| Rank | MOVIE (DISTRIBUTOR) | GROSS |
| 1 | 2012 (Sony) | $65,237,614 |
| 2 | Disney's a Christmas Carol (Walt Disney) | $22,308,913 |
| 3 | Precious (Lionsgate) | $5,874,628 |
| 4 | The Men Who Stare At Goats (Overture) | $5,861,753 |
| 5 | Michael Jackson's This Is It (Sony) | $5,078,920 |
| 6 | The Fourth Kind (Universal) | $4,605,365 |
| 7 | Couples Retreat (Universal) | $4,164,940 |
| 8 | Paranormal Activity (Paramount) | $4,093,417 |
| 9 | Law Abiding Citizen (Overture) | $3,796,327 |
| 10 | The Box (Warner Bros.) | $3,158,368 |
| Rank | MOVIE (DISTRIBUTOR) | GROSS |
| 1 | 2012 (Sony) | $3,642,676 |
| 2 | A Christmas Carol (Walt Disney) | $1,056,868 |
| 3 | The Men Who Stare At Goats (Overture) | $448,150 |
| 4 | Precious: Based On the Novel 'Push' By Sapphire (Lionsgate) | $398,182 |
| 5 | This Is It (Sony) | $357,761 |
| Rank | MOVIE (DISTRIBUTOR) | GROSS |
| 1 | Titanic (Paramount) | $600,788,188 |
| 2 | The Dark Knight (Warner Bros.) | $529,143,070 |
| 3 | Star Wars (Fox) | $460,998,007 |
| 4 | Shrek 2 (Dreamworks) | $436,471,036 |
| 5 | E.T. the Extra Terrestrial (Universal) | $434,949,459 |