| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | The Descendants | $321,515 | - | 40 | - | $8,037 | $343,499 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $253,065 | -45.8% | 104 | - | $2,433 | $1,781,398 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 3 | - | War Horse | $252,712 | - | 97 | - | $2,605 | $280,049 | 1 | Walt Disney Pictures | true | false |
| 4 | - | Jack and Jill | $243,373 | - | 61 | - | $3,989 | $273,224 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 5 | 2 | Süskind | $210,126 | -37.9% | 110 | - | $1,910 | $1,140,526 | 3 | N/A | false | false |
| 6 | 3 | The Iron Lady | $103,576 | -51.4% | 53 | - | $1,954 | $1,235,660 | 4 | N/A | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | $94,804 | -49.8% | 68 | -20 | $1,394 | $4,905,973 | 7 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 8 | 4 | Nova Zembla | $77,682 | -59.6% | 94 | -8 | $826 | $10,740,752 | 11 | Benelux Film Distributors | false | false |
| 9 | 10 | The Help | $75,288 | -43.7% | 72 | +1 | $1,045 | $1,649,450 | 6 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | Black Out | $74,022 | -52.5% | 57 | -1 | $1,298 | $310,688 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | Puss in Boots | $72,491 | -50.4% | 125 | -10 | $579 | $5,585,869 | 9 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 12 | 9 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $71,730 | -50.9% | 112 | -2 | $640 | $6,168,567 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 13 | 11 | A Good Old Fashioned Orgy | $61,868 | -50.6% | 30 | +2 | $2,062 | $283,156 | 2 | Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) | false | false |
| 14 | 6 | The Darkest Hour | $60,892 | -61.1% | 48 | -20 | $1,268 | $1,004,748 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 15 | 20 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $57,520 | +379.3% | 50 | -24 | $1,150 | $4,277,699 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 16 | 12 | Manslaughter | $39,958 | -58.3% | 44 | -6 | $908 | $705,949 | 4 | N/A | false | false |
| 17 | - | Le Havre | $29,400 | - | 14 | - | $2,100 | $46,600 | 1 | A-Film Distribution | true | false |
| 18 | 13 | Dolfje Weerwolfje | $28,928 | -55.9% | 109 | -7 | $265 | $2,617,383 | 10 | N/A | false | false |
| 19 | 14 | My Week with Marilyn | $25,712 | -57.8% | 30 | - | $857 | $124,653 | 2 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 20 | 15 | Happy Feet Two | $22,577 | -56.1% | 72 | -15 | $313 | $2,603,978 | 11 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
