| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | $57,531,613 | $49,087,101 | 85.3% | $8,444,512 | 14.7% | 4,125 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 2 | Tangled | $55,022,675 | $48,767,052 | 88.6% | $6,255,623 | 11.4% | 3,603 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Burlesque | $15,504,126 | $11,947,744 | 77.1% | $3,556,382 | 22.9% | 3,037 | 2 | Screen Gems | - | false |
| 4 | Megamind | $14,031,154 | $12,575,778 | 89.6% | $1,455,376 | 10.4% | 3,411 | 4 | DreamWorks | - | false |
| 5 | Unstoppable | $13,782,952 | $11,432,903 | 83% | $2,350,049 | 17% | 3,183 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 6 | Love & Other Drugs | $12,759,706 | $9,739,161 | 76.3% | $3,020,545 | 23.7% | 2,455 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 7 | Faster | $10,803,443 | $8,523,153 | 78.9% | $2,280,290 | 21.1% | 2,454 | 2 | CBS Films | - | false |
| 8 | Due Date | $9,055,729 | $7,167,885 | 79.2% | $1,887,844 | 20.8% | 2,555 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 9 | The Next Three Days | $6,022,060 | $4,683,123 | 77.8% | $1,338,937 | 22.2% | 2,564 | 2 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 10 | Morning Glory | $4,899,210 | $3,910,058 | 79.8% | $989,152 | 20.2% | 2,441 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | 127 Hours | $2,281,339 | $1,708,883 | 74.9% | $572,456 | 25.1% | 293 | 4 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Fair Game | $1,937,476 | $1,560,189 | 80.5% | $377,287 | 19.5% | 396 | 4 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 13 | Red | $1,678,245 | $1,375,685 | 82% | $302,560 | 18% | 914 | 7 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 14 | For Colored Girls | $1,605,543 | $1,362,287 | 84.8% | $243,256 | 15.2% | 605 | 4 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 15 | Skyline | $1,444,690 | $1,141,440 | 79% | $303,250 | 21% | 1,189 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | The Social Network | $848,834 | $707,153 | 83.3% | $141,681 | 16.7% | 291 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 17 | Secretariat | $789,507 | $647,172 | 82% | $142,335 | 18% | 501 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 18 | The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest | $545,422 | $390,888 | 71.7% | $154,534 | 28.3% | 175 | 5 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 19 | The King's Speech | $483,458 | $355,450 | 73.5% | $128,008 | 26.5% | 4 | 1 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 20 | Despicable Me | $425,505 | $363,090 | 85.3% | $62,415 | 14.7% | 266 | 21 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 21 | The Town | $417,699 | $314,720 | 75.4% | $102,979 | 24.6% | 318 | 11 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 22 | Inside Job | $412,433 | $307,389 | 74.5% | $105,044 | 25.5% | 132 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 23 | Hubble | $308,461 | $196,429 | 63.7% | $112,032 | 36.3% | 57 | 37 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 24 | Paranormal Activity 2 | $270,906 | $220,108 | 81.2% | $50,798 | 18.8% | 279 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 25 | Easy A | $270,077 | $200,991 | 74.4% | $69,086 | 25.6% | 251 | 11 | Screen Gems | - | false |
| 26 | Jackass 3D | $240,703 | $182,055 | 75.6% | $58,648 | 24.4% | 183 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 27 | Break Ke Baad | $239,261 | $194,737 | 81.4% | $44,524 | 18.6% | 85 | 2 | Reliance Big Pictures | - | false |
| 28 | Guzaarish | $228,669 | $188,085 | 82.2% | $40,584 | 17.8% | 96 | 2 | UTV Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 29 | Alpha and Omega | $195,237 | $165,947 | 85% | $29,290 | 15% | 228 | 11 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 30 | Life as We Know It | $193,804 | $154,381 | 79.7% | $39,423 | 20.3% | 249 | 8 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 31 | Saw 3D | $170,628 | $131,305 | 77% | $39,323 | 23% | 145 | 5 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 32 | Inception | $158,185 | $119,466 | 75.5% | $38,719 | 24.5% | 144 | 20 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 33 | You Again | $157,372 | $120,285 | 76.4% | $37,087 | 23.6% | 179 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 34 | Toy Story 3 | $130,223 | $109,840 | 84.4% | $20,383 | 15.6% | 168 | 24 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 35 | Today's Special | $105,979 | $87,088 | 82.2% | $18,891 | 17.8% | 23 | 2 | Vitagraph Films | - | false |
| 36 | Hereafter | $105,669 | $78,909 | 74.7% | $26,760 | 25.3% | 202 | 7 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 37 | The Polar Express 2010 IMAX Release | $98,953 | - | - | - | - | - | - | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 38 | Conviction 2010 Re-release | $98,602 | $73,497 | 74.5% | $25,105 | 25.5% | 86 | 7 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 39 | Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole | $89,145 | $71,735 | 80.5% | $17,410 | 19.5% | 130 | 10 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 40 | Waiting for Superman | $88,704 | $60,563 | 68.3% | $28,141 | 31.7% | 69 | 10 | Paramount Vantage | - | false |
| 41 | Made in Dagenham | $83,532 | $62,316 | 74.6% | $21,216 | 25.4% | 11 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 42 | White Material | $80,201 | $60,152 | 75% | $20,049 | 25% | 11 | 2 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 43 | The Nutcracker: The Untold Story | $77,149 | $65,944 | 85.5% | $11,205 | 14.5% | 42 | 2 | Freestyle Releasing | - | false |
| 44 | Under the Sea 3D | $69,268 | $53,154 | 76.7% | $16,114 | 23.3% | 13 | 94 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 45 | You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger | $67,650 | $48,613 | 71.9% | $19,037 | 28.1% | 33 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 46 | Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps | $60,185 | $45,395 | 75.4% | $14,790 | 24.6% | 90 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 47 | Tiny Furniture | $47,352 | $35,197 | 74.3% | $12,155 | 25.7% | 5 | 3 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 48 | Mao's Last Dancer | $40,329 | $31,216 | 77.4% | $9,113 | 22.6% | 22 | 15 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 49 | Space Station 3D | $39,944 | $25,457 | 63.7% | $14,487 | 36.3% | 2 | 450 | IMAX | - | false |
| 50 | Tamara Drewe | $38,806 | $31,275 | 80.6% | $7,531 | 19.4% | 24 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 51 | Vision | $30,237 | $22,766 | 75.3% | $7,471 | 24.7% | 11 | 8 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 52 | Kings of Pastry | $28,890 | $19,314 | 66.8% | $9,576 | 33.2% | 8 | 12 | First Run | - | false |
| 53 | Never Let Me Go | $24,435 | $15,450 | 63.2% | $8,985 | 36.8% | 13 | 12 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 54 | Stone | $23,390 | $16,682 | 71.3% | $6,708 | 28.7% | 23 | 8 | Overture Films | - | false |
| 55 | Nowhere Boy | $22,380 | $14,995 | 67% | $7,385 | 33% | 40 | 8 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 56 | Client 9 | $21,879 | $15,265 | 69.8% | $6,614 | 30.2% | 12 | 4 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 57 | Welcome to the Rileys | $19,392 | $14,358 | 74% | $5,034 | 26% | 8 | 5 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 58 | Undertow | $18,856 | $13,612 | 72.2% | $5,244 | 27.8% | 2 | 11 | The Film Collaborative | - | false |
| 59 | Four Lions | $18,412 | $18,412 | 100% | $0 | - | 7 | 4 | Drafthouse Films | - | false |
| 60 | Monsters | $17,722 | $13,337 | 75.3% | $4,385 | 24.7% | 12 | 5 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 61 | The Legend of Pale Male | $15,678 | $12,910 | 82.3% | $2,768 | 17.7% | 1 | 2 | Balcony Releasing | - | false |
| 62 | The Wildest Dream | $15,473 | $12,344 | 79.8% | $3,129 | 20.2% | 9 | 17 | National Geographic Entertainment | - | false |
| 63 | Waste Land | $15,202 | $9,193 | 60.5% | $6,009 | 39.5% | 6 | 5 | Arthouse Films | - | false |
| 64 | Last Train Home | $14,202 | $9,831 | 69.2% | $4,371 | 30.8% | 5 | 13 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 65 | Howl | $13,775 | $8,784 | 63.8% | $4,991 | 36.2% | 7 | 10 | Oscilloscope | - | false |
| 66 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $12,874 | $8,945 | 69.5% | $3,929 | 30.5% | 2 | 165 | National Geographic Entertainment | - | false |
| 67 | Leaving | $12,205 | $9,045 | 74.1% | $3,160 | 25.9% | 11 | 9 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 68 | Get Low | $11,425 | $7,512 | 65.8% | $3,913 | 34.2% | 12 | 18 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 69 | Wild Target | $11,234 | $7,793 | 69.4% | $3,441 | 30.6% | 6 | 5 | Freestyle Releasing | - | false |
| 70 | Catfish | $10,800 | $7,830 | 72.5% | $2,970 | 27.5% | 9 | 11 | Rogue Pictures | - | false |
| 71 | Enter the Void | $10,718 | $7,569 | 70.6% | $3,149 | 29.4% | 6 | 10 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 72 | Inspector Bellamy | $10,342 | $8,046 | 77.8% | $2,296 | 22.2% | 4 | 5 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 73 | Galapagos | $10,117 | $8,225 | 81.3% | $1,892 | 18.7% | 1 | 579 | IMAX | - | false |
| 74 | Deep Sea | $9,194 | $7,742 | 84.2% | $1,452 | 15.8% | 3 | 248 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 75 | My Dog Tulip | $9,175 | $7,257 | 79.1% | $1,918 | 20.9% | 3 | 14 | New Yorker Films | - | false |
| 76 | Let Me In | $8,921 | $6,721 | 75.3% | $2,200 | 24.7% | 31 | 9 | Overture Films | - | false |
| 77 | William S. Burroughs: A Man Within | $8,622 | $5,220 | 60.5% | $3,402 | 39.5% | 2 | 3 | Oscilloscope | - | false |
| 78 | Jack Goes Boating | $7,603 | $4,980 | 65.5% | $2,623 | 34.5% | 9 | 11 | Overture Films | - | false |
| 79 | Heartbreaker | $6,633 | $4,414 | 66.6% | $2,219 | 33.4% | 11 | 12 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 80 | Breathless 2010 Re-release | $6,558 | $4,080 | 62.2% | $2,478 | 37.8% | 1 | 27 | Rialto Pictures | - | false |
| 81 | Marwencol | $6,535 | $3,341 | 51.1% | $3,194 | 48.9% | 3 | 8 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 82 | Carlos | $6,284 | $4,533 | 72.1% | $1,751 | 27.9% | 3 | 7 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 83 | Animal Kingdom | $5,205 | $3,520 | 67.6% | $1,685 | 32.4% | 15 | 16 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 84 | The Tillman Story | $4,157 | $2,762 | 66.4% | $1,395 | 33.6% | 13 | 15 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 85 | Mademoiselle Chambon | $3,964 | $1,599 | 40.3% | $2,365 | 59.7% | 4 | 27 | Lorber Films | - | false |
| 86 | Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould | $3,551 | $2,494 | 70.2% | $1,057 | 29.8% | 2 | 12 | Lorber Films | - | false |
| 87 | Budrus | $3,445 | $2,247 | 65.2% | $1,198 | 34.8% | 1 | 8 | Balcony Releasing | - | false |
| 88 | The Salvation Poem | $2,924 | $2,668 | 91.2% | $256 | 8.8% | 2 | 14 | CanZion Films | - | false |
| 89 | Boxing Gym | $2,436 | $2,036 | 83.6% | $400 | 16.4% | 7 | 6 | Zipporah Films | - | false |
| 90 | Hideaway | $2,207 | $1,104 | 50% | $1,103 | 50% | 3 | 12 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 91 | I Am Love | $1,928 | $1,111 | 57.6% | $817 | 42.4% | 2 | 24 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 92 | The Girl Who Played with Fire | $1,839 | $1,549 | 84.2% | $290 | 15.8% | 6 | 21 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 93 | Dogtooth | $1,754 | $1,122 | 64% | $632 | 36% | 1 | 23 | Kino International | - | false |
| 94 | Freakonomics | $1,403 | $808 | 57.6% | $595 | 42.4% | 3 | 9 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 95 | Cool It | $1,376 | $918 | 66.7% | $458 | 33.3% | 1 | 3 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 96 | A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop | $1,093 | $571 | 52.2% | $522 | 47.8% | 3 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 97 | Winter's Bone | $1,054 | $646 | 61.3% | $408 | 38.7% | 2 | 25 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 98 | Terkel in Trouble 2010 Re-release | $996 | $799 | 80.2% | $197 | 19.8% | 1 | 7 | Indican Pictures | - | false |
| 99 | Enemies of the People | $986 | $620 | 62.9% | $366 | 37.1% | 1 | 18 | International Film Circuit | - | false |
| 100 | What If... | $962 | $696 | 72.4% | $266 | 27.6% | 1 | 15 | Five & Two Pictures | - | false |
| 101 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $879 | $762 | 86.7% | $117 | 13.3% | 3 | 37 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 102 | Le Amiche | $809 | $545 | 67.4% | $264 | 32.6% | 1 | 24 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| 103 | Monsieur Verdoux | $748 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 142 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| 104 | Army of Crime | $704 | $704 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 15 | Lorber Films | - | false |
| 105 | Lebanon | $467 | $227 | 48.6% | $240 | 51.4% | 1 | 17 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 106 | Brutal Beauty: Tales of the Rose City Rollers | $418 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 47 | Cinema Purgatorio | - | false |
| 107 | Aftershock | $40 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | China Lion Film Distribution | - | false |
| 108 | Zenith | $6 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 9 | Cinema Purgatorio | - | false |
| - | Nine Nation Animation | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | The World According to Shorts | - | false |
| - | House | - | - | - | - | - | - | 46 | Janus Films | - | false |
| - | Mesrine: Killer Instinct 2010 Re-release | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| - | Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1 2010 Re-release | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| - | See What I'm Saying: The Deaf Entertainers Documentary | - | - | - | - | - | - | 37 | Worldplay | - | false |
| - | Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Variance Films | - | false |
| - | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | - | - | - | - | - | - | 271 | IMAX | - | false |
| - | Ran 2010 Re-release | - | - | - | - | - | - | 43 | Rialto Pictures | - | false |
| - | Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | Cinema Purgatorio | - | false |
| - | Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Variance Films | - | false |
| - | Alamar | - | - | - | - | - | - | 21 | Film Movement | - | false |
| - | Restrepo | - | - | - | - | - | - | 23 | National Geographic Entertainment | - | false |
| - | The Little Traitor | - | - | - | - | - | - | 58 | N/A | - | false |
| - | The Kids Grow Up | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Shadow Distribution | - | false |
