| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Avatar | $128,745 | -0.7% | 8 | - | $16,093 | $1,111,262 | 6 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Sherlock Holmes | $33,750 | -17.3% | 8 | - | $4,218 | $225,791 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | - | Nine | $23,889 | - | 4 | - | $5,972 | $23,889 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 4 | 4 | Old Dogs | $11,862 | -14.1% | 3 | -1 | $3,954 | $57,357 | 3 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | 2012 | $9,769 | -32.7% | 8 | - | $1,221 | $1,074,216 | 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 6 | 6 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | $8,782 | +5.7% | 3 | -1 | $2,927 | $73,940 | 5 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 7 | 9 | The Princess and the Frog | $6,993 | +5.1% | 2 | - | $3,496 | $34,604 | 4 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 8 | Ninja Assassin | $6,674 | -8.3% | 5 | - | $1,334 | $33,119 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 9 | - | Armored | $6,312 | - | 3 | - | $2,104 | $6,312 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 10 | 5 | The Box | $5,893 | -55.4% | 3 | -1 | $1,964 | $21,555 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 11 | 11 | A Christmas Carol | $2,945 | -20.6% | 1 | - | $2,945 | $289,234 | 10 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 12 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | $1,712 | -48% | 3 | -5 | $570 | $535,506 | 9 | - | false | false |
| 13 | 10 | Love Happens | $1,062 | -80.7% | 1 | -1 | $1,062 | $47,998 | 5 | N/A | false | false |
| 14 | 14 | Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant | $942 | -56.6% | 3 | -1 | $314 | $32,953 | 7 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 13 | Couples Retreat | $700 | -78% | 2 | -2 | $350 | $97,102 | 9 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 7 | How to Lose Friends & Alienate People | $513 | -93.3% | 2 | -3 | $256 | $10,452 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 17 | 15 | Case 39 | $446 | -75.1% | 3 | -3 | $148 | $93,527 | 9 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | 16 | The Stepfather | $113 | -85.5% | 1 | -1 | $113 | $20,563 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 19 | 17 | The Ugly Truth | $71 | -45.8% | 1 | - | $71 | $206,681 | 18 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 20 | 19 | Halloween II | $64 | +48.8% | 1 | -1 | $64 | $49,397 | 13 | N/A | false | false |
| 21 | 18 | Surrogates | $62 | -20.5% | 1 | - | $62 | $130,755 | 16 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
