| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Puss in Boots | $104,505 | - | 22 | - | $4,750 | $120,366 | 1 | United International Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | - | Underworld: Awakening | $27,423 | - | 13 | - | $2,109 | $27,423 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 3 | 2 | Letters to Santa | $16,405 | -18% | 11 | - | $1,491 | $298,618 | 6 | N/A | false | false |
| 4 | 1 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $15,826 | -49.4% | 13 | - | $1,217 | $371,806 | 5 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | The Parade | $15,122 | -5.7% | 3 | - | $5,040 | $80,967 | 4 | N/A | false | false |
| 6 | 3 | Jack and Jill | $12,975 | -27.1% | 6 | - | $2,162 | $74,070 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 7 | 4 | Contraband | $12,352 | -28.5% | 6 | - | $2,058 | $39,400 | 2 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 8 | The Inbetweeners | $10,021 | -23.4% | 6 | - | $1,670 | $28,327 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $8,305 | -40.7% | 11 | - | $755 | $85,900 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $8,160 | -41.2% | 10 | - | $816 | $215,840 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | $4,527 | -57.4% | 11 | - | $411 | $243,357 | 6 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | The Muppets | $2,240 | -52.9% | 10 | - | $224 | $16,351 | 3 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 12 | New Year's Eve | $1,341 | -43.4% | 10 | - | $134 | $198,010 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 14 | 13 | The Help | $726 | -61.4% | 5 | - | $145 | $27,204 | 7 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 11 | Arthur Christmas | $464 | -85.4% | 4 | -7 | $116 | $193,126 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
