| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Avatar | $53,583 | +0.7% | 9 | -1 | $5,953 | $526,502 | 5 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 2 | - | Sherlock Holmes | $36,499 | - | 10 | - | $3,649 | $36,499 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 3 | - | It's Complicated | $21,494 | - | 7 | - | $3,070 | $48,657 | 1 | United International Pictures | true | false |
| 4 | 3 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | $13,571 | +47.3% | 5 | - | $2,714 | $71,322 | 3 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 5 | - | The Young Victoria | $8,746 | - | 4 | - | $2,186 | $8,746 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 6 | 6 | The Princess and the Frog | $7,769 | +1% | 5 | -2 | $1,553 | $39,596 | 2 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 2 | All About Steve | $6,702 | -36% | 4 | - | $1,675 | $45,624 | 2 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 8 | 4 | Paranormal Activity | $5,961 | -28.3% | 4 | - | $1,490 | $40,984 | 3 | N/A | false | false |
| 9 | 5 | Zombieland | $2,851 | -63% | 5 | - | $570 | $17,332 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 10 | - | Jennifer's Body | $1,907 | - | 3 | - | $635 | $1,907 | 1 | 20th Century Fox International | true | false |
| 11 | 8 | My Life in Ruins | $1,524 | -63.4% | 1 | -2 | $1,524 | $43,316 | 4 | N/A | false | false |
| 12 | 7 | 2012 | $1,301 | -76.6% | 2 | -3 | $650 | $355,696 | 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 13 | 9 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | $1,065 | -47% | 3 | -1 | $355 | $168,703 | 7 | N/A | false | false |
| 14 | 11 | The Soloist | $1,028 | -39.4% | 2 | -1 | $514 | $9,198 | 3 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 15 | 13 | Late Bloomers 2009 Re-release | $988 | -12.3% | 1 | - | $988 | $8,555 | 5 | N/A | false | false |
| 16 | - | A Thousand Years of Good Prayers | $520 | - | 1 | - | $520 | $520 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 17 | 12 | Broken Embraces | $330 | -76.9% | 1 | -3 | $330 | $66,116 | 7 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | 15 | Planet 51 | $185 | -39.9% | 2 | -1 | $92 | $35,722 | 7 | N/A | false | false |
