| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Journey 2: The Mysterious Island | $21,605 | -32.6% | 10 | - | $2,160 | $201,858 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | The Artist | $18,838 | -13.8% | 8 | - | $2,354 | $112,191 | 3 | N/A | false | false |
| 3 | 4 | Underworld: Awakening | $14,250 | -23.5% | 9 | - | $1,583 | $45,306 | 2 | - | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | Jack and Jill | $14,021 | -27.7% | 7 | -1 | $2,003 | $248,968 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 5 | - | Chronicle | $12,262 | - | 4 | - | $3,065 | $12,262 | 1 | 20th Century Fox International | true | false |
| 6 | 6 | The Iron Lady | $11,919 | -11.7% | 5 | - | $2,383 | $185,959 | 5 | N/A | false | false |
| 7 | 7 | Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close | $9,255 | -24.1% | 9 | +3 | $1,028 | $28,434 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 8 | 5 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $9,079 | -43.9% | 4 | - | $2,269 | $36,033 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 9 | 10 | Hugo | $8,377 | +6.3% | 5 | -1 | $1,675 | $113,166 | 5 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | We Bought a Zoo | $7,910 | -33.1% | 7 | -1 | $1,130 | $30,993 | 2 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 11 | - | The Survival of Humanity | $6,862 | - | 8 | - | $857 | $36,217 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 12 | 9 | The Descendants | $4,129 | -52.2% | 4 | -4 | $1,032 | $247,851 | 7 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 13 | - | Seven Seas Pirates | $3,198 | - | 5 | - | $639 | $76,993 | 5 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 14 | 11-11-11 | $2,830 | -24.3% | 1 | -1 | $2,830 | $22,738 | 3 | N/A | false | false |
| 15 | 13 | Moneyball | $2,127 | -45.9% | 2 | -1 | $1,063 | $39,524 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 16 | 11 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $1,616 | -64.1% | 4 | -1 | $404 | $241,417 | 9 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 17 | 21 | My Afternoons with Margueritte | $1,527 | +10.2% | 1 | - | $1,527 | $63,404 | 16 | N/A | false | false |
| 18 | 17 | One Day | $1,192 | -47.2% | 2 | -1 | $596 | $19,909 | 4 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 19 | 16 | The Ides of March | $1,136 | -60.3% | 1 | -2 | $1,136 | $88,686 | 6 | N/A | false | false |
| 20 | 20 | The Help | $1,061 | -23.5% | 1 | -1 | $1,061 | $66,516 | 9 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 21 | 19 | J. Edgar | $1,033 | -28.1% | 1 | -2 | $1,033 | $66,687 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 22 | 22 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $997 | -7.2% | 1 | - | $997 | $62,891 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 23 | 15 | War Horse | $949 | -71.5% | 2 | -3 | $474 | $41,563 | 4 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 24 | 18 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $826 | -55.2% | 1 | - | $826 | $168,851 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 25 | 25 | Puss in Boots | $481 | -14.7% | 1 | - | $481 | $496,130 | 13 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 26 | 24 | The Adventures of Tintin | $291 | -54.6% | 1 | -2 | $291 | $186,749 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 27 | 23 | Big Miracle | $246 | -69.4% | 1 | -1 | $246 | $1,953 | 2 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
