| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 2 | Paranormal Activity | $3,030,104 | -48.9% | 398 | +4 | $7,613 | $11,712,975 | 2 | Icon Film Distribution | false | false |
| 2 | 3 | A Christmas Carol | $2,747,926 | -14% | 486 | +31 | $5,654 | $22,691,751 | 5 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 1 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | $2,676,356 | -62.3% | 501 | -3 | $5,342 | $38,743,432 | 3 | Entertainment One | false | false |
| 4 | - | Planet 51 | $2,492,591 | - | 420 | - | $5,934 | $2,492,591 | 3 | Entertainment Film Distributors | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | Law Abiding Citizen | $1,644,392 | -33.1% | 357 | +4 | $4,606 | $5,731,871 | 2 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | 2012 | $1,446,949 | -52.2% | 423 | -42 | $3,420 | $29,351,196 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | Nativity! | $1,132,367 | -13.7% | 353 | +7 | $3,207 | $2,912,784 | 2 | Entertainment One | false | false |
| 8 | - | The Box | $782,435 | - | 296 | - | $2,643 | $782,435 | 1 | Icon Film Distribution | true | false |
| 9 | - | The Descent: Part 2 | $516,868 | - | 298 | - | $1,734 | $516,868 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 10 | 10 | A Serious Man | $327,222 | -18.8% | 80 | +29 | $4,090 | $1,786,572 | 3 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 11 | - | Me and Orson Welles | $274,117 | - | 187 | - | $1,465 | $274,117 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 12 | 8 | Up | $225,489 | -58.3% | 385 | -5 | $585 | $56,248,166 | 8 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | - | Harry Brown | $212,395 | - | 223 | - | $952 | $6,393,015 | - | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 14 | 11 | Fantastic Mr. Fox | $150,247 | -58.8% | 346 | -63 | $434 | $14,344,783 | 7 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 15 | 9 | De Dana Dan | $121,789 | -76.1% | 46 | -2 | $2,647 | $785,343 | 2 | Eros Worldwide | false | false |
