| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Avatar | $167,604 | -7.1% | 8 | - | $20,950 | $569,821 | 3 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 2 | - | Sherlock Holmes | $58,313 | - | 8 | - | $7,289 | $58,313 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 3 | 2 | 2012 | $31,454 | -36.6% | 8 | - | $3,931 | $1,006,105 | 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | $14,220 | -23.2% | 4 | - | $3,555 | $38,845 | 2 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | $12,725 | -42.9% | 8 | - | $1,590 | $516,039 | 6 | - | false | false |
| 6 | 6 | Love Happens | $10,018 | -26.6% | 2 | - | $5,009 | $27,292 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | A Christmas Carol | $9,901 | -40.9% | 1 | -1 | $9,901 | $267,823 | 7 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | - | The Princess and the Frog | $8,378 | - | 2 | - | $4,189 | $8,378 | 1 | Walt Disney Pictures | true | false |
| 9 | 7 | The Stepfather | $5,231 | -43.6% | 4 | -1 | $1,307 | $16,712 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | Case 39 | $5,172 | -37.9% | 6 | - | $862 | $84,534 | 6 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | Couples Retreat | $5,033 | -11.9% | 6 | - | $838 | $85,818 | 6 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant | $2,502 | -35.6% | 4 | -1 | $625 | $27,415 | 4 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 11 | Halloween II | $1,452 | -16.2% | 2 | - | $726 | $47,100 | 10 | N/A | false | false |
| 14 | 12 | Management | $1,094 | -19.2% | 2 | - | $547 | $38,920 | 10 | N/A | false | false |
| 15 | 13 | Surrogates | $488 | -42.5% | 1 | -1 | $488 | $130,533 | 13 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 14 | Orphan | $467 | -44.5% | 1 | - | $467 | $118,577 | 14 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 17 | 16 | The Ugly Truth | $173 | +424.2% | 1 | - | $173 | $206,112 | 15 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 18 | 15 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | $18 | -55% | 1 | - | $18 | $43,779 | 16 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
