| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $524,193 | -54.5% | 72 | -15 | $7,280 | $2,061,206 | 2 | Roadshow Films | false | false |
| 2 | - | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $485,497 | - | 77 | - | $6,305 | $485,497 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 3 | - | The Iron Lady | $239,799 | - | 18 | - | $13,322 | $239,799 | 1 | Odeon | true | false |
| 4 | 2 | Larissa Confidential | $215,610 | -57.6% | 66 | -19 | $3,266 | $1,198,833 | 2 | Odeon | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | Puss in Boots | $173,788 | -57.2% | 83 | -7 | $2,093 | $2,054,593 | 4 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | Nisos 2: To kynigi tou hamenou thisavrou | $139,006 | -58% | 46 | -20 | $3,021 | $2,769,251 | 4 | Roadshow Films | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | $44,743 | -64.2% | 17 | -16 | $2,631 | $1,799,109 | 5 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | The Artist | $42,493 | -41.5% | 16 | - | $2,655 | $411,509 | 4 | N/A | false | false |
| 9 | 10 | Le Havre | $42,167 | -17.8% | 3 | - | $14,055 | $108,508 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | Chicken with Plums | $38,430 | -26.9% | 6 | - | $6,405 | $179,431 | 3 | N/A | false | false |
| 11 | 6 | Arthur Christmas | $15,375 | -81.6% | 37 | -27 | $415 | $1,326,338 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
