| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $1,152,651 | - | 87 | - | $13,248 | $1,152,651 | 1 | Roadshow Films | true | false |
| 2 | - | Larissa Confidential | $509,100 | - | 85 | - | $5,989 | $831,664 | 1 | Odeon | true | false |
| 3 | 2 | Puss in Boots | $406,447 | +14.3% | 90 | -5 | $4,516 | $1,863,150 | 3 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 1 | Nisos 2: To kynigi tou hamenou thisavrou | $331,050 | -21.3% | 66 | -46 | $5,015 | $2,463,895 | 3 | Roadshow Films | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | $124,926 | -41.4% | 33 | -30 | $3,785 | $1,717,887 | 4 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | Arthur Christmas | $83,784 | -23% | 64 | -8 | $1,309 | $1,310,283 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | The Artist | $72,675 | +29% | 16 | +5 | $4,542 | $342,867 | 3 | N/A | false | false |
| 8 | 5 | The Christmas Tango | $69,253 | -27.7% | 33 | -20 | $2,098 | $1,927,222 | 6 | Roadshow Films | false | false |
| 9 | 9 | Chicken with Plums | $52,553 | +82.2% | 6 | - | $8,758 | $125,036 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 10 | - | Le Havre | $51,294 | - | 3 | - | $17,098 | $51,294 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 11 | 12 | The Smurfs | $519 | -28.1% | 2 | -1 | $259 | $3,614,777 | 18 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 12 | 11 | The Adventures of Tintin | $356 | -77.2% | 1 | -4 | $356 | $1,157,922 | 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
