| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Paranormal Activity | $1,501,447 | -39.5% | 265 | - | $5,665 | $5,211,304 | 2 | Icon Film Distribution | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | $1,433,314 | -39.3% | 438 | -41 | $3,272 | $30,644,398 | 4 | - | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | Where the Wild Things Are | $1,005,887 | -30.3% | 263 | - | $3,824 | $3,119,645 | 2 | Roadshow Films | false | false |
| 4 | 5 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | $912,046 | -6.6% | 343 | +4 | $2,659 | $4,372,319 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | 2012 | $771,064 | -25.7% | 293 | -68 | $2,631 | $17,111,914 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 6 | 6 | Zombieland | $597,939 | -24.3% | 153 | - | $3,908 | $1,780,449 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 7 | - | Planet 51 | $582,389 | - | 204 | - | $2,854 | $614,781 | 1 | Hoyts Distribution | true | false |
| 8 | 7 | The Invention of Lying | $423,701 | -21.5% | 167 | -1 | $2,537 | $2,742,969 | 3 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | The Informant! | $266,587 | -18.2% | 56 | - | $4,760 | $748,526 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | A Christmas Carol | $206,034 | +3.2% | 106 | -38 | $1,943 | $4,427,323 | 6 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | - | 9 | $97,982 | - | 70 | - | $1,399 | $108,460 | 1 | Madman Entertainment | true | false |
| 12 | 10 | The Time Traveler's Wife | $83,521 | -36.6% | 73 | -57 | $1,144 | $5,220,422 | 6 | Roadshow Films | false | false |
| 13 | - | Away We Go | $81,824 | - | 42 | - | $1,948 | $89,445 | 1 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | true | false |
| 14 | 12 | A Serious Man | $56,592 | -30.5% | 24 | -5 | $2,358 | $703,303 | 4 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 15 | 11 | The Boys Are Back | $53,801 | -43.8% | 65 | -43 | $827 | $1,771,873 | 5 | Hopscotch Films | false | false |
| 16 | 13 | Mao's Last Dancer | $52,379 | -33.9% | 66 | -40 | $793 | $13,542,337 | 11 | Roadshow Films | false | false |
| 17 | - | Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year | $47,300 | - | 12 | - | $3,941 | $47,300 | 1 | Mind Blowing Films | true | false |
| 18 | - | Departures | $45,259 | - | 13 | - | $3,481 | $400,968 | 9 | Madman Entertainment | false | false |
| 19 | 14 | A Summer in Genoa | $37,837 | -17.4% | 29 | -1 | $1,304 | $860,113 | 6 | Palace Films | false | false |
| 20 | - | The French Kissers | $32,166 | - | 12 | - | $2,680 | $32,166 | - | Palace Films | - | false |
