| Est. Rank | Rank | Diff | Release
| Est. Gross | Actual | Diff | % Diff | Theaters | Estimated Total | Actual | Weekend | Distributor
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| 1 | 1 | - | Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps | $19,000,000 | $19,011,188 | +$11,188 | <0.1% | 3,565 | $19,000,000 | $19,011,188 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 2 | 2 | - | Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole | $16,335,000 | $16,112,211 | -$222,789 | -1.4% | 3,575 | $16,335,000 | $16,112,211 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 3 | 3 | - | The Town | $16,030,000 | $15,605,171 | -$424,829 | -2.7% | 2,885 | $49,117,000 | $48,692,072 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 4 | 4 | - | Easy A | $10,700,000 | $10,600,497 | -$99,503 | -0.9% | 2,856 | $32,814,000 | $32,714,215 | 2 | Screen Gems | - |
| 5 | 5 | - | You Again | $8,300,000 | $8,407,513 | +$107,513 | +1.3% | 2,548 | $8,300,000 | $8,407,513 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 6 | 6 | - | Devil | $6,479,000 | $6,605,960 | +$126,960 | +2% | 2,811 | $21,733,000 | $21,859,425 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 7 | 7 | - | Resident Evil: Afterlife | $4,900,000 | $4,954,791 | +$54,791 | +1.1% | 2,642 | $52,019,000 | $52,073,588 | 3 | Screen Gems | - |
| 8 | 8 | - | Alpha and Omega | $4,700,000 | $4,735,271 | +$35,271 | +0.8% | 2,625 | $15,130,000 | $15,164,944 | 2 | Lionsgate Films | - |
| 9 | 9 | - | Takers | $1,650,000 | $1,622,302 | -$27,698 | -1.7% | 1,413 | $54,913,000 | $54,885,175 | 5 | Screen Gems | - |
| 10 | 10 | - | Inception | $1,245,000 | $1,247,006 | +$2,006 | +0.2% | 907 | $287,051,000 | $287,053,292 | 11 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 11 | 11 | - | The Other Guys | $1,000,000 | $992,812 | -$7,188 | -0.7% | 1,047 | $116,974,000 | $116,966,981 | 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 12 | 12 | - | The American | $889,000 | $896,382 | +$7,382 | +0.8% | 1,315 | $34,600,000 | $34,607,381 | 4 | Focus Features | - |
| 13 | 13 | - | Eat Pray Love | $700,000 | $704,613 | +$4,613 | +0.7% | 855 | $79,036,000 | $79,040,308 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 14 | 14 | - | Machete | $645,000 | $642,832 | -$2,168 | -0.3% | 682 | $25,736,000 | $25,733,677 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 15 | 16 | +1 | The Expendables | $540,000 | $564,081 | +$24,081 | +4.5% | 852 | $102,050,000 | $102,070,047 | 7 | Lionsgate Films | - |
| 16 | 15 | -1 | Despicable Me | $528,000 | $582,585 | +$54,585 | +10.3% | 610 | - | $245,514,665 | 12 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 17 | 17 | - | Catfish | $470,000 | $452,580 | -$17,420 | -3.7% | 57 | $829,000 | $811,280 | 2 | Rogue Pictures | - |
| 18 | 19 | +1 | The Last Exorcism | $440,000 | $344,675 | -$95,325 | -21.7% | 707 | $40,870,000 | $40,773,301 | 5 | Lionsgate Films | - |
| 19 | 18 | -1 | Nanny McPhee Returns | $390,000 | $394,275 | +$4,275 | +1.1% | 765 | $28,222,000 | $28,226,225 | 6 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 20 | 20 | - | Get Low | $354,000 | $317,164 | -$36,836 | -10.4% | 354 | $8,354,000 | $8,317,497 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 21 | 21 | - | Toy Story 3 | $318,000 | $313,847 | -$4,153 | -1.3% | 302 | $411,090,000 | $411,086,067 | 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 22 | 23 | +1 | The Virginity Hit | $300,000 | $301,885 | +$1,885 | +0.6% | 700 | $300,000 | $332,463 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 23 | 24 | +1 | The Switch | $300,000 | $293,433 | -$6,567 | -2.2% | 511 | $27,214,000 | $27,207,766 | 6 | Miramax | - |
| 24 | 28 | +4 | Never Let Me Go | $245,000 | $241,943 | -$3,057 | -1.2% | 26 | $442,000 | $438,535 | 2 | - | - |
| 25 | 26 | +1 | Dinner for Schmucks | $244,000 | $260,226 | +$16,226 | +6.6% | 323 | $72,523,000 | $72,539,200 | 9 | DreamWorks | - |
| 26 | 35 | +9 | Scott Pilgrim vs. the World | $177,000 | $158,440 | -$18,560 | -10.5% | 233 | $31,375,000 | $31,356,425 | 7 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 27 | 33 | +6 | You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger | $163,000 | $160,103 | -$2,897 | -1.8% | 6 | $215,000 | $211,445 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 28 | 37 | +9 | Waiting for Superman | $141,000 | $139,033 | -$1,967 | -1.4% | 4 | $141,000 | $139,033 | 1 | Paramount Vantage | - |
| 29 | 39 | +10 | The Twilight Saga: Eclipse | $127,000 | $124,409 | -$2,591 | -2% | 224 | $300,301,000 | $300,298,740 | 13 | Summit Entertainment | - |
| 30 | 41 | +11 | Buried | $104,500 | $100,268 | -$4,232 | -4% | 11 | $104,500 | $100,268 | 1 | Lionsgate Films | - |
| 31 | 43 | +12 | Jack Goes Boating | $86,000 | $87,796 | +$1,796 | +2.1% | 39 | $128,000 | $129,408 | 2 | Overture Films | - |
| 32 | 45 | +13 | The Kids Are All Right | $79,800 | $84,025 | +$4,225 | +5.3% | 107 | $20,650,000 | $20,654,031 | 12 | Focus Features | - |
| 33 | 50 | +17 | Winter's Bone | $59,500 | $56,558 | -$2,942 | -4.9% | 82 | $6,053,000 | $6,049,871 | 16 | Roadside Attractions | - |
| 34 | 51 | +17 | Howl | $54,000 | $51,185 | -$2,815 | -5.2% | 6 | $54,000 | $51,185 | 1 | Oscilloscope | - |
| 35 | 52 | +17 | Enter the Void | $42,300 | $43,651 | +$1,351 | +3.2% | 3 | $42,300 | $43,651 | 1 | IFC Films | - |
| 36 | 53 | +17 | The Tillman Story | $39,300 | $40,708 | +$1,408 | +3.6% | 27 | $586,000 | $587,567 | 6 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 37 | 59 | +22 | Bran Nue Dae | $36,500 | $29,672 | -$6,828 | -18.7% | 55 | $95,000 | $88,854 | 3 | Freestyle Releasing | - |
| 38 | 55 | +17 | Piranha 3D | $36,000 | $35,280 | -$720 | -2% | 66 | $24,821,000 | $24,820,271 | 6 | - | - |
| 39 | 61 | +22 | Animal Kingdom | $30,000 | $28,195 | -$1,805 | -6% | 45 | $873,000 | $870,699 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 40 | 64 | +24 | The Concert | $26,700 | $23,538 | -$3,162 | -11.8% | 18 | $581,000 | $577,656 | 9 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 41 | 75 | +34 | Leaves of Grass | $18,000 | $15,009 | -$2,991 | -16.6% | 6 | $44,600 | $41,516 | 2 | First Look International | - |
| 42 | 74 | +32 | A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop | $16,500 | $15,632 | -$868 | -5.3% | 18 | $134,000 | $132,701 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 43 | 76 | +33 | The Wildest Dream | $11,900 | $13,712 | +$1,812 | +15.2% | 18 | $505,000 | $510,035 | 8 | National Geographic Entertainment | - |
| 44 | 81 | +37 | Restrepo | $9,800 | $9,848 | +$48 | +0.5% | 24 | $1,280,000 | $1,279,951 | 14 | National Geographic Entertainment | - |
| 45 | 86 | +41 | My Dog Tulip | $7,200 | $7,389 | +$189 | +2.6% | 3 | $59,900 | $60,050 | 4 | New Yorker Films | - |
