| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $4,018,642 | - | 453 | - | $8,871 | $4,612,122 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 2 | - | The Iron Lady | $1,497,518 | - | 205 | - | $7,304 | $1,648,877 | 1 | Wanda Visión S.A. | true | false |
| 3 | 1 | Immortals | $850,379 | -17.6% | 362 | -8 | $2,349 | $6,605,495 | 3 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 2 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | $756,749 | -7.7% | 329 | -76 | $2,300 | $8,268,168 | 4 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $642,410 | -7.3% | 326 | -23 | $1,970 | $6,433,471 | 4 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | We Bought a Zoo | $587,386 | +4.7% | 309 | -13 | $1,900 | $1,696,572 | 2 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | Paranormal Xperience 3D | $587,323 | +6.9% | 432 | -29 | $1,359 | $2,176,971 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 8 | 4 | Puss in Boots | $543,661 | -7% | 307 | -51 | $1,770 | $20,252,386 | 7 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | Drive | $524,683 | +3.2% | 201 | -3 | $2,610 | $1,630,108 | 2 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | - | Flypaper | $522,525 | - | 219 | - | $2,385 | $566,346 | 1 | - | true | false |
| 11 | - | A Few Best Men | $448,479 | - | 160 | - | $2,802 | $486,704 | 1 | DeAPlaneta | true | false |
| 12 | 10 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $386,566 | +6.6% | 140 | -18 | $2,761 | $2,214,131 | 3 | DeAPlaneta | false | false |
| 13 | 8 | The Change-Up | $360,066 | -19.1% | 207 | -9 | $1,739 | $1,412,875 | 2 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 16 | The Artist | $239,805 | +49.8% | 55 | - | $4,360 | $1,382,687 | 4 | Alta Films | false | false |
| 15 | 9 | New Year's Eve | $216,387 | -46.2% | 221 | -45 | $979 | $2,616,348 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 16 | 12 | The Lion King 2011 3D Release | $200,817 | -17.4% | 227 | -265 | $884 | $1,930,579 | 3 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | 11 | Arthur Christmas | $163,246 | -35.2% | 302 | -88 | $540 | $3,972,403 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 18 | 14 | Snowflake, the White Gorilla | $158,143 | -5.2% | 159 | -19 | $994 | $1,123,900 | 3 | Filmax | false | false |
| 19 | 13 | In Time | $133,584 | -28% | 87 | -109 | $1,535 | $7,442,372 | 6 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 20 | 15 | Real Steel | $121,917 | -25% | 107 | -68 | $1,139 | $5,134,264 | 6 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 21 | 26 | The Adventures of Tintin | $26,296 | -13.2% | 87 | -14 | $302 | $24,828,029 | 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 22 | - | Restless | $671 | - | 1 | - | $671 | $55,069 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 23 | 72 | The Smurfs | $409 | +1,219.4% | 2 | -4 | $204 | $19,516,437 | 24 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 24 | 64 | Straw Dogs | $124 | -23.5% | 1 | -4 | $124 | $32,056 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
