| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Detective Conan: The Eleventh Striker | - | - | - | $21,061,163 | 351 | $41,439,875 | Apr 14 | Toho | false |
| 2 | SPEC: Heaven | - | - | - | $20,808,431 | 281 | $29,023,960 | Apr 7 | Toho | false |
| 3 | We Were There: True Love | - | - | - | $12,253,022 | 297 | $28,876,929 | Mar 17 | Toho | false |
| 4 | Battleship | - | - | - | $11,155,883 | 549 | $18,128,606 | Apr 13 | Toho-Towa | false |
| 5 | Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles ~Animal Adventure~ | - | - | - | $10,625,600 | 359 | $44,649,222 | Mar 3 | Toho | false |
| 6 | We Were There: True Love 2012 Re-release | - | - | - | $9,119,024 | 297 | $20,762,157 | Apr 21 | Toho | false |
| 7 | Kamen Rider × Super Sentai: Super Hero Taisen | - | - | - | $8,950,198 | 295 | $18,973,831 | Apr 21 | Toei Company | false |
| 8 | Eiga Kureyon Shinchan: Arashi o yobu! Ora to uchuu to purinsesu | - | - | - | $5,854,124 | 330 | $11,782,573 | Apr 14 | Toho | false |
| 9 | John Carter | - | - | - | $5,378,342 | 696 | $7,528,236 | Apr 13 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 10 | Thermae Romae | - | - | - | $5,269,888 | 323 | $74,091,903 | Apr 28 | Toho | false |
| 11 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | - | - | - | $4,950,918 | 464 | $22,772,632 | Mar 10 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 12 | Puss in Boots | - | - | - | $4,860,906 | 520 | $13,758,233 | Mar 16 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 13 | Titanic 2012 3D Release | - | - | - | $4,685,705 | 460 | $4,846,836 | Apr 7 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 14 | Wrath of the Titans | - | - | - | $4,056,231 | 541 | $7,638,624 | Apr 21 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 15 | Precure All Stars New Stage Movie: Friends of the Future | - | - | - | $3,963,367 | 172 | $11,848,319 | Mar 17 | Toei Company | false |
| 16 | The Artist | - | - | - | $3,288,085 | 179 | $3,288,085 | Apr 7 | Gaga | false |
| 17 | This Means War | - | - | - | $3,182,366 | 428 | $7,358,824 | Apr 20 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 18 | Ultraman Saga | - | - | - | $3,043,002 | 369 | $6,120,006 | Mar 24 | Shochiku | false |
| 19 | The Iron Lady | - | - | - | $2,954,451 | 206 | $10,302,625 | Mar 17 | Gaga | false |
| 20 | Journey 2: The Mysterious Island | - | - | - | $2,795,435 | 176 | $2,795,435 | Mar 31 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 21 | Liar Game: Reborn | - | - | - | $2,661,936 | 318 | $24,549,726 | Mar 3 | Toho | false |
| 22 | A Letter to Momo | - | - | - | $2,302,271 | 276 | $4,969,070 | Apr 21 | - | false |
| 23 | Chronicle of My Mother | - | - | - | $1,444,923 | 223 | $13,557,108 | Apr 28 | Shochiku | false |
| 24 | The Help | - | - | - | $1,274,323 | 103 | $1,274,323 | Mar 31 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 25 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 2012 3D Release | - | - | - | $1,236,279 | 617 | $6,604,041 | Mar 16 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 26 | Ouran High School Host Club | - | - | - | $807,608 | 149 | $2,821,766 | Mar 17 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 27 | Home: The House Imp | - | - | - | $662,242 | 249 | $5,304,736 | Apr 28 | Toei Company | false |
| 28 | Train Brain Express | - | - | - | $567,636 | 204 | $2,137,888 | Mar 24 | Toei Company | false |
| 29 | Hugo | - | - | - | $507,077 | 508 | $11,695,447 | Mar 1 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 30 | Drive | - | - | - | $348,304 | 53 | $348,304 | Mar 31 | - | false |
| 31 | The Ides of March | - | - | - | $287,701 | 71 | $287,701 | Mar 31 | Shochiku | false |
| 32 | Strike Witches the Movie | - | - | - | $248,895 | 18 | $1,997,136 | Mar 17 | - | false |
| 33 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | - | - | - | $118,262 | 431 | $15,802,569 | Feb 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 34 | Carnage | - | - | - | $92,543 | 13 | $651,917 | Feb 18 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 35 | Arakawa Under the Bridge | - | - | - | $23,230 | 172 | $3,348,319 | Feb 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 36 | Underworld: Awakening | - | - | - | $12,524 | 177 | $1,351,034 | Feb 24 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 37 | Restless | - | - | - | $6,311 | 20 | $845,452 | Dec 23 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 38 | Moneyball | - | - | - | $955 | 329 | $11,499,680 | Nov 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
