| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | The Muppets | $399,027 | - | 145 | - | $2,751 | $524,383 | 1 | Walt Disney Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | The Descendants | $368,806 | +14.7% | 56 | +16 | $6,585 | $844,484 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | - | The Devil Inside | $318,074 | - | 55 | - | $5,783 | $318,074 | 1 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | true | false |
| 4 | 3 | War Horse | $232,115 | -8.2% | 99 | +2 | $2,344 | $593,482 | 2 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 2 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $217,335 | -14.1% | 103 | -1 | $2,110 | $2,081,216 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | Jack and Jill | $215,419 | -11.5% | 61 | - | $3,531 | $561,796 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 7 | - | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 2012 3D Release | $189,760 | - | 77 | - | $2,464 | $189,760 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 8 | 5 | Süskind | $182,685 | -13.1% | 112 | +2 | $1,631 | $1,407,261 | 4 | N/A | false | false |
| 9 | - | Shame | $98,432 | - | 20 | - | $4,921 | $127,582 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 10 | 6 | The Iron Lady | $98,341 | -5.1% | 53 | - | $1,855 | $1,392,293 | 5 | N/A | false | false |
| 11 | 7 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | $90,078 | -5% | 47 | -21 | $1,916 | $5,033,016 | 8 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 12 | 12 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $69,626 | -2.9% | 103 | -9 | $675 | $6,274,951 | 9 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 13 | 9 | The Help | $62,674 | -16.8% | 72 | - | $870 | $1,756,518 | 7 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 11 | Puss in Boots | $60,059 | -17.1% | 108 | -17 | $556 | $5,679,994 | 10 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 15 | 8 | Nova Zembla | $54,582 | -29.7% | 65 | -29 | $839 | $10,851,343 | 12 | Benelux Film Distributors | false | false |
| 16 | 10 | Black Out | $45,210 | -38.9% | 43 | -14 | $1,051 | $385,731 | 3 | N/A | false | false |
| 17 | 15 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $44,349 | -22.9% | 37 | -13 | $1,198 | $4,352,807 | 9 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 18 | 13 | A Good Old Fashioned Orgy | $35,940 | -41.9% | 25 | -5 | $1,437 | $343,187 | 3 | Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) | false | false |
| 19 | 14 | The Darkest Hour | $29,744 | -51.2% | 28 | -20 | $1,062 | $1,054,357 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 20 | 17 | Le Havre | $25,677 | -12.7% | 15 | +1 | $1,711 | $86,663 | 2 | A-Film Distribution | false | false |
