730,552 | 3 | LD Entertainment |
| 19 | 18 | Taken 2 | $421,379 | -20.6% | 300 | -130 | $1,404 | $138,265,100 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 20 | 32 | Hyde Park on Hudson | $416,972 | +272.2% | 36 | +32 | $11,582 | $528,992 | 2 | Focus Features |
| 21 | 19 | Pitch Perfect | $370,070 | -10.2% | 291 | -96 | $1,271 | $63,993,813 | 12 | Universal Pictures |
| 22 | - | Zero Dark Thirty | $229,012 | - | 5 | - | $45,802 | $229,012 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 23 | 17 | Talaash: The Answer Lies Within | $228,462 | -61.2% | 113 | -48 | $2,021 | $2,766,009 | 3 | Reliance Big Pictures |
| 24 | 20 | The Sessions | $222,736 | -32.8% | 151 | -46 | $1,475 | $5,283,787 | 9 | - |
| 25 | 27 | The Polar Express 2012 IMAX Release | $157,448 | +0.6% | 14 | -3 | $11,246 | $514,957 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 26 | 24 | The Perks of Being a Wallflower | $149,082 | -25.7% | 125 | -50 | $1,192 | $17,069,636 | 13 | Lionsgate Films |
| 27 | 23 | Looper | $146,984 | -28.3% | 175 | -57 | $839 | $66,362,517 | 12 | TriStar Pictures |
| 28 | 15 | End of Watch | $143,331 | -87.4% | 172 | -1,077 | $833 | $40,522,072 | 13 | Open Road Films (II) |
| 29 | 22 | Cloud Atlas | $142,144 | -45.7% | 98 | -93 | $1,450 | $26,682,072 | 8 | Warner Bros. |
| 30 | 47 | Sinister | $119,783 | +127% | 184 | +107 | $650 | $47,959,849 | 10 | Lionsgate Films |
| 31 | - | Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away | $119,375 | - | - | - | - | $119,375 | - | Paramount Pictures |
| 32 | 25 | Here Comes the Boom | $119,141 | -35.8% | 150 | -84 | $794 | $42,717,681 | 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 33 | 26 | Alex Cross | $108,013 | -33.6% | 175 | -39 | $617 | $25,773,993 | 9 | Lionsgate Films |
| 34 | 31 | Hotel Transylvania | $101,198 | -19.6% | 136 | -60 | $744 | $143,950,848 | 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 35 | 30 | A Werewolf Boy | $95,396 | -27.5% | 20 | +1 | $4,769 | $265,596 | 3 | CJ Entertainment |
| 36 | 35 | Finding Nemo 2012 3D Release | $91,116 | <0.1% | 70 | -4 | $1,301 | $40,958,031 | 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 37 | 38 | To the Arctic 3D | $90,356 | +8.4% | 52 | - | $1,737 | $10,261,053 | 35 | Warner Bros. |
| 38 | 21 | Khiladi 786 | $88,345 | -69.7% | 115 | - | $768 | $379,466 | 2 | Eros Worldwide |
| 39 | 43 | Rust and Bone | $88,120 | +17.2% | 6 | +2 | $14,686 | $239,766 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 40 | 65 | Paranormal Activity 4 | $86,129 | +257.3% | 157 | +109 | $548 | $53,837,747 | 9 | Paramount Pictures |
| 41 | 34 | A Late Quartet | $84,429 | -23.7% | 46 | -17 | $1,835 | $1,117,429 | 7 | Entertainment One |
| 42 | 45 | Hubble | $81,639 | +21.7% | 14 | -2 | $5,831 | $35,157,410 | 144 | Warner Bros. |
| 43 | 33 | Seven Psychopaths | $79,745 | -28.5% | 100 | -41 | $797 | $15,024,049 | 10 | CBS Films |
| 44 | 28 | Chasing Ice | $79,539 | -45.6% | 53 | +2 | $1,500 | $626,069 | 6 | Submarine Deluxe |
| 45 | 37 | The Other Son | $76,439 | -10.3% | 39 | -4 | $1,959 | $1,069,275 | 8 | Cohen Media Group |
| 46 | 39 | A Royal Affair | $71,345 | -13.6% | 56 | +13 | $1,274 | $559,098 | 6 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 47 | 29 | The Man with the Iron Fists | $64,925 | -51.2% | 91 | -90 | $713 | $15,634,090 | 7 | Universal Pictures |
| 48 | 44 | Ice Age: Continental Drift | $64,334 | -6.5% | 84 | -6 | $765 | $161,029,989 | 23 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 49 | 51 | The Central Park Five | $61,763 | +47.9% | 22 | +12 | $2,807 | $199,235 | 4 | IFC Films |
| 50 | 41 | The Odd Life of Timothy Green | $61,108 | -23.2% | 105 | -27 | $581 | $51,768,092 | 19 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 51 | - | Any Day Now | $58,720 | - | 16 | - | $3,670 | $58,720 | 1 | Music Box Films |
| 52 | 42 | Brave | $57,428 | -27.2% | 115 | -36 | $499 | $237,229,573 | 26 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 53 | 36 | Back to 1942 | $48,539 | -44% | 11 | -7 | $4,412 | $291,050 | 3 | China Lion Film Distribution |
| 54 | 54 | Born to Be Wild | $43,641 | +14.9% | 30 | - | $1,454 | $21,533,475 | 89 | Warner Bros. |
| 55 | 46 | Holy Motors | $42,642 | -35.7% | 21 | -8 | $2,030 | $462,776 | 10 | - |
| 56 | 49 | ParaNorman | $37,337 | -25% | 61 | -20 | $612 | $55,973,593 | 18 | Focus Features |
| 57 | 50 | Frankenweenie | $36,721 | -15.8% | 56 | -19 | $655 | $34,415,786 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 58 | 48 | Searching for Sugar Man | $35,741 | -31.2% | 31 | -11 | $1,152 | $2,944,785 | 21 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 59 | 91 | The Intouchables | $33,935 | +501.2% | 25 | +13 | $1,357 | $10,099,412 | 30 | The Weinstein Company |
| 60 | - | Amour | $29,551 | - | 3 | - | $9,850 | $29,551 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 61 | 52 | Chasing Mavericks | $28,654 | -25.3% | 46 | -21 | $622 | $5,914,620 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 62 | 63 | Space Station 3D | $26,242 | -5.7% | 3 | +2 | $8,747 | $86,764,251 | 557 | IMAX |
| 63 | 61 | Deadfall | $25,770 | -10.3% | 17 | +6 | $1,515 | $54,513 | 2 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 64 | 60 | Samsara | $22,313 | -28.9% | 10 | -5 | $2,231 | $2,594,641 | 17 | Oscilloscope |
| 65 | 57 | The Flat | $21,600 | -34.9% | 15 | -2 | $1,440 | $452,702 | 9 | IFC Films |
| 66 | 70 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days | $20,915 | +0.6% | 41 | -6 | $510 | $49,008,662 | 20 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 67 | 53 | Made In Mexico | $19,343 | -49.5% | 10 | -16 | $1,934 | $151,133 | 3 | Lionsgate Films |
| 68 | 71 | The Master | $18,746 | -3.7% | 14 | -9 | $1,339 | $15,921,884 | 14 | The Weinstein Company |
| 69 | 72 | The Fitzgerald Family Christmas | $17,901 | +1.3% | 21 | +17 | $852 | $35,567 | 2 | Tribeca Films |
| 70 | 40 | Burn 2012 Re-release | $17,279 | -79.1% | 4 | - | $4,319 | $109,656 | 6 | Area 23a |
| 71 | 59 | House at the End of the Street | $15,665 | -50.4% | 41 | -27 | $382 | $31,611,916 | 13 | Relativity Media |
| 72 | 78 | Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 1: Beginnings | $15,440 | +57% | 3 | -1 | $5,146 | $114,990 | 9 | Eleven Arts |
| 73 | 76 | Deep Sea | $14,675 | +13.7% | 4 | - | $3,668 | $45,176,751 | 355 | Warner Bros. |
| 74 | 55 | Silent Hill: Revelation | $11,530 | -68.9% | 45 | -26 | $256 | $17,529,157 | 8 | Open Road Films (II) |
| 75 | 67 | Arbitrage | $11,392 | -49% | 10 | -15 | $1,139 | $7,895,586 | 14 | Roadside Attractions |
| 76 | 73 | Beware of Mr. Baker | $9,090 | -38.7% | 1 | - | $9,090 | $49,928 | 4 | - |
| 77 | 75 | Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel | $8,372 | -35.4% | 14 | -1 | $598 | $942,316 | 13 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 78 | 92 | Under the Sea 3D | $6,000 | +10.3% | 5 | -1 | $1,200 | $31,041,025 | 201 | Warner Bros. |
| 79 | - | Save the Date | $5,719 | - | 2 | - | $2,859 | $5,719 | 1 | IFC Films |
| 80 | 66 | Smashed | $5,664 | -76.1% | 10 | -19 | $566 | $370,394 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 81 | 83 | This Must Be the Place | $4,808 | -34.8% | 3 | -2 | $1,602 | $143,979 | 7 | The Weinstein Company |
| 82 | 93 | The Loneliest Planet | $4,704 | -12.7% | 5 | - | $940 | $129,579 | 8 | IFC Films |
| 83 | 101 | Detropia | $4,551 | +56.3% | 3 | - | $1,517 | $369,271 | 15 | Loki Films |
| 84 | 79 | Wagner & Me 2012 Re-release | $4,333 | -55.3% | 4 | +1 | $1,083 | $27,086 | 2 | First Run |
| 85 | 87 | Somewhere Between | $4,264 | -30.3% | 2 | +1 | $2,132 | $178,978 | 17 | Long Shot Factory |
| 86 | 81 | The Big Picture 2012 Re-release | $3,866 | -57.2% | 3 | -2 | $1,288 | $158,411 | 10 | MPI Media Group |
| 87 | - | Bless Me, Ultima | $3,761 | - | - | - | - | $443,931 | - | Arenas Entertainment |
| 88 | 99 | Masquerade | $3,744 | +6.7% | 1 | - | $3,744 | $904,240 | 13 | CJ Entertainment |
| 89 | - | Entre les Bras | $3,202 | - | 2 | - | $1,601 | $43,479 | 14 | The Cinema Guild |
| 90 | 88 | Sister | $3,181 | -46.9% | 4 | -1 | $795 | $94,213 | 11 | Adopt Films |
| 91 | 103 | The Well-Digger's Daughter | $3,085 | +25.5% | 2 | - | $1,542 | $376,266 | 22 | Kino Lorber |
| 92 | 107 | Wake in Fright 2012 Re-release | $2,994 | +43.3% | 5 | +2 | $598 | $50,394 | 11 | Drafthouse Films |
| 93 | 80 | Lost Angels: Skid Row Is My Home | $2,973 | -67.2% | 1 | - | $2,973 | $12,025 | 2 | Cinema Libre Studio |
| 94 | 109 | The Comedy | $2,544 | +43.2% | 4 | - | $636 | $40,394 | 6 | Tribeca Films |
| 95 | 96 | The Thieves | $2,482 | -50.2% | 1 | -1 | $2,482 | $685,839 | 10 | Well Go USA Entertainment |
| 96 | 74 | Starlet | $2,270 | -83% | 4 | -6 | $567 | $76,826 | 6 | Music Box Films |
| 97 | 98 | Tchoupitoulas | $2,234 | -40.9% | 2 | - | $1,117 | $6,011 | 2 | Oscilloscope |
| 98 | 85 | Brooklyn Castle | $2,179 | -69.3% | 2 | -2 | $1,089 | $187,513 | 9 | - |
| 99 | 108 | Only the Young | $2,010 | -0.9% | 2 | - | $1,005 | $4,038 | 2 | Oscilloscope |
| 100 | 84 | North Sea Texas 2012 Re-release | $1,869 | -74.6% | 2 | -1 | $934 | $21,122 | 7 | Strand Releasing |
| 101 | 112 | Cheerful Weather for the Wedding | $1,718 | +84.1% | 2 | +1 | $859 | $2,651 | 2 | IFC Films |
| 102 | 77 | The Waiting Room | $1,564 | -84.6% | 3 | -3 | $521 | $175,473 | 13 | International Film Circuit |
| 103 | 97 | The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez | $1,502 | -63.4% | 1 | -1 | $1,502 | $5,609 | 2 | Indican Pictures |
| 104 | 89 | California Solo | $1,399 | -76% | 2 | +1 | $699 | $11,457 | 3 | Strand Releasing |
| 105 | - | The Day He Arrives | $1,293 | - | 2 | - | $646 | $13,112 | 35 | The Cinema Guild |
| 106 | 111 | Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare | $1,270 | +4.9% | 1 | -1 | $1,270 | $86,168 | 11 | Roadside Attractions |
| 107 | 94 | In Our Nature | $1,261 | -76.1% | 1 | - | $1,261 | $6,543 | 2 | Cinedigm Entertainment Group |
| 108 | 102 | Keep the Lights On | $1,243 | -56% | 1 | - | $1,243 | $243,959 | 15 | Music Box Films |
| 109 | - | Grand Illusion | $1,180 | - | 1 | - | $1,180 | $174,065 | 32 | Rialto Pictures |
| 110 | - | The Law in These Parts | $918 | - | 1 | - | $918 | $11,227 | 5 | The Cinema Guild |
| 111 | 130 | Neighboring Sounds | $868 | +864.4% | 1 | - | $868 | $47,974 | 17 | The Cinema Guild |
| 112 | - | Planet of Snail | $822 | - | 1 | - | $822 | $13,613 | 22 | The Cinema Guild |
| 113 | 121 | Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet | $619 | +30.3% | 2 | - | $309 | $1,094 | 2 | Kino Lorber |
| 114 | - | Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning | $532 | - | 2 | - | $266 | $5,460 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 115 | - | We Won't Grow Old Together | $514 | - | 1 | - | $514 | $12,801 | 28 | The Film Desk |
| 116 | - | The Bride Wore Black | $420 | - | 1 | - | $420 | $37,508 | 59 | The Film Desk |
| 117 | 104 | Yangsi | $415 | -82.7% | 1 | - | $415 | $2,815 | 2 | Kino Lorber |
| 118 | 125 | The Revisionaries | $411 | +19.1% | 1 | - | $411 | $18,509 | 11 | Kino Lorber |
| 119 | 114 | All Together | $343 | -56.6% | 1 | - | $343 | $37,734 | 9 | Kino Lorber |
| 120 | 117 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $340 | -49.9% | 1 | - | $340 | $34,122,537 | 378 | IMAX |
| 121 | 124 | Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters | $337 | -24.1% | 1 | - | $337 | $27,856 | 7 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 122 | 113 | Citadel | $284 | -67.9% | 2 | - | $142 | $12,755 | 6 | Cinedigm Entertainment Group |
| 123 | - | In Another Country | $182 | - | 1 | - | $182 | $7,943 | 6 | Kino Lorber |
| 124 | - | When the Iron Bird Flies: Tibetan Buddhism Arrives in the West | $101 | - | 1 | - | $101 | $8,609 | 9 | - |
| 125 | 110 | Kumaré | $84 | -93.5% | 1 | - | $84 | $130,920 | 27 | Kino Lorber |
