| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | The Hunger Games | $1,052,727 | - | 154 | - | $6,835 | $1,098,037 | 1 | Nordisk Film | true | false |
| 2 | - | The Lorax | $205,949 | - | 164 | - | $1,255 | $327,225 | 1 | United International Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | - | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | $76,440 | - | 61 | - | $1,253 | $116,738 | 1 | 20th Century Fox International | true | false |
| 4 | 1 | Hugo | $62,551 | -66% | 75 | -58 | $834 | $323,382 | 2 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 2 | John Carter | $53,633 | -66.5% | 37 | -35 | $1,449 | $728,886 | 3 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | Fuck Up | $47,307 | -60.6% | 63 | -46 | $750 | $240,106 | 2 | Svensk Filmindustri (SF) | false | false |
| 7 | 3 | Puss in Boots | $42,653 | -65.4% | 42 | -5 | $1,015 | $4,736,592 | 7 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | Contraband | $40,242 | -63.4% | 44 | -18 | $914 | $189,330 | 2 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | The Orheim Company | $37,317 | -60.8% | 23 | -29 | $1,622 | $931,668 | 4 | N/A | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | Into the White | $36,834 | -66.3% | 45 | -38 | $818 | $561,050 | 3 | Scanbox Entertainment | false | false |
| 11 | - | Man on a Ledge | $24,054 | - | 35 | - | $687 | $26,063 | 1 | Nordisk Film | true | false |
| 12 | 10 | Safe House | $20,612 | -54% | 16 | -4 | $1,288 | $947,247 | 5 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | - | We Need to Talk About Kevin | $17,167 | - | 16 | - | $1,072 | $20,178 | 1 | Svensk Filmindustri (SF) | true | false |
| 14 | 11 | The Iron Lady | $15,294 | -62.1% | 17 | -9 | $899 | $2,269,738 | 8 | Scanbox Entertainment | false | false |
| 15 | 9 | Project X | $13,674 | -74.5% | 14 | -17 | $976 | $208,293 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 16 | 12 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $13,028 | -66.7% | 17 | -6 | $766 | $3,702,440 | 14 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 17 | 13 | Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation | $12,898 | -65.2% | 11 | -30 | $1,172 | $472,392 | 4 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | 14 | This Means War | $11,838 | -64.8% | 11 | -4 | $1,076 | $941,001 | 6 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 19 | 17 | The Artist | $6,299 | -72.2% | 8 | -9 | $787 | $314,444 | 5 | Scanbox Entertainment | false | false |
| 20 | 15 | Nobel's Last Will | $5,206 | -83.4% | 16 | -36 | $325 | $65,216 | 2 | Nordisk Film | false | false |
| 21 | 16 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | $5,100 | -78.5% | 4 | -4 | $1,275 | $3,471,179 | 9 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 22 | 20 | Martha Marcy May Marlene | $4,478 | -67.2% | 5 | -5 | $895 | $67,120 | 3 | N/A | false | false |
| 23 | 19 | Happy Feet Two | $4,139 | -69.9% | 6 | -4 | $689 | $1,455,700 | 17 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 24 | 18 | The Descendants | $3,821 | -72.6% | 5 | - | $764 | $1,171,534 | 9 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 25 | 21 | Dolphin Tale | $2,184 | -82.4% | 9 | - | $242 | $316,484 | 9 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
