| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Contraband | $62,802 | - | 7 | - | $8,971 | $63,158 | 1 | United International Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | - | Underworld: Awakening | $11,963 | - | 4 | - | $2,990 | $11,963 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 3 | 2 | The Muppets | $11,456 | -25.6% | 7 | - | $1,636 | $30,492 | 2 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | - | The Descendants | $11,195 | - | 2 | - | $5,597 | $12,854 | 1 | 20th Century Fox International | true | false |
| 5 | 1 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $7,940 | -64.2% | 5 | - | $1,588 | $216,560 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $6,300 | -39% | 4 | - | $1,575 | $90,567 | 6 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 7 | 7 | Puss in Boots | $5,501 | -40.1% | 6 | -1 | $916 | $96,942 | 7 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 4 | The Iron Lady | $5,208 | -50.5% | 2 | -1 | $2,604 | $23,742 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 9 | - | J. Edgar | $4,014 | - | 4 | - | $1,003 | $4,014 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 10 | 3 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | $3,915 | -67.3% | 3 | -2 | $1,305 | $233,740 | 6 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 6 | 50/50 | $3,640 | -61.5% | 3 | -2 | $1,213 | $19,254 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 12 | 11 | Sea Level | $1,800 | -57.5% | 5 | -1 | $360 | $18,873 | 4 | N/A | false | false |
| 13 | 10 | New Year's Eve | $1,736 | -68.2% | 2 | -2 | $868 | $122,048 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 14 | 8 | The Sitter | $1,586 | -73.4% | 1 | -1 | $1,586 | $38,202 | 4 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 15 | 15 | Happy Feet Two | $880 | -5% | 1 | - | $880 | $43,567 | 9 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 16 | 9 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $838 | -85.9% | 1 | -2 | $838 | $28,628 | 3 | N/A | false | false |
| 17 | 12 | My Week with Marilyn | $687 | -80.7% | 1 | - | $687 | $14,233 | 3 | N/A | false | false |
| 18 | 13 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $589 | -81.9% | 2 | -1 | $294 | $54,165 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 19 | 14 | Flypaper | $472 | -85.3% | 1 | - | $472 | $5,615 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
