| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Avatar | - | - | - | $629,941 | 14 | $2,515,341 | Dec 17 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 2 | Sherlock Holmes | - | - | - | $181,661 | 6 | $225,430 | Jan 7 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 3 | It's Complicated | - | - | - | $80,996 | 9 | $114,556 | Dec 24 | United International Pictures | false |
| 4 | Old Dogs | - | - | - | $52,332 | 5 | $73,523 | Jan 14 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 5 | Did You Hear About the Morgans? | - | - | - | $52,010 | 7 | $87,864 | Jan 21 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 6 | Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard | - | - | - | $47,519 | 6 | $67,334 | Dec 31 | - | false |
| 7 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | - | - | - | $36,539 | 7 | $66,312 | Jan 14 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 8 | 2012 | - | - | - | $17,719 | 10 | $275,735 | Nov 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 9 | Paranormal Activity | - | - | - | $16,896 | 5 | $56,508 | Nov 26 | - | false |
| 10 | The Princess and the Frog | - | - | - | $15,089 | 6 | $74,148 | Jan 28 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 11 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | - | - | - | $14,584 | 5 | $107,146 | Dec 3 | - | false |
| 12 | A Christmas Carol | - | - | - | $11,822 | 6 | $73,436 | Nov 19 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 13 | Couples Retreat | - | - | - | $11,583 | 7 | $109,958 | Nov 12 | United International Pictures | false |
| 14 | Planet 51 | - | - | - | $11,072 | 7 | $38,221 | Dec 3 | - | false |
| 15 | The Box | - | - | - | $7,566 | 2 | $10,217 | Jan 14 | - | false |
| 16 | Garfield's Fun Fest | - | - | - | $6,223 | 2 | $14,361 | Dec 24 | - | false |
| 17 | Gamer | - | - | - | $5,168 | 2 | $10,076 | Dec 3 | - | false |
| 18 | Julie & Julia | - | - | - | $5,129 | 3 | $25,398 | Nov 20 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 19 | Zombieland | - | - | - | $4,185 | 7 | $32,721 | Nov 26 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 20 | The Flight Before Christmas | - | - | - | $3,506 | 3 | $13,131 | Dec 10 | - | false |
| 21 | Love Happens | - | - | - | $3,236 | 3 | $22,134 | Nov 19 | - | false |
| 22 | Broken Embraces | - | - | - | $2,689 | 5 | $37,972 | Nov 5 | - | false |
| 23 | Drag Me to Hell | - | - | - | $2,420 | 2 | $11,470 | Nov 19 | - | false |
| 24 | The Countess | - | - | - | $1,087 | 1 | $5,379 | Jan 14 | - | false |
| 25 | My Life in Ruins | - | - | - | $935 | 5 | $47,078 | Nov 5 | - | false |
| 26 | North Face | - | - | - | $652 | 2 | $2,013 | Dec 17 | - | false |
| 27 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | - | - | - | $601 | 7 | $34,020 | Oct 22 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 28 | Red Cliff | - | - | - | $545 | 1 | $6,188 | Nov 19 | - | false |
| 29 | The Ambulance | - | - | - | $195 | 4 | $4,829 | Nov 26 | - | false |
| 30 | Surrogates | - | - | - | $24 | 4 | $41,702 | Oct 29 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 31 | Wait for Me and I Will Not Come | - | - | - | $6 | 7 | $107,289 | Oct 15 | - | false |
