| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Avatar | $10,652,669 | - | 588 | - | $18,116 | $11,483,692 | 1 | 20th Century Fox International | true | false |
| 2 | 2 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | $858,203 | -40.1% | 338 | -100 | $2,539 | $31,446,612 | 5 | Hoyts Distribution | false | false |
| 3 | 4 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | $706,373 | -22.6% | 303 | -40 | $2,331 | $5,791,478 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 4 | 1 | Paranormal Activity | $667,230 | -55.6% | 258 | -7 | $2,586 | $6,437,467 | 3 | Icon Film Distribution | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | Where the Wild Things Are | $616,578 | -38.7% | 262 | -1 | $2,353 | $4,307,351 | 3 | Roadshow Films | false | false |
| 6 | 7 | Planet 51 | $516,858 | -11.3% | 201 | -3 | $2,571 | $1,577,623 | 2 | Hoyts Distribution | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | 2012 | $366,398 | -52.5% | 216 | -77 | $1,696 | $17,407,156 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | Zombieland | $244,505 | -59.1% | 152 | -1 | $1,608 | $2,277,856 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | The Invention of Lying | $185,642 | -56.2% | 117 | -50 | $1,586 | $3,082,816 | 4 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | The Informant! | $145,489 | -45.4% | 56 | - | $2,598 | $986,463 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 11 | - | Broken Embraces | $113,871 | - | 22 | - | $5,175 | $113,871 | 1 | Paramount Pictures International | true | false |
| 12 | 10 | A Christmas Carol | $95,530 | -53.6% | 82 | -24 | $1,165 | $4,574,615 | 7 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | - | Bright Star | $67,562 | - | 64 | - | $1,055 | $67,562 | - | Hopscotch Films | - | false |
| 14 | - | Fantastic Mr. Fox | $40,068 | - | 5 | - | $8,013 | $114,227 | 5 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 15 | 12 | The Time Traveler's Wife | $34,736 | -58.4% | 50 | -23 | $694 | $5,182,619 | 7 | Roadshow Films | false | false |
| 16 | 14 | A Serious Man | $33,825 | -40.2% | 21 | -3 | $1,610 | $741,212 | 5 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 17 | 16 | Mao's Last Dancer | $31,426 | -40% | 46 | -20 | $683 | $13,267,004 | 12 | Roadshow Films | false | false |
| 18 | 13 | Away We Go | $28,505 | -65.2% | 42 | - | $678 | $154,707 | 2 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 19 | 11 | 9 | $28,289 | -71.1% | 67 | -3 | $422 | $187,680 | 2 | Madman Entertainment | false | false |
| 20 | - | Nowhere Boy | $24,943 | - | 36 | - | $692 | $52,240 | - | Icon Film Distribution | - | false |
