| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 1 | $814,590 | -30.1% | 46.1% | 5 | Avatar | $557,237 | 68.4% | 7 | 20th Century Fox International | - |
| 2 | 2 | $243,768 | -24.8% | 13.8% | 1 | It's Complicated | $243,768 | 100% | 2 | United International Pictures | - |
| 3 | 10 | $136,299 | +1,678.7% | 7.7% | 2 | Nine | $133,168 | 97.7% | 53 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 4 | 3 | $124,423 | -49.7% | 7% | 3 | The Lovely Bones | $60,691 | 48.8% | 6 | Paramount Pictures International | - |
| 5 | 4 | $124,132 | -43.1% | 7% | 5 | Sherlock Holmes | $108,314 | 87.3% | 6 | Roadshow Films | - |
| 7 | 5 | $55,249 | -52.2% | 3.1% | 3 | Old Dogs | $29,560 | 53.5% | 4 | Walt Disney Pictures | - |
| 8 | 6 | $49,050 | -53.6% | 2.8% | 5 | Paranormal Activity | $46,131 | 94% | 5 | Icon Film Distribution Australia | - |
| 9 | 8 | $48,121 | -31.6% | 2.7% | 2 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $44,872 | 93.2% | 7 | Rialto Distribution | - |
| 10 | 7 | $42,010 | -44.6% | 2.4% | 5 | Astro Boy | $35,992 | 85.7% | 2 | Hoyts Distribution | - |
| 11 | 9 | $5,885 | -32.8% | 0.3% | 2 | Veer | $4,739 | 80.5% | 2 | - | - |
| 12 | 12 | $3,967 | -29.7% | 0.2% | 1 | Noodle | $3,967 | 100% | 2 | - | - |
| 13 | 11 | $2,498 | -60.9% | 0.1% | 2 | 3 Idiots | $1,747 | 69.9% | 6 | Mind Blowing Films | - |
| 14 | 13 | $1,702 | -68.7% | <0.1% | 3 | Cold Souls | $583 | 34.3% | 3 | Madman Entertainment | - |
| 15 | 14 | $357 | -83.3% | <0.1% | 3 | Whatever Works | $169 | 47.3% | 4 | Hopscotch Films | - |
