| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Avatar | $1,067,247 | -12.8% | 66 | -6 | $16,170 | $18,154,714 | 8 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 2 | - | Father of Four | $646,980 | - | 122 | - | $5,303 | $831,094 | 1 | Scanbox Entertainment | true | false |
| 3 | - | Edge of Darkness | $184,357 | - | 28 | - | $6,584 | $189,411 | 1 | Nordisk Film | true | false |
| 4 | 2 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | $167,038 | -40.2% | 72 | - | $2,319 | $878,104 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | It's Complicated | $131,059 | -13.7% | 40 | - | $3,276 | $679,346 | 3 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | Up in the Air | $121,882 | -7.1% | 16 | - | $7,617 | $321,377 | 2 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | - | Precious | $114,594 | - | 10 | - | $11,459 | $158,041 | 1 | Miracle Films | true | false |
| 8 | 6 | The Road | $103,868 | -20% | 17 | +1 | $6,109 | $318,069 | 2 | Scanbox Entertainment | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest | $100,985 | -18% | 48 | -2 | $2,103 | $8,968,881 | 11 | Nordisk Film | false | false |
| 10 | 3 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | $86,389 | -44.6% | 55 | -19 | $1,570 | $3,443,095 | 7 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | Sherlock Holmes | $71,238 | -39.2% | 39 | -5 | $1,826 | $2,650,040 | 7 | Sandrew Metronome Distribution Sverige AB | false | false |
| 12 | 9 | Nine | $45,766 | -9.8% | 46 | -8 | $994 | $443,132 | 4 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 10 | The Woman Who Dreamed of a Man | $34,194 | -31.7% | 24 | -6 | $1,424 | $255,976 | 3 | Nordisk Film | false | false |
| 14 | 11 | Everything Will Be Fine | $29,175 | -36.4% | 17 | - | $1,716 | $89,067 | 2 | Filmcompagniet | false | false |
| 15 | 15 | The White Ribbon | $25,499 | -10.8% | 5 | +1 | $5,099 | $189,095 | 4 | Camera Film | false | false |
| 16 | 16 | Vågn | $21,684 | -18.8% | 19 | -4 | $1,141 | $768,660 | 7 | Nordisk Film | false | false |
| 17 | 20 | The Concert | $17,419 | +31.4% | 7 | +2 | $2,488 | $188,542 | 7 | Camera Film | false | false |
| 18 | 12 | Did You Hear About the Morgans? | $15,759 | -58.5% | 22 | -17 | $716 | $624,510 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 19 | 18 | The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | $15,572 | -31.7% | 8 | - | $1,946 | $642,243 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 20 | 13 | Coco Before Chanel | $13,137 | -59.1% | 20 | -28 | $656 | $1,178,721 | 9 | Filmcompagniet | false | false |
| 21 | 21 | The Stepfather | $1,668 | -61.1% | 2 | - | $834 | $7,154 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
