| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | How to Train Your Dragon | $63,125,872 | $43,732,319 | 69.3% | $19,393,553 | 30.7% | 4,055 | 1 | DreamWorks | - | false |
| 2 | Alice in Wonderland | $25,698,616 | $17,707,858 | 68.9% | $7,990,758 | 31.1% | 3,243 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Hot Tub Time Machine | $19,839,497 | $14,020,502 | 70.7% | $5,818,995 | 29.3% | 2,754 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 4 | The Bounty Hunter | $16,349,844 | $12,006,731 | 73.4% | $4,343,113 | 26.6% | 3,074 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 5 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid | $14,934,549 | $10,121,961 | 67.8% | $4,812,588 | 32.2% | 3,083 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 6 | The Last Song | $9,387,615 | - | - | - | - | 2,673 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | She's Out of My League | $5,121,680 | $3,512,218 | 68.6% | $1,609,462 | 31.4% | 2,432 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Green Zone | $4,779,500 | $3,384,480 | 70.8% | $1,395,020 | 29.2% | 2,136 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Shutter Island | $4,527,469 | $3,187,487 | 70.4% | $1,339,982 | 29.6% | 2,123 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Repo Men | $4,285,860 | $3,010,515 | 70.2% | $1,275,345 | 29.8% | 2,274 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Our Family Wedding | $3,190,235 | $2,352,539 | 73.7% | $837,696 | 26.3% | 1,020 | 3 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Avatar | $2,959,385 | $2,047,475 | 69.2% | $911,910 | 30.8% | 814 | 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 13 | Remember Me | $2,659,091 | $1,935,640 | 72.8% | $723,451 | 27.2% | 1,935 | 3 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 14 | Clash of the Titans | $2,655,005 | - | - | - | - | 3,000 | - | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 15 | The Ghost Writer | $2,346,601 | $1,696,784 | 72.3% | $649,817 | 27.7% | 819 | 6 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 16 | Greenberg | $1,389,636 | $1,021,151 | 73.5% | $368,485 | 26.5% | 181 | 2 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 17 | Chloe | $1,284,219 | $900,688 | 70.1% | $383,531 | 29.9% | 350 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 18 | Brooklyn's Finest | $1,110,386 | $766,098 | 69% | $344,288 | 31% | 739 | 4 | Overture Films | - | false |
| 19 | Crazy Heart | $1,073,569 | $791,256 | 73.7% | $282,313 | 26.3% | 738 | 16 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 20 | The Crazies | $1,035,371 | $724,623 | 70% | $310,748 | 30% | 851 | 5 | Overture Films | - | false |
| 21 | Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief | $938,403 | $672,691 | 71.7% | $265,712 | 28.3% | 654 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 22 | Hubble | $843,676 | $382,162 | 45.3% | $461,514 | 54.7% | 39 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 23 | Cop Out | $714,830 | $501,662 | 70.2% | $213,168 | 29.8% | 655 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 24 | The Blind Side | $666,290 | $475,105 | 71.3% | $191,185 | 28.7% | 445 | 19 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 25 | The Runaways | $664,085 | $455,107 | 68.5% | $208,978 | 31.5% | 237 | 2 | Apparition | - | false |
| 26 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $494,591 | $341,470 | 69% | $153,121 | 31% | 44 | 2 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 27 | Sherlock Holmes | $466,237 | $315,351 | 67.6% | $150,886 | 32.4% | 290 | 14 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 28 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | $416,619 | $275,949 | 66.2% | $140,670 | 33.8% | 297 | 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 29 | Tooth Fairy | $340,745 | $223,178 | 65.5% | $117,567 | 34.5% | 305 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 30 | The Last Station | $256,340 | $176,651 | 68.9% | $79,689 | 31.1% | 165 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 31 | When in Rome | $222,350 | $147,058 | 66.1% | $75,292 | 33.9% | 208 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 32 | A Prophet | $218,620 | $145,004 | 66.3% | $73,616 | 33.7% | 83 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 33 | Edge of Darkness | $168,659 | $111,213 | 65.9% | $57,446 | 34.1% | 208 | 9 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 34 | The Wolfman | $140,800 | $98,615 | 70% | $42,185 | 30% | 150 | 7 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 35 | Dear John | $128,820 | $97,180 | 75.4% | $31,640 | 24.6% | 163 | 8 | Screen Gems | - | false |
| 36 | Under the Sea 3D | $126,799 | $65,389 | 51.6% | $61,410 | 48.4% | 17 | 59 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 37 | Mother | $124,154 | $81,508 | 65.6% | $42,646 | 34.4% | 38 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 38 | Valentine's Day | $120,411 | $81,874 | 68% | $38,537 | 32% | 156 | 7 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 39 | It's Complicated | $106,655 | $74,750 | 70.1% | $31,905 | 29.9% | 109 | 14 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 40 | The Book of Eli | $83,281 | $54,113 | 65% | $29,168 | 35% | 77 | 11 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 41 | The Princess and the Frog | $76,724 | $49,932 | 65.1% | $26,792 | 34.9% | 138 | 19 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 42 | Up in the Air | $73,883 | $53,573 | 72.5% | $20,310 | 27.5% | 87 | 17 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 43 | The Young Victoria | $70,846 | $43,893 | 62% | $26,953 | 38% | 62 | 15 | Apparition | - | false |
| 44 | Vincere | $70,482 | $48,006 | 68.1% | $22,476 | 31.9% | 13 | 2 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 45 | City Island | $69,694 | $48,077 | 69% | $21,617 | 31% | 7 | 2 | Anchor Bay Films | - | false |
| 46 | A Single Man | $68,390 | $42,944 | 62.8% | $25,446 | 37.2% | 54 | 16 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 47 | The Art of the Steal | $62,120 | $39,356 | 63.4% | $22,764 | 36.6% | 29 | 5 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 48 | Old Dogs | $59,045 | $41,033 | 69.5% | $18,012 | 30.5% | 76 | 19 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 49 | The White Ribbon | $55,560 | $35,349 | 63.6% | $20,211 | 36.4% | 50 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 50 | Waking Sleeping Beauty | $45,772 | $33,115 | 72.4% | $12,657 | 27.6% | 5 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 51 | An Education | $45,296 | $30,865 | 68.1% | $14,431 | 31.9% | 49 | 25 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 52 | North Face | $44,188 | $28,809 | 65.2% | $15,379 | 34.8% | 30 | 9 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 53 | Deep Sea | $41,233 | $20,945 | 50.8% | $20,288 | 49.2% | 2 | 213 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 54 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $40,009 | $19,237 | 48.1% | $20,772 | 51.9% | 5 | 111 | 3D Entertainment | - | false |
| 55 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $39,550 | $34,333 | 86.8% | $5,217 | 13.2% | 6 | 236 | IMAX | - | false |
| 56 | Mid-August Lunch | $32,642 | $23,899 | 73.2% | $8,743 | 26.8% | 3 | 3 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 57 | Broken Embraces | $30,000 | $23,886 | 79.6% | $6,114 | 20.4% | 36 | 19 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 58 | Fantastic Mr. Fox | $29,598 | $21,970 | 74.2% | $7,628 | 25.8% | 35 | 20 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 59 | The Secret of Kells | $28,460 | $16,782 | 59% | $11,678 | 41% | 8 | 4 | GKIDS | - | false |
| 60 | Ca$h | $26,918 | $16,469 | 61.2% | $10,449 | 38.8% | 27 | 1 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 61 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $26,115 | $15,126 | 57.9% | $10,989 | 42.1% | 8 | 130 | National Geographic Entertainment | - | false |
| 62 | The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers | $25,483 | $17,858 | 70.1% | $7,625 | 29.9% | 11 | 9 | First Run | - | false |
| 63 | The Eclipse | $20,617 | $13,207 | 64.1% | $7,410 | 35.9% | 6 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 64 | Ajami | $18,963 | $12,999 | 68.6% | $5,964 | 31.4% | 14 | 9 | Kino International | - | false |
| 65 | Space Station 3D | $17,905 | $6,831 | 38.2% | $11,074 | 61.8% | 5 | 415 | IMAX | - | false |
| 66 | Formosa Betrayed | $17,859 | $13,698 | 76.7% | $4,161 | 23.3% | 7 | 5 | Screen Media Films | - | false |
| 67 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | $16,464 | $12,134 | 73.7% | $4,330 | 26.3% | 41 | 19 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 68 | Sweetgrass | $16,058 | $9,849 | 61.3% | $6,209 | 38.7% | 4 | 13 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 69 | My Name Is Khan | $15,251 | $10,558 | 69.2% | $4,693 | 30.8% | 20 | 7 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 70 | The Girl on the Train | $14,981 | $9,754 | 65.1% | $5,227 | 34.9% | 9 | 10 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 71 | Lbs. | $14,576 | $11,690 | 80.2% | $2,886 | 19.8% | 1 | 1 | Truly Indie | - | false |
| 72 | To Save a Life | $14,436 | $6,344 | 44% | $8,092 | 56% | 16 | 10 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 73 | The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | $14,075 | $8,844 | 62.8% | $5,231 | 37.2% | 13 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 74 | Bluebeard | $13,973 | $8,370 | 59.9% | $5,603 | 40.1% | 1 | 1 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 75 | Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974 | $13,254 | $8,140 | 61.4% | $5,114 | 38.6% | 8 | 8 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 76 | See What I'm Saying: The Deaf Entertainers Documentary | $11,682 | $5,456 | 46.7% | $6,226 | 53.3% | 1 | 2 | Worldplay | - | false |
| 77 | The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2010: Live Action | $11,268 | $7,114 | 63.1% | $4,154 | 36.9% | 10 | 6 | Shorts International | - | false |
| 78 | Prodigal Sons | $11,067 | $6,223 | 56.2% | $4,844 | 43.8% | 6 | 5 | First Run | - | false |
| 79 | Fish Tank | $10,609 | $6,740 | 63.5% | $3,869 | 36.5% | 13 | 11 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 80 | U2 3D | $10,334 | $7,351 | 71.1% | $2,983 | 28.9% | 1 | 115 | National Geographic Entertainment | - | false |
| 81 | The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry | $10,243 | $10,243 | 100% | $0 | - | 13 | 28 | Five & Two Pictures | - | false |
| 82 | Creation | $10,161 | $4,814 | 47.4% | $5,347 | 52.6% | 4 | 10 | Newmarket Films | - | false |
| 83 | Until the Light Takes Us | $9,458 | $4,456 | 47.1% | $5,002 | 52.9% | 2 | 17 | Variance Films | - | false |
| 84 | That Evening Sun | $8,316 | $5,763 | 69.3% | $2,553 | 30.7% | 8 | 21 | Freestyle Releasing | - | false |
| 85 | Dancing Across Borders | $7,660 | $5,204 | 67.9% | $2,456 | 32.1% | 1 | 1 | First Run | - | false |
| 86 | Terribly Happy | $6,847 | $4,002 | 58.4% | $2,845 | 41.6% | 4 | 8 | Oscilloscope | - | false |
| 87 | A Town Called Panic | $6,764 | $4,888 | 72.3% | $1,876 | 27.7% | 10 | 16 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 88 | The Messenger | $6,762 | $4,309 | 63.7% | $2,453 | 36.3% | 10 | 20 | Oscilloscope | - | false |
| 89 | Ran 2010 Re-release | $6,744 | $4,291 | 63.6% | $2,453 | 36.4% | 1 | 8 | Rialto Pictures | - | false |
| 90 | The Red Baron 2010 Re-release | $6,624 | $5,264 | 79.5% | $1,360 | 20.5% | 19 | 2 | Monterey Media | - | false |
| 91 | Harlan: In the Shadow of Jew Suess | $6,068 | $4,571 | 75.3% | $1,497 | 24.7% | 5 | 5 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 92 | The Sun 2009 Re-release | $5,891 | $5,891 | 100% | $0 | - | 2 | 20 | Lorber Films | - | false |
| 93 | The Harimaya Bridge | $5,680 | $4,470 | 78.7% | $1,210 | 21.3% | 2 | 3 | Eleven Arts | - | false |
| 94 | The Yellow Handkerchief | $5,463 | $3,965 | 72.6% | $1,498 | 27.4% | 5 | 5 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 95 | The Sun Behind the Clouds: Tibet's Struggle for Freedom | $5,190 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | Balcony Releasing | - | false |
| 96 | Terkel in Trouble 2010 Re-release | $5,000 | $3,648 | 73% | $1,352 | 27% | 2 | 1 | Indican Pictures | - | false |
| 97 | The Weathered Underground | $4,259 | $3,306 | 77.6% | $953 | 22.4% | 2 | 10 | Indican Pictures | - | false |
| 98 | The Exploding Girl | $3,968 | $2,414 | 60.8% | $1,554 | 39.2% | 2 | 3 | Oscilloscope | - | false |
| 99 | Preacher's Kid | $3,754 | $2,034 | 54.2% | $1,720 | 45.8% | 6 | 9 | 8x Entertainment | - | false |
| 100 | Dream Boy | $3,672 | $2,243 | 61.1% | $1,429 | 38.9% | 1 | 1 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| 101 | House | $2,705 | $1,983 | 73.3% | $722 | 26.7% | 4 | 11 | Janus Films | - | false |
| 102 | Just Say Love | $1,829 | $1,257 | 68.7% | $572 | 31.3% | 1 | 1 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| 103 | 35 Shots of Rum | $1,635 | $1,123 | 68.7% | $512 | 31.3% | 2 | 29 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 104 | Toe to Toe | $1,522 | $1,015 | 66.7% | $507 | 33.3% | 1 | 5 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 105 | La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet | $1,230 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 22 | Zipporah Films | - | false |
| 106 | Red Cliff | $1,144 | $906 | 79.2% | $238 | 20.8% | 3 | 20 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 107 | Dreamkiller | $1,138 | $1,032 | 90.7% | $106 | 9.3% | 1 | 6 | Delaware Pictures | - | false |
| 108 | Manuela and Manuel | $1,045 | $629 | 60.2% | $416 | 39.8% | 1 | 1 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| 109 | Frozen | $946 | $946 | 100% | $0 | - | 5 | 8 | Anchor Bay Films | - | false |
| 110 | The Flower of Kim Jong II | $846 | $471 | 55.7% | $375 | 44.3% | 1 | 2 | Lorber Films | - | false |
| 111 | Under Our Skin | $750 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 41 | Shadow Distribution | - | false |
| 112 | Galapagos | $676 | $253 | 37.4% | $423 | 62.6% | 1 | 544 | IMAX | - | false |
| 113 | Watercolors | $570 | $435 | 76.3% | $135 | 23.7% | 1 | 10 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| 114 | Le combat dans l'île | $430 | $430 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 42 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| 115 | Misconceptions | $407 | $278 | 68.3% | $129 | 31.7% | 1 | 10 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| 116 | District 13: Ultimatum | $352 | $255 | 72.4% | $97 | 27.6% | 3 | 8 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 117 | Fashion Victim | $272 | $177 | 65.1% | $95 | 34.9% | 1 | 10 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| 118 | Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love | $260 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 42 | Shadow Distribution | - | false |
| - | The Yes Men Fix the World | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 27 | Shadow Distribution | - | false |
| - | Stolen | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | IFC Films | - | false |
| - | Off and Running | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | First Run | - | false |
| - | Monsieur Verdoux | - | - | - | - | - | - | 107 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| - | Cloud 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 33 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| - | Home | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18 | Lorber Films | - | false |
| - | Big Fan | - | - | - | - | - | - | 31 | First Independent Pictures | - | false |
| - | October Country | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | International Film Circuit | - | false |
| - | Breakfast with Scot | - | - | - | - | - | - | 77 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| - | Small Change | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | The Film Desk | - | false |
