| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Puss in Boots | $815,496 | - | 158 | - | $5,161 | $1,406,016 | 1 | United International Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | $246,596 | -39.9% | 82 | -82 | $3,007 | $2,460,076 | 3 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | The Iron Lady | $237,730 | -3.7% | 78 | +25 | $3,047 | $777,271 | 2 | Scanbox Entertainment | false | false |
| 4 | - | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 2012 3D Release | $211,544 | - | 60 | - | $3,525 | $211,544 | 1 | 20th Century Fox International | true | false |
| 5 | 3 | Chronicle | $107,609 | -30.4% | 86 | -30 | $1,251 | $349,773 | 2 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | The Descendants | $100,858 | -25.4% | 37 | -10 | $2,725 | $677,392 | 3 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $62,188 | -33.9% | 34 | -7 | $1,829 | $3,062,856 | 8 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | War Horse | $46,522 | -38.7% | 83 | +17 | $560 | $164,682 | 2 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | The Dead Have It Easy | $37,647 | -27.7% | 22 | -20 | $1,711 | $813,198 | 4 | Svensk Filmindustri (SF) | false | false |
| 10 | 6 | The Lion King 2011 3D Release | $34,984 | -54.8% | 36 | -20 | $971 | $1,354,552 | 5 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $34,289 | -22.4% | 13 | -14 | $2,637 | $258,591 | 3 | Svensk Filmindustri (SF) | false | false |
| 12 | 12 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $26,957 | -7.9% | 9 | -3 | $2,995 | $3,580,110 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 13 | 10 | Dolphin Tale | $20,618 | -52.1% | 18 | -2 | $1,145 | $163,775 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 14 | 11 | Happy Feet Two | $19,262 | -35.5% | 10 | -3 | $1,926 | $1,260,632 | 11 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 15 | - | Carnage | $17,128 | - | 26 | - | $658 | $17,639 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 16 | 13 | J. Edgar | $16,810 | -34.7% | 11 | -4 | $1,528 | $377,551 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 17 | - | The Snows of Kilimanjaro | $15,428 | - | 23 | - | $670 | $30,873 | 1 | Arthouse | true | false |
| 18 | - | Folk ved fjorden | $11,578 | - | 5 | - | $2,315 | $22,196 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 19 | 14 | My Week with Marilyn | $9,510 | -26.1% | 17 | - | $559 | $393,671 | 5 | Scanbox Entertainment | false | false |
| 20 | 16 | Shame | $6,754 | -33.5% | 8 | -1 | $844 | $267,345 | 5 | Arthouse | false | false |
| 21 | 15 | The Secret World of Arrietty | $6,660 | -42.4% | 12 | -14 | $555 | $293,036 | 8 | Arthouse | false | false |
| 22 | 19 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $5,811 | -4.3% | 3 | -3 | $1,937 | $1,790,395 | 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 23 | 18 | A Separation | $5,328 | -15.9% | 4 | -4 | $1,332 | $307,620 | 8 | Arthouse | false | false |
| 24 | 17 | Play | $3,019 | -53.1% | 12 | -4 | $251 | $49,994 | 3 | Arthouse | false | false |
