| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Avatar | $69,926,708 | $50,306,217 | 71.9% | $19,620,491 | 28.1% | 3,422 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 2 | Sherlock Holmes | $21,625,634 | $16,585,327 | 76.7% | $5,040,307 | 23.3% | 3,626 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 3 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | $19,207,167 | $16,566,489 | 86.2% | $2,640,678 | 13.8% | 3,641 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 4 | Daybreakers | $19,188,401 | $15,146,692 | 78.9% | $4,041,709 | 21.1% | 2,523 | 1 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 5 | It's Complicated | $15,189,160 | $11,007,875 | 72.5% | $4,181,285 | 27.5% | 2,955 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Leap Year | $11,701,170 | $9,202,815 | 78.6% | $2,498,355 | 21.4% | 2,511 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | The Blind Side | $9,762,356 | $7,531,467 | 77.2% | $2,230,889 | 22.8% | 2,880 | 8 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 8 | Up in the Air | $9,731,277 | $7,159,294 | 73.6% | $2,571,983 | 26.4% | 2,218 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Youth in Revolt | $9,139,032 | $6,888,334 | 75.4% | $2,250,698 | 24.6% | 1,873 | 1 | Dimension Films | - | false |
| 10 | The Princess and the Frog | $5,633,760 | $4,651,156 | 82.6% | $982,604 | 17.4% | 2,620 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | $2,525,238 | $1,762,637 | 69.8% | $762,601 | 30.2% | 607 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 12 | Invictus | $2,384,409 | $1,722,246 | 72.2% | $662,163 | 27.8% | 1,340 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 13 | Nine | $2,344,796 | $1,614,900 | 68.9% | $729,896 | 31.1% | 1,060 | 4 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 14 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | $2,260,941 | $1,703,809 | 75.4% | $557,132 | 24.6% | 1,167 | 8 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 15 | Did You Hear About the Morgans? | $2,089,756 | $1,546,172 | 74% | $543,584 | 26% | 1,820 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 16 | The Young Victoria | $1,746,739 | $1,180,595 | 67.6% | $566,144 | 32.4% | 476 | 4 | Apparition | - | false |
| 17 | 3 Idiots | $718,794 | $595,438 | 82.8% | $123,356 | 17.2% | 156 | 4 | Reliance Big Pictures | - | false |
| 18 | Precious | $673,003 | $464,718 | 69% | $208,285 | 31% | 408 | 10 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 19 | Crazy Heart | $642,975 | $462,126 | 71.9% | $180,849 | 28.1% | 33 | 5 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 20 | Broken Embraces | $525,961 | $370,691 | 70.5% | $155,270 | 29.5% | 111 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 21 | A Single Man | $519,981 | $359,845 | 69.2% | $160,136 | 30.8% | 48 | 5 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 22 | Brothers | $515,138 | $364,633 | 70.8% | $150,505 | 29.2% | 428 | 6 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 23 | 2012 | $485,919 | $367,265 | 75.6% | $118,654 | 24.4% | 351 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 24 | Fantastic Mr. Fox | $450,715 | $285,239 | 63.3% | $165,476 | 36.7% | 265 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 25 | Old Dogs | $399,522 | $297,828 | 74.6% | $101,694 | 25.4% | 352 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 26 | The Road | $384,818 | $253,455 | 65.9% | $131,363 | 34.1% | 207 | 8 | Dimension Films | - | false |
| 27 | An Education | $238,780 | $167,839 | 70.3% | $70,941 | 29.7% | 89 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 28 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | $238,314 | $195,935 | 82.2% | $42,379 | 17.8% | 222 | 17 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 29 | Where the Wild Things Are | $223,002 | $171,676 | 77% | $51,326 | 23% | 243 | 13 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 30 | Couples Retreat | $200,915 | $147,750 | 73.5% | $53,165 | 26.5% | 197 | 14 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 31 | The Men Who Stare at Goats | $183,288 | $120,976 | 66% | $62,312 | 34% | 198 | 10 | Overture Films | - | false |
| 32 | Law Abiding Citizen | $160,694 | $110,626 | 68.8% | $50,068 | 31.2% | 194 | 13 | Overture Films | - | false |
| 33 | Ninja Assassin | $102,078 | $71,024 | 69.6% | $31,054 | 30.4% | 101 | 8 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 34 | Armored | $99,082 | $99,082 | 100% | $0 | - | 118 | 6 | Screen Gems | - | false |
| 35 | Under the Sea 3D | $97,068 | $59,199 | 61% | $37,869 | 39% | 28 | 48 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 36 | Planet 51 | $95,494 | $82,049 | 85.9% | $13,445 | 14.1% | 132 | 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 37 | The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day | $92,596 | $60,974 | 65.8% | $31,622 | 34.2% | 75 | 11 | Apparition | - | false |
| 38 | Crazy on the Outside | $88,335 | $64,438 | 73% | $23,897 | 27% | 75 | 1 | Freestyle Releasing | - | false |
| 39 | A Christmas Carol | $80,776 | $57,221 | 70.8% | $23,555 | 29.2% | 118 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 40 | The White Ribbon | $74,961 | $48,374 | 64.5% | $26,587 | 35.5% | 5 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 41 | Space Station 3D | $63,516 | $34,518 | 54.4% | $28,998 | 45.6% | 6 | 404 | IMAX | - | false |
| 42 | Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans | $59,526 | $42,814 | 71.9% | $16,712 | 28.1% | 43 | 8 | First Look International | - | false |
| 43 | The Lovely Bones | $57,155 | $38,572 | 67.5% | $18,583 | 32.5% | 3 | 5 | DreamWorks | - | false |
| 44 | Astro Boy | $56,493 | $44,287 | 78.4% | $12,206 | 21.6% | 106 | 12 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 45 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $54,455 | $27,548 | 50.6% | $26,907 | 49.4% | 4 | 225 | IMAX | - | false |
| 46 | Me and Orson Welles | $54,173 | $35,598 | 65.7% | $18,575 | 34.3% | 35 | 8 | Freestyle Releasing | - | false |
| 47 | Paranormal Activity | $36,422 | $27,023 | 74.2% | $9,399 | 25.8% | 103 | 16 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 48 | Coco Before Chanel | $36,009 | $15,580 | 43.3% | $20,429 | 56.7% | 23 | 16 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 49 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $34,055 | $15,986 | 46.9% | $18,069 | 53.1% | 8 | 119 | National Geographic Entertainment | - | false |
| 50 | The Messenger | $28,830 | $17,386 | 60.3% | $11,444 | 39.7% | 22 | 9 | Oscilloscope | - | false |
| 51 | La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet | $19,072 | $12,975 | 68% | $6,097 | 32% | 14 | 11 | Zipporah Films | - | false |
| 52 | Sweetgrass | $18,510 | $9,870 | 53.3% | $8,640 | 46.7% | 1 | 2 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 53 | Bitch Slap | $16,788 | $12,254 | 73% | $4,534 | 27% | 3 | 1 | Freestyle Releasing | - | false |
| 54 | Amelia | $15,614 | $10,160 | 65.1% | $5,454 | 34.9% | 22 | 12 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 55 | Deep Sea | $14,274 | $11,762 | 82.4% | $2,512 | 17.6% | 2 | 202 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 56 | Red Cliff | $13,131 | $9,299 | 70.8% | $3,832 | 29.2% | 16 | 9 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 57 | The Maid | $12,294 | $10,189 | 82.9% | $2,105 | 17.1% | 11 | 13 | Elephant Eye Films | - | false |
| 58 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $7,227 | $5,559 | 76.9% | $1,668 | 23.1% | 4 | 100 | 3D Entertainment | - | false |
| 59 | Wonderful World | $6,699 | $4,582 | 68.4% | $2,117 | 31.6% | 4 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 60 | The Yes Men Fix the World | $6,567 | $2,117 | 32.2% | $4,450 | 67.8% | 5 | 16 | Shadow Distribution | - | false |
| 61 | Until the Light Takes Us | $6,456 | $3,004 | 46.5% | $3,452 | 53.5% | 1 | 6 | Variance Films | - | false |
| 62 | The Horse Boy | $5,087 | $2,534 | 49.8% | $2,553 | 50.2% | 2 | 16 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 63 | The Sun 2009 Re-release | $5,036 | $2,599 | 51.6% | $2,437 | 48.4% | 2 | 9 | Lorber Films | - | false |
| 64 | The Private Lives of Pippa Lee | $4,565 | $2,338 | 51.2% | $2,227 | 48.8% | 2 | 7 | Screen Media Films | - | false |
| 65 | Killing Kasztner | $4,505 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 12 | Sky Island Films | - | false |
| 66 | Waiting for Armageddon | $4,214 | $2,579 | 61.2% | $1,635 | 38.8% | 1 | 1 | First Run | - | false |
| 67 | Brutal Beauty: Tales of the Rose City Rollers | $4,030 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | Cinema Purgatorio | - | false |
| 68 | Good Hair | $2,960 | $2,577 | 87.1% | $383 | 12.9% | 3 | 14 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 69 | Four Seasons Lodge | $2,811 | $1,505 | 53.5% | $1,306 | 46.5% | 3 | 10 | First Run | - | false |
| 70 | The Wedding Song | $2,570 | $1,449 | 56.4% | $1,121 | 43.6% | 4 | 14 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 71 | Small Change | $2,395 | $1,317 | 55% | $1,078 | 45% | 1 | 8 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| 72 | A Town Called Panic | $2,345 | $1,662 | 70.9% | $683 | 29.1% | 1 | 5 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 73 | Harmony and Me | $2,192 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 17 | N/A | - | false |
| 74 | The Beaches of Agnès | $1,841 | $1,470 | 79.8% | $371 | 20.2% | 4 | 29 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 75 | 35 Shots of Rum | $1,651 | $1,082 | 65.5% | $569 | 34.5% | 2 | 18 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 76 | The Slammin' Salmon | $1,443 | $914 | 63.3% | $529 | 36.7% | 1 | 5 | Anchor Bay Films | - | false |
| 77 | Under Our Skin | $1,360 | $1,294 | 95.2% | $66 | 4.8% | 2 | 30 | Shadow Distribution | - | false |
| 78 | Seraphine | $1,241 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 32 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 79 | Big Fan | $1,220 | $1,220 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 20 | First Independent Pictures | - | false |
| 80 | Crude | $1,080 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 19 | First Run | - | false |
| 81 | Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love | $1,076 | $600 | 55.8% | $476 | 44.2% | 1 | 31 | Shadow Distribution | - | false |
| 82 | The Missing Person | $1,075 | $815 | 75.8% | $260 | 24.2% | 1 | 8 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 83 | The Damned United | $965 | $790 | 81.9% | $175 | 18.1% | 2 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 84 | Departures | $680 | $657 | 96.6% | $23 | 3.4% | 2 | 33 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| 85 | Monsieur Verdoux | $665 | $246 | 37% | $419 | 63% | 1 | 96 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| 86 | Galapagos | $664 | $664 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 533 | IMAX | - | false |
| 87 | The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry | $645 | $645 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 17 | Five & Two Pictures | - | false |
| 88 | Amreeka | $484 | $484 | 100% | $0 | - | 2 | 19 | National Geographic Entertainment | - | false |
| 89 | Trucker | $276 | $190 | 68.8% | $86 | 31.2% | 2 | 14 | Monterey Media | - | false |
| 90 | The September Issue | $250 | $30 | 12% | $220 | 88% | 1 | 20 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 91 | Endgame | $198 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 10 | Monterey Media | - | false |
| 92 | From Mexico with Love | $12 | $12 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 14 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| - | Police, Adjective | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | IFC Films | - | false |
| - | The Cove | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 24 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| - | The Little Traitor | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 12 | N/A | - | false |
| - | The Wild Child | - | - | - | - | - | - | 62 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| - | Peter and Vandy | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| - | Mystery Team | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| - | The Headless Woman | - | - | - | - | - | - | 22 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| - | Cloud 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 22 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| - | Le combat dans l'île | - | - | - | - | - | - | 31 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| - | Mississippi Mermaid | - | - | - | - | - | - | 27 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| - | That Evening Sun | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | Freestyle Releasing | - | false |
| - | $9.99 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 57 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
