| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 15 | 15 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | $40 | +233.3% | 1 | - | $40 | $43,761 | 15 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 16 | 14 | The Ugly Truth | $33 | -57.1% | 1 | - | $33 | $205,890 | 14 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 12 | 12 | Management | $1,354 | +135.1% | 2 | +1 | $677 | $37,682 | 9 | N/A | false | false |
| 14 | 11 | Orphan | $841 | +24.6% | 1 | - | $841 | $118,310 | 13 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 13 | 10 | Surrogates | $848 | -0.2% | 2 | - | $424 | $130,243 | 12 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | Halloween II | $1,732 | -38.2% | 2 | -1 | $866 | $45,366 | 9 | N/A | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant | $3,883 | -19.3% | 5 | - | $776 | $24,183 | 3 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 6 | A Christmas Carol | $16,755 | +114.1% | 2 | - | $8,377 | $254,177 | 6 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 5 | Couples Retreat | $5,712 | -32.2% | 6 | - | $952 | $79,597 | 5 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 4 | Case 39 | $8,330 | -13.1% | 6 | - | $1,388 | $77,522 | 5 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | $22,287 | -40.9% | 8 | - | $2,785 | $4,337,566 | 5 | - | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | 2012 | $49,636 | -25.1% | 8 | - | $6,204 | $964,255 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 1 | 1 | Avatar | $180,380 | +40.2% | 8 | +7 | $22,547 | $352,681 | 2 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 4 | - | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | $18,510 | - | 4 | - | $4,627 | $18,510 | 1 | 20th Century Fox International | true | false |
| 6 | - | Love Happens | $13,646 | - | 2 | - | $6,823 | $13,646 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 7 | - | The Stepfather | $9,268 | - | 5 | - | $1,853 | $9,268 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
