| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | The Darkest Hour | $515,827 | - | 42 | - | $12,281 | $515,827 | 1 | 20th Century Fox International | true | false |
| 2 | - | The Great Magician | $442,428 | - | 43 | - | $10,289 | $442,428 | 1 | Lark Films Distribution | true | false |
| 3 | 1 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $245,743 | -37.3% | 37 | -4 | $6,641 | $862,884 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 4 | 2 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | $169,346 | -47.8% | 39 | -9 | $4,342 | $5,573,878 | 5 | Intercontinental Film Distributors (HK) | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $63,743 | -55.1% | 26 | -11 | $2,451 | $3,505,412 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 6 | 8 | The Skin I Live In | $54,924 | -21.2% | 6 | - | $9,154 | $338,835 | 3 | Edko Films | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | $48,862 | -48.9% | 19 | -9 | $2,571 | $2,052,245 | 4 | Golden Scene | false | false |
| 8 | - | The Flowers of War | $47,260 | - | 25 | - | $1,890 | $73,153 | - | Edko Films | - | false |
| 9 | 5 | Turning Point 2 | $37,810 | -66.1% | 22 | -11 | $1,718 | $855,613 | 3 | Intercontinental Film Distributors (HK) | false | false |
| 10 | 3 | New Year's Eve | $32,244 | -80.3% | 27 | -13 | $1,194 | $240,120 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | We Bought a Zoo | $31,259 | -42.3% | 23 | -1 | $1,359 | $423,036 | 3 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $28,365 | -46.3% | 17 | -17 | $1,668 | $1,250,323 | 4 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 13 | 7 | The Awakening | $16,269 | -78.5% | 9 | -7 | $1,807 | $120,397 | 2 | Panasia Films | false | false |
| 14 | 13 | 3 Idiots | $13,297 | -49.5% | 7 | -1 | $1,899 | $2,940,858 | 20 | Edko Films | false | false |
| 15 | 19 | My Name Is Khan | $11,911 | +11.8% | 3 | -1 | $3,970 | $27,829 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 16 | 12 | Happy Feet Two | $10,786 | -67.6% | 13 | -17 | $829 | $827,137 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 17 | 16 | You Are the Apple of My Eye | $10,770 | -27.9% | 5 | -1 | $2,154 | $7,946,107 | 13 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 18 | 11 | Flying Swords of Dragon Gate | $7,354 | -78.8% | 8 | -11 | $919 | $780,804 | 4 | Newport Entertainment | false | false |
| 19 | 17 | Melancholia | $6,983 | -51.7% | 2 | - | $3,491 | $27,928 | 2 | Edko Films | false | false |
| 20 | 14 | Texas Killing Fields | $2,719 | -87.3% | 1 | -7 | $2,719 | $35,803 | 2 | Golden Scene | false | false |
| 21 | 18 | Speed Angels | $399 | -96.7% | 1 | -11 | $399 | $17,982 | 2 | Golden Scene | false | false |
