| Title | Weekend | Week | Total | % Change | Total Weeks |
| 1 (new) |  | The Devil Inside (2012) | $33,732,515 | $33,732,515 | $33,732,515 | new | 1 |
| 2 (1) |  | Mission:Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011) | $19,868,059 | $37,162,885 | $169,568,971 | -32% | 4 |
| 3 (2) |  | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) | $13,689,321 | $26,145,636 | $157,049,382 | -34% | 4 |
| 4 (4) |  | The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (2011) | $11,364,714 | $21,315,747 | $76,900,628 | -23% | 5 |
| 5 (3) |  | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chip Wrecked (2011) | $9,496,913 | $18,856,233 | $111,585,367 | -42% | 4 |
| 6 (5) |  | War Horse (2012) | $8,679,470 | $16,452,910 | $56,904,682 | -40% | 3 |
| 7 (6) |  | We Bought a Zoo (2012) | $8,305,797 | $15,674,348 | $56,399,906 | -37% | 4 |
| 8 (7) |  | The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (2011) | $6,727,740 | $14,532,868 | $62,008,015 | -41% | 3 |
| 9 (17) |  | Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (2011) | $5,478,521 | $6,173,936 | $10,129,670 | 80% | 5 |
| 10 (9) |  | The Darkest Hour (2012) | $3,124,316 | $5,552,642 | $18,690,605 | -25% | 3 |
| 11 (8) |  | New Years Eve (2011) | $3,107,343 | $5,868,790 | $51,868,140 | -51% | 5 |
| 12 (10) |  | The Descendants (2012) | $2,584,137 | $4,539,925 | $43,960,700 | -24% | 8 |
| 13 (12) |  | Hugo (2011) | $1,600,851 | $3,176,706 | $52,630,908 | -35% | 7 |
| 14 (14) |  | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 (2011) | $1,472,095 | $2,884,995 | $278,415,733 | -29% | 8 |
| 15 (11) |  | The Muppets (2011) | $1,358,289 | $3,031,743 | $85,561,195 | -49% | 7 |
| 16 (13) |  | Young Adult (2011) | $1,281,347 | $2,686,080 | $14,747,851 | -39% | 5 |
| 17 (15) |  | The Sitter (2012) | $1,154,859 | $2,405,137 | $28,722,994 | -31% | 5 |
| 18 (16) |  | The Artist (2011) | $1,120,111 | $2,053,268 | $7,097,612 | -15% | 7 |
| 19 (18) |  | My Week With Marilyn (2011) | $827,327 | $1,522,619 | $10,458,340 | -11% | 7 |
| 20 (19) |  | Puss In Boots (2011) | $587,390 | $1,113,554 | $146,597,215 | -22% | 11 |
| 21 (24) |  | Tower Heist (2011) | $303,850 | $464,505 | $77,198,420 | 17% | 10 |
| 22 (23) |  | A Dangerous Method (2012) | $279,280 | $498,421 | $2,076,178 | -7% | 7 |
| 23 (22) |  | Happy Feet Two (2011) | $226,987 | $548,428 | $61,356,596 | -43% | 8 |
| 24 (29) |  | Shame (2012) | $210,059 | $400,795 | $2,366,669 | 5% | 6 |
| 25 (26) |  | Real Steel (2011) | $204,587 | $364,304 | $84,857,545 | -15% | 14 |
| 26 (27) |  | The Iron Lady (2011) | $176,374 | $300,260 | $520,669 | -20% | 2 |
| 27 (28) |  | Moneyball (2011) | $167,252 | $305,463 | $75,267,105 | -18% | 16 |
| 28 (30) |  | Jack and Jill (2012) | $161,407 | $276,845 | $71,974,493 | -15% | 9 |
| 29 (21) |  | Don 2 (2011) | $159,372 | $400,477 | $3,574,909 | -70% | 3 |
| 30 (31) |  | Courageous (2011) | $158,761 | $275,689 | $34,311,609 | 4% | 15 |
| 31 (37) |  | In Time (2011) | $115,356 | $192,022 | $37,238,317 | 22% | 11 |
| 32 (25) |  | J. Edgar (2012) | $110,346 | $289,573 | $36,862,178 | -55% | 9 |
| 33 (47) | | Pariah (2011) | $109,972 | $148,425 | $233,411 | 56% | 2 |
| 34 (36) |  | Carnage (2012) | $109,338 | $181,920 | $530,525 | 15% | 4 |
| 35 (20) |  | Arthur Christmas (2011) | $102,644 | $620,256 | $46,440,491 | -85% | 7 |
| 36 (34) |  | Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2012) | $99,125 | $185,620 | $498,669 | -11% | 3 |
| 37 (32) |  | Dolphin Tale (2011) | $95,346 | $202,027 | $72,165,819 | -37% | 16 |
| 38 (44) |  | A Separation (2011) | $92,638 | $138,565 | $198,046 | 36% | 2 |
| 39 (33) |  | Immortals (2011) | $89,374 | $194,914 | $82,851,913 | -29% | 9 |
| 40 (38) |  | Born to Be Wild (2011) | $87,537 | $179,741 | $15,327,370 | -2% | 40 |
| 41 (43) |  | Melancholia (2011) | $87,155 | $158,407 | $2,675,913 | 28% | 8 |
| 42 (42) | | Pina (2011) | $83,027 | $155,076 | $384,068 | 14% | 3 |
| 43 (re) |  | Footloose (1984) | $74,033 | $74,033 | $51,780,537 | re | 12 |
| 44 (41) |  | The Ides of March (2011) | $71,199 | $136,922 | $40,962,534 | -15% | 14 |
| 45 (51) |  | Drive (2011) | $56,208 | $79,404 | $34,912,451 | 56% | 18 |
| 46 (35) |  | A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas (2011) | $55,983 | $138,723 | $35,033,759 | -43% | 10 |
| 47 (45) |  | The Way (2010) | $55,496 | $96,570 | $4,271,202 | -2% | 14 |
| 48 (40) |  | Hubble 3D (2010) | $36,477 | $97,903 | $30,249,886 | -57% | 89 |
| 49 (58) |  | In the Land of Blood and Honey () | $32,289 | $41,539 | $90,681 | 71% | 3 |
| 50 (52) |  | Margin Call (2012) | $31,234 | $54,245 | $5,299,642 | 27% | 12 |
| 51 (48) |  | The Help (2011) | $28,247 | $56,632 | $169,556,178 | -26% | 22 |
| 52 (53) | | The Skin I Live In (2011) | $21,663 | $43,678 | $3,085,786 | -2% | 13 |
| 53 (49) |  | Under the Sea 3D (2009) | $21,171 | $46,719 | $28,933,008 | -24% | 129 |
| 54 (re) | | Sea Rex 3D Journey to a Prehistoric World () | $19,121 | $19,121 | $4,493,845 | re | 40 |
| 55 (56) | | The Women On the 6th Floor (2012) | $19,055 | $29,044 | $490,733 | 37% | 14 |
| 56 (54) |  | Midnight In Paris (2011) | $15,335 | $29,551 | $56,407,283 | -13% | 34 |
| 57 (55) |  | Space Station 3D (2002) | $14,280 | $53,520 | $84,729,213 | -3% | 436 |
| 58 (new) | | Norwegian Wood (2011) | $13,000 | $13,000 | $13,000 | new | 1 |
| 59 (59) |  | Take Shelter (2011) | $11,201 | $19,605 | $1,690,807 | 19% | 15 |
| 60 (re) |  | Once Upon a Time In Anatolia (2012) | $10,952 | $10,952 | $14,008 | re | 1 |
| 61 (re) | | Being Elmo: A Puppeteers Journey (2012) | $9,233 | $9,233 | $262,416 | re | 10 |
| 62 (57) | | Like Crazy (2012) | $7,438 | $20,212 | $3,388,210 | -22% | 11 |
| 63 (re) | | The Conquest () | $5,805 | $5,805 | $46,935 | re | 6 |
| 64 (68) | | Young Goethe In Love () | $5,587 | $7,927 | $109,164 | 66% | 10 |
| 65 (62) | | The Greatest Miracle () | $5,520 | $12,244 | $548,268 | 14% | 13 |
| 66 (61) | | Mozarts Sister (2012) | $4,768 | $12,281 | $696,777 | -35% | 21 |
| 67 (re) | | My Reincarnation () | $4,748 | $4,748 | $62,996 | re | 8 |
| 68 (63) |  | The Lion King (1994) | $4,271 | $7,284 | $94,240,635 | -5% | 50 |
| 69 (78) | | Sigur Ros Inni () | $4,163 | $4,462 | $122,010 | 88% | 11 |
| 70 (74) | | The Outrage (1964) | $3,740 | $4,896 | $35,336 | 75% | 6 |
| 71 (re) |  | El Bulli Cooking In Progress (2012) | $3,732 | $3,732 | $206,572 | re | 22 |
| 72 (re) | | The Whale () | $3,631 | $3,631 | $65,121 | re | 15 |
| 73 (65) |  | The Guard (2011) | $3,316 | $5,327 | $5,341,471 | 22% | 24 |
| 74 (72) |  | Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within (2011) | $2,768 | $3,990 | $89,493 | 48% | 9 |
| 75 (new) | | Roadie (1980) | $2,661 | $2,661 | $2,661 | new | 2 |
| 76 (77) | | Paul Goodman Changed My Life () | $2,497 | $4,468 | $29,488 | 77% | 9 |
| 77 (re) | | Garbo the Spy () | $2,334 | $2,334 | $24,567 | re | 4 |
| 78 (re) | | Eames the Architect and the Painter (2012) | $2,045 | $2,045 | $141,858 | re | 7 |
| 79 (re) | | Prince of the Himalayas () | $1,530 | $1,530 | $6,762 | re | 1 |
| 80 (73) | | Blackthorn (2012) | $1,480 | $2,696 | $190,197 | 24% | 13 |
| 81 (re) | | The Man Nobody Knew In Search of My Father Cia Spymaster William Colby () | $1,423 | $1,423 | $172,311 | re | 14 |
| 82 (re) | | King of Devil's Island (2012) | $1,411 | $1,411 | $4,162 | re | 3 |
| 83 (re) | | Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow (2010) | $1,344 | $1,344 | $44,264 | re | 9 |
| 84 (re) | | Hell and Back Again (2011) | $1,235 | $1,235 | $35,872 | re | 11 |
| 85 (re) |  | Tomboy (2011) | $1,235 | $1,235 | $97,394 | re | 6 |
| 86 (re) | | The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu () | $1,171 | $1,171 | $27,556 | re | 10 |
| 87 (re) | | Tyrannosaur (2011) | $1,122 | $1,122 | $17,219 | re | 6 |
| 88 (re) | | Janes Journey () | $737 | $737 | $24,483 | re | 8 |
| 89 (re) | | Rid of Me () | $702 | $702 | $10,373 | re | 4 |
| 90 (re) | | Crazy Wisdom the Life and Times of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche () | $636 | $636 | $44,378 | re | 6 |
| 91 (re) | | Khodorkovsky (2012) | $564 | $564 | $28,282 | re | 4 |
| 92 (79) |  | Amigo (2010) | $462 | $774 | $181,356 | 10% | 16 |
| 93 (re) | | Granito () | $352 | $352 | $37,790 | re | 11 |