| Est. Rank | Rank | Diff | Release
| Est. Gross | Actual | Diff | % Diff | Theaters | Estimated Total | Actual | Weekend | Distributor
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| 1 | 1 | - | Avatar | $73,000,000 | $77,025,481 | +$4,025,481 | +5.5% | 3,452 | $73,000,000 | $77,025,481 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 2 | 2 | - | The Princess and the Frog | $12,224,000 | $12,185,949 | -$38,051 | -0.3% | 3,475 | $44,756,000 | $44,717,721 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 3 | 3 | - | The Blind Side | $10,030,000 | $10,021,280 | -$8,720 | <0.1% | 3,407 | $164,734,000 | $164,725,525 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 4 | 4 | - | Did You Hear About the Morgans? | $7,000,000 | $6,616,571 | -$383,429 | -5.5% | 2,718 | $7,000,000 | $6,616,571 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 5 | 5 | - | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | $4,370,000 | $4,407,598 | +$37,598 | +0.9% | 3,035 | $274,561,000 | $274,598,319 | 5 | Summit Entertainment | - |
| 6 | 6 | - | Invictus | $4,170,000 | $4,203,171 | +$33,171 | +0.8% | 2,125 | $15,845,000 | $15,877,956 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 7 | 7 | - | A Christmas Carol | $3,419,000 | $3,443,464 | +$24,464 | +0.7% | 2,070 | $130,789,000 | $130,813,354 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 8 | 8 | - | Up in the Air | $3,100,000 | $3,210,132 | +$110,132 | +3.6% | 175 | $8,106,000 | $8,216,051 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 9 | 9 | - | Brothers | $2,630,000 | $2,889,121 | +$259,121 | +9.9% | 2,009 | $22,091,000 | $22,349,862 | 3 | Lionsgate | - |
| 10 | 10 | - | Old Dogs | $2,289,000 | $2,340,575 | +$51,575 | +2.3% | 2,630 | $43,574,000 | $43,625,471 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 11 | 11 | - | 2012 | $2,150,000 | $2,204,588 | +$54,588 | +2.5% | 2,242 | $158,974,000 | $159,028,696 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 12 | 12 | - | Armored | $1,225,000 | $1,284,591 | +$59,591 | +4.9% | 1,538 | $14,195,000 | $14,254,614 | 3 | Screen Gems | - |
| 13 | 13 | - | Precious | $1,120,000 | $1,203,741 | +$83,741 | +7.5% | 1,003 | $40,001,000 | $40,084,412 | 7 | Lionsgate | - |
| 14 | 14 | - | Ninja Assassin | $870,000 | $932,447 | +$62,447 | +7.2% | 1,155 | $36,357,000 | $36,419,535 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 15 | 15 | - | Planet 51 | $800,000 | $810,137 | +$10,137 | +1.3% | 1,349 | $38,487,000 | $38,496,770 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 16 | 16 | - | The Road | $612,000 | $660,274 | +$48,274 | +7.9% | 396 | $4,879,000 | $4,926,949 | 4 | Dimension Films | - |
| 17 | 18 | +1 | Fantastic Mr. Fox | $600,000 | $598,941 | -$1,059 | -0.2% | 540 | $17,387,000 | $17,385,916 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 18 | 17 | -1 | Everybody's Fine | $586,000 | $601,659 | +$15,659 | +2.7% | 1,003 | $8,840,000 | $8,855,646 | 3 | Miramax | - |
| 19 | 19 | - | The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day | $370,000 | $406,783 | +$36,783 | +9.9% | 404 | $9,328,000 | $9,365,018 | 8 | Apparition | - |
| 20 | 21 | +1 | Nine | $247,000 | $257,232 | +$10,232 | +4.1% | 4 | $247,000 | $257,232 | 1 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 21 | 23 | +2 | An Education | $221,000 | $220,925 | -$75 | <0.1% | 200 | $7,120,000 | $7,120,034 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 22 | 24 | +2 | Broken Embraces | $205,000 | $198,254 | -$6,746 | -3.3% | 30 | $848,000 | $840,949 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 23 | 26 | +3 | Me and Orson Welles | $170,000 | $156,420 | -$13,580 | -8% | 134 | $564,000 | $549,973 | 4 | Freestyle Releasing | - |
| 24 | 25 | +1 | Couples Retreat | $165,000 | $170,610 | +$5,610 | +3.4% | 294 | $107,857,000 | $107,863,225 | 11 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 25 | 20 | -5 | The Young Victoria | $148,000 | $260,591 | +$112,591 | +76.1% | 44 | $148,000 | $260,591 | 1 | Apparition | - |
| 26 | 27 | +1 | A Single Man | $139,000 | $142,848 | +$3,848 | +2.8% | 9 | $471,000 | $475,198 | 2 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 27 | 28 | +1 | A Serious Man | $90,600 | $98,311 | +$7,711 | +8.5% | 117 | $8,894,000 | $8,894,874 | 12 | Focus Features | - |
| 28 | 32 | +4 | Crazy Heart | $84,200 | $82,664 | -$1,536 | -1.8% | 4 | $110,000 | $107,996 | 1 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - |
| 29 | 33 | +4 | Astro Boy | $80,000 | $80,148 | +$148 | +0.2% | 252 | $19,169,000 | $19,168,663 | 9 | Summit Entertainment | - |
| 30 | 29 | -1 | Paranormal Activity | $79,000 | $88,715 | +$9,715 | +12.3% | 237 | $107,594,000 | $107,603,100 | 13 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 31 | 30 | -1 | Law Abiding Citizen | $79,000 | $87,049 | +$8,049 | +10.2% | 151 | $72,435,000 | $72,443,511 | 10 | Overture Films | - |
| 32 | 31 | -1 | The Men Who Stare at Goats | $78,000 | $86,086 | +$8,086 | +10.4% | 207 | $31,840,000 | $31,847,604 | 7 | Overture Films | - |
| 33 | 36 | +3 | Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans | $69,100 | $64,934 | -$4,166 | -6% | 76 | $1,306,000 | $1,302,159 | 5 | First Look International | - |
| 34 | 35 | +1 | The Fourth Kind | $65,000 | $66,495 | +$1,495 | +2.3% | 133 | $25,268,000 | $25,269,950 | 7 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 35 | 37 | +2 | The Boat That Rocked | $55,300 | $59,210 | +$3,910 | +7.1% | 242 | $7,826,000 | $7,830,004 | 6 | Focus Features | - |
| 36 | 39 | +3 | The Lovely Bones | $41,000 | $45,097 | +$4,097 | +10% | 3 | $197,000 | $200,687 | 2 | DreamWorks | - |
| 37 | 45 | +8 | La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet | $27,500 | $25,055 | -$2,445 | -8.9% | 25 | $342,000 | $339,790 | 7 | Zipporah Films | - |
| 38 | 44 | +6 | The Messenger | $26,300 | $26,444 | +$144 | +0.5% | 43 | $592,000 | $592,390 | 6 | Oscilloscope | - |
| 39 | 43 | +4 | Coco Before Chanel | $20,300 | $28,206 | +$7,906 | +38.9% | 53 | $5,930,000 | $5,938,293 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 40 | 53 | +13 | New York, I Love You | $5,800 | $5,996 | +$196 | +3.4% | 11 | $1,586,000 | $1,585,787 | 10 | Vivendi Entertainment | - |
