| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | - | - | - | $18,532,051 | 588 | $24,533,562 | Dec 16 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 2 | Puss in Boots | - | - | - | $15,255,178 | 618 | $21,400,840 | Nov 24 | United International Pictures | false |
| 3 | Vacanze di Natale a Cortina | - | - | - | $12,699,487 | 559 | $14,847,186 | Dec 16 | Filmauro | false |
| 4 | Finalmente la felicità | - | - | - | $10,781,196 | 520 | $13,652,530 | Dec 16 | Medusa Distribuzione | false |
| 5 | Midnight in Paris | - | - | - | $10,333,134 | 476 | $10,973,594 | Dec 2 | Medusa Distribuzione | false |
| 6 | One Day More | - | - | - | $4,968,204 | 448 | $5,225,074 | Dec 2 | 01 Distribution | false |
| 7 | New Year's Eve | - | - | - | $4,194,263 | 300 | $5,878,884 | Dec 22 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 8 | It May Be Love But It Doesn't Show | - | - | - | $3,489,929 | 527 | $7,855,434 | Nov 24 | Medusa Distribuzione | false |
| 9 | The Ides of March | - | - | - | $3,478,007 | 254 | $5,217,138 | Dec 16 | 01 Distribution | false |
| 10 | Arthur Christmas | - | - | - | $2,494,899 | 319 | $3,337,702 | Dec 22 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 11 | Real Steel | - | - | - | $2,067,269 | 267 | $3,885,274 | Nov 24 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 12 | Happy Feet Two | - | - | - | $1,760,395 | 409 | $3,333,412 | Nov 24 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 13 | The Awakening | - | - | - | $1,699,366 | 189 | $1,699,366 | Dec 2 | Eagle Pictures | false |
| 14 | The Nutcracker: The Untold Story | - | - | - | $1,619,254 | 224 | $1,730,099 | Dec 2 | - | false |
| 15 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | - | - | - | $1,526,451 | 719 | $20,016,885 | Nov 17 | Eagle Pictures | false |
| 16 | Tower Heist | - | - | - | $1,157,698 | 204 | $2,238,078 | Nov 24 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 17 | Day of the Falcon | - | - | - | $1,051,332 | 209 | $1,231,580 | Dec 22 | Eagle Pictures | false |
| 18 | Le Havre | - | - | - | $1,000,390 | 80 | $1,842,982 | Nov 24 | BIM Distribuzione | false |
| 19 | Ligabue Campovolo: The 3D Movie | - | - | - | $912,785 | 358 | $1,884,892 | Dec 8 | Medusa Distribuzione | false |
| 20 | The Artist | - | - | - | $871,365 | 127 | $3,528,704 | Dec 8 | BIM Distribuzione | false |
| 21 | Easy! | - | - | - | $855,798 | 299 | $3,264,563 | Nov 17 | 01 Distribution | false |
| 22 | Napoletans | - | - | - | $525,196 | 58 | $525,196 | Dec 2 | - | false |
| 23 | Almanya: Welcome to Germany | - | - | - | $448,006 | 46 | $1,182,093 | Dec 8 | Teodora Film | false |
| 24 | Buried Secrets 2010 Re-release | - | - | - | $415,075 | 70 | $940,583 | Dec 22 | Lucky Red | false |
| 25 | The Change-Up | - | - | - | $382,483 | 98 | $382,483 | Dec 8 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 26 | Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds | - | - | - | $376,736 | 133 | $498,181 | Dec 22 | - | false |
| 27 | Anonymous | - | - | - | $282,855 | 250 | $2,035,154 | Nov 17 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 28 | Immortals | - | - | - | $241,152 | 341 | $5,595,234 | Nov 11 | 01 Distribution | false |
| 29 | The Snows of Kilimanjaro | - | - | - | $224,459 | 27 | $386,385 | Dec 2 | Sacher Distribuzione | false |
| 30 | The Lion King 2011 3D Release | - | - | - | $219,717 | 332 | $5,516,068 | Nov 11 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 31 | Pina | - | - | - | $210,658 | 53 | $1,586,232 | Nov 3 | BIM Distribuzione | false |
| 32 | I soliti idioti | - | - | - | $185,519 | 511 | $13,274,982 | Nov 3 | Medusa Distribuzione | false |
| 33 | The Secret World of Arrietty | - | - | - | $127,701 | 148 | $808,392 | Oct 14 | Lucky Red | false |
| 34 | The Big Heart of Girls | - | - | - | $78,732 | 305 | $2,212,893 | Nov 11 | Medusa Distribuzione | false |
| 35 | Kryptonite! | - | - | - | $61,001 | 137 | $1,229,609 | Nov 3 | Lucky Red | false |
| 36 | Faust | - | - | - | $48,749 | 22 | $591,696 | Oct 27 | - | false |
| 37 | Chocolate Kisses | - | - | - | $43,146 | 327 | $1,879,629 | Nov 11 | United International Pictures | false |
| 38 | One Day | - | - | - | $41,574 | 141 | $1,370,412 | Nov 11 | BIM Distribuzione | false |
| 39 | Warrior | - | - | - | $40,580 | 151 | $1,805,141 | Nov 3 | - | false |
| 40 | A Little Bit of Heaven | - | - | - | $37,412 | 68 | $263,460 | Nov 17 | - | false |
| 41 | The First on the List | - | - | - | $30,776 | 14 | $173,276 | Nov 10 | Istituto Luce Cinecittà | false |
| 42 | A Separation | - | - | - | $26,351 | 29 | $685,113 | Oct 20 | Sacher Distribuzione | false |
| 43 | Melancholia | - | - | - | $19,345 | 88 | $738,653 | Oct 20 | BIM Distribuzione | false |
| 44 | Shun Li and the Poet | - | - | - | $18,755 | 24 | $617,850 | Sep 22 | - | false |
| 45 | Monsters | - | - | - | $17,727 | 13 | $17,799 | Dec 8 | One Movie | false |
| 46 | Capitan Basilico 2 - I Fantastici 4+4 | - | - | - | $12,782 | 5 | $12,782 | Dec 2 | - | false |
| 47 | My Tomorrow | - | - | - | $8,267 | 14 | $76,463 | Nov 3 | - | false |
| 48 | Win Win | - | - | - | $7,455 | 10 | $9,047 | Dec 8 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 49 | London Boulevard | - | - | - | $6,696 | 120 | $825,402 | Jun 10 | 01 Distribution | false |
| 50 | Enter the Void | - | - | - | $5,856 | 8 | $5,856 | Dec 8 | BIM Distribuzione | false |
| 51 | Ex 2: Still Friends? | - | - | - | $5,806 | 500 | $6,704,951 | Oct 6 | 01 Distribution | false |
| 52 | Il paese delle spose infelici | - | - | - | $5,549 | 24 | $118,984 | Nov 11 | Fandango | false |
| 53 | The Inbetweeners | - | - | - | $4,045 | 137 | $1,406,844 | Dec 23 | Eagle Pictures | false |
| 54 | Dot.com 2011 Re-release | - | - | - | $2,604 | 3 | $2,604 | Dec 30 | Kitchen | false |
| 55 | A Dangerous Method | - | - | - | $2,416 | 168 | $3,143,375 | Sep 30 | BIM Distribuzione | false |
| 56 | Insidious | - | - | - | $2,010 | 196 | $2,837,985 | Oct 28 | Filmauro | false |
| 57 | The Salt of Life | - | - | - | $1,831 | 182 | $1,135,249 | Feb 11 | 01 Distribution | false |
| 58 | The Cardboard Village | - | - | - | $1,813 | 79 | $522,376 | Oct 6 | 01 Distribution | false |
