| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | $518,848 | - | 81 | - | $6,405 | $518,848 | 1 | United International Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | 2 | Arthur Christmas | $284,226 | -11.9% | 98 | -3 | $2,900 | $657,806 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 3 | 1 | The Christmas Tango | $252,003 | -30.5% | 60 | -1 | $4,200 | $1,359,464 | 3 | Roadshow Films | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | New Year's Eve | $102,418 | -44.2% | 29 | -9 | $3,531 | $380,724 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | Happy Feet Two | $69,515 | -37.1% | 57 | -6 | $1,219 | $962,787 | 4 | Roadshow Films | false | false |
| 6 | - | The Change-Up | $53,559 | - | 18 | - | $2,975 | $53,559 | 1 | United International Pictures | true | false |
| 7 | 4 | In Time | $52,799 | -54.7% | 20 | - | $2,639 | $258,354 | 2 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 8 | - | Margin Call | $41,955 | - | 8 | - | $5,244 | $41,955 | 1 | Spentzos Films | true | false |
| 9 | 9 | A Dangerous Method | $27,945 | -38.4% | 10 | - | $2,794 | $434,176 | 4 | Odeon | false | false |
| 10 | 10 | The Kid with a Bike | $24,296 | -44.2% | 5 | - | $4,859 | $151,700 | 3 | N/A | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | Moneyball | $19,248 | -58.8% | 20 | - | $962 | $93,721 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 12 | 11 | The Adventures of Tintin | $9,448 | +6.7% | 16 | -4 | $590 | $1,143,097 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 13 | 12 | The Smurfs | $2,809 | -1.9% | 7 | - | $401 | $3,610,890 | 15 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 14 | 13 | Anonymous | $552 | -53.7% | 4 | - | $138 | $196,776 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
