| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $50,078 | +31.5% | 13 | - | $3,852 | $251,963 | 2 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 2 | 3 | Letters to Santa | $30,936 | +5.7% | 11 | - | $2,812 | $188,838 | 3 | N/A | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $23,169 | -36% | 10 | - | $2,316 | $139,764 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | $21,974 | -16.2% | 11 | - | $1,997 | $187,357 | 3 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | - | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $21,355 | - | 11 | - | $1,941 | $21,355 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 6 | 5 | New Year's Eve | $15,964 | -28.3% | 10 | - | $1,596 | $180,013 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | Arthur Christmas | $15,831 | -24.1% | 16 | - | $989 | $179,058 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 8 | - | The Parade | $6,534 | - | 3 | - | $2,178 | $14,996 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 9 | 9 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | $1,991 | -30.6% | 12 | - | $165 | $331,822 | 7 | N/A | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | Midnight in Paris | $1,411 | -63.5% | 3 | - | $470 | $57,891 | 6 | N/A | false | false |
| 11 | 12 | The Help | $1,265 | -8.9% | 5 | - | $253 | $18,609 | 4 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | Moneyball | $748 | -67% | 5 | - | $149 | $27,299 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 13 | 8 | In Time | $697 | -75.9% | 6 | - | $116 | $102,428 | 9 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
