| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $5,951,669 | - | 540 | - | $11,021 | $5,951,669 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 2 | - | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $3,672,457 | - | 488 | - | $7,525 | $3,672,457 | 1 | 20th Century Fox International | true | false |
| 3 | 2 | Arthur Christmas | $2,091,705 | -6.7% | 550 | +70 | $3,803 | $23,703,299 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 4 | 1 | Puss in Boots | $2,018,251 | -34.8% | 510 | - | $3,957 | $6,344,349 | 2 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | New Year's Eve | $1,316,625 | -34.7% | 438 | +7 | $3,005 | $4,655,507 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | Hugo | $602,068 | -47.6% | 409 | -38 | $1,472 | $4,962,519 | 3 | Entertainment Film Distributors | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | Happy Feet Two | $534,205 | -52.9% | 482 | -13 | $1,108 | $5,538,280 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | $508,844 | -52.3% | 364 | -80 | $1,397 | $45,888,220 | 5 | Entertainment One | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas | $169,582 | -41.1% | 165 | +34 | $1,027 | $680,750 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | My Week with Marilyn | $138,708 | -54.1% | 136 | -154 | $1,019 | $4,264,035 | 4 | Entertainment Film Distributors | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | The Thing | $76,907 | -72.4% | 159 | -154 | $483 | $1,758,341 | 3 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 12 | 11 | The Adventures of Tintin | $50,388 | -63.9% | 103 | -153 | $489 | $24,830,011 | 8 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 13 | 12 | 50/50 | $47,392 | -62.5% | 65 | -74 | $729 | $2,003,833 | 4 | Lionsgate | false | false |
| 14 | 15 | Moneyball | $46,939 | -46.2% | 44 | -34 | $1,066 | $1,122,104 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 15 | 45 | The Lion King 2011 3D Release | $44,839 | +2,208.9% | 93 | +73 | $482 | $19,267,394 | 11 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 13 | Ladies vs. Ricky Bahl | $43,984 | -62.1% | 22 | -12 | $1,999 | $224,838 | 2 | Yash Raj Films | false | false |
| 17 | - | Dreams of a Life | $42,138 | - | 18 | - | $2,341 | $42,138 | 1 | Periscoop Film | true | false |
| 18 | 10 | Another Earth | $35,971 | -74.8% | 52 | -64 | $691 | $295,466 | 2 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 19 | 16 | In Time | $31,675 | -58.7% | 39 | -36 | $812 | $8,594,841 | 7 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 20 | 17 | Tower Heist | $25,501 | -60.4% | 42 | -40 | $607 | $7,055,713 | 7 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 21 | 19 | The Ides of March | $23,908 | -49% | 19 | -6 | $1,258 | $4,680,838 | 8 | Entertainment One | false | false |
| 22 | 14 | Immortals | $23,491 | -77.9% | - | - | - | $9,760,644 | 6 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 23 | 18 | The Deep Blue Sea | $23,068 | -61.3% | 24 | -22 | $961 | $669,292 | 4 | Artificial Eye | false | false |
| 24 | 23 | Desi Boyz | $20,948 | -49.9% | 15 | -12 | $1,396 | $896,775 | 4 | Eros Worldwide | false | false |
| 25 | - | The Dirty Picture | $20,588 | - | 8 | - | $2,573 | $189,629 | 3 | - | false | false |
| 26 | 25 | Buried Secrets 2010 Re-release | $20,298 | -36% | 32 | +7 | $634 | $153,116 | 3 | N/A | false | false |
| 27 | - | Meet Me in St. Louis 2011 Re-release | $20,285 | - | 9 | - | $2,253 | $20,285 | 1 | British Film Institute (BFI) | true | false |
| 28 | 26 | The Help | $16,126 | -36.8% | 24 | -21 | $671 | $6,438,575 | 8 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 29 | 22 | The Smurfs | $16,062 | -62.5% | 84 | -82 | $191 | $27,872,289 | 19 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 30 | 35 | Margaret | $14,278 | -4.1% | 23 | +13 | $620 | $51,684 | 3 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 31 | 30 | We Have a Pope | $10,708 | -40% | 14 | -2 | $764 | $81,800 | 3 | Soda Pictures | false | false |
| 32 | 34 | Midnight in Paris | $10,409 | -33% | 13 | -3 | $800 | $4,190,288 | 11 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 33 | 36 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $9,801 | -27.7% | 7 | +1 | $1,400 | $21,880,995 | 14 | StudioCanal UK | false | false |
| 34 | 32 | The Rum Diary | $9,434 | -46.1% | 12 | -7 | $786 | $2,478,676 | 6 | Entertainment Film Distributors | false | false |
| 35 | 28 | Las Acacias | $9,161 | -57.9% | 15 | -4 | $610 | $68,022 | 3 | Verve Pictures | false | false |
| 36 | 31 | We Need to Talk About Kevin | $9,143 | -48% | 12 | -4 | $761 | $3,338,420 | 9 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 37 | 21 | Dream House | $8,620 | -80.5% | 27 | -47 | $319 | $1,279,261 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 38 | 27 | Johnny English Reborn | $8,581 | -63.8% | 24 | -29 | $357 | $31,935,469 | 11 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 39 | - | Wreckers | $5,867 | - | 3 | - | $1,955 | $5,867 | 1 | Artificial Eye | true | false |
| 40 | - | Mambattiyan | $4,907 | - | 9 | - | $545 | $4,907 | 1 | Ayngaran International | true | false |
| 41 | 39 | Drive | $4,494 | -47.5% | 5 | -2 | $898 | $4,710,602 | 13 | Icon Film Distribution | false | false |
| 42 | 38 | Weekend | $4,209 | -51.9% | 4 | -4 | $1,052 | $312,903 | 7 | Peccadillo Pictures | false | false |
| 43 | 29 | Wuthering Heights | $4,092 | -79.8% | 11 | -9 | $372 | $867,347 | 6 | Artificial Eye | false | false |
| 44 | 43 | The Awakening | $641 | -85.6% | 4 | -9 | $160 | $1,017,903 | 6 | StudioCanal UK | false | false |
| 45 | - | The British Guide to Showing Off | $568 | - | 1 | - | $568 | $15,496 | 6 | Entertainment Film Distributors | false | false |
| 46 | - | Happy Magic | $432 | - | 3 | - | $144 | $432 | 1 | - | true | false |
| 47 | 24 | Dolphin Tale | $428 | -98.7% | 5 | -74 | $85 | $3,714,821 | 10 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 48 | 48 | Tyrannosaur | $415 | -10.2% | 1 | -1 | $415 | $377,381 | 11 | StudioCanal | false | false |
| 49 | 49 | The Debt | $22 | -68.1% | 1 | - | $22 | $2,381,789 | 12 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
