| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Up | - | - | - | $36,895,258 | 664 | $51,920,149 | Dec 5 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 2 | One Piece: Strong World | - | - | - | $36,552,102 | 194 | $48,192,309 | Dec 12 | Toei Company | false |
| 3 | 2012 | - | - | - | $21,229,116 | 612 | $42,626,869 | Nov 20 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 4 | Avatar | - | - | - | $19,215,858 | 840 | $170,640,248 | Dec 23 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 5 | Kamen Rider Movie War 2010: Kamen Rider vs. Kamen Rider W & Decade | - | - | - | $12,365,785 | 293 | $16,035,761 | Dec 12 | Toei Company | false |
| 6 | Public Enemies | - | - | - | $6,520,009 | 328 | $7,842,138 | Dec 12 | Toho-Towa | false |
| 7 | A Christmas Carol | - | - | - | $5,524,240 | 516 | $17,601,649 | Nov 14 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 8 | Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legends - The Movie | - | - | - | $4,926,149 | 135 | $6,161,665 | Dec 12 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 9 | Nodame Cantabile: The Movie II | - | - | - | $4,548,686 | 409 | $42,694,088 | Dec 19 | Toho | false |
| 10 | No More Cry | - | - | - | $4,052,001 | 303 | $14,074,814 | Nov 14 | Toho | false |
| 11 | The Unbroken | - | - | - | $3,642,390 | 403 | $29,000,322 | Oct 24 | Toho | false |
| 12 | The Fourth Kind | - | - | - | $3,501,293 | 238 | $5,064,696 | Dec 18 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 13 | Zero Focus | - | - | - | $2,945,334 | 322 | $10,627,512 | Nov 14 | Toho | false |
| 14 | This Is It | - | - | - | $2,696,271 | 323 | $57,073,792 | Oct 28 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 15 | Inglourious Basterds | - | - | - | $2,465,956 | 315 | $6,604,511 | Nov 21 | Toho-Towa | false |
| 16 | Space Battleship Yamato Resurrection | - | - | - | $2,462,111 | 213 | $4,319,940 | Dec 12 | Toho | false |
| 17 | Macross Frontier: The False Songstress | - | - | - | $2,310,661 | 31 | $4,839,216 | Nov 21 | The Klockworx | false |
| 18 | I Give My First Love to You | - | - | - | $2,282,062 | 302 | $23,942,259 | Oct 24 | Toho | false |
| 19 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | - | - | - | $1,165,439 | 197 | $1,927,976 | Nov 28 | Asmik Ace Entertainment | false |
| 20 | Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva | - | - | - | $1,074,959 | 311 | $6,112,698 | Dec 19 | Toho | false |
| 21 | The Rebound | - | - | - | $946,359 | 186 | $1,480,902 | Nov 27 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 22 | Snow Prince | - | - | - | $837,724 | 235 | $837,724 | Dec 12 | Shochiku | false |
| 23 | Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure | - | - | - | $777,072 | 162 | $1,447,806 | Nov 23 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 24 | Fresh Precure! | - | - | - | $738,891 | 159 | $8,341,362 | Oct 31 | Toei Company | false |
| 25 | A Tale of Ululu's Wonderful Forest | - | - | - | $672,161 | 324 | $5,509,441 | Dec 19 | Toho | false |
| 26 | Julie & Julia | - | - | - | $520,002 | 15 | $1,144,317 | Dec 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 27 | Genkai in a Black Company | - | - | - | $372,019 | 99 | $1,172,266 | Nov 21 | Asmik Ace Entertainment | false |
| 28 | Go Find a Psychic! | - | - | - | $366,370 | 150 | $1,282,399 | Nov 21 | Toho | false |
| 29 | Eden of the East the Movie I: The King of Eden | - | - | - | $313,318 | 7 | $505,349 | Nov 28 | Asmik Ace Entertainment | false |
| 30 | Cadillac Records | - | - | - | $2,974 | 10 | $496,114 | Aug 15 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 31 | Crank: High Voltage | - | - | - | $1,215 | 30 | $330,849 | Sep 26 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
