| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 | - | - | - | $64,435,436 | 4,070 | $292,324,737 | Nov 16 | Lionsgate | false |
| 2 | Skyfall | - | - | - | $50,548,778 | 3,526 | $304,360,277 | Nov 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 3 | Lincoln | - | - | - | $34,759,927 | 2,293 | $182,207,973 | Nov 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 4 | Rise of the Guardians | - | - | - | $32,341,090 | 3,672 | $103,412,758 | Nov 21 | DreamWorks | false |
| 5 | Life of Pi | - | - | - | $30,573,101 | 2,946 | $124,987,023 | Nov 21 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 6 | Wreck-It Ralph | - | - | - | $22,776,746 | 3,752 | $189,422,889 | Nov 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 7 | Red Dawn | - | - | - | $21,689,162 | 2,781 | $44,806,783 | Nov 21 | FilmDistrict | false |
| 8 | Flight | - | - | - | $11,196,794 | 2,638 | $93,772,375 | Nov 2 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 9 | Silver Linings Playbook | - | - | - | $5,660,124 | 2,809 | $132,092,958 | Nov 16 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 10 | Argo | - | - | - | $5,058,530 | 3,247 | $136,025,503 | Oct 12 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 11 | Taken 2 | - | - | - | $1,274,105 | 3,706 | $139,854,287 | Oct 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 12 | Anna Karenina | - | - | - | $1,144,483 | 422 | $12,816,367 | Nov 16 | Focus Features | false |
| 13 | Pitch Perfect | - | - | - | $1,038,915 | 2,787 | $65,001,093 | Sep 28 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 14 | The Sessions | - | - | - | $900,666 | 516 | $6,002,451 | Oct 19 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 15 | Jab Tak Hai Jaan | - | - | - | $890,897 | 164 | $3,047,539 | Nov 13 | Yash Raj Films | false |
| 16 | Here Comes the Boom | - | - | - | $687,961 | 3,014 | $45,290,318 | Oct 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 17 | Cloud Atlas | - | - | - | $574,803 | 2,023 | $27,108,272 | Oct 26 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 18 | The Perks of Being a Wallflower | - | - | - | $535,494 | 745 | $17,742,948 | Sep 21 | Lionsgate | false |
| 19 | Hotel Transylvania | - | - | - | $487,985 | 3,375 | $148,313,048 | Sep 28 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 20 | Looper | - | - | - | $411,683 | 2,993 | $66,486,205 | Sep 28 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 21 | The Man with the Iron Fists | - | - | - | $292,515 | 1,872 | $15,634,090 | Nov 2 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 22 | Hitchcock | - | - | - | $287,715 | 561 | $6,008,677 | Nov 23 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 23 | Silent Hill: Revelation | - | - | - | $183,243 | 2,933 | $17,529,157 | Oct 26 | Open Road Films (II) | false |
| 24 | A Late Quartet | - | - | - | $166,899 | 100 | $1,562,548 | Nov 2 | Entertainment One | false |
| 25 | Alex Cross | - | - | - | $141,235 | 2,541 | $25,888,412 | Oct 19 | Lionsgate | false |
| 26 | Sinister | - | - | - | $126,457 | 2,542 | $48,086,903 | Oct 12 | Lionsgate | false |
| 27 | ParaNorman | - | - | - | $126,405 | 3,455 | $56,003,051 | Aug 17 | Focus Features | false |
| 28 | Seven Psychopaths | - | - | - | $124,353 | 1,480 | $15,024,049 | Oct 12 | CBS Films | false |
| 29 | To the Arctic 3D | - | - | - | $108,233 | 52 | $14,560,838 | Apr 20 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 30 | Fun Size | - | - | - | $105,943 | 3,016 | $9,409,538 | Oct 26 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 31 | Ice Age: Continental Drift | - | - | - | $104,254 | 3,886 | $161,321,843 | Jul 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 32 | House at the End of the Street | - | - | - | $103,747 | 3,083 | $31,611,916 | Sep 21 | Relativity Media | false |
| 33 | Trouble with the Curve | - | - | - | $101,164 | 3,212 | $35,763,137 | Sep 21 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 34 | The Dark Knight Rises | - | - | - | $97,742 | 4,404 | $448,139,099 | Jul 20 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 35 | Chasing Mavericks | - | - | - | $93,499 | 2,030 | $6,002,756 | Oct 26 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 36 | The Polar Express 2012 IMAX Release | - | - | - | $73,514 | 17 | $669,289 | Nov 21 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 37 | Paranormal Activity 4 | - | - | - | $70,028 | 3,412 | $53,885,000 | Oct 19 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 38 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days | - | - | - | $51,656 | 3,401 | $49,008,662 | Aug 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 39 | End of Watch | - | - | - | $48,513 | 2,780 | $41,003,371 | Sep 21 | Open Road Films (II) | false |
| 40 | Born to Be Wild | - | - | - | $43,165 | 208 | $25,978,556 | Apr 8 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 41 | Arbitrage | - | - | - | $42,138 | 256 | $7,919,574 | Sep 14 | Roadside Attractions | false |
| 42 | The Master | - | - | - | $39,320 | 864 | $16,377,274 | Sep 14 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 43 | This Must Be the Place | - | - | - | $22,914 | 15 | $143,979 | Nov 2 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 44 | The Intouchables | - | - | - | $18,203 | 194 | $10,198,820 | May 25 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 45 | Lawless | - | - | - | $6,392 | 3,138 | $37,400,127 | Aug 29 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 46 | The Campaign | - | - | - | $3,404 | 3,302 | $86,907,746 | Aug 10 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 47 | The Man in the White Suit | - | - | - | $2,248 | 1 | $8,718 | Nov 16 | Rialto Pictures | false |
| 48 | Grand Illusion | - | - | - | $928 | 4 | $174,065 | May 11 | Rialto Pictures | false |
| 49 | Won't Back Down | - | - | - | $618 | 2,517 | $5,310,554 | Sep 28 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 50 | A Man Vanishes 2012 Re-release | - | - | - | $516 | 2 | $6,201 | Nov 15 | Icarus Films | false |
