| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $39,287 | -21.5% | 13 | - | $3,022 | $304,804 | 3 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Letters to Santa | $32,664 | +5.6% | 11 | - | $2,969 | $238,468 | 4 | N/A | false | false |
| 3 | - | Jack and Jill | $30,810 | - | 6 | - | $5,135 | $30,810 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 4 | 3 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $25,779 | +11.3% | 10 | - | $2,577 | $178,225 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | $21,707 | -1.2% | 11 | - | $1,973 | $218,905 | 4 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $21,040 | -1.5% | 11 | - | $1,912 | $53,674 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 7 | 8 | The Parade | $13,610 | +108.3% | 3 | - | $4,536 | $34,618 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | New Year's Eve | $6,987 | -56.2% | 10 | - | $698 | $191,457 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 9 | - | The Muppets | $5,638 | - | 10 | - | $563 | $6,784 | 1 | Walt Disney Pictures | true | false |
| 10 | 7 | Arthur Christmas | $3,936 | -75.1% | 12 | -4 | $328 | $187,892 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 11 | 11 | The Help | $2,611 | +106.4% | 5 | - | $522 | $22,300 | 5 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 9 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | $2,247 | +12.9% | 12 | - | $187 | $334,922 | 8 | N/A | false | false |
| 13 | 10 | Midnight in Paris | $1,354 | -4% | 3 | - | $451 | $60,163 | 7 | N/A | false | false |
| 14 | 12 | Moneyball | $442 | -40.9% | 3 | -2 | $147 | $28,086 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
