Rank	Title	Distributor	Weekend Gross	Cumulative Gross	Release Weeks	Number of Theaters
1	2012	Sony	$65,000,000	$65,000,000	1	3,404
2	Disney's A Christmas Carol	Walt Disney	$22,325,000	$63,289,000	2	3,683
3	The Men Who Stare at Goats	Overture	$6,200,000	$23,376,297	2	2,453
4	Precious: Based on the Novel ``Push'' by Sapphire	Lionsgate	$6,090,000	$8,914,552	2	174
5	Michael Jackson's This Is It	Sony	$5,100,000	$67,211,000	3	3,037
6	The Fourth Kind	Universal	$4,743,750	$20,588,045	2	2,530
7	Couples Retreat	Universal	$4,252,755	$102,133,145	6	2,509
8	Paranormal Activity	Paramount	$4,200,000	$103,847,000	8	2,712
9	Law Abiding Citizen	Overture	$3,932,000	$67,326,125	5	2,071
10	The Box	Warner Bros.	$3,185,000	$13,206,000	2	2,635
11	Pirate Radio	Focus	$2,869,377	$2,869,377	1	882
12	Where the Wild Things Are	Warner Bros.	$2,415,000	$73,437,000	5	2,090