Domestic 2012 Week 49
December 7-13, 2012
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Skyfall | $14,745,983 | -31.7% | 3,401 | -62 | $4,335 | $265,366,063 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 2 | 5 | Rise of the Guardians | $12,568,249 | -21.1% | 3,639 | -33 | $3,453 | $63,941,823 | 4 | DreamWorks |
| 3 | 3 | Lincoln | $12,433,553 | -31% | 2,014 | -4 | $6,173 | $100,654,187 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 4 | 1 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 | $12,155,305 | -45.6% | 3,646 | -362 | $3,333 | $271,690,069 | 4 | Lionsgate |
| 5 | 4 | Life of Pi | $11,541,877 | -29% | 2,946 | +18 | $3,917 | $64,159,406 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 6 | - | Playing for Keeps | $7,591,092 | - | 2,837 | - | $2,675 | $7,591,092 | 1 | FilmDistrict |
| 7 | 7 | Wreck-It Ralph | $5,961,983 | -28.2% | 2,746 | -341 | $2,171 | $165,505,549 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 8 | 8 | Red Dawn | $5,490,608 | -33.3% | 2,754 | -27 | $1,993 | $38,495,423 | 4 | FilmDistrict |
| 9 | 9 | Flight | $4,435,802 | -27.1% | 2,431 | -172 | $1,824 | $87,508,038 | 6 | Paramount Pictures |
| 10 | 6 | Killing Them Softly | $4,108,568 | -54.5% | 2,424 | - | $1,694 | $13,132,305 | 2 | The Weinstein Company |
| 11 | 10 | Silver Linings Playbook | $3,077,309 | -25.7% | 371 | - | $8,294 | $14,870,049 | 4 | The Weinstein Company |
| 12 | 12 | Anna Karenina | $2,300,120 | -28.1% | 422 | +38 | $5,450 | $7,358,303 | 4 | Focus Features |
| 13 | 13 | Argo | $2,107,235 | -21.9% | 944 | -99 | $2,232 | $103,784,904 | 9 | Warner Bros. |
| 14 | 11 | The Collection | $2,023,963 | -49% | 1,403 | - | $1,442 | $5,991,636 | 2 | LD Entertainment |
| 15 | 62 | End of Watch | $1,140,598 | +4,575.5% | 1,249 | +1,225 | $913 | $40,378,741 | 12 | Open Road Films (II) |
| 16 | 16 | Hitchcock | $1,015,086 | +78% | 181 | +131 | $5,608 | $1,964,212 | 3 | - |
| 17 | 14 | Talaash: The Answer Lies Within | $588,833 | -69.8% | 161 | -11 | $3,657 | $2,537,547 | 2 | Reliance Big Pictures |
| 18 | 15 | Taken 2 | $530,644 | -14.1% | 430 | -66 | $1,234 | $137,843,721 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 19 | 17 | Pitch Perfect | $412,100 | -17.5% | 387 | -16 | $1,064 | $63,623,743 | 11 | Universal Pictures |
| 20 | 18 | The Sessions | $331,682 | -31% | 197 | -29 | $1,683 | $5,061,051 | 8 | - |
| 21 | - | Khiladi 786 | $291,121 | - | 115 | - | $2,531 | $291,121 | 1 | Eros Worldwide |
| 22 | 19 | Cloud Atlas | $261,772 | -23% | 191 | -3 | $1,370 | $26,539,928 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 23 | 20 | Looper | $204,866 | -30.7% | 232 | -48 | $883 | $66,215,533 | 11 | TriStar Pictures |
| 24 | 21 | The Perks of Being a Wallflower | $200,659 | -31.1% | 175 | -14 | $1,146 | $16,920,554 | 12 | Lionsgate |
| 25 | 22 | Here Comes the Boom | $185,681 | -34.9% | 234 | -100 | $793 | $42,598,540 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 26 | 39 | Alex Cross | $162,648 | +131.5% | 214 | +100 | $760 | $25,665,980 | 8 | Lionsgate |
| 27 | 36 | The Polar Express 2012 IMAX Release | $156,521 | +80.4% | 17 | +1 | $9,207 | $357,509 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 28 | 27 | Chasing Ice | $146,151 | +0.3% | 51 | +19 | $2,865 | $546,530 | 5 | Submarine Deluxe |
| 29 | 26 | The Man with the Iron Fists | $133,080 | -12.5% | 181 | +7 | $735 | $15,569,165 | 6 | Universal Pictures |
| 30 | 54 | A Werewolf Boy | $131,599 | +240.9% | 19 | +15 | $6,926 | $170,200 | 2 | CJ Entertainment |
| 31 | 23 | Hotel Transylvania | $125,844 | -25.2% | 196 | -52 | $642 | $143,849,650 | 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 32 | - | Hyde Park on Hudson | $112,020 | - | 4 | - | $28,005 | $112,020 | 1 | Focus Features |
| 33 | 24 | Seven Psychopaths | $111,488 | -28.7% | 141 | -21 | $790 | $14,944,304 | 9 | CBS Films |
| 34 | 28 | A Late Quartet | $110,648 | -19.9% | 63 | -11 | $1,756 | $1,033,000 | 6 | Entertainment One |
| 35 | 31 | Finding Nemo 2012 3D Release | $91,031 | -11% | 74 | -5 | $1,230 | $40,866,915 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 36 | 25 | Back to 1942 | $86,640 | -44.4% | 18 | -2 | $4,813 | $242,511 | 2 | China Lion Film Distribution |
| 37 | 34 | The Other Son | $85,223 | -2.7% | 43 | +3 | $1,981 | $992,836 | 7 | Cohen Media Group |
| 38 | 35 | To the Arctic 3D | $83,364 | -4.5% | 52 | - | $1,603 | $10,170,697 | 34 | Warner Bros. |
| 39 | 33 | A Royal Affair | $82,555 | -8.1% | 43 | +2 | $1,919 | $487,753 | 5 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 40 | - | Burn 2012 Re-release | $82,498 | - | 4 | - | $20,624 | $82,498 | 5 | Area 23a |
| 41 | 30 | The Odd Life of Timothy Green | $79,572 | -24.5% | 132 | -15 | $602 | $51,706,984 | 18 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 42 | 29 | Brave | $78,880 | -33.7% | 151 | -30 | $522 | $237,172,145 | 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 43 | 55 | Rust and Bone | $75,161 | +107.8% | 4 | +2 | $18,790 | $151,646 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 44 | 43 | Ice Age: Continental Drift | $68,786 | +6.4% | 90 | -12 | $764 | $160,965,655 | 22 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 45 | 40 | Hubble | $67,059 | -2% | 16 | -3 | $4,191 | $35,075,771 | 143 | Warner Bros. |
| 46 | 49 | Holy Motors | $66,328 | +17.3% | 29 | +4 | $2,287 | $420,134 | 9 | - |
| 47 | 47 | Sinister | $52,776 | -8.9% | 77 | -11 | $685 | $47,840,066 | 9 | Lionsgate |
| 48 | 41 | Searching for Sugar Man | $51,950 | -23% | 42 | -11 | $1,236 | $2,909,044 | 20 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 49 | 38 | ParaNorman | $49,810 | -32% | 81 | -23 | $614 | $55,936,256 | 17 | Focus Features |
| 50 | 37 | Frankenweenie | $43,633 | -41.7% | 75 | -25 | $581 | $34,379,065 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 51 | 51 | The Central Park Five | $41,761 | -19.4% | 10 | +3 | $4,176 | $137,472 | 3 | IFC Films |
| 52 | 46 | Chasing Mavericks | $38,361 | -34.4% | 67 | -12 | $572 | $5,885,966 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 53 | 32 | Made In Mexico | $38,319 | -59% | 26 | +14 | $1,473 | $131,790 | 2 | Lionsgate |
| 54 | 44 | Born to Be Wild | $37,968 | -36.6% | 30 | - | $1,265 | $21,489,834 | 88 | Warner Bros. |
| 55 | 42 | Silent Hill: Revelation | $37,040 | -43.9% | 71 | -53 | $521 | $17,517,627 | 7 | Open Road Films (II) |
| 56 | 45 | Fun Size | $35,803 | -39.9% | 80 | -36 | $447 | $9,409,538 | 7 | Paramount Pictures |
| 57 | 56 | The Flat | $33,162 | -7.9% | 17 | -1 | $1,950 | $430,431 | 8 | IFC Films |
| 58 | 50 | The Dark Knight Rises | $32,788 | -38.6% | 62 | -18 | $528 | $448,139,099 | 21 | Warner Bros. |
| 59 | 48 | House at the End of the Street | $31,559 | -44.7% | 68 | -40 | $464 | $31,596,251 | 12 | Relativity Media |
| 60 | 53 | Samsara | $31,372 | -24.7% | 15 | -10 | $2,091 | $2,573,228 | 16 | Oscilloscope |
| 61 | - | Deadfall | $28,743 | - | 11 | - | $2,613 | $28,743 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 62 | 52 | Trouble with the Curve | $28,129 | -41.8% | 71 | -29 | $396 | $35,763,137 | 12 | Warner Bros. |
| 63 | 61 | Space Station 3D | $27,815 | +10.9% | 1 | -1 | $27,815 | $86,738,009 | 556 | IMAX |
| 64 | 85 | Bill W. | $26,819 | +373% | 23 | +16 | $1,166 | $768,518 | 30 | Page 124 Productions |
| 65 | 57 | Paranormal Activity 4 | $24,108 | -32.5% | 48 | -22 | $502 | $53,751,618 | 8 | Paramount Pictures |
| 66 | 82 | Smashed | $23,671 | +262.9% | 29 | +14 | $816 | $364,730 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 67 | 58 | Arbitrage | $22,333 | -27.8% | 25 | -10 | $893 | $7,884,194 | 13 | Roadside Attractions |
| 68 | - | Waiting for Lightning | $21,577 | - | 11 | - | $1,961 | $21,577 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 69 | - | Lay the Favorite | $20,998 | - | 61 | - | $344 | $20,998 | 1 | RADiUS-TWC |
| 70 | 60 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days | $20,799 | -19.6% | 47 | -5 | $442 | $48,987,747 | 19 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 71 | 59 | The Master | $19,468 | -30.1% | 23 | - | $846 | $15,903,138 | 13 | The Weinstein Company |
| 72 | - | The Fitzgerald Family Christmas | $17,666 | - | 4 | - | $4,416 | $17,666 | 1 | Tribeca Films |
| 73 | 65 | Beware of Mr. Baker | $14,839 | -30.8% | 1 | - | $14,839 | $40,838 | 3 | - |
| 74 | 68 | Starlet | $13,374 | -14.4% | 10 | +1 | $1,337 | $74,556 | 5 | Music Box Films |
| 75 | 64 | Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel | $12,963 | -40.2% | 15 | +3 | $864 | $933,944 | 12 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 76 | 77 | Deep Sea | $12,906 | +50.6% | 4 | - | $3,226 | $45,162,076 | 354 | Warner Bros. |
| 77 | 67 | The Waiting Room | $10,187 | -35% | 6 | +1 | $1,697 | $173,909 | 12 | International Film Circuit |
| 78 | 81 | Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 1: Beginnings | $9,835 | +44.2% | 4 | - | $2,458 | $99,550 | 8 | Eleven Arts |
| 79 | - | Wagner & Me 2012 Re-release | $9,697 | - | 3 | - | $3,232 | $22,753 | 1 | First Run |
| 80 | - | Lost Angels: Skid Row Is My Home | $9,052 | - | 1 | - | $9,052 | $9,053 | 1 | Cinema Libre Studio |
| 81 | 75 | The Big Picture 2012 Re-release | $9,040 | -2.1% | 5 | +1 | $1,808 | $154,545 | 9 | MPI Media Group |
| 82 | 89 | The House I Live In | $8,406 | +64.7% | 4 | +3 | $2,101 | $180,559 | 10 | Abramorama |
| 83 | 73 | This Must Be the Place | $7,372 | -26.2% | 5 | -2 | $1,474 | $139,171 | 6 | The Weinstein Company |
| 84 | - | North Sea Texas 2012 Re-release | $7,350 | - | 3 | - | $2,450 | $19,253 | 6 | Strand Releasing |
| 85 | 78 | Brooklyn Castle | $7,091 | -15.6% | 4 | - | $1,772 | $185,334 | 8 | - |
| 86 | - | The Rabbi's Cat | $6,980 | - | 1 | - | $6,980 | $6,980 | 1 | GKIDS |
| 87 | 80 | Somewhere Between | $6,114 | -13.9% | 1 | -3 | $6,114 | $174,714 | 16 | Long Shot Factory |
| 88 | 84 | Sister | $5,991 | +3.3% | 5 | +3 | $1,198 | $91,032 | 10 | Adopt Films |
| 89 | 92 | California Solo | $5,820 | +37.3% | 1 | - | $5,820 | $10,058 | 2 | Strand Releasing |
| 90 | 63 | Son of Sardaar | $5,768 | -76.1% | 109 | - | $52 | $771,789 | 5 | Eros Worldwide |
| 91 | 66 | The Intouchables | $5,645 | -72.4% | 12 | -7 | $470 | $10,065,477 | 29 | The Weinstein Company |
| 92 | 83 | Under the Sea 3D | $5,439 | -13.9% | 6 | -2 | $906 | $31,035,025 | 200 | Warner Bros. |
| 93 | 79 | The Loneliest Planet | $5,386 | -34.9% | 5 | -5 | $1,077 | $124,875 | 7 | IFC Films |
| 94 | - | In Our Nature | $5,282 | - | 1 | - | $5,282 | $5,282 | 1 | Cinedigm Entertainment Group |
| 95 | - | Bless Me, Ultima | $5,268 | - | - | - | - | $440,170 | - | Arenas Entertainment |
| 96 | 70 | The Thieves | $4,984 | -61.9% | 2 | - | $2,492 | $683,357 | 9 | Well Go USA Entertainment |
| 97 | - | The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez | $4,107 | - | 2 | - | $2,053 | $4,107 | 1 | Indican Pictures |
| 98 | - | Tchoupitoulas | $3,777 | - | 2 | - | $1,888 | $3,777 | 1 | Oscilloscope |
| 99 | 88 | Masquerade | $3,509 | -33.3% | 1 | -2 | $3,509 | $900,493 | 12 | CJ Entertainment |
| 100 | 76 | Middle of Nowhere | $2,992 | -66.5% | 2 | -2 | $1,496 | $236,806 | 9 | - |
| 101 | 94 | Detropia | $2,911 | -13.2% | 3 | -2 | $970 | $364,720 | 14 | Loki Films |
| 102 | 103 | Keep the Lights On | $2,825 | +115.6% | 1 | -2 | $2,825 | $242,716 | 14 | Music Box Films |
| 103 | 112 | The Well-Digger's Daughter | $2,458 | +523.9% | 2 | +1 | $1,229 | $373,181 | 21 | Kino Lorber |
| 104 | - | Yangsi | $2,400 | - | 1 | - | $2,400 | $2,400 | 1 | Kino Lorber |
| 105 | 91 | Love, Marilyn | $2,370 | -48.3% | 1 | - | $2,370 | $6,950 | 2 | Submarine Deluxe |
| 106 | 100 | 28 Hotel Rooms | $2,300 | +48% | 2 | -3 | $1,150 | $18,869 | 5 | Oscilloscope |
| 107 | 104 | Wake in Fright 2012 Re-release | $2,089 | +72.5% | 3 | +1 | $696 | $47,128 | 10 | Drafthouse Films |
| 108 | - | Only the Young | $2,028 | - | 2 | - | $1,014 | $2,028 | 1 | Oscilloscope |
| 109 | 87 | The Comedy | $1,776 | -66.7% | 4 | +1 | $444 | $37,850 | 5 | Tribeca Films |
| 110 | 99 | Kumaré | $1,284 | -18.1% | 1 | - | $1,284 | $130,836 | 26 | Kino Lorber |
| 111 | 105 | Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare | $1,211 | +17.6% | 2 | +1 | $605 | $84,898 | 10 | Roadside Attractions |
| 112 | - | Cheerful Weather for the Wedding | $933 | - | 1 | - | $933 | $933 | 1 | IFC Films |
| 113 | 96 | Citadel | $886 | -57% | 2 | -5 | $443 | $12,471 | 5 | Cinedigm Entertainment Group |
| 114 | 101 | All Together | $791 | -45.3% | 1 | - | $791 | $37,238 | 8 | Kino Lorber |
| 115 | - | Le combat dans l'île | $776 | - | 1 | - | $776 | $49,218 | 183 | The Film Desk |
| 116 | 102 | Chicken with Plums | $755 | -44.7% | 4 | -3 | $188 | $253,874 | 17 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 117 | 107 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $678 | -27.5% | 1 | - | $678 | $34,122,197 | 377 | IMAX |
| 118 | - | My Worst Nightmare | $668 | - | 1 | - | $668 | $7,993 | 8 | Strand Releasing |
| 119 | - | Three Stars | $619 | - | 1 | - | $619 | $8,942 | 12 | First Run |
| 120 | 108 | Celeste & Jesse Forever | $492 | -44% | 2 | - | $246 | $3,094,813 | 19 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 121 | - | Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet | $475 | - | 2 | - | $237 | $475 | 1 | Kino Lorber |
| 122 | - | Monsieur Verdoux | $453 | - | 1 | - | $453 | $63,465 | 248 | The Film Desk |
| 123 | - | Meet the Fokkens | $447 | - | 1 | - | $447 | $29,357 | 19 | Kino Lorber |
| 124 | 98 | Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters | $444 | -73.8% | 1 | -1 | $444 | $27,519 | 6 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 125 | - | The Revisionaries | $345 | - | 1 | - | $345 | $18,098 | 10 | Kino Lorber |
| 126 | 113 | Orchestra of Exiles | $328 | +9.3% | 2 | - | $164 | $24,710 | 7 | First Run |
| 127 | 114 | Alps | $255 | +30.1% | 1 | - | $255 | $15,404 | 22 | Kino Lorber |
| 128 | 116 | Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film | $136 | +49.5% | 1 | - | $136 | $3,689 | 19 | Kino Lorber |
| 129 | - | A Man Vanishes 2012 Re-release | $105 | - | 1 | - | $105 | $3,491 | 5 | Icarus Films |
| 130 | 93 | Neighboring Sounds | $90 | -97.4% | - | - | - | $47,016 | 16 | The Cinema Guild |
| 131 | 115 | Galapagos | $81 | -57.8% | 1 | - | $81 | $18,099,470 | 685 | IMAX |
