| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | The Vow | $224,443 | -23.7% | 50 | -2 | $4,488 | $740,007 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 2 | - | This Means War | $154,825 | - | 95 | - | $1,629 | $235,518 | 1 | 20th Century Fox International | true | false |
| 3 | 2 | Safe House | $101,934 | -43% | 47 | - | $2,168 | $362,169 | 2 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | Chronicle | $90,707 | -46.1% | 68 | +1 | $1,333 | $837,270 | 3 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | The Descendants | $86,614 | -35.2% | 72 | +6 | $1,202 | $874,019 | 4 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 2012 3D Release | $77,665 | -38.7% | 47 | -6 | $1,652 | $241,029 | 2 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 7 | - | Killer Elite | $60,971 | - | 33 | - | $1,847 | $60,971 | 1 | Walt Disney Pictures | true | false |
| 8 | - | The Ides of March | $60,871 | - | 40 | - | $1,521 | $61,959 | 1 | Roadshow Films | true | false |
| 9 | 6 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $51,554 | -49.2% | 52 | -5 | $991 | $895,561 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 10 | - | Moneyball | $47,405 | - | 22 | - | $2,154 | $47,405 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 11 | 7 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $45,070 | -33.3% | 55 | - | $819 | $1,067,654 | 5 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 13 | The Artist | $31,949 | -1.7% | 8 | - | $3,993 | $90,534 | 2 | Roadshow Films | false | false |
| 13 | 11 | The Iron Lady | $25,895 | -34.8% | 51 | -4 | $507 | $1,573,253 | 8 | Hoyts Distribution | false | false |
| 14 | 9 | Hugo | $25,464 | -44.9% | 39 | - | $652 | $799,999 | 6 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 15 | - | Exhibition on Screen: Leonardo from the National Gallery, London | $25,314 | - | 31 | - | $816 | $25,314 | 1 | Rialto Distribution | true | false |
| 16 | - | Big Miracle | $20,516 | - | 35 | - | $586 | $20,516 | 1 | United International Pictures | true | false |
| 17 | 10 | Sione's 2: Unfinished Business | $14,508 | -67.3% | 20 | -27 | $725 | $1,486,832 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 18 | 14 | The Adventures of Tintin | $13,700 | -49.4% | 51 | - | $268 | $4,394,725 | 8 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 19 | 8 | A Few Best Men | $13,064 | -74% | 44 | -11 | $296 | $250,974 | 3 | Hoyts Distribution | false | false |
| 20 | 12 | Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu | $11,774 | -64% | 6 | -1 | $1,962 | $54,858 | 2 | Mind Blowing Films | false | false |
| 21 | - | Love | $10,840 | - | 3 | - | $3,613 | $10,840 | 1 | Incubate | true | false |
| 22 | 17 | War Horse | $10,556 | -49.6% | 28 | -12 | $377 | $914,773 | 6 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 23 | - | Buried Secrets 2010 Re-release | $10,233 | - | 12 | - | $852 | $47,314 | 1 | Madman Entertainment | true | false |
| 24 | 15 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $7,650 | -66.9% | 25 | -52 | $306 | $2,643,675 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 25 | 16 | Faust | $6,412 | -71.2% | 9 | -12 | $712 | $49,704 | 2 | Rialto Distribution | false | false |
| 26 | 21 | The Muppets | $6,100 | -38.9% | 35 | +5 | $174 | $1,149,765 | 8 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 27 | 20 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $5,943 | -43.4% | 21 | -14 | $283 | $1,949,404 | 10 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 28 | 18 | J. Edgar | $4,226 | -79% | 22 | - | $192 | $92,454 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 29 | 22 | Buck | $3,779 | -49.8% | 17 | -4 | $222 | $123,364 | 5 | Madman Entertainment | false | false |
| 30 | 26 | Weekend | $3,154 | -15.3% | 6 | +1 | $525 | $20,050 | 2 | Rialto Distribution | false | false |
| 31 | 23 | Midnight in Paris | $2,516 | -54.2% | 16 | -3 | $157 | $839,352 | 19 | Rialto Distribution | false | false |
| 32 | 25 | Albert Nobbs | $2,486 | -43.4% | 12 | -5 | $207 | $200,301 | 8 | Hopscotch Films | false | false |
| 33 | 24 | Happy Feet Two | $2,216 | -55.2% | 17 | -20 | $130 | $1,158,884 | 8 | Roadshow Films | false | false |
| 34 | 27 | Anton Chekhov's the Duel | $1,898 | -47.8% | 12 | +1 | $158 | $64,249 | 7 | Rialto Distribution | false | false |
| 35 | 30 | Dolphin Tale | $1,707 | -32.9% | 13 | -6 | $131 | $372,879 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 36 | 19 | Journey 2: The Mysterious Island | $1,024 | -94.9% | 21 | -58 | $48 | $613,112 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 37 | 28 | Melancholia | $1,019 | -71.1% | 4 | -6 | $254 | $246,397 | 9 | Madman Entertainment | false | false |
| 38 | 31 | We Bought a Zoo | $959 | -49.4% | 10 | -1 | $95 | $788,086 | 8 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 39 | 34 | The First Grader | $843 | -11.5% | 6 | -3 | $140 | $268,272 | 11 | Rialto Distribution | false | false |
| 40 | 32 | Julia's Eyes | $486 | -68.5% | 6 | - | $81 | $7,851 | 3 | N/A | false | false |
| 41 | 33 | Romancing in Thin Air | $416 | -64.5% | 1 | - | $416 | $2,618 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
