Domestic 2012 Weekend 51
December 21-23, 2012
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | $36,888,365 | -56.4% | 4,100 | +55 | $8,997 | $150,041,265 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| 2 | - | Jack Reacher | $15,210,156 | - | 3,352 | - | $4,537 | $15,210,156 | 1 | Paramount Pictures |
| 3 | - | This Is 40 | $11,579,175 | - | 2,912 | - | $3,976 | $11,579,175 | 1 | Universal Pictures |
| 4 | 2 | Rise of the Guardians | $5,732,817 | -19.7% | 3,031 | -356 | $1,891 | $79,527,047 | 5 | DreamWorks |
| 5 | 3 | Lincoln | $5,525,774 | -21.4% | 2,293 | +8 | $2,409 | $116,673,598 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 6 | - | The Guilt Trip | $5,290,629 | - | 2,431 | - | $2,176 | $7,321,243 | 1 | Paramount Pictures |
| 7 | 4 | Skyfall | $4,867,540 | -25.8% | 2,365 | -559 | $2,058 | $279,959,314 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 8 | - | Monsters, Inc. 2012 3D Release | $4,774,686 | - | 2,618 | - | $1,823 | $6,259,667 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 9 | 5 | Life of Pi | $4,017,237 | -25.8% | 1,750 | -798 | $2,295 | $76,373,481 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 10 | 6 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 | $2,626,955 | -48.9% | 2,000 | -1,042 | $1,313 | $281,632,689 | 6 | Lionsgate |
| 11 | - | Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away | $2,162,993 | - | 840 | - | $2,574 | $2,282,368 | 1 | Paramount Pictures |
| 12 | 7 | Wreck-It Ralph | $1,819,036 | -43.4% | 1,444 | -805 | $1,259 | $171,741,561 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 13 | 10 | Silver Linings Playbook | $1,781,196 | -15.6% | 371 | - | $4,801 | $19,861,238 | 6 | The Weinstein Company |
| 14 | - | Dabangg 2 | $1,019,213 | - | 166 | - | $6,139 | $1,019,213 | 1 | Eros Worldwide |
| 15 | 12 | Argo | $899,693 | -23.1% | 450 | -217 | $1,999 | $106,435,363 | 11 | Warner Bros. |
| 16 | 9 | Red Dawn | $794,880 | -67% | 1,011 | -1,239 | $786 | $42,626,783 | 5 | FilmDistrict |
| 17 | 11 | Flight | $678,171 | -64.5% | 742 | -1,081 | $913 | $90,957,858 | 8 | Paramount Pictures |
| 18 | 14 | Anna Karenina | $669,187 | -34.5% | 331 | -78 | $2,021 | $9,639,374 | 6 | Focus Features |
| 19 | 13 | Hitchcock | $579,676 | -47.7% | 535 | -26 | $1,083 | $4,194,968 | 5 | - |
| 20 | 8 | Playing for Keeps | $424,105 | -86.5% | 851 | -1,989 | $498 | $12,410,463 | 3 | FilmDistrict |
| 21 | - | Zero Dark Thirty | $417,150 | - | 5 | - | $83,430 | $646,162 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 22 | 17 | Hyde Park on Hudson | $387,579 | +32.4% | 86 | +50 | $4,506 | $916,571 | 3 | Focus Features |
| 23 | 29 | Hotel Transylvania | $313,892 | +323.2% | 301 | +165 | $1,042 | $144,264,740 | 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 24 | 27 | Here Comes the Boom | $218,796 | +168.1% | 291 | +141 | $751 | $42,936,477 | 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 25 | 18 | Taken 2 | $204,623 | -29.1% | 275 | -64 | $744 | $138,469,723 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 26 | - | The Impossible | $143,818 | - | 15 | - | $9,587 | $143,818 | 1 | Lionsgate |
| 27 | 19 | Pitch Perfect | $130,545 | -46.9% | 214 | -118 | $610 | $64,124,358 | 13 | Universal Pictures |
| 28 | 34 | Rust and Bone | $126,763 | +120.8% | 27 | +21 | $4,694 | $366,529 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 29 | 15 | Killing Them Softly | $113,244 | -88.8% | 149 | -1,278 | $760 | $14,736,331 | 4 | The Weinstein Company |
| 30 | 22 | The Polar Express 2012 IMAX Release | $106,724 | +16.1% | 15 | +1 | $7,114 | $621,681 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 31 | 21 | The Sessions | $91,222 | -38.1% | 98 | -53 | $930 | $5,375,009 | 10 | - |
| 32 | 31 | Chasing Ice | $83,200 | +26.9% | 47 | -6 | $1,770 | $709,300 | 7 | Submarine Deluxe |
| 33 | 16 | The Collection | $80,202 | -84.8% | 112 | -509 | $716 | $6,810,754 | 4 | LD Entertainment |
| 34 | 25 | The Perks of Being a Wallflower | $77,094 | -11.9% | 141 | +16 | $546 | $17,146,730 | 14 | Lionsgate |
| 35 | 23 | End of Watch | $72,466 | -20.5% | 172 | - | $421 | $40,594,538 | 14 | Open Road Films (II) |
| 36 | 52 | Frankenweenie | $69,592 | +188.5% | 178 | +122 | $390 | $34,485,378 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 37 | - | Amour | $68,266 | - | 3 | - | $22,755 | $97,817 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 38 | - | Barbara | $63,410 | - | 15 | - | $4,227 | $63,410 | 1 | Adopt Films |
| 39 | 48 | Hubble | $51,748 | +38.7% | 11 | -3 | $4,704 | $35,209,158 | 145 | Warner Bros. |
| 40 | 37 | A Late Quartet | $48,093 | -6.3% | 39 | -7 | $1,233 | $1,165,522 | 8 | Entertainment One |
| 41 | 47 | To the Arctic 3D | $46,811 | +25.3% | 52 | - | $900 | $10,307,864 | 36 | Warner Bros. |
| 42 | 26 | Cloud Atlas | $39,829 | -52.2% | 50 | -48 | $796 | $26,721,901 | 9 | Warner Bros. |
| 43 | - | On the Road | $39,550 | - | 4 | - | $9,887 | $39,550 | 1 | IFC Films |
| 44 | 38 | The Other Son | $36,600 | -26.7% | 31 | -8 | $1,180 | $1,105,900 | 9 | Cohen Media Group |
| 45 | 20 | Talaash: The Answer Lies Within | $35,548 | -78.9% | 25 | -88 | $1,421 | $2,801,557 | 4 | Reliance Big Pictures |
| 46 | 24 | Looper | $34,437 | -61.5% | 100 | -89 | $344 | $66,396,954 | 13 | TriStar Pictures |
| 47 | 65 | Space Station 3D | $31,616 | +185.3% | 2 | -1 | $15,808 | $86,795,867 | 558 | IMAX |
| 48 | 36 | A Werewolf Boy | $29,804 | -43.1% | 9 | -11 | $3,311 | $295,400 | 4 | CJ Entertainment |
| 49 | 28 | Sinister | $28,154 | -63.6% | 93 | -91 | $302 | $47,988,003 | 11 | Lionsgate |
| 50 | 30 | Alex Cross | $27,298 | -63% | 94 | -81 | $290 | $25,801,291 | 10 | Lionsgate |
| 51 | 39 | A Royal Affair | $26,774 | -42.4% | 36 | -20 | $743 | $585,872 | 7 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 52 | 40 | Ice Age: Continental Drift | $25,801 | -43.6% | 72 | -12 | $358 | $161,055,790 | 24 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 53 | 43 | Any Day Now | $23,665 | -41.6% | 19 | +3 | $1,245 | $82,385 | 2 | Music Box Films |
| 54 | - | Not Fade Away | $19,182 | - | 3 | - | $6,394 | $19,182 | 1 | Paramount Vantage |
| 55 | 54 | Born to Be Wild | $18,192 | -6.6% | 30 | - | $606 | $21,551,667 | 90 | Warner Bros. |
| 56 | 46 | The Central Park Five | $18,003 | -53% | 19 | -3 | $947 | $217,238 | 5 | IFC Films |
| 57 | 32 | Finding Nemo 2012 3D Release | $17,962 | -71.8% | 36 | -34 | $498 | $40,975,993 | 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 58 | 53 | Searching for Sugar Man | $15,703 | -30.4% | 25 | -6 | $628 | $2,960,488 | 22 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 59 | 51 | Holy Motors | $14,100 | -44% | 11 | -10 | $1,281 | $476,900 | 10 | - |
| 60 | 35 | Paranormal Activity 4 | $12,141 | -78.6% | 50 | -107 | $242 | $53,849,888 | 10 | Paramount Pictures |
| 61 | 67 | The Master | $11,568 | +23.6% | 13 | -1 | $889 | $15,933,452 | 15 | The Weinstein Company |
| 62 | 42 | The Odd Life of Timothy Green | $10,124 | -76.1% | 49 | -56 | $206 | $51,778,216 | 19 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 63 | 49 | Back to 1942 | $9,414 | -67.5% | 5 | -2 | $1,882 | $300,464 | 4 | China Lion Film Distribution |
| 64 | 56 | The Intouchables | $8,901 | -50.8% | 7 | -18 | $1,271 | $10,108,313 | 31 | The Weinstein Company |
| 65 | 44 | Brave | $7,365 | -81.4% | 39 | -76 | $188 | $237,236,938 | 27 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 66 | 68 | Deep Sea | $6,490 | -18.8% | 3 | -1 | $2,163 | $45,183,241 | 356 | Warner Bros. |
| 67 | 60 | Samsara | $6,306 | -55.6% | 8 | -2 | $788 | $2,601,847 | 18 | Oscilloscope |
| 68 | - | Django | $6,150 | - | 8 | - | $768 | $6,150 | 1 | Rialto Pictures |
| 69 | 50 | ParaNorman | $5,349 | -81.3% | 24 | -37 | $222 | $55,978,942 | 19 | Focus Features |
| 70 | 55 | Chasing Mavericks | $4,590 | -75.8% | 18 | -28 | $255 | $5,919,210 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 71 | 71 | Under the Sea 3D | $4,370 | -1.1% | 5 | - | $874 | $31,045,395 | 202 | Warner Bros. |
| 72 | 57 | Deadfall | $4,088 | -75.4% | 8 | -9 | $511 | $58,601 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 73 | 66 | Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 1: Beginnings | $3,780 | -63.5% | 1 | -2 | $3,780 | $118,770 | 10 | Eleven Arts |
| 74 | 70 | Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel | $3,643 | -19.6% | 7 | -7 | $520 | $945,959 | 14 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 75 | 69 | Arbitrage | $3,580 | -45% | 5 | -5 | $716 | $7,899,166 | 15 | Roadside Attractions |
| 76 | 91 | Brooklyn Castle | $3,383 | +149.5% | 2 | - | $1,691 | $190,896 | 10 | - |
| 77 | 85 | The Well-Digger's Daughter | $2,639 | +44.4% | 4 | +2 | $659 | $378,905 | 23 | Kino Lorber |
| 78 | 59 | The Flat | $2,501 | -83.1% | 6 | -9 | $416 | $455,203 | 10 | IFC Films |
| 79 | 73 | Smashed | $2,143 | -48.4% | 5 | -5 | $428 | $372,537 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 80 | 62 | Burn 2012 Re-release | $1,600 | -86.9% | 1 | -3 | $1,600 | $111,300 | 7 | Area 23a |
| 81 | 109 | In Another Country | $1,552 | +6,108% | 3 | +2 | $517 | $9,495 | 7 | Kino Lorber |
| 82 | 99 | Keep the Lights On | $1,179 | +43.8% | 1 | - | $1,179 | $245,138 | 16 | Music Box Films |
| 83 | 77 | Wagner & Me 2012 Re-release | $1,136 | -65.3% | 2 | -2 | $568 | $28,222 | 3 | First Run |
| 84 | 98 | California Solo | $1,007 | +18.1% | 1 | -1 | $1,007 | $12,464 | 4 | Strand Releasing |
| 85 | 84 | Masquerade | $868 | -52.9% | 1 | - | $868 | $905,108 | 14 | CJ Entertainment |
| 86 | 72 | Beware of Mr. Baker | $822 | -81.4% | 1 | - | $822 | $50,750 | 4 | - |
| 87 | 83 | Sister | $622 | -66.3% | 2 | -2 | $311 | $94,835 | 12 | Adopt Films |
| 88 | 104 | All Together | $584 | +70.3% | 1 | - | $584 | $38,318 | 10 | Kino Lorber |
| 89 | - | Now, Forager | $546 | - | 1 | - | $546 | $7,757 | 12 | Argot Pictures |
| 90 | - | Kumaré | $497 | - | 1 | - | $497 | $131,417 | 27 | Kino Lorber |
| 91 | 92 | North Sea Texas 2012 Re-release | $493 | -60.8% | 1 | -1 | $493 | $21,615 | 8 | Strand Releasing |
| 92 | - | Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters | $443 | - | 2 | +1 | $221 | $28,299 | 8 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 93 | 82 | Wake in Fright 2012 Re-release | $272 | -88.3% | 2 | -3 | $136 | $50,394 | 12 | Drafthouse Films |
| 94 | 87 | Starlet | $254 | -84.6% | 1 | -3 | $254 | $77,080 | 7 | Music Box Films |
| 95 | 79 | Somewhere Between | $139 | -95.2% | 1 | -1 | $139 | $179,117 | 18 | Long Shot Factory |
