| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Puss in Boots | $60,697 | -4.2% | 16 | -1 | $3,793 | $667,834 | 5 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 2 | - | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $56,151 | - | 11 | - | $5,104 | $56,151 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 3 | 2 | Jack and Jill | $46,723 | +2.6% | 9 | - | $5,191 | $140,398 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $35,352 | -11.9% | 11 | -2 | $3,213 | $328,589 | 4 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 5 | - | We Bought a Zoo | $26,139 | - | 8 | - | $3,267 | $26,139 | 1 | 20th Century Fox International | true | false |
| 6 | 4 | The Muppets | $24,373 | -23.5% | 10 | - | $2,437 | $177,357 | 3 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | $21,293 | -22.2% | 13 | -1 | $1,637 | $173,712 | 3 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | Messengers 2: The Scarecrow 2011 Re-release | $11,306 | -14.1% | 3 | - | $3,768 | $38,111 | 2 | - | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | The Change-Up | $3,619 | -56.9% | 2 | -2 | $1,809 | $19,944 | 2 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | New Year's Eve | $2,895 | -55.5% | 5 | -3 | $579 | $62,978 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 11 | 10 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | $1,844 | -59.7% | 6 | -1 | $307 | $396,519 | 8 | - | false | false |
| 12 | - | Death Defying Acts 2012 Re-release | $1,606 | - | 2 | - | $803 | $1,606 | 1 | - | true | false |
| 13 | 9 | Arthur Christmas | $1,471 | -77.2% | 4 | -3 | $367 | $206,356 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 14 | 11 | Real Steel | $986 | -75.3% | 4 | -1 | $246 | $354,094 | 9 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
