| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Avatar | $7,895,762 | -18.9% | 680 | -30 | $11,611 | $133,063,278 | 7 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 2 | - | The Princess and the Frog | $7,628,072 | - | 667 | - | $11,436 | $7,628,072 | 1 | Walt Disney Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | - | Oceans | $5,925,328 | - | 542 | - | $10,932 | $5,925,328 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 4 | 2 | Invictus | $3,523,866 | -32.2% | 497 | +17 | $7,090 | $17,775,074 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 5 | - | Up in the Air | $2,674,998 | - | 312 | - | $8,573 | $2,674,998 | 1 | Paramount Pictures International | true | false |
| 6 | 3 | Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life | $2,178,196 | -45.2% | 499 | - | $4,365 | $6,942,714 | 2 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 7 | 4 | The Book of Eli | $1,257,998 | -42.3% | 378 | - | $3,328 | $3,797,673 | 2 | Metropolitan Filmexport | false | false |
| 8 | 5 | Did You Hear About the Morgans? | $1,052,022 | -43.7% | 313 | - | $3,361 | $3,325,339 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | A Serious Man | $817,592 | -34.8% | 155 | +22 | $5,274 | $2,339,480 | 2 | StudioCanal | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | A Spot of Bother | $570,898 | -50.4% | 313 | -22 | $1,823 | $4,341,346 | 3 | UGC Distribution | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | $478,068 | -50.3% | 283 | -160 | $1,689 | $12,325,328 | 6 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 12 | - | Hideaway | $363,871 | - | 116 | - | $3,136 | $363,871 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 13 | 10 | Orphan | $290,174 | -43.5% | 158 | -70 | $1,836 | $5,790,293 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 14 | 11 | Accomplices | $235,427 | -45.2% | 120 | +4 | $1,961 | $783,620 | 2 | Pyramide Distribution | false | false |
| 15 | 9 | The Whistler | $208,043 | -61% | 255 | -12 | $815 | $3,937,913 | 4 | Europa Filmes | false | false |
| 16 | - | Mother | $171,590 | - | 39 | - | $4,399 | $171,590 | 1 | Diaphana Distribution | true | false |
| 17 | 15 | Armored | $64,134 | -68% | 32 | -72 | $2,004 | $936,045 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 18 | 20 | 2012 | $10,894 | -52.6% | 21 | -11 | $518 | $44,038,740 | 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
