| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Shrek Forever After | $89,750,351 | $70,838,207 | 78.9% | $18,912,144 | 21.1% | 4,359 | 1 | DreamWorks | - | false |
| 2 | Iron Man 2 | $33,912,107 | $26,361,258 | 77.7% | $7,550,849 | 22.3% | 4,177 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Robin Hood | $25,323,395 | $18,769,220 | 74.1% | $6,554,175 | 25.9% | 3,505 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Sex and the City 2 | $14,208,097 | - | - | - | - | 3,445 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 5 | Letters to Juliet | $12,377,177 | $9,006,266 | 72.8% | $3,370,911 | 27.2% | 2,975 | 2 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 6 | MacGruber | $5,650,335 | $4,043,495 | 71.6% | $1,606,840 | 28.4% | 2,551 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Just Wright | $5,590,878 | $4,290,431 | 76.7% | $1,300,447 | 23.3% | 1,684 | 2 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Date Night | $3,862,394 | $2,913,504 | 75.4% | $948,890 | 24.6% | 1,409 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 9 | A Nightmare on Elm Street | $3,132,915 | $2,321,388 | 74.1% | $811,527 | 25.9% | 1,535 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 10 | How to Train Your Dragon | $2,514,512 | $1,901,211 | 75.6% | $613,301 | 24.4% | 1,751 | 9 | DreamWorks | - | false |
| 11 | The Back-up Plan | $1,258,536 | $942,930 | 74.9% | $315,606 | 25.1% | 1,079 | 5 | CBS Films | - | false |
| 12 | Kites | $1,182,629 | $959,329 | 81.1% | $223,300 | 18.9% | 207 | 1 | Reliance Big Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Babies | $1,071,369 | $725,266 | 67.7% | $346,103 | 32.3% | 395 | 3 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 14 | Death at a Funeral | $729,611 | $537,573 | 73.7% | $192,038 | 26.3% | 470 | 6 | Screen Gems | - | false |
| 15 | Alice in Wonderland | $720,691 | $484,757 | 67.3% | $235,934 | 32.7% | 411 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | Furry Vengeance | $683,789 | $531,018 | 77.7% | $152,771 | 22.3% | 1,369 | 4 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 17 | The Secret in Their Eyes | $628,693 | $446,549 | 71% | $182,144 | 29% | 141 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 18 | Hubble | $595,347 | $286,107 | 48.1% | $309,240 | 51.9% | 48 | 10 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 19 | Oceans | $561,911 | $351,178 | 62.5% | $210,733 | 37.5% | 524 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 20 | City Island | $561,093 | $423,423 | 75.5% | $137,670 | 24.5% | 234 | 10 | Anchor Bay Films | - | false |
| 21 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $505,307 | $342,837 | 67.8% | $162,470 | 32.2% | 179 | 10 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 22 | Clash of the Titans | $501,213 | $365,731 | 73% | $135,482 | 27% | 311 | 8 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 23 | Kick-Ass | $420,139 | $280,612 | 66.8% | $139,527 | 33.2% | 309 | 6 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 24 | Hot Tub Time Machine | $375,015 | $237,695 | 63.4% | $137,320 | 36.6% | 278 | 9 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 25 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid | $368,535 | $278,032 | 75.4% | $90,503 | 24.6% | 352 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 26 | Shutter Island | $319,401 | $240,937 | 75.4% | $78,464 | 24.6% | 256 | 14 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 27 | Please Give | $314,433 | $236,553 | 75.2% | $77,880 | 24.8% | 53 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 28 | Exit Through the Gift Shop | $303,278 | $202,592 | 66.8% | $100,686 | 33.2% | 43 | 6 | Producers Distribution Agency (PDA) | - | false |
| 29 | The Last Song | $302,115 | $220,028 | 72.8% | $82,087 | 27.2% | 357 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 30 | Avatar | $295,699 | $188,505 | 63.8% | $107,194 | 36.2% | 161 | 23 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 31 | Harry Brown | $238,299 | $168,074 | 70.5% | $70,225 | 29.5% | 60 | 4 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 32 | Princess Kaiulani | $227,311 | $149,234 | 65.6% | $78,077 | 34.4% | 47 | 2 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 33 | The Bounty Hunter | $188,062 | $148,123 | 78.8% | $39,939 | 21.2% | 170 | 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 34 | The Losers | $172,871 | $126,853 | 73.4% | $46,018 | 26.6% | 137 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 35 | Solitary Man | $132,556 | $94,936 | 71.6% | $37,620 | 28.4% | 4 | 1 | Anchor Bay Films | - | false |
| 36 | Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief | $129,692 | $90,189 | 69.5% | $39,503 | 30.5% | 166 | 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 37 | Mother and Child | $115,289 | $82,389 | 71.5% | $32,900 | 28.5% | 37 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 38 | The Ghost Writer | $107,834 | $77,696 | 72% | $30,138 | 28% | 86 | 14 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 39 | Under the Sea 3D | $103,397 | $44,742 | 43.3% | $58,655 | 56.7% | 18 | 67 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 40 | Why Did I Get Married Too? | $91,953 | $68,134 | 74.1% | $23,819 | 25.9% | 133 | 8 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 41 | La Mission | $84,131 | $60,951 | 72.4% | $23,180 | 27.6% | 35 | 7 | Screen Media Films | - | false |
| 42 | Tooth Fairy | $74,963 | $53,553 | 71.4% | $21,410 | 28.6% | 115 | 18 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 43 | Our Family Wedding | $70,865 | $50,862 | 71.8% | $20,003 | 28.2% | 84 | 11 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 44 | Holy Rollers | $54,130 | $39,685 | 73.3% | $14,445 | 26.7% | 3 | 1 | First Independent Pictures | - | false |
| 45 | Greenberg | $51,299 | $33,918 | 66.1% | $17,381 | 33.9% | 47 | 10 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 46 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $46,547 | $22,373 | 48.1% | $24,174 | 51.9% | 5 | 244 | IMAX | - | false |
| 47 | Only the Brave | $43,065 | - | - | - | - | - | - | Indican Pictures | - | false |
| 48 | Casino Jack and the United States of Money | $39,557 | $26,446 | 66.9% | $13,111 | 33.1% | 19 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 49 | Metropolis 2010 Re-release | $36,706 | $23,028 | 62.7% | $13,678 | 37.3% | 4 | 3 | Kino International | - | false |
| 50 | The Secret of Kells | $34,466 | $23,710 | 68.8% | $10,756 | 31.2% | 23 | 12 | GKIDS | - | false |
| 51 | Chloe | $30,060 | $20,087 | 66.8% | $9,973 | 33.2% | 24 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 52 | Letters to God | $28,531 | $18,068 | 63.3% | $10,463 | 36.7% | 40 | 7 | Vivendi Entertainment | - | false |
| 53 | Mid-August Lunch | $25,516 | $17,663 | 69.2% | $7,853 | 30.8% | 14 | 11 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 54 | The Human Centipede (First Sequence) | $25,273 | $18,983 | 75.1% | $6,290 | 24.9% | 19 | 4 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 55 | The Runaways | $24,816 | $17,867 | 72% | $6,949 | 28% | 30 | 10 | Apparition | - | false |
| 56 | Vincere | $24,009 | $16,162 | 67.3% | $7,847 | 32.7% | 19 | 10 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 57 | Racing Dreams | $23,276 | $20,048 | 86.1% | $3,228 | 13.9% | 31 | 1 | Hannover House | - | false |
| 58 | The City of Your Final Destination | $22,860 | $15,196 | 66.5% | $7,664 | 33.5% | 11 | 6 | Screen Media Films | - | false |
| 59 | Deep Sea | $20,465 | $12,576 | 61.4% | $7,889 | 38.6% | 2 | 221 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 60 | The Square 2010 Re-release | $18,852 | $13,642 | 72.4% | $5,210 | 27.6% | 14 | 7 | Apparition | - | false |
| 61 | The Cremaster Cycle 2010 Re-release | $17,976 | $9,787 | 54.4% | $8,189 | 45.6% | 1 | 7 | International Film Circuit | - | false |
| 62 | 180° South | $17,561 | $10,269 | 58.5% | $7,292 | 41.5% | 4 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 63 | OSS 117: Lost in Rio | $17,376 | $12,785 | 73.6% | $4,591 | 26.4% | 7 | 3 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 64 | The Last Station | $17,018 | $5,381 | 31.6% | $11,637 | 68.4% | 10 | 19 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 65 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $16,973 | $7,575 | 44.6% | $9,398 | 55.4% | 6 | 138 | National Geographic Entertainment | - | false |
| 66 | The Joneses | $16,651 | $11,958 | 71.8% | $4,693 | 28.2% | 27 | 6 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 67 | A Prophet | $15,574 | $10,286 | 66% | $5,288 | 34% | 18 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 68 | Best Worst Movie | $14,748 | $10,662 | 72.3% | $4,086 | 27.7% | 2 | 5 | Abramorama | - | false |
| 69 | Broken Embraces | $14,223 | $9,037 | 63.5% | $5,186 | 36.5% | 11 | 27 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 70 | Father of My Children | $13,486 | $10,414 | 77.2% | $3,072 | 22.8% | 1 | 1 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 71 | Looking for Eric | $13,290 | $8,856 | 66.6% | $4,434 | 33.4% | 6 | 2 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 72 | Crazy Heart | $12,243 | $8,443 | 69% | $3,800 | 31% | 28 | 24 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 73 | Two in the Wave | $11,004 | $5,676 | 51.6% | $5,328 | 48.4% | 1 | 2 | Lorber Films | - | false |
| 74 | Touching Home | $10,480 | $6,710 | 64% | $3,770 | 36% | 7 | 4 | CFI Releasing | - | false |
| 75 | The Good the Bad the Weird | $10,082 | $5,834 | 57.9% | $4,248 | 42.1% | 8 | 5 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 76 | Sweetgrass | $9,250 | $6,699 | 72.4% | $2,551 | 27.6% | 4 | 21 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 77 | The Art of the Steal | $9,210 | $5,347 | 58.1% | $3,863 | 41.9% | 12 | 13 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 78 | The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers | $9,128 | $5,864 | 64.2% | $3,264 | 35.8% | 5 | 17 | First Run | - | false |
| 79 | John Rabe | $7,625 | $4,892 | 64.2% | $2,733 | 35.8% | 3 | 1 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 80 | No One Knows About Persian Cats | $6,714 | $5,309 | 79.1% | $1,405 | 20.9% | 12 | 6 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 81 | When You're Strange | $6,414 | $3,801 | 59.3% | $2,613 | 40.7% | 3 | 7 | Abramorama | - | false |
| 82 | House | $6,187 | $3,218 | 52% | $2,969 | 48% | 3 | 19 | Janus Films | - | false |
| 83 | Daddy Longlegs | $5,993 | $3,359 | 56% | $2,634 | 44% | 2 | 2 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 84 | Here and There | $5,827 | $3,770 | 64.7% | $2,057 | 35.3% | 3 | 2 | Cinema Purgatorio | - | false |
| 85 | Mother | $5,388 | $3,955 | 73.4% | $1,433 | 26.6% | 9 | 11 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 86 | Terribly Happy | $5,328 | $4,042 | 75.9% | $1,286 | 24.1% | 3 | 16 | Oscilloscope | - | false |
| 87 | North Face | $4,807 | $1,884 | 39.2% | $2,923 | 60.8% | 5 | 17 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 88 | The Girl on the Train | $4,509 | $2,284 | 50.6% | $2,225 | 49.4% | 6 | 18 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 89 | The Living Wake | $4,192 | $2,155 | 51.4% | $2,037 | 48.6% | 1 | 2 | Mangusta Productions | - | false |
| 90 | The Oath | $4,095 | $2,418 | 59% | $1,677 | 41% | 2 | 3 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 91 | Everyone Else | $4,071 | $2,524 | 62% | $1,547 | 38% | 3 | 7 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 92 | Lbs. | $4,062 | $4,062 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 9 | Truly Indie | - | false |
| 93 | After the Cup: Sons of Sakhnin United | $3,470 | $2,501 | 72.1% | $969 | 27.9% | 1 | 1 | Variance Films | - | false |
| 94 | Dancing Across Borders | $3,298 | $1,995 | 60.5% | $1,303 | 39.5% | 3 | 9 | First Run | - | false |
| 95 | U2 3D | $3,255 | $2,722 | 83.6% | $533 | 16.4% | 1 | 123 | National Geographic Entertainment | - | false |
| 96 | Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo | $3,083 | $1,812 | 58.8% | $1,271 | 41.2% | 1 | 3 | Argot Pictures | - | false |
| 97 | See What I'm Saying: The Deaf Entertainers Documentary | $2,751 | $1,497 | 54.4% | $1,254 | 45.6% | 2 | 10 | Worldplay | - | false |
| 98 | The Harimaya Bridge | $2,546 | $1,776 | 69.8% | $770 | 30.2% | 1 | 11 | Eleven Arts | - | false |
| 99 | Valley of the Heart's Delight | $2,504 | $2,198 | 87.8% | $306 | 12.2% | 1 | 7 | Indican Pictures | - | false |
| 100 | Multiple Sarcasms | $2,486 | $1,698 | 68.3% | $788 | 31.7% | 3 | 3 | MAC Releasing | - | false |
| 101 | The Good Heart | $2,411 | $1,440 | 59.7% | $971 | 40.3% | 4 | 4 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 102 | Ajami | $2,300 | $1,584 | 68.9% | $716 | 31.1% | 3 | 17 | Kino International | - | false |
| 103 | A Town Called Panic | $2,089 | $475 | 22.7% | $1,614 | 77.3% | 1 | 24 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 104 | The Eclipse | $2,066 | $1,688 | 81.7% | $378 | 18.3% | 5 | 9 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 105 | Ran 2010 Re-release | $1,626 | $1,626 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 16 | Rialto Pictures | - | false |
| 106 | Creation | $1,620 | $908 | 56% | $712 | 44% | 1 | 18 | Newmarket Films | - | false |
| 107 | The Blind Side | $1,555 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 27 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 108 | Space Station 3D | $1,504 | $707 | 47% | $797 | 53% | 4 | 423 | IMAX | - | false |
| 109 | Breath Made Visible: Anna Halprin | $1,142 | $906 | 79.3% | $236 | 20.7% | 2 | 8 | Argot Pictures | - | false |
| 110 | Dreamkiller | $904 | $844 | 93.4% | $60 | 6.6% | 1 | 14 | Delaware Pictures | - | false |
| 111 | The White Ribbon | $888 | $249 | 28% | $639 | 72% | 2 | 22 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 112 | Perrier's Bounty | $828 | $828 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 1 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 113 | The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | $802 | $653 | 81.4% | $149 | 18.6% | 1 | 22 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 114 | Galapagos | $770 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 552 | IMAX | - | false |
| 115 | In/Significant Others | $743 | $275 | 37% | $468 | 63% | 1 | 2 | North Poplar Pictures | - | false |
| 116 | October Country | $616 | $616 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 15 | International Film Circuit | - | false |
| 117 | Monsieur Verdoux | $449 | $335 | 74.6% | $114 | 25.4% | 1 | 115 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| 118 | NoBody's Perfect 2010 Re-release | $112 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | Lorber Films | - | false |
| 119 | Happiness Runs | $88 | $88 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 3 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| - | Breaking Upwards | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 8 | IFC Films | - | false |
| - | She's Out of My League | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | Feed the Fish | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| - | Prodigal Sons | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | First Run | - | false |
| - | Behind the Burly Q | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | First Run | - | false |
| - | Promised Lands | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| - | Small Change | - | - | - | - | - | - | 27 | The Film Desk | - | false |
