| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Shrek Forever After | $67,992,637 | $43,311,063 | 63.7% | $24,681,574 | 36.3% | 4,367 | 2 | DreamWorks | - | false |
| 2 | Sex and the City 2 | $46,575,987 | $31,001,870 | 66.6% | $15,574,117 | 33.4% | 3,445 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 3 | Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time | $45,602,590 | $30,095,259 | 66% | $15,507,331 | 34% | 3,646 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Iron Man 2 | $24,934,252 | $16,458,990 | 66% | $8,475,262 | 34% | 3,804 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Robin Hood | $16,409,205 | $10,405,705 | 63.4% | $6,003,500 | 36.6% | 3,373 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Letters to Juliet | $9,598,051 | $5,833,772 | 60.8% | $3,764,279 | 39.2% | 2,825 | 3 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 7 | Just Wright | $3,428,442 | $2,156,578 | 62.9% | $1,271,864 | 37.1% | 1,195 | 3 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Date Night | $2,860,934 | $1,817,755 | 63.5% | $1,043,179 | 36.5% | 1,126 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 9 | MacGruber | $2,711,520 | $1,565,985 | 57.8% | $1,145,535 | 42.2% | 2,546 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | How to Train Your Dragon | $1,790,641 | $1,150,834 | 64.3% | $639,807 | 35.7% | 825 | 10 | DreamWorks | - | false |
| 11 | A Nightmare on Elm Street | $1,420,599 | $922,804 | 65% | $497,795 | 35% | 891 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 12 | Alice in Wonderland | $897,163 | $586,939 | 65.4% | $310,224 | 34.6% | 341 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Babies | $827,723 | $475,857 | 57.5% | $351,866 | 42.5% | 301 | 4 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 14 | The Secret in Their Eyes | $719,510 | $457,684 | 63.6% | $261,826 | 36.4% | 155 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 15 | Hubble | $650,408 | $332,349 | 51.1% | $318,059 | 48.9% | 48 | 11 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 16 | City Island | $634,329 | $411,875 | 64.9% | $222,454 | 35.1% | 201 | 11 | Anchor Bay Films | - | false |
| 17 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $632,273 | $377,524 | 59.7% | $254,749 | 40.3% | 171 | 11 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 18 | The Back-up Plan | $462,735 | $291,182 | 62.9% | $171,553 | 37.1% | 391 | 6 | CBS Films | - | false |
| 19 | The Bounty Hunter | $458,699 | $275,076 | 60% | $183,623 | 40% | 249 | 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 20 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid | $423,696 | $252,248 | 59.5% | $171,448 | 40.5% | 283 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 21 | Kites | $372,115 | $261,033 | 70.2% | $111,082 | 29.8% | 176 | 2 | Reliance Big Pictures | - | false |
| 22 | Hot Tub Time Machine | $371,184 | $223,436 | 60.2% | $147,748 | 39.8% | 364 | 10 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 23 | Death at a Funeral | $361,738 | $218,976 | 60.5% | $142,762 | 39.5% | 247 | 7 | Screen Gems | - | false |
| 24 | Clash of the Titans | $339,295 | $221,284 | 65.2% | $118,011 | 34.8% | 225 | 9 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 25 | The Last Song | $316,213 | $209,029 | 66.1% | $107,184 | 33.9% | 214 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 26 | Exit Through the Gift Shop | $310,401 | $175,054 | 56.4% | $135,347 | 43.6% | 46 | 7 | Producers Distribution Agency (PDA) | - | false |
| 27 | Please Give | $303,129 | $200,438 | 66.1% | $102,691 | 33.9% | 50 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 28 | Kick-Ass | $256,929 | $150,708 | 58.7% | $106,221 | 41.3% | 163 | 7 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 29 | Shutter Island | $248,065 | $169,369 | 68.3% | $78,696 | 31.7% | 201 | 15 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 30 | Furry Vengeance | $246,248 | $179,748 | 73% | $66,500 | 27% | 247 | 5 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 31 | Oceans | $225,380 | $127,912 | 56.8% | $97,468 | 43.2% | 178 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 32 | Harry Brown | $209,751 | $130,920 | 62.4% | $78,831 | 37.6% | 54 | 5 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 33 | Avatar | $196,539 | $120,080 | 61.1% | $76,459 | 38.9% | 84 | 24 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 34 | Why Did I Get Married Too? | $191,599 | $112,448 | 58.7% | $79,151 | 41.3% | 177 | 9 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 35 | Princess Kaiulani | $159,926 | $88,878 | 55.6% | $71,048 | 44.4% | 38 | 3 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 36 | The Losers | $138,847 | $103,030 | 74.2% | $35,817 | 25.8% | 83 | 6 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 37 | Solitary Man | $132,880 | $84,279 | 63.4% | $48,601 | 36.6% | 6 | 2 | Anchor Bay Films | - | false |
| 38 | The Ghost Writer | $112,134 | $73,011 | 65.1% | $39,123 | 34.9% | 58 | 15 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 39 | Under the Sea 3D | $108,237 | $49,765 | 46% | $58,472 | 54% | 18 | 68 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 40 | Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief | $103,980 | $60,971 | 58.6% | $43,009 | 41.4% | 108 | 16 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 41 | Holy Rollers | $92,996 | $55,442 | 59.6% | $37,554 | 40.4% | 20 | 2 | First Independent Pictures | - | false |
| 42 | Mother and Child | $89,238 | $55,189 | 61.8% | $34,049 | 38.2% | 33 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 43 | Survival of the Dead | $70,342 | $43,757 | 62.2% | $26,585 | 37.8% | 20 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 44 | Micmacs | $68,240 | $42,751 | 62.6% | $25,489 | 37.4% | 4 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 45 | La Mission | $55,963 | $32,650 | 58.3% | $23,313 | 41.7% | 26 | 8 | Screen Media Films | - | false |
| 46 | Breathless 2010 Re-release | $55,842 | $32,424 | 58.1% | $23,418 | 41.9% | 4 | 1 | Rialto Pictures | - | false |
| 47 | Agora | $54,064 | $33,262 | 61.5% | $20,802 | 38.5% | 2 | 1 | Newmarket Films | - | false |
| 48 | Tooth Fairy | $53,448 | $30,399 | 56.9% | $23,049 | 43.1% | 76 | 19 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 49 | Father of My Children | $53,371 | $31,419 | 58.9% | $21,952 | 41.1% | 5 | 2 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 50 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $48,667 | $23,955 | 49.2% | $24,712 | 50.8% | 5 | 245 | IMAX | - | false |
| 51 | The Secret of Kells | $42,049 | $25,718 | 61.2% | $16,331 | 38.8% | 25 | 13 | GKIDS | - | false |
| 52 | Our Family Wedding | $39,816 | $23,679 | 59.5% | $16,137 | 40.5% | 52 | 12 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 53 | Kites The Remix | $39,378 | $24,869 | 63.2% | $14,509 | 36.8% | 40 | 1 | Reliance Big Pictures | - | false |
| 54 | The City of Your Final Destination | $36,565 | $22,513 | 61.6% | $14,052 | 38.4% | 14 | 7 | Screen Media Films | - | false |
| 55 | Casino Jack and the United States of Money | $35,668 | $20,888 | 58.6% | $14,780 | 41.4% | 21 | 4 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 56 | Mademoiselle Chambon | $33,539 | $19,446 | 58% | $14,093 | 42% | 2 | 1 | Lorber Films | - | false |
| 57 | Mid-August Lunch | $33,427 | $21,315 | 63.8% | $12,112 | 36.2% | 12 | 12 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 58 | Deep Sea | $28,909 | $16,696 | 57.8% | $12,213 | 42.2% | 2 | 222 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 59 | Only the Brave | $27,255 | $14,825 | 54.4% | $12,430 | 45.6% | 5 | 1 | Indican Pictures | - | false |
| 60 | The Square 2010 Re-release | $26,324 | $16,730 | 63.6% | $9,594 | 36.4% | 15 | 8 | Apparition | - | false |
| 61 | The Cremaster Cycle 2010 Re-release | $20,689 | $11,796 | 57% | $8,893 | 43% | 1 | 8 | International Film Circuit | - | false |
| 62 | The Human Centipede (First Sequence) | $20,034 | $11,860 | 59.2% | $8,174 | 40.8% | 14 | 5 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 63 | Chloe | $17,036 | $7,766 | 45.6% | $9,270 | 54.4% | 18 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 64 | Vincere | $15,756 | $7,482 | 47.5% | $8,274 | 52.5% | 12 | 11 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 65 | Mother | $15,699 | $10,460 | 66.6% | $5,239 | 33.4% | 12 | 12 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 66 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $15,157 | $7,128 | 47% | $8,029 | 53% | 6 | 139 | National Geographic Entertainment | - | false |
| 67 | Metropolis 2010 Re-release | $14,776 | $8,202 | 55.5% | $6,574 | 44.5% | 2 | 4 | Kino International | - | false |
| 68 | A Prophet | $14,693 | $7,553 | 51.4% | $7,140 | 48.6% | 14 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 69 | The Good the Bad the Weird | $14,348 | $9,417 | 65.6% | $4,931 | 34.4% | 13 | 6 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 70 | Looking for Eric | $11,259 | $6,903 | 61.3% | $4,356 | 38.7% | 8 | 3 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 71 | 180° South | $9,516 | $5,566 | 58.5% | $3,950 | 41.5% | 4 | 2 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 72 | Two in the Wave | $9,204 | $5,262 | 57.2% | $3,942 | 42.8% | 1 | 3 | Lorber Films | - | false |
| 73 | Best Worst Movie | $7,381 | $5,187 | 70.3% | $2,194 | 29.7% | 2 | 6 | Abramorama | - | false |
| 74 | Letters to God | $7,234 | $3,680 | 50.9% | $3,554 | 49.1% | 14 | 8 | Vivendi Entertainment | - | false |
| 75 | John Rabe | $6,882 | $4,288 | 62.3% | $2,594 | 37.7% | 4 | 2 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 76 | Racing Dreams | $6,743 | $4,517 | 67% | $2,226 | 33% | 8 | 2 | Hannover House | - | false |
| 77 | The Eclipse | $6,444 | $4,201 | 65.2% | $2,243 | 34.8% | 5 | 10 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 78 | OSS 117: Lost in Rio | $6,260 | $4,025 | 64.3% | $2,235 | 35.7% | 3 | 4 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 79 | The Runaways | $6,216 | $3,163 | 50.9% | $3,053 | 49.1% | 11 | 11 | Apparition | - | false |
| 80 | The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers | $6,212 | $3,035 | 48.9% | $3,177 | 51.1% | 5 | 18 | First Run | - | false |
| 81 | The Blind Side | $6,171 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 28 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 82 | Sweetgrass | $5,718 | $2,866 | 50.1% | $2,852 | 49.9% | 3 | 22 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 83 | Crazy Heart | $5,431 | $3,109 | 57.2% | $2,322 | 42.8% | 7 | 25 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 84 | The Joneses | $4,880 | $3,137 | 64.3% | $1,743 | 35.7% | 8 | 7 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 85 | No One Knows About Persian Cats | $4,768 | $3,082 | 64.6% | $1,686 | 35.4% | 7 | 7 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 86 | Touching Home | $4,452 | $2,771 | 62.2% | $1,681 | 37.8% | 2 | 5 | CFI Releasing | - | false |
| 87 | Daddy Longlegs | $3,555 | $2,020 | 56.8% | $1,535 | 43.2% | 2 | 3 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 88 | The Harimaya Bridge | $3,171 | $1,664 | 52.5% | $1,507 | 47.5% | 1 | 12 | Eleven Arts | - | false |
| 89 | Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo | $2,910 | $1,769 | 60.8% | $1,141 | 39.2% | 2 | 4 | Argot Pictures | - | false |
| 90 | Ajami | $2,895 | $1,638 | 56.6% | $1,257 | 43.4% | 3 | 18 | Kino International | - | false |
| 91 | North Face | $2,690 | $735 | 27.3% | $1,955 | 72.7% | 2 | 18 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 92 | Prodigal Sons | $2,556 | $2,033 | 79.5% | $523 | 20.5% | 1 | 14 | First Run | - | false |
| 93 | Terribly Happy | $2,531 | $1,604 | 63.4% | $927 | 36.6% | 3 | 17 | Oscilloscope | - | false |
| 94 | After the Cup: Sons of Sakhnin United | $2,287 | $1,513 | 66.2% | $774 | 33.8% | 2 | 2 | Variance Films | - | false |
| 95 | Ran 2010 Re-release | $2,260 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 17 | Rialto Pictures | - | false |
| 96 | Double Take | $1,998 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | Kino International | - | false |
| 97 | Space Station 3D | $1,646 | $827 | 50.2% | $819 | 49.8% | 1 | 424 | IMAX | - | false |
| 98 | House | $1,624 | $1,624 | 100% | $0 | - | 2 | 20 | Janus Films | - | false |
| 99 | Valley of the Heart's Delight | $1,531 | $904 | 59% | $627 | 41% | 1 | 8 | Indican Pictures | - | false |
| 100 | Behind the Burly Q | $1,500 | $693 | 46.2% | $807 | 53.8% | 1 | 6 | First Run | - | false |
| 101 | Dancing Across Borders | $1,461 | $892 | 61% | $569 | 39% | 1 | 10 | First Run | - | false |
| 102 | The Last Station | $1,220 | $336 | 27.5% | $884 | 72.5% | 3 | 20 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 103 | Galapagos | $1,202 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 553 | IMAX | - | false |
| 104 | U2 3D | $1,159 | $390 | 33.6% | $769 | 66.4% | 1 | 124 | National Geographic Entertainment | - | false |
| 105 | Dreamkiller | $1,121 | $925 | 82.5% | $196 | 17.5% | 1 | 15 | Delaware Pictures | - | false |
| 106 | Feed the Fish | $996 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 107 | The Girl on the Train | $956 | $367 | 38.4% | $589 | 61.6% | 2 | 19 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 108 | Here and There | $927 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | Cinema Purgatorio | - | false |
| 109 | A Town Called Panic | $858 | $858 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 25 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 110 | October Country | $773 | $541 | 70% | $232 | 30% | 1 | 16 | International Film Circuit | - | false |
| 111 | Small Change | $632 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 28 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| 112 | The White Ribbon | $460 | $230 | 50% | $230 | 50% | 1 | 23 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 113 | Promised Lands | $149 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 17 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| 114 | Breath Made Visible: Anna Halprin | $76 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 9 | Argot Pictures | - | false |
| - | NoBody's Perfect 2010 Re-release | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Lorber Films | - | false |
| - | Dream Boy | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| - | The Living Wake | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Mangusta Productions | - | false |
| - | 2012: Time for Change | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | Mangusta Productions | - | false |
| - | Everyone Else | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| - | 35 Shots of Rum | - | - | - | - | - | - | 38 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| - | When You're Strange | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | Abramorama | - | false |
| - | Manuela and Manuel | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| - | Just Say Love | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
