| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Avatar | $129,686 | -28% | 8 | - | $16,210 | $950,232 | 5 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Sherlock Holmes | $40,817 | -34.8% | 8 | - | $5,102 | $182,858 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | 2012 | $14,512 | -53% | 8 | - | $1,814 | $1,060,853 | 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | Old Dogs | $13,810 | -46.6% | 4 | - | $3,452 | $42,075 | 2 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | - | The Box | $13,199 | - | 4 | - | $3,299 | $13,199 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 6 | 6 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | $8,311 | -30.8% | 4 | - | $2,077 | $62,965 | 4 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 7 | - | How to Lose Friends & Alienate People | $7,633 | - | 5 | - | $1,526 | $7,633 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 8 | 5 | Ninja Assassin | $7,280 | -50.2% | 5 | - | $1,456 | $24,727 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 9 | 10 | The Princess and the Frog | $6,652 | -13.6% | 2 | - | $3,326 | $25,801 | 3 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | Love Happens | $5,499 | -36.7% | 2 | - | $2,749 | $45,156 | 4 | N/A | false | false |
| 11 | 7 | A Christmas Carol | $3,711 | -64.9% | 1 | - | $3,711 | $285,332 | 9 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 8 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | $3,294 | -64.7% | 8 | - | $411 | $532,857 | 8 | - | false | false |
| 13 | 11 | Couples Retreat | $3,189 | -38.6% | 4 | - | $797 | $95,643 | 8 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 16 | Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant | $2,172 | +58% | 4 | +1 | $543 | $31,634 | 6 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 12 | Case 39 | $1,788 | -61.1% | 6 | +1 | $298 | $92,905 | 8 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 13 | The Stepfather | $778 | -52.6% | 2 | -2 | $389 | $20,227 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 17 | 18 | The Ugly Truth | $131 | -15.5% | 1 | - | $131 | $206,566 | 17 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 18 | - | Surrogates | $78 | - | 1 | - | $78 | $130,634 | 15 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 19 | 14 | Halloween II | $43 | -97.3% | 2 | - | $21 | $49,333 | 12 | N/A | false | false |
