| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Avatar | $1,085,054 | - | 124 | - | $8,750 | $1,141,211 | 1 | 20th Century Fox International | true | false |
| 2 | 2 | 2012 | $93,125 | -7.1% | 51 | -19 | $1,825 | $3,866,021 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 3 | 1 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | $93,077 | -23.8% | 64 | +3 | $1,454 | $2,315,190 | 4 | N/A | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | The Princess and the Frog | $83,258 | +35.4% | 49 | +8 | $1,699 | $458,225 | 3 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | Planet 51 | $22,574 | +2% | 22 | +6 | $1,026 | $234,099 | 4 | N/A | false | false |
| 6 | 7 | The Reader | $9,790 | +2.7% | 13 | -3 | $753 | $67,624 | 3 | N/A | false | false |
| 7 | 8 | Happy-Go-Lucky | $9,633 | +62.7% | 3 | +2 | $3,211 | $19,898 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 8 | 5 | Whiteout | $9,083 | -53.4% | 13 | -3 | $698 | $134,519 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | A Christmas Carol | $6,981 | -45.5% | 12 | -15 | $581 | $732,805 | 7 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | The Merry Widow | $4,521 | -14.7% | 5 | +2 | $904 | $13,326 | 2 | Transeuropa | false | false |
| 11 | 11 | Inglourious Basterds | $2,781 | -12.2% | 1 | - | $2,781 | $910,405 | 11 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 12 | I've Loved You So Long | $2,533 | +25.8% | 3 | - | $844 | $59,746 | 5 | Transeuropa | false | false |
| 13 | 16 | The Dolphin: Story of a Dreamer | $1,465 | +625.2% | 11 | +4 | $133 | $417,949 | 11 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 14 | 13 | Coco Before Chanel | $464 | -70.9% | 2 | -4 | $232 | $149,636 | 9 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 15 | 14 | Julie & Julia | $354 | -77.7% | 2 | -2 | $177 | $56,166 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 16 | 10 | Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li | $103 | -97.2% | 2 | -4 | $51 | $6,720 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 17 | 17 | The Uninvited | $48 | -65.2% | 1 | - | $48 | $150,478 | 9 | United International Pictures | false | false |
