| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | $569,629 | - | 73 | - | $7,803 | $569,629 | 1 | Paramount Pictures International | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Puss in Boots | $260,236 | -23.2% | 117 | -2 | $2,224 | $923,969 | 2 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 3 | - | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $196,695 | - | 91 | - | $2,161 | $196,695 | 1 | 20th Century Fox International | true | false |
| 4 | 2 | New Year's Eve | $188,043 | -20.1% | 55 | - | $3,418 | $595,667 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | Arthur Christmas | $100,415 | +22.5% | 77 | -17 | $1,304 | $592,223 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 6 | 3 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | $78,693 | -38% | 59 | -6 | $1,333 | $3,263,320 | 5 | Hoyts Distribution | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | Red Dog | $40,272 | -36.2% | 73 | +1 | $551 | $295,276 | 3 | Roadshow Films | false | false |
| 8 | 11 | The First Grader | $34,919 | +71.4% | 33 | +20 | $1,058 | $74,920 | 2 | Rialto Distribution | false | false |
| 9 | 5 | Immortals | $31,917 | -55.8% | 35 | -25 | $911 | $733,798 | 4 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 10 | Drive | $18,925 | -25.3% | 26 | -6 | $727 | $575,007 | 7 | N/A | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | When a City Falls | $18,731 | -45.5% | 25 | -14 | $749 | $171,557 | 4 | - | false | false |
| 12 | 7 | In Time | $16,463 | -52.2% | 20 | -8 | $823 | $1,009,052 | 8 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 13 | - | Flying Swords of Dragon Gate | $13,758 | - | 5 | - | $2,751 | $13,758 | 1 | Icon Film Distribution | true | false |
| 14 | 13 | Midnight in Paris | $13,588 | -14.6% | 20 | -2 | $679 | $620,686 | 10 | Rialto Distribution | false | false |
| 15 | 15 | The Debt | $12,417 | +2.8% | 16 | -4 | $776 | $317,370 | 7 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | - | Satyagraha | $12,098 | - | 21 | - | $576 | $12,098 | 1 | Rialto Distribution | true | false |
| 17 | 9 | Contagion | $12,063 | -53.4% | 16 | -17 | $753 | $632,381 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 18 | 14 | The Whistleblower | $10,652 | -26.4% | 29 | -2 | $367 | $88,228 | 4 | Hopscotch Films | false | false |
| 19 | 12 | The Inbetweeners | $8,280 | -49.5% | 16 | -7 | $517 | $814,756 | 8 | Roadshow Films | false | false |
| 20 | - | The Salt of Life | $6,343 | - | 7 | - | $906 | $21,822 | - | Rialto Distribution | - | false |
| 21 | 17 | Beginners | $5,724 | -20% | 12 | -10 | $477 | $166,841 | 6 | Hopscotch Films | false | false |
| 22 | 20 | Submarine | $3,365 | -6.3% | 7 | -2 | $480 | $59,817 | 4 | Madman Entertainment | false | false |
| 23 | 16 | Ladies vs. Ricky Bahl | $3,017 | -67.4% | 2 | -1 | $1,508 | $16,175 | 2 | Forum Hungary | false | false |
| 24 | 23 | The Trip | $3,006 | +5.1% | 8 | -2 | $375 | $287,588 | 9 | Madman Entertainment | false | false |
| 25 | 19 | Tomboy | $2,405 | -39.3% | 6 | - | $400 | $28,725 | 3 | Rialto Distribution | false | false |
| 26 | 21 | Jig | $1,499 | -51.1% | 17 | -7 | $88 | $20,688 | 3 | Vendetta Films | false | false |
| 27 | 26 | Cave of Forgotten Dreams | $1,446 | -37.3% | 5 | -1 | $289 | $163,741 | 10 | Rialto Distribution | false | false |
| 28 | 24 | The Dirty Picture | $1,432 | -43.5% | 1 | - | $1,432 | $12,132 | 3 | Mind Blowing Films | false | false |
| 29 | 28 | Pina | $1,320 | -24.3% | 5 | -1 | $264 | $62,518 | 9 | Hopscotch Films | false | false |
| 30 | 31 | The Help | $968 | -23.4% | 6 | -1 | $161 | $1,360,578 | 14 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 31 | 30 | El Bulli: Cooking in Progress | $755 | -43.6% | 1 | - | $755 | $3,764 | 2 | Madman Entertainment | false | false |
| 32 | 29 | Red State | $752 | -51.6% | 3 | - | $250 | $3,051 | 2 | - | false | false |
| 33 | 34 | Real Steel | $626 | +12.4% | 3 | -3 | $208 | $1,014,415 | 11 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 34 | - | The Orator | $500 | - | 8 | - | $62 | $583,627 | 11 | Madman Entertainment | false | false |
| 35 | 35 | Last Train Home 2011 Re-release | $471 | -10.1% | 1 | -1 | $471 | $15,929 | 5 | - | false | false |
| 36 | 33 | Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World | $148 | -76% | 6 | -1 | $24 | $550,588 | 11 | Roadshow Films | false | false |
| 37 | 39 | I Don't Know How She Does It | $148 | -18.2% | 4 | -1 | $37 | $139,606 | 7 | Roadshow Films | false | false |
| 38 | 27 | Happy Magic | $90 | -95.7% | 2 | -1 | $45 | $3,137 | 2 | Incubate | false | false |
| 39 | 40 | Oranges and Sunshine | $85 | -46.9% | 1 | - | $85 | $288,404 | 21 | Hoyts Distribution | false | false |
| 40 | 44 | The Three Musketeers | $9 | -86.2% | 1 | - | $9 | $559,685 | 10 | Hoyts Distribution | false | false |
