| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 2 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $16,178 | +39% | 7 | - | $2,311 | $175,737 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 2 | 1 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $13,507 | +15.3% | 8 | -2 | $1,688 | $34,330 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 3 | 4 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $11,596 | +66.5% | 9 | - | $1,288 | $102,152 | 5 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 4 | 5 | Puss in Boots | $9,996 | +62.9% | 10 | - | $999 | $176,255 | 7 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | The Parade | $9,245 | -5.2% | 21 | - | $440 | $1,078,675 | 11 | N/A | false | false |
| 6 | 7 | Happy Feet Two | $7,564 | +34.1% | 10 | - | $756 | $25,568 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 7 | - | The Muppets | $7,100 | - | 5 | - | $1,420 | $9,002 | 1 | United International Pictures | true | false |
| 8 | 8 | New Year's Eve | $6,872 | +35.1% | 7 | - | $981 | $158,559 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | The Darkest Hour | $6,323 | +11.1% | 12 | - | $526 | $51,793 | 3 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 10 | 10 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | $5,042 | +25.1% | 7 | - | $720 | $89,152 | 5 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | Arthur Christmas | $3,505 | -18.4% | 9 | -2 | $389 | $119,287 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 12 | 11 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | $2,093 | +62.5% | 7 | - | $299 | $112,664 | 8 | N/A | false | false |
| 13 | 12 | The Smurfs | $1,638 | +138.4% | 5 | +1 | $327 | $628,116 | 23 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 14 | 18 | Immortals | $1,195 | +397.9% | 10 | - | $119 | $155,262 | 9 | N/A | false | false |
| 15 | 14 | Freddy Frogface | $798 | +126.7% | 3 | - | $266 | $7,997 | 3 | N/A | false | false |
| 16 | 13 | Midnight in Paris | $526 | +18.5% | 3 | - | $175 | $35,927 | 10 | N/A | false | false |
| 17 | 17 | Pina | $430 | +61% | 2 | - | $215 | $16,226 | 6 | N/A | false | false |
| 18 | 15 | Dream House | $421 | +38% | 4 | - | $105 | $10,839 | 9 | N/A | false | false |
| 19 | 22 | The Thing | $399 | +193.4% | 3 | - | $133 | $4,121 | 3 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 20 | 20 | Winx Club 3D: Magical Adventure | $332 | +88.6% | 10 | - | $33 | $41,182 | 15 | N/A | false | false |
| 21 | - | The Women on the 6th Floor | $305 | - | 1 | - | $305 | $1,236 | 6 | N/A | false | false |
| 22 | 16 | The Adventures of Tintin | $252 | -10.3% | 3 | +1 | $84 | $64,046 | 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 23 | 26 | The Three Musketeers | $249 | +896% | 9 | - | $27 | $116,434 | 13 | N/A | false | false |
| 24 | 25 | Practical Guide to Belgrade with Singing and Crying | $242 | +348.1% | 4 | - | $60 | $4,981 | 6 | N/A | false | false |
| 25 | 21 | Anonymous | $154 | - | 2 | +1 | $77 | $23,978 | 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 26 | 19 | Moneyball | $144 | -35.4% | 2 | - | $72 | $13,013 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 27 | 24 | Santa's Apprentice | $53 | -20.9% | 2 | - | $26 | $366 | 3 | N/A | false | false |
| 28 | 23 | Shame | $5 | -95.7% | 1 | - | $5 | $5,758 | 6 | N/A | false | false |
