| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Avatar | $793,954 | -16.5% | 147 | +35 | $5,401 | $18,300,561 | 8 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 2 | - | The Princess and the Frog | $585,907 | - | 128 | - | $4,577 | $710,109 | 1 | Walt Disney Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | 2 | Easy Money | $580,185 | -34.3% | 94 | -4 | $6,172 | $5,998,472 | 4 | Nordisk Film | false | false |
| 4 | 5 | It's Complicated | $166,479 | -15.2% | 66 | -2 | $2,522 | $907,241 | 3 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | $155,417 | -37.5% | 75 | - | $2,072 | $751,839 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | $139,931 | -40.5% | 127 | -18 | $1,101 | $4,455,627 | 7 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 7 | 7 | The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest | $134,684 | -19.7% | 79 | -4 | $1,704 | $9,780,419 | 11 | Nordisk Film | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | Sherlock Holmes | $118,508 | -31.9% | 73 | +1 | $1,623 | $3,395,042 | 6 | Sandrew Metronome Distribution Sverige AB | false | false |
| 9 | - | Edge of Darkness | $113,087 | - | 30 | - | $3,769 | $113,087 | 1 | Nordisk Film | true | false |
| 10 | 9 | Precious | $72,427 | -12.4% | 13 | - | $5,571 | $212,086 | 2 | Noble Entertainment | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | Where the Wild Things Are | $68,085 | -34.6% | 32 | - | $2,127 | $208,192 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | Up in the Air | $43,051 | -29.6% | 16 | -5 | $2,690 | $514,977 | 4 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | - | An Education | $40,760 | - | 6 | - | $6,793 | $40,760 | 1 | Nordisk Film | true | false |
| 14 | - | The Men Who Stare at Goats | $39,132 | - | 11 | - | $3,557 | $39,132 | 1 | Sandrew Metronome Distribution Sverige AB | true | false |
| 15 | 12 | Planet 51 | $27,585 | -42.3% | 52 | -5 | $530 | $328,809 | 4 | Scanbox Entertainment | false | false |
| 16 | 14 | The Road | $21,154 | -46% | 8 | - | $2,644 | $161,074 | 3 | Scanbox Entertainment | false | false |
| 17 | 16 | The Wedding Photographer | $20,733 | -27.2% | 15 | -8 | $1,382 | $4,100,251 | 17 | Sandrew Metronome Distribution Sverige AB | false | false |
| 18 | 17 | Fish Tank | $20,313 | -26.3% | 11 | +1 | $1,846 | $319,585 | 5 | NonStop Entertainment | false | false |
| 19 | 13 | Did You Hear About the Morgans? | $20,084 | -56.6% | 25 | -16 | $803 | $800,443 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 20 | 11 | Göta kanal 3 - Kanalkungens hemlighet | $18,719 | -62.5% | 36 | -42 | $519 | $3,224,464 | 7 | Svensk Filmindustri (SF) | false | false |
| 21 | 20 | The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | $9,537 | -32.8% | 12 | +2 | $794 | $423,874 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
