| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | $175,377 | -69.2% | 73 | - | $2,402 | $972,997 | 2 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 2 | 3 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $119,834 | -39.1% | 90 | -1 | $1,331 | $491,245 | 2 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | Puss in Boots | $113,624 | -56.3% | 113 | -4 | $1,005 | $1,231,098 | 3 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 4 | 5 | Arthur Christmas | $65,288 | -35% | 81 | +4 | $806 | $744,076 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 5 | - | Don 2 | $61,154 | - | 11 | - | $5,559 | $61,154 | 1 | Mind Blowing Films | true | false |
| 6 | 4 | New Year's Eve | $57,644 | -69.3% | 55 | - | $1,048 | $767,558 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | $27,432 | -65.1% | 60 | +1 | $457 | $3,393,159 | 6 | Hoyts Distribution | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | Red Dog | $12,978 | -67.8% | 64 | -9 | $202 | $333,681 | 4 | Roadshow Films | false | false |
| 9 | 9 | Immortals | $12,008 | -62.4% | 34 | -1 | $353 | $776,866 | 5 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 13 | Flying Swords of Dragon Gate | $7,780 | -43.5% | 5 | - | $1,556 | $30,625 | 2 | Icon Film Distribution | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | The First Grader | $7,735 | -77.8% | 32 | -1 | $241 | $98,086 | 3 | Rialto Distribution | false | false |
| 12 | - | Melancholia | $7,003 | - | 13 | - | $538 | $60,699 | 1 | Madman Entertainment | true | false |
| 13 | 12 | In Time | $5,788 | -64.8% | 17 | -3 | $340 | $1,041,785 | 9 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 14 | 10 | Drive | $4,878 | -74.2% | 23 | -3 | $212 | $599,627 | 8 | N/A | false | false |
| 15 | 14 | Midnight in Paris | $4,797 | -64.7% | 22 | +2 | $218 | $644,411 | 11 | Rialto Distribution | false | false |
| 16 | - | The Salt of Life | $3,032 | - | 13 | - | $233 | $26,080 | 1 | Rialto Distribution | true | false |
| 17 | 17 | Contagion | $2,599 | -78.5% | 16 | - | $162 | $650,527 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 18 | 19 | The Inbetweeners | $2,334 | -71.8% | 20 | +4 | $116 | $835,106 | 9 | Roadshow Films | false | false |
| 19 | 18 | The Whistleblower | $2,058 | -80.7% | 19 | -10 | $108 | $96,035 | 5 | Hopscotch Films | false | false |
| 20 | 16 | Satyagraha | $1,655 | -86.3% | 9 | -12 | $183 | $22,456 | 2 | Rialto Distribution | false | false |
| 21 | 26 | Jig | $1,410 | -5.9% | 11 | -6 | $128 | $23,536 | 4 | Vendetta Films | false | false |
| 22 | 21 | Beginners | $1,239 | -78.4% | 8 | -4 | $154 | $172,751 | 7 | Hopscotch Films | false | false |
| 23 | - | The Iron Lady | $887 | - | 1 | - | $887 | $6,968 | - | Hoyts Distribution | - | false |
| 24 | 25 | Tomboy | $774 | -67.8% | 6 | - | $129 | $31,095 | 4 | Rialto Distribution | false | false |
| 25 | 22 | Submarine | $613 | -81.8% | 8 | +1 | $76 | $63,264 | 5 | Madman Entertainment | false | false |
| 26 | 30 | The Help | $390 | -59.7% | 3 | -3 | $130 | $1,385,045 | 15 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 27 | 23 | Ladies vs. Ricky Bahl | $333 | -89% | 2 | - | $166 | $18,480 | 3 | Forum Hungary | false | false |
| 28 | 24 | The Trip | $327 | -89.1% | 6 | -2 | $54 | $293,744 | 10 | Madman Entertainment | false | false |
| 29 | 29 | Pina | $297 | -77.5% | 5 | - | $59 | $65,061 | 10 | Hopscotch Films | false | false |
| 30 | 35 | Last Train Home 2011 Re-release | $250 | -46.9% | 1 | - | $250 | $16,627 | 6 | - | false | false |
| 31 | 32 | Red State | $247 | -67.2% | 2 | -1 | $123 | $3,780 | 3 | - | false | false |
| 32 | 36 | Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World | $185 | +25% | 4 | -2 | $46 | $560,582 | 12 | Roadshow Films | false | false |
| 33 | 31 | El Bulli: Cooking in Progress | $185 | -75.5% | 1 | - | $185 | $4,280 | 3 | Madman Entertainment | false | false |
| 34 | 33 | Real Steel | $143 | -77.2% | 1 | -2 | $143 | $1,031,969 | 12 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 35 | 34 | The Orator | $72 | -85.6% | 5 | -3 | $14 | $593,917 | 12 | Madman Entertainment | false | false |
| 36 | - | Snow Flower and the Secret Fan | $59 | - | 2 | - | $29 | $20,886 | 7 | N/A | false | false |
| 37 | 37 | I Don't Know How She Does It | $26 | -82.4% | 1 | -3 | $26 | $142,140 | 8 | Roadshow Films | false | false |
