| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Avatar | $945,242 | -21.6% | 120 | -9 | $7,877 | $7,292,681 | 4 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 2 | 3 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | $332,308 | -38.7% | 96 | -28 | $3,461 | $2,200,326 | 3 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | Sherlock Holmes | $306,271 | -43.6% | 61 | -1 | $5,020 | $2,141,546 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | It's Complicated | $147,514 | -44.1% | 65 | -4 | $2,269 | $978,929 | 3 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest | $135,901 | -34.7% | 44 | -15 | $3,088 | $4,553,735 | 7 | Nordisk Film | false | false |
| 6 | - | The Men Who Stare at Goats | $99,722 | - | 16 | - | $6,232 | $99,722 | 1 | Sandrew Metronome Distribution Sverige AB | true | false |
| 7 | 6 | The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | $37,782 | -34% | 9 | -1 | $4,198 | $220,570 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 8 | 10 | The White Ribbon | $27,265 | -15.2% | 9 | - | $3,029 | $141,818 | 3 | Arthouse | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | $26,505 | -50.1% | 18 | -14 | $1,472 | $4,345,699 | 8 | Nordisk Film | false | false |
| 10 | 12 | Paranormal Activity | $24,294 | -14.8% | 10 | -3 | $2,429 | $630,975 | 6 | Svensk Filmindustri (SF) | false | false |
| 11 | 11 | New York, I Love You | $21,167 | -34.1% | 9 | -3 | $2,351 | $128,590 | 3 | Svensk Filmindustri (SF) | false | false |
| 12 | 9 | 2012 | $16,839 | -63% | 14 | -19 | $1,202 | $4,050,984 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 13 | 14 | Twigson | $15,388 | -25.8% | 14 | -2 | $1,099 | $4,163,072 | 13 | Scanbox Entertainment | false | false |
| 14 | 15 | Lourdes | $10,503 | -35.4% | 5 | -1 | $2,100 | $58,827 | 3 | Fidalgo | false | false |
| 15 | 8 | Magic Silver | $9,098 | -81.8% | 17 | -25 | $535 | $4,326,108 | 9 | Sandrew Metronome Distribution Sverige AB | false | false |
| 16 | 19 | A Serious Man | $4,181 | +5.1% | 5 | +2 | $836 | $343,932 | 10 | Svensk Filmindustri (SF) | false | false |
| 17 | 21 | Rafiki | $4,179 | +32.6% | 11 | -1 | $379 | $405,556 | 11 | Svensk Filmindustri (SF) | false | false |
| 18 | 16 | Up | $3,545 | -48.6% | 5 | - | $709 | $4,580,777 | 16 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 19 | 18 | Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard | $3,269 | -32.3% | 6 | -5 | $544 | $142,592 | 6 | Scanbox Entertainment | false | false |
| 20 | 23 | Zombieland | $610 | +713.3% | 4 | +2 | $152 | $398,544 | 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
