| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Avatar | - | - | - | $3,223,803 | 124 | $10,818,765 | Dec 17 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 2 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | - | - | - | $1,424,665 | 69 | $2,478,548 | Nov 26 | - | false |
| 3 | 2012 | - | - | - | $1,154,589 | 78 | $4,107,761 | Nov 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 4 | The Princess and the Frog | - | - | - | $609,777 | 49 | $904,105 | Dec 3 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 5 | Paranormal Activity | - | - | - | $242,116 | 38 | $654,695 | Dec 24 | - | false |
| 6 | Planet 51 | - | - | - | $186,461 | 24 | $271,297 | Nov 26 | - | false |
| 7 | Whiteout | - | - | - | $143,449 | 23 | $147,011 | Dec 3 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 8 | A Christmas Carol | - | - | - | $134,431 | 56 | $728,147 | Nov 5 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 9 | Old Dogs | - | - | - | $115,999 | 30 | $360,864 | Dec 24 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 10 | The Reader | - | - | - | $81,122 | 16 | $87,013 | Dec 3 | - | false |
| 11 | Inglourious Basterds | - | - | - | $71,232 | 35 | $900,805 | Oct 8 | United International Pictures | false |
| 12 | Happy-Go-Lucky | - | - | - | $36,579 | 3 | $66,723 | Dec 10 | - | false |
| 13 | Drag Me to Hell | - | - | - | $32,625 | 36 | $365,628 | Oct 29 | United International Pictures | false |
| 14 | The Dolphin: Story of a Dreamer | - | - | - | $29,080 | 37 | $417,949 | Oct 8 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 15 | I've Loved You So Long | - | - | - | $25,376 | 4 | $63,427 | Nov 19 | Transeuropa | false |
| 16 | Julie & Julia | - | - | - | $19,083 | 7 | $56,166 | Nov 19 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 17 | Coco Before Chanel | - | - | - | $18,242 | 7 | $149,636 | Oct 22 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 18 | The Merry Widow | - | - | - | $16,969 | 5 | $18,646 | Dec 10 | Transeuropa | false |
| 19 | The Uninvited | - | - | - | $13,032 | 17 | $150,478 | Oct 22 | United International Pictures | false |
| 20 | Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li | - | - | - | $6,720 | 6 | $6,720 | Dec 10 | - | false |
| 21 | The Wave | - | - | - | $4,953 | 6 | $46,855 | Nov 5 | - | false |
| 22 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | - | - | - | $3,354 | 50 | $1,044,266 | Sep 16 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 23 | District 9 | - | - | - | $582 | 34 | $560,397 | Oct 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
