| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 1 | $83,299,796 | -7% | 33.7% | 3 | Avatar | $66,330,413 | 79.6% | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 2 | 2 | $69,311,648 | +102.6% | 28.1% | 8 | The Book of Eli | $45,003,193 | 64.9% | 1 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 3 | 20 | $22,357,778 | +39,017.8% | 9.1% | 1 | The Lovely Bones | $22,357,778 | 100% | 6 | DreamWorks | - |
| 4 | 4 | $21,923,210 | +7.6% | 8.9% | 4 | The Spy Next Door | $13,960,095 | 63.7% | 1 | Lionsgate | - |
| 5 | 3 | $20,346,485 | -24.9% | 8.2% | 3 | It's Complicated | $11,908,235 | 58.5% | 4 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 6 | 5 | $7,978,183 | -18.3% | 3.2% | 2 | Up in the Air | $7,970,508 | 99.9% | 7 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 7 | 7 | $4,798,897 | -21.5% | 1.9% | 3 | The Princess and the Frog | $4,425,902 | 92.2% | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 8 | 6 | $4,509,701 | -52.6% | 1.8% | 2 | Youth in Revolt | $4,310,873 | 95.6% | 2 | Dimension Films | - |
| 9 | 8 | $2,756,606 | -19% | 1.1% | 7 | The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | $1,637,982 | 59.4% | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 10 | 10 | $2,273,766 | -20.6% | 0.9% | 2 | A Single Man | $1,302,520 | 57.3% | 6 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 11 | 9 | $2,005,834 | -31.1% | 0.8% | 4 | 2012 | $656,769 | 32.7% | 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 12 | 12 | $1,523,890 | -17.1% | 0.6% | 2 | The Young Victoria | $1,476,605 | 96.9% | 5 | Apparition | - |
| 13 | 11 | $1,384,272 | -40.3% | 0.6% | 2 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | $1,361,039 | 98.3% | 9 | Summit Entertainment | - |
| 14 | 14 | $1,084,879 | +64.7% | 0.4% | 1 | Crazy Heart | $1,084,879 | 100% | 6 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - |
| 15 | 13 | $421,460 | -41.4% | 0.2% | 1 | 3 Idiots | $421,460 | 100% | 5 | Reliance Big Pictures | - |
| 16 | 15 | $196,480 | -42.9% | <0.1% | 2 | The Men Who Stare at Goats | $106,117 | 54% | 11 | Overture Films | - |
| 18 | 17 | $111,535 | -6% | <0.1% | 3 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $60,088 | 53.9% | 226 | IMAX | - |
| 20 | 19 | $41,015 | -31.1% | <0.1% | 1 | Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans | $41,015 | 100% | 9 | First Look International | - |
| 21 | 16 | $40,108 | -74.8% | <0.1% | 3 | Me and Orson Welles | $39,128 | 97.6% | 9 | Freestyle Releasing | - |
| 22 | 21 | $33,711 | -2.4% | <0.1% | 2 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $29,391 | 87.2% | 120 | National Geographic Entertainment | - |
| 23 | 22 | $29,796 | +3.4% | <0.1% | 1 | The Messenger | $29,796 | 100% | 10 | Oscilloscope | - |
| 24 | 30 | $27,940 | +286.6% | <0.1% | 1 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $27,940 | 100% | 101 | 3D Entertainment | - |
| 26 | 43 | $20,119 | +3,019.2% | <0.1% | 1 | The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry | $20,119 | 100% | 18 | Five & Two Pictures | - |
| 27 | 23 | $16,816 | -23.6% | <0.1% | 3 | Sweetgrass | $14,412 | 85.7% | 3 | The Cinema Guild | - |
| 28 | 33 | $16,034 | +251.2% | <0.1% | 1 | The Private Lives of Pippa Lee | $16,034 | 100% | 8 | Screen Media Films | - |
| 29 | 25 | $15,504 | -18.7% | <0.1% | 1 | La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet | $15,504 | 100% | 12 | Zipporah Films | - |
| 30 | 26 | $15,224 | +23.8% | <0.1% | 1 | The Maid | $15,224 | 100% | 14 | Elephant Eye Films | - |
| 31 | 24 | $13,476 | -32% | <0.1% | 2 | Red Cliff | $10,866 | 80.6% | 10 | Magnolia Pictures | - |
| 32 | 29 | $9,547 | +28.5% | <0.1% | 2 | The Horse Boy | $5,271 | 55.2% | 17 | Zeitgeist Films | - |
| 33 | 34 | $9,146 | +103% | <0.1% | 1 | Killing Kasztner | $9,146 | 100% | 13 | Sky Island Films | - |
| 34 | 38 | $6,667 | +117.9% | <0.1% | 3 | Mississippi Mermaid | $4,068 | 61% | 28 | The Film Desk | - |
| 35 | 31 | $6,514 | +0.9% | <0.1% | 1 | Until the Light Takes Us | $6,514 | 100% | 7 | Variance Films | - |
| 37 | 36 | $4,374 | +20% | <0.1% | 3 | The Missing Person | $3,316 | 75.8% | 9 | Strand Releasing | - |
| 38 | 37 | $3,976 | +23.4% | <0.1% | 4 | Mystery Team | $1,984 | 49.9% | 21 | Roadside Attractions | - |
| 39 | 40 | $3,972 | +220.1% | <0.1% | 2 | Seraphine | $2,890 | 72.8% | 33 | Music Box Films | - |
| 40 | 28 | $3,551 | -56.2% | <0.1% | 3 | Four Seasons Lodge | $2,094 | 59% | 11 | First Run | - |
| 41 | 27 | $2,964 | -67.1% | <0.1% | 3 | The Yes Men Fix the World | $2,023 | 68.3% | 17 | Shadow Distribution | - |
| 42 | 44 | $1,554 | +227.8% | <0.1% | 2 | Endgame | $920 | 59.2% | 11 | Monterey Media | - |
| 43 | 42 | $1,043 | +53.4% | <0.1% | 2 | $9.99 | $821 | 78.7% | 58 | Regent Releasing | - |
| 44 | 39 | $892 | -38.2% | <0.1% | 1 | The Slammin' Salmon | $892 | 100% | 6 | Anchor Bay Films | - |
