| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Shutter Island | $29,648,528 | $22,665,205 | 76.4% | $6,983,323 | 23.6% | 3,003 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Cop Out | $23,215,299 | $18,211,126 | 78.4% | $5,004,173 | 21.6% | 3,150 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 3 | The Crazies | $20,393,313 | $16,067,552 | 78.8% | $4,325,761 | 21.2% | 2,476 | 1 | Overture Films | - | false |
| 4 | Avatar | $19,584,548 | $13,655,274 | 69.7% | $5,929,274 | 30.3% | 2,456 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 5 | Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief | $11,518,267 | $9,583,421 | 83.2% | $1,934,846 | 16.8% | 3,302 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 6 | Valentine's Day | $11,296,556 | $9,063,036 | 80.2% | $2,233,520 | 19.8% | 3,578 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 7 | Dear John | $6,220,409 | $4,808,498 | 77.3% | $1,411,911 | 22.7% | 3,006 | 4 | Screen Gems | - | false |
| 8 | The Wolfman | $5,689,225 | $4,259,865 | 74.9% | $1,429,360 | 25.1% | 3,043 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Tooth Fairy | $4,139,526 | $3,425,333 | 82.8% | $714,193 | 17.2% | 2,249 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 10 | Crazy Heart | $3,672,299 | $2,462,384 | 67% | $1,209,915 | 33% | 1,148 | 12 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | The Blind Side | $1,692,357 | $1,238,477 | 73.2% | $453,880 | 26.8% | 945 | 15 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 12 | The Book of Eli | $1,485,272 | $1,112,493 | 74.9% | $372,779 | 25.1% | 975 | 7 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 13 | From Paris with Love | $1,442,633 | $1,055,240 | 73.2% | $387,393 | 26.8% | 1,278 | 4 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 14 | The Last Station | $1,439,293 | $970,048 | 67.4% | $469,245 | 32.6% | 352 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 15 | Edge of Darkness | $1,399,180 | $1,017,209 | 72.7% | $381,971 | 27.3% | 1,255 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 16 | When in Rome | $1,286,848 | $1,003,452 | 78% | $283,396 | 22% | 930 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 17 | Up in the Air | $1,126,921 | $802,081 | 71.2% | $324,840 | 28.8% | 586 | 13 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 18 | The Ghost Writer | $1,053,690 | $789,064 | 74.9% | $264,626 | 25.1% | 43 | 2 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 19 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | $1,037,025 | $771,365 | 74.4% | $265,660 | 25.6% | 707 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 20 | Sherlock Holmes | $804,854 | $608,032 | 75.6% | $196,822 | 24.4% | 462 | 10 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 21 | It's Complicated | $729,980 | $512,825 | 70.2% | $217,155 | 29.8% | 462 | 10 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 22 | The Princess and the Frog | $581,333 | $440,889 | 75.8% | $140,444 | 24.2% | 385 | 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 23 | A Single Man | $480,486 | $298,347 | 62.1% | $182,139 | 37.9% | 242 | 12 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 24 | An Education | $479,549 | $320,428 | 66.8% | $159,121 | 33.2% | 209 | 21 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 25 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | $390,647 | $289,048 | 74% | $101,599 | 26% | 298 | 15 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 26 | The Young Victoria | $324,972 | $213,873 | 65.8% | $111,099 | 34.2% | 187 | 11 | Apparition | - | false |
| 27 | My Name Is Khan | $324,724 | $254,221 | 78.3% | $70,503 | 21.7% | 119 | 3 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 28 | Old Dogs | $313,124 | $235,569 | 75.2% | $77,555 | 24.8% | 186 | 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 29 | Precious | $309,249 | $204,887 | 66.2% | $104,362 | 33.8% | 268 | 17 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 30 | The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2010: Live Action | $302,499 | $202,364 | 66.9% | $100,135 | 33.1% | 88 | 2 | Shorts International | - | false |
| 31 | Legion | $298,056 | $212,593 | 71.3% | $85,463 | 28.7% | 354 | 6 | Screen Gems | - | false |
| 32 | A Prophet | $252,627 | $163,773 | 64.8% | $88,854 | 35.2% | 9 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 33 | The White Ribbon | $237,016 | $157,474 | 66.4% | $79,542 | 33.6% | 82 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 34 | Invictus | $236,339 | $159,151 | 67.3% | $77,188 | 32.7% | 245 | 12 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 35 | The Spy Next Door | $234,988 | $196,710 | 83.7% | $38,278 | 16.3% | 195 | 7 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 36 | Karthik Calling Karthik | $208,242 | $179,643 | 86.3% | $28,599 | 13.7% | 70 | 1 | Eros Worldwide | - | false |
| 37 | The Lovely Bones | $205,805 | $150,318 | 73% | $55,487 | 27% | 261 | 12 | DreamWorks | - | false |
| 38 | To Save a Life | $182,693 | $119,122 | 65.2% | $63,571 | 34.8% | 120 | 6 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 39 | Under the Sea 3D | $175,517 | $105,155 | 59.9% | $70,362 | 40.1% | 26 | 55 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 40 | Planet 51 | $150,309 | $138,736 | 92.3% | $11,573 | 7.7% | 354 | 15 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 41 | The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | $126,229 | $86,194 | 68.3% | $40,035 | 31.7% | 96 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 42 | Space Station 3D | $104,902 | $48,066 | 45.8% | $56,836 | 54.2% | 9 | 411 | IMAX | - | false |
| 43 | Formosa Betrayed | $93,881 | $77,326 | 82.4% | $16,555 | 17.6% | 15 | 1 | Screen Media Films | - | false |
| 44 | Ajami | $93,591 | $68,915 | 73.6% | $24,676 | 26.4% | 16 | 5 | Kino International | - | false |
| 45 | Leap Year | $90,530 | $65,095 | 71.9% | $25,435 | 28.1% | 124 | 8 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 46 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $87,348 | $38,888 | 44.5% | $48,460 | 55.5% | 5 | 232 | IMAX | - | false |
| 47 | North Face | $81,458 | $56,788 | 69.7% | $24,670 | 30.3% | 28 | 5 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 48 | The Messenger | $68,734 | $46,240 | 67.3% | $22,494 | 32.7% | 34 | 16 | Oscilloscope | - | false |
| 49 | Nine | $68,056 | $42,252 | 62.1% | $25,804 | 37.9% | 125 | 11 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 50 | Broken Embraces | $57,156 | $37,808 | 66.2% | $19,348 | 33.8% | 38 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 51 | Fantastic Mr. Fox | $56,092 | $39,295 | 70% | $16,797 | 30% | 49 | 16 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 52 | The Art of the Steal | $53,818 | $39,019 | 72.5% | $14,799 | 27.5% | 3 | 1 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 53 | The Yellow Handkerchief | $50,888 | $37,296 | 73.3% | $13,592 | 26.7% | 7 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 54 | The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry | $46,185 | $34,519 | 74.7% | $11,666 | 25.3% | 23 | 24 | Five & Two Pictures | - | false |
| 55 | The Road | $43,456 | $28,664 | 66% | $14,792 | 34% | 74 | 15 | Dimension Films | - | false |
| 56 | The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers | $40,020 | $28,384 | 70.9% | $11,636 | 29.1% | 9 | 5 | First Run | - | false |
| 57 | Preacher's Kid | $35,629 | $27,798 | 78% | $7,831 | 22% | 41 | 5 | 8x Entertainment | - | false |
| 58 | The Good Guy | $30,797 | $22,482 | 73% | $8,315 | 27% | 8 | 2 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 59 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $30,521 | $21,027 | 68.9% | $9,494 | 31.1% | 8 | 126 | National Geographic Entertainment | - | false |
| 60 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $29,687 | $22,836 | 76.9% | $6,851 | 23.1% | 7 | 107 | 3D Entertainment | - | false |
| 61 | The Weathered Underground | $26,040 | $22,428 | 86.1% | $3,612 | 13.9% | 12 | 6 | Indican Pictures | - | false |
| 62 | Defendor | $25,484 | $18,628 | 73.1% | $6,856 | 26.9% | 4 | 2 | Darius Films | - | false |
| 63 | Fish Tank | $24,262 | $16,128 | 66.5% | $8,134 | 33.5% | 13 | 7 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 64 | Youth in Revolt | $20,444 | $13,439 | 65.7% | $7,005 | 34.3% | 23 | 8 | Dimension Films | - | false |
| 65 | Creation | $17,492 | $12,266 | 70.1% | $5,226 | 29.9% | 6 | 6 | Newmarket Films | - | false |
| 66 | That Evening Sun | $16,948 | $11,577 | 68.3% | $5,371 | 31.7% | 10 | 17 | Freestyle Releasing | - | false |
| 67 | Deep Sea | $15,264 | $11,904 | 78% | $3,360 | 22% | 4 | 209 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 68 | House | $13,684 | $6,447 | 47.1% | $7,237 | 52.9% | 4 | 7 | Janus Films | - | false |
| 69 | Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans | $13,647 | $9,491 | 69.6% | $4,156 | 30.4% | 13 | 15 | First Look International | - | false |
| 70 | Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974 | $12,804 | $7,516 | 58.7% | $5,288 | 41.3% | 4 | 4 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 71 | Terribly Happy | $12,777 | $8,949 | 70% | $3,828 | 30% | 4 | 4 | Oscilloscope | - | false |
| 72 | Frozen | $10,454 | $7,392 | 70.7% | $3,062 | 29.3% | 14 | 4 | Anchor Bay Films | - | false |
| 73 | U2 3D | $8,143 | $3,912 | 48% | $4,231 | 52% | 3 | 111 | National Geographic Entertainment | - | false |
| 74 | Prodigal Sons | $8,141 | $6,102 | 75% | $2,039 | 25% | 1 | 1 | First Run | - | false |
| 75 | Red Cliff | $7,254 | $4,531 | 62.5% | $2,723 | 37.5% | 6 | 16 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 76 | Saint John of Las Vegas | $6,992 | $5,016 | 71.7% | $1,976 | 28.3% | 5 | 5 | IndieVest Pictures | - | false |
| 77 | A Town Called Panic | $6,549 | $5,030 | 76.8% | $1,519 | 23.2% | 2 | 12 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 78 | Toe to Toe | $5,819 | $5,205 | 89.4% | $614 | 10.6% | 1 | 1 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 79 | The Girl on the Train | $5,787 | $3,920 | 67.7% | $1,867 | 32.3% | 5 | 6 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 80 | Harlan: In the Shadow of Jew Suess | $4,794 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 81 | La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet | $4,340 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 18 | Zipporah Films | - | false |
| 82 | 3 Idiots | $4,017 | $2,976 | 74.1% | $1,041 | 25.9% | 5 | 11 | Reliance Big Pictures | - | false |
| 83 | Until the Light Takes Us | $3,839 | $2,918 | 76% | $921 | 24% | 1 | 13 | Variance Films | - | false |
| 84 | Happy Tears | $2,889 | $2,228 | 77.1% | $661 | 22.9% | 4 | 2 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 85 | Eyes Wide Open | $2,684 | $1,019 | 38% | $1,665 | 62% | 1 | 4 | New American Vision | - | false |
| 86 | The Maid | $2,667 | $1,850 | 69.4% | $817 | 30.6% | 3 | 20 | Elephant Eye Films | - | false |
| 87 | The Korean | $2,415 | $1,702 | 70.5% | $713 | 29.5% | 1 | 4 | Indican Pictures | - | false |
| 88 | 44 Inch Chest 2010 Re-release | $2,368 | $1,419 | 59.9% | $949 | 40.1% | 2 | 7 | Image Entertainment | - | false |
| 89 | The Private Lives of Pippa Lee | $2,302 | $1,771 | 76.9% | $531 | 23.1% | 3 | 14 | Screen Media Films | - | false |
| 90 | Mystery Team | $2,119 | - | - | - | - | - | 27 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 91 | The Wedding Song | $1,925 | $1,226 | 63.7% | $699 | 36.3% | 1 | 21 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 92 | Small Change | $1,778 | $1,173 | 66% | $605 | 34% | 2 | 15 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| 93 | Seraphine | $1,654 | $736 | 44.5% | $918 | 55.5% | 4 | 39 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 94 | Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love | $1,604 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 38 | Shadow Distribution | - | false |
| 95 | Killing Kasztner | $1,598 | $1,132 | 70.8% | $466 | 29.2% | 2 | 19 | Sky Island Films | - | false |
| 96 | Videocracy | $1,574 | $846 | 53.8% | $728 | 46.2% | 1 | 3 | Kino International | - | false |
| 97 | The Sun 2009 Re-release | $1,468 | $1,044 | 71.1% | $424 | 28.9% | 1 | 16 | Lorber Films | - | false |
| 98 | Galapagos | $1,372 | $1,122 | 81.8% | $250 | 18.2% | 1 | 540 | IMAX | - | false |
| 99 | District 13: Ultimatum | $1,230 | $859 | 69.8% | $371 | 30.2% | 2 | 4 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 100 | The Cove | $1,070 | $1,050 | 98.1% | $20 | 1.9% | 9 | 31 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 101 | Under Our Skin | $1,020 | $1,020 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 37 | Shadow Distribution | - | false |
| 102 | Harmony and Me | $912 | $912 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 24 | N/A | - | false |
| 103 | Dreamkiller | $905 | $850 | 93.9% | $55 | 6.1% | 1 | 2 | Delaware Pictures | - | false |
| 104 | Promised Lands | $846 | $450 | 53.2% | $396 | 46.8% | 1 | 4 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| 105 | Four Seasons Lodge | $632 | $300 | 47.5% | $332 | 52.5% | 1 | 17 | First Run | - | false |
| 106 | 45365 | $462 | $107 | 23.2% | $355 | 76.8% | 1 | 1 | - | - | false |
| 107 | The Beaches of Agnès | $430 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 36 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 108 | Good Hair | $427 | $308 | 72.1% | $119 | 27.9% | 1 | 21 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 109 | Off and Running | $422 | $200 | 47.4% | $222 | 52.6% | 1 | 5 | First Run | - | false |
| 110 | The Yes Men Fix the World | $247 | $247 | 100% | $0 | - | - | 23 | Shadow Distribution | - | false |
| 111 | Beeswax | $126 | $112 | 88.9% | $14 | 11.1% | 1 | 30 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 112 | 35 Shots of Rum | $109 | $77 | 70.6% | $32 | 29.4% | 1 | 25 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| - | Me and Orson Welles | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 15 | Freestyle Releasing | - | false |
| - | Sweetgrass | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| - | The Wild Child | - | - | - | - | - | - | 69 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| - | Monsieur Verdoux | - | - | - | - | - | - | 103 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| - | Box Elder | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | N/A | - | false |
| - | Ran 2010 Re-release | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Rialto Pictures | - | false |
| - | Mississippi Mermaid | - | - | - | - | - | - | 34 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| - | The Hurt Locker | - | - | - | - | - | - | 36 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| - | Home | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | Lorber Films | - | false |
| - | Amreeka | - | - | - | - | - | - | 26 | National Geographic Entertainment | - | false |
| - | The End of Poverty? | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | Cinema Libre Studio | - | false |
| - | Yuri Gagarin Conspiracy: Fallen Idol | - | - | - | - | - | - | 22 | Indican Pictures | - | false |
