| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Avatar | $1,224,423 | -10.3% | 72 | -1 | $17,005 | $17,120,072 | 7 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | $279,171 | -13.4% | 72 | - | $3,877 | $680,104 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | $156,003 | -26.1% | 74 | -6 | $2,108 | $3,437,844 | 6 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | It's Complicated | $151,828 | -28% | 40 | - | $3,795 | $495,224 | 2 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | - | Up in the Air | $131,227 | - | 16 | - | $8,201 | $151,337 | 1 | United International Pictures | true | false |
| 6 | - | The Road | $129,759 | - | 16 | - | $8,109 | $146,330 | 1 | Scanbox Entertainment | true | false |
| 7 | 5 | The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest | $123,155 | -31% | 50 | -6 | $2,463 | $9,078,665 | 10 | Nordisk Film | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | Sherlock Holmes | $117,250 | -28% | 44 | -8 | $2,664 | $2,615,972 | 6 | Sandrew Metronome Distribution Sverige AB | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | Nine | $50,761 | -33.9% | 54 | - | $940 | $373,530 | 3 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | The Woman Who Dreamed of a Man | $50,091 | -50.6% | 30 | - | $1,669 | $208,378 | 2 | Nordisk Film | false | false |
| 11 | - | Everything Will Be Fine | $45,859 | - | 17 | - | $2,697 | $45,859 | 1 | Filmcompagniet | true | false |
| 12 | 9 | Did You Hear About the Morgans? | $37,984 | -38.1% | 39 | - | $973 | $592,738 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 13 | 10 | Coco Before Chanel | $32,107 | -36.2% | 48 | +5 | $668 | $1,180,856 | 8 | Filmcompagniet | false | false |
| 14 | 11 | Planet 51 | $29,164 | -40.3% | 53 | -12 | $550 | $329,884 | 4 | Scanbox Entertainment | false | false |
| 15 | - | The White Ribbon | $28,574 | - | 4 | - | $7,143 | $154,975 | 3 | Camera Film | false | false |
| 16 | 14 | Vågn | $26,693 | -38.5% | 23 | +1 | $1,160 | $754,851 | 6 | Nordisk Film | false | false |
| 17 | 12 | Daybreakers | $23,157 | -51.8% | 7 | - | $3,308 | $89,242 | 2 | Nordisk Film | false | false |
| 18 | 15 | The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | $22,813 | -38.6% | 8 | -4 | $2,851 | $614,550 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 19 | 13 | The Men Who Stare at Goats | $19,357 | -57% | 9 | - | $2,150 | $372,971 | 4 | Sandrew Metronome Distribution Sverige AB | false | false |
| 20 | 16 | The Concert | $13,261 | -7.9% | 5 | -1 | $2,652 | $170,290 | 6 | Camera Film | false | false |
| 21 | - | The Stepfather | $4,286 | - | 2 | - | $2,143 | $4,286 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 22 | 20 | 2012 | $2,843 | -52.6% | 2 | -2 | $1,421 | $3,990,300 | 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
