| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 2 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $336,451 | -30.7% | 77 | - | $4,369 | $1,075,964 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 2 | 1 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $258,340 | -50.7% | 58 | -14 | $4,454 | $2,491,065 | 3 | Roadshow Films | false | false |
| 3 | - | J. Edgar | $220,544 | - | 43 | - | $5,128 | $220,544 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 4 | 3 | The Iron Lady | $163,659 | -31.8% | 19 | +1 | $8,613 | $480,303 | 2 | Odeon | false | false |
| 5 | - | War Horse | $126,659 | - | 34 | - | $3,725 | $126,659 | 1 | Walt Disney Pictures | true | false |
| 6 | 5 | Puss in Boots | $118,543 | -31.8% | 79 | -4 | $1,500 | $2,185,137 | 5 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | - | The Darkest Hour | $88,271 | - | 30 | - | $2,942 | $88,271 | 1 | 20th Century Fox International | true | false |
| 8 | 4 | Larissa Confidential | $68,057 | -68.4% | 36 | -30 | $1,890 | $1,323,261 | 3 | Odeon | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | Nisos 2: To kynigi tou hamenou thisavrou | $56,243 | -59.5% | 20 | -26 | $2,812 | $2,868,919 | 5 | Roadshow Films | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | The Artist | $38,554 | -9.3% | 16 | - | $2,409 | $472,218 | 5 | N/A | false | false |
| 11 | 11 | Arthur Christmas | $7,655 | -50.2% | 19 | -18 | $402 | $1,334,966 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
