Domestic 2012 Week 51
December 21-27, 2012
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | $76,547,914 | -32.4% | 4,100 | +55 | $18,670 | $189,700,814 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| 2 | - | Les Misérables | $39,438,425 | - | 2,808 | - | $14,045 | $39,438,425 | 1 | Universal Pictures |
| 3 | - | Django Unchained | $33,320,265 | - | 3,010 | - | $11,069 | $33,320,265 | 1 | The Weinstein Company |
| 4 | - | Jack Reacher | $30,553,158 | - | 3,352 | - | $9,114 | $30,553,158 | 1 | Paramount Pictures |
| 5 | - | This Is 40 | $23,930,290 | - | 2,912 | - | $8,217 | $23,930,290 | 1 | Universal Pictures |
| 6 | - | Parental Guidance | $14,788,692 | - | 3,358 | - | $4,404 | $14,788,692 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 7 | 2 | Lincoln | $13,381,973 | +27.5% | 1,966 | -319 | $6,806 | $124,529,797 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 8 | 12 | The Guilt Trip | $12,379,742 | +509.7% | 2,431 | - | $5,092 | $14,410,356 | 2 | Paramount Pictures |
| 9 | 3 | Rise of the Guardians | $11,452,900 | +16.2% | 2,055 | -1,332 | $5,573 | $85,247,130 | 6 | DreamWorks |
| 10 | 17 | Monsters, Inc. 2012 3D Release | $10,641,483 | +616.6% | 2,618 | - | $4,064 | $12,126,464 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 11 | 4 | Skyfall | $9,935,604 | +2.2% | 1,637 | -1,080 | $6,069 | $285,027,378 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 12 | 5 | Life of Pi | $8,513,940 | +3.9% | 1,105 | -1,104 | $7,704 | $80,870,184 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 13 | 10 | Silver Linings Playbook | $5,170,680 | +61.1% | 745 | +374 | $6,940 | $23,250,722 | 6 | The Weinstein Company |
| 14 | - | Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away | $4,907,286 | - | 840 | - | $5,842 | $5,026,661 | 1 | Paramount Pictures |
| 15 | 6 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 | $4,674,042 | -36.1% | 1,183 | -1,859 | $3,951 | $283,679,776 | 6 | Lionsgate Films |
| 16 | 7 | Wreck-It Ralph | $3,727,594 | -15.6% | 913 | -950 | $4,082 | $173,650,119 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 17 | 13 | Argo | $1,886,441 | +7.7% | 345 | -322 | $5,467 | $107,422,111 | 11 | Warner Bros. |
| 18 | - | Dabangg 2 | $1,853,387 | - | 166 | - | $11,164 | $1,853,387 | 1 | Eros Worldwide |
| 19 | 15 | Anna Karenina | $1,209,889 | -24.9% | 237 | -151 | $5,105 | $10,180,076 | 6 | Focus Features |
| 20 | 9 | Red Dawn | $1,170,613 | -64.9% | 402 | -1,145 | $2,911 | $43,002,516 | 6 | FilmDistrict |
| 21 | 11 | Flight | $1,155,070 | -58.3% | 400 | -1,423 | $2,887 | $91,434,757 | 8 | Paramount Pictures |
| 22 | 14 | Hitchcock | $991,642 | -39.9% | 351 | -198 | $2,825 | $4,606,934 | 5 | - |
| 23 | 22 | Zero Dark Thirty | $823,559 | +259.6% | 5 | - | $164,711 | $1,052,571 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 24 | 20 | Hyde Park on Hudson | $779,310 | +86.9% | 79 | +43 | $9,864 | $1,308,302 | 3 | Focus Features |
| 25 | 34 | Hotel Transylvania | $696,049 | +587.8% | 301 | +165 | $2,312 | $144,646,897 | 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 26 | 8 | Playing for Keeps | $576,272 | -86.9% | 268 | -2,070 | $2,150 | $12,562,630 | 3 | FilmDistrict |
| 27 | 32 | Here Comes the Boom | $482,749 | +305.2% | 269 | +119 | $1,794 | $43,200,430 | 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 28 | 19 | Taken 2 | $389,267 | -7.6% | 240 | -60 | $1,621 | $138,654,367 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 29 | - | The Impossible | $300,347 | - | 16 | - | $18,771 | $300,347 | 1 | Lionsgate Films |
| 30 | 21 | Pitch Perfect | $251,470 | -32% | 190 | -101 | $1,323 | $64,245,283 | 13 | Universal Pictures |
| 31 | 39 | Rust and Bone | $233,257 | +164.7% | 27 | +21 | $8,639 | $473,023 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 32 | 16 | Killing Them Softly | $164,346 | -89% | 68 | -1,359 | $2,416 | $14,787,433 | 4 | The Weinstein Company |
| 33 | 24 | The Sessions | $157,001 | -29.5% | 75 | -76 | $2,093 | $5,440,788 | 10 | - |
| 34 | 57 | Frankenweenie | $156,836 | +327.1% | 178 | +122 | $881 | $34,572,622 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 35 | 26 | The Perks of Being a Wallflower | $149,205 | <0.1% | 126 | +1 | $1,184 | $17,218,841 | 14 | Lionsgate Films |
| 36 | 28 | End of Watch | $140,531 | -2% | 172 | - | $817 | $40,662,603 | 14 | Open Road Films (II) |
| 37 | 25 | The Polar Express 2012 IMAX Release | $135,962 | -13.6% | 15 | +1 | $9,064 | $650,919 | 6 | Warner Bros. |
| 38 | 60 | Amour | $128,224 | +333.9% | 3 | - | $42,741 | $157,775 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 39 | 42 | Hubble | $127,304 | +55.9% | 11 | -3 | $11,573 | $35,284,714 | 145 | Warner Bros. |
| 40 | - | Barbara | $121,549 | - | 15 | - | $8,103 | $121,549 | 1 | Adopt Films |
| 41 | 62 | Space Station 3D | $112,171 | +327.4% | 2 | -1 | $56,085 | $86,876,422 | 558 | IMAX |
| 42 | 37 | To the Arctic 3D | $107,835 | +19.3% | 52 | - | $2,073 | $10,368,888 | 36 | Warner Bros. |
| 43 | 44 | Chasing Ice | $106,102 | +33.4% | 47 | -6 | $2,257 | $732,171 | 7 | Submarine Deluxe |
| 44 | 18 | The Collection | $97,996 | -86.7% | 112 | -509 | $874 | $6,828,548 | 4 | LD Entertainment |
| 45 | 41 | A Late Quartet | $94,719 | +12.2% | 39 | -7 | $2,428 | $1,212,148 | 8 | Entertainment One |
| 46 | 29 | Cloud Atlas | $72,914 | -48.7% | 45 | -53 | $1,620 | $26,754,986 | 9 | Warner Bros. |
| 47 | 45 | The Other Son | $70,028 | -8.4% | 31 | -8 | $2,258 | $1,139,302 | 9 | Cohen Media Group |
| 48 | - | On the Road | $69,885 | - | 4 | - | $17,471 | $69,885 | 1 | IFC Films |
| 49 | 23 | Talaash: The Answer Lies Within | $69,858 | -69.4% | 25 | -88 | $2,794 | $2,835,867 | 4 | Reliance Big Pictures |
| 50 | 27 | Looper | $65,676 | -55.3% | 93 | -82 | $706 | $66,428,193 | 13 | TriStar Pictures |
| 51 | 48 | Ice Age: Continental Drift | $58,587 | -8.9% | 64 | -20 | $915 | $161,088,576 | 24 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 52 | 30 | Sinister | $56,935 | -52.5% | 82 | -102 | $694 | $48,016,784 | 11 | Lionsgate Films |
| 53 | 35 | A Werewolf Boy | $54,390 | -43% | 9 | -11 | $6,043 | $319,986 | 4 | CJ Entertainment |
| 54 | 33 | Alex Cross | $52,977 | -51% | 76 | -99 | $697 | $25,826,970 | 10 | Lionsgate Films |
| 55 | 46 | A Royal Affair | $44,400 | -37.8% | 36 | -20 | $1,233 | $603,498 | 7 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 56 | 36 | Finding Nemo 2012 3D Release | $43,165 | -52.6% | 36 | -34 | $1,199 | $41,001,196 | 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 57 | 51 | Any Day Now | $42,656 | -27.4% | 19 | +3 | $2,245 | $101,376 | 2 | Music Box Films |
| 58 | 54 | Born to Be Wild | $42,064 | -3.6% | 30 | - | $1,402 | $21,575,539 | 90 | Warner Bros. |
| 59 | - | Not Fade Away | $41,012 | - | 3 | - | $13,670 | $41,012 | 1 | Paramount Vantage |
| 60 | 58 | Searching for Sugar Man | $32,689 | -8.5% | 25 | -6 | $1,307 | $2,977,474 | 22 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 61 | 49 | The Central Park Five | $31,574 | -48.9% | 19 | -3 | $1,661 | $230,809 | 5 | IFC Films |
| 62 | 40 | Paranormal Activity 4 | $26,322 | -69.4% | 50 | -107 | $526 | $53,864,069 | 10 | Paramount Pictures |
| 63 | 50 | The Odd Life of Timothy Green | $25,727 | -57.9% | 49 | -56 | $525 | $51,793,819 | 20 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 64 | 55 | Holy Motors | $24,278 | -43.1% | 11 | -10 | $2,207 | $487,054 | 11 | - |
| 65 | 59 | The Intouchables | $24,199 | -28.7% | 7 | -18 | $3,457 | $10,123,611 | 31 | The Weinstein Company |
| 66 | 68 | The Master | $21,334 | +13.8% | 13 | -1 | $1,641 | $15,943,218 | 15 | The Weinstein Company |
| 67 | 73 | Deep Sea | $19,064 | +29.9% | 3 | -1 | $6,354 | $45,195,815 | 356 | Warner Bros. |
| 68 | 52 | Brave | $17,415 | -69.7% | 39 | -76 | $446 | $237,246,988 | 27 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 69 | 53 | Back to 1942 | $15,683 | -67.7% | 5 | -6 | $3,136 | $306,733 | 4 | China Lion Film Distribution |
| 70 | 56 | ParaNorman | $12,084 | -67.6% | 23 | -38 | $525 | $55,985,677 | 19 | Focus Features |
| 71 | 64 | Samsara | $11,719 | -47.5% | 8 | -2 | $1,464 | $2,607,260 | 18 | Oscilloscope |
| 72 | 69 | The Fitzgerald Family Christmas | $11,022 | -38.4% | 21 | - | $524 | $46,589 | 3 | Tribeca Films |
| 73 | 72 | Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 1: Beginnings | $10,640 | -31.1% | 3 | - | $3,546 | $125,630 | 10 | Eleven Arts |
| 74 | - | Django | $10,327 | - | 8 | - | $1,290 | $10,327 | 1 | Rialto Pictures |
| 75 | - | West of Memphis | $8,996 | - | 4 | - | $2,249 | $8,996 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 76 | 78 | Under the Sea 3D | $8,492 | +41.5% | 5 | - | $1,698 | $31,049,517 | 202 | Warner Bros. |
| 77 | 61 | Chasing Mavericks | $8,124 | -71.6% | 18 | -28 | $451 | $5,922,744 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 78 | 75 | Arbitrage | $6,987 | -38.7% | 5 | -5 | $1,397 | $7,902,573 | 15 | Roadside Attractions |
| 79 | 77 | Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel | $5,938 | -29.1% | 7 | -7 | $848 | $948,254 | 14 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 80 | 63 | Deadfall | $5,777 | -77.6% | 8 | -9 | $722 | $60,290 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 81 | 98 | Brooklyn Castle | $4,734 | +117.3% | 2 | - | $2,367 | $192,247 | 10 | - |
| 82 | 91 | The Well-Digger's Daughter | $4,615 | +49.6% | 4 | +2 | $1,153 | $380,881 | 23 | Kino Lorber |
| 83 | 65 | The Flat | $3,711 | -82.8% | 6 | -9 | $618 | $456,413 | 10 | IFC Films |
| 84 | 88 | Masquerade | $3,698 | -1.2% | 1 | - | $3,698 | $907,938 | 14 | CJ Entertainment |
| 85 | 80 | Smashed | $2,350 | -58.5% | 5 | -5 | $470 | $372,744 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 86 | 108 | Keep the Lights On | $2,153 | +73.2% | 1 | - | $2,153 | $246,112 | 16 | Music Box Films |
| 87 | 84 | Wagner & Me 2012 Re-release | $2,101 | -51.5% | 2 | -2 | $1,050 | $29,187 | 3 | First Run |
| 88 | 76 | Beware of Mr. Baker | $1,931 | -78.8% | 1 | - | $1,931 | $51,859 | 5 | - |
| 89 | 123 | In Another Country | $1,552 | +752.7% | 3 | +2 | $517 | $9,495 | 7 | Kino Lorber |
| 90 | 104 | California Solo | $1,495 | +6.9% | 1 | -1 | $1,495 | $12,952 | 4 | Strand Releasing |
| 91 | 121 | Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters | $1,204 | +257.3% | 2 | +1 | $602 | $29,060 | 8 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 92 | 90 | Sister | $955 | -70% | 2 | -2 | $477 | $95,168 | 12 | Adopt Films |
| 93 | 83 | Detropia | $908 | -80% | 2 | -1 | $454 | $370,179 | 16 | Loki Films |
| 94 | 117 | Yangsi | $870 | +109.6% | 1 | - | $870 | $3,685 | 3 | Kino Lorber |
| 95 | 100 | North Sea Texas 2012 Re-release | $854 | -54.3% | 1 | -1 | $854 | $21,976 | 8 | Strand Releasing |
| 96 | 96 | Starlet | $740 | -67.4% | 2 | -2 | $370 | $77,566 | 7 | Music Box Films |
| 97 | 119 | All Together | $676 | +97.1% | 1 | - | $676 | $38,410 | 10 | Kino Lorber |
| 98 | 124 | When the Iron Bird Flies: Tibetan Buddhism Arrives in the West | $566 | +460.4% | 1 | - | $566 | $9,175 | 10 | - |
| 99 | - | Now, Forager | $546 | - | 1 | - | $546 | $7,757 | 13 | Argot Pictures |
| 100 | 125 | Kumaré | $497 | +491.7% | 1 | - | $497 | $131,417 | 28 | Kino Lorber |
| 101 | 85 | Somewhere Between | $280 | -93.4% | 1 | -1 | $280 | $179,258 | 18 | Long Shot Factory |
| 102 | 92 | Wake in Fright 2012 Re-release | $272 | -90.9% | 2 | -3 | $136 | $50,394 | 12 | Drafthouse Films |
| 103 | 122 | Citadel | $240 | -15.5% | 2 | - | $120 | $12,995 | 7 | Cinedigm Entertainment Group |
| 104 | - | Meet the Fokkens | $168 | - | 1 | - | $168 | $29,525 | 21 | Kino Lorber |
| 105 | 120 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $131 | -61.5% | 1 | - | $131 | $34,122,668 | 379 | IMAX |
| 106 | 94 | The Comedy | $81 | -96.8% | 1 | -3 | $81 | $40,475 | 7 | Tribeca Films |
