| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | $4,205,800 | - | 509 | - | $8,262 | $12,729,633 | 1 | Paramount Pictures International | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $3,958,910 | +47.1% | 545 | -8 | $7,264 | $24,942,513 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | - | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $2,436,462 | - | 479 | - | $5,086 | $6,724,697 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 4 | 2 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $2,256,282 | +26.8% | 512 | +20 | $4,406 | $14,318,875 | 3 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | Puss in Boots | $2,125,140 | +50.6% | 509 | +2 | $4,175 | $15,380,780 | 4 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | New Year's Eve | $1,144,245 | +83.9% | 405 | -24 | $2,825 | $9,495,268 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 7 | 4 | Arthur Christmas | $469,507 | -63.4% | 454 | -391 | $1,034 | $31,834,133 | 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | Hugo | $379,770 | -16.5% | 240 | -145 | $1,582 | $7,101,000 | 5 | Entertainment Film Distributors | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | Happy Feet Two | $344,823 | -6.5% | 409 | -56 | $843 | $7,526,056 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 10 | 6 | Don 2 | $283,983 | -43.4% | 74 | -2 | $3,837 | $1,842,096 | 2 | Reliance Big Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | $212,292 | +36.1% | 235 | -126 | $903 | $47,201,098 | 7 | Entertainment One | false | false |
| 12 | - | The Lady | $99,105 | - | 117 | - | $847 | $142,544 | 1 | Entertainment Film Distributors | true | false |
| 13 | - | The Artist | $75,314 | - | 1 | - | $75,314 | $75,314 | 1 | Entertainment Film Distributors | true | false |
| 14 | 31 | Johnny English Reborn | $51,421 | +1,440.9% | 78 | +69 | $659 | $32,001,642 | 13 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 15 | 12 | My Week with Marilyn | $37,627 | +7.9% | 32 | -93 | $1,175 | $4,494,574 | 6 | Entertainment Film Distributors | false | false |
| 16 | 10 | The Adventures of Tintin | $24,531 | -60.9% | 36 | -81 | $681 | $25,282,573 | 10 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 17 | 20 | Dreams of a Life | $19,503 | +130.2% | 15 | -2 | $1,300 | $130,622 | 3 | Periscoop Film | false | false |
| 18 | 27 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $17,889 | +307.2% | 11 | +5 | $1,626 | $21,937,751 | 16 | StudioCanal UK | false | false |
| 19 | 16 | Moneyball | $17,239 | +66.9% | 18 | -21 | $957 | $1,218,121 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 20 | 30 | The Deep Blue Sea | $7,543 | +93.7% | 9 | -1 | $838 | $715,066 | 6 | Artificial Eye | false | false |
| 21 | 37 | We Need to Talk About Kevin | $5,511 | +228.8% | 4 | -6 | $1,377 | $3,368,805 | 11 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 22 | - | Wuthering Heights | $3,201 | - | 4 | - | $800 | $884,034 | 8 | Artificial Eye | false | false |
| 23 | 26 | Desi Boyz | $3,019 | -33.7% | 3 | -7 | $1,006 | $918,966 | 6 | Eros Worldwide | false | false |
| 24 | - | Weekend | $2,794 | - | 1 | - | $2,794 | $323,724 | 9 | Peccadillo Pictures | false | false |
| 25 | - | The Story of Lovers Rock | $1,777 | - | 1 | - | $1,777 | $91,205 | 12 | Verve Pictures | false | false |
| 26 | - | The Debt | $1,488 | - | 1 | - | $1,488 | $2,386,097 | 14 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 27 | - | Wreckers | $930 | - | 2 | - | $465 | $10,962 | 3 | Artificial Eye | false | false |
| 28 | - | Tyrannosaur | $535 | - | 1 | - | $535 | $378,167 | 13 | StudioCanal | false | false |
| 29 | - | The Awakening | $392 | - | 2 | - | $196 | $1,021,339 | 8 | StudioCanal UK | false | false |
