| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | - | - | - | $12,618,841 | 414 | $18,954,599 | Dec 15 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 2 | Puss in Boots | - | - | - | $12,151,743 | 512 | $15,642,773 | Dec 8 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 3 | New Year's Eve | - | - | - | $9,659,226 | 336 | $10,915,837 | Dec 8 | Roadshow Films | false |
| 4 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | - | - | - | $6,419,169 | 618 | $18,531,509 | Nov 16 | - | false |
| 5 | Jack and Jill | - | - | - | $5,704,261 | 285 | $5,704,261 | Dec 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 6 | The Inbetweeners | - | - | - | $5,105,470 | 234 | $9,141,299 | Nov 24 | Roadshow Films | false |
| 7 | Arthur Christmas | - | - | - | $3,923,375 | 434 | $3,732,691 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 8 | The Adventures of Tintin | - | - | - | $2,999,655 | 448 | $16,130,802 | Dec 26 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 9 | The Ides of March | - | - | - | $2,795,126 | 87 | $4,588,966 | Nov 24 | Roadshow Films | false |
| 10 | Happy Feet Two | - | - | - | $2,261,335 | 465 | $11,082,388 | Dec 26 | Roadshow Films | false |
| 11 | Tower Heist | - | - | - | $2,148,348 | 252 | $10,852,306 | Dec 26 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 12 | Immortals | - | - | - | $2,079,458 | 238 | $4,566,553 | Nov 24 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 13 | War Horse | - | - | - | $2,003,107 | 242 | $10,922,401 | Dec 26 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 14 | We Bought a Zoo | - | - | - | $1,520,756 | 235 | $7,755,984 | Dec 26 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 15 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | - | - | - | $1,259,111 | 368 | $20,341,322 | Jan 1 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 16 | Dolphin Tale | - | - | - | $1,216,453 | 317 | $1,239,518 | Dec 15 | Roadshow Films | false |
| 17 | Moneyball | - | - | - | $985,409 | 223 | $5,235,970 | Nov 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 18 | The Women on the 6th Floor | - | - | - | $876,090 | 27 | $1,660,005 | Dec 8 | Palace Films | false |
| 19 | Midnight in Paris | - | - | - | $844,772 | 162 | $7,328,764 | Oct 20 | Entertainment One | false |
| 20 | We Need to Talk About Kevin | - | - | - | $297,351 | 25 | $702,332 | Nov 16 | Entertainment One | false |
| 21 | In Time | - | - | - | $280,500 | 226 | $9,090,780 | Oct 27 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 22 | The Debt | - | - | - | $190,260 | 55 | $1,238,474 | Nov 10 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 23 | Drive | - | - | - | $137,657 | 94 | $1,558,256 | - | Pinnacle Films | false |
| 24 | Attack the Block | - | - | - | $133,457 | 49 | $146,349 | Dec 1 | Icon Film Distribution Australia | false |
| 25 | Don 2 | - | - | - | $117,660 | 22 | $252,529 | Dec 23 | - | false |
| 26 | Albert Nobbs | - | - | - | $117,226 | 28 | $413,404 | Dec 26 | - | false |
| 27 | The Dirty Picture | - | - | - | $108,638 | 11 | $108,638 | Dec 1 | Mind Blowing Films | false |
| 28 | The Skin I Live In | - | - | - | $97,472 | 21 | $395,065 | Dec 26 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 29 | Bill Cunningham: New York | - | - | - | $87,540 | 15 | $413,587 | Nov 10 | Madman Entertainment | false |
| 30 | The Ages of Love | - | - | - | $85,665 | 14 | $400,909 | Nov 24 | Palace Films | false |
| 31 | Melancholia | - | - | - | $81,612 | 21 | $439,491 | - | Madman Entertainment | false |
| 32 | Ladies vs. Ricky Bahl | - | - | - | $47,262 | 12 | $47,262 | Dec 8 | Mind Blowing Films | false |
| 33 | Desi Boyz | - | - | - | $45,910 | 12 | $249,645 | Nov 24 | Eros Worldwide | false |
| 34 | Flying Swords of Dragon Gate | - | - | - | $32,163 | 13 | $32,163 | Dec 16 | Icon Film Distribution Australia | false |
| 35 | The Eye of the Storm | - | - | - | $22,212 | 40 | $1,847,312 | Sep 15 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 36 | Contagion | - | - | - | $21,957 | 237 | $5,272,109 | Oct 20 | Warner Bros. | false |
