| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Sione's 2: Unfinished Business | $583,520 | - | 88 | - | $6,630 | $623,287 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 2 | - | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $273,445 | - | 55 | - | $4,971 | $273,445 | 1 | United International Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | 1 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $239,517 | -45.1% | 97 | - | $2,469 | $2,117,279 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 4 | 2 | The Adventures of Tintin | $197,635 | -34.9% | 94 | -16 | $2,102 | $3,811,579 | 4 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | War Horse | $157,036 | -43.1% | 70 | -3 | $2,243 | $518,991 | 2 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 6 | - | Journey 2: The Mysterious Island | $152,306 | - | 78 | - | $1,952 | $152,306 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 7 | 5 | Hugo | $116,342 | -10.2% | 62 | +4 | $1,876 | $325,752 | 2 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 8 | 8 | The Iron Lady | $93,872 | -21.7% | 47 | +3 | $1,997 | $1,158,244 | 4 | Hoyts Distribution | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $82,900 | -32.5% | 66 | +2 | $1,256 | $1,681,718 | 6 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 10 | 4 | The Darkest Hour | $77,203 | -58.2% | 54 | -13 | $1,429 | $344,530 | 2 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | The Muppets | $68,440 | -36% | 70 | -5 | $977 | $920,543 | 4 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 6 | Happy Feet Two | $51,888 | -58.1% | 122 | - | $425 | $999,211 | 4 | Roadshow Films | false | false |
| 13 | 10 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | $34,614 | -56.7% | 29 | -23 | $1,193 | $2,071,546 | 6 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 14 | 12 | Dolphin Tale | $30,973 | -48.2% | 81 | - | $382 | $292,445 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 15 | 13 | Puss in Boots | $28,780 | -33.8% | 37 | -8 | $777 | $1,784,520 | 7 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 16 | 11 | We Bought a Zoo | $24,722 | -65.4% | 33 | -28 | $749 | $719,667 | 4 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 17 | - | Handel: Rodelinda | $23,764 | - | 20 | - | $1,188 | $23,764 | 1 | Rialto Distribution | true | false |
| 18 | - | Buck | $16,165 | - | 20 | - | $808 | $52,254 | 1 | Madman Entertainment | true | false |
| 19 | 16 | Albert Nobbs | $12,292 | -34.2% | 26 | -1 | $472 | $152,307 | 4 | Hopscotch Films | false | false |
| 20 | 17 | Melancholia | $11,376 | -38.3% | 13 | - | $875 | $209,169 | 5 | Madman Entertainment | false | false |
| 21 | - | When a City Falls | $9,997 | - | 14 | - | $714 | $225,599 | 9 | - | false | false |
| 22 | 18 | Midnight in Paris | $8,510 | -41.3% | 19 | -4 | $447 | $772,993 | 15 | Rialto Distribution | false | false |
| 23 | 19 | The First Grader | $6,947 | -46.9% | 20 | -9 | $347 | $230,604 | 7 | Rialto Distribution | false | false |
| 24 | 24 | Red Dog | $5,492 | -0.2% | 15 | -3 | $366 | $411,398 | 8 | Roadshow Films | false | false |
| 25 | 20 | Drive | $3,965 | -41.5% | 12 | - | $330 | $672,904 | 12 | N/A | false | false |
| 26 | 21 | Anton Chekhov's the Duel | $3,083 | -53.6% | 6 | - | $513 | $37,392 | 3 | Rialto Distribution | false | false |
| 27 | 15 | Players | $2,663 | -85.8% | 7 | -3 | $380 | $104,576 | 3 | Forum Hungary | false | false |
| 28 | 27 | The Salt of Life | $1,937 | -51.4% | 12 | -6 | $161 | $76,768 | 5 | Rialto Distribution | false | false |
| 29 | 22 | National Theatre Live: Collaborators | $1,925 | -67% | 7 | -6 | $275 | $12,449 | 2 | Rialto Distribution | false | false |
| 30 | 28 | The Whistleblower | $1,925 | -26.8% | 6 | -2 | $320 | $123,566 | 9 | Hopscotch Films | false | false |
| 31 | 23 | New Year's Eve | $1,825 | -67.2% | 11 | -12 | $165 | $1,017,131 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 32 | 26 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | $1,665 | -61.9% | 6 | -6 | $277 | $3,605,521 | 10 | Hoyts Distribution | false | false |
| 33 | 29 | Pina | $1,218 | +33.7% | 6 | +2 | $203 | $76,190 | 14 | Hopscotch Films | false | false |
| 34 | 34 | Cave of Forgotten Dreams | $1,072 | +103% | 3 | +1 | $357 | $180,591 | 15 | Rialto Distribution | false | false |
| 35 | 25 | The Great Magician | $963 | -78.1% | 1 | - | $963 | $8,169 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 36 | 38 | Beginners | $840 | +177.2% | 2 | - | $420 | $191,199 | 11 | Hopscotch Films | false | false |
| 37 | 30 | Submarine | $618 | -25.5% | 3 | - | $206 | $75,200 | 9 | Madman Entertainment | false | false |
| 38 | 36 | Red State | $297 | -28.9% | 1 | - | $297 | $6,481 | 7 | - | false | false |
| 39 | 31 | Viva Riva! | $197 | -74.7% | 2 | - | $98 | $11,709 | 3 | Rialto Distribution | false | false |
| 40 | 35 | Restless | $26 | -94.4% | 1 | - | $26 | $2,993 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
