| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $6,586,846 | - | 386 | - | $17,064 | $6,647,752 | 1 | Roadshow Films | true | false |
| 2 | 7 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $3,734,637 | +196.6% | 368 | +103 | $10,148 | $9,248,323 | 2 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 3 | 1 | The Adventures of Tintin | $1,944,759 | -35.2% | 448 | +6 | $4,340 | $11,229,799 | 2 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | Tower Heist | $1,460,433 | -32% | 218 | -34 | $6,699 | $7,454,478 | 2 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | War Horse | $1,441,364 | -28% | 242 | +6 | $5,956 | $6,909,495 | 2 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 3 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | $1,332,133 | -40% | 382 | -31 | $3,487 | $15,611,834 | 4 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 7 | 2 | Happy Feet Two | $1,301,108 | -42.5% | 453 | -12 | $2,872 | $7,465,803 | 2 | Roadshow Films | false | false |
| 8 | - | The Iron Lady | $1,198,854 | - | 116 | - | $10,334 | $5,428,330 | 2 | Icon Film Distribution | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | We Bought a Zoo | $1,157,482 | -23.9% | 235 | +119 | $4,925 | $5,419,843 | 2 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | Puss in Boots | $496,789 | -56.6% | 284 | -209 | $1,749 | $14,340,650 | 5 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | New Year's Eve | $373,735 | -61.3% | 125 | -149 | $2,989 | $10,517,532 | 5 | Roadshow Films | false | false |
| 12 | 11 | The Women on the 6th Floor | $180,604 | -1.1% | 27 | +2 | $6,689 | $1,255,901 | 5 | Palace Films | false | false |
| 13 | 12 | The Ides of March | $122,951 | -29.4% | 43 | -6 | $2,859 | $4,355,691 | 7 | Roadshow Films | false | false |
| 14 | 16 | Albert Nobbs | $106,756 | -8.9% | 28 | - | $3,812 | $413,404 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 15 | 18 | The Skin I Live In | $84,232 | -13.6% | 21 | - | $4,011 | $395,065 | 2 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 16 | - | Handel: Rodelinda | $77,599 | - | 20 | - | $3,879 | $77,599 | 1 | Sharmill Films | true | false |
| 17 | 10 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | $65,870 | -67.9% | 34 | -63 | $1,937 | $29,109,682 | 8 | Hoyts Distribution | false | false |
| 18 | - | Melancholia | $64,066 | - | 21 | - | $3,050 | $454,824 | 4 | Madman Entertainment | false | false |
| 19 | 19 | Midnight in Paris | $60,705 | -14.9% | 18 | -2 | $3,372 | $7,328,764 | 12 | Entertainment One | false | false |
| 20 | - | Players | $46,864 | - | 12 | - | $3,905 | $46,864 | 1 | - | true | false |
