| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Spanish Movie | $1,833,043 | -43.6% | 389 | +1 | $4,712 | $7,528,285 | 2 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Planet 51 | $1,705,616 | -43% | 498 | -11 | $3,424 | $12,446,073 | 3 | DeAPlaneta | false | false |
| 3 | 4 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | $1,129,854 | -36.7% | 491 | +3 | $2,301 | $4,519,859 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 4 | 6 | Old Dogs | $1,004,016 | -27.8% | 224 | -101 | $4,482 | $3,623,114 | 2 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | $964,710 | -63.8% | 493 | -136 | $1,956 | $28,755,852 | 4 | - | false | false |
| 6 | 7 | Cell 211 | $841,503 | -25.4% | 219 | - | $3,842 | $11,373,188 | 6 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | 2012 | $790,305 | -47.6% | 424 | -47 | $1,863 | $21,373,568 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 8 | - | What Just Happened | $597,801 | - | 150 | - | $3,985 | $597,801 | 1 | Filmax | true | false |
| 9 | - | Armored | $517,749 | - | 141 | - | $3,671 | $517,749 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 10 | - | The Hedgehog | $381,433 | - | 96 | - | $3,973 | $381,433 | 1 | Alta Films | true | false |
| 11 | 10 | A Christmas Carol | $333,573 | -29.4% | 289 | -4 | $1,154 | $7,997,823 | 5 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 8 | Paranormal Activity | $301,850 | -52.1% | 204 | -1 | $1,479 | $2,593,474 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 13 | 9 | The Dancer and the Thief | $235,913 | -50.1% | 190 | -9 | $1,241 | $1,956,521 | 3 | Notro Films | false | false |
| 14 | 11 | Sorority Row | $233,708 | -47.6% | 209 | -2 | $1,118 | $1,025,969 | 2 | - | false | false |
| 15 | 12 | Agora | $110,469 | -42.6% | 106 | -44 | $1,042 | $31,567,295 | 10 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
