| Est. Rank | Rank | Diff | Release
| Est. Gross | Actual | Diff | % Diff | Theaters | Estimated Total | Actual | Weekend | Distributor
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| 1 | 1 | - | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | $140,700,000 | $142,839,137 | +$2,139,137 | +1.5% | 4,024 | $140,700,000 | $142,839,137 | 1 | Summit Entertainment | - |
| 2 | 2 | - | The Blind Side | $34,510,000 | $34,119,372 | -$390,628 | -1.1% | 3,110 | $34,510,000 | $34,119,372 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 3 | 3 | - | 2012 | $26,500,000 | $26,410,206 | -$89,794 | -0.3% | 3,408 | $108,221,000 | $108,131,263 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 4 | 4 | - | Planet 51 | $12,600,000 | $12,286,129 | -$313,871 | -2.5% | 3,035 | $12,600,000 | $12,286,129 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 5 | 5 | - | A Christmas Carol | $12,230,000 | $12,275,024 | +$45,024 | +0.4% | 3,578 | $79,791,000 | $79,836,002 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 6 | 6 | - | Precious | $11,008,000 | $10,881,772 | -$126,228 | -1.1% | 629 | $21,403,000 | $21,277,521 | 3 | Lionsgate | - |
| 7 | 7 | - | The Men Who Stare at Goats | $2,773,000 | $2,829,031 | +$56,031 | +2% | 2,056 | $27,624,000 | $27,680,089 | 3 | Overture Films | - |
| 8 | 8 | - | Couples Retreat | $1,952,000 | $1,943,075 | -$8,925 | -0.5% | 1,712 | $105,001,000 | $104,992,030 | 7 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 9 | 9 | - | The Fourth Kind | $1,730,000 | $1,747,085 | +$17,085 | +1% | 1,648 | $23,343,000 | $23,359,890 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 10 | 11 | +1 | Law Abiding Citizen | $1,615,000 | $1,606,053 | -$8,947 | -0.6% | 1,327 | $70,027,000 | $70,018,193 | 6 | Overture Films | - |
| 11 | 10 | -1 | This Is It | $1,575,000 | $1,617,417 | +$42,417 | +2.7% | 1,640 | $70,216,000 | $70,258,545 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 12 | 12 | - | The Boat That Rocked | $1,449,000 | $1,460,592 | +$11,592 | +0.8% | 883 | $5,174,000 | $5,184,068 | 2 | Focus Features | - |
| 13 | 13 | - | Paranormal Activity | $1,400,000 | $1,401,112 | +$1,112 | <0.1% | 1,902 | $106,082,000 | $106,082,922 | 9 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 14 | 14 | - | An Education | $915,000 | $826,755 | -$88,245 | -9.6% | 303 | $4,357,000 | $4,268,905 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 15 | 15 | - | Where the Wild Things Are | $640,000 | $688,060 | +$48,060 | +7.5% | 1,010 | $74,617,000 | $74,665,359 | 6 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 16 | 16 | - | The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day | $557,000 | $599,257 | +$42,257 | +7.6% | 204 | $3,510,000 | $3,552,730 | 4 | Apparition | - |
| 17 | 17 | - | The Box | $505,000 | $494,345 | -$10,655 | -2.1% | 965 | $14,514,000 | $14,503,106 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 18 | 18 | - | A Serious Man | $436,000 | $444,008 | +$8,008 | +1.8% | 198 | $7,467,000 | $7,476,004 | 8 | Focus Features | - |
| 19 | 19 | - | Astro Boy | $393,000 | $406,074 | +$13,074 | +3.3% | 724 | $18,608,000 | $18,621,561 | 5 | Summit Entertainment | - |
| 20 | 22 | +2 | Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans | $257,000 | $245,398 | -$11,602 | -4.5% | 27 | $257,000 | $245,398 | 1 | First Look International | - |
| 21 | 21 | - | Amelia | $250,000 | $248,012 | -$1,988 | -0.8% | 384 | $13,768,000 | $13,766,323 | 5 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - |
| 22 | 23 | +1 | Coco Before Chanel | $234,000 | $236,495 | +$2,495 | +1.1% | 184 | $5,285,000 | $5,288,153 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 23 | 24 | +1 | Fantastic Mr. Fox | $199,000 | $203,512 | +$4,512 | +2.3% | 4 | $558,000 | $562,048 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 24 | 28 | +4 | The Messenger | $120,000 | $110,112 | -$9,888 | -8.2% | 31 | $177,000 | $167,346 | 2 | Oscilloscope | - |
| 25 | 30 | +5 | Broken Embraces | $108,000 | $107,111 | -$889 | -0.8% | 2 | $108,000 | $107,111 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 26 | 70 | +44 | That Evening Sun | $107,000 | $10,278 | -$96,722 | -90.4% | 4 | $25,700 | $25,288 | 3 | Freestyle Releasing | - |
| 27 | 33 | +6 | Saw VI | $95,200 | $91,875 | -$3,325 | -3.5% | 178 | $27,673,000 | $27,669,413 | 5 | Lionsgate | - |
| 28 | 35 | +7 | Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant | $78,000 | $74,920 | -$3,080 | -3.9% | 140 | $13,841,000 | $13,838,130 | 5 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 29 | 34 | +5 | Inglourious Basterds | $75,000 | $78,017 | +$3,017 | +4% | 163 | $120,275,000 | $120,278,316 | 14 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 30 | 42 | +12 | 9 | $42,100 | $43,390 | +$1,290 | +3.1% | 92 | $31,690,000 | $31,691,649 | 11 | Focus Features | - |
| 31 | 51 | +20 | La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet | $31,200 | $31,032 | -$168 | -0.5% | 7 | $113,000 | $113,124 | 3 | Zipporah Films | - |
| 32 | 54 | +22 | Halloween II | $25,000 | $25,969 | +$969 | +3.9% | 66 | $33,385,000 | $33,386,128 | 13 | Dimension Films | - |
| 33 | 63 | +30 | More Than a Game | $15,900 | $14,949 | -$951 | -6% | 46 | $945,000 | $944,527 | 8 | Lionsgate | - |
| 34 | 88 | +54 | Fame | $4,000 | $3,830 | -$170 | -4.2% | 23 | $22,372,000 | $22,371,648 | 9 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
