| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Avatar | - | - | - | $6,620,859 | 129 | $14,646,667 | Dec 18 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 2 | Sherlock Holmes | - | - | - | $1,920,110 | 62 | $3,196,245 | Dec 26 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 3 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | - | - | - | $1,766,716 | 124 | $3,519,023 | Dec 26 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 4 | It's Complicated | - | - | - | $1,187,003 | 69 | $1,833,896 | Dec 26 | United International Pictures | false |
| 5 | The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest | - | - | - | $1,063,884 | 115 | $5,253,667 | Nov 27 | Nordisk Film | false |
| 6 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | - | - | - | $780,991 | 67 | $1,385,169 | Jan 15 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 7 | The Junior Olsen Gang and the Master Thief | - | - | - | $626,499 | 84 | $2,124,685 | Jan 29 | Nordisk Film | false |
| 8 | Empty Barrels | - | - | - | $400,048 | 60 | $1,672,496 | Jan 8 | - | false |
| 9 | The Men Who Stare at Goats | - | - | - | $341,505 | 16 | $406,658 | Jan 8 | Sandrew Metronome Distribution Sverige AB | false |
| 10 | Up in the Air | - | - | - | $312,591 | 26 | $403,812 | Jan 15 | United International Pictures | false |
| 11 | Ploddy the Police Car Makes a Splash | - | - | - | $260,800 | 68 | $1,523,670 | Jan 8 | Nordisk Film | false |
| 12 | The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | - | - | - | $234,281 | 10 | $373,871 | Dec 26 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 13 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | - | - | - | $211,617 | 100 | $4,400,247 | Nov 20 | Nordisk Film | false |
| 14 | The White Ribbon | - | - | - | $191,614 | 10 | $269,985 | Dec 26 | Arthouse | false |
| 15 | Did You Hear About the Morgans? | - | - | - | $153,663 | 36 | $448,229 | Jan 29 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 16 | Paranormal Activity | - | - | - | $150,039 | 25 | $716,219 | Dec 4 | Svensk Filmindustri (SF) | false |
| 17 | New York, I Love You | - | - | - | $129,769 | 13 | $190,126 | Dec 26 | Svensk Filmindustri (SF) | false |
| 18 | 2012 | - | - | - | $120,442 | 90 | $4,101,063 | Nov 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 19 | Twigson | - | - | - | $80,377 | 125 | $4,202,665 | Oct 16 | Scanbox Entertainment | false |
| 20 | Where the Wild Things Are | - | - | - | $73,846 | 30 | $324,316 | Jan 22 | Sandrew Metronome Distribution Sverige AB | false |
| 21 | Magic Silver | - | - | - | $73,242 | 125 | $4,330,869 | Nov 13 | Sandrew Metronome Distribution Sverige AB | false |
| 22 | Lourdes | - | - | - | $71,770 | 6 | $93,789 | Dec 26 | Fidalgo | false |
| 23 | Planet 51 | - | - | - | $67,685 | 44 | $96,609 | Jan 22 | Scanbox Entertainment | false |
| 24 | Precious | - | - | - | $45,591 | 12 | $394,361 | Jan 29 | - | false |
| 25 | Casanegra | - | - | - | $41,328 | 8 | $41,328 | Jan 15 | - | false |
| 26 | A Christmas Carol | - | - | - | $21,550 | 76 | $1,470,082 | Nov 6 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 27 | Rafiki | - | - | - | $21,034 | 45 | $415,006 | Oct 30 | Svensk Filmindustri (SF) | false |
| 28 | A Serious Man | - | - | - | $17,510 | 12 | $350,701 | Nov 6 | Svensk Filmindustri (SF) | false |
| 29 | Up | - | - | - | $17,410 | 107 | $4,587,163 | Sep 25 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 30 | Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard | - | - | - | $9,192 | 40 | $142,592 | Dec 4 | Scanbox Entertainment | false |
| 31 | Everyone Else | - | - | - | $7,960 | 3 | $25,507 | Jan 29 | Arthouse | false |
| 32 | Zombieland | - | - | - | $6,168 | 12 | $409,805 | Oct 23 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 33 | In the Loop | - | - | - | $5,021 | 10 | $102,704 | Dec 11 | - | false |
| 34 | Departures | - | - | - | $3,631 | 3 | $8,338 | Dec 26 | - | false |
| 35 | Julie & Julia | - | - | - | $2,092 | 31 | $1,040,420 | Oct 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
