| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Avatar | $79,245 | -3.6% | 14 | - | $5,660 | $918,260 | 7 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 2 | 3 | Did You Hear About the Morgans? | $18,443 | -24.4% | 6 | - | $3,073 | $52,010 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | Sherlock Holmes | $18,113 | -30.6% | 6 | - | $3,018 | $184,555 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 4 | - | The Princess and the Frog | $15,089 | - | 6 | - | $2,514 | $18,601 | 1 | Walt Disney Pictures | true | false |
| 5 | 4 | Old Dogs | $9,267 | -23.3% | 5 | - | $1,853 | $55,663 | 3 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | $6,351 | -44.4% | 6 | - | $1,058 | $37,589 | 3 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 7 | 7 | Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard | $4,557 | -4.4% | 6 | - | $759 | $48,726 | 5 | N/A | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | It's Complicated | $3,952 | -34.2% | 9 | - | $439 | $115,800 | 6 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 9 | The Box | $1,372 | -19.5% | 2 | - | $686 | $7,777 | 3 | N/A | false | false |
| 10 | 13 | Paranormal Activity | $1,301 | +84.8% | 5 | - | $260 | $59,390 | 10 | N/A | false | false |
| 11 | 10 | Planet 51 | $1,138 | -28.7% | 7 | - | $162 | $38,173 | 9 | N/A | false | false |
| 12 | 11 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | $1,036 | -20.5% | 5 | - | $207 | $113,533 | 9 | N/A | false | false |
| 13 | 15 | Couples Retreat | $860 | +39.2% | 7 | - | $122 | $115,133 | 12 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 8 | 2012 | $848 | -54.2% | 6 | -1 | $141 | $273,475 | 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 15 | 14 | The Flight Before Christmas | $552 | -15.2% | 3 | - | $184 | $12,285 | 8 | N/A | false | false |
| 16 | 20 | Zombieland | $489 | +98.8% | 5 | +1 | $97 | $32,161 | 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 17 | 18 | Broken Embraces | $387 | -5.6% | 5 | - | $77 | $38,253 | 13 | N/A | false | false |
| 18 | 21 | The Countess | $299 | +39.7% | 1 | - | $299 | $4,371 | 3 | N/A | false | false |
| 19 | 19 | Love Happens | $165 | -50.6% | 3 | - | $55 | $22,380 | 11 | N/A | false | false |
| 20 | 22 | Julie & Julia | $128 | -35.4% | 2 | - | $64 | $24,579 | 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 21 | 16 | Garfield's Fun Fest | $116 | -81% | 2 | - | $58 | $9,893 | 6 | N/A | false | false |
| 22 | 12 | A Christmas Carol | $100 | -89% | 6 | +1 | $16 | $77,263 | 11 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 23 | 17 | Drag Me to Hell | $29 | -94.8% | 2 | - | $14 | $10,149 | 11 | N/A | false | false |
| 24 | - | North Face | $20 | - | 2 | - | $10 | $1,481 | 7 | N/A | false | false |
| 25 | - | Gamer | $12 | - | 2 | - | $6 | $10,514 | 9 | N/A | false | false |
