| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | $1,127,995 | - | 657 | - | $1,716 | $2,082,318 | 1 | Paramount Pictures International | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Puss in Boots | $759,705 | -75.6% | 673 | -77 | $1,128 | $16,038,673 | 3 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | $251,662 | -80.5% | 429 | -181 | $586 | $34,548,108 | 6 | Paris Filmes | false | false |
| 4 | - | We Bought a Zoo | $197,346 | - | 221 | - | $892 | $257,824 | 1 | 20th Century Fox International | true | false |
| 5 | - | Tower Heist | $139,327 | - | 218 | - | $639 | $1,572,143 | 2 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 6 | - | The Ides of March | $121,509 | - | 91 | - | $1,335 | $254,536 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 7 | - | Beastly | $69,449 | - | 64 | - | $1,085 | $71,037 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 8 | 3 | New Year's Eve | $55,115 | -87.1% | 122 | -43 | $451 | $1,965,825 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 9 | 4 | Arthur Christmas | $34,563 | -84.2% | 132 | -84 | $261 | $2,752,063 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 10 | 6 | The Muppets | $15,944 | -89.5% | 129 | -125 | $123 | $2,162,589 | 4 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | Restless | $3,004 | -32.2% | 5 | -2 | $600 | $158,213 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | Friends with Benefits | $200 | -34.6% | 2 | - | $100 | $7,036,691 | 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 13 | 9 | Zookeeper | $153 | -82.4% | 2 | -5 | $76 | $5,510,774 | 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 14 | 12 | The Smurfs | $19 | -88.7% | 1 | -2 | $19 | $32,848,743 | 21 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
