| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Underworld: Awakening | $410,631 | - | 61 | - | $6,731 | $410,631 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 2 | - | The Descendants | $304,215 | - | 19 | - | $16,011 | $304,215 | 1 | 20th Century Fox International | true | false |
| 3 | 1 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $209,624 | -37.7% | 70 | -7 | $2,994 | $1,459,368 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 4 | 2 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $140,818 | -45.5% | 46 | -12 | $3,061 | $2,729,315 | 4 | Roadshow Films | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | J. Edgar | $109,234 | -50.5% | 39 | -4 | $2,800 | $421,633 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 6 | 6 | Puss in Boots | $100,727 | -15% | 73 | -6 | $1,379 | $2,293,538 | 6 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | War Horse | $97,054 | -23.4% | 35 | +1 | $2,772 | $279,002 | 2 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 4 | The Iron Lady | $93,189 | -43.1% | 18 | -1 | $5,177 | $626,025 | 3 | Odeon | false | false |
| 9 | - | Man on a Ledge | $78,670 | - | 20 | - | $3,933 | $78,670 | 1 | Odeon | true | false |
| 10 | 10 | The Artist | $31,168 | -19.2% | 16 | - | $1,948 | $520,847 | 6 | N/A | false | false |
| 11 | 11 | Arthur Christmas | $5,614 | -26.7% | 15 | -4 | $374 | $1,341,032 | 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
