| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Puss in Boots | - | - | - | $21,799,502 | 710 | $34,002,212 | Dec 8 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 2 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | - | - | - | $14,160,951 | 789 | $33,077,090 | Nov 24 | Concorde Filmverleih | false |
| 3 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | - | - | - | $9,898,635 | 598 | $16,257,743 | Dec 15 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 4 | Woman in Love | - | - | - | $9,635,373 | 612 | $18,635,931 | Dec 15 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 5 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | - | - | - | $9,344,043 | 690 | $20,089,372 | Dec 22 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 6 | In Time | - | - | - | $7,960,934 | 441 | $9,478,285 | Dec 1 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 7 | New Year's Eve | - | - | - | $5,233,772 | 411 | $6,850,960 | Dec 8 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 8 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | - | - | - | $4,374,302 | 663 | $13,106,760 | Dec 22 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 9 | Carnage | - | - | - | $3,969,939 | 440 | $7,754,332 | Nov 24 | Constantin Film | false |
| 10 | Happy Feet Two | - | - | - | $3,134,119 | 513 | $3,962,619 | Dec 1 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 11 | Kein Sex ist auch keine Lösung | - | - | - | $1,633,719 | 290 | $1,739,297 | Dec 1 | - | false |
| 12 | Eine ganz heiße Nummer | - | - | - | $1,523,044 | 214 | $10,702,573 | Oct 27 | Universum Film (UFA) | false |
| 13 | Immortals | - | - | - | $1,478,514 | 445 | $8,446,489 | Nov 10 | Constantin Film | false |
| 14 | When Santa Fell to Earth | - | - | - | $1,471,803 | 472 | $1,918,970 | Nov 24 | Constantin Film | false |
| 15 | The Ides of March | - | - | - | $1,392,880 | 143 | $3,208,028 | Dec 22 | TOBIS Film | false |
| 16 | Blutzbrüdaz | - | - | - | $1,251,164 | 296 | $4,902,541 | Dec 29 | Constantin Film | false |
| 17 | Arthur Christmas | - | - | - | $1,191,409 | 711 | $3,265,322 | Nov 17 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 18 | The Adventures of Tintin | - | - | - | $997,837 | 878 | $16,561,165 | Oct 27 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 19 | Tom Sawyer | - | - | - | $923,843 | 425 | $2,475,721 | Nov 17 | - | false |
| 20 | Jane Eyre | - | - | - | $863,718 | 71 | $1,091,405 | Dec 1 | TOBIS Film | false |
| 21 | Dolphin Tale | - | - | - | $843,242 | 311 | $1,803,021 | Dec 15 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 22 | The Lion King 2011 3D Release | - | - | - | $842,898 | 455 | $6,985,209 | Nov 10 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 23 | Shark Night | - | - | - | $683,758 | 179 | $725,057 | Dec 1 | Universum Film (UFA) | false |
| 24 | We Have a Pope | - | - | - | $681,006 | 81 | $978,122 | Dec 8 | Prokino Filmverleih | false |
| 25 | The Help | - | - | - | $632,042 | 165 | $874,777 | Dec 8 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 26 | One Day | - | - | - | $577,671 | 391 | $7,028,098 | Nov 3 | TOBIS Film | false |
| 27 | The Darkest Hour | - | - | - | $555,793 | 387 | $2,278,413 | Dec 29 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 28 | A Dangerous Method | - | - | - | $503,810 | 111 | $2,213,447 | Nov 10 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 29 | Paranormal Activity 3 | - | - | - | $362,971 | 333 | $8,044,089 | Nov 3 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 30 | Vysotsky. Thank You for Being Alive | - | - | - | $353,357 | 34 | $353,357 | Dec 1 | - | false |
| 31 | London Boulevard | - | - | - | $286,940 | 79 | $352,810 | Dec 1 | - | false |
| 32 | Real Steel | - | - | - | $284,948 | 500 | $6,588,375 | Nov 3 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 33 | Anonymous | - | - | - | $261,906 | 322 | $2,227,187 | Nov 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 34 | Hysteria | - | - | - | $256,643 | 71 | $561,800 | Dec 22 | Central Film | false |
| 35 | Tower Heist | - | - | - | $245,948 | 461 | $4,430,889 | Nov 3 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 36 | Stopped on Track | - | - | - | $212,369 | 70 | $678,888 | Nov 17 | - | false |
| 37 | This Must Be the Place | - | - | - | $205,851 | 70 | $860,956 | Nov 10 | - | false |
| 38 | Sommer der Gaukler | - | - | - | $197,853 | 126 | $343,484 | Dec 22 | Movienet | false |
| 39 | Three Quarter Moon | - | - | - | $183,364 | 135 | $2,744,227 | Oct 13 | - | false |
| 40 | Vicky and the Treasure of the Gods | - | - | - | $173,228 | 747 | $17,526,529 | Sep 29 | Constantin Film | false |
| 41 | Sarah's Key | - | - | - | $139,745 | 51 | $163,886 | Dec 15 | - | false |
| 42 | The Thing | - | - | - | $117,424 | 262 | $1,106,493 | Nov 17 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 43 | Even the Rain | - | - | - | $106,764 | 51 | $702,688 | Dec 29 | Piffl Medien | false |
| 44 | Melancholia | - | - | - | $95,838 | 117 | $2,474,779 | Oct 6 | Concorde Filmverleih | false |
| 45 | Cave of Forgotten Dreams | - | - | - | $92,385 | 59 | $629,949 | Nov 3 | - | false |
| 46 | Laura's Star and the Dream Monster | - | - | - | $85,493 | 494 | $2,750,767 | Oct 13 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 47 | Allah'in Sadik Kulu: Barla | - | - | - | $85,485 | 38 | $86,617 | Dec 15 | - | false |
| 48 | Johnny English Reborn | - | - | - | $82,557 | 709 | $14,175,999 | Oct 6 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 49 | Labyrinth | - | - | - | $73,678 | 36 | $93,759 | Dec 22 | - | false |
| 50 | I Don't Know How She Does It | - | - | - | $71,346 | 281 | $1,190,589 | Nov 17 | Central Film | false |
| 51 | I Travel Alone | - | - | - | $53,126 | 46 | $198,815 | Dec 29 | Neue Visionen Filmverleih | false |
| 52 | Straw Dogs | - | - | - | $38,281 | 101 | $84,753 | Dec 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 53 | Let Me In | - | - | - | $37,002 | 29 | $71,594 | Dec 15 | - | false |
| 54 | Wader Wecker Father Land | - | - | - | $35,256 | 20 | $35,739 | Dec 15 | - | false |
| 55 | Nativity! 2010 Re-release | - | - | - | $32,973 | 27 | $32,973 | Dec 8 | - | false |
| 56 | 30 Minutes or Less | - | - | - | $30,038 | 122 | $302,438 | Nov 24 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 57 | The Mill and the Cross | - | - | - | $26,760 | 30 | $85,432 | Nov 24 | - | false |
| 58 | The Women on the 6th Floor | - | - | - | $24,363 | 77 | $548,369 | Nov 3 | Concorde Filmverleih | false |
| 59 | Killer Elite | - | - | - | $22,048 | 402 | $4,107,671 | Oct 27 | Concorde Filmverleih | false |
| 60 | Perfect Sense | - | - | - | $21,968 | 32 | $39,935 | Dec 8 | Senator Film | false |
| 61 | The Human Resources Manager | - | - | - | $20,874 | 27 | $25,347 | Dec 1 | Alamode Film | false |
| 62 | The Skin I Live In | - | - | - | $20,768 | 72 | $1,279,313 | Oct 20 | TOBIS Film | false |
| 63 | Breathing | - | - | - | $19,019 | 32 | $25,918 | Dec 8 | - | false |
| 64 | Romeos | - | - | - | $18,167 | 8 | $18,167 | Dec 8 | - | false |
| 65 | Ronal the Barbarian | - | - | - | $18,065 | 111 | $27,642 | Dec 22 | MFA+ FilmDistribution | false |
| 66 | The Last Circus | - | - | - | $14,485 | 23 | $14,485 | Dec 8 | - | false |
| 67 | My Life in Orange | - | - | - | $14,073 | 180 | $4,553,113 | Aug 18 | - | false |
| 68 | The Smurfs | - | - | - | $11,343 | 832 | $29,398,271 | Aug 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
