| Est. Rank | Rank | Diff | Release
| Est. Gross | Actual | Diff | % Diff | Theaters | Estimated Total | Actual | Weekend | Distributor
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| 1 | 1 | - | The Social Network | $23,000,000 | $22,445,653 | -$554,347 | -2.4% | 2,771 | $23,000,000 | $22,445,653 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 2 | 2 | - | Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole | $10,855,000 | $10,887,429 | +$32,429 | +0.3% | 3,575 | $30,047,000 | $30,079,298 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 3 | 3 | - | Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps | $10,100,000 | $10,002,578 | -$97,422 | -1% | 3,597 | $35,876,000 | $35,778,429 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 4 | 4 | - | The Town | $10,000,000 | $9,749,332 | -$250,668 | -2.5% | 2,935 | $64,307,000 | $64,056,752 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 5 | 5 | - | Easy A | $7,000,000 | $6,748,777 | -$251,223 | -3.6% | 2,974 | $42,428,000 | $42,176,967 | 3 | Screen Gems | - |
| 6 | 6 | - | You Again | $5,552,000 | $5,722,566 | +$170,566 | +3.1% | 2,548 | $16,437,000 | $16,607,633 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 7 | 7 | - | Case 39 | $5,350,000 | $5,350,570 | +$570 | <0.1% | 2,211 | $5,350,000 | $5,350,570 | 1 | Paramount Vantage | - |
| 8 | 8 | - | Let Me In | $5,300,000 | $5,147,479 | -$152,521 | -2.9% | 2,020 | $5,300,000 | $5,147,479 | 1 | Overture Films | - |
| 9 | 9 | - | Devil | $3,672,000 | $3,564,055 | -$107,945 | -2.9% | 2,392 | $27,399,000 | $27,291,460 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 10 | 10 | - | Alpha and Omega | $3,000,000 | $2,924,868 | -$75,132 | -2.5% | 2,303 | $19,025,000 | $18,949,437 | 3 | Lionsgate | - |
| 11 | 11 | - | Resident Evil: Afterlife | $2,800,000 | $2,784,775 | -$15,225 | -0.5% | 1,907 | $56,630,000 | $56,615,100 | 4 | Screen Gems | - |
| 12 | 12 | - | Inception | $870,000 | $904,208 | +$34,208 | +3.9% | 625 | $288,371,000 | $288,405,376 | 12 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 13 | 13 | - | Takers | $800,000 | $784,529 | -$15,471 | -1.9% | 773 | $56,177,000 | $56,161,347 | 6 | Screen Gems | - |
| 14 | 14 | - | Catfish | $607,000 | $590,177 | -$16,823 | -2.8% | 136 | $1,638,000 | $1,621,349 | 3 | Rogue Pictures | - |
| 15 | 17 | +2 | The Other Guys | $435,000 | $439,411 | +$4,411 | +1% | 566 | $117,693,000 | $117,697,120 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 16 | 16 | - | Despicable Me | $407,000 | $439,850 | +$32,850 | +8.1% | 463 | - | $246,091,770 | 13 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 17 | 18 | +1 | Waiting for Superman | $407,000 | $408,873 | +$1,873 | +0.5% | 34 | $600,000 | $601,607 | 2 | Paramount Vantage | - |
| 18 | 19 | +1 | Eat Pray Love | $300,000 | $319,970 | +$19,970 | +6.7% | 398 | $79,720,000 | $79,710,083 | 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 19 | 26 | +7 | You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger | $232,000 | $215,131 | -$16,869 | -7.3% | 29 | $519,000 | $501,616 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 20 | 25 | +5 | Nanny McPhee Returns | $228,000 | $218,855 | -$9,145 | -4% | 481 | $28,531,000 | $28,520,960 | 7 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 21 | 27 | +6 | Machete | $225,000 | $213,721 | -$11,279 | -5% | 314 | $26,216,000 | $26,205,140 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 22 | 28 | +6 | The American | $216,000 | $210,428 | -$5,572 | -2.6% | 374 | $35,208,000 | $35,202,471 | 5 | Focus Features | - |
| 23 | 24 | +1 | Toy Story 3 | $215,000 | $229,502 | +$14,502 | +6.7% | 235 | $411,398,000 | $411,412,427 | 16 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 24 | 23 | -1 | The Expendables | $210,000 | $231,662 | +$21,662 | +10.3% | 410 | $102,495,000 | $102,516,720 | 8 | Lionsgate | - |
| 25 | 30 | +5 | Get Low | $204,000 | $180,798 | -$23,202 | -11.4% | 271 | $8,654,000 | $8,630,586 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 26 | 29 | +3 | Never Let Me Go | $188,000 | $186,554 | -$1,446 | -0.8% | 43 | $726,000 | $723,873 | 3 | - | - |
| 27 | 31 | +4 | Dinner for Schmucks | $165,000 | $165,760 | +$760 | +0.5% | 261 | $72,809,000 | $72,810,234 | 10 | DreamWorks | - |
| 28 | 34 | +6 | Chain Letter | $143,000 | $138,788 | -$4,212 | -2.9% | 406 | $143,000 | $138,788 | 1 | New Films Cinema | - |
| 29 | 36 | +7 | The Last Exorcism | $121,000 | $124,000 | +$3,000 | +2.5% | 307 | $40,987,000 | $40,990,055 | 6 | Lionsgate | - |
| 30 | 39 | +9 | Jack Goes Boating | $100,000 | $99,620 | -$380 | -0.4% | 78 | $272,000 | $271,201 | 3 | Overture Films | - |
| 31 | 41 | +10 | Buried | $100,000 | $97,364 | -$2,636 | -2.6% | 33 | $239,000 | $236,447 | 2 | Lionsgate | - |
| 32 | 45 | +13 | Scott Pilgrim vs. the World | $71,000 | $69,015 | -$1,985 | -2.8% | 120 | $31,496,000 | $31,494,270 | 8 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 33 | 44 | +11 | The Twilight Saga: Eclipse | $67,000 | $69,272 | +$2,272 | +3.4% | 141 | $300,410,000 | $300,412,216 | 14 | Summit Entertainment | - |
| 34 | 50 | +16 | Hatchet II | $62,000 | $52,604 | -$9,396 | -15.2% | 68 | $62,000 | $52,604 | 1 | Vitagraph Films | - |
| 35 | 49 | +14 | Howl | $53,000 | $53,534 | +$534 | +1% | 17 | $125,000 | $125,281 | 2 | Oscilloscope | - |
| 36 | 52 | +16 | Winter's Bone | $50,500 | $44,851 | -$5,649 | -11.2% | 72 | $6,128,000 | $6,122,291 | 17 | Roadside Attractions | - |
| 37 | 46 | +9 | Piranha 3D | $49,500 | $65,845 | +$16,345 | +33% | 95 | $24,883,000 | $24,899,775 | 7 | - | - |
| 38 | 57 | +19 | Freakonomics | $33,000 | $31,893 | -$1,107 | -3.4% | 20 | $33,000 | $31,893 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures | - |
| 39 | 59 | +20 | Enter the Void | $25,200 | $25,144 | -$56 | -0.2% | 6 | $97,600 | $96,580 | 2 | IFC Films | - |
| 40 | 61 | +21 | The Tillman Story | $22,900 | $24,338 | +$1,438 | +6.3% | 27 | $632,000 | $633,377 | 7 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 41 | 66 | +25 | The Concert | $19,700 | $20,522 | +$822 | +4.2% | 21 | $612,000 | $612,365 | 10 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 42 | 63 | +21 | A Film Unfinished | $18,200 | $21,777 | +$3,577 | +19.7% | 16 | $209,000 | $212,704 | 7 | Oscilloscope | - |
| 43 | 73 | +30 | Animal Kingdom | $15,000 | $14,117 | -$883 | -5.9% | 41 | $900,000 | $899,455 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 44 | 76 | +32 | Partir | $13,400 | $12,697 | -$703 | -5.2% | 2 | $13,400 | $12,697 | 1 | IFC Films | - |
| 45 | 78 | +33 | The Wildest Dream | $9,200 | $11,534 | +$2,334 | +25.4% | 13 | $522,000 | $527,597 | 9 | National Geographic Entertainment | - |
| 46 | 85 | +39 | Leaves of Grass | $8,400 | $7,750 | -$650 | -7.7% | 6 | $57,400 | $56,756 | 3 | First Look International | - |
| 47 | 89 | +42 | Restrepo | $5,000 | $6,017 | +$1,017 | +20.3% | 13 | $1,294,000 | $1,295,369 | 15 | National Geographic Entertainment | - |
| 48 | 96 | +48 | My Dog Tulip | $3,900 | $3,570 | -$330 | -8.5% | 2 | $67,700 | $67,282 | 5 | New Yorker Films | - |
| 49 | 103 | +54 | Nine Nation Animation | $3,000 | $2,834 | -$166 | -5.5% | 1 | $3,800 | $3,666 | 1 | The World According to Shorts | - |
