| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $1,771,908 | -12.4% | 1,077 | -94 | $1,645 | $6,109,604 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | $1,406,719 | +6.5% | 944 | -121 | $1,490 | $9,307,683 | 3 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | The Adventures of Tintin | $597,745 | -9.4% | 811 | -53 | $737 | $3,165,592 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $551,200 | -7.3% | 512 | -95 | $1,076 | $6,357,952 | 4 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | Puss in Boots | $520,206 | -7.5% | 482 | -87 | $1,079 | $14,888,981 | 6 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 6 | - | J. Edgar | $334,929 | - | 172 | - | $1,947 | $334,929 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 7 | 6 | Immortals | $310,344 | -9.9% | 342 | -147 | $907 | $4,420,289 | 4 | Gussi Films | false | false |
| 8 | - | The Ward | $291,120 | - | 140 | - | $2,079 | $291,266 | 1 | Videocine | true | false |
| 9 | 8 | A Little Bit of Heaven | $228,981 | +20.1% | 199 | -2 | $1,150 | $725,607 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | We Bought a Zoo | $171,789 | -19.9% | 215 | -119 | $799 | $1,375,771 | 3 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 11 | - | One Day | $154,522 | - | 69 | - | $2,239 | $154,522 | 1 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | true | false |
| 12 | 13 | Sleep Tight | $134,904 | +302% | 146 | +83 | $924 | $741,232 | 4 | N/A | false | false |
| 13 | 9 | New Year's Eve | $112,846 | -29.5% | 123 | -73 | $917 | $2,319,606 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 14 | 11 | The Skin I Live In | $77,394 | +89.8% | 95 | +16 | $814 | $844,357 | 6 | Videocine | false | false |
| 15 | 10 | Arthur Christmas | $71,701 | -49% | 180 | -91 | $398 | $3,303,361 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 16 | 14 | Tower Heist | $65,858 | +112% | 67 | +8 | $982 | $2,289,407 | 5 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 17 | - | Love Life | $37,907 | - | 40 | - | $947 | $38,335 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 18 | 31 | The Thing | $33,015 | +52,304.8% | 50 | +49 | $660 | $365,559 | 7 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 19 | - | Kidnapped | $32,690 | - | 50 | - | $653 | $34,199 | 1 | Gussi Films | true | false |
| 20 | 21 | 30 Minutes or Less | $23,506 | +1,287.6% | 37 | +33 | $635 | $299,821 | 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 21 | 12 | The Conspirator | $20,714 | -44.6% | 37 | -17 | $559 | $115,687 | 2 | Gussi Films | false | false |
| 22 | 15 | The Muppets | $9,459 | -39.3% | 25 | -12 | $378 | $4,310,225 | 7 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 23 | 17 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | $8,802 | -37.3% | 26 | -18 | $338 | $18,856,968 | 8 | N/A | false | false |
| 24 | 24 | Stake Land | $4,571 | +374.7% | 5 | +2 | $914 | $51,639 | 5 | N/A | false | false |
| 25 | - | Anonymous | $2,711 | - | 5 | - | $542 | $43,831 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 26 | 19 | The Double Hour | $2,237 | -51.5% | 8 | -5 | $279 | $14,250 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 27 | 22 | Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky | $2,034 | +42.5% | 3 | -1 | $678 | $42,519 | 4 | N/A | false | false |
| 28 | 18 | In a Better World | $1,171 | -83% | 2 | -15 | $585 | $62,935 | 3 | N/A | false | false |
| 29 | 23 | Lebanon | $1,168 | +0.8% | 2 | - | $584 | $4,417 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 30 | 26 | When You're Strange | $1,158 | +99% | 1 | - | $1,158 | $8,491 | 4 | N/A | false | false |
| 31 | - | The Kid Who Lies | $1,011 | - | 2 | - | $505 | $1,011 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 32 | 20 | Jack and Jill | $1,004 | -68% | 6 | -11 | $167 | $8,608,016 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 33 | 25 | Happy Feet Two | $729 | +4.3% | 7 | -4 | $104 | $3,595,472 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 34 | 29 | Aurora | $180 | -6.2% | 1 | - | $180 | $4,236 | 6 | N/A | false | false |
| 35 | 30 | October | $116 | -14.1% | 1 | -1 | $116 | $1,010 | 3 | N/A | false | false |
