| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Professor Kosta Vujic's Hat | $37,848 | -30.5% | 13 | - | $2,911 | $530,595 | 5 | N/A | false | false |
| 2 | 7 | The Parade | $6,977 | +16.4% | 21 | - | $332 | $1,153,428 | 18 | N/A | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | This Means War | $6,788 | -37.7% | 9 | - | $754 | $51,824 | 3 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 4 | - | J. Edgar | $5,061 | - | 4 | - | $1,265 | $17,265 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 5 | - | Carnage | $4,342 | - | 7 | - | $620 | $13,769 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 6 | 4 | The Vow | $3,702 | -47.3% | 5 | -2 | $740 | $54,385 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 7 | 11 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $3,605 | -19.9% | 9 | - | $400 | $154,297 | 12 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 2012 3D Release | $3,449 | -47.6% | 8 | - | $431 | $75,785 | 4 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 9 | 9 | Ginger: More Than a Game | $3,043 | -36.3% | 8 | - | $380 | $30,700 | 3 | N/A | false | false |
| 10 | - | War Horse | $2,655 | - | 4 | - | $663 | $13,088 | 1 | Walt Disney Pictures | true | false |
| 11 | 12 | Puss in Boots | $2,008 | -34.5% | 10 | - | $200 | $207,276 | 14 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 8 | Journey 2: The Mysterious Island | $1,979 | -59.1% | 6 | - | $329 | $28,203 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 13 | - | Drive | $1,979 | - | 3 | - | $659 | $6,881 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 14 | 5 | In the Land of Blood and Honey | $1,740 | -74.7% | 3 | - | $580 | $14,163 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 15 | 10 | Chronicle | $1,698 | -63.7% | 7 | - | $242 | $9,571 | 2 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 16 | 21 | Coriolanus | $1,452 | +190.4% | 3 | - | $484 | $38,369 | 6 | N/A | false | false |
| 17 | 16 | Happy Feet Two | $1,375 | -17.4% | 10 | - | $137 | $49,569 | 9 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 18 | 13 | Safe House | $1,373 | -51.5% | 4 | - | $343 | $34,688 | 4 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 19 | 15 | Jack and Jill | $1,153 | -43.7% | 6 | - | $192 | $76,571 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 20 | 14 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $923 | -61% | 7 | - | $131 | $233,162 | 11 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 21 | 17 | We Bought a Zoo | $708 | -54.1% | 8 | - | $88 | $33,961 | 6 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 22 | 25 | The Muppets | $609 | +354.5% | 5 | - | $121 | $20,749 | 8 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 23 | 2 | The Tree of Life | $587 | -98.1% | 2 | - | $293 | $31,360 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 24 | 18 | The Devil Inside | $586 | -61.9% | 4 | - | $146 | $9,613 | 3 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 25 | 20 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $439 | -14.8% | 5 | - | $87 | $70,789 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 26 | 19 | Underworld: Awakening | $403 | -72.5% | 3 | -1 | $134 | $49,417 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 27 | - | New Year's Eve | $328 | - | 7 | - | $46 | $171,304 | 13 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 28 | 27 | The Darkest Hour | $150 | +20% | 12 | - | $12 | $63,263 | 10 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 29 | 26 | Arthur Christmas | $137 | +4.6% | 2 | - | $68 | $124,177 | 16 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 30 | 22 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | $44 | -90.5% | 7 | - | $6 | $100,912 | 12 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 31 | 28 | Haywire | $8 | -91% | 4 | - | $2 | $14,167 | 6 | N/A | false | false |
