| Week ending | Film | Total
week
gross | Openings |
|---|
| 1 | | | $5,143,013 | (#2), Tower Heist (#4), Happy Feet Two (#5), War Horse (#6), We Bought a Zoo (#7), The Iron Lady (#8), Albert Nobbs (#14), The Skin I Live In (#18) |
| 2 | | | $9,047,260 | Met Opera: Rodelinda (#19), Players (#20) |
| 3 | | $4,703,107 | The Muppets (#2), The Descendants (#4), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (#5), Hugo (#6), Arrietty (#16), Nanban (#18) |
| 4 | | The Descendants | $3,549,853 | (#2), Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (#7), The Darkest Hour (#9), Young Adult (#17), Met Opera: Faust (#20) |
| 5 | | | $3,478,099 | A Few Best Men (#3), J. Edgar (#11), Agneepath (#16) |
| 6 | | Chronicle | $3,715,979 | Man on a Ledge (#10), The Artist (#13), Martha Marcy May Marlene (#18) |
| 7 | | The Vow | $4,217,717 | Safe House (#2), Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace 3D (#4), This Means War (#6), Any Questions for Ben? (#7), Shame (#18) |
| 8 | | $2,608,884 | The Grey (#3), My Week with Marilyn (#7), One for the Money (#9) |
| 9 | | Contraband | $2,162,312 | Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (#8), Gone (#13), Killer Elite (#14) |
| 10 | | Project X | $1,822,489 | The Devil Inside (#5), A Separation (#15), Carnage (#18) |
| 11 | | John Carter | $4,136,130 | Headhunters (#11), The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel pre-release (#20) |
| 12 | | 21 Jump Street | $5,445,294 | (#3), Margin Call (#5), The Rum Diary (#7) |
| 13 | | The Hunger Games | $11,344,354 | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (#2), (#10), Agent Vinod (#11) |
| 14 | | $6,762,379 | Dr. Seuss' The Lorax (#3), Wrath of the Titans (#4), Mirror Mirror (#6), A Dangerous Method (#7), Salmon Fishing in the Yemen pre-release (#10), Stephen Sondheim's Company (#11), Le Havre (#13), Fetih 1453 (#19) |
| 15 | | American Pie: Reunion | $7,591,951 | Titanic 3D (#5), The Pirates! Band of Misfits 3D (#6), Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (#10), Housefull 2 (#11), Mirza – The Untold Story (#14), This Must Be the Place (#15), Love in the Buff (#18) |
| 16 | | Battleship | $5,397,004 | The Deep Blue Sea (#16), National Theatre Live: She Stoops to Conquer (#18) |
| 17 | | The Avengers | $6,003,882 | The Lucky One (#2), StreetDance 2 (#13), Romantics Anonymous (#15), The Lady (#16) |
| 18 | | $16,755,666 | Wish You Were Here (#8), The Way (#14), Café de Flore (#17), Met Opera: Manon (#19) |
| 19 | | $10,883,169 | The Five-Year Engagement (#2), Act of Valour (#5), Beauty and the Beast 3D (#11), Delicacy (#15), Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake (#19) |
| 20 | | $6,539,963 | Dark Shadows (#2), The Dictator pre-release (#4), Safe (#6), Iron Sky (#13), Met Opera: La Traviata (#17), Trishna (#19) |
| 21 | | The Dictator | $6,415,545 | The Woman in Black (#5) |
| 22 | | Men in Black 3 | $6,444,052 | Bel Ami (#6), This American Life – Live! (#15) |
| 23 | | $4,528,685 | What to Expect When You're Expecting (#2), Get the Gringo (#6), Rowdy Rathore (#12), Declaration of War (#16) |
| 24 | | Prometheus | $9,481,245 | Friends with Kids (#6), Le Chef pre-release (#13), National Theatre Live – Frankenstein V1 (#17), The Duel (#18), Shanghai (#19) |
| 25 | | $4,000,806 | That's My Boy (#2), Rock of Ages (#3), Take This Waltz (#9), Le Chef (#11), The Cabin in the Woods (#13), Ferrari Ki Sawaari (#17), Margaret (#20) |
| 26 | | Snow White and the Huntsman | $8,553,638 | Brave (#2), A Royal Affair (#9), The Three Stooges pre-release (#10), Elena (#14), Teri Meri Kahaani (#15), National Theatre Live – Frankenstein V2 (#20) |
| 27 | | Ice Age 4: Continental Drift | $9,408,924 | Ted pre-release (#3), The Amazing Spider-Man preview (#5), pre-release (#9), André Rieu: 2012 Maastricht Concert (#12), Jatt & Juliet (#13), (#17), Where Do We Go Now? (#18) |
| 28 | | Ted | $12,822,447 | The Amazing Spider-Man (#3), (#6), Bol Bachchan (#10) |
| 29 | | $8,608,015 | Hysteria (#8), Cocktail (#9), Not Suitable for Children (#11), Billa 2 (#17) |
| 30 | | The Dark Knight Rises | $19,219,489 | The Door (#12), Bolshoi Ballet: Raymonda (#20) |
| 31 | | $9,434,565 | Magic Mike (#2), Carry On Jatta (#8), ...And If We All Lived Together? (#14), Kyaa Super Kool Hain Hum (#16), 25th Anniversary Event (#17), In Darkness (#20) |
| 32 | | $5,430,941 | Step Up 4: Miami Heat (#3), Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (#4), Cosmopolis (#11), Jo Nesbø's Jackpot (#16) |
| 33 | | $3,525,515 | The Sapphires (#2), The Campaign (#3), Sirphire (#14), Storm Surfers 3D (#18) |
| 34 | | The Bourne Legacy | $5,445,934 | Ek Tha Tiger (#7), Bernie (#11), Vulgaria (#17) |
| 35 | | Total Recall | $3,054,965 | Hope Springs (#4), Lan Kwai Fong 2 (#15), Bully (#17), Barrymore (#18), Holy Motors (#20) |
| 36 | | The Expendables 2 | $3,913,595 | Moonrise Kingdom (#7), Finding Nemo 3D (#8), Joker (#16), Chinese Take-Away (#20) |
| 37 | | Kath & Kimderella | $2,605,716 | Hit and Run (#9), Monsieur Lazhar (#11), Your Sister's Sister (#13), Raaz 3D (#16), Ajj De Ranjhe (#20) |
| 38 | | | $4,853,258 | The Watch (#2), (#3), Barfi! (#13), Beasts of the Southern Wild (#14), Reel Anime 2012 (#17) |
| 39 | | $6,010,501 | Hotel Transylvania (#2), Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (#3), Ruby Sparks (#7), Bait (#10) |
| 40 | | $6,963,810 | Looper (#2), Arbitrage (#6), OMG: Oh My God! (#17), On the Road (#18) |
| 41 | | Taken 2 | $9,553,534 | Mental (#6), English Vinglish (#15), National Theatre Live: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (#19) |
| 42 | | $4,286,449 | Lawless (#3), Killing Them Softly (#7), The Words (#10) |
| 43 | | Paranormal Activity 4 | $4,325,073 | Savages (#3), To Rome with Love (#6), Paul Kelly: Stories of Me (#14), Student of the Year (#16), The Thieves (#17), Safety Not Guaranteed (#18) |
| 44 | | Argo | $2,728,725 | Dredd (#4), The Intouchables (#5), Frankenweenie (#7), National Theatre Live: The Last of the Haussmans (#17) |
| 45 | | $2,518,846 | Bachelorette (#2), End of Watch (#3), Housos vs. Authority (#7), Met Opera: L'elisir d'amore (#18) |
| 46 | | $1,971,206 | Seven Psychopaths (#2), Alex Cross (#7), The Sessions (#10), The Master (#14), Jesus Christ Superstar (#18) |
| 47 | | | $15,785,075 | Nitro Circus: The Movie (#5), Jab Tak Hai Jaan (#7), Son of Sardaar (#15) |
| 48 | | Skyfall | $16,786,979 | 2 Days in New York (#15), National Theatre Live: Timon of Athens (#16) |
| 49 | | $10,450,489 | The Perks of Being a Wallflower (#3), Pitch Perfect preview (#4), Red Dawn (#5), Talaash (#7), Fun Size (#9), Back to 1942 (#12), Met Opera: The Tempest (#15), Celeste and Jesse Forever (#19) |
| 50 | | $6,479,231 | Pitch Perfect (#2), Here Comes the Boom (#5), The Man with the Iron Fists (#9), Trouble with the Curve (#10), Khiladi 786 (#13), Masquerade (#17) |
| 51 | | $4,632,226 | Rise of the Guardians (#2), Love Is All You Need (#11), Paris-Manhattan (#12), Liberal Arts (#13), Met Opera: Clemenza di Tito (#16) |
| 52 | | $3,213,845 | Dabangg 2 |
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