| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Possession | - | - | - | $21,078,840 | 2,860 | $49,130,154 | Aug 31 | Lionsgate | false |
| 2 | Lawless | - | - | - | $12,872,548 | 3,138 | $37,400,127 | Aug 29 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 3 | The Expendables 2 | - | - | - | $11,455,180 | 3,355 | $85,028,192 | Aug 17 | Lionsgate | false |
| 4 | The Bourne Legacy | - | - | - | $9,314,725 | 3,753 | $113,203,870 | Aug 10 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 5 | ParaNorman | - | - | - | $8,833,439 | 3,455 | $56,003,051 | Aug 17 | Focus Features | false |
| 6 | The Odd Life of Timothy Green | - | - | - | $8,564,208 | 2,717 | $51,854,875 | Aug 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 7 | The Dark Knight Rises | - | - | - | $7,997,311 | 4,404 | $448,139,099 | Jul 20 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 8 | 2016: Obama's America | - | - | - | $7,518,204 | 2,017 | $33,449,086 | Jul 13 | Rocky Mountain Pictures | false |
| 9 | The Campaign | - | - | - | $7,209,263 | 3,302 | $86,907,746 | Aug 10 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 10 | Hope Springs | - | - | - | $6,143,923 | 2,441 | $63,536,011 | Aug 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 11 | Premium Rush | - | - | - | $5,152,473 | 2,255 | $20,275,446 | Aug 24 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 12 | Hit and Run | - | - | - | $3,261,457 | 2,870 | $13,749,300 | Aug 22 | Open Road Films (II) | false |
| 13 | The Avengers | - | - | - | $2,473,944 | 4,349 | $623,357,910 | May 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 14 | Sparkle | - | - | - | $2,324,876 | 2,244 | $24,397,469 | Aug 17 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 15 | Brave | - | - | - | $2,055,937 | 4,164 | $237,283,207 | Jun 22 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 16 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days | - | - | - | $2,000,900 | 3,401 | $49,008,662 | Aug 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 17 | Ice Age: Continental Drift | - | - | - | $1,819,841 | 3,886 | $161,321,843 | Jul 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 18 | The Amazing Spider-Man | - | - | - | $1,211,149 | 4,318 | $262,030,663 | Jul 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 19 | Total Recall | - | - | - | $1,087,494 | 3,601 | $58,877,969 | Aug 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 20 | Ted | - | - | - | $959,310 | 3,303 | $218,815,487 | Jun 29 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 21 | Celeste & Jesse Forever | - | - | - | $923,958 | 586 | $3,094,813 | Aug 3 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 22 | Robot & Frank | - | - | - | $917,966 | 209 | $3,325,038 | Aug 17 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 23 | Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted | - | - | - | $863,089 | 4,263 | $216,391,482 | Jun 8 | DreamWorks | false |
| 24 | The Apparition | - | - | - | $789,413 | 810 | $4,936,819 | Aug 24 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 25 | Beasts of the Southern Wild | - | - | - | $698,222 | 318 | $12,795,746 | Jun 27 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 26 | The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure | - | - | - | $610,056 | 2,160 | $1,065,907 | Aug 29 | Kenn Viselman Presents | false |
| 27 | The Intouchables | - | - | - | $501,633 | 194 | $10,198,820 | May 25 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 28 | Moonrise Kingdom | - | - | - | $457,013 | 924 | $45,512,466 | May 25 | Focus Features | false |
| 29 | Sleepwalk with Me | - | - | - | $393,890 | 135 | $2,266,067 | Aug 24 | IFC Films | false |
| 30 | Step Up Revolution | - | - | - | $354,708 | 2,606 | $35,074,677 | Jul 27 | Lionsgate | false |
| 31 | The Watch | - | - | - | $270,983 | 3,168 | $35,353,000 | Jul 27 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 32 | Men in Black³ | - | - | - | $252,356 | 4,248 | $179,020,854 | May 25 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 33 | Madea's Witness Protection | - | - | - | $234,064 | 2,161 | $65,653,242 | Jun 29 | Lionsgate | false |
| 34 | The Queen of Versailles | - | - | - | $211,480 | 89 | $2,401,999 | Jul 20 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 35 | To the Arctic 3D | - | - | - | $205,154 | 52 | $14,560,838 | Apr 20 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 36 | Magic Mike | - | - | - | $194,176 | 3,120 | $113,721,571 | Jun 29 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 37 | To Rome with Love | - | - | - | $191,964 | 806 | $16,685,867 | Jun 22 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 38 | Searching for Sugar Man | - | - | - | $187,953 | 157 | $3,696,196 | Jul 27 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 39 | For a Good Time, Call... | - | - | - | $186,689 | 107 | $1,251,749 | Aug 31 | Focus Features | false |
| 40 | Samsara | - | - | - | $139,407 | 70 | $2,672,413 | Aug 24 | Oscilloscope | false |
| 41 | Snow White and the Huntsman | - | - | - | $134,420 | 3,777 | $155,332,381 | Jun 1 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 42 | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | - | - | - | $129,510 | 1,298 | $46,412,041 | May 4 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 43 | Flying Swords of Dragon Gate | - | - | - | $127,709 | 15 | $170,276 | Aug 31 | Indomina Releasing | false |
| 44 | Joker | - | - | - | $127,455 | 74 | $169,181 | Aug 31 | UTV Motion Pictures | false |
| 45 | Two Days in New York | - | - | - | $116,348 | 42 | $633,210 | Aug 10 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 46 | Ruby Sparks | - | - | - | $115,878 | 261 | $2,540,106 | Jul 25 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 47 | Cosmopolis | - | - | - | $115,753 | 65 | $763,556 | Aug 17 | Entertainment One | false |
| 48 | The Imposter | - | - | - | $96,015 | 31 | $898,317 | Jul 13 | Indomina Releasing | false |
| 49 | Farewell, My Queen | - | - | - | $76,725 | 64 | $1,597,998 | Jul 13 | Cohen Media Group | false |
| 50 | The Hunger Games | - | - | - | $75,946 | 4,137 | $408,010,692 | Mar 23 | Lionsgate | false |
| 51 | Compliance | - | - | - | $70,326 | 21 | $319,285 | Aug 17 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 52 | Red Hook Summer | - | - | - | $69,646 | 41 | $338,803 | Aug 10 | Variance Films | false |
| 53 | Mugamoodi | - | - | - | $67,575 | 21 | $101,000 | Aug 31 | UTV Motion Pictures | false |
| 54 | Born to Be Wild | - | - | - | $64,264 | 208 | $25,978,556 | Apr 8 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 55 | Savages | - | - | - | $59,045 | 2,635 | $47,382,068 | Jul 6 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 56 | Little White Lies | - | - | - | $56,330 | 14 | $206,088 | Aug 24 | MPI Media Group | false |
| 57 | Prometheus | - | - | - | $56,244 | 3,442 | $126,477,084 | Jun 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 58 | The Bullet Vanishes | - | - | - | $54,992 | 14 | $117,629 | Aug 31 | China Lion Film Distribution | false |
| 59 | Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter | - | - | - | $53,971 | 3,109 | $37,519,139 | Jun 22 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 60 | Safety Not Guaranteed | - | - | - | $51,670 | 182 | $4,010,957 | Jun 8 | FilmDistrict | false |
| 61 | Bernie | - | - | - | $35,879 | 332 | $9,206,470 | Apr 27 | Millennium Entertainment | false |
| 62 | The Well-Digger's Daughter | - | - | - | $31,471 | 16 | $386,368 | Jul 20 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 63 | Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry | - | - | - | $23,205 | 37 | $534,100 | Jul 27 | IFC Films | false |
| 64 | Nitro Circus: The Movie | - | - | - | $20,129 | 800 | $3,377,618 | Aug 8 | Arc Entertainment | false |
| 65 | Beloved | - | - | - | $18,973 | 7 | $137,515 | Aug 17 | IFC Films | false |
| 66 | Side by Side | - | - | - | $16,087 | 9 | $58,825 | Aug 17 | Tribeca Films | false |
| 67 | The Ambassador | - | - | - | $15,758 | 8 | $28,102 | Aug 29 | Drafthouse Films | false |
| 68 | Chicken with Plums | - | - | - | $14,486 | 24 | $253,874 | Aug 17 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 69 | Oslo, August 31st | - | - | - | $13,461 | 7 | $101,475 | May 25 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 70 | The Day | - | - | - | $12,939 | 12 | $20,984 | Aug 29 | Anchor Bay Films | false |
| 71 | Neighboring Sounds | - | - | - | $12,445 | 3 | $60,255 | Aug 24 | The Cinema Guild | false |
| 72 | The Awakening | - | - | - | $11,281 | 70 | $209,696 | Aug 17 | Cohen Media Group | false |
| 73 | A Cat in Paris | - | - | - | $8,863 | 18 | $309,973 | Jun 1 | GKIDS | false |
| 74 | Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai | - | - | - | $7,818 | 5 | $75,688 | Jul 20 | Tribeca Films | false |
| 75 | Neil Young Journeys | - | - | - | $7,601 | 23 | $215,026 | Jun 29 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 76 | Take This Waltz | - | - | - | $7,125 | 64 | $1,239,692 | Jun 29 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 77 | Little Birds | - | - | - | $6,351 | 2 | $17,739 | Aug 29 | Millennium Entertainment | false |
| 78 | 360 | - | - | - | $6,205 | 12 | $100,343 | Aug 3 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 79 | Teddy Bear | - | - | - | $6,200 | 2 | $16,000 | Aug 22 | Film Movement | false |
| 80 | Iron Sky | - | - | - | $4,319 | 8 | $122,082 | Jul 25 | Entertainment One | false |
| 81 | Monsieur Lazhar | - | - | - | $4,239 | 86 | $2,009,517 | Apr 13 | Music Box Films | false |
| 82 | The Good Doctor | - | - | - | $4,106 | 2 | $5,206 | Aug 31 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 83 | General Education | - | - | - | $3,930 | 4 | $8,601 | Aug 24 | Pelican House Productions | false |
| 84 | Somewhere Between | - | - | - | $3,548 | 6 | $210,975 | Aug 24 | Long Shot Factory | false |
| 85 | Unforgivable | - | - | - | $3,443 | 6 | $154,189 | Jun 29 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 86 | Union Square | - | - | - | $3,191 | 4 | $44,830 | Jul 13 | Dada Films | false |
| 87 | Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present | - | - | - | $2,814 | 5 | $86,637 | Jun 13 | Music Box Films | false |
| 88 | Easy Money | - | - | - | $2,744 | 7 | $205,741 | Jul 11 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 89 | Free Men | - | - | - | $2,598 | 4 | $53,810 | Mar 16 | Film Movement | false |
| 90 | Kumaré | - | - | - | $2,268 | 9 | $132,160 | Jun 20 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 91 | Elena | - | - | - | $2,017 | 13 | $233,380 | May 16 | Zeitgeist Films | false |
| 92 | Klown 2012 Re-release | - | - | - | $1,859 | 16 | $68,795 | Jul 27 | Drafthouse Films | false |
| 93 | Brother 2012 Re-release | - | - | - | $1,797 | 49 | $29,864 | Aug 24 | Music Box Films | false |
| 94 | The Magic of Belle Isle | - | - | - | $1,777 | 10 | $102,388 | Jul 6 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 95 | Hysteria | - | - | - | $1,730 | 218 | $1,804,139 | May 18 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 96 | Where Do We Go Now? | - | - | - | $1,680 | 37 | $531,997 | May 11 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 97 | Breathing | - | - | - | $1,344 | 2 | $4,630 | Aug 31 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 98 | This Is Not a Film | - | - | - | $481 | 5 | $77,016 | Feb 29 | Palisades Tartan | false |
| 99 | The Invisible War | - | - | - | $123 | 19 | $71,968 | Jun 22 | Cinedigm Entertainment Group | false |
| 100 | The Day He Arrives | - | - | - | $108 | 2 | $13,746 | Apr 20 | The Cinema Guild | false |
