| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | This Means War | $132,805 | - | 21 | - | $6,324 | $132,805 | 1 | 20th Century Fox International | true | false |
| 2 | - | Wanderlust | $117,346 | - | 19 | - | $6,176 | $121,932 | 1 | United International Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | - | Hugo | $91,825 | - | 24 | - | $3,826 | $125,972 | 1 | United International Pictures | true | false |
| 4 | 1 | Safe House | $87,473 | -36% | 22 | +1 | $3,976 | $294,876 | 2 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 2 | The Descendants | $57,940 | -23.9% | 20 | -1 | $2,897 | $1,185,953 | 6 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 6 | 3 | Puss in Boots | $31,306 | -24.2% | 32 | - | $978 | $1,974,823 | 10 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | Happy Feet Two | $22,474 | -17.8% | 17 | - | $1,322 | $1,069,200 | 11 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 8 | 5 | Contraband | $18,976 | -32.1% | 10 | -1 | $1,897 | $566,942 | 6 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 9 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | $14,063 | -20.3% | 7 | -3 | $2,009 | $2,150,273 | 11 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 4 | The Devil Inside | $13,620 | -51.8% | 7 | -4 | $1,945 | $122,805 | 3 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | The Muppets | $13,126 | -32.2% | 20 | +9 | $656 | $1,019,985 | 12 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 7 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 2012 3D Release | $12,625 | -43.8% | 14 | -4 | $901 | $91,703 | 3 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
