| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 15 | 13 | Jack and Jill | $82 | +164.5% | 1 | - | $82 | $30,516 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 7 | 7 | The Sitter | $8,528 | +111.7% | 3 | - | $2,842 | $23,330 | 2 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 4 | 5 | Puss in Boots | $12,091 | +92% | 6 | -4 | $2,015 | $80,623 | 5 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 12 | Happy Feet Two | $1,473 | +87.9% | 2 | - | $736 | $41,143 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | Sea Level | $3,505 | +71.1% | 6 | - | $584 | $12,287 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $6,714 | +61.8% | 4 | -1 | $1,678 | $44,423 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 3 | 4 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $12,094 | +50% | 5 | - | $2,418 | $72,107 | 4 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | $17,664 | +22.5% | 6 | -1 | $2,944 | $204,410 | 4 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 1 | 1 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $35,886 | -7.9% | 6 | -1 | $5,981 | $158,675 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | Arthur Christmas | $1,312 | -9.5% | 2 | -2 | $656 | $47,143 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | New Year's Eve | $11,738 | -15.8% | 6 | - | $1,956 | $108,170 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 14 | 11 | The Adventures of Tintin | $582 | -34.4% | 1 | - | $582 | $350,981 | 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 13 | 9 | A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas | $791 | -45.8% | 3 | - | $263 | $85,735 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 6 | - | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $10,999 | - | 2 | - | $5,499 | $10,999 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 9 | - | My Week with Marilyn | $3,719 | - | 1 | - | $3,719 | $3,719 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
