| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Valentine's Day | $70,262,086 | $56,260,707 | 80.1% | $14,001,379 | 19.9% | 3,665 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 2 | Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief | $43,460,392 | $31,236,067 | 71.9% | $12,224,325 | 28.1% | 3,356 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 3 | The Wolfman | $40,468,625 | $31,479,235 | 77.8% | $8,989,390 | 22.2% | 3,222 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Avatar | $34,115,501 | $23,611,625 | 69.2% | $10,503,876 | 30.8% | 2,685 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 5 | Dear John | $20,793,641 | $16,071,526 | 77.3% | $4,722,115 | 22.7% | 2,975 | 2 | Screen Gems | - | false |
| 6 | Tooth Fairy | $9,438,385 | $6,054,257 | 64.2% | $3,384,128 | 35.8% | 2,748 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 7 | From Paris with Love | $7,586,885 | $5,495,113 | 72.4% | $2,091,772 | 27.6% | 2,722 | 2 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 8 | Edge of Darkness | $6,620,230 | $4,841,295 | 73.1% | $1,778,935 | 26.9% | 2,615 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 9 | Crazy Heart | $6,033,223 | $4,265,989 | 70.7% | $1,767,234 | 29.3% | 1,005 | 10 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | When in Rome | $5,009,341 | $3,682,881 | 73.5% | $1,326,460 | 26.5% | 2,125 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | The Book of Eli | $4,932,855 | $3,631,838 | 73.6% | $1,301,017 | 26.4% | 1,825 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 12 | The Blind Side | $3,153,611 | $2,261,787 | 71.7% | $891,824 | 28.3% | 1,175 | 13 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 13 | My Name Is Khan | $2,552,283 | $1,944,027 | 76.2% | $608,256 | 23.8% | 120 | 1 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Legion | $2,494,251 | $1,830,167 | 73.4% | $664,084 | 26.6% | 1,424 | 4 | Screen Gems | - | false |
| 15 | Up in the Air | $2,418,075 | $1,773,750 | 73.4% | $644,325 | 26.6% | 925 | 11 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | Sherlock Holmes | $2,224,109 | $1,591,601 | 71.6% | $632,508 | 28.4% | 950 | 8 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 17 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | $2,030,517 | $1,280,651 | 63.1% | $749,866 | 36.9% | 1,057 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 18 | It's Complicated | $1,680,345 | $1,215,915 | 72.4% | $464,430 | 27.6% | 787 | 8 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 19 | The Princess and the Frog | $993,922 | $607,920 | 61.2% | $386,002 | 38.8% | 441 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 20 | The Lovely Bones | $940,606 | $690,285 | 73.4% | $250,321 | 26.6% | 833 | 10 | DreamWorks | - | false |
| 21 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | $843,273 | $558,713 | 66.3% | $284,560 | 33.7% | 398 | 13 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 22 | The Last Station | $745,880 | $514,597 | 69% | $231,283 | 31% | 84 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 23 | A Single Man | $725,852 | $476,156 | 65.6% | $249,696 | 34.4% | 313 | 10 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 24 | An Education | $724,117 | $471,838 | 65.2% | $252,279 | 34.8% | 333 | 19 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 25 | The Spy Next Door | $679,361 | $412,191 | 60.7% | $267,170 | 39.3% | 403 | 5 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 26 | The Young Victoria | $469,127 | $303,583 | 64.7% | $165,544 | 35.3% | 215 | 9 | Apparition | - | false |
| 27 | Precious | $348,566 | $210,844 | 60.5% | $137,722 | 39.5% | 269 | 15 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 28 | Planet 51 | $309,789 | $200,319 | 64.7% | $109,470 | 35.3% | 226 | 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 29 | The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | $257,800 | $164,601 | 63.8% | $93,199 | 36.2% | 102 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 30 | The White Ribbon | $250,626 | $166,413 | 66.4% | $84,213 | 33.6% | 45 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 31 | Under the Sea 3D | $225,760 | $121,509 | 53.8% | $104,251 | 46.2% | 27 | 53 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 32 | Leap Year | $197,360 | $138,625 | 70.2% | $58,735 | 29.8% | 235 | 6 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 33 | Invictus | $181,156 | $118,183 | 65.2% | $62,973 | 34.8% | 118 | 10 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 34 | 2012 | $177,624 | $126,606 | 71.3% | $51,018 | 28.7% | 173 | 14 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 35 | Fantastic Mr. Fox | $139,191 | $86,268 | 62% | $52,923 | 38% | 104 | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 36 | Broken Embraces | $131,667 | $85,820 | 65.2% | $45,847 | 34.8% | 71 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 37 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $111,504 | $43,873 | 39.4% | $67,631 | 60.6% | 5 | 230 | IMAX | - | false |
| 38 | Space Station 3D | $105,927 | $41,297 | 39% | $64,630 | 61% | 8 | 409 | IMAX | - | false |
| 39 | To Save a Life | $88,302 | $58,088 | 65.8% | $30,214 | 34.2% | 70 | 4 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 40 | Nine | $72,468 | $43,374 | 59.8% | $29,094 | 40.2% | 81 | 9 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 41 | Old Dogs | $68,748 | $44,839 | 65.2% | $23,909 | 34.8% | 85 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 42 | Ajami | $58,628 | $38,526 | 65.7% | $20,102 | 34.3% | 4 | 3 | Kino International | - | false |
| 43 | North Face | $56,824 | $37,669 | 66.3% | $19,155 | 33.7% | 12 | 3 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 44 | The Messenger | $53,013 | $38,024 | 71.7% | $14,989 | 28.3% | 30 | 14 | Oscilloscope | - | false |
| 45 | Preacher's Kid | $42,390 | $29,592 | 69.8% | $12,798 | 30.2% | 27 | 3 | 8x Entertainment | - | false |
| 46 | Youth in Revolt | $41,088 | $26,622 | 64.8% | $14,466 | 35.2% | 35 | 6 | Dimension Films | - | false |
| 47 | The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers | $38,554 | $25,968 | 67.4% | $12,586 | 32.6% | 6 | 3 | First Run | - | false |
| 48 | Creation | $36,655 | $25,368 | 69.2% | $11,287 | 30.8% | 9 | 4 | Newmarket Films | - | false |
| 49 | Terribly Happy | $34,785 | $21,911 | 63% | $12,874 | 37% | 5 | 2 | Oscilloscope | - | false |
| 50 | Saint John of Las Vegas | $34,415 | $24,048 | 69.9% | $10,367 | 30.1% | 14 | 3 | IndieVest Pictures | - | false |
| 51 | Fish Tank | $32,075 | $21,455 | 66.9% | $10,620 | 33.1% | 11 | 5 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 52 | Deep Sea | $31,688 | $14,451 | 45.6% | $17,237 | 54.4% | 4 | 207 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 53 | 3 Idiots | $31,104 | $24,057 | 77.3% | $7,047 | 22.7% | 12 | 9 | Reliance Big Pictures | - | false |
| 54 | The Road | $30,302 | $19,026 | 62.8% | $11,276 | 37.2% | 40 | 13 | Dimension Films | - | false |
| 55 | Frozen | $26,281 | $16,377 | 62.3% | $9,904 | 37.7% | 18 | 2 | Anchor Bay Films | - | false |
| 56 | Me and Orson Welles | $25,228 | $17,365 | 68.8% | $7,863 | 31.2% | 19 | 13 | Freestyle Releasing | - | false |
| 57 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $24,213 | $16,418 | 67.8% | $7,795 | 32.2% | 8 | 124 | National Geographic Entertainment | - | false |
| 58 | Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974 | $24,200 | $13,374 | 55.3% | $10,826 | 44.7% | 2 | 2 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 59 | Ran 2010 Re-release | $21,094 | $10,128 | 48% | $10,966 | 52% | 1 | 2 | Rialto Pictures | - | false |
| 60 | That Evening Sun | $20,270 | $13,781 | 68% | $6,489 | 32% | 9 | 15 | Freestyle Releasing | - | false |
| 61 | Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans | $18,775 | $12,058 | 64.2% | $6,717 | 35.8% | 16 | 13 | First Look International | - | false |
| 62 | The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day | $14,493 | $8,993 | 62% | $5,500 | 38% | 24 | 16 | Apparition | - | false |
| 63 | Videocracy | $13,873 | $8,324 | 60% | $5,549 | 40% | 1 | 1 | Kino International | - | false |
| 64 | La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet | $13,552 | - | - | - | - | 10 | 16 | Zipporah Films | - | false |
| 65 | The Private Lives of Pippa Lee | $10,798 | $7,135 | 66.1% | $3,663 | 33.9% | 7 | 12 | Screen Media Films | - | false |
| 66 | October Country | $10,350 | $7,026 | 67.9% | $3,324 | 32.1% | 1 | 1 | International Film Circuit | - | false |
| 67 | Eyes Wide Open | $8,065 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | New American Vision | - | false |
| 68 | A Town Called Panic | $7,231 | $5,485 | 75.8% | $1,746 | 24.2% | 2 | 10 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 69 | The Girl on the Train | $7,056 | $4,531 | 64.2% | $2,525 | 35.8% | 3 | 4 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 70 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $6,821 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 105 | 3D Entertainment | - | false |
| 71 | District 13: Ultimatum | $6,453 | $4,022 | 62.3% | $2,431 | 37.7% | 5 | 2 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 72 | The Korean | $6,450 | $5,948 | 92.2% | $502 | 7.8% | 2 | 2 | Indican Pictures | - | false |
| 73 | Until the Light Takes Us | $6,135 | $3,098 | 50.5% | $3,037 | 49.5% | 2 | 11 | Variance Films | - | false |
| 74 | Shanghai Red 2010 Re-release | $5,353 | $3,008 | 56.2% | $2,345 | 43.8% | 1 | 1 | Indican Pictures | - | false |
| 75 | 44 Inch Chest 2010 Re-release | $4,681 | $2,816 | 60.2% | $1,865 | 39.8% | 3 | 5 | Image Entertainment | - | false |
| 76 | U2 3D | $4,643 | $1,100 | 23.7% | $3,543 | 76.3% | 2 | 109 | National Geographic Entertainment | - | false |
| 77 | House | $3,995 | $2,184 | 54.7% | $1,811 | 45.3% | 2 | 5 | Janus Films | - | false |
| 78 | 35 Shots of Rum | $3,922 | $2,721 | 69.4% | $1,201 | 30.6% | 2 | 23 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 79 | The Maid | $2,833 | $1,231 | 43.4% | $1,602 | 56.6% | 4 | 18 | Elephant Eye Films | - | false |
| 80 | Seraphine | $2,831 | $1,121 | 39.6% | $1,710 | 60.4% | 5 | 37 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 81 | Red Cliff | $2,818 | $1,973 | 70% | $845 | 30% | 5 | 14 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 82 | The Yes Men Fix the World | $2,706 | $1,708 | 63.1% | $998 | 36.9% | 3 | 21 | Shadow Distribution | - | false |
| 83 | Four Seasons Lodge | $2,633 | $1,953 | 74.2% | $680 | 25.8% | 2 | 15 | First Run | - | false |
| 84 | The Weathered Underground | $2,216 | $2,012 | 90.8% | $204 | 9.2% | 3 | 4 | Indican Pictures | - | false |
| 85 | The Beaches of Agnès | $1,879 | $1,277 | 68% | $602 | 32% | 1 | 34 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 86 | Under Our Skin | $1,732 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 35 | Shadow Distribution | - | false |
| 87 | Beeswax | $1,692 | $1,290 | 76.2% | $402 | 23.8% | 1 | 28 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 88 | Killing Kasztner | $1,683 | $1,369 | 81.3% | $314 | 18.7% | 1 | 17 | Sky Island Films | - | false |
| 89 | Galapagos | $1,476 | $696 | 47.2% | $780 | 52.8% | 1 | 538 | IMAX | - | false |
| 90 | The Sun 2009 Re-release | $1,374 | $952 | 69.3% | $422 | 30.7% | 1 | 14 | Lorber Films | - | false |
| 91 | The Headless Woman | $1,068 | $496 | 46.4% | $572 | 53.6% | 1 | 27 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 92 | Good Hair | $777 | $455 | 58.6% | $322 | 41.4% | 2 | 19 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 93 | Departures | $777 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 38 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| 94 | Waiting for Armageddon | $772 | $378 | 49% | $394 | 51% | 1 | 6 | First Run | - | false |
| 95 | Mississippi Mermaid | $763 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 32 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| 96 | The Cove | $700 | $420 | 60% | $280 | 40% | 7 | 29 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 97 | Yuri Gagarin Conspiracy: Fallen Idol | $633 | $456 | 72% | $177 | 28% | 1 | 20 | Indican Pictures | - | false |
| 98 | The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry | $513 | $513 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 22 | Five & Two Pictures | - | false |
| 99 | The September Issue | $477 | $280 | 58.7% | $197 | 41.3% | 2 | 25 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 100 | Sweetgrass | $361 | $361 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 7 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 101 | Shall We Kiss? | $344 | $273 | 79.4% | $71 | 20.6% | 1 | 47 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| - | Extraordinary Measures | - | - | - | - | - | 145 | 4 | CBS Films | - | false |
| - | Mystery Team | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 25 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| - | The Wedding Song | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| - | Harmony and Me | - | - | - | - | - | - | 22 | N/A | - | false |
| - | Off and Running | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | First Run | - | false |
| - | Monsieur Verdoux | - | - | - | - | - | - | 101 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| - | Crude | - | - | - | - | - | - | 24 | First Run | - | false |
| - | The Missing Person | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| - | Home | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | Lorber Films | - | false |
| - | Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love | - | - | - | - | - | - | 36 | Shadow Distribution | - | false |
| - | The End of Poverty? | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | Cinema Libre Studio | - | false |
| - | Small Change | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | The Film Desk | - | false |
