| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Avatar | $1,205,022 | +23% | 129 | - | $9,341 | $5,551,501 | 3 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 2 | 3 | Sherlock Holmes | $543,158 | +11.9% | 62 | - | $8,760 | $1,573,339 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | $541,696 | -5.7% | 124 | - | $4,368 | $1,721,990 | 2 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | It's Complicated | $264,051 | +47.7% | 69 | - | $3,826 | $669,361 | 2 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest | $208,139 | +46.9% | 59 | +6 | $3,527 | $4,265,374 | 6 | Nordisk Film | false | false |
| 6 | 7 | The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | $57,251 | +32.4% | 10 | - | $5,725 | $151,321 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 7 | 10 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | $53,079 | +61.1% | 32 | -1 | $1,658 | $4,298,031 | 7 | Nordisk Film | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | Magic Silver | $49,862 | -9.1% | 42 | -8 | $1,187 | $4,307,489 | 8 | Sandrew Metronome Distribution Sverige AB | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | 2012 | $45,556 | +22% | 33 | -2 | $1,380 | $4,020,657 | 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 10 | 12 | The White Ribbon | $32,168 | +37.6% | 9 | -1 | $3,574 | $93,625 | 2 | Arthouse | false | false |
| 11 | 13 | New York, I Love You | $32,109 | +66.8% | 12 | -1 | $2,675 | $89,274 | 2 | Svensk Filmindustri (SF) | false | false |
| 12 | 11 | Paranormal Activity | $28,525 | +4.9% | 13 | - | $2,194 | $591,761 | 5 | Svensk Filmindustri (SF) | false | false |
| 13 | 9 | A Christmas Carol | $21,550 | -36.3% | 26 | -10 | $828 | $1,470,082 | 9 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 14 | Twigson | $20,742 | +49.9% | 16 | -4 | $1,296 | $4,143,030 | 12 | Scanbox Entertainment | false | false |
| 15 | 15 | Lourdes | $16,248 | +54.6% | 6 | +1 | $2,708 | $38,267 | 2 | Fidalgo | false | false |
| 16 | 18 | Up | $6,892 | +84.6% | 5 | -2 | $1,378 | $4,576,645 | 15 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | 17 | In the Loop | $5,021 | +10.9% | 3 | -1 | $1,673 | $102,704 | 4 | N/A | false | false |
| 18 | 16 | Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard | $4,831 | -11% | 11 | -3 | $439 | $138,231 | 5 | Scanbox Entertainment | false | false |
| 19 | 20 | A Serious Man | $3,980 | +107.6% | 3 | - | $1,326 | $337,171 | 9 | Svensk Filmindustri (SF) | false | false |
| 20 | - | Departures | $3,631 | - | 3 | - | $1,210 | $8,338 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 21 | 19 | Rafiki | $3,152 | +52.9% | 12 | +2 | $262 | $397,124 | 10 | Svensk Filmindustri (SF) | false | false |
| 22 | 21 | Julie & Julia | $2,092 | +54.1% | 6 | - | $348 | $1,040,420 | 14 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 23 | 24 | Zombieland | $75 | -85.6% | 2 | - | $37 | $397,934 | 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
