| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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|---|
| 1 | 1 | $54,611,787 | -18.7% | 32.1% | 3 | Avatar | $42,785,612 | 78.3% | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 2 | 2 | $49,376,339 | +88.8% | 29% | 8 | The Book of Eli | $32,789,494 | 66.4% | 1 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 3 | 20 | $17,005,133 | +43,986.7% | 10% | 1 | The Lovely Bones | $17,005,133 | 100% | 6 | DreamWorks | - |
| 4 | 4 | $15,277,892 | -4.4% | 9% | 4 | The Spy Next Door | $9,726,056 | 63.7% | 1 | Lionsgate | - |
| 5 | 3 | $14,167,815 | -30.4% | 8.3% | 3 | It's Complicated | $8,112,555 | 57.3% | 4 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 6 | 5 | $5,450,903 | -24.1% | 3.2% | 2 | Up in the Air | $5,445,379 | 99.9% | 7 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 7 | 6 | $3,128,185 | -56.2% | 1.8% | 2 | Youth in Revolt | $3,004,123 | 96% | 2 | Dimension Films | - |
| 8 | 7 | $3,028,533 | -39.5% | 1.8% | 3 | The Princess and the Frog | $2,777,707 | 91.7% | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 9 | 8 | $1,796,463 | -24.1% | 1.1% | 7 | The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | $1,073,303 | 59.7% | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 10 | 10 | $1,425,164 | -27.8% | 0.8% | 2 | A Single Man | $843,600 | 59.2% | 6 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 11 | 9 | $1,354,300 | -38.2% | 0.8% | 4 | 2012 | $446,995 | 33% | 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 12 | 12 | $979,883 | -21.1% | 0.6% | 2 | The Young Victoria | $950,411 | 97% | 5 | Apparition | - |
| 13 | 11 | $942,952 | -46.1% | 0.6% | 2 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | $928,939 | 98.5% | 9 | Summit Entertainment | - |
| 14 | 14 | $647,473 | +37.1% | 0.4% | 1 | Crazy Heart | $647,473 | 100% | 5 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - |
| 15 | 13 | $326,379 | -45.2% | 0.2% | 1 | 3 Idiots | $326,379 | 100% | 4 | Reliance Big Pictures | - |
| 16 | 15 | $130,514 | -43.6% | <0.1% | 2 | The Men Who Stare at Goats | $69,595 | 53.3% | 11 | Overture Films | - |
| 18 | 18 | $56,851 | -9.4% | <0.1% | 3 | Space Station 3D | $31,741 | 55.8% | 405 | IMAX | - |
| 19 | 19 | $26,457 | -38.2% | <0.1% | 1 | Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans | $26,457 | 100% | 9 | First Look International | - |
| 21 | 16 | $25,151 | -77.6% | <0.1% | 3 | Me and Orson Welles | $24,221 | 96.3% | 8 | Freestyle Releasing | - |
| 22 | 22 | $18,986 | +15.3% | <0.1% | 2 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $17,986 | 94.7% | 120 | National Geographic Entertainment | - |
| 23 | 21 | $18,240 | +4.9% | <0.1% | 1 | The Messenger | $18,240 | 100% | 10 | Oscilloscope | - |
| 24 | 27 | $17,449 | +213.9% | <0.1% | 1 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $17,449 | 100% | 101 | 3D Entertainment | - |
| 25 | 40 | $15,460 | +2,296.9% | <0.1% | 1 | The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry | $15,460 | 100% | 18 | Five & Two Pictures | - |
| 27 | 34 | $11,680 | +399.6% | <0.1% | 1 | The Private Lives of Pippa Lee | $11,680 | 100% | 8 | Screen Media Films | - |
| 28 | 26 | $11,192 | +9.8% | <0.1% | 1 | The Maid | $11,192 | 100% | 14 | Elephant Eye Films | - |
| 29 | 25 | $10,986 | -11.6% | <0.1% | 3 | Sweetgrass | $9,360 | 85.2% | 2 | The Cinema Guild | - |
| 30 | 23 | $8,461 | -39% | <0.1% | 2 | Red Cliff | $6,855 | 81% | 9 | Magnolia Pictures | - |
| 31 | 36 | $6,260 | +300.5% | <0.1% | 2 | Mississippi Mermaid | $4,068 | 65% | 28 | The Film Desk | - |
| 33 | 28 | $4,652 | +10.9% | <0.1% | 2 | A Town Called Panic | $2,638 | 56.7% | 5 | Zeitgeist Films | - |
| 34 | 31 | $4,246 | +41.3% | <0.1% | 1 | Until the Light Takes Us | $4,246 | 100% | 7 | Variance Films | - |
| 36 | 29 | $2,893 | -29.2% | <0.1% | 3 | Four Seasons Lodge | $1,674 | 57.9% | 10 | First Run | - |
| 37 | 32 | $2,829 | +8% | <0.1% | 3 | Mystery Team | $1,630 | 57.6% | 21 | Roadside Attractions | - |
| 38 | 35 | $2,782 | +22.9% | <0.1% | 3 | The Missing Person | $2,077 | 74.7% | 9 | Strand Releasing | - |
| 39 | 30 | $2,590 | -35.4% | <0.1% | 3 | The Yes Men Fix the World | $1,865 | 72% | 17 | Shadow Distribution | - |
| 41 | 41 | $1,554 | +717.9% | <0.1% | 2 | Endgame | $920 | 59.2% | 11 | Monterey Media | - |
| 42 | 39 | $598 | -9% | <0.1% | 2 | $9.99 | $466 | 77.9% | 58 | Regent Releasing | - |
| 43 | 38 | $474 | -48.1% | <0.1% | 1 | The Slammin' Salmon | $474 | 100% | 6 | Anchor Bay Films | - |
