| Est. Rank | Rank | Diff | Release
| Est. Gross | Actual | Diff | % Diff | Theaters | Estimated Total | Actual | Weekend | Distributor
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| 1 | 1 | - | 21 Jump Street | $35,000,000 | $36,302,612 | +$1,302,612 | +3.7% | 3,121 | $35,000,000 | $36,302,612 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 2 | 2 | - | The Lorax | $22,800,000 | $22,764,760 | -$35,240 | -0.2% | 3,769 | - | $158,387,775 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 3 | 3 | - | John Carter | $13,515,000 | $13,569,795 | +$54,795 | +0.4% | 3,749 | $53,172,000 | $53,227,248 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 4 | 4 | - | Project X | $4,005,000 | $4,044,159 | +$39,159 | +1% | 2,922 | $48,131,000 | $48,170,005 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 5 | 6 | +1 | A Thousand Words | $3,750,000 | $3,632,932 | -$117,068 | -3.1% | 1,895 | $12,103,000 | $11,985,753 | 2 | DreamWorks | - |
| 6 | 5 | -1 | Act of Valor | $3,678,000 | $3,733,697 | +$55,697 | +1.5% | 2,765 | $62,398,000 | $62,454,066 | 4 | Relativity Media | - |
| 7 | 7 | - | Safe House | $2,800,000 | $2,716,795 | -$83,205 | -3% | 1,920 | $120,200,000 | $120,209,890 | 6 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 8 | 8 | - | Journey 2: The Mysterious Island | $2,460,000 | $2,388,320 | -$71,680 | -2.9% | 1,935 | $95,066,000 | $94,994,006 | 6 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 9 | 9 | - | Casa de mi Padre | $2,200,000 | $2,287,239 | +$87,239 | +4% | 382 | $2,200,000 | $2,287,239 | 1 | Lionsgate | - |
| 10 | 10 | - | This Means War | $2,125,000 | $2,141,760 | +$16,760 | +0.8% | 1,660 | $50,525,000 | $50,541,542 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 11 | 12 | +1 | The Vow | $2,100,000 | $2,094,103 | -$5,897 | -0.3% | 2,175 | $121,100,000 | $121,157,358 | 6 | Screen Gems | - |
| 12 | 11 | -1 | Silent House | $2,084,000 | $2,113,800 | +$29,800 | +1.4% | 2,124 | $10,576,000 | $10,605,544 | 2 | Open Road Films (II) | - |
| 13 | 13 | - | Friends with Kids | $1,500,000 | $1,454,561 | -$45,439 | -3% | 640 | $4,230,000 | $4,184,543 | 2 | Roadside Attractions | - |
| 14 | 14 | - | Good Deeds | $1,400,000 | $1,374,996 | -$25,004 | -1.8% | 1,016 | $32,756,000 | $32,731,329 | 4 | Lionsgate | - |
| 15 | 15 | - | The Artist | $1,067,000 | $1,042,955 | -$24,045 | -2.3% | 1,155 | $42,132,000 | $42,108,374 | 17 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 16 | 17 | +1 | Jeff, Who Lives at Home | $840,000 | $855,709 | +$15,709 | +1.9% | 254 | $840,000 | $855,709 | 1 | Paramount Vantage | - |
| 17 | 18 | +1 | Wanderlust | $520,000 | $520,025 | +$25 | <0.1% | 698 | $16,744,000 | $16,744,125 | 4 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 18 | 21 | +3 | A Separation | $510,000 | $470,880 | -$39,120 | -7.7% | 282 | $5,602,000 | $5,562,570 | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 19 | 19 | - | Chronicle | $485,000 | $489,090 | +$4,090 | +0.8% | 432 | $63,155,000 | $63,159,051 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 20 | 20 | - | Hugo | $475,000 | $487,073 | +$12,073 | +2.5% | 383 | $72,982,000 | $72,993,753 | 17 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 21 | 22 | +1 | Salmon Fishing in the Yemen | $455,000 | $460,536 | +$5,536 | +1.2% | 62 | $763,000 | $768,936 | 2 | CBS Films | - |
| 22 | 23 | +1 | The Iron Lady | $424,000 | $426,486 | +$2,486 | +0.6% | 456 | $28,613,000 | $28,615,758 | 12 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 23 | 24 | +1 | The Descendants | $276,000 | $291,231 | +$15,231 | +5.5% | 347 | $81,981,000 | $81,996,042 | 18 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - |
| 24 | 26 | +2 | Gone | $274,000 | $267,573 | -$6,427 | -2.3% | 476 | $11,366,000 | $11,359,667 | 4 | Lionsgate | - |
| 25 | 27 | +2 | Seeking Justice | $260,000 | $249,912 | -$10,088 | -3.9% | 231 | $260,000 | $249,912 | 1 | Anchor Bay Films | - |
| 26 | 28 | +2 | The Woman in Black | $235,000 | $241,607 | +$6,607 | +2.8% | 305 | $53,467,000 | $53,473,766 | 7 | CBS Films | - |
| 27 | 29 | +2 | The Secret World of Arrietty | $233,000 | $241,430 | +$8,430 | +3.6% | 304 | $18,011,000 | $18,019,366 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 28 | 30 | +2 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | $225,000 | $237,494 | +$12,494 | +5.6% | 229 | $208,770,000 | $208,782,805 | 14 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 29 | 31 | +2 | The Grey | $147,000 | $152,780 | +$5,780 | +3.9% | 219 | $51,164,000 | $51,170,062 | 8 | Open Road Films (II) | - |
| 30 | 32 | +2 | Being Flynn | $142,600 | $146,542 | +$3,942 | +2.8% | 88 | $262,600 | $266,528 | 3 | Focus Features | - |
| 31 | 36 | +5 | Big Miracle | $123,000 | $130,975 | +$7,975 | +6.5% | 236 | $19,784,000 | $19,792,425 | 7 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 32 | 38 | +6 | War Horse | $121,000 | $129,478 | +$8,478 | +7% | 200 | $79,496,000 | $79,504,534 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 33 | 40 | +7 | We Need to Talk About Kevin | $102,000 | $100,109 | -$1,891 | -1.9% | 65 | $1,205,000 | $1,202,296 | 15 | Oscilloscope | - |
| 34 | 39 | +5 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $95,000 | $102,372 | +$7,372 | +7.8% | 86 | $24,096,800 | $24,104,113 | 15 | Focus Features | - |
| 35 | 45 | +10 | The Adventures of Tintin | $75,000 | $80,274 | +$5,274 | +7% | 123 | $77,559,000 | $77,564,037 | 13 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 36 | 49 | +13 | Footnote | $72,100 | $67,087 | -$5,013 | -7% | 6 | $143,900 | $138,824 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 37 | 47 | +10 | In Darkness | $71,500 | $73,447 | +$1,947 | +2.7% | 52 | $700,400 | $702,319 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 38 | 50 | +12 | One for the Money | $62,000 | $63,190 | +$1,190 | +1.9% | 112 | $26,194,900 | $26,196,059 | 8 | Lionsgate | - |
| 39 | 52 | +13 | Undefeated | $52,400 | $52,829 | +$429 | +0.8% | 21 | $330,400 | $330,888 | 5 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 40 | 53 | +13 | The Kid with a Bike | $51,000 | $45,933 | -$5,067 | -9.9% | 3 | $51,000 | $45,933 | 1 | IFC Films | - |
| 41 | 56 | +15 | The Devil Inside | $33,000 | $38,519 | +$5,519 | +16.7% | 77 | $53,240,000 | $53,245,055 | 11 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 42 | 60 | +18 | Coriolanus | $31,400 | $33,805 | +$2,405 | +7.7% | 21 | $528,800 | $531,283 | 9 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 43 | 65 | +22 | My Week with Marilyn | $25,700 | $26,506 | +$806 | +3.1% | 50 | $14,554,100 | $14,554,944 | 17 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 44 | 64 | +20 | W.E. | $25,700 | $26,704 | +$1,004 | +3.9% | 20 | $428,000 | $428,967 | 7 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 45 | 68 | +23 | Boy | $21,100 | $21,100 | $0 | - | 7 | $72,200 | $72,200 | 3 | Unison Films | - |
| 46 | 67 | +21 | The Muppets | $20,000 | $21,928 | +$1,928 | +9.6% | 52 | $88,585,000 | $88,586,976 | 17 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 47 | 75 | +28 | Detachment | $11,100 | $10,739 | -$361 | -3.3% | 2 | $11,100 | $10,739 | 1 | Tribeca Films | - |
