| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | The Island | $1,502,357 | - | 104 | - | $14,445 | $1,878,074 | 1 | Roadshow Films | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Avatar | $943,491 | -27.9% | 76 | -4 | $12,414 | $5,385,632 | 3 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | A Christmas Carol | $411,399 | -52.9% | 67 | -1 | $6,140 | $1,658,535 | 2 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | It's Complicated | $246,512 | -35.8% | 51 | -3 | $4,833 | $807,440 | 2 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 6 | Little Nicholas | $209,401 | -4.6% | 38 | - | $5,510 | $597,430 | 2 | Rosebud | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | Nine | $169,923 | -41% | 33 | -2 | $5,149 | $638,730 | 2 | Odeon | false | false |
| 7 | 3 | The Heiress | $160,274 | -59.7% | 34 | -29 | $4,713 | $3,167,935 | 4 | Audio Visual Enterprises | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | Soul Kitchen | $125,517 | -32.7% | 22 | - | $5,705 | $558,760 | 3 | Rosebud | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | Planet 51 | $53,665 | -11.1% | 30 | -15 | $1,788 | $444,526 | 6 | Odeon | false | false |
| 10 | - | Wild Grass | $38,963 | - | 3 | - | $12,987 | $38,963 | 1 | Hollywood Entertainment | true | false |
| 11 | 9 | Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard | $32,396 | -31.5% | 30 | -8 | $1,079 | $253,429 | 5 | Audio Visual Enterprises | false | false |
| 12 | 11 | 2012 | $3,518 | -10.6% | 6 | +2 | $586 | $6,100,075 | 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
