| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Jack and Jill | $2,393,628 | - | 295 | - | $8,113 | $2,393,628 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Journey 2: The Mysterious Island | $1,466,999 | -21.1% | 335 | -9 | $4,379 | $4,229,687 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | The Devil Inside | $695,941 | -41.2% | 264 | -11 | $2,636 | $2,442,250 | 2 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 4 | - | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 2012 3D Release | $648,929 | - | 180 | - | $3,605 | $648,929 | 1 | 20th Century Fox International | true | false |
| 5 | 4 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $474,747 | -33.9% | 214 | -23 | $2,218 | $3,353,700 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 6 | 6 | The Descendants | $452,080 | -29.7% | 143 | -6 | $3,161 | $2,971,722 | 3 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 7 | 3 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $394,327 | -49.4% | 261 | -102 | $1,510 | $13,754,895 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $353,183 | -44.1% | 364 | -91 | $970 | $24,796,115 | 6 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 9 | - | The Artist | $315,839 | - | 58 | - | $5,445 | $356,907 | 1 | Paris Filmes | true | false |
| 10 | 8 | Man on a Ledge | $291,368 | -50.8% | 189 | -11 | $1,541 | $1,485,922 | 2 | Paris Filmes | false | false |
| 11 | 5 | The Adventures of Tintin | $281,739 | -57.8% | 217 | -172 | $1,298 | $10,309,100 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 12 | 9 | Beauty and the Beast 2012 3D Release | $245,640 | -28.4% | 115 | - | $2,136 | $793,514 | 2 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 12 | The Music According to Antonio Carlos Jobim | $24,739 | -36.3% | 11 | -4 | $2,249 | $362,659 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 14 | 13 | Restless | $742 | -65.3% | 5 | -5 | $148 | $193,543 | 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 15 | 14 | Arthur Christmas | $447 | -40.5% | 3 | -1 | $149 | $2,909,076 | 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 16 | 15 | Friends with Benefits | $159 | -24.6% | 1 | - | $159 | $7,038,292 | 20 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 17 | 16 | Zookeeper | $69 | -56.6% | 1 | - | $69 | $5,512,213 | 19 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
