| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Puss in Boots | $320,744 | -33% | 95 | -16 | $3,376 | $4,221,989 | 4 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | - | The Orheim Company | $268,981 | - | 107 | - | $2,513 | $269,848 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 3 | 2 | Safe House | $162,088 | -44.7% | 97 | -44 | $1,671 | $655,921 | 2 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | - | Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation | $137,188 | - | 66 | - | $2,078 | $146,327 | 1 | Walt Disney Pictures | true | false |
| 5 | 3 | The Iron Lady | $128,670 | -8.7% | 73 | - | $1,762 | $1,965,053 | 5 | Scanbox Entertainment | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | This Means War | $90,357 | -28.4% | 50 | -38 | $1,807 | $766,768 | 3 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 7 | - | The Devil Inside | $66,543 | - | 48 | - | $1,386 | $66,543 | 1 | United International Pictures | true | false |
| 8 | 5 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | $66,087 | -33.9% | 23 | -12 | $2,873 | $3,331,221 | 6 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $65,362 | -12% | 40 | +29 | $1,634 | $3,562,479 | 11 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 10 | 10 | The Artist | $50,739 | +16.7% | 12 | -17 | $4,228 | $170,546 | 2 | Scanbox Entertainment | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | The Descendants | $45,378 | -18.1% | 18 | -1 | $2,521 | $1,084,159 | 6 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 12 | 7 | The Ides of March | $38,351 | -47.9% | 32 | -19 | $1,198 | $179,751 | 2 | Svensk Filmindustri (SF) | false | false |
| 13 | 8 | Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance | $37,277 | -47.2% | 18 | -5 | $2,070 | $151,618 | 2 | Nordisk Film | false | false |
| 14 | 12 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 2012 3D Release | $23,857 | -29.8% | 16 | -13 | $1,491 | $543,350 | 4 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 15 | 14 | Happy Feet Two | $22,872 | -7.2% | 15 | -1 | $1,524 | $1,406,757 | 14 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 16 | 13 | Chronicle | $17,314 | -39.6% | 12 | -8 | $1,442 | $616,678 | 5 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 17 | 16 | The Lion King 2011 3D Release | $13,132 | -42.6% | 19 | -15 | $691 | $1,529,347 | 8 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | 18 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $12,001 | -34.4% | 4 | -1 | $3,000 | $402,015 | 6 | Svensk Filmindustri (SF) | false | false |
| 19 | 11 | Thale | $11,931 | -70.6% | 27 | -38 | $441 | $284,583 | 3 | N/A | false | false |
| 20 | 15 | Young Adult | $10,913 | -54.8% | 10 | -27 | $1,091 | $157,134 | 3 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 21 | 17 | Dolphin Tale | $7,417 | -64% | 12 | -5 | $618 | $266,276 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 22 | 19 | The Dead Have It Easy | $6,392 | -53.1% | 5 | -2 | $1,278 | $952,036 | 7 | Svensk Filmindustri (SF) | false | false |
| 23 | 20 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $3,325 | -74.3% | 2 | -2 | $1,662 | $3,815,024 | 10 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
