| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Avatar | $27,966 | -40.1% | 5 | -3 | $5,593 | $980,609 | 7 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 2 | - | The Book of Eli | $20,098 | - | 5 | - | $4,019 | $20,098 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 3 | - | It's Complicated | $17,682 | - | 5 | - | $3,536 | $19,751 | 1 | United International Pictures | true | false |
| 4 | 2 | Sherlock Holmes | $13,905 | -56.4% | 7 | - | $1,986 | $161,519 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 5 | - | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | $13,050 | - | 7 | - | $1,864 | $18,810 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 6 | 4 | Mamma Gógó | $10,498 | -26.6% | 5 | - | $2,099 | $149,062 | 5 | N/A | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | Planet 51 | $10,316 | -19.4% | 2 | -4 | $5,158 | $24,511 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 8 | 3 | Mr. Bjarnfreðarson | $9,112 | -52.6% | 5 | -4 | $1,822 | $583,448 | 6 | N/A | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | Up in the Air | $4,149 | -38.9% | 3 | - | $1,383 | $17,582 | 2 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 6 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | $4,017 | -62.3% | 5 | -1 | $803 | $154,895 | 6 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | Did You Hear About the Morgans? | $1,783 | -40.6% | 1 | -1 | $1,783 | $36,794 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 12 | - | Where the Wild Things Are | $1,460 | - | 1 | - | $1,460 | $1,460 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 13 | 8 | The Princess and the Frog | $1,317 | -59.4% | 5 | - | $263 | $56,815 | 6 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 11 | Harry Brown | $963 | -21.1% | 1 | - | $963 | $5,530 | 3 | N/A | false | false |
| 15 | 10 | The Road | $790 | -60.1% | 1 | - | $790 | $24,870 | 4 | N/A | false | false |
| 16 | 12 | Julie & Julia | $727 | -10.8% | 1 | - | $727 | $26,853 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 17 | 16 | Whip It | $438 | +16.5% | 2 | - | $219 | $9,207 | 4 | N/A | false | false |
