| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 3 | 3 | $17,016,402 | -39% | 10.4% | 10 | Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close | $8,906,422 | 52.3% | 6 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 4 | 2 | $16,946,661 | -45.2% | 10.4% | 5 | Red Tails | $12,943,663 | 76.4% | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 5 | 1 | $16,127,308 | -50.6% | 9.9% | 1 | Underworld: Awakening | $16,127,308 | 100% | 2 | Screen Gems | - |
| 6 | 6 | $10,251,666 | -32.5% | 6.3% | 5 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | $4,406,537 | 43% | 7 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 7 | 5 | $9,623,881 | -39.8% | 5.9% | 5 | Beauty and the Beast 2012 3D Release | $6,526,469 | 67.8% | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 8 | 8 | $9,602,389 | -1% | 5.9% | 4 | The Artist | $4,590,146 | 47.8% | 10 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 9 | 4 | $8,910,850 | -45% | 5.5% | 2 | Contraband | $8,743,800 | 98.1% | 3 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 10 | 10 | $8,873,020 | +134.5% | 5.4% | 2 | The Descendants | $8,624,638 | 97.2% | 12 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - |
| 11 | 7 | $5,462,842 | -52.3% | 3.4% | 2 | Haywire | $5,365,702 | 98.2% | 2 | Relativity Media | - |
| 12 | 9 | $3,312,672 | -39.7% | 2% | 3 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $2,886,352 | 87.1% | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 13 | 11 | $1,509,623 | -41.8% | 0.9% | 2 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $1,449,551 | 96% | 8 | Focus Features | - |
| 14 | 12 | $1,354,888 | +7.7% | 0.8% | 7 | A Dangerous Method | $773,690 | 57.1% | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 15 | 23 | $1,338,099 | +1,742.3% | 0.8% | 1 | Agneepath | $1,338,099 | 100% | 2 | Eros Worldwide | - |
| 16 | 24 | $989,824 | +1,418.3% | 0.6% | 2 | Albert Nobbs | $987,692 | 99.8% | 1 | Roadside Attractions | - |
| 17 | 14 | $404,109 | -7.8% | 0.2% | 1 | Puss in Boots | $404,109 | 100% | 14 | DreamWorks | - |
| 18 | 15 | $314,538 | +43.9% | 0.2% | 2 | Pina | $294,832 | 93.7% | 6 | IFC Films | - |
| 19 | 13 | $281,015 | -57.1% | 0.2% | 2 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | $225,286 | 80.2% | 11 | Summit Entertainment | - |
| 20 | 18 | $100,135 | -5.4% | <0.1% | 1 | We Need to Talk About Kevin | $100,135 | 100% | 8 | Oscilloscope | - |
| 21 | 17 | $95,141 | -11.6% | <0.1% | 2 | The Viral Factor | $60,941 | 64.1% | 2 | China Lion Film Distribution | - |
| 22 | 19 | $65,026 | -24.1% | <0.1% | 1 | Sea Rex 3D: Journey to a Prehistoric World | $65,026 | 100% | 88 | 3D Entertainment | - |
| 23 | 22 | $50,875 | -32.8% | <0.1% | 3 | Melancholia | $44,746 | 88% | 12 | Magnolia Pictures | - |
| 24 | 27 | $45,100 | +32.8% | <0.1% | 1 | Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough | $45,100 | 100% | 17 | National Geographic Entertainment | - |
| 25 | 29 | $40,860 | +35.5% | <0.1% | 3 | Space Station 3D | $39,242 | 96% | 511 | IMAX | - |
| 26 | 21 | $37,399 | -52% | <0.1% | 2 | Drive | $19,149 | 51.2% | 20 | FilmDistrict | - |
| 27 | 20 | $28,280 | -65.1% | <0.1% | 1 | The Flowers of War | $28,280 | 100% | 2 | Wrekin Hill Entertainment | - |
| 29 | 26 | $22,957 | -48.6% | <0.1% | 1 | Vettai | $22,957 | 100% | 3 | UTV Motion Pictures | - |
| 30 | 16 | $22,813 | -83.7% | <0.1% | 1 | Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos | $22,813 | 100% | 2 | Eleven Arts | - |
| 31 | 32 | $20,192 | +7.2% | <0.1% | 1 | Le Havre | $20,192 | 100% | 15 | Janus Films | - |
| 32 | 30 | $18,557 | -35.6% | <0.1% | 5 | The Pruitt-Igoe Myth | $11,323 | 61% | 2 | First Run | - |
| 33 | 34 | $16,672 | +31.9% | <0.1% | 1 | Crazy Horse | $16,672 | 100% | 3 | Zipporah Films | - |
| 34 | 28 | $14,220 | -53.9% | <0.1% | 1 | The Way 2010 Re-release | $14,220 | 100% | 17 | Producers Distribution Agency (PDA) | - |
| 35 | 37 | $12,620 | +13.4% | <0.1% | 3 | Young Goethe in Love | $9,424 | 74.7% | 13 | Music Box Films | - |
| 36 | 31 | $12,108 | -37.5% | <0.1% | 2 | The Women on the 6th Floor | $12,108 | 100% | 17 | Strand Releasing | - |
| 37 | 36 | $9,094 | -18.6% | <0.1% | 1 | Tomboy | $9,094 | 100% | 12 | Dada Films | - |
| 38 | 33 | $7,511 | -41.2% | <0.1% | 1 | The Mill and the Cross | $7,511 | 100% | 21 | Kino Lorber Studio Classics | - |
| 39 | 44 | $6,492 | +37.3% | <0.1% | 2 | Once Upon a Time in Anatolia | $5,521 | 85% | 5 | The Cinema Guild | - |
| 40 | 49 | $6,137 | +91.4% | <0.1% | 3 | Addiction Incorporated | $3,585 | 58.4% | 8 | Variance Films | - |
| 41 | 46 | $5,830 | +38.4% | <0.1% | 1 | Sing Your Song | $5,830 | 100% | 3 | S2BN Films | - |
| 42 | 35 | $4,320 | -64.7% | <0.1% | 1 | Don 2 | $4,320 | 100% | 7 | Reliance Big Pictures | - |
| 43 | 41 | $3,792 | -42.2% | <0.1% | 1 | Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston | $3,792 | 100% | 2 | Tribeca Films | - |
| 45 | 39 | $2,689 | -67.3% | <0.1% | 2 | Santa Mesa | $1,428 | 53.1% | 3 | Indican Pictures | - |
| 46 | 43 | $2,364 | -58% | <0.1% | 2 | El Bulli: Cooking in Progress | $2,010 | 85% | 28 | - | - |
| 48 | 47 | $1,453 | -60.1% | <0.1% | 2 | Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness | $1,205 | 82.9% | 30 | International Film Circuit | - |
| 49 | 54 | $1,095 | +168.4% | <0.1% | 1 | Nostalgia for the Light | $1,095 | 100% | 56 | Icarus Films | - |
| 50 | 50 | $756 | -72.7% | <0.1% | 1 | My Reincarnation | $756 | 100% | 14 | Long Shot Factory | - |
| 51 | 48 | $684 | -79.9% | <0.1% | 2 | The Bride Wore Black | $684 | 100% | 13 | The Film Desk | - |
| 53 | 51 | $437 | -72.8% | <0.1% | 1 | Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey | $437 | 100% | 15 | Submarine Deluxe | - |
| 54 | 40 | $273 | -96.2% | <0.1% | 1 | Carol Channing: Larger Than Life | $273 | 100% | 2 | Entertainment One | - |
