| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $2,691,565 | -54.8% | 553 | +13 | $4,867 | $14,292,730 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $1,778,975 | -51.6% | 492 | +4 | $3,615 | $8,868,696 | 2 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 3 | 4 | Puss in Boots | $1,410,893 | -30.1% | 507 | -3 | $2,782 | $10,413,409 | 3 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | Arthur Christmas | $1,283,386 | -38.6% | 845 | +295 | $1,518 | $30,982,844 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | New Year's Eve | $622,090 | -52.8% | 429 | -9 | $1,450 | $6,876,186 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 6 | - | Don 2 | $501,294 | - | 76 | - | $6,595 | $501,294 | 1 | Reliance Big Pictures | true | false |
| 7 | 6 | Hugo | $454,688 | -24.5% | 385 | -24 | $1,181 | $6,244,658 | 4 | Entertainment Film Distributors | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | Happy Feet Two | $368,629 | -31% | 465 | -17 | $792 | $6,733,511 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | $155,952 | -69.4% | 361 | -3 | $432 | $47,035,727 | 6 | Entertainment One | false | false |
| 10 | 12 | The Adventures of Tintin | $62,799 | +24.6% | 117 | +14 | $536 | $25,171,996 | 9 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas | $52,958 | -68.8% | 166 | +1 | $319 | $900,984 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | My Week with Marilyn | $34,871 | -74.9% | 125 | -11 | $278 | $4,438,484 | 5 | Entertainment Film Distributors | false | false |
| 13 | 11 | The Thing | $17,898 | -76.7% | 108 | -51 | $165 | $1,869,460 | 4 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 14 | 29 | The Smurfs | $11,000 | -31.5% | 78 | -6 | $141 | $14,700,610 | 20 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 15 | 19 | In Time | $10,467 | -67% | 28 | -11 | $373 | $8,634,105 | 8 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 16 | 14 | Moneyball | $10,329 | -78% | 39 | -5 | $264 | $1,178,738 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 17 | 16 | Ladies vs. Ricky Bahl | $10,062 | -77.1% | 15 | -7 | $670 | $259,080 | 3 | Yash Raj Films | false | false |
| 18 | 13 | 50/50 | $9,809 | -79.3% | 48 | -17 | $204 | $2,127,241 | 5 | Lionsgate | false | false |
| 19 | 20 | Tower Heist | $9,284 | -63.6% | 29 | -13 | $320 | $7,088,323 | 8 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 20 | 17 | Dreams of a Life | $8,474 | -79.9% | 17 | -1 | $498 | $75,880 | 2 | Periscoop Film | false | false |
| 21 | 18 | Another Earth | $7,035 | -80.4% | 35 | -17 | $201 | $335,504 | 3 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 22 | 21 | The Ides of March | $6,847 | -71.4% | 25 | +6 | $273 | $4,705,638 | 9 | Entertainment One | false | false |
| 23 | 25 | The Dirty Picture | $6,751 | -67.2% | 9 | +1 | $750 | $206,342 | 4 | - | false | false |
| 24 | 28 | The Help | $5,846 | -63.7% | 22 | -2 | $265 | $6,470,349 | 9 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 25 | 26 | Buried Secrets 2010 Re-release | $5,399 | -73.4% | 22 | -10 | $245 | $180,586 | 4 | N/A | false | false |
| 26 | 24 | Desi Boyz | $4,555 | -78.3% | 10 | -5 | $455 | $919,978 | 5 | Eros Worldwide | false | false |
| 27 | 33 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $4,393 | -55.2% | 6 | -1 | $732 | $22,092,727 | 15 | StudioCanal UK | false | false |
| 28 | 22 | Immortals | $4,117 | -82.5% | 16 | - | $257 | $9,780,526 | 7 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 29 | 32 | Midnight in Paris | $4,061 | -61% | 13 | - | $312 | $4,212,878 | 12 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 30 | 23 | The Deep Blue Sea | $3,894 | -83.1% | 10 | -14 | $389 | $701,900 | 5 | Artificial Eye | false | false |
| 31 | 38 | Johnny English Reborn | $3,337 | -61.1% | 9 | -15 | $370 | $32,242,178 | 12 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 32 | 41 | Drive | $2,520 | -43.9% | 5 | - | $504 | $4,718,203 | 14 | Icon Film Distribution | false | false |
| 33 | 37 | Dream House | $2,299 | -73.3% | 16 | -11 | $143 | $1,288,780 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 34 | 31 | We Have a Pope | $1,968 | -81.6% | 5 | -9 | $393 | $93,751 | 4 | Soda Pictures | false | false |
| 35 | 30 | Margaret | $1,922 | -86.5% | 9 | -14 | $213 | $65,416 | 4 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 36 | 34 | The Rum Diary | $1,920 | -79.6% | 7 | -5 | $274 | $2,488,158 | 7 | Entertainment Film Distributors | false | false |
| 37 | 36 | We Need to Talk About Kevin | $1,676 | -81.7% | 10 | -2 | $167 | $3,384,962 | 10 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
