| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Paranormal Activity | $2,480,813 | - | 265 | - | $9,361 | $2,598,180 | 1 | Icon Film Distribution | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | $2,363,107 | -56.8% | 479 | -51 | $4,933 | $28,217,259 | 3 | - | false | false |
| 3 | - | Where the Wild Things Are | $1,442,462 | - | 263 | - | $5,484 | $1,442,462 | 1 | Roadshow Films | true | false |
| 4 | 2 | 2012 | $1,037,440 | -49.1% | 361 | -32 | $2,873 | $15,901,016 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | $976,143 | -29.7% | 339 | -3 | $2,879 | $2,895,110 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 6 | - | Zombieland | $790,052 | - | 153 | - | $5,163 | $790,052 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 7 | 4 | The Invention of Lying | $539,999 | -46.6% | 168 | - | $3,214 | $2,024,548 | 2 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 8 | - | The Informant! | $326,092 | - | 56 | - | $5,823 | $333,621 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 9 | 5 | A Christmas Carol | $199,731 | -43.1% | 144 | -121 | $1,387 | $4,101,222 | 5 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 6 | The Time Traveler's Wife | $131,817 | -60.2% | 130 | -72 | $1,013 | $5,074,734 | 5 | Roadshow Films | false | false |
| 11 | 7 | The Boys Are Back | $95,714 | -56.8% | 108 | -53 | $886 | $1,673,142 | 4 | Hopscotch Films | false | false |
| 12 | 9 | A Serious Man | $81,420 | -50% | 29 | -11 | $2,807 | $618,376 | 3 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 13 | 8 | Mao's Last Dancer | $79,271 | -52.8% | 106 | -29 | $747 | $13,481,407 | 10 | Roadshow Films | false | false |
| 14 | 13 | A Summer in Genoa | $45,833 | -42.8% | 30 | -1 | $1,527 | $804,722 | 5 | Palace Films | false | false |
| 15 | 11 | Couples Retreat | $34,540 | -62.5% | 66 | - | $523 | $10,165,633 | 9 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 16 | 16 | An Education | $33,209 | -37.5% | 34 | +3 | $976 | $1,297,138 | 7 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 17 | 18 | Julie & Julia | $33,098 | -26.4% | 39 | +1 | $848 | $6,631,946 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 18 | 12 | De Dana Dan | $28,126 | -67.9% | 14 | - | $2,009 | $152,289 | 2 | Eros Worldwide | false | false |
| 19 | 10 | This Is It | $24,883 | -75.9% | 42 | -66 | $592 | $8,734,295 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 20 | - | Paa | $22,869 | - | 9 | - | $2,541 | $22,869 | 1 | - | true | false |
