| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Journey 2: The Mysterious Island | $1,860,062 | - | 344 | - | $5,407 | $1,860,062 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 2 | - | The Devil Inside | $1,183,941 | - | 275 | - | $4,305 | $1,183,942 | 1 | Paramount Pictures International | true | false |
| 3 | 2 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $779,288 | -47.3% | 363 | -67 | $2,146 | $12,967,489 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $718,650 | -33.2% | 237 | -11 | $3,032 | $2,539,592 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 5 | 1 | The Adventures of Tintin | $668,161 | -64.7% | 389 | -55 | $1,717 | $9,734,654 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | The Descendants | $642,631 | -33.5% | 149 | -5 | $4,312 | $2,257,198 | 2 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 7 | 3 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $632,177 | -53.1% | 455 | -38 | $1,389 | $242,108,631 | 5 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 8 | - | Man on a Ledge | $592,593 | - | 200 | - | $2,962 | $878,056 | 1 | Paris Filmes | true | false |
| 9 | - | Beauty and the Beast 2012 3D Release | $343,021 | - | 115 | - | $2,982 | $371,954 | 1 | Walt Disney Pictures | true | false |
| 10 | - | The Help | $257,071 | - | 72 | - | $3,570 | $280,050 | 1 | Walt Disney Pictures | true | false |
| 11 | 7 | J. Edgar | $174,922 | -37.3% | 77 | +1 | $2,271 | $642,121 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 12 | 14 | The Music According to Antonio Carlos Jobim | $38,809 | -43.5% | 15 | -3 | $2,587 | $317,973 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 13 | 15 | Restless | $2,140 | +121.5% | 10 | +4 | $214 | $191,367 | 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 14 | 16 | Arthur Christmas | $751 | -5.9% | 4 | -3 | $187 | $2,908,543 | 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 15 | 18 | Friends with Benefits | $211 | -29.9% | 1 | - | $211 | $7,038,000 | 19 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 16 | 17 | Zookeeper | $159 | -47.5% | 1 | -1 | $159 | $5,512,028 | 18 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
