| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $79,006 | - | 9 | - | $8,778 | $224,943 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 2 | - | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | $71,888 | - | 11 | - | $6,535 | $576,109 | 4 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | - | Where Do We Go Now? | $39,664 | - | 8 | - | $4,958 | $2,176,902 | 16 | N/A | false | false |
| 4 | - | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $36,113 | - | 7 | - | $5,159 | $36,113 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 5 | - | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $26,799 | - | 8 | - | $3,349 | $210,496 | 4 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 6 | - | New Year's Eve | $26,703 | - | 5 | - | $5,340 | $174,467 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 7 | - | The Intouchables | $24,768 | - | 6 | - | $4,128 | $24,768 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 8 | - | Hugo | $20,187 | - | 7 | - | $2,883 | $96,120 | 3 | N/A | false | false |
| 9 | - | X-Large | $18,638 | - | 5 | - | $3,727 | $53,135 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 10 | - | Jack and Jill | $15,687 | - | 3 | - | $5,229 | $305,579 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 11 | - | Warrior | $11,077 | - | 6 | - | $1,846 | $11,077 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 12 | - | Arthur Christmas | $8,899 | - | 6 | - | $1,483 | $137,743 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 13 | - | Puss in Boots | $6,177 | - | 2 | - | $3,088 | $229,738 | 7 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | - | And Soon the Darkness | $5,407 | - | 4 | - | $1,351 | $5,407 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 15 | - | The Artist | $2,605 | - | 1 | - | $2,605 | $17,109 | 4 | - | false | false |
| 16 | - | The Tree of Life | $1,734 | - | 3 | - | $578 | $15,067 | 3 | Italian International Film | false | false |
| 17 | - | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | $1,467 | - | 1 | - | $1,467 | $505,096 | 8 | Jaguar Film International Distribution | false | false |
| 18 | - | The Muppets | $1,031 | - | 2 | - | $515 | $18,478 | 4 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 19 | - | A Matador's Mistress 2011 Re-release | $644 | - | 1 | - | $644 | $8,994 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 20 | - | Immortals | $166 | - | 1 | - | $166 | $406,618 | 9 | N/A | false | false |
| 21 | - | I Don't Know How She Does It | $60 | - | 1 | - | $60 | $29,880 | 8 | Italian International Film | false | false |
