| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 2 | Avatar | $561,821 | -10.1% | 68 | -13 | $8,262 | $11,680,187 | 8 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 2 | 1 | The Junior Olsen Gang and the Master Thief | $334,672 | -46.6% | 78 | -6 | $4,290 | $1,157,896 | 2 | Nordisk Film | false | false |
| 3 | - | Fantastic Mr. Fox | $108,467 | - | 63 | - | $1,721 | $108,467 | 1 | 20th Century Fox International | true | false |
| 4 | 3 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | $100,464 | -42.8% | 55 | -1 | $1,826 | $906,755 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | Did You Hear About the Morgans? | $83,306 | -45.8% | 36 | +1 | $2,314 | $296,042 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 6 | 7 | Sherlock Holmes | $82,391 | -25% | 43 | -2 | $1,916 | $3,039,077 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | $73,459 | -38.2% | 33 | -14 | $2,226 | $3,002,351 | 7 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 8 | - | Invictus | $70,908 | - | 20 | - | $3,545 | $70,908 | 1 | Sandrew Metronome Distribution Sverige AB | true | false |
| 9 | 5 | Empty Barrels | $70,316 | -44% | 40 | -15 | $1,757 | $1,524,731 | 5 | N/A | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | Ploddy the Police Car Makes a Splash | $67,148 | -34.4% | 59 | -1 | $1,138 | $1,186,342 | 5 | Nordisk Film | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | It's Complicated | $54,242 | -31.3% | 37 | -18 | $1,466 | $1,678,016 | 7 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest | $53,632 | -31.6% | 30 | - | $1,787 | $5,136,966 | 11 | Nordisk Film | false | false |
| 13 | 12 | Precious | $52,218 | +14.5% | 12 | +2 | $4,351 | $138,092 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 14 | - | Daybreakers | $46,043 | - | 22 | - | $2,092 | $46,043 | 1 | Nordisk Film | true | false |
| 15 | 11 | Where the Wild Things Are | $36,011 | -51.2% | 25 | -5 | $1,440 | $279,597 | 3 | Sandrew Metronome Distribution Sverige AB | false | false |
| 16 | 13 | Up in the Air | $25,479 | -35.3% | 15 | -5 | $1,698 | $358,945 | 4 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | 14 | The Men Who Stare at Goats | $17,265 | -47.3% | 9 | -4 | $1,918 | $368,332 | 5 | Sandrew Metronome Distribution Sverige AB | false | false |
| 18 | - | Nine | $14,905 | - | 15 | - | $993 | $14,905 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 19 | 16 | The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | $14,566 | -16.5% | 10 | - | $1,456 | $351,701 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 20 | 15 | Planet 51 | $12,907 | -41% | 28 | -9 | $460 | $83,549 | 3 | Scanbox Entertainment | false | false |
| 21 | 17 | The White Ribbon | $11,626 | -20% | 8 | - | $1,453 | $269,985 | 7 | Arthouse | false | false |
| 22 | 19 | Paranormal Activity | $10,488 | +22.3% | 9 | -1 | $1,165 | $716,219 | 10 | Svensk Filmindustri (SF) | false | false |
| 23 | 18 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | $7,880 | -34.4% | 10 | - | $788 | $4,400,247 | 12 | Nordisk Film | false | false |
| 24 | 20 | Everyone Else | $4,440 | -44.2% | 3 | - | $1,480 | $25,507 | 2 | Arthouse | false | false |
| 25 | 22 | New York, I Love You | $2,994 | -40.5% | 6 | +3 | $499 | $190,126 | 7 | Svensk Filmindustri (SF) | false | false |
| 26 | 25 | Zombieland | $2,233 | +558.7% | 8 | - | $279 | $406,421 | 16 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 27 | 24 | 2012 | $1,265 | -16.3% | 2 | -4 | $632 | $4,097,475 | 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
