| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Puss in Boots | $339,012 | - | 119 | - | $2,848 | $496,440 | 1 | Paramount Pictures International | true | false |
| 2 | - | New Year's Eve | $235,203 | - | 55 | - | $4,276 | $235,203 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 3 | 1 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | $126,838 | -46.9% | 65 | -1 | $1,951 | $3,166,081 | 4 | Hoyts Distribution | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | Arthur Christmas | $81,992 | -38% | 94 | -7 | $872 | $457,569 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | Immortals | $72,193 | -48.4% | 60 | -4 | $1,203 | $668,584 | 3 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | Red Dog | $63,150 | -34.7% | 72 | - | $877 | $217,700 | 2 | Roadshow Films | false | false |
| 7 | 7 | In Time | $34,449 | -22.8% | 28 | -5 | $1,230 | $987,048 | 7 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 8 | 9 | When a City Falls | $34,393 | +16.3% | 39 | +4 | $881 | $137,862 | 3 | Metropolis Films | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | Contagion | $25,900 | -45.8% | 33 | -21 | $784 | $615,609 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | Drive | $25,321 | -27.3% | 32 | -3 | $791 | $547,474 | 6 | N/A | false | false |
| 11 | - | The First Grader | $20,370 | - | 13 | - | $1,566 | $40,722 | 1 | Rialto Distribution | true | false |
| 12 | 12 | The Inbetweeners | $16,391 | -6.9% | 23 | -5 | $712 | $808,724 | 7 | Roadshow Films | false | false |
| 13 | 10 | Midnight in Paris | $15,912 | -25% | 22 | - | $723 | $607,871 | 9 | Rialto Distribution | false | false |
| 14 | 14 | The Whistleblower | $14,480 | -12.1% | 31 | +1 | $467 | $71,703 | 3 | Hopscotch Films | false | false |
| 15 | 11 | The Debt | $12,082 | -40.5% | 20 | -6 | $604 | $304,336 | 6 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | - | Ladies vs. Ricky Bahl | $9,266 | - | 3 | - | $3,088 | $9,266 | 1 | Forum Hungary | true | false |
| 17 | 16 | Beginners | $7,157 | -46.4% | 22 | -4 | $325 | $157,760 | 5 | Hopscotch Films | false | false |
| 18 | 15 | Wagner: Siegfried | $7,136 | -55.7% | 7 | -13 | $1,019 | $34,879 | 2 | Rialto Distribution | false | false |
| 19 | 21 | Tomboy | $3,965 | -23.7% | 6 | - | $660 | $24,391 | 2 | Rialto Distribution | false | false |
| 20 | 19 | Submarine | $3,591 | -35.4% | 9 | +1 | $399 | $54,659 | 3 | Madman Entertainment | false | false |
| 21 | 24 | Jig | $3,068 | -17.6% | 24 | +6 | $127 | $17,726 | 2 | Vendetta Films | false | false |
| 22 | 13 | Desi Boyz | $2,988 | -82.2% | 4 | -3 | $747 | $79,084 | 3 | - | false | false |
| 23 | 22 | The Trip | $2,859 | -39.2% | 10 | -3 | $285 | $287,912 | 8 | Madman Entertainment | false | false |
| 24 | 23 | The Dirty Picture | $2,535 | -42.9% | 1 | - | $2,535 | $9,398 | 2 | Mind Blowing Films | false | false |
| 25 | 20 | Courageous | $2,480 | -54.8% | 7 | -1 | $354 | $63,362 | 5 | N/A | false | false |
| 26 | 26 | Cave of Forgotten Dreams | $2,305 | +1.9% | 6 | -2 | $384 | $164,201 | 9 | Rialto Distribution | false | false |
| 27 | - | Happy Magic | $2,115 | - | 3 | - | $705 | $2,115 | 1 | Incubate | true | false |
| 28 | 28 | Pina | $1,744 | +3.1% | 6 | -2 | $290 | $61,284 | 8 | Hopscotch Films | false | false |
| 29 | - | Red State | $1,554 | - | 3 | - | $518 | $1,554 | 1 | Curious Films | true | false |
| 30 | - | El Bulli: Cooking in Progress | $1,338 | - | 1 | - | $1,338 | $1,982 | 1 | Madman Entertainment | true | false |
| 31 | 18 | The Help | $1,263 | -78.3% | 7 | -8 | $180 | $1,381,346 | 13 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 32 | 17 | Paranormal Activity 3 | $1,080 | -84.2% | 5 | -8 | $216 | $832,385 | 8 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 33 | 32 | Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World | $616 | -27.8% | 7 | -4 | $88 | $560,445 | 10 | Roadshow Films | false | false |
| 34 | 25 | Real Steel | $557 | -83.9% | 6 | -3 | $92 | $1,031,395 | 10 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 35 | 29 | Last Train Home 2011 Re-release | $524 | -67% | 2 | -3 | $262 | $15,528 | 4 | - | false | false |
| 36 | 36 | TT3D: Closer to the Edge | $303 | -15.8% | 1 | - | $303 | $377,940 | 16 | Hoyts Distribution | false | false |
| 37 | 31 | Anonymous | $252 | -75% | 1 | - | $252 | $78,471 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 38 | 42 | Project Nim | $236 | +345.3% | 1 | -1 | $236 | $19,525 | 4 | Hoyts Distribution | false | false |
| 39 | 33 | I Don't Know How She Does It | $181 | -74.3% | 5 | -8 | $36 | $141,150 | 6 | Roadshow Films | false | false |
| 40 | - | Oranges and Sunshine | $160 | - | 1 | - | $160 | $293,495 | 20 | Hoyts Distribution | false | false |
| 41 | 38 | Abduction | $138 | -15.3% | 1 | -3 | $138 | $486,405 | 11 | Roadshow Films | false | false |
| 42 | 27 | The Smurfs | $125 | -94.3% | 2 | -18 | $62 | $2,514,032 | 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 43 | 40 | 13 Assassins | $72 | -37.4% | 1 | - | $72 | $28,040 | 5 | Hoyts Distribution | false | false |
| 44 | 34 | The Three Musketeers | $65 | -88.7% | 1 | -4 | $65 | $569,765 | 9 | Hoyts Distribution | false | false |
