| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $77,251 | - | 86 | - | $898 | $77,251 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Magic Silver II | $30,042 | -88.2% | 56 | -35 | $536 | $3,777,514 | 6 | N/A | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | New Year's Eve | $26,253 | -84.7% | 45 | -30 | $583 | $779,957 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 4 | 2 | Arthur Christmas | $23,988 | -87.1% | 66 | -79 | $363 | $711,152 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | Happy Feet Two | $11,549 | -84.3% | 42 | -36 | $274 | $800,170 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | Jackpot | $9,169 | -88.2% | 32 | -57 | $286 | $735,862 | 4 | Nordisk Film | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | $5,202 | -90.8% | 19 | -39 | $273 | $4,297,372 | 6 | Nordisk Film | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | A Dangerous Method | $2,649 | -92.8% | 14 | -23 | $189 | $273,528 | 4 | Scanbox Entertainment | false | false |
| 9 | 14 | Drive | $2,083 | -81.6% | 4 | -5 | $520 | $788,041 | 10 | Svensk Filmindustri (SF) | false | false |
| 10 | 15 | At Night All Wolves Are Grey | $1,844 | -82.8% | 5 | -7 | $368 | $1,391,931 | 8 | Svensk Filmindustri (SF) | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | Immortals | $1,672 | -94.7% | 6 | -32 | $278 | $679,153 | 5 | Nordisk Film | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | Dream House | $1,109 | -94% | 11 | -12 | $100 | $77,561 | 3 | Nordisk Film | false | false |
| 13 | 16 | Santa's Apprentice | $1,101 | -88.4% | 18 | -8 | $61 | $63,133 | 4 | N/A | false | false |
| 14 | 11 | The Adventures of Tintin | $1,037 | -93.2% | 5 | -8 | $207 | $2,690,007 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 15 | 9 | Real Steel | $907 | -96.5% | 6 | -26 | $151 | $438,865 | 5 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 13 | Tower Heist | $367 | -96.8% | 1 | -8 | $367 | $509,061 | 7 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | 12 | The Rum Diary | $294 | -97.5% | 2 | -17 | $147 | $256,830 | 5 | Svensk Filmindustri (SF) | false | false |
| 18 | 18 | Pina | $274 | -95.2% | 3 | -3 | $91 | $233,878 | 8 | Arthouse | false | false |
| 19 | 19 | The Help | $264 | -94% | 1 | -3 | $264 | $984,270 | 12 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 20 | 20 | Oslo, August 31st | $153 | -95.1% | 1 | -2 | $153 | $983,871 | 17 | N/A | false | false |
| 21 | 17 | Contagion | $121 | -97.9% | 2 | -2 | $60 | $404,493 | 9 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
