| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | $4,116,163 | - | 414 | - | $9,942 | $4,241,894 | 1 | Paramount Pictures International | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Puss in Boots | $2,151,648 | -27.9% | 512 | +5 | $4,202 | $7,694,894 | 2 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | New Year's Eve | $1,719,102 | -36.4% | 335 | -1 | $5,131 | $5,870,212 | 2 | Roadshow Films | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | $587,018 | -50.2% | 286 | -84 | $2,052 | $27,232,810 | 5 | - | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | Jack and Jill | $558,576 | -47.5% | 227 | -19 | $2,460 | $4,619,387 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | The Inbetweeners | $490,184 | -52.1% | 215 | -13 | $2,279 | $8,180,606 | 4 | Roadshow Films | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | Arthur Christmas | $485,570 | -14.9% | 355 | -69 | $1,367 | $4,346,058 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 8 | - | Dolphin Tale | $325,294 | - | 317 | - | $1,026 | $348,359 | 1 | Roadshow Films | true | false |
| 9 | 7 | The Ides of March | $307,457 | -43.4% | 87 | - | $3,533 | $3,415,914 | 4 | Roadshow Films | false | false |
| 10 | 12 | The Women on the 6th Floor | $144,552 | +54.8% | 24 | -1 | $6,023 | $451,945 | 2 | Palace Films | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | Immortals | $139,156 | -72.1% | 211 | - | $659 | $4,566,553 | 4 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | Midnight in Paris | $82,792 | -40.6% | 53 | -26 | $1,562 | $6,810,578 | 9 | Entertainment One | false | false |
| 13 | - | Melancholia | $81,612 | - | 21 | - | $3,886 | $114,133 | 1 | Madman Entertainment | true | false |
| 14 | 9 | Moneyball | $74,673 | -61.3% | 58 | -39 | $1,287 | $4,971,384 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 15 | 13 | We Need to Talk About Kevin | $45,607 | -40.7% | 22 | -3 | $2,073 | $702,332 | 5 | Entertainment One | false | false |
| 16 | - | Flying Swords of Dragon Gate | $32,163 | - | 13 | - | $2,474 | $32,163 | 1 | Icon Film Distribution | true | false |
| 17 | 11 | In Time | $23,505 | -78.4% | 17 | -42 | $1,382 | $9,090,780 | 8 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 18 | 14 | The Debt | $21,565 | -61.4% | 31 | - | $695 | $1,238,474 | 6 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 19 | 15 | Drive | $17,183 | -64% | 15 | -15 | $1,145 | $2,286,388 | 8 | Pinnacle Films | false | false |
| 20 | 18 | Bill Cunningham: New York | $16,131 | -34.8% | 10 | -5 | $1,613 | $413,587 | 6 | Madman Entertainment | false | false |
