| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $31,268 | -20.4% | 13 | - | $2,405 | $347,822 | 4 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Letters to Santa | $20,008 | -38.7% | 11 | - | $1,818 | $272,455 | 5 | N/A | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | Jack and Jill | $17,810 | -42.2% | 6 | - | $2,968 | $55,871 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 4 | - | Contraband | $17,272 | - | 6 | - | $2,878 | $20,533 | 1 | United International Pictures | true | false |
| 5 | 7 | The Parade | $16,041 | +17.9% | 3 | - | $5,347 | $58,305 | 3 | N/A | false | false |
| 6 | 6 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $14,002 | -33.5% | 11 | - | $1,272 | $73,011 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 7 | 4 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $13,869 | -46.2% | 10 | - | $1,386 | $202,147 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 8 | - | The Inbetweeners | $13,087 | - | 6 | - | $2,181 | $14,238 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 9 | 5 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | $10,637 | -51% | 11 | - | $967 | $235,504 | 5 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | The Muppets | $4,752 | -15.7% | 10 | - | $475 | $13,358 | 2 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 10 | Arthur Christmas | $3,177 | -19.3% | 11 | -1 | $288 | $192,225 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 12 | 8 | New Year's Eve | $2,370 | -66.1% | 10 | - | $237 | $195,858 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 13 | 11 | The Help | $1,879 | -28% | 5 | - | $375 | $25,276 | 6 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
