| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Avatar | $87,567 | +44.3% | 14 | - | $6,254 | $245,101 | 2 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 2 | - | It's Complicated | $20,460 | - | 9 | - | $2,273 | $25,439 | 1 | United International Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | 4 | 2012 | $5,467 | +51% | 8 | - | $683 | $252,591 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 4 | 6 | A Christmas Carol | $4,958 | +91.7% | 5 | - | $991 | $66,447 | 6 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | $4,783 | +20.1% | 5 | - | $956 | $102,121 | 4 | N/A | false | false |
| 6 | 7 | Planet 51 | $4,323 | +92.9% | 7 | - | $617 | $26,550 | 4 | N/A | false | false |
| 7 | 2 | Paranormal Activity | $3,998 | -3.8% | 5 | - | $799 | $42,928 | 5 | N/A | false | false |
| 8 | 5 | Couples Retreat | $2,413 | -16.9% | 7 | - | $344 | $108,918 | 7 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | Zombieland | $1,870 | +24.8% | 6 | - | $311 | $27,214 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 10 | 11 | The Flight Before Christmas | $1,202 | +92.3% | 3 | - | $400 | $7,041 | 3 | N/A | false | false |
| 11 | 10 | My Life in Ruins | $905 | +40.5% | 5 | - | $181 | $48,665 | 8 | N/A | false | false |
| 12 | 9 | Love Happens | $887 | +31.2% | 3 | - | $295 | $19,583 | 6 | N/A | false | false |
| 13 | 19 | The True Story of Puss'N Boots | $589 | +311.9% | 4 | - | $147 | $12,815 | 14 | N/A | false | false |
| 14 | 15 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | $511 | +62.2% | 5 | - | $102 | $33,269 | 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 15 | 16 | Gamer | $407 | +58.4% | 2 | - | $203 | $5,586 | 4 | N/A | false | false |
| 16 | 14 | Julie & Julia | $386 | -3.3% | 3 | - | $128 | $19,285 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 17 | 13 | Broken Embraces | $362 | -10.2% | 5 | - | $72 | $37,813 | 8 | N/A | false | false |
| 18 | 18 | Drag Me to Hell | $317 | +67.7% | 2 | - | $158 | $7,473 | 6 | N/A | false | false |
| 19 | 12 | The Ambulance | $293 | -49.2% | 3 | - | $97 | $4,795 | 5 | N/A | false | false |
| 20 | 17 | North Face | $188 | -19% | 2 | - | $94 | $795 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 21 | 23 | Red Cliff | $170 | +286.4% | 1 | - | $170 | $5,964 | 6 | N/A | false | false |
| 22 | 24 | Wait for Me and I Will Not Come | $43 | +95.5% | 7 | - | $6 | $114,066 | 11 | N/A | false | false |
| 23 | 22 | Inglourious Basterds | $29 | -47.3% | 6 | - | $4 | $213,690 | 19 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 24 | 21 | Surrogates | $26 | -58.1% | 4 | - | $6 | $44,313 | 9 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 25 | - | Fame | $20 | - | 1 | - | $20 | $832 | 5 | N/A | false | false |
