| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Avatar | - | - | - | $9,802,322 | 150 | $26,874,162 | Dec 17 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 2 | Sherlock Holmes | - | - | - | $3,219,964 | 99 | $3,994,559 | Jan 7 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 3 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | - | - | - | $2,391,768 | 119 | $7,077,813 | Dec 21 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 4 | It's Complicated | - | - | - | $1,908,439 | 95 | $3,247,030 | Dec 24 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 5 | Love Life | - | - | - | $1,903,453 | 125 | $12,514,413 | Nov 26 | Benelux Film Distributors | false |
| 6 | The Hell of '63 | - | - | - | $1,161,445 | 86 | $2,651,361 | Dec 17 | Entertainment One | false |
| 7 | Anubis en de wraak van Arghus | - | - | - | $1,050,873 | 115 | $3,779,210 | Dec 17 | Independent Films | false |
| 8 | Up in the Air | - | - | - | $789,419 | 36 | $1,074,328 | Jan 14 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 9 | Did You Hear About the Morgans? | - | - | - | $642,109 | 47 | $1,088,087 | Jan 21 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 10 | Old Dogs | - | - | - | $477,727 | 63 | $1,312,085 | Dec 23 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 11 | The Girl Who Played with Fire | - | - | - | $457,416 | 58 | $1,072,278 | Jan 21 | Benelux Film Distributors | false |
| 12 | Brothers | - | - | - | $340,387 | 56 | $1,135,154 | Dec 10 | A-Film Distribution | false |
| 13 | Plop en de kabouterbaby | - | - | - | $330,087 | 107 | $1,005,715 | Dec 17 | Independent Films | false |
| 14 | Edge of Darkness | - | - | - | $321,190 | 78 | $1,140,932 | Jan 28 | Entertainment One | false |
| 15 | A Serious Man | - | - | - | $275,773 | 22 | $524,566 | Jan 21 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 16 | Law Abiding Citizen | - | - | - | $267,965 | 45 | $1,119,372 | Dec 10 | Entertainment One | false |
| 17 | The Men Who Stare at Goats | - | - | - | $267,179 | 20 | $304,016 | Jan 7 | Entertainment One | false |
| 18 | Where the Wild Things Are | - | - | - | $266,317 | 25 | $309,012 | Jan 14 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 19 | The Fourth Kind | - | - | - | $246,730 | 25 | $252,371 | Jan 14 | Entertainment One | false |
| 20 | The Lawyers - A German Story | - | - | - | $220,083 | 18 | $797,529 | Nov 19 | Cinéart | false |
| 21 | Precious | - | - | - | $217,529 | 20 | $806,168 | Dec 3 | A-Film Distribution | false |
| 22 | Nothing Personal | - | - | - | $216,769 | 20 | $429,685 | Dec 10 | - | false |
| 23 | Triangle | - | - | - | $148,041 | 21 | $182,485 | Jan 21 | A-Film Distribution | false |
| 24 | 2012 | - | - | - | $107,521 | 127 | $6,836,005 | Nov 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 25 | Saw VI | - | - | - | $99,454 | 10 | $113,079 | Dec 31 | Benelux Film Distributors | false |
| 26 | Micmacs | - | - | - | $99,337 | 23 | $245,221 | Dec 17 | Cinéart | false |
| 27 | The Dark House | - | - | - | $94,437 | 86 | $3,928,464 | Oct 29 | RCV Film Distribution | false |
| 28 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | - | - | - | $91,896 | 85 | $3,122,069 | Nov 19 | Independent Films | false |
| 29 | A Christmas Carol | - | - | - | $59,209 | 68 | $2,235,529 | Nov 19 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 30 | Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard | - | - | - | $24,325 | 48 | $246,528 | Dec 10 | Independent Films | false |
| 31 | Das Lied der Dinge | - | - | - | $14,325 | 15 | $767,486 | Oct 8 | Wild Bunch Distribution | false |
