| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Valentine's Day | - | - | - | $87,590 | 6 | $97,951 | Feb 12 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 2 | The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest | - | - | - | $84,216 | 5 | $186,189 | Feb 19 | - | false |
| 3 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | - | - | - | $56,761 | 7 | $92,303 | Jan 29 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 4 | Avatar | - | - | - | $52,285 | 12 | $1,131,489 | Dec 18 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 5 | Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief | - | - | - | $49,013 | 6 | $60,239 | Feb 12 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 6 | The Wolfman | - | - | - | $40,346 | 5 | $40,346 | Feb 12 | United International Pictures | false |
| 7 | Shutter Island | - | - | - | $29,121 | 4 | $120,750 | Feb 26 | United International Pictures | false |
| 8 | It's Complicated | - | - | - | $25,795 | 5 | $91,556 | Jan 29 | United International Pictures | false |
| 9 | Edge of Darkness | - | - | - | $20,575 | 3 | $54,073 | Feb 5 | - | false |
| 10 | Brothers | - | - | - | $17,408 | 3 | $25,733 | Feb 19 | - | false |
| 11 | Mr. Bjarnfreðarson | - | - | - | $14,535 | 17 | $608,508 | Dec 26 | - | false |
| 12 | Mamma Gógó | - | - | - | $13,022 | 5 | $190,422 | Jan 1 | - | false |
| 13 | Sherlock Holmes | - | - | - | $11,120 | 7 | $190,960 | Jan 15 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 14 | Toy Story 2 2009 Re-release | - | - | - | $10,713 | 3 | $10,713 | Feb 12 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 15 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | - | - | - | $9,954 | 6 | $173,660 | Dec 26 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 16 | Planet 51 | - | - | - | $8,675 | 6 | $47,893 | Jan 22 | - | false |
| 17 | The Book of Eli | - | - | - | $5,475 | 5 | $59,353 | Jan 29 | - | false |
| 18 | Precious | - | - | - | $4,707 | 1 | $32,241 | Feb 26 | - | false |
| 19 | Nine | - | - | - | $4,064 | 1 | $13,077 | Feb 5 | - | false |
| 20 | Julie & Julia | - | - | - | $3,288 | 2 | $30,141 | Dec 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 21 | The Rebound | - | - | - | $3,195 | 2 | $15,657 | Feb 26 | - | false |
| 22 | Did You Hear About the Morgans? | - | - | - | $2,636 | 3 | $39,430 | Jan 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 23 | Invictus | - | - | - | $2,198 | 1 | $2,198 | Feb 19 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 24 | The Princess and the Frog | - | - | - | $2,178 | 5 | $59,711 | Dec 26 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 25 | Up in the Air | - | - | - | $1,938 | 3 | $29,451 | Jan 22 | United International Pictures | false |
| 26 | Leap Year | - | - | - | $1,843 | 2 | $1,843 | Feb 26 | - | false |
| 27 | An Education | - | - | - | $824 | 1 | $4,238 | Feb 5 | - | false |
| 28 | Where the Wild Things Are | - | - | - | $538 | 1 | $4,729 | Jan 29 | Warner Bros. | false |
