| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Avatar | - | - | - | $34,000,200 | 590 | $103,866,237 | - | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 2 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | - | - | - | $9,378,530 | 530 | $35,164,930 | - | - | false |
| 3 | Sherlock Holmes | - | - | - | $7,376,364 | 308 | $22,777,578 | Dec 24 | Roadshow Films | false |
| 4 | Paranormal Activity | - | - | - | $7,194,455 | 265 | $7,818,643 | Dec 4 | Icon Film Distribution Australia | false |
| 5 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | - | - | - | $7,128,491 | 365 | $19,791,144 | Dec 24 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 6 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | - | - | - | $5,425,536 | 343 | $7,487,784 | Nov 26 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 7 | Where the Wild Things Are | - | - | - | $5,261,898 | 263 | $5,693,853 | Dec 3 | Roadshow Films | false |
| 8 | 2012 | - | - | - | $4,106,600 | 405 | $18,123,801 | Nov 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 9 | Old Dogs | - | - | - | $2,569,117 | 271 | $8,383,867 | Dec 24 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 10 | Zombieland | - | - | - | $2,467,594 | 153 | $2,467,594 | Dec 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 11 | Planet 51 | - | - | - | $2,291,400 | 205 | $2,581,551 | Dec 10 | Hoyts Distribution | false |
| 12 | Did You Hear About the Morgans? | - | - | - | $2,283,298 | 208 | $5,471,538 | Dec 24 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 13 | The Invention of Lying | - | - | - | $2,189,362 | 168 | $3,201,345 | Nov 26 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 14 | The Informant! | - | - | - | $1,158,560 | 56 | $1,216,264 | Dec 3 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 15 | A Christmas Carol | - | - | - | $970,837 | 355 | $4,688,758 | Nov 5 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 16 | Bright Star | - | - | - | $771,845 | 66 | $2,568,097 | Dec 24 | Hopscotch Films | false |
| 17 | The Lovely Bones | - | - | - | $683,691 | 230 | $6,089,234 | Dec 24 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 18 | 3 Idiots | - | - | - | $499,551 | 20 | $994,639 | Dec 24 | Mind Blowing Films | false |
| 19 | The Time Traveler's Wife | - | - | - | $428,676 | 237 | $5,182,619 | Nov 5 | Roadshow Films | false |
| 20 | Broken Embraces | - | - | - | $338,166 | 24 | $679,307 | Dec 17 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 21 | The Boys Are Back | - | - | - | $313,257 | 163 | $1,771,873 | Nov 12 | Hopscotch Films | false |
| 22 | A Serious Man | - | - | - | $265,896 | 41 | $741,212 | Nov 19 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 23 | Nowhere Boy | - | - | - | $243,532 | 36 | $807,879 | Dec 24 | Icon Film Distribution Australia | false |
| 24 | 9 | - | - | - | $177,202 | 70 | $187,680 | Dec 10 | Madman Entertainment | false |
| 25 | Couples Retreat | - | - | - | $170,899 | 223 | $10,165,633 | Oct 8 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 26 | This Is It | - | - | - | $153,966 | 293 | $8,734,295 | Oct 29 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 27 | Away We Go | - | - | - | $147,086 | 42 | $154,707 | Dec 10 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 28 | A Summer in Genoa | - | - | - | $139,201 | 31 | $860,113 | Nov 6 | Palace Films | false |
| 29 | Julie & Julia | - | - | - | $115,615 | 288 | $6,631,946 | Oct 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 30 | Mao's Last Dancer | - | - | - | $70,895 | 267 | $14,008,032 | Oct 1 | Roadshow Films | false |
| 31 | An Education | - | - | - | $66,727 | 53 | $1,491,386 | Oct 22 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 32 | De Dana Dan | - | - | - | $64,700 | 14 | $152,289 | Nov 26 | Eros Worldwide | false |
| 33 | The French Kissers | - | - | - | $57,539 | 16 | $57,539 | Dec 26 | Palace Films | false |
| 34 | Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year | - | - | - | $47,300 | 12 | $47,300 | Dec 10 | Mind Blowing Films | false |
| 35 | Departures | - | - | - | $45,259 | 16 | $400,968 | Oct 15 | Madman Entertainment | false |
| 36 | Fantastic Mr. Fox | - | - | - | $40,068 | 222 | $3,494,007 | - | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 37 | Paa | - | - | - | $22,869 | 9 | $22,869 | Dec 3 | - | false |
