| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Avatar | $65,570 | - | 9 | - | $7,285 | $65,570 | 1 | 20th Century Fox International | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | 2012 | $18,418 | -25.3% | 9 | - | $2,046 | $293,816 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | $12,564 | -42% | 5 | - | $2,512 | $126,695 | 3 | N/A | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | Broken Embraces | $8,001 | -29.8% | 8 | -1 | $1,000 | $43,858 | 3 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | 500 Days of Summer | $5,643 | -33.1% | 5 | - | $1,128 | $17,737 | 2 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 6 | 7 | Planet 51 | $5,035 | -5.4% | 4 | - | $1,258 | $23,806 | 3 | N/A | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | The Stepfather | $4,616 | -38.2% | 4 | - | $1,154 | $15,089 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 8 | - | The Time Traveler's Wife | $3,907 | - | 3 | - | $1,302 | $3,907 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 9 | 9 | My Best Friend's Girl | $2,651 | +9% | 3 | - | $883 | $23,481 | 4 | N/A | false | false |
| 10 | 6 | A Christmas Carol | $2,049 | -72% | 4 | -3 | $512 | $82,091 | 5 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | - | Late Bloomers 2009 Re-release | $1,205 | - | 1 | - | $1,205 | $1,205 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 12 | 12 | The Visitor | $628 | -44.8% | 2 | - | $314 | $9,748 | 4 | N/A | false | false |
| 13 | 10 | Julie & Julia | $423 | -69.9% | 3 | -1 | $141 | $39,082 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 14 | 13 | I've Loved You So Long | $412 | -60.5% | 1 | - | $412 | $35,064 | 10 | N/A | false | false |
| 15 | 11 | Inglourious Basterds | $412 | -65.1% | 1 | - | $412 | $78,126 | 7 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 16 | 14 | Cilantro y perejil | $397 | -57.3% | 2 | -1 | $198 | $1,887 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 17 | - | The Artist | $355 | - | 2 | - | $177 | $355 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 18 | 17 | The Dolphin: Story of a Dreamer | $215 | -1.8% | 2 | - | $107 | $24,865 | 8 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 19 | 8 | Traitor | $105 | -96.5% | 1 | -2 | $105 | $4,176 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 20 | 16 | The Haunting in Connecticut | $96 | -74.9% | 1 | - | $96 | $27,510 | 9 | N/A | false | false |
