| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $332,030 | - | 68 | - | $4,882 | $483,292 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 2 | - | The Adventures of Tintin | $92,552 | - | 74 | - | $1,250 | $727,549 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 3 | - | We Bought a Zoo | $80,510 | - | 33 | - | $2,439 | $80,510 | 1 | 20th Century Fox International | true | false |
| 4 | - | J. Edgar | $69,082 | - | 25 | - | $2,763 | $98,667 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 5 | - | The Muppets | $60,010 | - | 47 | - | $1,276 | $612,888 | 4 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | - | Killer Elite | $42,028 | - | 15 | - | $2,801 | $62,861 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 7 | - | Moneyball | $18,501 | - | 10 | - | $1,850 | $21,189 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 8 | - | The Help | $15,552 | - | 12 | - | $1,296 | $58,731 | 2 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | - | The Debt | $12,101 | - | 11 | - | $1,100 | $17,635 | 1 | United International Pictures | true | false |
| 10 | - | The Resident | $225 | - | 1 | - | $225 | $64,340 | 5 | N/A | false | false |
