| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Puss in Boots | $446,733 | -33.4% | 89 | - | $5,019 | $3,289,362 | 3 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 2 | - | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $317,120 | - | 88 | - | $3,603 | $364,405 | 1 | 20th Century Fox International | true | false |
| 3 | - | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $307,494 | - | 75 | - | $4,099 | $388,964 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 4 | 2 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | $186,442 | -62.6% | 79 | - | $2,360 | $927,095 | 2 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | New Year's Eve | $115,905 | -43% | 75 | +1 | $1,545 | $991,956 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | In Time | $55,181 | -58.3% | 57 | -11 | $968 | $1,139,183 | 4 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 7 | 13 | Arthur Christmas | $52,674 | +107.7% | 114 | +12 | $462 | $588,831 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | Happy Feet Two | $48,846 | -21.1% | 71 | +1 | $687 | $626,348 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 9 | - | The Ides of March | $47,788 | - | 40 | - | $1,194 | $49,868 | 1 | Constantin Film | true | false |
| 10 | 6 | Woman in Love | $46,484 | -55.3% | 61 | - | $762 | $195,372 | 2 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 11 | 4 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | $42,846 | -71.9% | 66 | -18 | $649 | $4,377,115 | 5 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 12 | 18 | When Santa Fell to Earth | $25,202 | +66.7% | 43 | -1 | $586 | $180,609 | 5 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 13 | 15 | Laura's Star and the Dream Monster | $23,612 | +6.2% | 58 | - | $407 | $55,710 | 2 | Einhorn-Film | false | false |
| 14 | 8 | Carnage | $15,628 | -67.1% | 36 | -3 | $434 | $590,819 | 5 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 15 | 14 | Dolphin Tale | $13,559 | -44.8% | 24 | - | $564 | $49,010 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 16 | 19 | The Lion King 2011 3D Release | $12,897 | -11.9% | 45 | -3 | $286 | $897,635 | 7 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | 23 | Allah'in Sadik Kulu: Barla | $11,220 | +14.3% | 5 | - | $2,244 | $22,395 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 18 | 10 | We Have a Pope | $11,135 | -57.8% | 18 | +1 | $618 | $148,864 | 3 | Polyfilm Verleih | false | false |
| 19 | 20 | The Help | $10,627 | -24.7% | 42 | -1 | $253 | $96,480 | 3 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 20 | 11 | Margin Call | $9,066 | -65.3% | 21 | +1 | $431 | $140,786 | 3 | Filmladen | false | false |
| 21 | 22 | Jane Eyre | $8,227 | -19.5% | 14 | +2 | $587 | $119,328 | 4 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 22 | 16 | Eine ganz heiße Nummer | $7,153 | -63% | 19 | +1 | $376 | $1,129,316 | 9 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 23 | 12 | Shark Night | $6,144 | -75.9% | 22 | -18 | $279 | $284,922 | 4 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 24 | 34 | The Adventures of Tintin | $6,064 | +153.3% | 22 | -19 | $275 | $1,001,210 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 25 | 17 | The Women on the 6th Floor | $6,028 | -68.5% | 19 | +1 | $317 | $35,785 | 2 | Filmladen | false | false |
| 26 | 42 | Anonymous | $4,108 | +447.7% | 10 | -3 | $410 | $131,549 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 27 | 25 | Kein Sex ist auch keine Lösung | $3,858 | -56.8% | 22 | -7 | $175 | $145,826 | 4 | N/A | false | false |
| 28 | 30 | Cave of Forgotten Dreams | $3,744 | +7.6% | 6 | +1 | $624 | $149,771 | 8 | Filmladen | false | false |
| 29 | - | Labyrinth | $2,949 | - | 4 | - | $737 | $2,949 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 30 | 35 | Princess Lillifee and the Little Unicorn | $2,905 | +28.3% | 32 | +12 | $90 | $671,867 | 17 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 31 | 26 | The Infidel | $2,790 | -58% | 11 | -5 | $253 | $66,497 | 4 | N/A | false | false |
| 32 | 33 | Breathing | $2,628 | -3.6% | 8 | - | $328 | $661,227 | 13 | N/A | false | false |
| 33 | 28 | Paranormal Activity 3 | $2,467 | -45.6% | 9 | - | $274 | $1,278,530 | 8 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 34 | 24 | A Dangerous Method | $2,260 | -76.7% | 29 | - | $77 | $586,556 | 7 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 35 | 27 | Melancholia | $1,774 | -66.3% | 7 | -1 | $253 | $228,599 | 9 | Filmladen | false | false |
| 36 | 32 | Musallat 2: Lanet | $1,693 | -40.3% | 1 | - | $1,693 | $19,611 | 4 | N/A | false | false |
| 37 | 29 | Le Havre | $1,483 | -59.8% | 5 | - | $296 | $174,043 | 8 | Stadtkino Filmverleih | false | false |
| 38 | 41 | I Don't Know How She Does It | $1,016 | +18.3% | 6 | +1 | $169 | $193,934 | 6 | N/A | false | false |
| 39 | - | The First Beautiful Thing 2011 Re-release | $1,006 | - | 2 | - | $503 | $1,979 | 1 | Polyfilm Verleih | true | false |
| 40 | 38 | Vysotsky. Thank You for Being Alive | $802 | -46.5% | 1 | - | $802 | $5,231 | 3 | N/A | false | false |
| 41 | 44 | The Smurfs | $676 | +41.1% | 5 | +1 | $135 | $5,012,797 | 21 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 42 | 43 | Yangin Var | $646 | -13.5% | 1 | - | $646 | $3,029 | 3 | N/A | false | false |
| 43 | 37 | The Trial | $606 | -61.8% | 3 | -2 | $202 | $35,653 | 5 | N/A | false | false |
| 44 | 31 | American Passages | $556 | -83.3% | 4 | -2 | $139 | $48,641 | 5 | Filmladen | false | false |
| 45 | 36 | Sleeping Sickness | $520 | -71% | 1 | - | $520 | $13,807 | 2 | Stadtkino Filmverleih | false | false |
| 46 | - | Cairo Time | $507 | - | 5 | - | $101 | $507 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 47 | 40 | Real Steel | $483 | -55.2% | 6 | -1 | $80 | $788,221 | 8 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 48 | - | Mama Africa | $435 | - | 2 | - | $217 | $435 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 49 | - | El Bulli: Cooking in Progress | $155 | - | 2 | - | $77 | $155 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 50 | 45 | Winnie the Pooh | $105 | -58.5% | 5 | +2 | $21 | $512,268 | 37 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
