| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 2 | The Descendants | $229,545 | -24.5% | 18 | -1 | $12,752 | $6,223,934 | 2 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 2 | 1 | Underworld: Awakening | $202,893 | -50.6% | 64 | +3 | $3,170 | $800,408 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 3 | - | The Muppets | $159,664 | - | 55 | - | $2,902 | $159,664 | 1 | Walt Disney Pictures | true | false |
| 4 | 3 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $120,032 | -42.7% | 63 | -7 | $1,905 | $1,676,710 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 5 | - | Carnage | $91,585 | - | 21 | - | $4,361 | $91,585 | 1 | Roadshow Films | true | false |
| 6 | - | The Woman in Black | $83,220 | - | 19 | - | $4,380 | $83,220 | - | Audio Visual Enterprises | - | false |
| 7 | 4 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $74,894 | -46.8% | 35 | -11 | $2,139 | $2,902,265 | 5 | Roadshow Films | false | false |
| 8 | 8 | The Iron Lady | $74,760 | -19.8% | 19 | +1 | $3,934 | $735,613 | 4 | Odeon | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | War Horse | $54,762 | -43.6% | 35 | - | $1,564 | $369,191 | 3 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | - | Unfair World | $41,012 | - | 10 | - | $4,101 | $41,012 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 11 | 11 | Arthur Christmas | $787 | -86% | 3 | -12 | $262 | $695,304 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
