| Rank |
Title |
Distributor |
Weekend
Gross |
Cumulative
Gross |
Release
Weeks |
| 1 |
2012
|
Sony |
$65,000,000 |
$65,000,000 |
1 |
| 2 |
Disney's A Christmas Carol
|
Walt Disney |
$22,325,000 |
$63,289,000 |
2 |
| 3 |
The Men Who Stare at Goats
|
Overture |
$6,200,000 |
$23,376,297 |
2 |
| 4 |
Precious: Based on the Novel ``Push'' by Sapphire
|
Lionsgate |
$6,090,000 |
$8,914,552 |
2 |
| 5 |
Michael Jackson's This Is It
|
Sony |
$5,100,000 |
$67,211,000 |
3 |
| 6 |
The Fourth Kind
|
Universal |
$4,743,750 |
$20,588,045 |
2 |
| 7 |
Couples Retreat
|
Universal |
$4,252,755 |
$102,133,145 |
6 |
| 8 |
Paranormal Activity
|
Paramount |
$4,200,000 |
$103,847,000 |
8 |
| 9 |
Law Abiding Citizen
|
Overture |
$3,932,000 |
$67,326,125 |
5 |
| 10 |
The Box
|
Warner Bros. |
$3,185,000 |
$13,206,000 |
2 |
| 11 |
Pirate Radio
|
Focus |
$2,869,377 |
$2,869,377 |
1 |
| 12 |
Where the Wild Things Are
|
Warner Bros. |
$2,415,000 |
$73,437,000 |
5 |
|
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